GEORGE DANIEL DAY

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 taken from the Evening Star – 12th June 1945.

Born: 11th December 1906, Ipswich.

Died: 4th October 1943; age: 37; died of Beri-beri whilst a Japanese PoW – Thailand – Burma Railway.

Captured 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.

Residence: 17, Howe Avenue, Ipswich.

Occupation: Moulder.

Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 5823645.

Regiment: Cambridgeshire Regiment, 1st Battalion – Infantry.

Grave Reference:

2.J.8.

Chungkai War Cemetery,

Kanchanaburi,

Thailand.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of William & Norah Day, of Ipswich; husband of Frances Minnie Day, of Ipswich.

CENSUS

1911   109, London Road, Ipswich.

George was 3 years old and living with his parents & brothers.

William Day, 38, a Cycle Agent – employer, born Ipswich.

Norah Maria Day (nee Hammett), 28, born Wrentham, Suffolk.

William Day, 7, born Ipswich.

Reginald Henry Day, 7 months, born Ipswich.

George’s father, William Day, died February 1940, at Borough General Hospital, of 42, York Road, Ipswich. His mother, Norah Minnie Day, died May 1940, at 42, York Road, Ipswich.

In 1935, Ipswich, George married Frances Minnie Moss, born July 1915, Ipswich – daughter of George Arthur Moss, an insurance agent, and Lottie Ellen Moss (nee Cook), and stepdaughter/niece of Lily Maud Moss (nee Cook (1st marriage Firman), of Wivenhoe Road, Tendring, Essex.

Frances and George had two sons:

Kenneth J. Day, born 1937, Ipswich.

George Edward Day, born April 1939, Ipswich.

Probate to Frances Minnie Day – widow.

Cambridgeshire Regiment, 1st Battalion
The Battalion was attached to the 18th East Anglian Division (including 4/5th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment).
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.