ARTHUR REGINALD HARVEY
REG
Born: 14th January 1919, Tunstall, Suffolk.
Died: 3rd June 1944; age: 25.
Residence: 9, Hartley Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: Auto Machine Hand – Boiler and Radiator Engineers.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5830603.
Regiment: Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). 1st Battalion.
Grave Reference:
XI.D.7.
Anzio,
Lazio,
Italy.
Images courtesy of Sean Winters.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Edward James & Annie Emma Harvey, of Ipswich.
Father: Edward James Harvey, born 1885, Needham Market, Suffolk.
Mother: Annie Emma Harvey (nee Trumpeter), born October 1886, Tunstall, Suffolk.
CENSUS
1921 10, Cardinal Street, Ipswich.
Arthur was 2 years old and lived with his parents and brother.
Edward Harvey, 34 years old, a Docker at Ipswich Docks.
Annie Harvey, 33 years old, Home Duties.
Edward James Charles Harvey, 6 years old, at School, born Ipswich.
ENGLAND and WALES REGISTER 1939
Arthur was employed as an Auto Machine Hand for Boiler and Radiator Engineers. He lived with his parents at the family home – 9, Hartley Street, Ipswich.
Edward Harvey, a Wharf Labourer.
Annie, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Arthur is also remembered at The Mission Free Church, Curriers Lane, Ipswich.
The Anzio landings commenced on 22nd January 1944 on the west coast of Italy, known as “Operation Shingle,” taking the two coastal towns Anzio and Nettuno, just 40+ miles west of Rome, the capital city. The Italian campaign had come to a halt, hampered by mountain terrain and layers of fortified German and Axis positions known as the Gustav Line. It had been decided to leapfrog around the coast, setting up new beachheads, outflanking the German positions.
The Amphibious assault was a great success on the first few days, by midnight, 36,000 soldiers and 3,200 vehicles had landed on the beaches consisting of US and allied forces, but failed to push deep inland, choosing to hold back, for more troops to be landed before moving. By the 24th January, the Germans had moved over 40,000 troops into the area and surrounded the beachhead. Shelling the Allied forces trapped in a small area, the low-lying flooded terrain held up the breakout. Fierce fighting continued until June, when the Allied forces finally broke out from the beachhead, taking Rome on the 4th of June.
Ipswich have long historical links with the Italian coastal town of Nettuno; Ipswich’s Borough Council has a “Cooperation”( Twinning) link.
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