PETER GEORGE D. MOTRONI
image from 1917 Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury newspaper.
Born: 1st July 1895, Colchester, Essex.
Died: 20th July 1915; age 20; KiA – by the bursting of a shell whilst carrying the wounded from the field to the doctors – Hooges, Belgium.
Residence: 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich.
Employed: at Haddock and Baines – printers & box makers, Lower Brook Street, Ipswich.
Religion: Roman Catholic.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Date of Entry Therein: 15th September 1914.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 3/8727
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1914 Star + Clasp.
In April, 1920 the 1914 Star was return for amendment – from Montune to Motroni.
Memorial Reference:
Panel 21,
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Anthony & Carolina Motroni, of 14, Permit Office, Ipswich.
Brother to JOHN MOTRONI & UMBERTO AMADEO MOTRONI.
CENSUS
1901 14, Union Street, Ipswich.
Peter was 5 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Antonio Motroni, 34, Building – own account, born Italy.
Carmela Motroni (nee Marcantonio), 34, born Atina, Italy.
Rosa Lizzie Motroni, 8, born Colchester, Essex.
Giovanni Motroni, 7, born Colchester.
Umberto Amedie Motroni, 3, born Ipswich.
Angelina Motroni, 1, born Ipswich.
1911 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich.
Peter was 16 years old, an Errand Boy. He was living with his mother & siblings.
Carmela, 45 a School Caretaker.
Rosa, 19, a Domestic.
Umberto, 13, an Errand Boy.
Angelina, 11.
Adelina Motroni, 9, born Ipswich.
Antonio Motroni, 7, born Ipswich.
1 boarder.
Peter attended St. Pancras Roman Catholic School and St. Mary’s Convent School, Ipswich.
In April 1910, Peter’s father, Antonio Motroni was admitted to a hospital in Essex. He died at the hospital in September 1911.
Peter is also remembered on St. Pancras Catholic Church Ipswich WW1 Memorial.
BRAVE SUFFOLK’S LAST TASK
Mrs. Motroni, 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich, has been notified of the death of her son, Private Peter Motroni, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Lieut. C.J. Moss writes:- “It is with the deepest regret and sympathy that I am writing to inform you of the death of your son. He was killed by the bursting of a shell whilst carrying the wounded from the field to the doctors. Your son was a good worker and by his death I lose one of my best men.”
Writing to Mrs. Motroni, Private Peter McNamee, of the same regiment, says:- “I can honestly say that the loss of his services is keenly felt, both by N.C.O.’s and men, and I thought preharps you would like to know that he suffered no pain whatsoever. A party of his comrades laid him to rest with all due respect in a peaceful burial-ground close by his headquarters, the service being conducted by Col. Clifford, an Irishman and a Catholic, and his grave will be registered by the Graves Registration Committee. He met his death in the most glorious way whilst in the execution of his duty in bringing down the wounded on the night of July 19th. Before we left the burial-ground a French Socialist comrade approached his grave, and, blessing himself, reverently laid some flowers on. I know this will be a terrible to you all, but you must comfort yourself with the knowledge that he died a devout Catholic, manfully performing his duty in the best interest of the State and for the emancipation of the world from the cursed yoke of Prussian militarism.
IPSWICH MOTHER LOSES THREE SONS
Mrs. Motroni, of 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich, who is a well-known figure in the town, and at Felixstowe, is one of those mothers upon whom the war has laid its heaviest of tolls, she having now lost her three sons. Their names and regiments were:-(1) Gunner John Motroni, R.F.A., died of wounds, July 1st, 1917, at the 91st Field Ambulance, Belgium, age 24 years, previously with Haddock and Baines. (2) Pte. Peter G. Motroni, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action July 19th, 1915, at Hooge, age 20 years, previously with Haddocks and Baines. (3) Corpl. Albert H. Motroni, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action, July 15th, 1916, on the Somme, age 18 years, previously with G.E.R. at Ipswich.
Suffolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion:
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