Lance Corporal 2031751, 5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds in Italy 12 June 1944. Aged 27. Born 2 April 1917 in Norfolk, resident Norfolk. Son of Charles Edward and Agnes Mary Chifney, of 42 Melford Terrace, Thetford. In the 1921 census he was resident in Thetford. In the 1939 Register he as a Police Constable, unmarried, resident at ckley Mor Norwich Road, Dereham, East Dereham U.D., Norfolk. He served with the Norfolk Constabulary at Hunstanton and Dereham. He was a bearer at the funeral of king George V and was at the coronation of George V1. Buried in BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row A. Grave 2.

Extract from Lynn Advertiser - Friday 30 June 1944, page 8:

Ex-Pollceman Killed

Corpl. Kenneth Chifney, Grenadier Guards, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Chifney, 42 Melford-terrace. Thetford, has died of wounds in Italy. Before being called up he was a member of Norfolk Constabulary and had been stationed at Hunstanton and Dereham. He was one of the bearers at the funeral of the late King George V and was also present at the Coronation of King George VI. He enlisted in 1935 and was the recipient of the Jubilee, Coronation and Victoria medals.

Extract from Bury Free Press - Saturday 1 July 1944, page 12:

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

MR. & MRS. C. CHIFNEY and Family, of 42. Melford Terrace, Thetford, desire to thank all who have so kindly sent letters of sympathy and flowers in their recent sad loss.

Private 5776179, 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Missing, died between 25 January 1942 and 26 January 1942 during the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore. Aged 23. Born and resident Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War cemetery, Singapore. Column 50.

Private 5834625, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of illness as a Japanese Prisoner of War 22 November 1943. Aged 28. Born in the Thetford Registration District, Norfolk, 7 December 1914. Resident Cambridgeshire. Son of William Frederick and Mary Ann French; husband of Elsie Mary French, of Cambridge. In the 1939 Register he was a Postman, unmarried, resident 11, Blinco Grove, Cambridge, Cambridge M.B., Cambridgeshire. Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 6. Row D. Grave 14.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

FRENCH Leonard Albert of 11 Blinco-grove Cambridge died 22 November 1943 on war service Administration Peterborough 5 February to Elsie Mary French widow.
Effects £111 5s. 10d.

Corporal 5775596, 4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died during the invasion of Singapore by the Japanese 15 February 1942. Born 26 April 1917 in Great Yarmouth, resident Norfolk. Son of Benjamin E and Dorothy May Locke. In the 1939 Register he was a Bricklayer's Labourer, unmarried, resident 23 Milford Common, Thetford, Thetford M.B., Norfolk. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore. Plot 12. Row A. Grave 10.

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Private 5825528, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Reported missing, found killed in action 31 May 1940 during the Dunkirk evacuation. Aged 26. Born and resident Suffolk. sON OF Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rutterford. of Brick Kiln Farm. Bnine on Fields, Brandon. Buried in WULPEN CHURCHYARD, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row C. Grave 3.

Note: Wulpen is a village in the municipality of Koksijde in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The village can be reached via the N39. Until 1970, Wulpen was an independent municipality.

Extract from the Lynn Advertiser - Friday 19 July 1940, page 5:

KILLED IN ACTION.—News has been received from the War Offfce by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rutterford. of Brick Kiln Farm. Bnine on Fields, that their son, Pte. Charles Henry Rutterford, of the Suffolk Regt.. has been killed in action. —Nothing has been heard for some time from another of their sons. James Wiliam Rutterford, who served :n the same regiment.