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Harold & Roland Norris

The Norris' GraveThis stone memorialises Harold and Roland Norris who fought in the First World War. Harold, aged 26, was reported missing on the first day of the Battle of the Somme 1st July 1916. His younger brother Roland, 21, died at Salonika shortly before the end of the war on 18th September 1918.

First world war battleTheir family placed this stone here so they could have a place where they could go to mourn their tragic loss.