ROBERT CHARLES EVERRETT
Born: 14th December 1887, Topcroft, Norfolk.
Baptised: 10th June 1888, at St. Margaret’s Church, Topcroft, Norfolk, the same ceremony as his sister Minnie Hephzibah Everrett, born 4th July 1886.
Died: 25th June 1917; age 29; Died of Wounds.
Residence: 51, Commercial Road, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Felixstowe.
Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 146751
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery, 169th Siege.
Formerly 1205, Essex & Suffolk, R.G.A. (T.).
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
VI.F.21.
Pas de Calais,
France.
Brother to ALBERT EDWARD EVERRETT.
CENSUS
1891 Mill Road, Burgh Castle, Suffolk.
Robert was 3 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Robert Horace Everrett, 35, a Miller, born Woodton, Norfolk.
Emma Ann Everrett (nee Read), 28, born Hempnall, Norfolk.
Minnie Hephzibah Everrett, 4, born Topcroft, Norfolk.
Robert Last Everrett, 11 months, born Sea Palling, Norfolk.
1901 55, Station Street, Ipswich.
Robert was 13 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Robert, 49, a Grain Merchant’s Foreman.
Emma, 37.
Minnie, 14.
Robert, 10.
George Reginald Everrett, 8, born Burgh Castle, Suffolk.
Albert Edward Everrett, 5, born Ipswich.
Walter Ernest Everrett, 4, born Ipswich.
Frank Harold Everrett, 1, born Ipswich.
1911 51, Commercial Road, Ipswich.
Robert was 23 years old, a Picture Frame Maker – Mount, Cutter & Fitter. He was living with his parents & brothers.
Robert, 56, a Corn Miller.
Emma, 50.
George, 18, a Tram Conductor – Corporation.
Albert, 15, an Errand Boy.
Walter, 14, an Errand Boy.
Frank, 11.
Soldiers’ Effects to Emma Ann Everrett – mother.
Robert’s brother – WALTER ERNEST EVERRETT:
E.A.D.T. – Friday, 2nd November 1917 – AN IPSWICH LAD DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF – Private Walter Everrett, of a Territorial Battalion the Suffolk Regiment, sogreatly distinguished himself in a recent battle in France that his Commanding Officer and Brigade Commander have recommended him for special recognition and we understand that on the recommendation of the Major-General commanding the division, Walter (who is nineteen years of age) will be duly rewarded. This is the second time that Walter Everrett has displayed exceptional bravery in the field. On a previous occasion, he saved the life of the officer in command of his company by remaining with him and staunching his wounds, after he had sustained terrible injuries, at a time when the ground was being literally ploughed up around them by the enemy’s guns. This extremely courageous act won him the well-merited praise of all the men in his company.
Walter Everrett’s parents reside at 51, Commercial Road, Ipswich. They have unfortunately lost two sons in the war, and another is now a prisoner in the hands of the Germans. Before joining the Army, Walter Everrett was employed as a printer’s machinist at the Caxton Printing Works of Messrs. Sparks and Company, Ltd., at Ipswich. He had been in the services of the firm since he left school, and was always a special favourite amongst his fellow-workers.
Robert is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Peter’s Church, Ipswich.
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