3459: Tablecloth discovered in Harleston, Norfolk
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: For full story, please see the document.Do you recognise any of the names below? If so, please contact the researcher at harlestonww1tablecloth@yahoo.com.Soldiers' names inscribed on the Harleston WW1 Tablecloth:8901 Private C. Aldous, 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire RegimentPrivate Alexander, 1st L11<br>2997 Private N. Angus, 4th Battalion Black Watch<br>17554 Private J.A. Atkinson, A Coy 6th (Service) Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment<br>19640 Private Henry G. Bailey, 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment<br>8862 Sgt William A. Beech M.M., 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment<br>Seaman H. Blackburn, Royal Navy Air Service<br>8906 Private Henry Brereton, 2nd Battalion Irish Guards<br>2470 Private T. Brindle, 2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Lancasters<br>23359 Private J.F. Brown, 12th Battalion Royal Scots<br>25719 Lance Corporal Percy E. Call, 26 Field Company Royal Engineers<br>73328 Private Neil Campbell, 28th Battalion (Northwest), CEF Canadian Expeditionary Forc<br>Corporal F. L. Carter, Canadian Field Artillery<br>Private A. E. Collant, 4th Battalion (Central Ontario) Canadian Expeditionary Force<br>9211 Private Thomas Cook, 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment)<br>666 Private William Coomes, 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment<br>12127 Lance Corporal William J. N. Crisp, 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment<br>9853 Private Charles Dade, 6th Battalion East Kent Regiment<br>875797 Private J. A. Dade, 1st EAB Royal Field Artillery<br>5656 Private G. H. Deighton, 1st Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)<br>Signalman J. Dowling, 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment<br>18084 Private Thomas Duker, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers<br>Private H. T. Edwards, 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment<br>54154 Private D. Egan M.M. Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force<br>7083 WO2 (CSM) Ferdinand C. Ewald, Signal Service Royal Engineers<br>9609 Lance Corporal M. Fiveash, 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment<br>70251 F. Frith, 51 DOM SFT<br>Henri Georges, 408 Regiment D'Onfanterie <br>232 Private H. Gilby 19th Battalion Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force<br>A. E. Goodison, 28th Battalion (Infantry) Australian Imperial Force<br>22340 Private Reginald John Gowing, 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment<br>J. Gray, MTASE Egypt 1918<br>John Griffin RNAS (Royal Navy Air Service)<br>6390 WO2 (CSM) James W. Griggs, 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment)<br>28096 Private Ephraim S.C. Groom, 6th Bn Bedfordshire Regiment &amp; 17th Battalion Essex Regiment<br>146787 Sapper Victor Ham, Royal Engineers (Tunnelling Depot Company)<br>130415 Private Alfred Harrison, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers<br>27341 Sapper E. Hemmens, 44th Division Signals<br>51104 Corporal E. Hopkins Ammunition Column<br>T. Hudson 2/1st Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)<br>Sergeant A. Hughes Army Ordnance Corps Attached to 10 Battalion West Riding Regiment<br>18925 Lance Corporal S. Humphrey DCM &amp; MM 55 Company Royal Engineers<br>Private G. Hunt 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Snipers)<br>William Hunt 3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance (Special Reserve)<br>Private T. Inclia 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)<br>409729 Private W. Irving 20th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force<br>11423 Trooper William George Kaye Northumberland Hussars<br>Corporal Kennedy Royal Mail Rifles<br>1493 Private W. Kiddell 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry<br>2938 Rifleman L.G. King 8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles) London Regiment<br>280 Gunner James Latimer 2/1 Lowland Heavy Battery (City of Edinburgh) Royal Garrison Artillery<br>Corporal Ty Lawlor 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers<br>Lance Corporal H. Lambert 2/24 Royal London Regiment "Queens"<br>58929 Sapper Charles P Lamont Royal Engineers <br>10510 Sergeant J. Leek 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Spectamur Agendo)<br>23300 Private Percy Lenton 7th &amp; 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment<br>Private A.W. Lockwood 1/2nd EAB RFA<br>2765 Private Robert Mason 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders<br>5036 Private Daniel McCafferty 1/5 Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment<br>3326 Lance Corporal A. McCoy 1/3 Royal Warwickshire Regiment<br>Private J. McMinn 6th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers<br>Private J.N. McNamara Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry<br>Private J. McWilliam 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders<br>972 Sergeant G. Meakin 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbyshire Regiment)<br>71392 Driver A. Miles 118th Battery Royal Field Artillery<br>5646 Private James Miller Kings (Liverpool Regiment)<br>2nd Lieutenant Doctor T. Moir Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service. Territorial Force<br>1324 Sergeant J.H. Muir 5th Battalion Border Regiment<br>5073 Rifleman Cornelious Murphy 12th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps<br>L. Nicholetts Mechanic RL<br>Private D.C. Owen 6th Battalion Welsh Regiment<br>10258 Lance Corporal A.J. Perkins 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment<br>2994 Private William H. Purdy 6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)<br>12265 Lance Corporal F. Radford 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbyshire Regiment)<br>4638 Rifleman James Rix 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade<br>Private J. Robb 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry<br>3965 Private J.H. Robbins 3/8 Royal Warwickshire Regiment<br>51815 Private George A. Roberts Machine Gun Corps Cavalry<br>7619 Sapper S.J. Robertson 3rd Australian Engineers<br>8822 Private W. Robinson 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment<br>J. Rock <br>2639 Private James Ross 2/6th (Morayshire) Battalion Seaforth Highlanders<br>9996 Private Ernest W. Rowlinson 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment<br>19009 Private Albert Russell 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment<br>7382 Private H. Ryley 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbyshire Regiment)<br>Sapper William Saunders No 72, 2nd Army Troop Company, Royal Engineers<br>17249 Lance Corporal Frederick Sharp M.M. 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment<br>1819 Private William Sharples 4/5th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Dundee's Own<br>Bombardier William Shilson Divisional Ammunition Column 114th Brigade Royal Field Artillery<br>Sergeant S. Shortland 1/8 Battalion London Regiment Post Office Rifles<br>1993 William Smith 2 Pioneer Battalion AJF<br>12049 Private F. Stuchfield 2nd Battalion Worcester Regiment<br>Private John Sullivan 14th Durham Light Infantry<br>154825 Lance Corporal Arthur Swift Royal Engineers<br>Private A. Taylor 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment<br>Corporal R. Thompson 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion<br>3934 Lance Corporal A.T. Timms 4th PAN Australian Imperial Force<br>H.G. Tinson Special Leading Ganger<br>13120 Gunner James Wallace 6th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery<br>Driver S. Webb 3/1 E A B Royal Field Artillery<br>Rifleman W. Webb 3rd 8th West Yorkshire (Leeds Rifles) Territorial Force<br>Rifleman William Welby 21st Battalion London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)<br>Corporal Wittering 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps<br>Driver A. Wood Royal Field ArtilleryStaff and Other names inscribed on the Tablecloth:There is a possibility that some of these listed were patients at the Hospitals and not staff members. These names have been annotated with a question mark and will be subject to further research when more information is found. Those with a VAD number refers to their British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment section number. Mr Robert Thomas Alderton VAD Norfolk 11 Quartermaster <br>Mrs Flora Maud Aldous VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member <br>Miss Ethel Amsden Masseuse<br>Miss Gertrude Jane Armstrong Housekeeper<br>Ms Lilian Barker (Woolwich Arsenal)? <br>Mr Alfred W Bale Lic RIBA Transport of wounded soldiers<br>Ms Mary Blair? <br>Ms Ada Booker (Doorkeeper) <br>Mrs Muriel D.G. Bridges <br>Miss Ellen Buckingham VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member <br>Miss Gertrude Eva Cann VAD Norfolk 38 Cook <br>Mrs Jeannette E Churchyard VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member<br>Ms Charlotte Connal-Parker? <br>A.V. Cooper? <br>Mrs Maud Henson Denny VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member <br>Mrs Caroline Egerton VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member <br>Miss Ellen de Jersey Forrest VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member <br>B. Garrett ? <br>Ms Maud Hayward? <br>Mrs Anna Agnes Hipperson VAD Norfolk 38 Sergeant Cook <br>Ms Mary Johnson?<br>Sister Kate (Queen Mary Hospital) <br>Mrs Minnie Knights VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member <br>Dr Frederick N.H. Maidment VAD Norfolk 11 Medical Officer &amp; Commandant<br>Ms Fanny Elizabeth Manley VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member<br>C. Munro?<br>Mrs Ida Pagan VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member<br>Miss Ellen (Nellie) Pain VAD Norfolk 80 General Service <br>Miss Mary Jane Eliza Perowne VAD Norfolk 38 Commandant, Nursing &amp; Quartermaster <br>Mr Robert Pipe VAD Norfolk 11 Secretary to Commandant <br>Miss Olive Mary Rutter VAD Norfolk 38 Cook <br>Miss Edith Mary Saunders Governess of Caltofts <br>Miss Rose Beatrice Springfield VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member<br>Mrs Sarah Stagg Matron of The White House<br>Ms Muriel Grace Stagg VAD Norfolk 38 Nursing Member<br>Ms Ellen M. Stiles (Woolwich Arsenal)?<br>Ms Mabel G. Stiles (Woolwich Arsenal)?<br>M. Stratford-Henniker?<br>Ms L. Widdicombe?<br>E.S.S. Wood?