REGINALD VICTOR MAYES
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 1915, Water Lane, Thornham Magna, Suffolk.
Died: 19th September 1943; age: 28; died of Beri-beri at Tasao No. 2 POW Camp whilst a Japanese POW on the Thailand/Burma Railway.
Residence: 142, Essex Street, Norwich, Norfolk.
Captured: 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5828395.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 5th Battalion – Infantry.
The body was originally buried at Tasao No. 2 Cemetery, grave no. 282. On the 1st March 1946, the body was exhumed, identified by records and reburied at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
Grave Reference:
4.C.14.
Thailand.
Father: John William Mayes, born 1881, Thornham, Suffolk – died from burn injuries after an accident in the First World War, aged 37, on the 29th December 1918. William was a Private, service number 52351, of the 2nd Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment. He was laid to rest at Tournai Cemetery Allied Extension, Belgium.
Mother: Eliza Foulger Mayes (nee Bull), born 1880, Stoke Ash, Suffolk.
CENSUS
1921 Water Lane, Thornham Magna, Suffolk.
Reginald was 6 years and 5 months old. He attended School and lived with his widowed mother, siblings, and stepbrother.
Eliza Mayes, 42 years & 1 month old, Home Duties.
Christopher Edward Bull, 18 years old, a Barman, born Thornham Magna.
John Robert Mayes, 14 years & 5 months old, a Farm Labourer for James Cockburn Drummond, a Farmer, of Grove Farm, Thornham Magna, born Thornham Magna.
Ernest William Mayes, 11 years & 7 months old, at School, born Thornham Magna.
Ivy Stella Mayes, 9 years & 1 month old, at School, born Thornham Magna.
In 1941, in Bungay, Suffolk, Reginald married Anna Naomi Talbot, born September 1920, Bungay – daughter of George William Talbot, a ganger for London North Eastern Railway, and Emma Naomi Talbot (nee Wooltorton), a gatehouse keeper, of Gate House, Aylsham, Norfolk.
Probate to Anna Naomi Mayes – widow.
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