HERBERT WILLIAM SAMUEL SHEMMING
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 from the Evening Star – 9th April 1942.
Born: 24th September 1904, Ipswich.
Died: 18th December 1943; age: 39; died of Bacillary Dysentery as a Japanese PoW on the Thailand-Burma Railway.
Captured: 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.
Residence: 73, Tyler Street, Ipswich.
Employed: with the Loco Works – London and North Eastern Railway.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5823115.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion.
The body was originally buried at Tasao No. 2. Cemetery, grave 455. On the 1st March 1946, the body was exhumed and identified by records before re-burial at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
Grave Reference:
4.D.44.
Thailand.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of George & Hannah Susan Shemming, of Ipswich.
Paternal cousin to BERTRAM VICTOR SHEMMING
CENSUS
1911 73, Tyler Street, Ipswich.
Herbert was 6 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
George Shemming, 43, a Boiler Rivetter – Foundry – Ransome & Rapier, born Hoxne, Suffolk.
Hannah Susan Shemming (nee Sheldrake), 37, born Ipswich.
Charles George Shemming, 11, born Ipswich.
Ellen Harriett Shemming, 8, born Ipswich.
1 boarder.
On the 28th August 1941, at St. Stephen’s Church, Ipswich, 36 year old Herbert, married 31 year old Catherine Shields.
Probate to Catherine Shemming – widow.
4th Battalion.
The Battalions were attached to the 18th East Anglian Division.
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.
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