WILLIAM THEODORE HADDOCK
Born: 1893, Ipswich.
Died: 30th January 1916; age 23; Died – Scarlett Fever and Pneumonia at Alexandria, Egypt.
Residence: ‘Oakleigh’ 17, London Road, Ipswich.
Enlisted on the outbreak of war in the 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment with a number of other Old Ipswichians.
Applied for commission on the 24th November 1914. Obtained a Commission on the Second Line of the Battalion, and then the rank of Lieutenant.
Date of Entry Therein: 19th October 1915 – Egypt.
Rank: Lieutenant.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.
Grave Reference:
Q.560.
Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery,
Egypt.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Mrs E.E. Haddock, of 17, London Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 ‘Oakleigh’ London Road, Ipswich.
William was 8 years old and living with his parents, brother & maternal aunt.
Frederick William Haddock, 42, a Traveller – Stationery, born Cratfield, Suffolk.
Emma Eleanor Haddock (nee Barker), 40, born Ipswich.
Frederick James Haddock, 15, an Apprentice – Stationery, born Ipswich.
Kate Harriet Barker, 28, a Dressmaker, born Ipswich.
1 general domestic servant.
1911 ‘Oakleigh’ 17, London Road, Ipswich.
William was 18 years old, an Apprentice Grocer & Confectioner. He was living with his parents & maternal aunt.
Frederick, 52, a Wholesale Paper Merchant & Stationery.
Emma, 50.
Kate, 38, an Assistant – Drapery Warehouse.
1 domestic servant.
William was educated at Ipswich School entered 1906 – Ipswich School magazine – March 1916.
Soldiers’ Effects to Frederick James Haddock – brother, a wholesale paper merchant.
Probate to Frederick James Haddock – brother.
William was commemorated on his parent’s headstone at Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Image courtesy of Suzanne Fosdike (this gentleman’s headstone is in Ipswich’s old cemetery, we often walk past it, so today we put some flowers there. 30/1/2018).
William is also remembered on the Chapel war memorial at Ipswich School, his parent’s headstone at Ipswich Cemetery, and Northgate High School. Formerly Ipswich Grammar School for Boys, and St. Nicholas Congregational Church, once sited at St. Nicholas Street, Ipswich.
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