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G/23671 7th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Maurice Norman was born in Ballingdon around 1880, one of eight surviving children of Robert and Emily Norman. His father was a bargeman and the family lived at Lock House in Nayland before moving to 8 Middleton Road, Ballingdon.
Maurice was employed on the Great Eastern Railway. He married Annie Murrells in 1904; they had three children and the family lived in Dedham, Essex. Maurice was living in Willesden, London when he enlisted to serve with the Middlesex Regiment (formerly 32622), he later transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment. It is not known when he transferred.
The 7th Battalion formed part of 55th Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division. In the spring of 1917 the Division saw action during the Battle of Arras (9 April –
16 June) at the Third Battle of the Scarpe (3 – 5 May).
Maurice was killed in action on 1 June 1917. There is no known grave and he is remembered on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
A Cross of Remembrance was laid at the Arras Memorial in March 2007 and October 2011.
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