JOSEPH STOWE

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 courtesy of Samantha Lanier

Born: 1882, Ipswich.

Died: 6th September 1920; age 37; died at the Ipswich Borough Asylum of Pulmonary Tuberculosis of considerable duration and was unable to work.

Residence: 35, Duke Street, Ipswich.

Date of Entry Therein: 13th December 1915 – France.

Wounded: 22nd March 1918 – Shrapnel wound, left arm – No. 34 Casualty Clearing Station.

Discharged: 28th September 1919.

Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 110593

Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, ‘D’ Battery, 107th Brigade.

Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.

Grave Reference:

BA.2.50.

Ipswich Old Cemetery,

Ipswich.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of William Stowe of Ipswich; husband of the late Florence Stowe.

CENSUS

1891   48, Lower Orwell Street, Ipswich.

Joseph was 9 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

William Stowe, 56, a Turner & Fitter, born Copdock, Suffolk.

Louisa Stowe (nee Feek), 54, born Ipswich.

Emma Jane Stowe, 16, a Bookbinder, born Walton on the Naze, Essex.

Henry James Stowe, 14, a Labourer, born Ipswich.

1901   ‘Boiler Makers Arms’, Duke Street, Ipswich.

Joseph was 19 years old, a Dock Labourer. He was living with his stepbrother and his family.

Richard Stowe, 44, a Publican – own account, born Ipswich.

Emma Stowe (nee Wright), 40, born Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

Beatrice Stowe, 13, born Ipswich.

Agnes Stowe, 12, born Ipswich.

Caroline Stowe, 10, born Ipswich.

Richard Stowe, 9, born Ipswich.

Elsie Stowe, 7, born Ipswich.

Nora Stowe, 4, born Ipswich.

1911   65, White Elm Street, Ipswich.

Joseph was 29 years old, a Labourer – Chemical Manufacturer. He was married and head of the household.

Florence, 29.

Lily, 6.

Florence, 2.

George, 9 months.

Joseph’s mother, Louisa Stowe, died on the 27th March 1894 in Ipswich and was buried in Section T, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Joseph’s father, William Stowe, died on the 7th June 1900 in Ipswich and was buried on the 11th June in Section T, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Joseph and Florence on their wedding day.

On the 29th November 1903, at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich, 21 year old Joseph, a labourer, married 22 year old Florence Alice Fitch, born 1881, Ipswich – daughter of William Fitch, a dock commissioner’s labourer, and Eliza Fitch (nee Smith), of Helena Road, Ipswich.

Florence and Joseph had four children:

Lily Ellen Stowe, born February 1905, Ipswich, and baptised as an adult on the 11th February 1922, at St. Matthew’s Church, Ipswich – a dormitory maid at the School House, Ipswich School, Henley Road, Ipswich.

Florence Louisa Stowe, born January 1909, Ipswich, and baptised on Christmas Eve, 1921, at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ipswich, with her brother, George William Stowe – family home at 24, Orwell Road, Ipswich.

George William Stowe, born June 1910, Ipswich, and baptised (recorded as George Edward Stowe) on Christmas Eve, 1921, at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ipswich, with his sister, Florence Louisa Stowe – family home at 24, Orwell Road, Ipswich.

James Joseph Stowe, born in late 1913, Ipswich. Baby James died on the 28th December 1913, Ipswich and was buried in Section Y, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Florence Alice Stowe died on the 29th April 1914, Ipswich and was buried in Section Y, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Joseph’s widowed sister-in-law, Emma Stowe (nee Wright), became the guardian of  Lily, Florence and George at her busy family home, 24 Orwell Road, Ipswich.

Lily Ellen Stowe, the daughter of Joseph, later married Frederick George Henry Leek, who died as a Japanese POW during WW2.

 Royal Field Artillery, ‘D’ Battery, 107th Brigade