Laid to rest at the Field of Honour. Born: 7th February 1898, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Baptised on the 11th December 1898, at Congregational Calvary, Montreal, Quebec. Died: 29th December 1917; age: 19; killed when he lost control of his Sopwith Camel while in the clouds over Woodbridge, Suffolk. The aircraft was spotted spinning before nose-diving […]
Month: October 2016
FREDERICK ALTHAM
Field of Honour Frederick is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park. Born: 29th April 1874, Lanercost, Cumberland. Baptised on the 21st May 1874, at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Lanercost, Cumberland – family home at Lanercost. Died: 23rd November 1917; age: 43; died of Bronchiectasis – 6 months & 17 days and […]
BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER BLOOMFIELD
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour. Not on the war memorial at Christchurch Park Born: 1869, Maryle-le-Tower, Ipswich. Died: 25th November 1916; age 46; died of Tuberculosis of the Lungs, at The Sanatorium, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Served 12 years & 353 days. Occupation: Builder’s Labourer. Enlistment Details: Location: Aldershot; date: 25th March 1889; age: […]
EDMUND THOMAS ADAMS
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour. Image from the Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury – 1916 Known in the war records as THOMAS. Born: 1875, Halesworth, Suffolk. Died: 13th May 1916; age: 41; died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital. Thomas’s health was irretrievably shattered, and he never recovered from […]
JOSEPH CASTLE
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour Registered at birth as CHRISTOPHER CASTLE. Born: 28th December 1866, 27, Topham Street, Islington East, Middlesex. Died: 14th September 1916; age: 49; from nutra incompetence & myocardial failure, at the East Suffolk & Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich. No Post Mortem. Residence: 14, Queen’s Place, Queensborough Street, Essex […]
WILLIAM McLAGAN GALLOWAY
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour Born: 18th January 1886, Brick Buildings, Stanley, Auchtergaven, Perthshire, Scotland. Died: 13th February 1916; age: 30; died from a bullet wound sustained to the brain during action in October 1915, and cerebral abscess at Broadwater Hospital, Belstead Road, Ipswich. Strathearn Herald – Saturday, 19th February […]
PETER ALICK HOGGAR
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour Not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park Image found at the graveside. “DOBLER HOGGAR” “DOGGIE HOGGAR” Born: 1881, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Died: 14th August 1916; age: 35; died of Diabetes Mellitus and Coma, at 29, Bulstrode Road, Ipswich. Served 14 years & 2 months. Widow, Harriett […]
CHARLES HENRY INGLETON
Images courtesy of David. Laid to rest at the Field of Honour HARRY Born: 1891, Murra Warra, Blackheath, Victoria, Australia. Died: 24th July 1916; age: 25 years & 3 months; died of wounds received on the 15th July in France, Fractured Spine and Acute ascending myelitis of cord, at the Northgate Ward, of the East […]
CHARLES WILLIAM LLOYD
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour Born: 9th November 1887, Long Ditton, Surrey. Baptised on the 13th May 1988, at St. Mary’s Church, Long Ditton, Surrey – family home at Long Ditton. Died: 3rd December 1916; age: 29; died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at the Borough Fever Hospital, Ipswich. Residence: 29, Alderman […]
JOHN HENRY MUNNS
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour JACK Born: 7th July 1897, Norwood, Surrey. Died: Thursday, 23rd March 1916; age: 20; of Phthisis, at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich. Residence: with his sister, Mrs. Alice Burgess, of 20, Elm Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey. Enlistment Location: Kensington, Middlesex. Date of Entry Therein: 2nd […]