ARTHUR EDWARD WHITBREAD
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: 28th March 1920, Ipswich.
Died: 20th July 1944; age: 24; MPK after hitting a mine off the Normandy Landing Beaches.
Residence: 54, Rands Way, Ipswich.
Rank: Able Seaman; Service Number: C/SSX 26375.
Regiment: Royal Navy H.M.S. ‘Isis’
Memorial Reference:
Chatham,
Kent.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Arthur & Beatrice Whitbread, of Ipswich; husband of Jean Whitbread.
Father: Arthur Whitbread, born February 1873, Bromswell, Suffolk. An Engineer’s Labourer – Iron Foundry.
Mother: Beatrice Emma Kate Whitbread (nee Dance), born October 1884, Battersea, Surrey.
Brother: Reginald Frank Whitbread, born 1922, Ipswich.
Sister: Iris Beatrice Whitbread, 1924, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1921 93, Rectory Road, Ipswich.
Arthur was 14 months old and lived with his parents and maternal aunt.
Arthur Whitbread, 47 years & 4 months old, a Foundry Driller for Ransome & Rapier, at Waterside, Ipswich.
Beatrice Whitbread, 36 years & 8 months old, Home Duties.
Elsie Hannah Esther Dance, 24 years & 7 months old, a Shipping Clerk for Wingate & Johnston, of 17-18, Aldersgate Street, London, E.C., born Battersea, Surrey.
Arthur is also remembered on the memorial at Portsmouth Cathedral to all the officers and men lost on H.M.S. Isis, and is commemorated on the British Normandy Memorial, virtually opened by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, on the 6th June 2021.
20th July 1944.
H.M.S. Isis was a destroyer, built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd., Glasgow, laid down 6th February 1936, launched 12th November 1936, and commissioned 2nd June 1937. Commander Lt. Cdr. Henry Dumaresq Durell, RN. The H.M.S. Isis hit a mine 5 miles off North-East of Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy. 20 men saved, 155 officers and men lost.
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