ARTHUR GEORGE BLOOMFIELD

IPSWICH WAR MEMORIAL | Posted on 4th February 2016 |

Born: 23rd January 1888, Great Blakenham, Suffolk.

Baptised on the 24^th June 1888, at St. Mary’s Church, Great Blakenham – family home at Great Blakenham.

Died: 30th November 1917; age 29; KiA.

Residence: Pine Villa, 253, Bramford Road, Ipswich.

Date of Entry Therein: 25th July 1915 – France.

Rank: Sapper; Service Number: 139470.

Regiment: Royal Engineers, 178th Tunnelling Coy.
Formerly 14513, Suffolk Regiment.

Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.

Memorial Reference:
Panel 8 & 162.
Tyne Cot Memorial,
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.

Brother to ERNEST EDWARD BLOOMFIELD.

CENSUS

1891 Cottage, Great Blakenham, Suffolk.

Arthur was 3 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
George Arthur Bloomfield, 26, a Coal Labourer, born Claydon, Suffolk.
Elizabeth Mary Ann Bloomfield (nee Mills), 25, born Wetheringsett cum Brockford, Suffolk.
Anna (Annie) Bloomfield, 6, born Wetheringsett cum Brockford.
Walter William Bloomfield, 4, born Great Blakenham.
Lilian Bloomfield, 1, born Great Blakenham.

1901 Park Green, Wetheringsett cum Brockford, Suffolk.

Arthur was 13 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
George, 37, an Agricultural Labourer.
Elizabeth, 36.
Annie, 16.
Walter, 14.
Lilian, 11.
George Bloomfield, 9, born Great Blakenham.
Rosanna Bloomfield, 8, born Great Blakenham.
Ernest Edward Bloomfield, 5, born Wetheringsett cum Brockford.
Dora Bloomfield, 3, born Wetheringsett cum Brockford.
Elizabeth Bloomfield, 1, born Wetheringsett cum Brockford.
Sidney Bloomfield, 1 month, born Wetheringsett cum Brockford.

1911 Wetheringsett cum Brockford, Suffolk.

Arthur was 23 years old, a Farm Labourer. He was living with his parents & siblings.
George, 44, a Farm Labourer.
Elizabeth, 46.
George, 19, a Carpenter.
Rosanna, 18.
Ernest, 15, a Farm Labourer.
Dora, 13.
Elizabeth, 11.
Sidney, 9.

Soldiers’ Effects to George A. Bloomfield and Elizabeth Bloomfield – parents.

Royal Engineers, 178th Tunnelling Coy:
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-corps-of-royal-engineers-in-the-first-world-war/