GIOVANNI MOTRONI
Image from the Suffolk Chronicle And Mercury – 1917
JOHN
Born: 1894, Colchester, Essex.
Died: 2nd July 1917; age 24; died at the 91st Field Ambulance from wounds received from an exploding shell which fell at the door of the dug-out on the 29th June.
Evening Star – Friday, 20th July 1917 – DEATH OF IPSWICH SOLDIER – Mrs. Carmela Motroni, of Permit Office Street, Ipswich, has been notified of the death of her son, Gunner John Motroni, R.F.A. In a letter, the Reverend Francis Gleeson, C.F., says: “As a Catholic chaplain, I was called upon on Tuesday and asked to assist at the burial of your poor son, who was wounded in his dug-out on the 29th June, and died on the 1st July. His section officer could not have been more kind than he was. He went to the greatest trouble to get your son a Catholic burial, and at length found me. We buried him in a quiet cemetery, several of his comrades assisting and mourning the loss of a loved companion. Your son was wounded by a piece of an exploding shell which fell at the door of the dug-out. Everything that medical skill could do was done, but the wound proved too severe.” This is the second son Mrs. Matroni has lost in the war.
Residence: 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: at Haddock and Baines – printers and bag makers, Lower Brook Street, Ipswich.
Date of Entry Therein: 14th August 1914.
Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 11389
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, 113th Battery, 25th Brigade.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War and 1914 Star + Clasp.
Grave Reference:
I.C.23.
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Antonio & Carmela Motroni, of 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich.
Brother to PETER GEORGE DOMINIC MOTRONI & UMBERTO AMADEO MOTRONI.
CENSUS
1901 14, Union Street, Ipswich.
John was 7 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Antonio Motroni, 34, Building – Modeller/Plaster Moulder – own account, born Atina, Frosinone, Italy.
Carmela Motroni (nee Marcantonio), 34, born Atina, Frosinone, Italy.
Rosa Lizzie Motroni, 8, born Colchester, Essex.
Peter George Dominic Motroni, 5, born Colchester.
Umberto Amedie Motroni, 3, born Ipswich.
Angelina Motroni, 1, born Ipswich.
1911 Woolwich Barracks.
John was 17 years old, a soldier ranked Gunner in the 41st Battery of the Royal Field Artillery.
Antonio was the son of Giovanni Mauro Motroni, of Atina, Italy.
Carmela was the daughter of Dominico Marcantonio of Atina, Italy.
John was educated at St. Pancras Roman Catholic School and St. Mary’s Convent School, Ipswich.
In April 1910, John’s father, Antonio Motroni, was admitted to a hospital in Essex. He died at the hospital in September 1911.
Soldiers’ Effects to Carmela Motroni – mother.
John is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Pancras Catholic Church, Ipswich.
IPSWICH MOTHER LOSES THREE SONS
Mrs. Motroni, of 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich, who is a well-known figure in the town, and at Felixstowe, is one of those mothers upon whom the war has laid its heaviest of tolls, she has now lost her three sons. Their names and regiments were:-(1) Gunner John Motroni, R.F.A., died of wounds, on July 1st, 1917, at the 91st Field Ambulance, Belgium, age 24 years, previously with Haddock and Baines. (2) Pte. Peter G. Motroni, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action July 19th, 1915, at Hooge, age 20 years, previously with Haddocks and Baines. (3) Corpl. Albert H. Motroni, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action, July 15th, 1916, on the Somme, age 18 years, previously with G.E.R. at Ipswich.
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