Plaque marks Hemsby hero
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Friday, July 10, 2015
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SAUSAGE OF THE WEEK HONOUR: Sgt George Loades, who was born in Hemsby, died in France. His body was never recovered but the war memorial at St Mary’s Church bears his name in tribute.
Plaque marks Hemsby hero By
GERALDINE SCOTT
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A blue plaque will be unveiled next week to honour a Hemsby solider who died in the First World War. George William Loades was born on the site of what is now George Loades Court, off Newport Road in Hemsby, in 1893. He died fighting in France and now a plaque bearing his name will be unveiled next Wednesday, July 15. He is listed on the 1911 census as working as a game keeper, but after that he joined his local regiment, the Norfolk Regiment in Great Yarmouth, and was posted to the 7th Battalion. With his battalion he landed in France on May 30 1915, taking part in the final phase of the Battle of Loos. The battle was the largest British offensive mounted in 1915 on the Western Front during the First World War and marked the first use of poison gas by British forces. On October 13 1915 the 7th Norfolks led the 35th
TRIBUTE TO FALLEN: Hemsby’s war memorial. Brigade into a renewed attack on German positions known as the ‘Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt’. A previously unseen, and therefore unshelled trench caused 400 early casualties and the 7th Norfolk reported that they “found the smokescreen very thin” and
were heavily engaged from their front and flanks. They did succeed in capturing the gun trench and the south western face of the Hulluch Quarries, but were not able to advance further. The division lost 117 officers and 3,237 men were killed or wounded. British casualties at the Battle of Loos were around twice as high as German casualties and it was on this day that Sgt Loades was killed. His body was never recovered and his name is listed among the 20,000 names on the Loos memorial as well as on the war memorial in the church grounds of St Mary the Virgin on The Street, Hemsby. The plaque will be unveiled in Newport Road, Hemsby on July 15 at 2pm by Mayor Shirley Weymouth, alongside local residents and Orwell Housing, who manage the homes in George Loades Court. The parish council would invite anyone to come along to honour Sgt Loades.
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Friday, July 10, 2015
AWARD-WINNING, TRADITIONAL FAMILY BUTCHERS
VOTED BRITAIN’S NO.1 BEEF BURGER 100% BEEF
100% LOCALLY GROWN BEEF
8oz GOURMET BEEF BURGER
THE BRADWELL BIG UN!
8oz £3.50 each or
THE BRADWELL BIG UN
4oz £1.75 each
Healthy eating made with all lean beef steak all sourced from East Anglia - full traceability
SAUSAGE OF THE WEEK HONOUR: Sgt George Loades, who was born in Hemsby, died in France. His body was never recovered but the war memorial at St Mary’s Church bears his name in tribute.
Plaque marks Hemsby hero By
GERALDINE SCOTT
[email protected]
A blue plaque will be unveiled next week to honour a Hemsby solider who died in the First World War. George William Loades was born on the site of what is now George Loades Court, off Newport Road in Hemsby, in 1893. He died fighting in France and now a plaque bearing his name will be unveiled next Wednesday, July 15. He is listed on the 1911 census as working as a game keeper, but after that he joined his local regiment, the Norfolk Regiment in Great Yarmouth, and was posted to the 7th Battalion. With his battalion he landed in France on May 30 1915, taking part in the final phase of the Battle of Loos. The battle was the largest British offensive mounted in 1915 on the Western Front during the First World War and marked the first use of poison gas by British forces. On October 13 1915 the 7th Norfolks led the 35th
TRIBUTE TO FALLEN: Hemsby’s war memorial. Brigade into a renewed attack on German positions known as the ‘Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt’. A previously unseen, and therefore unshelled trench caused 400 early casualties and the 7th Norfolk reported that they “found the smokescreen very thin” and
were heavily engaged from their front and flanks. They did succeed in capturing the gun trench and the south western face of the Hulluch Quarries, but were not able to advance further. The division lost 117 officers and 3,237 men were killed or wounded. British casualties at the Battle of Loos were around twice as high as German casualties and it was on this day that Sgt Loades was killed. His body was never recovered and his name is listed among the 20,000 names on the Loos memorial as well as on the war memorial in the church grounds of St Mary the Virgin on The Street, Hemsby. The plaque will be unveiled in Newport Road, Hemsby on July 15 at 2pm by Mayor Shirley Weymouth, alongside local residents and Orwell Housing, who manage the homes in George Loades Court. The parish council would invite anyone to come along to honour Sgt Loades.
PORK & MUSTARD
Receive an extra 100 LOYALTY POINTS when you buy 1lb of SAUSAGE OF THE WEEK & 1lb of any other sausage Offer limited to 100 points per customer
FRESHLY BAKED BREAD & ROLLS
WE ALSO SELL FILLED ROLLS & BAGUETTES
We provide freshly baked bread and rolls every day. We have the following loaves: ● TIN LOAFS ● FARMHOUSE ● DANISH ● BLOOMER ● GRANARY ROLLS ● WHOLEMEAL ROLLS & MANY MORE! 6 Crab Lane | Bradwell Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 8DJ
Tel: 01493 661473 [email protected] | www.bradwellbutchery.co.uk Opening Hours Mon - Friday 7.30-5.30pm Sat 7.30am-3.30pm
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