ISAAC FORD

 

 

Born: 1884, Ipswich.

Died: 6th December 1914; age 30; KiA.

Enlistment Location: Lichfield, Staffordshire.

 

Rank: Private; Service Number: 7410

Regiment: Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion.

 

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

 

Grave Reference:

I.B.9.

Prowse Pont Military Cemetery,

Hainaut,

Belgium.

 

CENSUS

 

1891   11, Holy Wells Road, Ipswich.

 

Isaac was 5 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

William Potter Ford, 37, a Quay Labourer.

Annie Ford (nee Wardley), 34, born Ipswich.

Robert Ford, 9, born Ipswich.

Susannah Ford, 6, born Ipswich.

John Ford, 3, born Ipswich.

Walter Ford, 10 months, born Ipswich.

 

1911   Tournay Barracks, Marlborough Lines Church, East Square, Aldershot, Hampshire.

 

Isaac was 25 years old, a Soldier ranked Private in the 2nd Dublin Fusiliers.

 

Soldiers’ Effects to Miss Lily Brown.

 

Isaac is also remembered on the war memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich.

 

Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion