Roll of Honour - Suffolk

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WETHERDEN WAR MEMORIAL

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The Wetherden war memorial is to be found in St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Wetherden, Suffolk. It takes the form of a nowy-headed board with columns on each side and a table below; in the top centre is a red Latin cross. The inscription and names are on the cnetre piece. There are sixteen names for World War 1, two for World War 2 plus two World War 2 civilians.

PARISH OF WTHERDEN
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

ABBOTT	Thomas	No further information currently available
BLOOMFIELD	Arthur [William]	Private 15696, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 19 December 1915. Born Wetherden, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in ESSEX FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row P. Grave 2.
BLOOMFIELD	Dennis	No further information currently available
BLOOMFIELD	Thomas [James]	Private 22840, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 15 May 1916. Born Wetherden. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bloomfield, of Wetherden, Suffolk. Buried in LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY NO.2, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row W. Grave 13.
BRYANT	[Edward] Charles	Private 5307, 2nd/1st6 Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry formerly 1787, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 25 November 1916. Aged 22. Born and resident Wetherden, Suffolk, enlisted Saxmundham, Suffolk. Son of John and Emma Bryant, of Wetherden, Stowmarket, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D.
BRYANT	Harry	Private 14612, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly TR/13/76580, Trainming Reserve. Died of wounds 14 October 1916. Aged 25. Born Wetherden, Suffolk, enlisted Elmswell, Suffolk. Buried in South West part of WETHERDEN (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk.
BULL	Jesse [Francis]	Private 35372, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 7 November 1916. Aged 23. Born and resident Wetherden, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Son of David and Anna Bull, of Wetherden, Stowmarket, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
FISHER	Frederick J	No further information currently available
KERSEY	[Albert] Victor	Private 201336, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly 4042, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1917. Born Wetherden, Suffolk, enlisted Ipswich. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 40 to 41.
MORRIS	Frederick	No further information currently available
MOSS	Sidney [James]	Gunner 39927, 2nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 10 February 1916. Aged 19. Born and resident Wetherden, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Son of Samuel James and Clara Elizabeth Moss, of 40, Baddow Rd., Chelmsford, Essex. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row A. Grave 7.
ROBINSON	Charles William	Corporal 19663, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died on service in United Kingdom 15 March 1917. Aged 38. Born Wetherden, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Husband of Esther Robinson, of Church Path, Rattlesden, Bury St. Edmunds. Born at Wetherden. Served in the South African War. Buried in South East part of WETHERDEN (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk.
RUEGG	Kenneth Stanes	Second Lieutenant [CWGC] or Corporal 11345 [SDGW] promoted Sergeant 8 August 1914 [Service records], 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). [Service records state that The Mons Cross was engraved as Corporal when it should have been Second Lieutenant] Killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne 20 September 1914. Born and resident Wetherden, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Son of Rev. Ferdinand Stanes Ruegg and Alice Ruegg, of Wetherden Rectory, Sowmarket. Atetsted 26 April 1910 at Bury St Edmunds, aged 19 years 10 months, a Clerk by trade, unmarried, height 5 feet 103/8 inches, weight 140 lbs, chest 36 inches, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France.
TURNER	Charles Frederick	Leading Seaman 219094, H.M.S. "Defence," Royal Navy. Died 31 May 1916 at the Battle of Jutland. Aged 30. Son of William and Emily Mary Turner, of Park Rd., Wetherden, Stowmarket, Suffolk. Native of Hampstead, London. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 11.
WADE	James	No further information currently available
ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
BEVAN	Thomas	Lieutenant-Colonel commanding 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 12 June 1942. Aged 42. Born kent, resident Rutland. Son of Wilfred and Ethel Marion Bevan; husband of Sylvia Bevan (nee Harker), of Oakham, Rutland. Buried in TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 19.
PURKISS	Percy	Flight Sergeant 188070, Royal Air Force. Died 6 April 1945. Aged 44. Son of Robert and Ellen Eliza Purkiss, of Wetherden; husband of Florence Sarah Purkiss, of Wetherden. Buried in WETHERDEN (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk.
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
BISHOP	Hilda [Mabel]	Air Raid Warden; of Ashfield Road, Wetherden, Stowmarket. Daughter of Lilian M. Bishop, and of Walter Bishop (see below), in garden adjoining Ashfield Road. Civilian, died 31 August 1941, aged 23.
BISHOP	Walter	Special Constable; of Ashfield Road, Wetherden, Stowmarket. Son of George and Alice Bishop, of Clock House Farm, Brockley; husband of Lilian M. Bishop; father of Hilda Bishop (see above). Died at Ashfield Road. Civilian, died 31 August 1941, aged 52.

Last updated 25 August, 2019

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