World War II

Mr William Frederick Barham (1933-1936)

  • Date of birth 31 May 1920
  • School Information None
  • Career Information He worked for Norwich Union Life Insurance Society at its Head Office in Norwich. He was a member of the Foreign Valuation Department. He was a prominent member of the Norwich Rowing Club, having been stroke of the Maiden Four in 1939.
  • Date of Death 11 June 1944
  • Cause of Death He was a member of the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk and died of wounds in hospital in Flanders
  • Location Flanders Hospital
  • Cemetery Wymondham Cemetery
  • Rank Gunner
  • Brand of Service Royal Artillery, 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt
  • Story WILLIAMFREDERICKBARHAM33-36

Buried at Wymondham Cemetery. He was a member of the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk and died of wounds in hospital in Flanders and died just 4 days after D Day on 10 June 1944.