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Merchant Navy Memorial. Ipswich Waterfront, Orwell Quay.

Posted on 3rd June 2020 by

Merchant Navy Memorial Ipswich Waterfront
Orwell Quay (James Hehir building)

WW1

Merchant Navy / Mercantile Marine. Both services suffered heavy losses from German u-boat attacks, enemy ships and under water mines. U-boats sank 7,759,090 tons,

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LESLIE BASTIN FRANKS

Posted on 12th May 2020 by

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Leslie is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.

Born: 10th January 1889, Ipswich.

Died: 30th July 1916; age: 26; died as a Prisoner of War, at Minden, Germany, from wounds received on the 1st July 1916.

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Lte. Spencer Squirrell 11th Australian Infantry Battalion War Diaries

Posted on 26th April 2020 by

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Information and images courtesy of Peter Garwood.

Born: 2nd November 1893, High Street, Bildeston, Suffolk.

Departed London – 29th October 1909 on board ‘Otway’ of the Orient Line. Travelled 3rd Class. Occupation – Farmer. Master of ‘Otway’ F.S. Symonds.
Destination – Sydney, Australia.

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BURLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL

Posted on 22nd March 2020 by

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Click on the red writing for their details.

“*” Not recorded on the Christchurch Memorial.

ERNEST WILLIAM ABBOTT
GEORGE ISAAC ALDOUS
ERNEST EDWARD BLOOMFIELD
MARTIN LUTHER BOYCE
ALFRED WILLIAM COLEMAN
HENRY THOMAS DYER
CHARLES WALTER KETLEY*
FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS MUSSETT
ALFRED SIDNEY NICHOLLS
ERNEST SAMUEL PERCY
EDWARD ARTHUR RIDLEY*
HAROLD VICTOR SKINNER
JOHN FREDERICK STEBBINGS*

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Bethesda Baptist Church, Ipswich. War Memorial

Posted on 15th March 2020 by

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ERNEST JOHN ADAMS

CHARLES FREDERICK ARMER
ARTHUR JAMES BRILL
ERNEST BENJAMIN BURWOOD
WESLEY GARROD

LAZARUS HARRY HANCOCK

KENNETH DAINES MASON
FREDERICK CHARLES MOULL
WILLIAM ARTHUR PETTINGALE

BENJAMIN DANIEL REYNOLDS

JOSHUA REGINALD REYNOLDS
EDWARD ARTHUR ROSE

GEORGE BERTIE SCARLETT
PERCY ALBERT SHUFFLEBOTHAM
SIDNEY ARTHUR
FREDERICK ROBERT WILLIAM STEAD
OLIVER ALBERT WATSON

WW2

JOHN FREDERICK BOON

FREDERICK CHARLES GARROD

JACK HERBERT ROBERTSON

ERIC S SMITH*

RONALD PETER SNOWLING

ALFRED T.

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WILLIAM ALFRED ELLENDER

Posted on 17th June 2019 by

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William is remembered on the war memorial at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ipswich.

Born: 30th May 1886, Bombay, Maharashtra, India.

Died: 2nd September 1918; age: 32; Previously reported KiA, now Died of Wounds –

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The Suffolk Regiment during the Boer War

Posted on 17th June 2019 by

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First Boer war 16 December 1880 – 23 March 1881

Second Boer War 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902

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Suffolk Regiments, 1st Battalion, movements and actions:

Suffolk Regiment arrived at Cape Town in November 1899.

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SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL WW1 Memorial, Ipswich.

Posted on 6th June 2019 by

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SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL

A very impressive ceremony marked the unveiling and dedication of the
Springfield Council School War memorial at Ipswich on Friday morning.
The memorial itself took the shape of a wooden panel, bearing the names
of no less than 46 old boys who laid down their lives for their country
in the war.

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