Ruth is remembered on the Screen Wall memorial at Ipswich Crematorium. Images courtesy of Antony Irving. “LIZBIE” Born: 1920, East Brixton, Greater London. Died: 16th February 1945; age 24; Tuberculosis and Meningitis, at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital. Residence: The Wadd, Snape, Suffolk. Based at Coltishall, Norfolk. Rank: Leading Aircraftwoman; Service Number: 2005287. […]
Month: December 2017
JAMES BERTRAM JACKSON
JIMBO Born: 1918, South Africa. Died: 21st August 1940; age 22; at Colchester Military Hospital, as a result of a motorcycle accident whilst on duty. His motorcycle crashed into a pole on the Earls Colne – Coggeshall Road. Residence: Red Dawn, Heacham, Norfolk. Rank: Lieutenant; Service Number: 140543. Regiment: 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, Royal […]
JOHN CADOGAN DAVIES
Born: 9th January 1920, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. Died: 2nd December 1940; age 20; at Rogerson Hall Camp, Corton, Suffolk. Residence: 42, High Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 6014938. Regiment: Royal Artillery, 148 (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment. Grave Reference: Screen Wall, Ipswich Crematorium, Ipswich. Relatives Notified & Address: […]
FRANCIS EDENSOR RICHARDSON
Born: 6th April 1918, Colchester, Essex. Baptised: 2nd September 1918, at St. Giles Church, Colchester. Died: 15th September 1941; age 23; body recovered from the Mull of Galloway. Residence: The King’s Arms, Hadleigh, Suffolk. Rank: Flight Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner; Service Number: 755737. Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 236 Squadron. Grave Reference: […]
JOHN PHILIP HALESTRAP
Photo courtesy of Brunel University of London. Born: 1924, Bedford, Bedfordshire. Died: 4th March 1945; age 20; killed when the aircraft crashed on landing. Residence: The Pines, London Road, Braintree, Essex. Rank: Flying Officer/Navigator; Service Number: 165325. Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 68 Squadron. The remains were cremated at Ipswich […]
ROYSTON CLIFFORD OULSON
Born: 15th August 1917, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales. Baptised: 26th September 1917, at St. Andrew & St. Teilo Church, Cardiff, Glamorganshire. Parents: Dorothy & Joshua Clifford Oulson, a Sales Organiser, of 39, Wyeverne Road, Cardiff. Died: 22nd February 1941; age 23; died as a result of a broken neck after a flying accident, at Montrose, […]
RONALD FREDERICK SUGDEN GRIGG
Born: 17th June 1912, Elstree, Hertfordshire. Died: 7th January 1944; age 31; at Aislaby Hall, Aislaby, Yorkshire – from suffocation and burning sustained as the result of an accidental fire. Inquest held 10th January 1944 and adjournment on 17th January 1944. Residence: Thurston Lodge, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and at the Connaught Club, Paddington, […]
KENNETH HENRY EMPSON
Kenneth is remembered on the Screen Wall memorial at Ipswich Crematorium. Born: 8th January 1905, Catford, South East London. Died: 8th November 1940; age 35; Kenneth died at Colchester Hospital, Essex, of wounds received by enemy bombing at sea. On the 7th November, H.M. Drifter ‘Reed’ struck a mine south of Holland Point and […]
DAVID JOHN LAMMIMAN DOWNES
David is remembered on the Screen Wall memorial at the Ipswich Crematorium. Born: 7th April 1921, at the Headmaster’s House, St. John’s School, Epsom Road, Leatherhead, Surrey. Baptised: 29th May 1921, at St. Mary and St. Nicholas Church, Leatherhead, Surrey. David was baptised by his father, the Reverend Edmund Audley Downes, headmaster of St. […]
ALFRED GITSHAM
Alfred is remembered on the Screen Wall memorial at Ipswich Crematorium. Born: 31st December 1900, Tooting Graveney, South London. Died: 25th March 1946; age 45; died of uraemia and a perforated duodenal ulcer, at the Borough General Hospital, Ipswich. Informant widow Mrs. Christina McD. Gitsham, of 180, Wherstead Road, Ipswich. Residence: 180, Wherstead Road, […]