Image courtesy of the IWM. Born: March 1898, Buces Farm, Mendlesham, Suffolk. Died: 14th June 1917; age: 19; KiA – After being wounded in the leg, he was laid out on a stretcher, but shortly after, a shell burst right on him, causing immediate death. Evening Star – Wednesday, 20th June 1917 – 2nd-Lieut. W. […]
Month: May 2017
DONALD HUGH AIREY
Born: 20th March 1917, Ipswich. Died: 5th January 1945; age: 27. Residence: 10, Ashbourne Road, Mitcham, Surrey. Second Lieutenant – 20th May 1944. Rank: Lieutenant; Service Number: 327371. Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps. Grave Reference: O.114. Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. Relatives Notified & Address: Son of […]
HARRY ST. HILL PESKETT
Born: 1888, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Baptised: 8th January 1888, at St. John the Baptist Church, Shadinfield, Suffolk. Died: 13th April 1917; age: 29; Died of Wounds received 3 days earlier at Monchy-le-Preux, near Arras. Employed: at the ranch of Estancia La Ventura, Pasman, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He left in September […]
HAROLD LOFTHOUSE
Born: 26th April 1876, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Died: 1st May 1917; age: 42; died at Moore Barracks Canadian Hospital, Shorncliffe, Kent – Fracture of Skull and right Tibia – Accidentally killed. Residence: Suite 29, Black Block, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Occupation: Merchant. Boer War South Africa 1902 and Natal Rebellion 1906 – service number: 1727, […]
STANLEY WRINCH
Born: 11th May 1890, Ness Farm, Erwarton, Suffolk. Died: 8th May 1915; age: 24; KiA at Ypres. Reported missing 8th May 1915 – Killed on that day. Residence: Ness Farm, Erwarton, Suffolk. Occupation: Farmer’s Son. Stanley received his commission on the 2nd November 1914. Date of Entry Therein: April 1915. Rank: Second […]
JOHN BROWN
Born: 18th July 1895, Hoxne, Suffolk. Died: 11th August 1916; age: 21; died from wounds received during an attack by an Enemy aircraft over Bir-el-Abd whilst on a Reconnaissance Patrol. Even though John had been shot through his neck and lung he dictated his report a word at a time, then collapsed and died two […]
REGINALD JOHN COUSENS
Born: 1894, Pepper Hall, Cockfield, Suffolk. Died: at 10pm, 5th October 1916; age: 22; Died of Wounds – injuries to back and legs received in action on the 30th September Served 259 days. Residence: Pepper Hall, Cockfield, Suffolk. Reginald was running the family farm when the war started. He applied for exemption at a […]
HERBERT WALTER CORNELIUS
Born: 1891, Battersea, London. Died: 20th July 1918; age: 27; KiA – near La Forêt de Nieppe. Residence: Knighton, Hampton Road, Worcester Park, Surrey. Joined the 1st Battalion – 27th September 1917. Rank: 2nd Lieutenant. Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment, 1st Battalion – Artists Rifles. Memorial Reference: Panel 4. Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. […]
CHARLES HENRY BENHAM
Born: 1st June 1874, Ipswich. Died: 8th November 1916; age: 42; at Hamrun Military Hospital, Malta, of Hepatic Abscess. Residence: 27, Sackville Road, Hove, East Sussex. Joined as a Territorial Officer in 1908, he volunteered for service aboard, and proceeded to Salonika as Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Embarked from the […]
CHARLEY BLAIR BALDOCK
Born: 21st August 1866, Bangalore, Madras, India. Baptised: 26th September 1866, Bangalore, Madras, India. Parents: John & Susan Baldock. Died: 19th October 1915; age: 49; Died of Dysentery, Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Residence: Old Bank House, Long Street, Sherbourne, Dorset. Formerly of 107, Christchurch Street, Ipswich. Service from 1885: First Commission date – […]