FREDERICK WILLIAM SEARLE
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.
Born: 12th March 1888, Ipswich.
Baptised on the 6th May 1888, at St. Michael’s Church, Ipswich – family home at 6, Nottidge Road, Ipswich. Frederick’s father, Alfred Searle, was a prison warden.
Presumed died: 8th October 1918; age 30; died of wounds.
Residence: 656, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Groom and Delivery Cart Driver for a Drapery Establishment.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 35108
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
The body was discovered in a grave not marked with a cross at map reference 57B.H21. a.8.4. A Disc was found on the body with the name ERLE. In February 1920, the body was exhumed, identified as Frederick Searle and reburied at Naves Communal Cemetery Extension by the 83rd Labour Company.
Grave Reference:
I.F.13.
Naves Communal Cemetery Extension,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of E.G. Searle, of 656, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Brother-in-law to GEORGE HENRY BARKER.
CENSUS
1891 6, Nottidge Road, Ipswich.
Frederick was 3 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Alfred Searle, 41, a Bricklayer’s Labourer, born Comberton, Cambridgeshire.
Maria Searle (nee Garnham), 31, born Ipswich.
Alfred Searle, 5, born Ipswich.
Edith Sarah Searle, 7 months, born Ipswich.
1901 391, Spring Road, Ipswich.
Frederick was 13 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Alfred, 51, a Bricklayer’s Labourer.
Maria, 41.
Alfred, 15, an Errand Boy.
Edith, 10.
Rose Amelia Searle, 6, born Ipswich.
Mabel Ellen Searle, 3, born Ipswich.
Florence Gertrude Searle, 3 months, born Ipswich.
1911 391, Spring Road, Ipswich.
Frederick was 23 years old, a Groom & Delivery Cart Driver – Drapery Establishment. He was living with his parents, siblings & cousins.
Alfred, 61, a Bricklayer’s Labourer – Builder.
Maria, 51.
Alfred, 25, a Packer – Sack & Tent Works.
Rose, 16, a Day Girl.
Mabel, 13.
Florence, 10.
John Joseph Searle, 7, born Ipswich.
John Garnham, 27, a Labourer & Carman – General Carman, born Ipswich.
Ernest Farrow, 15, an Errand Boy – Baker, born Ipswich.
On Christmas Day, 1912, at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich, 24 year old Frederick, a carman, married 26 year old Emily Grace Barker, born October 1886, Mickfield, Suffolk – daughter of George Henry Barker, a general labourer, and Emily Barker (nee Abbott), of 648, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Emily and Frederick had one daughter:
Dorothy Grace Searle, born June 1913, Ipswich.
Frederick is also remembered on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.
On Christmas Day, 1923, at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich, Frederick Searle’s widow, Emily Grace Searle, married Charles Bye, born June 1892, Bridgham, Norfolk.
Emily and Charles Bye’s son, GORDON CHARLES DAVID BYE, lost his life in the Second World War. Gordon was killed in action on the 29th May 1945, aged 19. He was ranked a Fusilier, 14774437, for the Royal Welch Fusiliers, 4th Battalion. The body was buried at Ohlsdorfer Friedhof, Germany.
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