Born: 1893, Ipswich. Died: 1st October 1917; age: 23; KiA by a shell. Residence: 10, Crouch Road, Colchester. Date of Entry Therein: 28th July 1915 – France. Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 88211. Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, ‘B’ Battery, 83rd Brigade. Medals Awarded: Victory, British War and 1915 Star. Grave Reference: IX. F. […]
Category: First World War
MORRIS TUTON NEWMAN
Morris is not commemorated on the war memorial at Christchurch Park. Born: 1879, Ipswich. Died: 9th September 1916; age: 38; died of wounds. Residence: 91, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich. Occupation: Draper’s Despatch Clerk. Rank: Private; Service Number: 2479. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 2nd/6th Cyclist Battalion. Medals Awarded: Victory and British War. Grave Reference: […]
CHARLES WILLIAM WEBB
Charles is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park. Born: 1895, St. Matthew’s, Ipswich. Died: 20th September 1917; age: 31; KiA. Residence: 9, Levington Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk. Rank: Rifleman; Service Number: 235040. Regiment: The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), 1st/5th Battalion. Formerly Private, 19851, of the Suffolk Regiment. Medals Awarded: Victory and […]
LEONARD AMOS CROOKS WEBB
Leonard is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park. Born: 1894, St. Matthew’s, Ipswich. Died: 3rd November 1918; age: 24; Died of Wounds. Residence: Post Office, Henley, Suffolk. Occupation: Blacksmith. Rank: Lance Corporal; Service Number: 46681. Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers, 18th Battalion. Formerly Sapper, 266752, of the Royal Engineers. Medals Awarded: […]
CHARLES HENRY JAMES
Charles is remembered on the war memorial at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ipswich. Born: 1895, Rowhedge, East Donyland, Essex. Baptised: 7th April 1895, at St. Lawrence Church, East Donyland, Essex. Died: 26th September 1915; age: 20; KiA. Enlistment Location: Colchester, Essex. Date of Entry Therein: 30th August 1915 – France. Rank: Lance Corporal; Service […]
100 years of the Ipswich branch of the Royal British Legion
Queen Elizabeth I, was one of the first monarchs to recognise the need to look after the returning veterans from wars and military service. Almshouses and homes were set up for old soldiers in respect for their military service. Some notable homes were in Chelsea and Greenwich. Many regiments set up their own regimental charities […]
CHARLES HARVEY CHURCHMAN
Charles is not commemorated on the war memorial at Christchurch Park. Born: 1895, Ipswich. Died: 3rd May 1917; age: 22; presumed KiA at Bullecourt. Reported missing – 3rd May 1917. Residence: ‘Abbey Oaks’ Sproughton, Suffolk and of 20, Prince Gate, London and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Rank: Captain. Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 6th (cyclists) Regiment attached […]
JOHN GLEESON
John is remembered on the war memorial at St. Nicholas Congregational Church, Ipswich. Born: 1858, Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Died: 29th September 1915; age: 57; at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, from a fracture of the skull as a result of injuries sustained in an accident on the evening of the 28th September. Due to […]
GEORGE ISAAC BROOKS
George is remembered on the St. Nicholas Congregational Church war memorial, once sited at St. Nicholas Street, Ipswich. Born: 1897, Belstead, Suffolk. Died: 28th April 1917; age: 20; KiA. Residence: Belstead, Suffolk. Religion: Congregationalist. Enlistment Location: Ipswich. Date of Entry Therein: 24th July 1916 – France. Rank: Private; Service Number: 27270. Regiment: Royal Fusiliers, London […]
FREDERICK CHARLES GRAY
FRED Born: 1897, Westbourne, Ipswich. Died: 27th March 1918; age: 20; Died of Wounds. Residence: 18, Handford Cut, Ipswich. Enlistment Location: Ipswich. Rank: Driver; Service Number: 656385. Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, 380th Battery, 158th Brigade. Medals Awarded: Victory & British War. Grave Reference: V.F.17. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France. CENSUS […]