Memorial Plaque mounted at Anglesea Heights Care Home formally the Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road. Currently owned by Ipswich School. A postcard from the 1920’s mentions the Plaques intended location. “This tablet is to be placed over a bed in the New Memorial Wing of the East Suffolk & Ipswich Hospital. At present […]
Category: Ipswich Memorials
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ltd. sports field, Ipswich, WW2 memorial
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ltd. is now known as Ransomes Jacobsen premier supplier of high-quality turf equipment, utility vehicles, golf cars and tractors for prestigious championship golf courses worldwide. The Ipswich Star 3rd May 1958 images courtesy of Sally. The gates were built in memory of employees who lost their lives during WW2 DONALD BERNARD […]
IPSWICH ORWELL WORKS MEMORIAL
Image courtesy of Darren Darday. 1914 – 1919 Orwell Works Memorial WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR Now sited at The Museum of East Anglian Life (M.E.A.L) Bronze, height 64, width 39 Erected in 1919 by their proud and grateful employees. Ransomes Sims & Jefferies, John Street, Ipswich, Suffolk Suffolk Chronicle & Mercury […]
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VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL
Ipswich men who are remembered on the memorial. In 1936 the King unveiled The Vimy Ridge Memorial with over 60,000 Canadian lost , The memorial bares the names of 11,000. men. The memorial cost over £200,000 to build. photos from 1936 Daily Telegraph Supplement. Click on their names or red writing to find out more.. […]
IPSWICH MEN REMEMBERED AT ARRAS MEMORIAL FROM WW1
Grande Place Arras (Town Hall) Grande Place Arras (Town Hall) 1936 royal visit, Canadian pipe band. Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery Arras Ipswich has long been associated with Arras France. During the late 1980’s Ipswich Borough Council went into a cultural partnership (twinning). (Soldiers from 202/158 Royal Logistics corps. Ipswich) Annually a Ipswich civic and military party […]
IPSWICH WW1 & WW2 FIELD of HONOUR
IPSWICH FIELD OF HONOUR 25th March 1921 Suffolk Chronicle & Mercury newspaper. In the south-western corner of Ipswich Cemetery, on the crest of a little hill, 140 British heroes await the “Reveille” in a picturesque Garden of Sleep. In the earlier days of the war, and during its four and a half years’ process, they […]
Ipswich Post Office Memorial WW1 & WW2
Ipswich Postal Staff Roll of Honour Unveiled By The Mayor (December 1915, Suffolk Chronicle & Mercury Newspaper) An interesting function took place at the Ipswich Post Office on Friday evening, when in the presence of the staff and friends and relatives of the employees, the Mayor unveiled a roll of honour, containing the names of […]
Ipswich Town Hall WW1 & WW2 Memorials
Ipswich Town Hall The memorial is located half way up the main staircase WW1 & WW2 WW1 JOHN ROBERT MEAD Rank: Captain; Regiment: Royal Engineers, 335th Road, Construction Coy. ALFRED NUNN Rank: Private; Service Number: 2294; Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion. PERCY THOMAS CLARKE Rank: Second Lieutenant; Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Battalion attached […]