Roll of Honour - Suffolk

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BOULGE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
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The memorial can be found in the parish church of St Michael and All Angels and takes the form of a wall-mounted oak plaque. There are 3 names from World War 1.

WE THE PEOPLE OF BOULGE
HAVE ERECTED THIS AS
A MEMORIAL OF OUR GRATITUDE
TO ALL WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
AND SPECIALLY TO

BROOM	Joseph	Rifleman R/4877, 11th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died 3/9/1916. Age 21. Son of Isaac and Charlotte Broom of Boulge. Isaac Broom was a gardener at Boulge Hall, the family lived in the Hall grounds. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
CHURCHUS	Herbert	Private 290140, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 13/10/1917. Age 29. Son of Frances Mary Churchus of 52 Southend Cottages, Wallington, Hampshire. believed to have worked at Boulge Hall. Buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport
SMITH	Frederick James	Private 26796, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 12/10/1916. Age 34. Frederick Smith had been an agricultural labourer before the war “in the Woodbridge area”. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
OUR KING AND COUNTRY
PRAISE GOD FOR DUTY DONE
PRAISE GOD FOR VICTORY WON.

Last updated 10 October, 2006

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