The
memorial is to be found in the gounds of the parish church and takes
the form of a carved stone on a three stepped base with the World War
1 names inset and an additional stone for Northern Ireland. There are
4 names for the First World War and one for Northern ireland, no World
War 2 names appear. There is also a framed, illuminated, Roll of Honour
within the church including all men who served and returned and the
four that gave their lives.
FLATMAN |
Frederick
John |
Private
12803, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 18/03/1916. Born
Benhall. Buried at Spoilbank Cemetery
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FLATMAN |
Jack |
Private
56686, 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 02/10/1918.
Age 19. Son of Arthur and Eliza Flatman of Sternfield. Buried
at Hooge Crater Cemetery
|
GODDARD |
Arthur |
Private
15016, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 19/07/1916. Age 25.
Son of Charles and Hannah Goddard of Sternfield. Buried at La
Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie
|
SHIPP |
William
Francis |
Private
28314, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died 23/10/1917. Born in,
and resident of, Sternfield. Buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery.
Private Shipp is also commemorated on the Saxmundham War Memorial
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NORTHERN
IRELAND |
LING |
Glen
N |
Guardsman,
Grenadier Guards. Aged 18. One 21st December 1978 he was one of
three guardsmen killed by machine-gun fire in a drive-by shooting
whilst on foot patrol in the centre of Crossmaglen.
|
SHIPP |
William
Francis |
Private
28314, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died 23/10/1917. Born in,
and resident of, Sternfield. Buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery.
Private Shipp is also commemorated on the Saxmundham War Memorial
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Photograph Copyright © Helen Steed 2015
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ROLL
OF HONOUR
Being a list of those from the Parish of Sternfield,
who served in His Majesty's Forces during the Great
War, among whom are four brave men, inscribed below in
red, who gave their lives for their King and Country.
Due
to the script used it has been difficult to transcribe the names
and these may not be 100% accurate. |
ALDRED |
F
G |
|
BILNEY |
J |
3rd
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
|
CANN |
J |
|
CRACKNELL |
A
G |
|
CRACKNELL |
O
R |
|
FLATMAN |
F
J |
2nd
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment - see above
|
FLATMAN |
J |
Lancashire
Fusiliers - see above
|
FLATMAN |
W
G |
3/4th
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
|
GIRLING |
J |
2nd
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
|
GODDARD |
A |
8th
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment - see above
|
GODDARD |
F |
2nd
Battalion, Essex Regiment
|
PAYNE |
A |
4th
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
|
PAYNE |
J |
|
PEARCE |
T |
|
PODD |
A
W |
4th
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
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PODD |
G |
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SHIPP |
W |
Essex Regiment - see above
|
SMITH |
A |
9th
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
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SMITH |
D |
10th
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
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SMITH |
L |
3/4th
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
|
SMITH |
G |
2nd
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
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SMITH |
W |
|
SPINK |
W |
2nd
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
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STANNARD |
E |
|
STANNARD |
F |
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STANNARD |
J |
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THACKER |
A
J |
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THACKER |
R
W |
|
THACKEr |
W
H |
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