Born: 12th November 1870, St. Clement’s, Ipswich. Died: 20th June 1916; age: 45; died of Rheumatic Endocarditis, at his home, 42, Purplett Street, Ipswich. Served 238 days. Sarah Quinton was present at the time of the death of her husband. Residence: 8, Bramford Road, Ipswich. Occupation: General Labourer. Enlistment Details: Location: Ipswich; date: 12th October […]
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CHARLES RAINEY
Born: 25th September 1891, 22, Linwood Street, Shankill, Antrim, Belfast, Ireland. Died: 6th June 1915; age: 23; Died of Wounds – compound fracture to the femur, at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital. Residence: 21, Druce Street, Old Park Road, Belfast, Ireland. Occupation: Labourer; First Enlistment Location: Belfast, Ireland; Date: January 1909; Age: 18; […]
HERBERT ARTHUR RANNS
Born: 1886, Marks Tey, Essex. Died: 15th October 1918; age: 32; found Drowned at Ipswich. Residence: Ipswich. Enlistment Location: Ipswich. Rank: Private; Service Number: 50600. Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment, 3rd Battalion. Formerly 323806, Royal Engineers. Grave Reference: W.25.7. Ipswich Old Cemetery, Ipswich. CENSUS 1891 1, Primrose Terrace, Ranelagh Road, Ipswich. […]
GEORGE RATCLIFFE
Born: 1873, Hintlesham, Suffolk. Died: 22nd January 1921; age: 48; at Ipswich. Residence: Highfield, Henniker Road, Ipswich. Enlistment Details: Location: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; Date: 5th January 1891; age: 18 years; Residence: 107, Rectory Road, Stoke, Ipswich; Occupation: Labourer; Religion: Wesleyan. Signed up for 21 years. Height 5ft & 6 3/4ins, fresh complexion, brown […]
THOMAS FRASER MUNRO
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour TOM Born: 13th December 1910, Edinburgh, Scotland. Died: 10th/11th September 1942; age: 31; at Chediston, Suffolk. Tom had 308 hours as a pilot. Occupation: a Publican. Rank: Sergeant/Pilot; Service Number: 415505. Regiment: Royal New Zealand Air Force, 11 Operational Training Unit. Medals Awarded: 1939- 1945 […]
PETER PULHAM
served as SCRUTTON. Born: 1877, St. Matthew’s, Ipswich. Died: 11th February 1921; age: 44; Died of Bronchitis at Ipswich. Served 21years & 24 days. Residence: 5, St. Clement’s Church Lane, Ipswich. Enlistment Details: Location: Colchester; Date: 21st March 1896; Age: 20 years & 1 month; Occupation: Labourer; Religion: CofE. Next of Kin: mother […]
CHARLES EDWARD PRATT
Born: 1876, Hacheston, Suffolk. Died: 8th August 1915; age: 39; Died of Peritonities at Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Enlistment Location: Ipswich. Rank: Private: Service Number: 28. Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps, 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance. Medals Awarded: Territorial Force Efficiency Medal. Grave Reference: FF.4.19. Ipswich Old Cemetery, Ipswich. […]
PERCY GEORGE PINNER
Born: 1895, Ipswich. Died: 31st May 1921; age: 25; at Ipswich. Rank: Sapper; Service Number: 263106. Regiment: Royal Engineers. Grave Reference: L.15.26. Ipswich Old Cemetery, Ipswich. Relatives Notified & Address: Son of the late Mr. & Mrs. G.E. Pinner. CENSUS 1901 George Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk. Percy was […]
GEORGE SYDNEY PEARSON
Born: 1891, Chelwood Common, East Sussex. Died: 13th March 1916; age: 25; at Ipswich. Enlistment Location: Haywards Heath, West Sussex. Rank: Driver; Service Number: 123053. Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, 1st Reserve Brigade. Grave Reference: D.23.4. Ipswich Old Cemetery, Ipswich. Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Henry & Lavinia Pearson, of […]
SAMUEL WALTER ORAM
Born: 11th October 1881, Bridgewater, Somerset. Baptised: 1st November 1881, at St. Mary’s Church, Bridgewater, Somerset. Parents: Winifred & the late Samuel Walter Oram. Address: High Street, Bridgewater, Somerset. Died: 25th February 1919; age: 37; Died of Pleurisy following Influenza, at Ipswich Military Hospital. Samuel had become ill as a Prisoner of War for 3 […]