ROBERT GEORGE MATTOCK

Ipswich War Memorial | Posted on 3rd October 2016 |

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 taken from the Evening Star – 10th April 1942.

Born: 22nd March 1919, Ipswich.

Died: 18th July 1943; age: 24; died of Smallpox at Songkurai No. 2 Camp, whilst a Japanese POW on the Thailand/Burma Railway.

Captured: 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.

Residence: 38, Copperfield Road, Ipswich.

Occupation: a Cabinet Maker and Polisher.

Rank: Private: Service Number: 5830613.

Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion – Infantry.

The body was originally buried at Songkurai Cemetery 1, Block C, Grave 56. In December 1945, the body was exhumed, identified and reburied at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.

Grave Reference:

B4.J.15.

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery,

Mon State,

Myanmar.

Image courtesy of Kevin Knights.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of William George & Ethel Elizabeth Mattock, of Ipswich.

Father: William George Mattock, born 1899, Higham, Suffolk.

Mother: Ethel Elizabeth Mattock (nee Simpkin), born 1888, Exning, Suffolk.

ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.

Robert lived with his parents and siblings at their family home – 38, Copperfield Road, Ipswich.

William, a Farm Labourer.

Ethel, unpaid Domestic Duties.

Evelyn May Mattock, born 1921, Ipswich.

Elsie M. Mattock, a Silk Machinist, born January 1924, Ipswich.

William Walter Mattock, born March 1928, Ipswich.

Probate to Ethel Elizabeth Mattock – mother.

F Force, left Changi on the 4th April 1943.

4th and 5th Battalions:
The Battalions were attached to the 18th East Anglian Division.
15 February 1942: After the fall of Singapore, approximately 620 of the Battalions were taken POW and later mostly died on the Burma-Thailand Railway.