HARRY ERNEST NUNN

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 January 1909, Pakenham, Suffolk.

Died: 30th May 1940; age: 31.

Residence: 45, Richmond Road, Ipswich.

Rank: Private: Service Number: 5825215.

Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion – Infantry.

Grave Reference:

Row B. Grave 5.

Wulpen Churchyard,

Koksijde,

Arrondissement Veurne,

West-Vlaanderen,

Belgium.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Ernest Harry & Eva Mary Nunn; husband of Elsie May Nunn, of Somersham, Suffolk.

CENSUS

1911   The Street, Pakenham, Suffolk.

Harry was 2 years old and living with his parents & sister.

Ernest Walter Nunn, 29, a Labourer – Farming Industry, born Hundon, Suffolk.

Eva Mary Nunn (nee Jones), 24, born Brandistone, Norfolk.

Sarah Thirza Nunn, 3 months, born Pakenham, Suffolk.

1921   Pakenham, Suffolk.

Harry was 12 years and 5 months old. He attended School and lived with his widowed mother, stepsister and siblings.

Eva Nunn, 34 years & 5 months old, Home Duties.

Violet Eva Maidment Jones, 14 years & 9 months old, a Domestic Servant, born Pakenham.

Cissie Nunn, 10 years & 5 months old, at School.

George Arthur Nunn, 5 years & 8 months old, at School, born Pakenham.

Harry’s father, Ernest Walter Nunn, died in 1918, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

In 1929, Ipswich, Harry’s widowed mother, Eva Nunn, married Lionel Victor Gill, a postman, born June 1892, Bury St. Edmunds.

In 1939, Ipswich, Harry married Elsie May Laffling, born October 1915, Bosmere, Suffolk – daughter of Frederick Laffling, an agricultural labourer (died 1918, Somersham), and Florence Riches (nee Blaxell (1st marriage Laffling)), and stepdaughter of Harry Riches, a horseman on a farm, of 3, Church Lane, Somersham, Suffolk.

Elsie and Harry had one daughter.