R/660 Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Walter Ward was born on 27 June 1880 in Ballingdon, the son of John and Mary Ann Ward (née Gardner). His father John was employed as a carman and the family lived in Ballingdon Street before moving to 26 Plough Lane, where Walter lived with his widowed father, sister Florence and three brothers; Francis ... more

J/23451 HMS Eden, Royal Navy

Henry Belsham, registered at birth as John Henry, was born in Hackney, London on 25 December 1896, one of six surviving children of Henry James (Harry) and Charlotte Belsham. His father was employed as a mechanical engineer and the family lived at one time in East Harnham, Wiltshire before moving to Priory Walk in Sudbury. His father was a Guardian ... more

J/48470 HMS Vittoria, Royal Navy

John Pettit was born on 12 June 1900 in Braintree, Essex, one of three children of Horace Henry and Emily Ethel Pettitt. His father was a highway surveyor and in 1901 the family was living in Braintree. By 1911 the family had moved to Wash Farm, Hundon before they later moved to “Le Chalet”, Priory Road in Sudbury.

John attended Sudbu ... more

HMS Astrea, Royal Navy

Edwin Belsham was born around 1891 in Tottenham, North London, one of six surviving children of Henry James (Harry) and Charlotte Belsham. His father was employed as a mechanical engineer and the family lived at one time in East Harnham, Wiltshire before moving to Priory Walk in Sudbury. His father was a Guardian for the Sudbury Workhouse.

By 191 ... more

J/13954 HMS Aboukir, Royal Navy

Harry Mumford was born in Great Cornard on 5 May 1894, one of nine surviving children of William and Ellen Mumford. His father was employed as a mat maker and the family lived at Sudbury Road in Great Cornard. By 1911 the family had moved to 30 Girling Street, Sudbury and Harry was employed by a local farmer working with horses. The family lat ... more

303885 Royal Air Force

Edward Bear was born in Sudbury on 11 April 1884, the son of William Lewis and Maria Bear. Both his parents were employed as silk weavers. The family lived at 18 Garden Row, before later moving to 7 Inkerman Row.

At the age of 16 Edward was employed as a butcher’s assistant but he is recorded as a warehouseman by the time he enlisted with the R ... more

7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers,
(attached 1st Battalion)

Robert Smylie was born on 7 April 1874. His father died when he was a child. He attended Ballymeena Grammar School and later graduated from London University taking his M.A. in 1903. He came to Sudbury from the King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford where he was a Lieutenant with the Cadet Corps.

... more

7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment

Raymond Armes was born in 1878 in Kings Lynn, the youngest of three sons of William and Sarah Armes. His brothers were: William Morriss (known as Morriss), who lost his life serving with the Suffolk Regiment and is also remembered on the Sudbury War Memorial and Reginald John, who joined his brother to serve with the North Staffordshir ... more

6446 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

John Grimwood was born in Hitcham in 1886, the son of John and Louisa Grimwood. His father was a bricklayer and the family lived at Church Street, Monks Eleigh. By 1911 the family had moved to Sudbury and lived at one time at 37 Friar Street and also Park Lodge, Gallows Hill.

At the age of 14 John was employed as a brickmaker’s lab ... more

7078 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment

Thomas Reeder was born in 1886 in Beccles, Suffolk, one of six children of James and Lucy Reeder. His father was a maltster’s labourer and the family lived in Beccles.

Thomas was employed as a bricklayer’s labourer when he enlisted aged 18 on 29 December 1904 in Norwich. He served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Norfolk Regime ... more

240012 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

John French was born in Hackney, London around 1871. He was the youngest son of George and Mary Ann French and the family lived in Groombridge Road, Hackney. His father was employed as a ‘Clerk to a foreign banker’ and by 1891 was ‘living on his own means’.

John married Rose Ives in 1901; they lived in Sudbury at the Freemason ... more

112 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Wilfred Hunt was born in Sudbury in 1878. He was the son Samuel and Celia Hunt. His father was a chemist and the family lived ‘over the shop’ at 37 Market Hill. His father died in 1884 and his widowed mother moved to 28 Friars Street with her youngest daughter before moving to Felixstowe. By 1901 Wilfred was boarding at 1 Girton Terrace, ... more

202534 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
(‘Private’ on CWGC)

Robert Bristow was born around 1885 in Saham Toney near Watton in Norfolk, the eldest son of Robert Edward and Deborah Bristow. His father was a miller and baker and the family lived in Ovington Road, Saham Toney.

Robert was a school teacher in Sudbury and he lived as a boarder with the Hayward famil ... more

32030 ‘B’ Company, 14th Battalion, Welsh Regiment

Frederick Goodfellow was born in 1892 in Westminster, London. The son of James and Eliza Goodfellow. He married Mary Ann Risby in 1913 in Holborn, London and was living in St. Pancras when he enlisted and served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers (formerly 27825) before transferring to the Welsh Regiment.

Frederick first s ... more

9153 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

William Pearson was born in Brundon around 1887, the son of John and Charlotte Pearson. He had an older brother James and two younger brothers Charles and John. His father was employed as an agricultural labourer and horseman, his mother as an apron skirt machinist. In 1891 the family was living at 17 Church Walk in Sudbury. By 1907 ... more

6755 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Arthur Botham was born in Sudbury in 1882, one of ten children of George and Caroline Botham. The family lived at one time in Cross Street and Gaol Lane. His widowed mother later moved to 16 Curds Lane (now Weavers Lane).

Arthur enlisted in Bury St. Edmunds and served with the Suffolk Regiment as a regular soldier. In 1911 he was ... more

T4/211763 No.1 Company 56th Division Train, Army Service Corps

Ernest Smith was born in 1876 in Sudbury, one of six surviving children of John and Emma Smith. Both his parents were employed as silk weavers and the family lived in Gregory Gardens before moving to 21 Station Road.

In 1902 Ernest married Hester Jane Brown in Sudbury and they lived in Jubilee Terrace, Gir ... more

5205 Machine Gun Corps

William Matthews was born on 30 October 1887 in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton. He was the eldest of two sons of Charles and Alice Matthews (née Beddoes). In 1901 the family was living in Norton-in-Hales, Shropshire, his father was employed as a domestic butler and William attended Norton-in-Hales Public School. By 1911 his widowed mother had moved the famil ... more

49 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Maurice Cardy was born in 1889 in Tottenham, London, one of eleven children of Maurice and Violet Jeanette Cardy. His father had been born in Sudbury but moved to London where he was a bricklayer.

By 1911 the family was living in Sudbury at 32 Mill Lane and his father was employed as a general labourer for Sudbury Borough Council. M ... more

8732 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Arthur Jarmyn was born around 1888 in Glemsford, the son of Amos and Emma Jarmyn. His father was a cocoa mat maker and the family lived at Bells Lane before moving to 17 Garden Row in Sudbury.

Before the war Arthur was a regular soldier serving with the Cameronians and was with the battalion in South Africa. When he left ... more

360071 98th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Maurice Blythe (registered as Morris) was born in Sudbury in 1888, one of eight children of Joseph and Sarah Blythe. His father was a master butcher and Maurice like his older brother William followed his father into the trade as a butcher’s assistant. The family lived in Church Street, Sudbury.

His army records show that he ... more

211112 ‘C’ Battery, 317th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Harry Halestrap was born around 1890 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, one of seven children of Samuel and Rhoda Halestrap. His father was a gardener and the family lived in South Street, Bishop’s Stortford. By 1911 Harry was employed as a grocer’s assistant and was boarding with the Page family at 70 Wards Row, Hig ... more

9215 71st (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Jeremiah Nice was born in Sudbury in late 1884, the son of George and Sarah Nice. His father was a carter and the family lived at 8 Walnuttree Lane before moving to Overalls Yard, Gregory Street. By the age of 17 Jeremiah had moved to Farningham in Kent, and was living with relatives; Charles and Isabel Nice. His uncle was e ... more

142896 12th Division, Signal Company, Royal Engineers

John Stearns was born around 1889 in Acton, Suffolk, one of three surviving children of William and Sarah Stearns. His father was a farm labourer and the family lived at Post Office Row, Sudbury Road, Acton, before moving to 53 East Street in Sudbury. Before enlisting John was employed as a shop porter.

John died ... more

T2/14362 No. 2 Company, 30th Division Train, Army Service Corps

Leonard Hostler was born in 1889 in Sudbury, the son of Charles James and Albinia Mary Hostler. His father was employed as a maltster. He had two older brothers; James and Charlie and the family lived at 24 Burkitts Lane before later moving to 7 Girton Terrace, Prince Street.

Leonard was employed as a c ... more

211113 13th Battery, 17th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Leonard Byham was born in Sudbury around 1894, the eldest of two sons of Edward and Louisa Byham. The family lived at The Cottage, Wood Hall Farm where his father was a stockman. By 1911 the family had moved to Wood Hall View Cottages in Melford Road.

Before the war Leonard helped his father on the farm and from ... more

103355 G.H.Q. (Salonika), Royal Field Artillery

Albert Bareham was born in Sudbury in 1892, one of four children of Daniel Bareham and stepson of Sarah Bareham. In 1911 the family was living at 4 Ada Cottages, Stebbing near Dunmow, Essex where Albert and his father were employed as farm labourers.

Albert enlisted in Sudbury and first served in France on 7 September 191 ... more

7375 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
(‘L/Cpl’ in Suffolk Regiment, Soldiers died in the Great War)

Edward Fish was born in 1889 in Sudbury, one of nine surviving children of Thomas and Jane Louisa Fish. His father was a railway porter and the family lived at 27 Station Road before later moving to 1 Wellington Cottage in Girling Street. Edward was a member of the Boys Bri ... more

134221 Royal Garrison Artillery

Harry Heard was born in Sudbury in 1883, the second son of nine children of Frederick Henry (Harry) and Susan Heard. His father was employed as a bricklayer and the family lived at 57 North Street before later moving to New Street. By 1901 Harry was a milkman living in Hackney, London. He married Alice Jane Mott in 1907 and they had two daughter ... more

176940 232nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Wallace Webb was born in Beccles in1898, the fourth of six sons of William and Edith Webb. The family lived at The Old Brewery House, Bridge Street in Beccles where his father was employed as a maltster’s labourer, they later moved to Stowmarket before moving to 3 Bank buildings, Sudbury.

Wallace enlisted at Warley, Essex an ... more

172830 164th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Maurice Hempstead was born in Plaistow, London in 1898 and was the only son of Thomas Arthur and Gertrude Mary Hempstead (née Martin). Both his parents were born in Sudbury, his father like many male members from both sides of the family worked at the Chilton Brickworks. By 1901 the family had returned to Sudbury and Mauric ... more

28786 86th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Frank Bridgman was born in Sudbury around 1887, the son of William and Sarah Ann Bridgman. His father was carter for a coal yard and the family lived at
43 Church Yard, Church Street before moving to 27 Station Road. His parents later moved to 11 East Street.

At the age of 14 Frank was employed as an errand boy bef ... more

73741 17th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

Isaac William Braybrook, known as William was born in Sudbury around 1892, the son of William Henry and Maria Braybrook. The family lived at 8 Prince Street and his father was employed at one time as a cocoa mat maker and later as a brickmaker’s labourer.

By 1911 William was living and working as a boot assistant at 13 Market Squ ... more

43148 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Claude Rose was born in Sudbury in 1893, the eldest of three sons of Charles and Rosina Rose (née Cross). His father was a taxidermist and in 1901 had a shop at 73 Friars Street. The family lived at one time in Vicarage Lane in Great Cornard. At the age of 18 Claude was employed as an ironmonger’s assistant for Mr. Page at 14 Market H ... more

GS/79193 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

William Green, was born in Sudbury around 1900 and was the second youngest child of Edward Coote Green and Ada Rhoda Green. His father was a stone mason and the family lived at 49 North Street where Edward Green had his business. William had three brothers and two sisters and by 1911 the family had moved to 19 Alexandra Road, Grimsby in ... more

203010 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders

Thomas Currie, (known in the family as Ted, after his maternal grandfather) was the only son of Joseph and Clara Elizabeth Currie. His mother was a member of the Hills family, who were watchmakers and Jewellers in Friars Street. She married Joseph, who was working as a grocer in Ipswich in January 1895 at Trinity Chapel in Friars Stre ... more

44044 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

William Lee known as Charlie was born in December 1893, the son of William and Ellen Annie (Nancy) Lee. He had a sister Daisy, and the family lived at 6 Church Row, Great Cornard before moving to 61 Friars Street, Sudbury. Charlie worked in a matting factory as a warper before going on to work at the Sudbury Gas Works. His father worked ... more

3/7957 ‘H’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Charles Risby was born in Sudbury in 1891, one of eight children of Alfred and Mary Ann Risby. His father was employed as a labourer for the Town Council and the family lived at 70 Cross Street. Prior to enlisting in Sudbury with the Suffolk Regiment Charles was employed by builders Mauldon and Sutton in Sudbury. more

34504 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Walter Clarke was born in 1878 in Washbrook, Suffolk, the son of David and Mary Ann Clarke. His father was a farm bailiff and the family moved around Suffolk due to his employment including Pond Hall in Bentley, Rams Farm in Hintlesham before moving to Chestnut Farm in Barham, Suffolk.

At the age of 23 Walter was living and working ... more

313449 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment

Richard Smith was born in Sudbury around 1893, one of six children of Thomas and Harriet Smith. His father was a coca mat maker and general labourer. The family lived at 35 Mill Lane and later moved to No. 46. Richard was employed as a groom and was living in Halstead when he enlisted to serve with the Essex Regiment.

He first ser ... more

R/11754 9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Sidney Smith was born in 1889 in Colne Engaine, Essex, one of thirteen surviving children of Harry and Emma Smith. His father was employed as a horseman and agricultural labourer and the family lived at Brick House Road, Colne Engaine before moving to 13 Great Yard, Sidings Hill in Halstead. Like his father and brothers Sidney wa ... more

43803 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Cyril Dale was born in Sudbury in 1897, the youngest of two sons of Arthur James and Elizabeth Emma Dale. His father was employed as ‘a shunter’ on the railway and the family lived at En Route Villas in Waldingfield Road before later moving to East Street.

Before the war Cyril was employed as a railway clerk. He was ... more

5267 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

Harry Malyon was born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire around 1877. He was the son of George and Jane Malyon and his father was employed as a maltster. Like many Suffolk agricultural labourers the family moved between Suffolk and Burton-on-Trent during the year for work.

The family moved from Cavendish to Sudbury and lived at ... more

7771 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Harry Lorkings was born around 1890 in Glemsford, one of seven surviving children of John and Adelaide Lorkings. His father was a Coconut mat maker and the family lived at one time in Cross Street and at number 22 and 24 Church Street.

Harry enlisted in Sudbury and served as a regular with the Suffolk Regiment. In 1911 he was stat ... more

240590 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

John Jay was born in Sudbury in 1895 and was one of four children and only son of Arthur Maurice and Emma Francis Jay (née Tunbridge). His father was a plumber and house painter and the family lived at Notley Villa, Meadow Lane before later moving to 32 Gainsborough Road. At the age of 15 John was employed as a builder’s apprentice.< ... more

1756 56th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force

Ernest Baring, one of seven children of Rev. Francis Henry and Amy Baring was born at Northam, Devon in 1889, where his father was Rector. Prior to his parents moving to India around 1897, his father was recorded in 1896 as ‘a Rector in Suffolk’, but by 1901 his widowed Mother was back in England living at Ver ... more

320121 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

George Mauldon was born in Sudbury on 8 August 1892, the son of Christie Edwin and Alice Emily Mauldon, of Ballingdon, Sudbury. His father was Mayor of Sudbury in 1892, 1893 and 1904 and from the Mauldon Brewery family. His father was the hotel keeper and brewer of The Bull Inn, Church Street. After leaving Sudbury Grammar School Georg ... more

A medical record has been found for ‘Fred Charles White 45120’ but it has not been confirmed at the present time if it is the correct record for the above man.

The record states that between March 1915 and November 1918 Fred was hospitalised for 425 days:

1915: Admitted three times to Felixstowe Military hospital with an accidental gunshot wound to his left arm followed by ... more

722974 1st/24th (County of London) Battalion (the Queen’s), London Regiment

Ambrose Suttle was born in 1892 in Glemsford, the son of John and Ellen May Ambrose (née Copsey). His father was employed as a cocoa matting weaver and the family lived in Egremont Street, Glemsford where his mother worked from home as a ‘hair brush weaver’.

His mother died in 1902 and his father ... more

201966 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Ernest Morgan was born in Malta, (recorded as ‘Edward’ on the original Roll of Honour and medal card). He enlisted in Sudbury and served with the Suffolk Regiment (formerly 3090). It is not known when he joined his battalion.

Ernest’s battalion formed part of 98th Brigade, 33rd Division; in the spring of 1917 the Division saw acti ... more

PO/8250 HMS Queen Mary, Royal Marine Light Infantry

Isaac Felton was born 28 September 1876 in Sudbury and was the second son of James and Mary Ann Felton. His father was employed as a bricklayer’s labourer and later as a machinist’s labourer, his mother as a laundress. The family lived at 8 Walnuttree Lane, before later moving to 33 Gregory Gardens. At the age of fifteen Is ... more

10th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
(Recorded as Second Lieutenant on CWGC)

Arthur Jukes was born in 1871 in Clapham, London, the son of Rev. Richard Starr Jukes and Mary Jukes. His father was at one time the Rector of Milton Church in Gravesend and Arthur attended St John’s School Leatherhead as a boarder.

Arthur was employed as a clerk before he enlis ... more

Royal Flying Corps and ‘C’ Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Harwood Clover, known as George was born in Sudbury in 1893. He was the eldest of two sons of Isaac Ernest and Alice Evelyn Clover (née Armes). The family lived at one time in Springfield Lodge in Stour Street, overlooking the family mill, now a hotel. He attended Aldenham School in Elstree, Hertfordshi ... more

5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

William Armes, known as Morriss was born in 1872 in Kings Lynn, the eldest of three sons of William and Sarah Armes. His two brothers were: Raymond Linay, who lost his life serving with the North Staffordshire Regiment and is also remembered on the Sudbury War Memorial and Reginald John, who joined his brother to serve with the North Staffordshire ... more

54th (East Anglian) Division, Army Service Corps

Robert Dixon was born on 22 August 1855 in Bocking, Essex, the son of William and Eliza Dixon. Robert married Ada Harvey in1884 in the Dunmow area and by 1891 they were living at 32 King Street in Sudbury. They had two children and later moved to Meadow Lane, before moving to 6 York Road.

In 1901 Robert was the manager ... more

7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
( Honorary Lieutenant Colonel 4th Royal Dublin Fusiliers)

Charles Tippet was born in 1863 in Maltby, Yorkshire, the son of Henry Vivian and Charlotte Tippet (née Seal). His father was a land agent. At the age of 18 Charles was boarding in Skegness in Lincolnshire employed as a surveyor’s articled clerk. He married Edith Alice Goodson i ... more

528081 54th Division, Signal Company, Royal Engineers

Horace Sore was born in Great Cornard on 30 July 1894, the son of Arthur George and Eliza Sore (née Sergeant). His father was employed as a brewer’s labourer and the family lived in Broom Street in Great Cornard, before they later moved to 82 East Street in Sudbury. Horace had six brothers and three sisters. At the age of 1 ... more

242532 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Francis Edwin Harrison (Frank) was born in Sudbury in 1888, one of nine surviving children of George James and Ellen Harrison. His father was a groom/gardener and the family lived at 11 Newton Road, before moving to Cross Street.

A report from the Long Melford Tribunal appeared in the Suffolk and Essex Free Press on 11 Octobe ... more

Royal Fusiliers

It is believed that Frederick was related to Ernest and Frank Harrison (See the Sudbury Roll of Honour) as the death of a ‘Frederick’ is mentioned in a letter from their mother to Ernest but I have been unable to confirm the full identity of Frederick at the present time.

Frederick Harrison is remembered on the Sudbury War Memorial.

2nd/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

See James Leonard – this is believed to be the same person as James Leonard (240390) who was living with his elder brother Thomas in 1911 with William and Emma French at 37 New Street in Sudbury (possibly adopted).

There were no set criteria for names to be put forward for the Sudbury War Memorial in 1919 and his name may have been p ... more

292122 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
696694 Eastern Command Labour Centre, Labour Corps

Alfred Hartley was born in 1889 in Great Cornard, one of five children of Henry (Harry) and Ellen Priscilla Hartley. The family lived in Newton Road and his father was a binder/mat trimmer at a cocoa matting factory. After Alfred’s mother died his father married Gertrude Brown in 18 ... more

GS/50392 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Ernest Harrison was born in Sudbury around 1881, one of nine surviving children of George James and Ellen Harrison. His father was a groom/gardener and the family lived at 11 Newton Road, before moving to Cross Street.

Ernest married Harriet Jarvis in Kings Lynn in 1912, they were living in Kings Lynn when he enlisted to serve ... more

68996 11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

William Hartley was born in Battersea, London in 1886. By 1891 his mother Emma Hartley (née Smalls) was a widow and was living in Deptford while her son and his brother Harry and sister Emily were with her parents at 18 Cross Street in Sudbury. His mother was employed as an umbrella machinist and by 1901 was back in Sudbury living a ... more

7992 Special Reserve attached to 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Reginald Clement Francis known as Clement was born around 1892 in Bradfield, Essex, one of seven children of Benjamin and Mary Francis. His father was a groom and gardener when the family was still living in Bradfield. He was later employed as a mail driver by the time the family had moved to Church Street in Cl ... more

235087 1st/5th Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

William Harvey was born around 1890 in Bury St. Edmunds, one of thirteen children of Frederick George and Louisa Jane Harvey. His father was a railway engine driver and the family lived in St. Andrew’s Street, Bury St. Edmunds. By 1901 the family had moved to Sudbury and lived at 29 King Street. William later moved in ... more

4324 1st/13th Kensington Battalion, London Regiment

Charles Bayes was born in 1883 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk one of six children of Alfred and Mary Ann Bayes. His father was a cocoa mat weaver. William Armes originally had their matting factory in King’s Lynn, so it is probable that Alfred Bayes was employed there and moved his family to Sudbury at the same time William Armes mo ... more

203496 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

Clarence Francis, known as Cecil was born around 1897 in Kimbolton, the second son of Walter William and Ellen Francis. His father was a provision merchant and the family lived in East Road, Cambridge before moving to Sudbury in 1909. They had a grocer’s shop on the corner of Cross Street and Church Street. Cecil had four sisters: ... more

7574 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Arthur French was born in Sudbury in 1888, the son of Walter and Lavinia French. His father was a labourer and the family lived at Mount Place, North Street before later moving to Gregory Street.

Arthur was employed as a maltster prior to enlisting as a regular soldier. He was following in the family footsteps as his father served ... more

G/60637 2nd/4th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

Sidney Griggs was born in Sudbury in 1898, one of six surviving children of Walter and Emma Maria Griggs. His father was employed as a warehouse porter, his mother a silk winder and the family lived at 11 Church Row, before moving to 70 East Street.

Sidney was living in Marylebone, London when he enli ... more

14101 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment

Henry Gibbons, known as Harry was born on 24 July 1894 in Great Cornard, the second son of Charles and Annie Gibbons (née Gardiner). In 1901 the family was living at 130 Copenhagen Street, Islington, along with Annie’s mother and his father was employed as a ‘coke porter’. By 1911 his widowed mother had married Ernest Carter, a jobbing ga ... more

8891 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment

Harry (Henry) Goodwin was born in 1884 in Sudbury, he was one of three children of James and Maria Goodwin. His father was employed as a brickmaker and general labourer and the family lived at 73 Melford Road before later moving to number 80.

Harry enlisted as a regular soldier with the Suffolk Regiment in Bury St. Edmunds an ... more

3/10151 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Alfred Golding was born in Sudbury around 1884, the son of Sarah Golding. In 1901 the family lived in Upper East Street and Alfred was employed as a house painter.

After his mother died Alfred enlisted for six years on 26th January 1904 to serve with the Suffolk Regiment (formerly 6260), his service records describe him as 5f ... more

46765 11th Battalion (Midland Pioneers), Leicestershire Regiment

Robert Hammond was born in Bermondsey, London in 1884. He was the only son of Robert James and Mary Hammond (née Okey). His father was employed as a docks foreman. Robert had three sisters: Florence Joanne, Lydia Caroline and Maud Annie.

By 1891 his father had died and his mother had moved to Sudbury and ... more

G/26975 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Frank Hagger was born in Sudbury in 1897, the son of James and Ellen Amelia Hagger. His father was employed as a miller and his mother was a dressmaker. The family lived at one time at 5 Bulmer Road in Ballingdon, they later moved to Victory Cottage in Upper East Street. Frank had two sisters: Dorothy and Bertha Margaret and three brot ... more

52870 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Arthur Golding was born in 1878 in Belchamp St. Paul, the eldest of six sons of Solomon and Emily Golding. His father was a farm labourer and the family lived at Mashey Road, Belchamp St. Paul in Essex.

Arthur was employed as a farm labourer and was married to Edith; they lived with their four known children at Knowl Green, Belchamp ... more

56833 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

Cyril Grimwood was born in 1899 in West Ham, East London. By 1911 he was living in Sudbury with his father’s sister and husband; Henry and Harriet Jarmin (née Grimwood) and their son William in Upper East Street.

Cyril enlisted and served with the 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers which formed part of 104th Brigade, 35th D ... more

20212 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

John Golding was born in Clare in 1885, the youngest son of Alfred (Fred) and Georgina Golding. His father was employed as a groom/gardener. In 1901 John was employed as an ostler at a local inn, living with his parents in Malting Lane, Clare. John married Ethel Martin in 1906 and they lived with their three daughters at the Old Rectory, ... more

329537 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment

Henry Gould, known as Harry was born in 1884 in Luton, Bedfordshire. He was the third son of William and Annie Gould. His father was employed as a hat blocker and his two older sisters were employed in the same industry. The family lived in Chapel Street, Luton. Harry moved to Sudbury around 1905 and was the Manager of The Londo ... more

22839 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Charles Goody (registered at birth as Charles James) was born in Sudbury in 1885, one of eight children and the eldest son of Robert (Charles Robert) and Mary Goody (née Amey). Charles like his father was a railway booking clerk and the family lived in Cross Street, before later moving to 22 Station Road. In 1901 Charles and his younger ... more

260006 1st/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

Stanley Garwood was born in 1897 in Sudbury, the youngest of three sons of William and Mary Garwood. His father was a silk weaver and the family lived at 2 Oxford Terrace, Queens Road with his paternal grandparents. In 1911 Stanley was employed as an errand boy for a local stationer.

Stanley enlisted and served with th ... more

G/27789 15th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Transferred to (58204) 98th Company, Labour Corps

Frederick Adams was born in Long Melford in 1897, the son of Alexander and Bertha Adams. His father was a cocoa mat maker and his mother a horsehair weaver. The family lived at one time at Westgate Street, Long Melford, they later moved to 51 Melford Road in ... more

42154 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

William Deaves was born in Sudbury in early 1900, one of eight surviving children of Frederick Thomas and Louisa Deaves. His father was a carpenter and the family lived at 5 Harp Close Road.

William enlisted in Bury St Edmunds. It is not known when he joined his battalion but in May 1918 the battalion had transferred from the ... more

16736 7th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment

Harry Clark was born in Sudbury around 1894, the eldest son and one of seven children of Henry (known as Harry) and Annie Clark. His father was employed as a soap maker and the family lived at 5 Straw Lane before moving to 22 Plough Lane. At the age of 17 Harry was employed as a butcher.

Harry enlisted in St. Pancras, London ... more

12389 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment

Arthur Clark was born in Sudbury in 1890. At the age of one he was living with his widowed mother Annie, a stay maker and Grandfather Thomas Clark, a groom and gardener at 19 Church Street. The family later moved to 63 Cross Street. His mother was Annie L Briggs who later lived at 88 Cross Street.

Arthur enlisted in Chelmsford and ... more

41697 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

Arthur Clark was born in Sudbury in 1898, one of seven children of Henry (known as Harry) and Annie Clark. His father was employed as a soap maker and the family lived at 5 Straw Lane before moving to 22 Plough Lane.

Arthur enlisted in Sudbury. It is not known when he joined his battalion which formed part of 91st Brig ... more

7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

See Clarence Cecil Francis as it has been confirmed by relatives and further research that this is the same person as Clarence Cecil Francis (203496) Bedfordshire Regiment. It is known that Clarence used his second name Cecil at one time.

There was no set criteria for names to be put forward for the Sudbury War Memorial in 1919 and hi ... more

3/9946 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
(9th Battalion on the original Roll of Honour)

Albert Bell was born in Long Melford around 1890, the only surviving child of Samuel James and Alice Bell. His father was an innkeeper and at one time the family lived at the White Hart Inn in Long Melford before moving to the Green Dragon Hotel in Sudbury.

Albert was employed a ... more

27257 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

George Chinery was born in 1895 in Acton near Sudbury, one of five children of George Frederick and Alice Chinery. His father was a mat weaver, his mother a horse-hair weaver and the family lived at Newman’s Green before moving to 2 Siam Terrace in Sudbury.

At the age of 15 George was employed as a domestic house boy. ... more

81125 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Francis Chaplin known as Harry was born in 1898 in Cavendish, the son of George and Caroline Chaplin. His father was employed as a gardener and groom and the family lived in Sudbury at 5 Queen’s Terrace, Newton Road. As a schoolboy Harry was an errand boy for a local tobacconist. He enlisted and served with the Yeomanry Cyclists (formerl ... more

293751 13th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Walter Cook was born in Hampshire near Odiham in 1885, one of nine known children of William March and Lucy Ann Cook. His father was an insurance agent and by 1901 the family had moved to Harsnett Road in Colchester before they moved to Sudbury to 9 Girton Terrace in Prince Street.

At the age of 26 Walter was living in Slough, ... more

53024 12th (Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry) Battalion
Manchester Regiment

Frederick Abbott was born in 1881 in Chelmsford, Essex, the son of Thomas and Eliza Abbott. His father was a coppersmith and the family lived in School Street, Sudbury. His father died in 1894 and in 1906 his mother married Charles Henry Keeble. Frederick was employed as a butcher’s assistant ... more

32162 1st/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment

John Coote was born in Sudbury around 1878, the son of David and Mary Coote. His father was a carpenter/builder and the family lived in Bulmer, Essex before they later moved to 28 Church Street in Sudbury.

At the age of 13 John was employed as a labourer before following his father into the building trade as a carpente ... more

1013 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry, (Australian Imperial Force)

William Carter, known as Charles was born in Sudbury in 1895. In 1911 Charles was living with his grandparents Charles and Mary Ann White at 18 Inkerman Row. His grandfather was a silk weaver and Charles was employed as an errand boy.

According to his Australian Army Records he enlisted in Melbourne, V ... more

1379 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Robert Cardy was born in 1892 in Southwark, London, one of eleven children of Maurice and Violet Jeanette Cardy. His father was born in Sudbury but moved to London where he was employed as a bricklayer. By 1911 the family was living in Sudbury at 32 Mill Lane and his father was employed as a general labourer for Sudbury Borough Council.
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25387 ‘B’ Company, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

John Cansdale was born in 1887 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, the second of five known children of Robert and Emily Cansdale. By 1911 he was employed as a farm labourer and lived with his widowed mother and younger brother Charles in The Street. He married Mary Ann Nunn on 6 June 1913 and moved to 4 Mount Place, Sudbury. B ... more

2200 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Albert Byham (Recorded as ‘Arthur Robert’ on CWGC) was born in 1887 in Glemsford, the son of Charles and Hannah Byham. His father was employed as a silk weaver and the family lived at 27 Gregory Gardens. By 1911 his widowed father had moved with his two sons to live with his widowed sister, who ran The Magpie Inn at Combs Ford near Stow ... more

9626 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

Clarence Bell was born in Sudbury in 1893, the son of Ernest and Laura Bell. His father was an innkeeper at the Halfmoon Inn in Gregory Street. By 1911 his widowed mother was working as a domestic cook in Bures, she remarried in 1916 and moved to Ipswich.

Clarence was a regular soldier, in 1911 serving with the York and La ... more

241123 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

William Percy Bunn, known as Willie was born around 1898 in Ballingdon, the son of Samuel and Emma Bunn. His father was a gardener and the family lived in Ballingdon Street. Willie enlisted in Sudbury and served with the Suffolk Regiment (formerly 3581).

It is not known when Willie joined his battalion but from his medal recor ... more

26772 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment

Sidney Buckle was born in 1888 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, the eldest of four children of Henry and Agnes Buckle. His father was a miller and the family lived at 4 Excelsior Villas in York Road, Sudbury. Sidney attended St. Gregory and St. Peter’s School and on leaving school was employed as a brewer’s clerk. He was a member of the Sudbury Conse ... more

8190 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

William Brown, known as Willie was born in Sudbury in 1890, one of eight children of Henry and Mary Ann Brown (née Harper). His father was employed as a maltster and the family lived at 32 Girling Street before moving to 15 East Street.

Willie enlisted in Sudbury before the war and was a regular soldier. In 1911 he was stationed ... more

King’s Liverpool Regiment

See Herbert Basham as it has been confirmed by relatives and further research that Herbert Cattling is the same person as Herbert William Basham (235027) King’s Liverpool Regiment.

His father was born James Cattling and had changed his name to Basham by 1867 when he married Mary Blackshaw. The family name remained as Basham until 1911 census ... more

G/23810 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Herbert Debenham was born in Glemsford around 1900, the youngest of seven surviving children of Herbert and Eliza Debenham. His father was a cocoa mat maker and the family lived in Suffolk Road, Sudbury; at one time at Dairy Cottages before moving to 22 Queen’s Terrace.

It is not known when Herbert joined his battalion whic ... more

TF/238017 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Roland Ford was born in 1889 in Sudbury, the only son of George and Susannah Ford. His father was employed as a mat maker. Roland, his two sisters and their parents lived at 16 East Street before later moving to 3 Bridge Terrace, East Street.

He was married to Mary and they were living at 64 Military Road, Colchester, Essex ... more

8570 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Frederick Felton was born in 1891 in Sudbury, the eldest son of Frederick and Amelia Felton. His father was a ‘brewer’s cooper’ and the family lived at Robinson’s Yard in Ballingdon. Before enlisting Frederick was employed as a labourer at a local brickfield.

Frederick enlisted in Sudbury and first served in France when the battal ... more

240503 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Bertie Felton was born in 1894 in Ballingdon, Sudbury, the second son of Frederick and Amelia Felton. His father was a ‘brewer’s cooper’ and the family lived at Robinson’s Yard in Ballingdon.

At the age of 17 Bertie was employed as day worker at a local mat manufacturer. He enlisted in Colchester and served with the Suffolk Re ... more

2203 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Henry Farrant, known as Harry was born in 1893 in Sudbury. He was the eldest of six known children of James and Sarah Farrant (née Bigmore). His father was a ‘foreman weaver’ for a hat trimming manufacturer and the family lived at 73 Cross Street before later moving to 22 Burkitts Lane.

Before the war Harry was employed as an iron ... more

26124 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

Reginald Farrance was born in 1898 in Sudbury, the son of John and Ellen Farrance and had three brothers: Alexander (Alec), David and Percy and six sisters: Bessie, Emma, Grace, Alice, Evelyn and Elsie. His father was employed as a mat weaver and the family lived at 34 Church Street, before moving to 3 Laundry Gardens, Bridgefoot close ... more

30718 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Alexander Farrance, known as Alec was born in 1897 in Sudbury, the son of John and Ellen Farrance. He had three brothers: Reginald, David and Percy and six sisters: Bessie, Emma, Grace, Alice, Evelyn and Elsie. His father was employed as a mat weaver and the family lived at 34 Church Street, before moving to 3 Laundry Gardens, Bridgefoot ... more

TF/241673 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Arthur Elmer was born in 1896 in Little Cornard, Suffolk, one of twelve children of Charles Edward and Alice Sarah Elmer. His father was a carman and the family lived in Cats Lane, Great Cornard before later moving to 6 Gregory Street in Sudbury. Arthur attended St. Gregory and St. Peter’s School, by the age of fourteen he was e ... more

21336 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
(‘21326’ on CWGC)

William Edwards was born around 1874 in Ballingdon, Sudbury. At the age of 17 William was lodging at 10 Suffolk Square with Joseph Outing. He was employed as a labourer for a local brickmaker and married Mary Wade in 1900. They lived at 6 Suffolk Square.

William enlisted in Sudbury and served with the Suffol ... more

G/4927 2nd Battalion, (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regiment

Edwin Coates, known as Jack was born in Sudbury in 1890, the second son of Edward and Rosa Eleanor Coates (née Barton). His father was a manager of a confectionary bakery and the family lived at 28 Market Hill, Sudbury. By the time Jack was aged 10 the family had a boarding house in Shanklin on the Isle of Wig ... more

G/1297 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

George Durrant was born in 1895 in Ballingdon, the eldest of three children of Philip and Sarah Durrant. His father was a brewery cellerman and drayman and the family lived at 44 Ballingdon Street, Sudbury. At the age of 15 George was employed as ‘a brewer’s bottler’.

When George enlisted on 8 September 1914 in Holbo ... more

2050 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force

Lionel Foster was born around 1881 in Whitton, near Hounslow, Middlesex, the son of Robert James and Marie Jeanette Foster. His father was at one time a regular soldier and when the family moved to Salisbury Terrace, Gainsborough Road in Sudbury he held the position of Band Master of ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, ... more

9202 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

William was born on 11 March 1890 in Bungay, Suffolk. He was the third son of Samuel and Jessie Davey. His father was employed as a hay cutter and the family lived in Nethergate Street, Bungay.

Before the war William was a professional golfer at the Newton Golf Club. He married Sybil Hellen Proctor in 1914 and they lived at 2 Clifto ... more

43840 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment

Frederick Daniels was born in Sudbury around 1890, one of ten surviving children of Harry and Achsah Daniels. His father was a gardener and general labourer and the family lived at 15 Burkitts Lane, before moving to 1 Garden Row.

Frederick was employed as a groom, was married and had two children. He was living in Swadlincote, Derbys ... more

26065 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Percy Beevis was born around 1890 in Romford, Essex, one of eight children of Albert and Emily Beevis. His father was a tailor and the family lived at 87 East Street, before moving to 17 Upper East Street. At the age of 21 Percy like his father was employed as a tailor.

Percy was living in Berkhampstead when he ... more

40380 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

Charles Crossley was born in Vauxhall, London in 1876, one of five children of Charles and Jane Crossley. By 1881 the family had moved to Sudbury where his father was employed as a manager of the silk power looms at one of the local silk factories. The family lived at 41 Station Road and later moved to 32 East Street.

Charles m ... more

7416 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

George Cross was born in Sudbury in 1888, the son of William and Sarah Cross. His father was employed as a silk weaver, his mother as a tailoress and the family lived at 12 Garden Row. By 1911 his widowed mother had moved to 47 Mill Lane, Sudbury.

George enlisted in Bury St. Edmunds and served as a regular soldier with the Suffo ... more

G/29445 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Ernest Cross was born in 1890 in Sudbury, one of nine children of William and Sarah Cross. His father was employed as a silk weaver, his mother as a tailoress and the family lived at 12 Garden Row. By 1911 his widowed mother had moved to 47 Mill Lane.

Before he enlisted Ernest was a bricklayer’s labourer for Mr. G. Gooday, a lo ... more

9688 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Arthur Crick was born in Sudbury in 1883, the son of Arthur and Emma Crick. The family lived at 65 Church Street; his father Arthur was a brickyard labourer and his mother was a charwoman. After his mother’s death his father remarried and the family moved to Station Cottage in Station Road where his father was employed on the railway.
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24054 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Herbert Couch was born in Kings Norton, Birmingham in 1893. His mother Ada died when he was twelve, and their father William Henry Couch brought up Herbert and his younger sister Winifred. His father was a cashier at Worsey’s woollen factory in Birmingham and later married Nellie Mabel Wilkins and had three more children. The family lived ... more

17801 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Alfred Edey was born in Sudbury around 1883, one of six surviving children of Alfred and Caroline Edey. His father was a foundry labourer and the family lived at 6 Burkitts Lane, before moving to 5 Church Walk and later to 65 East Street.

Alfred married Kate Byford in 1905 and they had two known children: Alfred and Florence. Alfr ... more

301175 1st/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment

Alfred Sillitoe was born in 1893 in Sudbury, the second son of five children of James and Charlotte Sillitoe. His father was a builder’s carpenter and house painter and the family lived at 4 Princes Street before later moving to 48 Melford Road. Alfred attended St. Gregory and St. Peter’s School and on leaving school was employed as a g ... more

17800 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Thomas Stammers was born in Sudbury on 5 June 1890. He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Stammers (née Tuffin). Elizabeth was Joseph’s second wife. His father had a hardware and paint store at 27 North Street and a warehouse in Girling Street. The family lived ‘over the shop’ in North Street. The business also had a horse and wagon, w ... more

32161 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment

John Spreckley was born 12 April 1895 in Islington, London, the only child of John and Caroline Spreckley. His father was an accountant and the family later moved to Bedford. John attended Sudbury Grammar School; by the age of 15 he had left to attend the School of Engineering in London.

John enlisted in Bedford to serve w ... more

8531 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment

Harry Argent was born in Glemsford in 1893, the son of James and Martha Argent. In 1914 his widowed mother was living at 86 East Street, Sudbury. He had two brothers who also served on the front: Ernest served with the Royal Field Artillery and Walter with the East Lancashire Regiment.

Harry was a regular soldier, in 1911 ... more

2561 1st Battalion, (King’s) Dragoon Guards

Ernest Sore was born in Westgate Street, Long Melford on 21 March 1882. The son of Arthur George and Eliza Sore (née Sergeant). His father was employed as a brewer’s labourer and the family lived in Broom Street in Great Cornard, before they later moved to 82 East Street in Sudbury. Ernest had six brothers and three sisters.

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15409 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
(8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on original Roll of Honour)

Harry Smith was around born in Dunmow, Essex around 1880, one of six surviving children of John and Emma Smith. Both his parents were employed as silk weavers and the family lived in Gregory Gardens before moving to 21 Station Road. He and his parents later moved to 6 ... more

202316 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
(formerly 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment)

James Smith was born in Sudbury on 5 August 1895 one of six children of Thomas and Harriet Smith. His father was employed as a cocoa mat maker and general labourer. The family lived at 35 Mill Lane and later moved to No.46. James attended the Roman Catholic School in Sudbury; on leavi ... more

26664 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Gilbert Smith was born in Sudbury around 1894, one of five children of Arthur Harry and Emily Jane Smith. His father was a bootmaker and the family lived at 10 Market Hill. After his father’s death in 1904 the family moved to 16 Newmans Road. At the age of 17 Gilbert was employed as a printer’s apprentice.

Gilbert enlisted in Camb ... more

19648 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Arthur Smith was born in Sudbury around 1892, one of five children of Arthur Harry and Emily Jane Smith. His father was a bootmaker and the family lived at 10 Market Hill. After his father’s death in 1904 the family moved to 16 Newmans Road.

Arthur was employed as a clerk at Mauldon’s White Horse Brewery. In July 1916 he applied to ... more

10247 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment

William Race was born in Long Melford on 15 November 1894, one of ten children of William George and Frances Race and he was baptised in November 1985 at St Catherine’s Church. His father was a farm stockman and the family lived at Stonehouses, Rodbridge, Long Melford before moving to Newton, where William was employed as a farm labourer and ... more

40967 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

James Moulton was born in Sudbury in 1890, the eldest son of James and Lavinia Moulton (née Eaves). James like his father was self employed as a general dealer and the family of nine lived in Acton Square, before moving to Church Street. In 1907 James married Mabel Florence Baker and they lived with their son James at 19 Friars Street. < ... more

22346 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Frederick was born around 1885 in Long Melford, the son of Frederick John and Emma Albon. His father was employed as a cocoa mat weaver when the family lived in Back Lane, Long Melford. The family moved to Sudbury to 5 Bridge Foot and then Alston’s Yard at 93/94 Cross Street. At the age of 16 Frederick was employed as a bargeman. In 191 ... more

20073 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Percy Sillett was born around 1896 in Harleston in Norfolk, one of eleven children of James Frederick and Eliza Sillett. The family moved to Sudbury where his father was employed as ‘an engine driver’ in a local brewery and the family lived at 5 Girling Street before later moving to 23 Plough Lane.

Before enlisting to serve with t ... more

G/3199 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Leonard Sillett was born in 1894 in Harleston in Norfolk, one of eleven children of James Frederick and Eliza Sillett. The family moved to Sudbury where his father was employed as ‘an engine driver’ in a local brewery and the family lived at 5 Girling Street before moving to 23 Plough Lane. In 1911 Leonard was living in Bar ... more

511892 14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish)

Harry Salter was born in Long Melford around 1895 and was the eldest child of Henry and Adelaide Salter. He had four sisters and a brother and went to school in Long Melford. The family lived in St. Catherine’s Road, Long Melford before moving to School Street in Sudbury. His father was employed at a local matting fact ... more

S/314040 322nd Depot Unit, Army Service Corps

George Sage was born around 1893 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of four children of Frederick and Ellen Sophia Sage. His father was a hairdresser and the family lived in Clare before moving to 53 Station Road in Sudbury.

Prior to enlisting, George was employed as a confectioner’s assistant. The National Service Act c ... more

15152 6th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Owen Rayner was born in Great Cornard on 1 September 1897, the youngest of three surviving children of William and Eliza Rayner (née Gilbert). His father was a postman and the family lived at 42 East Street in Sudbury before later moving to Waldingfield Road. Owen attended St. Gregory & St. Peter’s School in Sudbury ... more

220443 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

Percy Ratcliffe was born in Ballingdon, Sudbury around 1896, one of six surviving children of Henry (Harry) and Eliza Ratcliffe. His father was a bootmaker and the family lived at 63 Ballingdon Street. At the age of 15 Percy was employed as a Post Messenger.

Percy enlisted in Bury St. Edmunds serving with the Suffolk Regi ... more

5501 Depot Suffolk Regiment
2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Oliver Ratcliffe (registered as Percy Oliver) was born in 1882 in Sudbury, the eldest son of Edward and Florence Ratcliffe. His father was a carpenter and the family lived at 19 Melford Road, Sudbury. After his father’s death his mother lived in Meadow Villa, Meadow Lane where she was described as a ‘boarding hous ... more

722 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force

Robert Joy was born in Sudbury in 1871, the son of Robert Sizer and Ann Joy. He attended Sudbury Grammar School. His father Robert was a draper and upholsterer and had a shop on the Market Hill. He was a magistrate and Mayor of Sudbury in 1887 and 1888. At the age of 19 Robert was working as a draper’s assista ... more

610820 1st/19th Battalion, London Regiment

James Mumford was born in Sudbury around 1886. By 1911 he was boarding with the Boggis family at 3 Clarence Road and was employed as a mat maker but he had moved to Tottenham Court Road in London by the time he enlisted in Camden Town.

He served with the London Regiment (formerly 3477) and first served in France on 18 August ... more

53273 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers

Bertie Webb was born in Sudbury around 1891. He was the son of Henry and Rebecca Webb. His father was a general labourer. In 1901 the family of 7 were living at 43 Ballingdon Street. Bertie was living in Sudbury when he enlisted, formerly as 199445 Army Service Corps.

Bertie was killed in action on 23rd August 1918. He lies burie ... more

TF/5943 ‘C’ Company 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Stanley Ager was born in Sudbury in 1893, the eldest of four children of Herbert and Louisa Ager. His father was a journeyman butcher and the family lived at 14 Newman’s Road, Sudbury. At the age of 17 Stanley was employed as a ‘bottle washer’ for a local brewery.

Stanley enlisted with the Middlesex Regiment, th ... more

Gloucester Regiment

It is believed that he is the same person as: Percy Charles Wright R/31643
17th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

Percy Charles Wright enlisted at Woolwich and the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucester Regiment was based at Woolwich in 1915. Percy very likely transferred to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps for overseas service.

There were n ... more

R/31643 17th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Percy Wright, known as Charles was born around 1885 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, the son of William and Elizabeth Wright. His father was a miller journeyman and the family lived at Mill Cottages, Westacre, near Kings Lynn in Norfolk. Charles was employed as a bricklayer’s labourer, he married Mary Ann Pearson in Sudbury in 1910 an ... more

7188 14th Battalion, (King’s) Hussars

Sidney White was born in Ballingdon in 1893, the son of William and Ellen White. His father was a blacksmith and the family lived at 67 Ballingdon Street.

By 1911 Sidney was a regular soldier serving with the King’s Hussars and was stationed near Scarborough. It is not known if Sidney was still a regular at the outbreak of war or ... more

26887 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Charles White was born around 1899 in Soho, London, the youngest of two sons of William and Harriet White. By 1901 the family had moved to Sudbury, his father was a retired police constable and the family lived at York Villas in Clarence Road.

Charles enlisted in Sudbury to serve with the Suffolk Regiment. The 11th Battalion for ... more

202808 2nd/1st Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

Frederick Wheeler known and registered as Fred was born on 31 March 1886, the son of Edward and Martha Ann Wheeler (née Skingle), of 1 High Street, Lavenham. Prior to moving to Lavenham the family had lived in Sudbury, part of a well-known Sudbury family who originally owned furniture and grocery businesses in Melford ... more

805450 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Frank Wheeler (registered as Thomas Frank) was born on 7 August 1891, the son of Edward and Martha Ann Wheeler (née Skingle), of 1 High Street, Lavenham. His father had a butcher’s shop in Lavenham. Prior to moving to Lavenham the family had lived in Sudbury, part of a well-known Sudbury family who originally o ... more

276099 12th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Peter Welsh was born around 1887 in Howick, Ayrshire, Scotland. By 1911 he was a regular soldier serving with 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers at West Ridge, Rawalpindi in India.

Peter married Florence Mumford in Sudbury in 1917 and they lived at 1 Siam Terrace. Peter enlisted in Kilsyth, Scotland to serve ... more

14301 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Alfred Stearns (Recorded as ‘Stearn’ on the original Roll of Honour) was born in 1887 in Acton, Suffolk, one of seven surviving children of Herbert and Alice Stearns. The family lived at Ovens Green, Acton where his father was employed as an agricultural labourer; his mother was a horsehair weaver. At the age of 14 Alfred had followed his ... more

3703 3rd Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

Leonard Webb was born in Beccles in 1893, the second eldest of six sons of William and Edith Webb. The family lived at The Old Brewery House, Bridge Street in Beccles where his father was employed as a maltster’s labourer, they later moved to Stowmarket where Leonard went to school.

At the age of 17 Leonard was an ... more

8023 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Ernest Tatum was born in Cockfield around 1891, one of six children of Arthur and Elizabeth Tatum. His father was employed as an agricultural labourer; his mother a horsehair weaver. The family moved to Hebbs Green in Lawshall before moving to 51 East Street, Sudbury.

Ernest enlisted in Bury St. Edmunds and served with the Suffol ... more

G/18245 11th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Walter Ambrose was born in 1891 in Long Melford, the son of John and Lucy Ambrose. Walter had an older brother and sister: Sidney and Kate. The family lived at Cock and Bell Lane before moving to Westgate Street where his father was employed as a cocoa mat maker and Walter as a ‘grocer’s errand boy’. The family later ... more

202236 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Attached to 2nd/3rd Battalion

Stanley Watson born around 1896 in Sudbury, one of four children of Charles and Emma Alma Watson. His father was a tailor and the family lived at 43 Melford Road before moving to 1 Queens Terrace in Newton Road. Stanley attended St. Gregory and St. Peter’s School. At the age of 15 he was ... more

43715 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Leonard Watson was born in Sudbury around 1890, the third son of Abraham John and Mary Ann Watson (née French). In 1901 the family was living at 32 Sepulchre Street, (now Gainsborough Street). His brother Edward was an assistant schoolmaster and his sister Florence was an assistant schoolmistress.

At the age of 21 Le ... more

G/11921 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

John Walker, known as Jack was born in Sudbury 1895, one of twelve children of Frederick William and Elizabeth (Eliza) Walker. His father had various occupations; at one time a groom, later a merchant porter and a poultry dealer. In 1911 the family was living at 13 Burkitts Lane and Jack was employed as a shoe maker

Jack was l ... more

7788 ‘A’ Company, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Harry Wallace was born in Sudbury around 1890, one of five surviving children of James and Eliza Wallace (née Newman). His father was a mat maker and the family lived in Walnuttree Lane. By 1901 his father had died and the family was living in Byford’s Yard before later moving to 63 Cross Street where his widowed mother wor ... more

3894 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

Arthur Turner was born in 1882 in Sudbury, one of five children of William and Susan Turner. His father was employed as a foreman in a local mat factory. In 1901 the family was living at St. Mary’s Street West in Long Melford and employed a servant. They later moved to Rectory Cottages in Liston.

Arthur married Jessie Emma Fento ... more

240428 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Albert Tuffen was born in 1893 in Sudbury, one of six surviving children of William and Annie Tuffen (née Ruggles). His father had various jobs ranging from gardener, a lime burner and later a carman for a local coal yard and the family lived in Church Row before moving to 10 Gooseberry Row (where North Street car park is today).

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G/3298 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Bertie Towler was born in 1890 in Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, one of eight known children of William and Lucy Towler. In 1891 the family was living at 1 Millfield Cottage, Waldingfield Street, Little Waldingfield, they later moved to 53 Gordon Terrace, Waldingfield Road in Sudbury when his father William was a police sergea ... more

25401 2nd/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

Bertie Potter was born in Ballingdon around 1888, the son of Jacob and Hannah Potter. The family lived at 92 Ballingdon Street and his father was employed as a shoemaker and his mother was a tailoress. By 1901 his widowed mother had moved to 29 Cross Street.

Bertie enlisted in Sudbury, and served with the Suffolk Regiment ( ... more

202437 1st/4th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

William Webb was born in Sudbury around 1889, one of eight surviving children of William and Eliza Webb. His father had died by 1891 and the family was living in Byfords Yard. By 1901 his widowed mother was employed as a yarn spinner in a local matting factory and the family had moved to Laundry Gardens.

William enlisted ... more

16179 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Percival Hollingsworth (known as Percy) was born in Great Cornard in 1889, one of eleven surviving children of William Charles and Laura Hollingsworth. His father was a railway carpenter and the family lived at Ormond Terrace, Sudbury Road, Great Cornard.

By 1901 his widowed mother, who was employed as a machinist/tailoress had mov ... more

Kings Liverpool Regiment

Bertram Radley was born in Borley, Essex in 1889, one of twelve children of Brand and Ellen Radley. His father was an agricultural labourer. In 1891 the family was living at The Cottage, Borley Green, Borley. By 1901 his father had died and the family had moved to 15 School Street in Sudbury. His sister Bessie was employed as a corset maker, his broth ... more

8141 C Company, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Bert Malyon was born in Cavendish around 1888, the son of George and Jane Malyon and his father was employed as a maltster. Like many Suffolk agricultural labourers the family moved between Suffolk and Burton-on-Trent during the year for work.

The family moved from Cavendish to Sudbury and lived at Mount Place, North Str ... more

3941 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Bertie Bareham was born in Sudbury in 1889, the son of Henry Bertie and Emma Bareham. In 1891 he was living at 8 Girling Street with his widowed grandmother Sarah Bitten and mother Emma, who was employed as a silk weaver. By 1911 Bertie was boarding with the Filer family at 21 Newmans Road and was employed as a hawker’s assistant.

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5223 52nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force

Charles Baring was born in 1893, one of seven children of Rev. Francis Henry and Amy Baring. He was born in King’s Worthy, Hampshire and baptised on 5 March 1893. Prior to his parents moving to India around 1897 his father was recorded in 1896 as ‘a Rector in Suffolk’, but by 1901 his widowed Mother was ... more

40693 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Percy Lock was born on 6 June 1897 at the Manor House, Beyton, Suffolk. He was one of four surviving children of Henry William Joseph and Mary Ann Lock. His father was a gentleman farmer in Beyton. Percy enlisted in Bury St Edmunds and served with the Northamptonshire Regiment (formerly 19591) before transferring to the Suffolk Reg ... more

237062 1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

Ernest was born on 2 October 1898 in Sudbury, one of seven children of Harry and Agnes Annie Lever. The family lived at 35 Melford Road, where his father was the publican of The Plough. Ernest was a founder member of 3rd Sudbury Scout Troop, which was formed in 1912 and he was employed as a mechanic. His parents later moved ... more

6/2185 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Gerald Letchford was born on 25 November 1891in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the youngest son of five children of Arthur James and Caroline Letchford. The family lived at one time in Tenterden, Kent where his father was a bank clerk. By 1911 his father had been promoted to Bank Manager of the London Co ... more

240390 2nd/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

James Leonard was born in Wolverhampton in 1896, the youngest of three known children of Thomas and Mary Jane Leonard. By 1901 his widowed mother was employed as a brush maker and the family was living in Collier Street, Wolverhampton.

By 1911 James and his elder brother Thomas were living with William and Emma French and their ... more

203482 ‘B’ Company, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Basil Martin was born around 1893 in Sudbury, one of nine children of Herbert and Maria Martin. His father was employed as a stoker at the local gas works and the family lived at Elliston’s Yard, Ballingdon Street before moving to 61Ballingdon Street. At the age of nineteen Basil was employed as a labourer at the local bric ... more

8533 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Walter Kemp was the only son of Walter and Hannah Kemp, born in Sudbury in May 1892. Prior to enlisting he was employed as a painter’s labourer and lived with his widowed mother and three sisters Florence, Ethel and Eva at 24 Station Road.

In 1909 Walter enlisted in Sudbury to serve with the Territorials, in 1912 he enlisted as a regu ... more

2502 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Bertie Martin was born in Sudbury in 1886 it is believed one of nine children of Herbert and Maria Martin. His father was a stoker at the local gas works and the family lived in Elliston’s Yard, Ballingdon.

At the age of 15 Bertie was employed as a brickyard labourer. He enlisted in Colchester and served with the 5th Battalion, Suf ... more

240425 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Frederick Keeble, known as Fred was born in Sudbury in 1895. He was one of four known children of Charles Henry (known as Harry) and Jenny Keeble (née Mills). His father was a mat trimmer and had moved from Sutton in Lincolnshire to Sudbury possibly when William Armes relocated his factory from Kings Lynn. In 1906 his widowed father ... more

7528 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Sidney Binks was born in Sudbury around 1887, the youngest of five children of John and Maria Binks. His father was employed as a pig dealer and the family lived at 8 Straw Lane, before later moving to 16 Church Walk.

Sidney was employed as a domestic gardener before he enlisted in the early 1900s as a regular soldier serving with th ... more

8th Depot Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force

Wilfred Jennings was born in Sudbury in 1876, the son of Frederick and Ann Jennings. His father was a builder employing five men and two boys and the family lived at 39 New Street with a live-in domestic servant. By 1891 his widowed mother was managing the Temperance Hotel in North Street and by 1901 Wilfred h ... more

35421 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

Fergus Hurst enlisted in Sudbury. He died on 16th June 1917. There is no known grave and he is remembered on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

2202 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Percy Hume was born in Ballingdon in 1894, the eldest of seven known children of John and Alice Hume. His father was a lime burner and the family lived at 42 Ballingdon Street. At the age of 16 Percy was employed at a local matting factory.

He enlisted in Colchester, Essex and first served in ‘a theatre of war’ in the Balkans in ... more

241153 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Frank Hopes was born in 1896 in Raydon, Suffolk, the eldest son of Robert and Jessie Hopes. Frank like his father was a woodman and the family lived at The Woodlands in Raydon.

Frank enlisted in Sudbury and served with the Suffolk Regiment (formerly 3630), he first served in ‘a theatre of war’ in the Balkans on 15 November 19 ... more

13624 Grenadier Guards

Charles Barrell was born in Bulmer in 1886, one of twelve surviving children of George and Caroline Barrell. His father was a farm labourer and stockman and the family lived at Lower Houses, Bulmer. Before the war Charles was employed by Mr. Hyde Parker of Smeetham Hall in Bulmer as a farm labourer and was a member of the Territorial Army.

He j ... more

1387 19th Battalion, (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars

John Yearsley was born 1888 in Chester, Cheshire, the son of John L Yearsley. His father was a travelling drapery salesman and he later lived in Spout Lane, Little Cornard.

John was married and lived at 11 Girling Street, Sudbury. He first served in ‘a theatre of war’ on 24 August 1914 in France which means h ... more

7772 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment

Harry King was born in Ballingdon, Sudbury around 1888 and was the second son and one of six children of Edward and Eliza Victoria King. His father was an assistant brewer and the family lived at 68 Ballingdon Street.

Harry had enlisted in Colchester to serve as a regular soldier with the Norfolk Regiment and in August 1914 he was ... more

241189 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

James Parish was born in Sudbury around 1898 and was the eldest and only son of six known surviving children of James and Bertha Parish. The family lived at No. 33 Gainsborough Street before later moving to No.5. His father was a sweet maker and shopkeeper and his mother assisted in the family business. At the age of 13 James was employ ... more

31331 6th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Archibald Portfleet, known as Archie was born in 1900 in Sudbury. He was the youngest son of nine children of Johannes Cornelius and Clara Portfleet. His father, who was Dutch, worked for William Armes in King’s Lynn and moved the family to Overalls Yard when his employers moved their factory to Sudbury. The family ... more

G/14469 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Leonard Poole was born in Haverhill around 1900, the son of Joseph and Alice Poole. The family lived at Burton End and Bumpstead Road, Haverhill before moving to 4 Plough Lane in Sudbury. Leonard’s parents were both employed as silk weavers.

Leonard enlisted in Ipswich and served with the East Kent Regiment - The ... more

6194 1st/24th Battalion, London Regiment

Charles Poole was born in Sudbury in 1887, the youngest son of Henry and Eliza Poole. His father was employed as a farm labourer. In 1901 Charles and two siblings were living with their widowed father at Leprosy Cottage, Melford Road, Sudbury. The family later moved in with Albert and Alice Elliston, who were relatives in Melf ... more

2832 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Frederick Barber, known as Fred was born in Ballingdon, Sudbury in 1894, one of seven children of Walter and Sarah Ann Barber. His father was a carman for a local miller, and the family lived at 6 Cross Street. By 1911 Frederick was employed as a clerk to an agricultural engineer.

He enlisted in Sudbury and served with the 5th Bat ... more

15990 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards

Walter Patrick was born in 1897 in Hundon, Suffolk and was the only son of William and Henrietta Patrick. His father was a tailor and his mother a dressmaker.

In 1901 Walter was living with his widowed mother and two sisters, Ethel and Elsie in Church Street, Hundon. By 1911 the family had moved 28 King Street in Sudbury where his mot ... more

18922 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Percy Partridge was born in Bulmer, Essex around 1894 and was one of seven surviving children of Alfred John and Eliza Partridge. His father was employed as a horseman, his mother was a silk weaver and the family lived at No. 41 Ballingdon Street in Sudbury.

Percy married Rose Mumford in 1915, before he enlisted he was employed as a ... more

31999 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Percy Partridge was born in Ballingdon around 1885. He was one of five surviving children of James and Emma Partridge. His father was employed at one time as a baker’s assistant; by 1891 he was a Ranger on the Sudbury Common Lands. At the age of 16 Percy and his two older sisters were living at 4 Ballingdon Street with their widowed fa ... more

213488 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
(21348 on Medal Roll)

Arthur Martin was born in Ballingdon around 1877, the son of Adam and Mary Ann Martin. His father was employed as a brickyard labourer and his mother a horsehair weaver.

At the age of 14, Arthur was employed as grocer’s assistant and lived with his widowed mother, two sisters and lodgers at 6 Harrows Yard, ... more

3/9166 ‘Z’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

George Parker was born in Sudbury around 1883 and was the son of David and Sarah Parker (née Barrell). His father was ‘a horsekeeper’ and the family lived at 23 Mill Lane together with his mother’s sister Mary Barrell.

George was employed as a groom and a labourer before he enlisted as a regular soldier in August 1901 ... more

24903 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
(3rd Battalion on the original Roll of Honour)

Ernest was born in 1887 in Long Melford, the son of Frederick John and Emma Albon. His father was employed as a cocoa mat weaver when the family lived in Back Lane, Long Melford. They moved to Sudbury to 5 Bridge Foot and then Alston’s Yard at 93/94 Cross Street. In 1911 Ernest was emplo ... more

240752 ‘B’ Company 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Stanley Nunn was born in Braintree around 1893, the youngest of five surviving children of James and Caroline Nunn of Stour View, Cornard Road, Sudbury. His father was the manager of ‘a power loom silk weaving department’. At the age of 17 Stanley was also employed in silk weaving as a ‘tackler’.

Stanley enlisted i ... more

69080 1st Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Sidney Nunn was born in Sudbury in 1899, the eldest son of four children of Walter and Mary Nunn. His father was a butcher with a shop in North Street and the family lived in Suffolk Road.

Sidney was living in Sudbury when he enlisted to serve with the Royal West Surrey Regiment. The battalion formed part ... more

14298 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Robert Nunn was born in Sudbury around 1896 and was the only child of Harry and Rose Nunn. His father was a mat finisher and the family lived at 11 School Street. At the age of 15 Robert was employed as a labourer for a market gardener.

He enlisted in Sudbury with the Suffolk Regiment, he embarked with his battalion and landed in B ... more

Royal West Kent Regiment

It is believed this is the same person as Maurice Norman (G/23671)
7th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) .

There was no set criteria for names to be put forward for the Sudbury War Memorial in 1919 and his name may have been put forward by different friends or relatives hence he is on the War Memorial under both names.

G/23671 7th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Maurice Norman was born in Ballingdon around 1880, one of eight surviving children of Robert and Emily Norman. His father was a bargeman and the family lived at Lock House in Nayland before moving to 8 Middleton Road, Ballingdon.

Maurice was employed on the Great Eastern Railway. He married Annie Murrells ... more

3/7347 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Harry Barber was born in Haverhill around 1881, one of seven children of Walter and Harriett Barber. His father was employed as a silk weaver and his mother a housekeeper. In 1891 the family was living at Norway Cottage, Queens Road, Sudbury, they later moved to Newmans Road and then to 63 Melford Road. Harry attended St. Gregory and St. ... more

T/265310 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Arthur Robert Moore known as Robert was born around 1895 in Stoke by Nayland and was the eldest son of eight children of Arthur John and Frederica Emma Moore. His father was a house decorator and the family of eleven lived at 40 Ballingdon Street, Sudbury. At the age of 15 Robert was employed as an errand boy.

Robert ... more

59586 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

Percy Mayes was born in 1890 in Sudbury, the eldest son and one of seven children of Henry and Emma Mayes. His father was an agricultural labourer and the family lived at 25 Cross Street, before moving to Elliston’s Yard, Ballingdon. By 1911 Percy had moved to Billericay and was employed as a baker’s assistant.

Percy married Gla ... more

187103 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Bernard Mattingly was born on 21 April 1886 in Great Cornard. He was the son of Robert and Gertrude Emma Mattingly. His father was a Justice of the Peace and Mayor of Sudbury five times between 1883 and 1905.

His father owned Mattingly’s, a gentleman’s outfitters shop at 41–42 Market Hill in Sudbury. (The b ... more

GS/26674 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Charles Mathew was born in 1887 in Sudbury, one of eleven children of James and Harriet Mathew. His father was a farm labourer and the family lived at 22 Middleton Road, Ballingdon before moving to Red Cottages in Foxearth.

Before the outbreak of war he had been employed at one time at the Capital and Counties Bank and then later ... more

44051 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment

John Parker, known as Jack was born around 1900 in Finchingfield, Essex and was the son of John and Angelina Parker (née Cook). The family lived at the Swan Inn in the village before moving to Sudbury . It appears that his father deserted the family and his mother kept the family together employed as a yarn puller at a local silk mill. The ... more

(Served as Arthur Johnson)

324085 6th Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Attached to 2th/16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)

Ernest Amos (recorded as ‘Amos’ on the Original Roll of Honour and clearly on the 1911 census) was born in Sudbury around 1890. He was one of seven surviving children of Thomas Zephaniah and Lucy Amos a ... more

235027 1st/5th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

Herbert Basham (recorded as ‘William Herbert’ on CWGC) was born in Sudbury in 1888, the youngest son of James and Mary Basham (née Blackshaw). His parents, two older sisters and an older brother were all employed as silk weavers and the family lived at 2 Plough Lane.

Herbert enlisted in Bury St Edmunds and served w ... more

S/8980 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)

James Hume was born in Sudbury in 1896, the eldest of four children of William Charles and Jane Hume. His father was a labourer in a local brickyard

Before enlisting on 15 March 1915 James was employed as an ironmonger’s assistant and living at 1 Brands Yard, Church Street with his father. James was posted to the ... more

2486 1st/9th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)

Harold Bond was born in Belchamp Walter in 1890, the second of three children of Samuel and Alice Bond. His father was a gardener and the family moved from Belchamp Walter to 52 Ballingdon Street in Sudbury. The family later moved to 15 Middleton Road.

For some years Harold worked a weaving loom at Messrs ... more

92087 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

Albert Byford was born in Ballingdon around 1894, the youngest of eight children of Charles and Eliza Charlotte Byford (née Durrant). His father was a labourer at a local maltings and the family lived in Ballingdon Street. By 1901 his father had died and the family had moved to 4 Bulmer Road next door to his ... more

267848 1st/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

James Chinery was born in 1897 in Sudbury. At the age of 3 he was living with his grandfather Edward Chinery at Hale’s Yard, North Street. His mother Sarah Ann was a yarn winder in a local mat factory and she married James Sillitoe in 1900. James lived with his mother and stepfather, a labourer for Sud ... more

A/201726 18th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

John Raymond (registered as Joseph John) was born in Bulmer, Essex in 1894, one of ten children of James and Alice Raymond. His father was a farm labourer on Kitchen Farm, Bulmer and the family later moved to Prospect Place, Bulmer Road in Sudbury. At the age of 17 John was employed as a hairdresser’s assistant working for his ... more

S/31181 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort’s Own)

Albert Newman was born in Sudbury in 1898, the eldest of four surviving children of Harry and Susannah Newman. His father was an agricultural labourer and his mother was a yarn puller at a local silk mill. The family lived at 28 Mill Lane and later moved to 2 Byford’s Yard in Cross Street.

Albert had mov ... more

10208 3rd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Frank Mixer was born in1893 in Sudbury, one of seven surviving children of George and Emily Mixer. His father was employed as an ironmoulder and the family lived in Newmans Road. By 1911 his widowed mother had moved to Acton Lane and Frank was living in Cavendish Buildings, Clerkenwell Road in London employed as a lift attendant.
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S/9473 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade

Edward Blythe known as Sidney was born in 1895 in Great Cornard, one of three children of Charles and Rosina Blythe. The family lived in Clarence Road, Sudbury before they moved to 5 Newmans Road. Sidney had an older brother who served in the army as an officer with the Army Service Corps, a younger sister Dorothy and two older half sisters ... more

5847 1st/21st Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

Alfred Hills was born in 1891 in Great Cornard, one of ten surviving children of Abel Frederick (known as Frederick) and Elizabeth Sophia Hills. His father was a carman for a local foundry and the family lived in Great Cornard before moving to Coronation Villa, Queens Road, Sudbury. At the age of 20 Alfred was emp ... more

R/21314 9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Henry Archibald Sillitoe, known as Harry was born in 1876 in Sudbury, one of seven children of Frederick and Mary Ann Eliza (Lizzie) Sillitoe. His father was a confectioner and the family lived above the business on Market Hill, Sudbury.

Harry married Alice Frances Heath on 30 March 1907 in Pimlico, London and they had a ... more

(George Charles Holt on CWGC)

194132 Royal Engineers

George Charles Holt, known as Charles was born around 1888 in Yardley. He had an older brother Edward and an older sister Gertrude. He married Maud Alice Seeley in St Stephen’s Church, Hammersmith on 29 April 1915 and was employed as a carriage cleaner on the railways.

Charles and Maud were living in Hammers ... more

Frederick Watton, known as Fred was born in Sudbury around 1893, the eldest of six surviving children of William George and Susannah Watton (née Beer). His father was a mechanic at a local silk factory and the family lived at 4 Oxford Terrace, Queens Road. At the age of 17 Fred was employed as a carpenter’s apprentice.

The family believe that Fred married widow Ellen Winifred Be ... more

61577 72nd Field Company, Royal Engineers

Frederick Beer was born in 1894. He was married to Ellen Winifred Crisswell on 28th December 1914, and they had one daughter. Frederick served as an apprentice joiner with George Grimwood & Sons and had been employed with them for six years when he enlisted on 1 January 1915. His army service record states that when he enlisted he wa ... more

190575 277th Railway Company, Royal Engineers

William Cutmore was born in 1880 in Glemsford, Suffolk, one of eight known children of Drewell and Elizabeth Cutmore. His father was a mat maker and his mother a silk weaver and the family lived at 14 Inkerman Row in Sudbury.

By 1911 William had moved to London to live with his older brother Charles and his family at 124 Du ... more

8th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Cecil Baring was born on 20 September 1897 in Simla, India, one of seven children of Rev. Francis Henry and Amy Baring. Prior to his parents moving to India around 1897 his father was recorded in 1896 as ‘a Rector in Suffolk’, but by 1901 his widowed Mother was back in England living at Verne House Newton Road, Sudbury. In 19 ... more

73rd Squadron, Royal Air Force

Reginald Baring, one of seven children of Rev. Francis Henry and Amy Baring was born on 23 April 1899 in Northam, Devon where his father was Rector. Prior to his parents moving to India around 1897, his father was recorded in 1896 as ‘a Rector in Suffolk’, but by 1901 his widowed Mother was back in England living at Verne House Newton Road, Sudbury ... more

6397 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Joseph Allen was born in 1884 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, the son of Harry and Cecelia Allen, of 5 Priory Walk, Sudbury. His father was a cocoa mat maker and most likely moved to Sudbury when his employers William Armes & Son moved their business to Sudbury from Kings Lynn.

Before enlisting in Sudbury as a regular soldier serving with th ... more

320716 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Frederick Thompson was born in 1898 in Stoke Newington, London, the youngest and only son of Edward George and Alice Maria Thompson (née Tuffin). His father was employed as an overseer with the Post Office when the family lived in Stoke Newington. By 1911 his widowed mother had returned to Sudbury, her birthplace with Frederick’s sister ... more

3406 2nd/1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company

Robert Wright was born in 1889 in Sudbury, one of four children of Edward and Sophia Wright. His father was a shopkeeper and the family lived at one time above the grocers shop along with two servants at 8 Market Hill, before later moving to Mayfield, Newton Road. Robert worked alongside his father assisting in the family b ... more

21090 1st (Garrison) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment

Charles Spalding was born in 1884 in Ballingdon, the only child of Charles James and Rosehanna Spalding. His father worked on the railway as a platelayer and the family lived at 1 Grover’s Yard in Girling Street before moving to 5 Harp Close. At the age of 17 Charles was employed as a labourer for a local blacksmith.< ... more

2450 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

David Pettit was born in Sudbury in 1892, one of five children of Robert and Anna Pettit. His father was a millwright and the family lived in Station Road. In 1911 David was employed as an auctioneer’s clerk and was living at Hill View House in Clarence Road with his sister Lily Eliza and brother Robert. (His brother, who later became ... more

50235 54th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

Bertie Lorking was born in Sudbury around 1894, one of seven children of William and Emma Lorking. His father was a plasterer and the family lived at 25 Burkitts Lane before later moving to Newmans Road. At the age of 17 Bertie was employed as cycle repairer.

Bertie enlisted in Colchester and served with the Suffolk Regiment ... more

54136 58th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

Alfred Hayward was born in Sudbury in 1884, the fifth son of eleven children of George and Ellen Hayward. His father was employed as a cotton dresser and the family lived at 12 Curds Lane (now Weavers Lane). At the age of 17 Alfred was employed as a grocer’s assistant. By 1911 his widowed mother Ellen had moved to Queen’s Terrace in Su ... more

030066 37th Line of Communication Supply Company, Army Service Corps
(‘Corporal’ on CWGC)

Harry Daniels was born around 1893 in Sudbury, one of ten surviving children of Harry and Achsah Daniels. His father was a gardener and general labourer and the family lived at 15 Burkitts Lane before moving to 1 Garden Row.

Before the war Harry was employed by Mr. Wilson, a ... more

10699 1st Battalion, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Percy Lumley was born in Sudbury around 1893, the son of Alfred and Sarah Lumley. His father was a bricklayer and the family lived at 94 East Street.

Percy enlisted in Ipswich and served with the King’s Own, Royal Lancaster Regiment. The battalion which formed part of 12th Brigade, 4th Division was part of the ... more

202431 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
(‘Lance Sergeant’ on CWGC)

Edward John Hills (known as Ted) was born in Clare, Suffolk on 11 November 1897, the eldest son of four children of Edward Percy and Harriet Theobald Hills. The family lived at 74 Friars Street in Sudbury where his father ran the family business and he attended the Sudbury Grammar School where he was known a ... more

Regiment unknown

Unable to trace the correct record for J. Willis.

J. Willis is remembered on the Sudbury War Memorial.Regiment unknown

Believed to be John Willis; born around 1899 in Islington, London, the son of John and Charlotte Willis. At the age of 12 he was living with his younger brother Stanley with Samuel and Alice Hills (née Hartley) at 1 Oxford T ... more