Roll of Honour - Suffolk

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Kim Andrews 2010

“To the glory of God
and in grateful memory
of the men of Kedington
who gave their lives
for the honour and
safety of their country
in two world wars.
1914-1919.
1939-1945”

BOWYER	George	Private G/29014, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 6 October 1916. Born and resident Kedington, enlisted Sudbury. Buried in BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IX. Row A. Grave 14.
BOWYER	Harry	Private 40744 [CWGC} or 40774 [SDGW], "Z" Company, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 11 April 1917. Aged 23. Enlisted Haverhill. Husband of Dorothy Loveday (formerly Bowyer), of Streetly End, West Wickham, Cambridge. Formerly 2780, Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.
BOWYER	Thomas	Private 3/8426, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 13 November 1916. Aged 21. Born Kedington, enlisted Haverhill. Brother of Mrs. Emily Mayes, of Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
BRETT	Alfred J	Private 15750, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 9 August 1916. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Haverhill. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Brett, of Brickwall Cottages, Hundon, Clare, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
BRETT	Ernest	Private 16193, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 14 October 1916. Aged 19. Born Kedington, enlisted Haverhill. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Brett, of Brickwall Cottages, Hundon, Clare, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
CLARK	Benjamin	[CLARKE on SDGW & CWGC] Private 23244, 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 1 October 1916. Born and resident Kedington, enlisted Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Buried in CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 2.
CLARKE, MM	Thomas	Lance Corporal 40730, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 30 August 1918. Aged 21. Enlisted Kedington. Awarded the Military medal (M.M.). Son of Mrs. G. Clarke, of King's Hill, Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk, and the late Mr. G. Clarke. Formerly 3416, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in ECOUST-ST. MEIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 57.
COE	Frederick [William]	Private 54097, 1/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 12 October 1918. Born Kedington, enlisted and resident Greenwich. Son of Mrs. J. Sargeant, of 41, Blackley Buildings, East Greenwich, London. Buried in NAVES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot V. Row A. Grave 3.
COE	Harry William	[SDGW lists his date incorrectly as 15 July 1918] Rifleman B/200510, 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own). Died of wounds 15 August 1917. Aged 37. Born Hadingfield, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Kedington. Son of William and Ellen Coe, of Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk. Formerly 4443, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row F. Grave 2.
ELLISTON	William Edgar	Private 60593, 23rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 15 June 1918. Aged 28. Born Bildestone, enlisted Haverhill. Son of Edgar Henry and Sarah Elliston, of Kedington, Suffolk. Formerly PS/11323, Royal Fusiliers. Buried in GRANEZZA BRITISH CEMETERY, Italy. Plot 2. Row E. Grave 11.
GOODCHILD	John Stanley	Private 3290, Suffolk Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars). Killed in action at Gallipoli 29 November 1915. Born and resident Balsham, enlisted Woodbridge. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 19.
LUNNON	William James	[Memorial states death date as 14 November 1917] Trooper 13/1062, Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Died of wounds in Palestine 16 November 1917. Son of James Alfred and Sarah Lunnon, of Briar House, Chevington, Bury St. Edmund's, England. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Section M. Grave 16.
MARSH	Walter	Private 26667, 2nd/4th (Territorial Force) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 November 1918. Aged 32. Born Kedington, enlisted Haverhill, resident Dane Common, Kedington. Son of George and Susan Marsh, of Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk. Formerly 24984, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in the South corner of OBIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France.
ORRISS	Walter	Private 41850, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 23 September 1918. Aged 20. Born Kedington, enlisted Sudbury. Son of Harry Orriss, of Bridge House, Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk. Formerly 203324, Essex Regiment. Buried in EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 8.
PHILLIPS	Albert	Private 29080, 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 4 October 1918. Born Little Wrattin, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Kedington. Brother of Miss E. Phillips, of Arm Lane, Kedington, Haverhill, Suffolk. Buried in GUIZANCOURT FARM CEMETERY, GOUY, Aisne, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 21.
ROOKS	Albert	Private 201936, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action between 9 and 19 April 1918. Aged 24. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Formerly 3949, Suffolk Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie Mayes; husband of May Mary Rooks, of 15, Eden Rd., Haverhill, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3.
SELF	Alfred Ernest	Private G/18061, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 18 November 1916. Aged 20. Enlisted Haverhill, resident Withersfield, near Newmarket. Son of Annie Rebecca Self, of 4, Clock House Way, Braintree, Essex, and the late Stephen Self. Formerly 3453, Suffolk Yeomanry. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C.
SYER, MC	Hubert Lionel	Captain, 1st/14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment. Died pf wounds 18 November 1916. Aged 38. Son of the Rev. and Mrs. Barrington Blomfield Syer, of Kedington Rectory, Suffolk; husband of H. M. Syer, of "Westwode," Little Maplestead, Halstead, Essex. Served in the South African Campaign. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in HAMPSTEAD CEMETERY, London. Grave reference: H. 12. 118. See also London Stock Exchange. There are two identical entries for this man in du Ruvignys Roll of Honour, Part 3 Page 262 and Part 4 Page 205: SYER, HUBERT LIONEL, M.C., Captain, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt, (T.F.), 4th s. of the Rev. Barrington Blomfield Syer, Rector of Kedington, by his wife. Amy Katherine, dau. of the Rev. Dr. Wright; b. Kedington Rectory, co. Suffolk, 10 March, 1878; educ. at Eastward Ho! College, Felixstowe; was on the London Stock Exchange; joined the London Scottish 6 March, 1895; served in the South African War 1899-1902, attached to the Gordon Highlanders; rejoined the London Scottish, and volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of the European War; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. 1 Sept. 1914, and was promoted Captain 13 Nov. following; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 Dec. 1914; took part in the Battle of Loos in Sept. 1915; was Regimental Transport Officer at Boulogne for a few months in 1916; rejoined his regiment in July, and died in St. Thomas's Hospital. London, 18 Nov. following, from wounds received in action on the Somme 19 Sept. His Colonel wrote: “Captain Syer embodied everything which a soldier should be; a wonderful organizer, brave almost to a fault, he at all times set an example of courage and endurance under hardships and peril. He was beloved by all ranks, and his death is a severe loss to the regiment and the British Army. I have lost a splendid officer." Captain Syer was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916) by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished service in the field, and was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 14 Jan. 1916) for meritorious service in the field at Loos. He m. at Holy Saviour's, Tynemouth, Northumberland, 12 Sept. 1908, Helen May, youngest dau. of the Rev. Canon Herbert S. Hicks, MA., Rural Dean and Vicar of Tynemouth Priory; s.p.
1939-1945
CORNELL	William Arthur	Private 5825088, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 15 June 1940. Aged 30. Buried 19 June 1940 in BRUGGE GENERAL CEMETERY, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 63. Row 2. Grave 20.
McGLADDERY	Alfred	Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) 3595257, 1st (Airborne) Battalion, Border Regiment. Wounded at Arnhem and died of those wounds 22 September 1944. Aged 36. Son of Robert Alexander McGladdery and Annie Rutherford McGladdery; husband of Agnes Elsie McGladdery of Haverhill, Suffolk. Buried in UTRECHT (SOESTBERGEN) GENERAL CEMETERY, Utrecht, Netherlands. Plot 12D. Row 1. Grave 9.
ROWLINSON	Cedric [Reginald]	Sergeant (Flight Engineer) 569972, 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action during a bombing raid on Essen 2 June 1944. Aged 21. Son of Orris William and Ellen Rosina Rowlinson, of Kedington, Suffolk. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 9. Row E. Grave 12.
SADDLER	Bert William	[Mispelt as SADLER on CWGC - stated as 5th Battalion on scroll] Private 5835294, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese 15 September 1943. Aged 32. Son of Claude and Ellen Sadler; husband of Doris Alice Annie Sadler, of Kedington, Suffolk. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 2. Row E. Grave 16.

Tranquil you lie your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.”

ROLL OF MEN
CONNECTED WITH KEDINGTON
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THOSE SERVING THEIR GOD, KING AND
COUNTRY, AT HOME AND OVERSEAS. 1939 - 1945.

KEDINGTON WAR MEMORIAL