Cromer Servicemen and Servicewomen in the First World War

Name	Norman James Bastow
Ward	Cromer
Armed Force	Regular Army
Notes	He was killed in action on the Arras front on 16th April 1916. Aged 22. He was born and lived in Cromer. He enlisted Norwich, joing the 8th Rifle Brigade on 14th December 1914. He was the son of Seth and Elizabeth A. Bastow of Beach Station, Cromer. The census of 1911 records him as Norman James (the military record has James Norman) - then aged 16 - and a railway clerk. Seth Bastow was the Cromer station master.
Service Information	Lance Corporal S/7668. 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). Buried in Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. A
Date of Birth	1895
Date of Death	16/04/1916
Source	Cromer Post 15th Jan 1915, War Roll, Service Record
	(Norman) James Bastow, from the War Roll, Cromer parish church
	Faubourg D'Amiens cemetery, Arras