WILLIAM CHARLES WADE
Born: 8th May 1920, at 34, Gibson Street, Ipswich.
Died: 31st August 1943; age: 23; died of Beri-beri Chungkai POW Camp – North, whilst a Japanese POW on the Thailand/Burma Railway.
Captured: 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.
Residence: Ipswich.
Occupation: Carpenter and Joiner.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5833148.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 5th Battalion – Infantry.
Grave Reference:
4.F.7.
Thailand.
Father: Henry George Wade, born July 1886, in Ipswich. A labourer for the Ipswich Corporation and ex-Private for the Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Battalion.
Mother: Ada Eliza Wade (nee Smith), born 1890, Ipswich – died 1936, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1921 34, Gibson Street, Ipswich.
William was 13 months old and lived with his parents and siblings.
Henry Wade, 33 years & 11 months old, a Stable Man for the Sanitary Authority – Ipswich Corporation, Wolsey Street, Ipswich.
Ada Wade, 31 years & 1 month old, Homes Duties.
Harry James Wade, 12 years & 1 month old, at School, born Ipswich.
Arthur Edward Wade, 9 years & 3 months old, at School, born Ipswich.
Maud Beatrice Wade, 5 years & 2 months old, at School, born Ipswich.
William’s father, Henry Wade re-married in 1936, Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER – 1939
William was employed as a Carpenter and Joiner. He lived with his father, sister, and his father’s new wife, and her daughter at their family home – 9, Boyton Road, Ipswich.
Henry Wade, a General Labourer – Ipswich Borough Council – Roads Dept. During the Second World War Henry was also a member of the Auxiliary Fire Service.
Ellen Wade (nee Theobald (1st marriage Abbott)), unpaid Domestic Duties, born October 1890, Ipswich.
June Isabel Wade, at School, born June 1929, Ipswich.
Beatrice May Abbott, a Bag Checker born December 1920, Ipswich.
4th and 5th Battalions:
The Battalions were attached to the 18th East Anglian Division.
15th February 1942: After the Fall of Singapore, approximately 620 of the Battalions were taken POW and later mostly died on the Burma-Thailand Railway.
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