VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL

Ipswich men who are remembered on the memorial.

 In 1936 the King unveiled The Vimy Ridge Memorial with over 60,000 Canadian lost , The memorial bares the names of 11,000. men. The memorial cost over £200,000 to build.

photos from 1936 Daily Telegraph Supplement.

Click on their names or red writing to find out more..

JACK STANLEY BULLEN

an Ipswich man remembered

Born: 3rd January 1891, Ipswich

Canadian Infantry, 16th Battalion

Died: 4th/7th September 1916; age: 24

BENJAMIN ARTHUR CATER

an Ipswich man remembered

Born: 25th January 1891, Ipswich.

Canadian Infantry, 27th Battalion.

Died: 10th April 1917; age 26; KiA 

JACK McINTYRE COLES

an Ipswich man remembered

Born:23rd June 1890

Canadian Infantry Alberta Regiment, 10th Battalion

Died: 15th August 1917; age 27

EDWARD PETER PAYNE

an Ipswich man remembered

Canadian Infantry

Died: 9th April 1917; age: 22; KiA.

 ARTHUR HARRY WHITMAN

an Ipswich man remembered

Born: 22nd November 1885, Felixstowe, Suffolk

Canadian Infantry

Died: 25th October 1916; age: 30

HUGH LEWIN RANCE

an Ipswich man remembered

Born: 6th March 1885, Ipswich.

Canadian Infantry

Died: 9th April 1917; age 32

EUSTACE CAMPBELL KAUFMANN*

an Ipswich man remembered (Ipswich School)

Born: 7th February 1887

Canadian Infantry

Died: Easter Day, 8th April 1917; age: 31

Vimy Memorial