Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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THESE
MEN
GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
[1914 - 1918]
| ALRIGHT | E |
[There
are no ALRIGHT's on the CWGC and no E ALRIGHT's in any records]
possibly Frederick
Arthur ALBRIGHT, Serjeant 20452, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died on Saturday 16th September 1916. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 1C and 2A. |
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| BRADNAM | George
William |
Private
17324, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
25th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Camden Town, enlisted
Sudbury, Suffolk. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. |
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| BREWSTER | [Henry]
Charles |
Private
M/303318, 962nd Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died Sunday 2nd September 1917 in Persian Gulf. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury, resident Glemsford. Buried in BASRA WAR
CEMETERY, Iraq. Grave I. C. 12. |
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| BREWSTER | Walter |
Private
18903, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
26th April 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted
Stratford. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Grave III. B. 6. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London |
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| BROWN | Arthur |
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| BROWN | B
A |
probably
Albert BROWN, Private 232416, 2nd (City of London) Battalion, London
Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Killed in action 26 September 1917.
Aged 22. Born and resident Glemsford, enlisted Elverton Street.
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Brewster, of 5, Broadway, Glemsford, Suffolk.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, son of Elizabeth, aged 16, a
Farm Winder, born Glemsford, resident Brook Street, Glemsford. Buried
in AEROPLANE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B.
Grave 60. |
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| BROWN | Charles
F |
Lance
Sergeant 23152, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action
Saturday 1st December 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 36. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Battersea. Son of the late Joseph Brown; husband
of Amelia Brown, of 40, Morrison St., Shaftesbury Estate, Battersea,
London. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France.
Panel 2 |
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| BROWN | Ernest
W |
Rifleman
8289, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Died
Sunday 6th December 1914 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford, Suffolk,
enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, resident Darlington, Durham.
Buried in LES GONARDS CEMETERY, VERSAILLES, Yvelines, France. Grave
2. 20. |
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| BROWN | George
S |
Private
8891, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday
30th January 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford, Suffolk,
enlisted Sudbury, Suffolk, resident Glemsford. Buried in BAILLEUL
COMMUNAL CEMETERY (NORD), Nord, France. Grave G. 20. |
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| BYFORD | John
Walter |
Private
511869, 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London
Regiment. Died of wounds Tuesday 12th June 1917 in France & Flanders.
Age 22. Enlisted London, resident Glemsford, Suffolk. Nephew of
Harriet Byford, of Skates Hill, Glemsford, Suffolk. Buried in DUISANS
BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Grave IV. J. 24. |
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| CHATTERS | W |
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| CLARKE | George |
Private
15432, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
24th March 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted
Sudbury. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY (NORD), Nord, France.
Grave J. 44. |
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| CLARKE | William
George |
[Listed
as G W CLARKE on memorial] Lance Corporal 8265, 1st Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 18th February 1915 in France
& Flanders. Age 22. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmunds.
Son of Frederick Oscar Clarke, of 6, New Cut, Glemsford, Suffolk.
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 21. |
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| COLE | J
H |
Possibly
John Henry Cole, Private 17865, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Killed in action Thursday 22nd August 1918 in France & Flanders.
Age 35. Born Croydon, Surrey, enlisted Sudbury. Son of John Henry
and Annie Cole, of Croydon, Surrey; husband of Eleanor Cole, of
24, Victor Rd., Holloway, London. Buried in RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave I. J. 7. |
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| CROSS | Eaton |
Private
16941, "W" Company, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action Thursday 16th November 1916 in France & Flanders.
Age 20. Born Liverpool, enlisted Sudbury. Son of Harry and Lizzie
Cross, of Glemsford, Suffolk. Buried in BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Plot 1. Row K. Grave 9. |
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| DEBENHAM | William |
Private
329209, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
Thursday 15th November 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 35. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury. Son of the late Alfred Debenham, of Glemsford,
Sudbury, Suffolk; husband of Mabel Debenham, of Cross Green, Hartest,
Bury St. Edmund's. Formerly 7911, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
148 |
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| DOWNES | S |
Either
Samuel Downes, Private PLY/1854(S), 1st Royal Marine Battalion,
Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died on Thursday
22nd August 1918. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Panel 1. or
Sidney Downes, Private 14998, 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light
Infantry. Died Monday 9th August 1915. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 47 and 49 |
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| GAME | Frank
Cyril |
[Listed
as C F GAME on memorial] Private M2/222395, 689th Motor Transport
Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died Wednesday 6th November 1918
in Balkans. Age 26. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Cavendish,
resident Glemsford. Only son of Anna Game, of The Crown Hotel, Glemsford,
Suffolk, and the late Walter Game. Buried in SKOPJE BRITISH CEMETERY,
The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia. Grave D. 4.
From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour the following: Volume 2, Part 5, Page 65 - GAME, Frank Cyril - Private, No 222395, Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps Only son of the late Walter Game, by his wife, Anna (Crown Hotel, Glemsford), dau.of John Claydon Moore; born Glemsford, co. Suffolk, 12th Oct. 1892; educated Sudbury Grammar School; enlisted in the Army Service Corps 13th Sept. 1916; served with the Royal Serbian Army from the following November; died at No 60 General Hospital, Salonika, 6th Nov. 1918 of influenza, contracted while on active service. Buried in Veles Military Cemetery, on Vadar river, 95 miles north west of Salonika. Unm. |
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| GOODY | Lambert |
Stoker
1st Class SS/112859, H.M.S. "Vanguard", Royal Navy. Died
on Monday 9th July 1917. Age 29. Son of James and Elizabeth Goody,
of Brook St., Glemsford, Suffolk. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 23. |
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| HARTLEY | Albert |
Lance
Corporal 12662, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
Saturday 16th September 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born
Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Hartley, of 3, New Cut, Glemsford, Suffolk. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A |
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| HONEYWOOD | George |
Private
8418, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
18th February 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born Stanstead,
Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury. Son of Mrs. Eliza Elliston, of Church
Gate, Glemsford, Suffolk. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. |
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| JOSSLYN | William
Walter John |
Private
16075, "B" Company, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action Wednesday 19th April 1916 in France & Flanders.
Age 20. Born Clapham, Surrey, enlisted Sudbury, Suffolk, resident
Glemsford, Suffolk. Son of Walter Robert and Fanny Josslyn, of Broadway,
Glemsford, Suffolk. Commemorated in ESSEX FARM CEMETERY, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Sp. Mem. B. 6. |
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| KEEFE | Edwin
Alfred |
Private
41461, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Monday
22nd October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford, Suffolk,
enlisted Sudbury. Age 19. Son of James and Julia Keefe, of 5, Skates
Hill, Glemsford, Suffolk. Formerly TR/9/5848, 25th T.R. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
40 to 41 and 162 to 162A |
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| OAKLEY | B |
Driver
80448, 87th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died on Saturday 1st
March 1919. Age 27. Son of Emma Oakley, of New St., Glemsford, Suffolk,
and the late Benjamin Oakley. Buried in DOUAI BRITISH CEMETERY,
CUINCY, Nord, France. Grave E. 11. |
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| OAKLEY | Frederick |
Sergeant
6363, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
11th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 31. Born Glemsford, Suffolk,
enlisted Sudbury. Son of James Oakley, of Chequers Lane, Glemsford,
Suffolk; husband of Alice Oakley, of 9, Victoria Rd., Newport, Isle
of Wight. Buried in WYTSCHAETE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave IV. A. 3. |
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| PEARMAN | Thomas
Brown |
Rifleman
8082, 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed
in action Friday 14th May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford
, enlisted London, resident Glemsford, Suffolk. Commemorated on
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
46 - 48 and 50 |
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| PIPER | Edwin |
Private
202414, 1st/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in
action 9th October 1917. Enlisted Sheffield. Edwin was born to Celia
Marianna Stammers and William Piper in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Both
Celia & William were originally from Foxearth and moved to Sheffield,
married there 1889 and had two sons: Francis William 1890 &
Edwin 1891. Tragically Celia died of TB in 1897 so the family was
split up; Francis remained in Yorkshire whilst Edwin returned to
Suffolk. Edwin married Mabel Ledger in 1916 in Sheffield so by that
time he has gone back ‘up north’ to what remains of
his family. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 125 to 128. |
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| PLAYLE | H |
No
further information currently. |
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| PLAYLE | W |
in
the 1901 census Wallace PLAYLE wasl aged 18, son of William and
Sarah A Playle, a school teacher, born and resident Glemsford. |
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| RUTTER | Arthur |
Private
3/10136, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
16th September 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford, Suffolk,
enlisted Sudbury. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A |
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| SLATER | William |
Corporal
T/201634, 3rd/4th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Died of wounds Thursday 17th January 1918 in France & Flanders.
Age 26. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Croydon, Surrey, resident
South Norwood, Surrey. Son of William and Jennie Slater, of Glemsford,
Suffolk; husband of Elizabeth Slater, of 41, Cobden Rd., South Norwood,
London. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France.
Grave IV.G 1 |
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| SPARHAM | William |
Private
240980, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
Saturday 17th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Bury
St Edmunds. Formerly 3326, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in RIBEMONT
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave I. F. 5. |
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| SMITH | Samuel
George |
Private
26116, 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment attached 12th
Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died Saturday 8th [SDGW] or Wednesday
12th [CWGC] September 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 27. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Cavendish, Suffolk, resident Glemsford. Son of
Abner Smith, of 1, Sandon View, Hunslet Carr, Leeds. Formerly 26340,
Bedford Regiment. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 7. |
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| SUTTLE | Ambrose |
Private
26709, 14th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action
Tuesday 7th November 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 22. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Glemsford, Suffolk. Formerly 26454, Suffolk Regiment.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
7 C and 7 B |
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| TWINN | Albert |
Private
29871, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment).
Killed in action Monday 9th April 1917 in France & Flanders.
Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury, Suffolk, resident Glemsford,
Suffolk. Formerly 18174, Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
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| TWINN | Cyril
Arthur |
Private
41614, 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday
4th October 1917 in England. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Wokingham,
Berks, resident Glemsford. Formerly G/15128, Royal West Kent Regiment.
Buried in ST. MARY CHURCHYARD, GLEMSFORD, Suffolk. |
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| TWINN | Walter
[Wallace] |
Private
G/11310, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Killed
in action at Amiens 22nd August 1918. Aged 24. Son of Wallace and
Alice Twinn of Tye Green, Glemsford. Born in Glemsford and enlisted
in Wokingham. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 6. |
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| ARBON | Alfred
John |
Private
M2/035385, 19th Division Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service
Corps. Killed in action Friday 8th November 1918 in France & Flanders.
Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Glemsford.
Buried in CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave II. D. 16. |
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| ARGENT | Harry
James |
Private
8531, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action
Tuesday 3rd November 1914 in France & Flanders. Age 31. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Sudbury. Son of James
and Martha Argent, of 22, School St., Sudbury, Suffolk. Commemorated
on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
5 and 6 |
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| CLARK | Arthur
Pleasance |
Rifleman
A/200947, 21st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
Friday 9th February 1917 in France & Flanders. Born East Bergholt,
Essex, enlisted Colchester, resident Glemsford, Suffolk. Formerly
4626, Essex Regiment. Buried in LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave II. B. 25. |
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| COPSEY | Christopher
Simeon |
Private
44960, 1/5th (TF) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed
in action Saturday 20th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 30.
Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Halifax, resident Huddersfield.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Copsey, of 21, Crimble Bank, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 125 to 128 |
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| CUTMORE | William |
Sapper
190575, 277th Railway Company, Corps of Royal Engineers. Killed
in action Thursday 28th June 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Leyton, Essex. Formerly 11781, Wilts Regiment.
Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave I. B. 5. See also
Liverpool Street Station, London |
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| DEBENHAM | Arthur
Lambert |
Sergeant
R/4398, 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
Tuesday 11th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 33. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Skipton, Yorks, resident Keighley, Yorks. Husband
of Emily Debenham, of 8, Alfred St., Worth Village, Keighley, Yorks.
Buried in DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France.
Grave VII. I. 9. |
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| FILBY | George
William |
Private
80375, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of wounds Thursday 17th August
1916 in England. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Watford, resident
Abbots Langley. Buried in north-west plot ST. LAWRENCE CHURCHYARD,
ABBOTS LANGLEY, Hertfordshire. Grave 381. |
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| GAME | Jasper |
Private
42768, 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action
Wednesday 5th December 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Chelmsford, resident Braintree, Essex. Formerly
12150, Essex Regiment. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 75 to 77 |
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| GARWOOD | Robert |
Private
40032, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
2nd May 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 27. Born Stanstead, Suffolk,
enlisted Bury St Edmund's, Suffolk, resident Glemsford, Suffolk.
Son of the late James and Eliza Garwood. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
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| GOLDING | Dennis
Alfred |
Corporal
1745, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds Tuesday
10th October 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 27. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Alfred and Amelia Golding, of
Cambridge. Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime,
France. Div. 3. Grave K. 10. |
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| GOODY | Walter |
Regimental
Serjeant Major 3/9691, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of
wounds Saturday 6th April 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 32. Born
Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Long Melford. M.M. & M.C., Order of
Leopold II. (Belgium). Son of George and Elizabeth Goody, of Long
Melford; husband of Harriet Mary Goody, of Southgate Street, Long
Melford, Suffolk. Buried in DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
No.1, Somme, France. Grave VI. D. 50.
From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour the following: Volume 2, Part 4, Page 65 - GOODY, Walter (M.C. & M.M) - Regimental Sergt-Maj, No 3/9691, 8th (Service) attd 7th (Service) Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment Son of George Goody, of Long Melford, Painter, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Oakley; Born Glemsford, co. Suffolk, 20th April, 1886; educated Long Melford Boys School; was a Bricklayer; enlisted in the 8th Battn. The Suffolk Regt. 1st Sept, 1914; served with The Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July 1915, and died at No 3 Canadian Hospital, Doullens, 6th April, 1918, of wounds received in action at Albert, the previous day. Buried there. His Commanding Officer Lieut-Col G. V. W. Hill, DSO, wrote: "I personally no of no man whom I admired so much as your husband. His work for the old battalion was at all times beyond all praise, and he is mourned by everyone who ever came in contact with him." And Captain Clee: "He was loved and respected, not because he was such an extraordinarily capable soldier, but because of his all-round qualities and cheerful nature." 2nd Lieut. S. Marchant also wrote: "I cannot speak to highly of him. He was a good pal always, absolutley fearless, and when Ii have said that I have said it all." He was twice mentioned in despatches by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig. He was awarded the M.C. and the M.M. as well as the Belgium order of Leopold II, and a diploma for distinguished service in the field. He married at Sudbury, Harriet Mary (Southgate Street,Long Melford, co. Suffolk), 3rd daughter of Frederick Case, and had four children: George Frederick Gilbert, born 6th April, 1907; Alice Mary, born 29th Jan, 1909 ; Emma Lillian, born 28th March, 1913 , and Edna Jessie, born 24th May, 1915. |
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| HARDY | Charles |
Private
204471, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday
30th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford, Suffolk,
enlisted Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, resident Burwell, Cambridgeshire.
Buried in COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave
III. A. 38. |
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| HARTLEY | Eliazer |
Private
17440, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
28th March 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 33. Born Glemsford, Suffolk,
enlisted Sudbury. Son of Joseph Porter Hartley and Kate Hartley,
of 8, Pump Square, Lavenham; husband of Mercy Adelaide Hartley,
of 21, Bolton St., Lavenham, Suffolk. Commemorated ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4 |
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| JARMYN | Walter |
[Listed
as A JARMYN on CWGC] Corporal 8732, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles). Died of wounds Friday 21st July 1916 in France & Flanders.
Born Glemsford, Sudbury, Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury. Buried in ALBERT
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave I. J. 9. |
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| JERMYN | Lambert
Ernest |
Rifleman
A/201123, 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
Wednesday 22nd August 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 36. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Ipswich. Son of the
late William and Charlotte Jermyn; husband of Beatrice Jermyn, of
go, Cemetery Rd., Ipswich. Formerly Tr/13/5779, T.R. Battalion.
Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIALZonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 115 to 119 and 162A and 163A. |
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| LORKINGS | Harry |
Lance
Corporal 7771, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday
24th April 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted
Sudbury. Buried in DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle,
West-V., Belgium. Grave I. D. 13. |
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| MIZON | Henry |
Rifleman
R/38505, 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
Monday 24th September 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 37. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Walthamstow, Essex. Son of Walter and Ruth Mizon,
of Glemsford, Suffolk; husband of Eliza Eleanor Mizon, of 222, Brettenham
Rd., Walthamstow, London. Buried in MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERYIeper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave I. S. 45. |
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| MIZON | Walter |
Private
35839, 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died of wounds Sunday
2nd September 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 35. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Ferryhill, resident North Ormesby, Middlesbrough.
Husband of Florence Emily Mizon, of 46, Nelson St., North Ormesby,
Middlesbrough, Yorks. Buried in GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Grave I. D. 34. |
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| OAKDEN | William
Arthur |
Private
7010, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action Saturday 14th November 1914 in France
& Flanders. Age 27. Born Camberwell, Surrey, enlisted London, resident
Glemsford, Suffolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Oakden, of Leyton, Essex;
husband of Mrs. F. Coulson (formerly Oakden), of 23, St. Paul's
St., Stamford, Lincs. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 45. |
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| PLUMB | William |
Private
5457, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action Saturday 4th November 1916 in France & Flanders.
Age 32. Born Pentlow, Essex, enlisted Glemsford, Suffolk, resident
Glemsford. Husband of Bertha May Plumb, of 2, St. Cottages, St.
Catherine's Rd., Long Melfor Suffolk. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 8C 9A and 16A |
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| REYNOLDS | Frederick
G |
Private
72056, 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed in action Monday 24th September 1917 in France
& Flanders. Age 19. Born Little Comard, Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury,
Suffolk, resident Glemsford, Suffolk. Son of George E. and Emma
Reynolds, of School Villas, Glemsford, Suffolk. Formerly 32404,
Norfolk Regiment. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A |
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| SLATER | Charles |
Private
13209, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
24th October 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born Glemsford,
Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Wells, of
The Green, Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried in LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY
No.2, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave I. O. 26. |
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| SMITH | Victor
Albert |
Private
8227, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Died of wounds Monday 2nd October 1916 in France & Flanders. Born
Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Stratford, resident Forest Gate. Formerly
4156, Middx. Regiment. Buried in PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Grave VI. C. 15. |
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| TERRY | Archie
[Archer] Louis |
[Archgie
on CWGC and Archer on SDGW] Private G/11909, 1st Battalion, Duke
of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds Thursday
3rd August 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted
Mill Hill, Middlesex, resident Harlesden, Middlesex. Buried in ST.
SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave B. 36. 10. |
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| THOMPSON | John
Edward |
Private
30802, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Friday
12th April 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 35. Born Glemsford, Suffolk,
enlisted Whitehall. Husband of Eunice Thompson, of 3, Orpingley
Rd., Hornsey Rd., Holloway, London. Buried in SUFFOLK CEMETERY,
LA ROLANDERIE FARM, ERQUINGHEM-LYS, Nord, France. Grave I. B. 2. |
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| THOMPSON | Tom |
Private
5438, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action Sunday 3rd October 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 38.
Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury. Son of Charles Thompson,
of 258, High St., Sutton, Surrey, and the late Gilly Thompson. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38 |
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| TWINN | Reginald
Charles |
Private
260017, 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action Friday 23rd August 1918 in France & Flanders. Age
20. Born Glemsford, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Twinn, of School Farm, Pentlow, Cavendish, Suffolk.
Formerly 3180, Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 6. |
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| ALSO
OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1939-1945 |
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| CLARKE | [Arthur]
George |
Gunner
1802638, 242 Battery, 48 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died as a prisoner of war [Listed as Thursday 10th on CWGC] Saturday
19th December 1942. Age 32. Husband of Lilian Margaret Clarke, of
Glemsford, Suffolk. Son of Charles and Laura Clarke, Egremont Street,
Glemsford. Commemorated on YOKOHAMA CREMATION MEMORIAL, Japan. Panel
2. |
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| COLLINS | T |
possibly
Thomas Leslie Alfred Collins, Private 5837393. Died Friday 21st
April 1944 in Burma. Age 21. Born London E., resident Suffolk. Son
of Leonard and Florence Emma Collins, of Barkingside, Essex. Buried
in KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY, India. Grave 11. C. 15. |
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| FARRANCE | [James]
Thomas |
Cook
P/MX 69014, H.M.S. "Fiji", Royal Navy. Died on Friday
23rd May 1941. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Grave 2.A.4. |
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| FARRANCE | Wilfred
Arthur |
Private
5775927, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died Wednesday 7th
June 1944. age 26. Son of Arthur and Mary Farrance, of Glemsford,
Suffolk; husband of Daisy Janet Farrance, of Glemsford. Buried in
LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES, Calvados, France. Grave X.
B. 3. |
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| HARPUR | Bernard
Caldwell Culy |
Sergeant
92932, Pilot, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
on Sunday 29th June 1941. Age 19. Son of the Revd. Alexander Caldwell
Harpur and Constance Harpur, of St. Mary's Rectory, Glemsford. Buried
south of church in ST. MARY CHURCHYARD, GLEMSFORD, Suffolk. |
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| HERBERT | L |
No
further information currently. |
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| JOHNSTON | R |
No
further information currently. |
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| MEALHAM | Arthur
William |
Gunner
1104629, 125 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died Friday 3rd
August 1945. Age 25. Son of John Albert and Emma Maud Mealham, of
Glemsford, Suffolk. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore.
Column 25. |
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| MEEK, MC | Thomas
Alexander |
Colonel,
Royal Army Pay corps. Died Monday 6th December 1943. Age 54. Son
of Andrew Alexander Meek and of Christina Malcolmson Meek (nee Baikie),
husband of Dorothy Marguerite Meek, of Glemsford, Suffolk. Awarded
the Military Cross (MC). Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY,
Iraq. Grave 23. G. 4. |
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| MIZON | [Edward]
Arthur |
Driver
T/221322, 52 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died Tuesday 3rd February 1942. Age 32. Son of Mr and Mrs
George Mizon; husband of Alice Mizon, of Whepstead, Suffolk. Buried
in PIETERMARITZBURG (FORT NAPIER) CEMETERY, Kwazulu Natal, South
Africa. Row B. Grave 7. |
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| OAKLEY | William
George |
 Sapper
2156540, 21 Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
Tuesday 16th March 1943. Age 21. Son of Tom and Ada Oakley, of Glemsford,
Suffolk. Buried in SFAX WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Grave III. BB. 14.
Extract from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 22 April 1943, page 8: Glemsford War Casualty Sapper William George Oakley, R.E.. has been reported killed in action in the Middle East. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Oakley, of Angel Lane, Glemsford, and was a member the Football Club, also of the Lads' Club. He worked for some time in Sudbury, with Messrs. Stephen Walters. He was just twenty-one, his birthday being last month. He was much liked by all who knew him and was a good son. Much sympathy fell for his parents. This is the third son Mrs Oakley has lost, two sons by a former marriage being killed in the last war. |
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