HORACE WOOLNOUGH
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 1944 Evening Star newspaper.
Born: 1920, Ipswich.
Died: 2nd October 1944; age: 24; KiA.
Residence: 36, Bristol Road, Ipswich.
Employed: as a Salesman – Frasers, of Ipswich.
Rank: Gunner/Dispatch Rider; Service Number: 907922.
Regiment: Royal Artillery, 13 Medium Regiment.
Grave Reference:
3.I.8.
Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Arthur & Bessie Woolnough, of 34, Bristol Road, Ipswich; husband of Florence Eva Woolnough, of 36, Bristol Road, Ipswich.
Father: Arthur Woolnough, born April 1890, Ipswich. A Carpenter & Joiner.
Mother: Bessie Ethel Woolnough (nee Seager), born January 1889, St. Clement’s, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1921 Stradbroke Road, Ipswich.
Horace was 11 months old and lived with his parents.
Arthur Woolnough, 31 years & 2 months old, a Builder’s Joiner for Messrs. Raymond George Bennett & Frederick Joshua Snare – Builders & Contractors, of New Street Works, Ipswich.
Bessie Woolnough, 32 years & 5 months old, Home Duties.
2 boarders:
Miles John Palgrave Malleson, 36 years & 8 months old, a Clerk in Holy Orders – Assistant Curate at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ipswich, born City of Westminster.
Violet Mary Knorpe Malleson (nee Stack), 36 years & 2 months old, born Braintree, Essex.
In 1944, Ipswich, Horace married Florence Eva Mickleburgh, a packer at a food factory, born 1921, Ipswich – daughter of Arthur Charles Mickleburgh, an iron fettler, and Beatrice Adelaide Mickleburgh (nee King), of 9, Unity Street, Ipswich.
Horace & Florence made their home at 36, Bristol Road, Ipswich, the home of his late paternal grandmother, Charlotte Jane Woolnough (nee Rolfe), who died in June 1942.
Probate to Florence Eva Woolnough – widow.
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