No.9229, Private, Norris Robert FOREMAN
Aged 29
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Norris Robert Foreman was born in Cheveley (Newmarket Q3-1887 3B:528), baptised in Cheveley in 1887, son of Robert and Maria Elizabeth Foreman (née RANNER).
1891 census...Aged 3, he was at Cheveley Street, Cheveley with his father Robert [44] a groom; his mother Maria E. [41]; sisters Norah E.[11], Eva R. [9] and Ruth H. [5] and brother William E.[7]. Except for his mother and sister Norah, who were born in Ashley, the rest of the family were Cheveley born. 1901 census...Aged 13, he was at 40 Main Street, Cheveley with his father Robert (yardman on farm); his mother Maria Elizabeth, brothers William Embery [17] fowl man and Harold Cornelius [4] and sister Ruth Hilda. [14]. All were born in Cheveley except his Ashley born mother. 1911 census...Aged 17, a builder's carter, he was still at The Street, Cheveley with his parents, and brothers William, estate labourer, and Harold C.(house painter). Shortly before his death he married Hilda Annie COPPING (b.21-6-1889), in 1916, who in 1921 married George W. HURST, living at the Post Office, Ousden. The pension card records a daughter Edith Nora Copping FOREMAN, b. 17-11-1915 and living with her mother at Wood House, Ousden.
His younger brother Harold Cornelius FOREMAN was killed in France in 1915 in the Suffolk Regiment Another Cheveley man died on the 30th March 1916, Edward King was killed near Loos in the 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment |
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He enlisted in Newmarket in August 1914. His number indicates enlisting as soon as the war began. After the setting off the mines at St Elois on March 27th, the Suffolks went into the front line, only to find that part of a trench on the right flank was still held by the Germans. Despite this, the bulk of their casualties were from persistent shelling until they were relieved and sent back to Reninghelst. On the 30th they lost 9 men, 2 named on the Menin Gate and the others buried in Voormezeele.
photo; Rodney Gibson click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
