JIM Born: 14th November 1919, Cannington, Durham, Ontario, Canada. Died: 5th May 1942, age 22 years, 5 months & 21 days; gunshot wound to right thigh, haemorrhage and shock. Enlistment Details: Location: Toronto; Date: 25th October 1940. Height: 5ft 61/2ins, medium complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair. Requested ground duties. His brother, […]
Month: November 2017
GEORGE GRANT GOVAN
George’s portrait and profile will be displayed at a V.J. Day exhibition, “Be Ye Men of Valour“, from Saturday, 9th August to Monday, 25th August (Bank Holiday) 2025, at St. Margaret’s Church, Ipswich, IP4 2BT. Photographs courtesy of Hans Onderwater MBE JINKS Born: 4th November 1914, Wimbledon, Surrey. Baptised: 11th January 1915, at St. Michael […]
PERCIVAL FRANCIS HALL
Born: 24th February 1913, Lambeth, South London. Baptised: 3rd September 1914, at St. Stephen’s Church, Battersea. Parents: Frances & Edward Hall, a Taxi Driver. Address: 31, Latchmere Street, Battersea, South West London. Died: 6:30 p.m., 27th February 1941; age 28; died from Carcinoma of the Stomach – 28 days, at Gleneagles Hospital, Blackford, Perthshire. Present […]
FREDERICK ALEXANDER HIGGINS
Frederick’s portrait and profile will be displayed at a V.J. Day exhibition, “Be Ye Men of Valour“, from Saturday, 9th August to Monday, 25th August (Bank Holiday) 2025, at St. Margaret’s Church, Ipswich, IP4 2BT. Born: 23rd August 1918, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Died: 8th November 1941; age 23 years, 2 months & 15 […]
STANLEY JACK GOODING
Born: 1905, Ipswich. Died: 26th April 1940; age 34; after an operation – Appendicitis, Peritonitis and Septicaemia, at the Isolation Hospital, Foxhall Road, Ipswich. Stanley’s widow was the informant of the death – Mrs. Ann Evelyn Gooding, of 220, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich. Residence: ‘Anjak’ Victoria Hill, Eye, Suffolk. Occupation: Solicitor’s Clerk – Messrs. Harold Warnes […]
JOSEPH WILLIAM STANLEY HAZELL
Born: 21st November 1907, Ipswich. Died: 15th January 1941; age 33; of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at the Sanatorium, Foxhall, Suffolk. Widow Ellen Elizabeth Hazell registered her husband’s death. Residence: 44, Boyton Road, Ipswich. Occupation: a Hairdresser and Chiropodist. Joseph was also a full-time Air Raid Precautions Warden – at Ipswich Borough Council. Rank: Driver; […]
KENNETH LEROY HOLDER
Image courtesy of ACES OF WW2 and Jim Uhl. Registered at birth – LEROY KENNETH HOLDER. Born: 6th September 1914, Holder Ranch, Buena Park, Orange County, California, U.S.A. Died: 12th December 1941; age: 26; failed to return from a patrol flight. His body was recovered from the sea at Sandy Point, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex. Residence: R.F.D.1, […]
WALTER CLARENCE JAY
Born: 30th July 1918, Ipswich. Died: 26th December 1945; age 27; died of Dehydration and Toxaemia, Facial Fistula and Ileal Tuberculosis, at the Borough General Hospital, Ipswich. Walter’s father was the informant of the death – Mr. George Herbert Jay, of 12, Kingston Road, Ipswich. Residence: 12, Kingston Road, Ipswich. Occupation: Tailor’s Cutter. […]
PHILIP HORACE KEEBLE
Images and additional information courtesy of Muriel J. Harvey and the Keeble family. Born: 23rd May 1914, Ipswich. Baptised: 1914, at St. Peter’s Church, Ipswich. Died: 15th June 1945; age 31; died from a coma due to an infection of the nervous system of unknown cause, coinciding with a primary vaccination reaction, at North Walsham, […]
FREDERICK WILLIAM JOHN KING
Born: 9th December 1910, Ipswich. Died: 15th April 1947; age 36; died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, at The Isolation Hospital, Ipswich. Frederick’s widow was the informant of the death – Mrs. Alethea Marianne King, of 19, Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich. Residence: 19, Sherbourne Avenue, Ipswich. Occupation: a Scammell Driver – Petroleum Company. Rank: Sergeant; […]