Month: February 2018

Frederick is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 1887, Ipswich. Died: 28th October 1916; age 29; KiA. Enlistment Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk.   Rank: Private; Service Number: 37204. Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, 2nd Battalion, ‘C’ Coy. Formerly 2869, Berkshire Yeomanry.   Medals Awarded: Victory & British […]

Charles is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 1888, Ipswich. Died: 2nd September 1916; age: 28; KiA. Served 1 year & 299 days. Occupation: General Labourer. Enlistment Location: Chatham, Kent; Date: 9th November 1914; age: 26 years & 152 days; a widower; Religion: CofE. Height: 5ft 6 1/2ins, fresh complexion, […]

William is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 1892, Ipswich. Died: 29th May 1915; age 23; Died of Wounds at No. 11 General Hospital, Boulogne. Residence: Gillingham Kent. Enlistment Location: Finsbury Barracks, Middlesex. Date of Entry Therein: 12th May 1915 – France.   Rank: Private; Service Number: G/5677. Regiment: The […]

Albert is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 1882, Ipswich. Died: 23rd August 1918; age 37; KiA. Residence: 84, Willow Road, Romford, Essex. Occupation: Bricklayer – own account. Enlistment Details: Location: Romford, Essex; Date: 12th November 1915; age: 35; Religion: CofE. Signed up for the Duration of the War. Height: […]

Picture courtesy of Nick Heard Frederick is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.   Born: 1880, Ipswich. Died: 23rd March 1916; age: 36; Died of Wounds. Enlistment Location: Bristol, Gloucestershire Date of Entry Therein: 21st November 1915 – France.   Rank: Sergeant; Service Number: 14551. Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment, 12th Battalion.   Medals […]

Photograph courtesy of Margaret Frederick is not remembered on Christchurch Park memorial.     Born: 1893, St. Margaret’s, Ipswich. Died: 8th May 1915; age 22; KiA. Enlistment Location: Manchester, Lancashire. Date of Entry Therein: 24th February 1915.   Rank: Private; Service Number: 10713. Regiment: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 2nd Battalion.   Medals Awarded: Victory, […]

Henry is not remembered on the Christchurch Park war memorial. Image Courtesy of David. Born: 7th May 1897, Ipswich. Baptised: 11th May 1902, Chiswick, Middlesex. Died: 9th August 1916; age 19; Died of Wounds. Residence: Basingstoke, Hampshire. Enlistment Location: Warley, Essex. Date of Entry Therein: 27th July 1915 – France.   Rank: Private; Service Number: 16229. […]

Charles is remembered on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.   Born: 1880, Mendlesham, Suffolk. Died: 28th April 1917; age: 37; KiA. Enlistment:Location: Ipswich.   Rank: Private; Service Number: 41433. Regiment: Essex Regiment, 13th Battalion. Formerly 6645, Cambridgeshire Regiment.   Memorial Reference: Bay 7. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.   […]

Edgar is remembered on the war memorial at St. Matthew’s Church war memorial.   Born: 1888, Ipswich. Died: 1918; age 30; of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at St. Martin’s Cottage, Tuddenham St. Martin, Suffolk. Served 290 days. Residence: St. Martin’s Cottage, Tuddenham St. Martin. Enlistment: Date: 9th December 1915; Age: 27 years; Occupation: Gardener. Height: 5ft 1 […]

Leopold is remembered on the war memorial at St. Matthew’s Church, Ipswich.   Born: 1897, Ipswich. Died: 25th May 1917; age 19; Died of Wounds at No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station.   Rank: Pioneer; Service Number: 128533. Regiment: Royal Engineers, 2nd Special Coy. Formerly 3869, Suffolk Regiment.   Grave Reference: I.K.15. Trois Arbres Cemetery, […]