DAVID ELDRED KINSEY
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 courtesy of Ali Kinsey
Ipswich Suffolk Chronicle And Mercury – 1918
Born: 1892, Copdock, Ipswich.
Died: 25th November 1917; age 25; KiA near Cambrai.
Residence: 31, Rosebery Road, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 11360
Regiment: London Regiment, 9th Battalion.
Formerly 60701, 104th T.R. Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Memorial Reference:
Panel 3 & 4.
Louverval,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Eldred & Eliza Kinsey, of 7, Chantry Row, Sproughton; husband of Grace Kinsey, of 31, Rosebery Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 Chantry Row, Sproughton, Suffolk.
David was 8 years old and living with his parents & sisters.
Eldred Kinsey, 34, a Horseman on Farm, born Old Newton, Suffolk.
Eliza Kinsey (nee Southgate), 32, born Sproughton, Suffolk.
Lucy Olive Kinsey, 7, born Sproughton.
Ida Evelyn Kinsey, 5, born Sproughton.
Naomi Phyllis Kinsey, 3, born Sproughton.
1911 Valley Farm Cottages, Sproughton, Suffolk.
David was 18 years old, a Farm Labourer. He was living with his parents & sisters.
Eldred, 44, a Horseman on Farm.
Eliza, 42.
Lucy, 17, a Day Girl.
Naomi, 13.
On the 6th June 1915, at St. Paul’s Church, Fulham, London, 22 year old, David, a maltster, of West Cottages, Sproughton, married 26 year old, Grace Snelling – daughter of Charles Snelling, a painter, and Eliza Snelling (nee Marshall), of 12, Montpellier Road, Hammersmith, London.
Grace and David had one son:
Reginald Stanley Kinsey, born March 1916, Ipswich.
David is also remembered on the Sproughton War Memorial.
London Regiment, 9th Battalion:
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