CHARLES ALBERT VOICE HOWARD

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Image from the Evening Star – 20th April 1942

Born: 8th May 1915, at 39, Regent Street, Ipswich.

Died: 19th February 1944; age: 28; died as a Japanese POW of Malaria on the Thailand/Burma Railway.

Captured: 15th February 1942 – the Fall of Singapore.

Residence: 85, Robeck Road, Ipswich.

Rank: Corporal: Service Number: 5826704.

Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion – Infantry.

The body was originally buried in grave No. 55 at Wat Koke Mor, Nong Pladuk, Sian. On the 19th May 1946, the body was exhumed, identified, and reburied at Chungai War Cemetery.

Grave Reference:

9.L.2.

Chungai War Cemetery,

Thailand.

Relatives Notified & Address: Nephew of Mrs. F. Boar, of Robeck Road, Ipswich.

Nephew to ALBERT JAMES BOAR.

Mother: Mary Ethel Howard, born 1897, Ipswich, a Laundress. Maternal grandmother, Mary Ann Howard (nee Smith), of 1, St. Clement’s Church Lane, Ipswich, was present at Charles Howard’s birth, Mary Ann Howard also registered the birth of her grandson.

Maternal Aunt: Florence Sophie Boar (nee Howard), born June 1884, Capel St. Mary, Suffolk.

Uncle: Albert James Boar, born January 1884, Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk – died of Sun Stroke in Mesopotamia. Ranked a Leading Trimmer, service number 46. S.T., Royal Naval Reserves, H.M.S.’Dalhousie’ (RIMS), Troopship. Albert was laid to rest at Basra War Cemetery, Iraq.

CENSUS

1921   7, Ernest Street, Ipswich.

Charles was 6 years old. He attended School and lived with his maternal grandparents and uncle.

Charles Howard, 64 years & 8 months, a Dock Labourer – Cowell & Co., Corn Merchants, of Ipswich, born Capel St. Mary, Suffolk.

Mary Ann Howard, 57 years & 5 months, Home Duties, born Capel St. Mary.

Charles Victor Percy Howard, 20 years & 3 months, a Dock Labourer – Cowell & Co., Corn Merchants, of Ipswich, born Ipswich.

4th Battalion:
The Battalions were attached to the 18th East Anglian Division.
15 February 1942: After the fall of Singapore, approximately 620 of the Battalions were taken POW and later mostly died on the Burma-Thailand Railway.

SUFFOLK REGIMENT MUSEUM

Friends of The Suffolk Regiment

Charles’s portrait and profile will be displayed at a V.J. Day exhibition “Be Ye Men of Valour” from Saturday, 9th August to Monday, 25th August (Bank Holiday) 2025, at St. Margaret’s Church, Ipswich, IP4 2BT.