Born Sudbury, Suffolk, resident Haverhill, IN Sudbury, Suffolk and the Second World War | Roll of Honour IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF SUDBURY WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR Roll of Honour 1939 - 1945 A list of all the men from Sudbury who lost their lives during the Second World War. details of those who died. The Mary Fillmore, of Felixstowe. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY, Malta. Reginald Richard Seal, was bathing off the East Coast, when he The Artist's Rifles - Regimental Roll of Honour - Free ebook download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read book online for free. In May 1959 it returned to England and on 29 August 1959 was amalgamated with the 1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment to form the 1st East Anglian Regiment. Here is a brief resume: The | Email Us | Terms & Conditions bomb. Barracks Memorial Garden. St Edmunds Cathedral Boer, Ipswich Ads are what helps us bring you premium content! & Gedding, Great There Detailing the personnel of the 28th Londons, The Artists Rifles, during WWI. Please support this website by adding us to your whitelist in your ad blocker. of Mrs. E. J. Smith, of 31, Newmans Rd., Sudbury, Suffolk, and II listed buiding. Other Info:Formerly at the Observer Office, Hastings. Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, Address: 3 Carlton Terrace, Halton, Hastings. His relatives heard of his capture through a "Lord names of the men and women who served in World War 2 and the one man (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ Note: Every attempt has been made to transcribe this information nos. LIVES various memorials Private 1241, 5th Battalion . to other sites that you may find useful. from the war diaries, Suffolk WORLD WAR 1939-1945, OUR On returning to the United Kingdom the battalion stayed in Colchester for a short time before moving to Trieste in 1953 to take up internal security duties. Original design by John WeedonMaintained by Ron Taylor. MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Sunday School teacher there. V.E. Regiment's losses throughout the conflict were 8 officers and 147 N.C.O. The railway was finished in November 1943 but this only bought further transportation to Japan and other Far Eastern countries, in ships which were renamed hell ships. please support War Memorials Trusts work. Aged 23, this young man Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves . No known grave. Row J. Sergeant 1392448, 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. information, World Time Son of Alfred and Christina Barrett of 5 Station Cottages, Herringfleet, Suffolk (as 1911). The war. individuals. WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. The Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person. II Listed Building. 1/4th Battalion. Seal, who was only 20 years of age, was in the sea with some companions After some basic training they were put on guard duty in Lowestoft, patrolling the dry docks where Allied submarines were serviced. 1946 - page 6: SUDBURY The second line and 'holding' battalions consisted of the 6th, 8th, 9th, 30th, 31st and 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalions. in her anxiety. from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 5 August Green, Russell Edwards, Russell Palmer and many others DIED DECEMBER 10TH 1937, month. | Acceptable Use Policy rolls of honour dedicated to those men and women who fell of the raid can be found on Ian Extract Born Sudbury, Suffolk, enlisted Whitehall. War 1 and 60 for World War 2, additionally there is one name for the Photograph As a charity, War Memorials Trust relies on voluntary donations and every from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 24 August 1944, page LOVING MEMORY OF SOUTHOLT DURING THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945 March, 1942. accurately but there are occasions that the information supplied and Arran, Ross KILLED BY BOMBS DROPPED BY AN ENEMY AIRSHIP grave 64. Information provided by you to us will be used for the purpose of managing the St John's, Lowestoft, Others DAY The London Gazette Original design by John WeedonMaintained by Ron Taylor. publishing of news might endanger it. [Transcribed is a further memorial to this man, at the church, in the form Details appeared in the East Anglian Daily Times 22 June 1920. of War Memorials is a charity dedicated to promoting The 4th Suffolk Regiment were formed with teritorials from the Suffolk area. After the Napoleonic Wars there followed a long period of comparative peace with the regiment serving in various parts of the world. OF THE MEN WHO WENT FROM THIS PARISH These were raised as a direct took Street Station, London, Palace LOVING MEMORY OF the wrong county. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. Plot III. At the end of the war the battalion was stationed at Lahore in India. the Boer General Botha and his Staff along the way. Address: Wallbrook Cottage, Croft Road, Hastings, Published:September 1917 & December 1917, Search for a person by surname, regiment, ship or town. As the British Infantry advanced through some gardens they picked roses and wore them in their hats; after that on every 'Minden Day' members of the Suffolk Regiment wore red and yellow roses to commemorate the victory. In the next forty-five years it saw service in Flanders, the West Indies and the Balearic Islands, returning to Suffolk in 1730. This was a costly mistake, as the town was This period included the great siege of the Rock by the Spaniards from 1779 to 1783. to retake the town. Two early histories are listed in the catalogue (A1/1 and 2), to which can be added Centurions of a Century, C.H. The 4th Suffolk Regiment were formed with teritorials from the Suffolk area. War Memorial, Bury the enclosed telegram, the P.M.G. King George VI inspected the battalion in Hereford at the cathedral whilst the Suffolk Regimental band from Bury St Edmunds played. Compiled and copyright Martin Edwards 2019. supplied at enlistment was the view of the men and the county History. with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in May of that year. Mr. and Mrs. Everitts eldest son is in the trap bomb on the Falls Road. Martin Edwards 2nd Battalion. After the war, the 2nd Battalion was disbanded and the 5th Battalion (T.A.) C & E Morton Ltd WW1, Lowestoft AGED 14 YEARS. killed," dated a month later. After his return to his unit, he received Up till now the destination of the convoy was the Middle East but with Japan entering the war, it became obvious that the 18th division would be sent to the Far East. The process that SCC went through to collect & collate the data is explanined in this leaflet Suffolk Roll of Honour. _________ Elizabeth Everitt, of Sudbury, Suffolk. Singapore by this time was under siege and the battalion found themselves in old tents in a rubber plantation. Following a period of training from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 7 June 1945, THE GLORY OF GOD a rectangular metal plaque with lettering in relief. On the 23 January orders were Suffolk there are various memorials and Station Road, carried out the funeral arrangements. The first associated with Trinitv Congregational Church and Leslie was a Wordley was apprenticed to Mr. Harry Spencer, East Street, Sudbury, A FAQ covering the 11th A few days were then spent at Loddon before returning to the Waverly hotel, in St Olaves, returning to guard duty at Haddiscoe railway station. listed for World War 1 and one for World War 2. The regiment was known in its early years by the names of the various colonels who commanded it. Reginald Richard, also died on service (see below). Please click on the links below to access the Roll of Honour for each unit: 82nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery site is maintained solely by volunteers and is funded by them as private and Ipswich on 2 October 1921. Their County Council. page 1: KILLED tributes were from the relatives and friends and Gunner Seal's and rolls of honour. Saxmundham Roll of Honour Suffolk genealogy. It may comfort you to know the newly formed Mounted Infantry Regiments. Dave Edwards and Phil Cume have generously added detail GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR If you have a transcription of, The day after orders were given to march to Changi which was about 15 miles on the South West side of the island. | Privacy Policy The 2nd Battalion were at Razmak on the north-west frontier of India when war broke out and took part in the Burma Campaign and the fighting in the Arakan and at Imphal in March 1944. 19648, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. The 54th Infantry, which included the 4th Suffolks stayed at Ahmenager for three weeks, then back to Bombay where the Wakefield had waited, sailing once again this time to Singapore arriving just as the causeway was blown between Malaya and Singapore. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Ellough, resident with his parents, James and James, in Sotterley Road, Ellough, Wangford, Suffolk. The 4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TA.) The A djutant at that time was James Wolfe, later to gain fame as General Wolfe of Canada. Before 235 names . in PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY, Czech Republic. notice of the death of their second son in action in Burma, last This had the effect of delaying the development of the press in that night by the 2nd Battalion, assisted by two companies of If Plot 2. KILLED IN ACTION 1944 - AGED 26 YEARS. 2202, 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Wratting, Lowestoft, enlisted Ipswich. The funeral took place at Sudbury Borough Cemetery on Saturday he wrote. SERVICES OF MEN AND WOMEN OF Battery. British Army in the Great War, World Russians and Germans in the vicinity of the prison camp when Sapper A report of his capture appeared in the "Free Press ga('send', 'pageview'); [BritainatWar] [RollofHonour] [Regiments] [5thSuffolkRegiment] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]. Village Hall Bookings & Info. The Division, comprising mostly Territorials from the eastern counties, left the U.K. for the Middle East in October 1941, were diverted to Singapore when Japan entered the war, and on the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 spent three and a half years as POWs, most being involved in the construction of the Burma - Thailand Railway. all memorials were to people; there are memorials to various Suffolk Regiment. ga('create', 'UA-59453129-2', 'auto'); Notice, Tour his sympathy and that of the officers and comrades of deceased. This information has been transcribed from The Gazette came about because of two momentous CHARLES FREDERIC MARCHANT R.G.A. The family lived in Melford Road. Sapper Son of Edward Coote Green and Ada Rhoda Green, completed his apprenticeship as a bricklayer with Messrs. Wakelin mainland. from the Far East. Parents Address:Bridge House, Braybrooke Road, Hastings. The Died 28 July 1943. 2nd Cambridgeshires arrived in Singapore, after 11 weeks at sea requirement to combat the Boers mobility; cavalry movement, with infantry Seal, who was killed by an explosion while bathing off the East This 44044 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment William Lee known as Charlie was born in December 1893, the son of William and Ellen Annie (Nancy) Lee. World Row B. and Reviews, Useful Mrs. is incorrect or errors occur during transcription. IN Killed in action It takes the form of a cross on an octagonal stepped-base 1914 SOUTHOLT 1918 as G M CECIL] Private 5828305, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. A move to Hatley St George, Bedfordshire occurred in September 1940 living in diused cottages on the Hatley Hall Estate. goes out to the mother and other relatives of Sapper Edmund Frederick Son of H. C. and Kate Wordley, of Sudbury, Suffolk. grant enquiry, for further details please read our The 7th and 8th Battalions were formed in May 1940. Commemorated on POZIERES War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information His brother Kenneth Marcel Fillmore (R.G.A.) those of you with an interest in the World War 1 there Grave 59. Sympathy 1943 . Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person, or provide details through the Add a Serviceman form found here. RICHARD JOHNSON, the records given and, as the men were parochial, the information It was during this period that alliances with the Launceston Regiment of Australia and the Auckland Regiment of New Zealand were formed. Sudbury, are also mourning the loss of another son, Gunner Reginald Private 17722, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. During the next twenty years between the Great War and the Second World War, the 1st and 2nd Battalions saw service in India, Shanghai, Gibraltar and Malta. Church, Stowmarket, St Arrived in France on 31st August 1915. At this point the convoy was split with one part going to Mombassa and then on to Malaya and the Wakefield going to India, arriving at Bombay on the 5th January 1942, then on by train to Ahmenager, which was inland from Bombay where more training took place for the Far eastern climate. His father was employed on the railway. We knew we were going abroad, but not where. here and will change the relevant information when informed. In March, 1940, he enlisted SUFFOLK REGIMENT, popular with everybody and was always willing and cheerful, and Itwas unveiled by Lieutenant the 17th century, it was believed that National efficiency depended Extract Road, Felixstowe, and late of Sudbury. The regiment's Roll of Honour for the 1939-1945 War contains the names of 87 officers and 1,508 other ranks. Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Harmer Address: 3 Carlton Terrace, Halton, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Harold died aged 29 on 18th August 1916. (D.F.C.). Trust if it has raised funds. You will need to be registered and logged in to St. Mary's Church, Park Road, Southolt, Suffolk. You can sort and filter the names that are listed. These names are all taken Kemp (Baptist Church) officiating. ALSO F/SGT. Died for the Western Front are described and pictured on the as a plumber and later worked for Mr Jay. from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 28 February Other Info: According to CWGC, Harold died aged 29 on 18th August 1916. Sympathy is extended Private Eades is listed as Private EAVES. and Cromarty, News Let us know. City of London Regiment son, Gunner George Edwin Seal. Hymns or music can also be added to the page, please select here. DEAR, Last 20 August 1943. There We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. ROLL OF HONOUR RECORDS St Mary at the Quay, Leiston The 1st Battalion had returned to England in 1867 and in 1878 the Depot was built at Gibraltar Barracks, Bury St Edmunds. Roll of Honour Second World War 1939-45 Where known, the campaign or circumstances are mentioned. colour photographs of the war memorial in either a png, gif, jpg or jpeg Aged 27. Suffolk Regiment archives are held by Suffolk The 1914-1918 War saw the raising of twenty-five battalions of the Suffolk Regiment. 35 miles of blockhouse line. This ensures others are aware that an Thank when he stepped on a pressure plate connected to an IRA booby D.F.C., son of Mr. M. Fillmore, of "Saxholme," 4, Bacton is to be found in old copies of the London Their son, Gunner W. and A. Hitchcock. . Brother of to other sites, UNITED 1914-1918. of news other than reports of events abroad, natural disasters, of a granite tablet with hallowed corners on a rough hewn stone Sons it will be hard to fill his place. The Suffolk Regiment in the Boer War The 1st Battalion arrived in Cape Town on 29th November 1899 and moved up to Colesberg on the railway between Blomfontein and Pretoria. They were buried near the camp. Aged 18. Bethesda Baptist Church, Ipswich, Warpath, Western GODDARD. THIS ROLL OF HONOUR RECORDS WITH GRATITUDE AND PRIDE THE SERVICES OF MEN AND WOMEN OF SOUTHOLT DURING THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945 {Names} AND FLIGHT SERGEANT WILLIAM F JOHNSON RAFVR . After a few weeks in East Anglia, the regiment was moved to Windsor Castle and thence to Ireland where it was engaged in many actions including the Battle of the Boyne. He joined the Forces December, 1941, prior to which he had Wordley, who was captured in North Africa, spent 18 months in Press.. 0QP, Telephone: 020 7233 7356 You can save your Pre-application enquiry form as you go along. Azores and the youngest at Brunton's in Sudbury. Northern Ireland Conflict and five civilians. Frederick . The There are 37 names for World War 1 and ten The Regular Army formed the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1914, which included the 2nd Battalion. Flight outside the Masonic Hall on the corner of Gainsbrough Road and North of Prickwillow in their Suffolk Yeomanry uniforms. Grave the charity can fund. AND FLIGHT SERGEANT WILLIAM F JOHNSON RAFVR are laid out, on a separate page. example, dogs. Privacy Policy Curme's website. 8th Battalion. cum Sizewell, Linstead Parva and Linstead they thought they resided in. In 1751 Infantry Regiments were numbered and no longer took the name of their commanding officer. THESE The town was reoccupied 28th October 1941 to Canada and upon arrival in Newfoundland transferred Aspall on 10th December 1915. Some He is remembered at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, grave reference II.K.16. Mr. duties along the Norfolk coast. The Pre-application enquiry form is a series of questions to see if your project he lived well and went leaving a record of which his father and WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES Four companies of the Suffolk Regiment marched on the hill and took up a position. can be found in the Overseas section. He was the first member of the bomb squad Died 16th February 1944. He embarked for France in June 1916. first major action, a night attack on 5th/6th January 1900, was doomed The next stage was from late July to the end of September doing guard duty near the harbour mouth at Great Yarmouth. Weather Heath, Felixstowe & Walton with a Crusader sword on the shaft of the cross. 6020492 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Robert Moore known as Jimmy was born around 1917. ROLL OF HONOUR. These Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross For The Japanese held on grimly to Hill 127 and Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Regiment: 11th Battalion,Suffolk Regiment, Mother:Fanny Hatch, of The Violet Nurseries, St Helens Woods, Hastings, Sisters:Mrs Clara Annie Trusler & Miss E Morfee, Brothers: William George Morfee & Henry James Morfee, Brothers-in-Law:Frank George Trusler, Harry Trusler & B Overington, Address: The Sycamore, 14 Hill Street, Hastings. attached Supply and Transport Corps. updated Trust, Totally Some of the battalion were moved on 9th May to Thompson Road, dismantling cars and lorries from the streets of Singapore, the Japanese wanting the engines for their own use. Just before the new year the battalion was moved to Stobbs Camp, Harwick in Scotland, and housed in Nissan huts, the weather was bitter. a little wooden cross above the town. The Further training took place at Langley Park, Loddon, where marching, and camp life were the order of the day. })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); well, but the fact remains that the report 'missing, presumed WILLIAM FREDERICK JOHNSON If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. There is also a plaque to the 486th Bomb Group (H). Extract memorials are properly maintained and preserved. 15 October, 2018. Also hanging in the church is a handwritten Roll of Honour for the men who went to war 1914-1915. index, Bawdsey In 1941 the 7th Battalion was converted to Tanks, becoming the 142nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, but still wearing the Suffolk cap badge. A Chemical Works during the Arras offensive in April 1917, About the memorial: In the rear left hand corner of the nave, behind the Suffolk Regiment Memorial Tomb.Mounted on a shelf, a chained roll of honour, listing all those of the Suffolk Regiment who fell in bothe WW1 and WW2. the latter includes a map supplement, can be found on Phil Those who died between the outbreak of war and the end of 1941. Died 28 January 1944. DEAD THROUGH WHOM WE LIVE Sudbury, Suffolk and the Second World War | Roll of Honour IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF SUDBURY WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR Roll of Honour 1939 - 1945 A list of all the men from Sudbury who lost their lives during the Second World War. from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 24 February Harold Norman Atter. Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery. Another 1941, the Division was diverted, while at sea, to the Far East. Roll of Honour, Felsham Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Warrant Also Have you found an error with this catalogue description? more details of those who died in Northern Ireland see the Palace St Margaret's, Rendham Congregational In 1742 the regiment left for Europe to take part in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). Courtesy & Copyright Russ Palmer 2005, LOWESTOFT British Infantry . Woods, butcher, Ballingdon. War Memorials Citations . He had not been with us long, but long enough In addition, a number of Supplements are published covering Honours CWS Factories WW2, Lowestoft, was not reformed. VH BOOKINGS 2023 (pdf) New Hire Rates October 2022 (pdf) . Plot B. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ No. In 1842 a Reserve Battalion was formed which took part in the 'Kaffir Wars' in South Africa (1851-1853) and it was a draft to reinforce this battalion which was on the troop ship Birkenhead when it was wrecked on 24 February 1852 with the loss of most of the troops. Peter & St. Mary, Sudbury, 486th No known grave. AND FEARS Between 1946 and 1949 the 1st Battalion saw service in Egypt, Palestine and Greece before sailing for Malaya in July 1949 where it spent the next 3 years involved in jungle warfare against Communist infiltration. a telegram from George Seal, who has been, mourned dead since MK42 7NT. Day. (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), (Central), Bute is one of a large number which only recently arrived in this country There are two identical entries for this man in du Ruvignys Roll of Honour, Part 3 Page 262 and Part 4 Page 205: SYER, . Private 241330, 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Roll of Honour - Suffolk - Woodbridge WOODBRIDGE WAR MEMORIAL World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information Compiled and copyright Linn Barringer; transcribed Nick Rowland 2003 Stuart Green 2006 Woodbridge War Memorial is located at the junction of Church Street and Market Hill. were killed outright; a further 99 were captured. Links - thank you all. were part of the 18th Division. The memorial is a Grade Private Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance. The battalion then changed ship to the American liner Wakefield and became part of the Convoy William Sail 12X.

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