5312 Private

B. Todd

Norfolk Regiment

24th April 1916 Age 28

 

More information relating to B Todd below

 

 

 

This is what started me into the research of the Barney plaque, for years I had passed this Gravestone on the way to work. One day in November 2010, I decided to stop and have a look to see, who was buried there. It came as a bit of a surprise to find that no one is buried there. This intrigued me more, so I set about researching these two, during which I visited Barney church and saw the plaque.

This is what I have found out about them. Now the centenary of the great war, is here, it has rekindled my interest in all the soldiers of that war. So remembering the plaque in Barney Church I decided that I would research them so that they can be remembered for more than a name on a wall.

 

I have also been unable to locate either grave in Croxton churchyard

 

 

Todd, Bertie

Private 5312 Norfolk Regiment 3rd/5th Bn.

Commonwealth war dead 24th April 1916. age 28.

Son of George and Hannah Todd, of Fulmodeston, Guist, Norfolk

 

Died of meningitis. apparently several soldiers died of this in ww1 mainly due to the cramped conditions they lived in.

 

Born Edgefield Norfolk.

1901. Census . lived at104 the cottage, the street Hindolveston.

1911. Census   lived the common Hindolveston.

Siblings Albert, John, Charles, Ellen and Edith.

 

 

History of the Norfolk Regiment.  3/4th & 3/5th Battalion Territorial Force

1915 Formed at Norwich & East Dereham.

Aug 1915 Moved to Windsor Great Park.

Oct 1915 Halton park, Tring.

08.04.1916 Became the 4th & 5th Reserve Battalions

01.09.1916 The 4th Battalion absorbed the 5th Battalion as part of the East Anglian Reserve Brigade.

Nov 1917 Moved to Crowborough and then Hastings.