Month: February 2017

  Born: 1877, St. Clement’s, Ipswich. Died: 20th April 1919; age: 41; Died of Bronchitis – due to Influenza contracted 6 months ago whilst on duty. Residence: 9, Wellesley Road, Ipswich. Employed: Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ltd., Ipswich, as a Painter & Glazier. Enlistment Details: Location: Ipswich; Date: 12th November 1896; age: 18 years & […]

    Born: 24th May 1889, 3, Lurgan Street Hammersmith, Middlesex. Baptised: 16th June 1889, at St. Paul, Hammersmith, Middlesex. Parents: Sarah & Matthew McNolty, a Labourer. Family home at 3, Lurgan Street, Hammersmith. Died: 6th February 1919; age: 29; at Ipswich Hospital.   Rank: Private; Service Number: 78052. Regiment: The King’s (Liverpool Regiment).   […]

  Born: 1887, St. Clement’s, Ipswich. Died: 2nd May 1919; age: 32; Died of Tuberculosis at Devonport Military Hospital. Served 14 years & 119 days. Residence: 154, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich. Occupation: Plumber. Enlistment Details: Location: Ipswich; Date: 4th January 1905; Age: 18 years & 3 months; Religion: CofE. Next of Kin: father – William Godbold […]

Photograph courtesy of James.   Born: 21st February 1878, Bethnal Green, London. Baptised: 17th March 1878, at St. James the Great, Bethnal Green, London. Parents: Sarah & Henry Lamy, a Chair Maker. Address: 14, Southboro Place, Bethnal Green. Died: 20th May 1916; age: 38; accidentally killed when a horse fell on him at Ipswich – […]

  Born: 6th January 1878, Stafford, Staffordshire. Baptised: 25th February 1878, at St. Mary’s Church, Stafford, Staffordshire. Died: 8th December 1914; age: 36; died of heart failure, brought on by valvular disease, at the Ipswich Military Hospital. Residence: 67, Nortoft Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire. Occupation: Fruiterer. Enlistment Location: Bournemouth, Hampshire.   Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 4739. […]

  Born: 1893, St. Luke’s, London. Died: 16th July 1915; age: 23; at Ipswich Isolation Hospital. Residence: Clerkenwell, London. Enlistment: London.   Rank: Rifleman: Service Number: 4737. Regiment: London Regiment ( Finsbury Rifles), 11th Battalion.   Grave Reference: D.42.45. Ipswich Old Cemetery, Ipswich.   Relatives Notified & Address: Son of John B. Durkin, of 57, […]

Photographs courtesy of Vivien.   Born: 27th March 1896, Liverpool, Lancashire. Baptised: 25th November 1896, at St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool. Parents: Amelia & George Davies – a Policeman. Address: Duke Street, Liverpool. Died: 27th February 1917; age: 21; Died of Meningitis at Ipswich Isolation Hospital. Residence: Mill Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. Employed: with Councillor W. […]

  Born: 1877, Hackney, Middlesex. Died: 8th June 1915; age: 38; Died of Bronchitis at Ipswich. Enlistment Location: Shaftesbury.   Rank: Lance Corporal; Service Number: 2716. Regiment: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 4th Battalion.   Grave Reference: D.40.12. Ipswich Old Cemetery, Ipswich.   Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Charles Frederick & Laura Cunnington; husband of […]

  Born: 1896, Norwich, Norfolk. Died: 5pm, 4th March 1919; age: 23; Died of Influenza & Pneumonia, at Ranelagh Road, Military Hospital, Ipswich. Enlistment Details: Location: Norwich; Date: 2nd May 1917; Age: 20 years & 8 months; Occupation: Carter; Religion: CofE. Height: 4ft 8 3/4ins.   Rank: Private; Service Number: G/22294. Regiment: The Buffs (East […]

  Born: 1870, Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. Died: 29th January 1916; age: 46; at Ipswich of Pneumonia and Heart Failure at the Military Hospital, Ranelagh Road, Ipswich. Enlistment Location: Cambridge.   Rank: Private; Service Number: 2/3279. Regiment: Cambridgeshire Regiment, 1st Battalion.   The funeral was held on Wednesday, 2nd February 1916, and conducted by the Reverend C. […]