Roll of Honour - Suffolk

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TANNINGTON WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Geoffrey Robinson 2009

There are memorial plaques in St. Ethelbert's Church, Church Corner, Tannington. The World War 1 memorial takes the form of a Nowy-headed brass plaque with Latin cross at top, 'Glory of God' on raised scrolls, there are 5 names listed, the faculty was granted 16 April 1925. The World War 2 memorial takes the form a a framed scroll with 6 names listed.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

ALDOUS	William	Service No. 13122. 27 years old and a Lance Corporal in the 9th Batt. Suffolk Regiment. He was the son of William and Charlotte Aldous of Little Green, Saxtead. He was born on January 10th 1890 in Debenham and enlisted in Ipswich. He went to France on 24th March 1915 and he was “killed in action” on Friday October 19th 1917. He is commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL
BLAXALL	Arthur George	Service No 3684. Born in Eye in 1896 to Samuel Blaxall and Frances Chapman. The family had moved to Tannington by 1901. A private in the 4th Batt. Suffolk Regiment, he died on August 30th 1916 and is commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
GOSLING	Elwood Read	Service No. T4/198555. Elwood Read Gosling (or Gostling) was the illegitimate son of Mrs. Betsy Bridges of Bedfield, born in the early months of 1886. A private of the Army Service Corps attached to the 78th Motor Transport Company, he died on July 22nd 1917, probably of a disease such as malaria, and is buried in the BAGHDAD (North Gate) CEMETERY.
JOHNSON	Harry Jubilee	Service No. 37577. Harry Jubilee Johnson was baptised at St. Lawrence’s church, Brundish on July 18th 1897, shortly after the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria. Harry was the son of William Johnson and his wife Elizabeth Smith. He died on 16th December 1916 aged 19 years. At the time of his death, he was a lance-corporal of the 135th Company of the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). He is buried at AMARA WAR CEMETERY in Iraq, formerly Mesopotamia. He had originally enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment.
WHITMORE	Claude Albert	Service No. 18385. Claude Albert Whitmore was baptised on July 5th 1883 at Dennington church. He was the baseborn son of Henrietta Whitmore and an unknown father. Claude lived with his grandmother Betsy and then trained to be a drapers apprentice in an establishment on London Road, Croydon. By 1911, he worked for Thomas Sidle in his drapers shop on Long Wyre Rd, Colchester. He never married. He was a private in the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. His entry into the war was recorded as being on 20th July 1915 in the Balkans. He was “presumed died” sixteen days later on August 6th 1915 and is buried at TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY, near Krithia on the Gallipoli peninsula
"LIVE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD" PARISH OF TANNINGTON IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN, TO WHOM THIS VILLAGE WAS HOME, WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR, 1939-1945
CLARKE	F G	Mechanic, Royal Army Service Corps
DAVY	J F	Lance Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps. Served in India and Burma.
DAVY	E G	Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Served in Mauritius and East Africa.
DAVY, DSO, DFC and Bar	F G	Squadron leader, Royal Air Force. Home based. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.), Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) and bar.
STAMMER	E	Driver, Royal Army Service Corps.
JOHNSON	A E	Driver, Royal Army Service Corps.

HONOUR THEM BY DISPLAYING IN PEACE THE
NOBLE QUALITIES THEY DISPLAYED IN WAR

Last updated 2 January, 2019

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