Name
John Wyatt Case
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/10/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Norfolk Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford College Memorial Hall, Bishop's Stortford, Great Yarmouth War Memorial
Pre War
John Wyatt Case was born in 1897 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the son of Henry William and Ellen Case.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Gorleston, Norfolk, where his father was an Iron Merchant. By the 1911 Census he was a scholar at Bishop's Stortford College, Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford.
Wartime Service
He served with the 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment and was killed during the attack on the Regina Trench, Somme, France.
Additional Information
His father Henry William received his pay owing of £73 9s 3d and was granted probate at Ipswich on 24 April with effects totalling £934 2s 10d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
