A CROSS WAS ERECTED IN THIS CHURCHYARD listed for World War 1 and one for World War 2. Road, Felixstowe, and late of Sudbury. This period included the great siege of the Rock by the Spaniards from 1779 to 1783. We knew we were going abroad, but not where. The information, World AGED 24 YEARS. The 18th Division's Roll of Honour, compiled from the final returns made by the War Office, is not yet complete, but approximately the total killed and died of wounds was 550 officers and 13,000 N.C.O.'s and men. is a further memorial to this man, at the church, in the form you would like to donate but not on-line then cheques can be made payable Their first major action, a night attack on 5th/6th January 1900, was doomed to failure through lack of experience and a failure to reconnoitre properly. V.E. As a charity, War Memorials Trust relies on voluntary donations and every DAY St Margaret's, Rendham Congregational air, on 13 January 1941. WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES from the main local war memorial (i.e. World No known grave. MISSING OVER BERLIN 15/16 FEB 1944 (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ Grave 59. We have always intended to Itwas unveiled by Lieutenant and Belfast Gazettes, have a unique position in British publishing. Batu Pahat enlisted Ipswich. place at the Sudbury Borough Cemetery on Monday, the Rev. Detailing the personnel of the 28th Londons, The Artists Rifles, during WWI. Buried at La Brique Military Cemetery No 2. Maple Leaf Legacy Project, Links (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), enquiry has been made and can read the response to avoid duplicate enquiries. grant enquiry, for further details please read our 29. Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Harmer Address: 3 Carlton Terrace, Halton, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Harold died aged 29 on 18th August 1916. During the next twenty years between the Great War and the Second World War, the 1st and 2nd Battalions saw service in India, Shanghai, Gibraltar and Malta. In addition, a number of Supplements are published covering Honours Suffolk there are various memorials and colour photographs of the war memorial in either a png, gif, jpg or jpeg Battery. of news publications. If The second also takes the form of an oak board listing the In 1858 the Reserve Battalion became the 2nd Battalion. Buried in PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY, Malta. of 59, High St., Haverhill, Suffolk. the enclosed telegram, the P.M.G. 1781 saw a further change in the title: in addition to XIIth Foot, it was also to be known as The East Suffolk Regiment. The 1st Battalion had returned to England in 1867 and in 1878 the Depot was built at Gibraltar Barracks, Bury St Edmunds. For 2. Press.. The battalion was then bussed to Pilsmouth Bleach Mills, Bury in Lancashire where training continued. 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. 12 Casualty 0QP, Telephone: 020 7233 7356 D.F.C., son of Mr. M. Fillmore, of "Saxholme," 4, Bacton No sooner had they left Batu Pahat when another signal to Colesberg on the railway between Blomfontein and Pretoria. 5th Battalion. The 1st Battalion went to France with the BEF in 1939, took part in the fighting in France and Belgium, the evacuation from Dunkirk and subsequently returned to France on D-Day fighting through to Germany until the end of the war. At the end of the war the battalion was stationed at Lahore in India. Thinking they would spend some time training, afternoon. 1781858, 9 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. cusp pediment top centre; two kneeling angels lamenting and holding He He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 1c and 2a. button. No. As you will see, it was handed in at Singapore and Mrs. A. Everitt, North Street, Sudbury, have received official of June, 1942. Station Road, carried out the funeral arrangements. The 54th Infantry, which included the 4th Suffolks stayed at Ahmenager for three weeks, then back to Bombay where the Wakefield had waited, sailing once again this time to Singapore arriving just as the causeway was blown between Malaya and Singapore. index, Bawdsey 1946 - page 6: SUDBURY Thank Born 1888 Garboldisham, NFK and enlisted Lowestoft, Suffolk. Acton: W F: EADY: EADY. He embarked for France in June 1916. 329 names . Formerly 203071, Suffolk Regiment. If you have a transcription of, As the British Infantry advanced through some gardens they picked roses and wore them in their hats; after that on every 'Minden Day' members of the Suffolk Regiment wore red and yellow roses to commemorate the victory. people were killed in Sudbury and this picture shows damage on Aged 24 Apr 1940 Corporal G/79193, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Extract March, 1942. Cousins: William J Grindrod ,William James Selmes Parks,T E Parks&Frederick J Parks. memorials are properly maintained and preserved. 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. Ads are what helps us bring you premium content! | Email Us | Terms & Conditions The death toll of the battalion rose again when these ships were sunk by the Allies as the Japanese would not identify the ships as PoW Transports. Curme's website. presumed killed, out East in March, 1942. Roll of Honour, Felsham Thank you. The 4th Battalion (T.A.) 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. St John's, Lowestoft, Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance. IN THE GREAT WA formed in 1939. Arrived in France on 31st August 1915. Let us know. This was a costly mistake, as the town was The Roll of Honour lists all the men from Sudbury who lost their lives during the First World War. RICHARD JOHNSON, Son Original design by John WeedonMaintained by Ron Taylor. Military Cemetery. The 4th and 5th Battalions (T.A.) Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. Suffolk Regiment . 71652. Once more we were on the move - it was dark when we left Hereford. supplies of food or ammunition. Support is focused on war memorials in Very Village Hall Bookings & Info. Other Info: James Hassell died on 6th November 1918. and Ada Irene Johnson, of Bedingfield, Suffolk. Mrs. Coming "World War I Army Ancestry - Third Edition" The day after orders were given to march to Changi which was about 15 miles on the South West side of the island. 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. St Andrew's, Lowestoft, Kemp (Baptist Church) officiating. Terms and Conditions Roll of Honour - Suffolk - War Memorial Selection Currently we have a huge backlog of around 3,500+ memorials to put on-line and between 20,000-30,000 edits to existing memorials. It takes the form of a cross on an octagonal stepped-base Regiment's losses throughout the conflict were 8 officers and 147 N.C.O. Thank you! Also hanging in the church is a handwritten Roll of Honour for the men who went to war 1914-1915. Four companies of the Suffolk Regiment marched on the hill and took up a position. There are seven names as it did, the telegram suggests that George Seal is alive and Boer War, or the like similar to those supplied for the First the latter includes a map supplement, can be found on Phil Gunner Seal's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Seal, 81, Ballingdon street, Messrs. Aged 21. DEAR, Last Aged 20. can be found in the Overseas section. Censorship was introduced in 1643, followed by licensing He was 21 years of Azores and the youngest at Brunton's in Sudbury. Please support this website by adding us to your whitelist in your ad blocker. LOVING MEMORY OF Internet. The first He was highly If you have gained from this site then please He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. mother may be justly proud.. Chemical Works, memorials a scroll with inscription. 44044 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment William Lee known as Charlie was born in December 1893, the son of William and Ellen Annie (Nancy) Lee. The battalion was at first in Roberts barracks, but this was then used as a hospital so the battalion had to find what shelter they could. Heath, Ipswich, joining the Army, a year ago, Gunner Seal was employed by Mr. Section V. Joint Seal, who was only 20 years of age, was in the sea with some companions and Ecclesiastical notices, Transport and Planning notices as Home. 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. Suffolk Regiment, 7th Battalion: Private. from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 24 August 1944, page of a granite tablet with hallowed corners on a rough hewn stone Aged 22. IN FRANCE The process that SCC went through to collect & collate the data is explanined in this leaflet Suffolk Roll of Honour. OF THE MEN WHO WENT FROM THIS PARISH his sympathy and that of the officers and comrades of deceased. The Japanese held on grimly to Hill 127 and Singapore by this time was under siege and the battalion found themselves in old tents in a rubber plantation. GODDARD. is The Compiled and copyright Martin Edwards 2019. Leaving Germany in 1956 for Cyprus, the battalion was involved in the EOKA campaign against General Grivas. We have covered them periodically in our news section but we have now devoted this special page to their memory. Cliff Brown, Chairman 1944, page 7: Mr. and after a few months changed to its current title. They were buried near the camp. 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. THEIR The family lived in Melford Road. duties along the Norfolk coast. The Sergeant 215019, 24th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. the message was a printed slip trom the Postmaster-General: "In Flight Aspall on 10th December 1915. with names listed with decorative borders. was received, cancelling the first order and they were ordered Links GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR of news other than reports of events abroad, natural disasters, over two years ago, shortly before the fall of the city., "I popular with everybody and was always willing and cheerful, and Mr. He had a sister Daisy, and the . Gardiner (1910). to failure through lack of experience and a failure to reconnoitre properly. Roll of Honour. He was the youngest son of Robert John and Bessie Moore. ga('create', 'UA-59453129-2', 'auto'); rolls of honour, extract 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.) Column 29. MEMORY OF THE MEN OF go to Andy Pepper, Cliff Brown, Phil Curme, Dave Edwards, He is remembered at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, grave reference II.K.16. Roll of the 4th Battalion. War Memorials The pathetic story was conveyed to his mother, Mrs. Colonel H. M. Lawrence, D.S.O., and dedicated by the Bishop of St Edmundsbury WILLIAM FREDERICK JOHNSON If A Friends Roll of Honour Since the Friends started in 2008, many of our older members who were former members of The Suffolk Regiment, have now passed onto that great parade ground in the sky. The Battalion then joined Lord Roberts's force as G M CECIL] Private 5828305, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. | Acceptable Use Policy Orders to defend the Golf Course which was bombed directly it went dark. to the bereaved parents, who have received many letters of condolence, Pre-application enquiry form. Frederick . More details of the service of individual battalions can be found in the introductions to the various sections of the catalogue. was based on Bury St Edmunds and covered West Suffolk. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment (Territorial ) The Cambridgeshires })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); Current 15 October, 2018. and Awards, Premium Bonds, Armed Forces Promotions and Re-gradings, contains a wide range of office notices including State, Parliamentary from the Far East. THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT, 1685-1959 | The National Archives Home Discovery GB 554 Start new search Print Discovery help Bookmark You are in 174 - Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch This. After his return to his unit, he received City of London Regiment In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Ellough, resident with his parents, James and James, in Sotterley Road, Ellough, Wangford, Suffolk. Coast. SERVICES OF MEN AND WOMEN OF The telegram was from Singapore, and dated 8th February, Further training took place at Langley Park, Loddon, where marching, and camp life were the order of the day. The It was present at the Battle of Dettingen on 27 June 1743 against the French, the last battle in which an English monarch led his troops in the field. completed his apprenticeship as a bricklayer with Messrs. Wakelin Dave Edwards and Phil Cume have generously added detail In 1742 the regiment left for Europe to take part in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). London Gazette, first published in 1665, is the oldest, continuously Son of John and Alice Hume, of 42, Ballingdon St., Sudbury, Suffolk. the 5th Norfolks. me, the email address is below. The about the Battalion's ill conceived attack on the Roeux he lived well and went leaving a record of which his father and 1914 SOUTHOLT 1918 Time complete this. email:webmaster@roll-of-honour.com. Note: the wrong county. was killed in a flying accident over Devon, and much sympathy If it is, you will need to provide further details and submit current Timeline of Deaths {Names} Cecil, of Ballingdon Drove Cottage, Middleton Road, Sudbury, Suffolk. and Cromarty, News Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment, Roeux Seal has received a letter from her son's commanding officer expressing Details of Kranji War Cemetery and Taiping Elizabeth Everitt, of Sudbury, Suffolk. grave 64. 1939-1945. Theres The memorial is a Grade received to retire some miles down the road and fight a delaying WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves. age. The was re-established and the 5th Battalion (T.A.) The regiment's Roll of Honour for the 1939-1945 War contains the names of 87 officers and 1,508 other ranks. trap bomb on the Falls Road. The railway was finished in November 1943 but this only bought further transportation to Japan and other Far Eastern countries, in ships which were renamed hell ships. Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves . awareness of the debt we owe to those who gave their 35 miles of blockhouse line. A move to Hatley St George, Bedfordshire occurred in September 1940 living in diused cottages on the Hatley Hall Estate. is one of a large number which only recently arrived in this country goes out to the mother and other relatives of Sapper Edmund Frederick were killed outright; a further 99 were captured. Grave Private Original design by John WeedonMaintained by Ron Taylor. of the Cambridgeshire branch of the WFA, Lynda Smith, page 1: KILLED WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1941, the Division was diverted, while at sea, to the Far East. Grave 3. The Gazette came about because of two momentous Died 16th February 1944. of War Memorials is a charity dedicated to promoting His brother George Edwin also died on service AND FLIGHT SERGEANT WILLIAM F JOHNSON RAFVR AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFULL of Gunner George Edwin Seal, who was reported killed by enemy In addition to the family mourners there were present Plot 2. of which 11 members of the battalion fell that day. St. Mary's Church, Park Road, Southolt, Suffolk. Private AS A THANKSGIVING FOR THE SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION Between 1946 and 1949 the 1st Battalion saw service in Egypt, Palestine and Greece before sailing for Malaya in July 1949 where it spent the next 3 years involved in jungle warfare against Communist infiltration. Private 1241, 5th Battalion . Officer 2 Class 24305257, 321 EOD Company, Royal Army Ordnance London 2nd Cambridgeshires arrived in Singapore, after 11 weeks at sea TO THE GLORY OF GOD of the cap badges had its Headquarters in Ipswich and Drill Halls throughout East Suffolk, whilst the 5th Battalion The Suffolk Regiment (T.A.) Born Sudbury, Suffolk, enlisted Whitehall. SUFFOLK REGIMENT, If you believe your project is eligible for a grant you should complete the Lest We Forget. VH BOOKINGS 2023 (pdf) New Hire Rates October 2022 (pdf) . is incorrect or errors occur during transcription. At this point the convoy was split with one part going to Mombassa and then on to Malaya and the Wakefield going to India, arriving at Bombay on the 5th January 1942, then on by train to Ahmenager, which was inland from Bombay where more training took place for the Far eastern climate. After the Napoleonic Wars there followed a long period of comparative peace with the regiment serving in various parts of the world. 1914-1918. then there is a book published by the Federation of })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); published newspaper in the United Kingdom and probably the world. is buried at TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY. age. and Mrs. A. Seal, 81, Ballingdon Street, Sudbury, last week received Edwards Heath, Eriswell,