Thomas

801308 Driver, 34th Bty, 189th Bde, Royal Field Artillery. 1-11-18, age 21. Son of John and Jane Allen, of Sutton St Edmund. St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.

Thomas Henry

8574 Pte, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Died 9-4-15, Vierstraat sector. Born Lambeth, enlisted Wisbech.

S

70959 L/Cpl, 9th Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Rgt). Killed in action 20-11-16, working party north of Beaumont Hamel, age 31. Son of Mr & Mrs R Barton, of Holbeach. Husband of Majorie Barton, of School House, Sutton St Edmund. Schoolmaster at Sutton St Edmund. Formerly 26910 South Staffs Regiment. Hamel Military Cemetery, Somme, France.

J

203548 Pte, 1/4th West Riding Regiment. 18-8-17. Lived South Eau Brink, Sutton St Edmund. Adinkerke Military Cemetery, Furnes, Belgium.

W

possibly 3976 Pte, 1/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Rgt). 1-7-16. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

William

20696 Pte, 2nd Essex Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16, age 26. Born St Neots, enlisted Norwich, living Trimley. Son of William & Annie Blows. Husband of Mary Louisa Blows, 4 Gate House, Trimley, Suffolk. Formerly 13695 Norfolk Regiment. Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Somme, France.

G

341781 Joiner, HMS Good Hope. 1-11-14, age 40. Son of John & Ann Flowers, of Throckenholt, Lincs. Husband of Sarah Flowers, 76 Henderson Rd, Eastney, Hampshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Ernest

17524, Pte, 2nd Northamptonshire Rgt. Wounded 25-3-18, sent to Abbeville hospital, France, then to Guildford, 4-4-18. Discharged unfit 8-11-18, died 23-5-19. Born 1879 in Crowland, son of George & Mary J Tansley. Married Alice Cuddy in 1908. Farm labourer, enlisted 2-7-15, to Western Front 3-6-15, joining btn 7-6-15.

Percy Leonard

31808 Pte, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4-10-17, age 25. Born Sutton St Edmund, enlisted Bourne, living Tydd. Son of John and Sophia Taylor, of Sutton St Edmund. Husband of Annie Taylor, of Tydd St Mary Fen. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Frederick

15483, Pte, 6th Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 28-11-15, Gallipoli, age 20. Born & living Sutton St Edmund, enlisted Wisbech. Son of James and Mary Troughton, of Broadgate Rd, Sutton St Edmund. Helles Memorial, Turkey.

George Edward

61656 Pte, 3rd (Reserve) Lincolnshire Regiment. Died in Cork, Ireland 6-7-18. Born & living Sutton St Edmund, enlisted Lincoln. Grangegorman (Cork) Memorial Headstones (buried Cork Military Cemetery), Co Cork, Ireland.

47391 Pilot Officer, 119 Squadron RAF. 14-7-42, age 21. Son of Dorothy Fennell, of Sutton St Edmund. Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

5933737 Cpl, HQ Coy, 2nd Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of dysentery 20-12-43, Prisoner of War, age 29. Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand.

3005749 Leading Aircraftman, 160 Squadron RAF. 9-6-45, age 20. Son of Percy & Florence Long, Sutton St Edmund. Colombo (Liveramenth) Cemetery, Sir Lanka.

639952 Cpl, Royal Air Force. 11-7-42, age 21. Son of Stive & Ivy Page, Sutton St Edmund. Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt.

Pte, Royal Engineers. No further details.

Lt-Cdr, HMS Vengeance, Royal Navy, 31-5-51. [See www.naval-history.net]