WILLIAM HENRY CATTERMOLE
Laid to rest at the Field of Honour.
Born: 1919, Brightlingsea, Essex.
Baptised: 5th May 1919, at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea.
Died: 2nd May 1941; age 22; killed by a gunshot wound through the heart, at Shoreham Fort, Chatham, Kent. Suicide whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed.
Inquest held on the 5th May 1941.
Kentish Express – Friday, 9th May 1941 – Gunner William Henry Cattermole, 22, was found shot in his barrack room near Rochester. A letter to his mother was found in the pocket of his tunic, and the Coroner, returning a verdict of suicide whilst his mind was disturbed, observed that the deceased seemed to be suffering from “an inferiority complex.”
Residence: 13, Scott Road, Ipswich.
Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 869722.
Regiment: Royal Artillery, 516 Coast Regiment.
Grave Reference:
C.31.60.
Ipswich.
Father: Albert Edward Cattermole, born 1878, Earl Soham, Suffolk – died from asphyxiation of coal gas inhaled by the deceased, he being at the time of unsound mind. Body found on the 6th October 1930, at No. 1 Flat, 8, Dalton Road, Ipswich. At the time of his death, Albert was an unemployed bricklayer.
Mother: Alice May Cattermole (nee Hart), born 1883, Haughley, Suffolk.
In 1935, Ipswich, Alice Cattermole married Arthur Dicks.
CENSUS
1921 27, Spring Road, Brightlingsea, Essex.
William was 2 years and 2 months old and lived with his parents and siblings.
Albert Cattermole, 42 years & 8 months old, a Ship Keeper for the Admiralty Naval Base, Brightlingsea.
Alice Cattermole, 37 years & 10 months old, Home Duties.
Bessie May Cattermole, 9 years & 6 months old, at School, born Coldfair Green, Suffolk.
Margaret Mabel Cattermole, 7 years & 11 months old, at School, born Coldfair Green.
Helen Rebecca Mary Cattermole, 6 years & 10 months old, at School, born Coldfair Green.
Albert Edward Cattermole, 4 years & 10 months old, born Brightlingsea.
Leonard Arthur Cattermole, 2 months old, born Brightlingsea.
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