BAKER

Malcolm Robert

Lance Corporal 26636, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 22/07/1916. Age 25. Son of Joseph and Rosetta Baker of Heath, Woolpit, Bury St Edmund's. husband of Nellie Baker – resident of Bawdsey. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

BRIDGES

Charles William

Corporal 8683, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 21/10/1918. Age 24. Son of Charles and Frances Bridges of 30 Church Terrace, Bawdsey. Buried at Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau

BRIDGES

John Henry

Private1951, 4th/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 06/04/1916. Age 21. Son of Charles and Frances Bridges of 30 Church Terrace, Bawdsey. Buried at Tring Cemetery. Private Bridges death was recorded at Berkhampstead

BRUCE

William George

Pioneer 214686, “K” Special Company, Royal Engineers. Died 27/05/1918. Age 33. Only son of the late George and Susan Bruce of Nowton, Suffolk. husband of Mary Annie Bruce of 18 Alma Terrace, Bawdsey – Buried at Pernes British Cemetery. The Royal Engineers Special Companies were used to deploy weapons of war such as gas. “K” Company were a “Cylinder Company” deploying gas on the front line

BURROWS

George W

Corporal 320781, 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 10/12/1917. Buried at the Jerusalem War Cemetery

CADY

William James

Private 235346, 1st/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 23/03/1918. Age 32 – Son of William Cady of Bawdsey. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial

CLOUTING

Jonathan Rowland

Private TR/G/44659, 53rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 11/01/1918. Age 18. Son of Eliza Ann and the late W E Clouting of Bawdsey. Buried at Bawdsey (St Mary) Churchyard. Private Clouting’s death is recorded at Southwell

DUNN

William Henry

Gunner 51705, 129th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 05/12/1918. Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

FORD

Ernest Edward

MM. Rifleman C/12778, 18th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died 31/07/1917. Age 31. Son of Mrs. Eliza Ford of 35 East Lane, Bawdsey. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

JORDAN

Guy

MM + Bar. Private 30365, 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment – Died 10/04/1918. Age 22. Son of H and Annie Jordan of Bawdsey. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial

LENNARD

Charles Henry

Lance Corporal 200790, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 29/11/1919. Age 30. Son of Edward Charles Lennard and Alice Jane Lennard of Bawdsey. husband of May Frances Lennard of Fern Terrace, Bawdsey. Born at Bawdsey. Buried at Bawdsey (St Mary) Churchyard. Lance Corporal Lennard’s death is recorded at Woodbridge

QUILTER

John Arnold Cuthbert

Lieutenant Colonel, Grenadier Guards – Commanding Hood Battalion, Royal Navy Division. Died 06/05/1915. Age 40. Son of Sir Cuthbert Quilter, Bart. and Lady Quilter of Bawdsey Manor, Woodbridge. Buried at Skew Bridge Cemetery, Turkey. Lieutenant Colonel Quilter is also commemorated on the War Memorials at Ramsholt, Shottisham and Sutton. Lieutenant Colonel Quilter was a veteran of the Boer War

SHELCOTT

Reginald George

Private 3088, 3rd/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 09/03/1916. Son of Mrs Eliza Shelcott of Manor Cottage, Bawdsey. Buried at Bawdsey (St Mary) Churchyard. Private Shelcott’s death was recorded at Woodbridge

SWITZER

William

Private 74078, 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment . Died 01/06/1918. Age 43. Son of John Switzer. Commemorated on the Soissons Memorial

THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF TWO BAWDSEY MEN WHO GLORIFIED GOD IN HIS PROVIDENTIAL DESIGNS FOR THE OVERTHROW OF EVIL BY PLAYING THEIR PART AND GIVING THEIR LIVES

FORD

Herbert Ernest

Lance Corporal 2002890, 621 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 08/11/1944. Age 25. Son of Isaac Arthur and Sarah Emily Ford of Bawdsey. Buried at Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery

SHELCOTT

Harry Reginald

Sergeant 7887227, 1st Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 22/08/1944. Age 25. Son of Herbert and Harriet May Shelcott of Bawdsey. Buried at St Desir War Cemetery

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