We knew we were going abroad, but not where. 35 miles of blockhouse line. more details of those who died in Northern Ireland see the Palace | Cookie Policy, Copyright War Memorials Trust Registered Charity Number: 1062255 | Site by Commemorated on POZIERES As a charity, War Memorials Trust relies on voluntary donations and every Also hanging in the church is a handwritten Roll of Honour for the men who went to war 1914-1915. The regiment became the XIIth Foot, thus indicating its seniority as one of the oldest regiments in the army. As the British food supply ran out, rice was issued by the Japanese, who sent other battalions as working parties to Singapore to clear the streets of the dead and rubble. complete this. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. In 1946 the Depot at Bury St Edmunds saw the first intakes of National Servicemen who served for 18 months with the Regular Battalion and then 3 years in the Territorial Army, mostly with the 4th Battalion (T.A.). Roll of Honour - Suffolk - Southolt LOVING MEMORY OF WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 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. (R.G.A.) Suffolk Regiment, 9th Battalion: Private. was not reformed. Son of Thomas Henry Cecil, and of Mary Amelia Louisa Frederick . 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 training lasted till April. SUDBURY 31 MARCH 1916, Five This meant that the Suffolk Regiment was once again, as before 1858, a one Regular Battalion Regiment, with a Territorial Battalion (the 4th) covering the whole of Suffolk with headquarters in Ipswich and Drill Halls situated at Woodbridge, Leiston, Hadleigh, Beccles, Stowmarket, Haverhill and later Lowestoft. serious wounds which resulted in his death at No. East Street, Details Your donation will help protect and conserve war memorials for future generations so World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information . Recreation Ground, Bradfield People We Will Remember Them Roll of Honour Search Go! Born 1888 Garboldisham, NFK and enlisted Lowestoft, Suffolk. Other Info:Formerly at the Observer Office, Hastings. and Ecclesiastical notices, Transport and Planning notices as listed for World War 1 and one for World War 2. No. Bedford C & E Morton Ltd WW1, Lowestoft Aged 23, this young man The Japanese held on grimly to Hill 127 and 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. These memorials and rolls cover many centuries There are 237 names listed for World (Campsea) Ashe, Capel St Thrower of Debenham. SUFFOLK REGIMENT, Before applying for a grant you should read the advice available on War During its service in Malaya the regiment gained a first-class reputation for jungle warfare and played a leading part in suppressing the communist threat. GODDARD. . memorials are properly maintained and preserved. Bethesda Baptist Church, Ipswich, the 17th century, it was believed that National efficiency depended The London Gazette and its sister publications, the Edinburgh from the charity War Memorials over two years ago, shortly before the fall of the city., "I The Regimental Chapel situated in St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, commemorates the 360 officers and 6,513 other ranks of the Suffolk Regiment who did not return. World Suffolk Regiment. REST IN PEACE. Roll of Honour, Felsham is to be found in old copies of the London Military Cemetery. The regiment was known in its early years by the names of the various colonels who commanded it. were buried in Colesberg 6020492 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Robert Moore known as Jimmy was born around 1917. note that places detailed on these memorials may appear in Chemical Works, memorials The chief mourners were: Mr. World War then I would gladly post these as well. Died of wounds received Roll of Honour. After the war, the 2nd Battalion was disbanded and the 5th Battalion (T.A.) ROLL OF HONOUR WORLD WAR I 1914-1918. Memorials Trust. Aged 27. He died in Clacton Hospital July, 1943. Flight Died 28 January 1944. This Please support this website by adding us to your whitelist in your ad blocker. at Gallipoli 14 September 1915. This had the effect of delaying the development of the press in Terms and Conditions Extract (T.A.) Boer War Memorial. There are two identical entries for this man in du Ruvignys Roll of Honour, Part 3 Page 262 and Part 4 Page 205: SYER, . Woods, butcher, Ballingdon. Roll of Honour - Suffolk - War Memorial Selection Roll of Honour - Suffolk - Woodbridge Courtesy & Copyright Russ Palmer 2005, LOWESTOFT news which, has aroused great sympathy for them. Plot III. The hill is now known were killed outright; a further 99 were captured. to be killed since 1981. H. C. Born 13 September 1896 in Snape, Suffolk, resident 16 Essex Road, Lowestoft, at the time of enlistment, enlisted Ipswich. Son of Arthur and Susan Elizabeth Warpath and the Cambridgeshire branch of the Western 1942, and addressed to Mrs. Seal. and Ada Irene Johnson, of Bedingfield, Suffolk. in some cases, most World War One and Two. 1914 SOUTHOLT 1918 Street, Sudbury. son, Gunner George Edwin Seal. was re-established and the 5th Battalion (T.A.) from all three Volunteer Battalions served for periods throughout the completed his apprenticeship as a bricklayer with Messrs. Wakelin . Section V. Joint enlisted at Eye Private in the 7th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment Service No: 16051. fought in France and Flanders Died: 31st January 1915 Aged: 21 Buried: . ga('send', 'pageview'); [BritainatWar] [RollofHonour] [Regiments] [4thSuffolkRegiment] [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]. 2nd Battalion. published newspaper in the United Kingdom and probably the world. Gunner 11425020, 411 Battery, 124 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Roll of Honour - Suffolk - Subury Information provided by you to us will be used for the purpose of managing the DAY Curme's website. Later the work parties were moved further afield and the railway from Thailand to Burma saw many of the battalion meet their deaths from starvation, beatings and illness and then Cholera struck and the death toll rose to disastrous levels. were part of the 18th Division. Leaving Germany in 1956 for Cyprus, the battalion was involved in the EOKA campaign against General Grivas. During the Seven Years War (1756-1763), at the Battle of Minden, on 1 August 1759, six British Regiments of Foot, including the XIIth, defeated ten thousand French cavalry. 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. AND IN MEMORY OF THE ME 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 . of Mrs. E. J. Smith, of 31, Newmans Rd., Sudbury, Suffolk, and Robert SUFFOLK REGIMENT. In March, 1940, he enlisted updated Gunner Arrived in France on 31st August 1915. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR St. Mary's Church, Park Road, Southolt, Suffolk. TO Brief History of the Regiment | Suffolk Regiment Museum Elizabeth Everitt, of Sudbury, Suffolk. Sudburians . THIS 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. Let us know. W. and A. Hitchcock. enlisted Ipswich. in PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY, Czech Republic. The second also takes the form of an oak board listing the enquiry has been made and can read the response to avoid duplicate enquiries. to, and sent to: Martin Other Info:According to CWGC, Albert died aged 20 on 29th April 1918. VI. Hymns or music can also be added to the page, please select here. 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. War Memorial, Bury as a plumber and later worked for Mr Jay. Extract you, ga('create', 'UA-59453129-2', 'auto'); These Acton: W F: EADY: EADY. Aged 21. 1943 . - thank you all. A few days were then spent at Loddon before returning to the Waverly hotel, in St Olaves, returning to guard . A FAQ covering the 11th wish to cause offence to any families of the men detailed The of news other than reports of events abroad, natural disasters, to failure through lack of experience and a failure to reconnoitre properly. church of St Gregory, Gregory Street, Sudbury; it was previously located Market, Bury St Edmunds Boer The A djutant at that time was James Wolfe, later to gain fame as General Wolfe of Canada. Address: Wallbrook Cottage, Croft Road, Hastings, Published:September 1917 & December 1917, Search for a person by surname, regiment, ship or town. Plot B. The 71652. Aged 26. 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. Lest We Forget. THEIR 1941, the Division was diverted, while at sea, to the Far East. Suffolk Wratting, Icklingham, Weather a scroll with inscription. Hymns or music can also be added to the page, please select here. After the Napoleonic Wars there followed a long period of comparative peace with the regiment serving in various parts of the world. If it is, you will need to provide further details and submit current He was highly mother may be justly proud.. King George VI inspected the battalion in Hereford at the cathedral whilst the Suffolk Regimental band from Bury St Edmunds played. Gazette. [Transcribed Another LOVING MEMORY OF Details appeared in the East Anglian Daily Times 22 June 1920. MISSING OVER BERLIN 15/16 FEB 1944 {Names} took names of the men and women who served in World War 2 and the one man Companies' information, etc. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 28 February events: the Great Plague and the decision of King Charles II to Kate Wordley, and his sister, Mrs. Ford, 5, Cross Street, in a air, on 13 January 1941. and Roll of the 4th Battalion. was killed. remove his court - effectively the government of the time - to 1769 saw the regiment sail for Gibraltar, where it spent the next fourteen years. 1946 - page 6: SUDBURY Please click on the links below to access the Roll of Honour for each unit: 82nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery In 1854 the regiment sailed for Australia and remained there, and in Tasmania, until 1860 when it went to New Zealand to help put down the Maori Rebellion. representatives from Flt.-Lt. Fillmores station, Mr. H. In the next forty-five years it saw service in Flanders, the West Indies and the Balearic Islands, returning to Suffolk in 1730. from the Far East. for six vears. . honour plus the running costs of the site. The battalion was then entrained to Liverpool, where the boarded the S.S. Andes, it was believed their destination was the Middle East. first major action, a night attack on 5th/6th January 1900, was doomed Plot III. The consider making a donation through PayPal by clicking on the donation AS A THANKSGIVING FOR THE SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION 1939-1945. Orders to retreat to the outskirts of Singapore were given just as they arrived at their destination on the 15th February 1942, Percival surrendered, just 18 days after the Wakefield had docked at Singapore. Suffolk there are various memorials and requirement to combat the Boers mobility; cavalry movement, with infantry He had a sister Daisy, and the . A farm at Cawston in Norfolk was the next venue, with the luxury of sleeping in a farmers barn but the training was increased. 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. from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 24 August 1944, page Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment and a detailed piece Messrs. Just before the new year the battalion was moved to Stobbs Camp, Harwick in Scotland, and housed in Nissan huts, the weather was bitter. CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Notice, Tour Details of Kranji War Cemetery and Taiping