Arthur Harry

Private 16532, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 28th May 1915. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Lowestoft. Son of William and Eliza Dale, of 2, Norfolk St., Lowestoft. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Koln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany. Plot XV. Row B. Grave 15. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's and Lowestoft St John's

George William

[Spelt DAVIS on SDGW & CWGC] Private 27330, 6th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 22nd August 1917. Aged 37. Born Miror, India, enlisted Lowestoft. Son of George William Davis, of Lowestoft; husband of Harriet Elizabeth Davis, of 61, Clemence St., Lowestoft. Formerly 23474, East Surrey Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 41 to 42 and 163A. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's and Lowestoft St John's

Basil Dartrey

Corporal 229393, 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment). Died 5th Otober 1916. Aged 23. Born 18th July 1892 in Portsmouth. Son of Minnie Eliza Dawson, of South Junction, Manitoba, and the late Samuel John Dawson, who were living at 20 Denmark Road, Lowestoft, when he attested. Homesteader listed as his occupation. Umarried. Enlisted and passed fit 2nd June 1915 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Height 5 feet 10½ inches, girth 37½ inches, complexion fair, eyes blue, ahir brown. Religion Presbyterian. No known grave. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2367 - 24. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's and Lowestoft St John's

Leonard Christopher

Lance Corporal 200058, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 23rd April 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Lowestoft, enlisted Lowestoft. Formerly 853, Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's and Lowestoft St John's

Note: No. 97 Squadron, RFC, was formed at Waddington, Lincolnshire, on 1st December 1917, and in the following summer went to France equipped with Handley Page 0/400s to undertake night-bombing operations with the Independent Force. It made its first raid on 19/20th August and by the end of the war had flown 91 bombing sorties (the majority into Germany), dropped 64 tons of bombs-including three 1,650-pounders.

Ernest George

Bombardier 65310, "E" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Died of wounds 12th September 1917. Aged 25. Enlisted and resident Lowestoft. Son of Robert and Emma Dowe, of 29, Raglan St., Lowestoft. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row M. Grave 14. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's and Lowestoft St John's

Clarence Reginald

Lance Corporal 15550, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 2nd March 1916. Aged 21. Born Leeds, enlisted Lowestoft. Son of Robert Liddle Drummond and Ellen Drummond, of 32, Kirkley Park Rd., Lowestoft. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's and Lowestoft St John's

Henry Alfred

Seaman 3843/B, H.M.S. Almanzora, Royal Naval Reserve. Died of disease 30th Ocotber 1918. Born Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk on 30 July 1884. Son of William & Sophia Dyer; next of kin was his wife Elizabeth Dyer, living 19, St John's Road, Lowestoft. Buried in KING TOM CEMETERY, FREETOWN, Sierra Leone. Plot 2. Row E. Grave 11. See also Lowestoft St Margaret's and Lowestoft St John's

Note: H.M.S. Almanzora. 16,034 gross tons, length 590ft x beam 69.3ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 15 knots, accommodation for 400-1st, 230-2nd and 760-3rd class passengers. Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, she was launched on 19th November 1914, but was completed as an Armed Merchant Cruiser for the 10th Cruiser Squadron. Reconditioned to 15,551 tons at Belfast in 1919, she started commercial services from Southampton to the River Plate on 9th January 1920. In World War II she was used mostly for trooping duties and in 1945 became a government emigration ship. 1947 laid up at Cowes, Isle of Wight and 1948 scrapped at Blyth.