Month: October 2017

Dennis is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 26th July 1917, at 19, Norwich Road, Ipswich. Dennis’ father, James McCaughan was a laundry proprietor at 19, Norwich Road.  Died: 30th December 1943; age 26; died in Hospital from wounds received after a mine explosion. Served 3 years. Residence: 29, Rydens […]

Donald is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 3rd July 1916, Ipswich. Died: 15th June 1945; age 28; died. Residence: 62, Judd Road, Tonbridge, Kent. Occupation: an Electrical Engineer.   Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (Armourer Quarter Master Sergeant); Service Number: 6348559. Regiment: Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, 811 Armoured […]

David is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park. Born: 14th September 1915, St. Helen’s, Ipswich. Died: 10th August 1943; age 28; at 203 Kilo Jungle Camp whilst a Japanese POW on the Thailand/Burma Railway. Captured: 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore. Residence: 230, Moorside Road, Lewisham, Kent. Occupation: a Stock Keeper. […]

Albert is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park. (Images courtesy of David Tout: picture: the only one we have of him, taken at 26 Copperfield Road, Ipswich, with my auntie Muriel.)   Born: 6th January 1920, Ipswich. Died: 25th October 1942; age 22; killed during the Battle of El Alamein. Residence: 26, […]

Alfred is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 1901, Ipswich. Died: 25th/26th January 1942; age 41; died of wounds at the Alexandra Military Hospital, in Singapore. Previously reported Missing. Residence: 12, Preston Road, Alexandra Barracks, Singapore and family home – Surrey.   Rank: Warrant Officer II (Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant); […]

Charles is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 13th November 1912, Ipswich. Died: 4th June 1940; age 28; Died of wounds at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon. Residence: 4, Drybank, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Occupation: Chartered Civil Engineer – Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.   […]

  Henry is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park. Images courtesy of Julie Brason and Joan Brackenbury TED Born: 25th March 1915, Ipswich. Died: 19th February 1942; age 26; lost at sea on board M.V. ‘Empire Comet.’ Residence: Ipswich. Occupation: Warehouseman for a Grocer.   Rank: Gunner – Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships […]

Stanley is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 7th December 1905, St. John’s, Ipswich. Died: 12th September 1944; age 39; Died as a POW on board the HELL SHIP ‘Kachidoki Maru’ when the Japanese ship (used for carrying prisoners and troops to Japan) was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S.S. […]

Douglas is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park. Born: 3rd April 1917, Ipswich. Died: 7th June 1944; age: 27; KiA. Residence: 28, Windrush Road, Kesgrave, Suffolk. Occupation: Engraver Improver.   Rank: Private; Service Number: 5829771. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion.   The body was buried on the 7th June 1944. On the […]