SIDNEY CHARLES ROBERT ROBERTS
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 from the Evening Star – 28th April 1942.
Born: 7th February 1907, Dover, Kent.
Baptised: 11th March 1907, Dover.
Died: 5th April 1944; age: 37; died of Beri-beri at Heito POW Camp as a Japanese POW.
Residence: 103, Orwell Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Iron Moulder.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5825827.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion – Infantry.
The body was originally buried at the Heito Camp Cemetery in Formosa/Taiwan. In July 1947, the body was exhumed, identified by a cross over the grave and reburied at Sai Wan War cemetery, Hong Kong.
Grave Reference:
VI.E.10.
Eastern District,
Hong Kong.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Sidney Charles & Ethel Roberts; husband of Gladys Irene Roberts, of Ipswich.
CENSUS
1911 58, Oswald Road, Buckland, Dover, Kent.
Sidney was 4 years old and living with his parents & brother.
Sidney Charles Roberts, 27, a Mariner on Harbour – Barges, born Shotley, Suffolk.
Rose Eveline Roberts (nee Handley), 26, born Dover, Kent.
Leslie William George Roberts, 1, born Dover, Kent.
Sidney’s mother, Rose Eveline Roberts died 1935, Ipswich.
In 1939, in Ipswich, Sidney married Gladys Irene Baxter, a cook, born March 1909, Ipswich – daughter of the late William Baxter, a foundry labourer, and Ellen Sarah Baxter (nee Osborne), of 103, Orwell Road, Ipswich.
Probate to Gladys Irene Roberts – widow.
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