ALBERT ERNEST LAMBETH

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.

Photographs courtesy of Lizi

Born: 8th July 1914, Ipswich.

Died: 5th September 1944; age 30; died of Cardiac Beri-beri at Nagoya 4B, Iruka (earlier known as Osaka 16B) whilst a Japanese POW. Survived the Thailand/Burma Railway

Residence: 28, Wroxham Road, Ipswich.

Occupation: a Letter Press Printer.

Captured: at Adam Road, 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 5832687.

Regiment: Cambridgeshire Regiment, 1st Battalion – Infantry.

On the 27th February 1946, the remains were cremated and the ashes were placed in an urn at the U.K. Wall Niche in Yokohama Mausoleum. On the 13th September 1946, the urn was removed and identified by the particulars inscribed on the urn before re-burial at the British Section of Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan.

Grave Reference:

British Section: F.B.8.

Yokohama War Cemetery,

Yokohama,

Kanagawa,

Japan.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Albert H. & Caroline Lambeth, of Ipswich; husband of Violet Lily Lambeth, of Ipswich.

Father: Albert Henry Lambeth, born 1877, in Ipswich.

Mother: Caroline Harriet Lambeth (nee Brown), born September 1881, in Ipswich.

CENSUS

1921   40, Brooks Hall Road, Ipswich.

Albert was 6 years & 11 months old. He attended School and lived with his parents and siblings.

Albert Lambeth, 44 years & 3 months old, a Labourer in the Tools Stores for Vickers & Petters Ltd., Engine Oil Manufacturers, of Hadleigh Road, Ipswich.

Caroline Lambeth, 39 years & 9 months old, Home Duties.

Herbert Henry Lambeth, 8 years & 11 months old, at School, born Ipswich.

Evelyn Marjorie Lambeth, 4 years old, born Ipswich.

Barbara Lilian Lambeth, 11 months old, born Ipswich.

In 1939, Ipswich, Albert married Violet Lily Warren, born April 1912, Ipswich – daughter of George Emerson Warren, an Engineer Slotting Machinist for Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Orwell Works, and Alice Maud Warren (nee Hindle), of 8, Trinity Street, Ipswich.

Violet and Albert had one son.

Violet Lily and her son Eric.

ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939

Albert was a Letter Press Printer. He lived with his wife at their home – 28, Wroxham Road, Ipswich.

Violet, unpaid Domestic Duties.

Probate to Violet Lily Lambeth – widow.

The Battalion was attached to the 18th East Anglian Division ( including the 4/5th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment).
15th February 1942: After the fall of Singapore, approximately 620 of the Battalions were taken POW and later mostly died on the Burma-Thailand Railway. Albert survived the Railway and was shipped to Japan on a “hell ship” and used for slave labour.