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Throughout
Suffolk there are various memorials and
rolls of honour dedicated to those men and women who fell
in various wars. These memorials and rolls cover many centuries
in some cases, most World War One and Two.
During
any conflict there are certain acts of bravery or defiance
that are noticeable above others. For these acts citations
and medals have been awarded.
If
anybody has information for those of the Second World War,
Boer War, or the like similar to those supplied for the First
World War then I would gladly post these as well.
The
11th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (Cambridgeshires)
war diaries show that heavy losses were incurred on
the 1st July 1916. Read the extract
from the war diaries. |
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Suffolk Regiment archives are held by Suffolk
County Council. A FAQ covering the 11th
Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment and a detailed piece
about the Battalion's ill conceived attack on the Roeux
Chemical Works during the Arras offensive in April 1917,
the latter includes a map supplement, can be found on Phil
Curme's website.
The
various memorials
and cemeteries maintained by the War Graves Commission
for the Western Front are described and pictured on the
Internet. Details of Kranji War Cemetery and Taiping
can be found in the Overseas section.
Not
all memorials were to people; there are memorials to various
types of animal that served and fell in World War I for
example, dogs.
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Please
Note: Every attempt has been made to transcribe this information
accurately but there are occasions that the information supplied
is incorrect or errors occur during transcription. We do not
wish to cause offence to any families of the men detailed
here and will change the relevant information when informed.
Also
note that places detailed on these memorials may appear in
the wrong county. This information has been transcribed from
the records given and, as the men were parochial, the information
supplied at enlistment was the view of the men and the county
they thought they resided in.
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These
pages are available for transcripts of these memorials
and rolls of honour. If you have a transcription of,
or you are willing to transcribe, a Norfolk memorial
or roll of honour for these pages then please contact
me, the email address is below.
Current
acknowledgements for assistance with these pages must
go to Andy Pepper, Cliff Brown, Phil Curme, Dave Edwards,
Ann McClean, Marlene Williamson, Fiona Davis, Stuart
Green, Russell Edwards, Russell Palmer and many others
- thank you all.
Thank
you,
Martin Edwards
email:webmaster@roll-of-honour.com |
Some
of the cap badges
are laid out, on a separate page. |
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To
gain an overview of all the towns and parishes covered,
and hopefully to be covered, by this site there is an
alphabetical
index.
Suffolk
Yeomanry left to right, William, Albert and Robert Palmer
of Prickwillow in their Suffolk Yeomanry uniforms. Sons
of George Palmer and Rachel nee' Watson.
Photograph
Courtesy & Copyright © Russ Palmer 2005
LOWESTOFT
WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM
The
museum is housed in the WW2 headquarters of
the Royal Navy Patrol Service in Sparrows Nest
Gardens, Whapload Road, Lowestoft. The museum
is dedicated to all who served in or from Lowestoft
during the two world wars. The museum contains
a small chapel and also contains the roll of
honour for civilians killed in Lowestoft during
both world wars. Enquiries can be made to Robert
Jarvis, the Curator, or by phonig 01502
517950
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For
those of you with an interest in the World War 1 there
is The
British Army in the Great War, World
War 1 - Trenches on the Web, the Regimental
Warpath and the Cambridgeshire branch of the Western
Front Association. Cliff Brown, Chairman
of the Cambridgeshire branch of the WFA, Lynda Smith,
Dave Edwards and Phil Cume have generously added detail
to the names recorded for many of these memorials giving
details of those who died. These names are all taken
from the main local war memorial (i.e. the town or village
memorial). Some extra names are added on the end when
they crop up elsewhere in the town/village, such as
someone buried in the cemetery.
For
further reading when researching World War 1 relatives
then there is a book published by the Federation of
Family History Societies for family Historians entitled
"World War I Army Ancestry - Third Edition"
by Norman Holding ISBN 1 86006 056 2.
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The
Maple Leaf Legacy Project
A
Millennium Project in Remembrance of Canada's War
Dead
War
Memorials Trust
Friends
of War Memorials is a charity dedicated to promoting
awareness of the debt we owe to those who gave their
lives in the cause of freedom, by ensuring that their
memorials are properly maintained and preserved. |
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NEWS
AND REVIEWS
This
section contains various news reports and cuttings, old and new,
with reference to the memorials in and around Huntingdonshire.
To view the section please click
here.
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information about soldiers who fell, were awarded medals and more
is to be found in old copies of the London
Gazette. Here is a brief resume:
The
London Gazette, first published in 1665, is the oldest, continuously
published newspaper in the United Kingdom and probably the world.
The London Gazette and its sister publications, the Edinburgh
and Belfast Gazettes, have a unique position in British publishing.
They are official newspapers of the Crown. The London Gazette
contains a wide range of office notices including State, Parliamentary
and Ecclesiastical notices, Transport and Planning notices as
well as Corporate and Personal Insolvency notices to name a few.
In addition, a number of Supplements are published covering Honours
and Awards, Premium Bonds, Armed Forces Promotions and Re-gradings,
Companies' information, etc. and a Quarterly Index.
In
the 17th century, it was believed that National efficiency depended
on the intelligence received by the Crown and that the reckless
publishing of news might endanger it. An embargo on the printing
of news other than reports of events abroad, natural disasters,
Royal declarations and sensational crime continued until 1640.
This had the effect of delaying the development of the press in
the UK. Censorship was introduced in 1643, followed by licensing
of news publications. The Gazette came about because of two momentous
events: the Great Plague and the decision of King Charles II to
remove his court - effectively the government of the time - to
Oxford. The London Gazette started life as the Oxford Gazette
and after a few months changed to its current title.
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