
SHOTTISHAM
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Roll of Honour
with detailed information
Compiled and copyright
© Stuart Green 2006
The
Shottisham war memorial is in the form of a Sicilian marble plaque within
the parish church. There are seven names for World War 1 and none for
World War 2. The original memorial uneiling was 15th May 1921 by Sirt
Cuthbert Quilter. Details appeared in the East Anglian Daily Times 18th
May 1921.
IN UNFADING MEMORY OF OUR MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE WAR
1914-1918
AMBROSE
|
George
Edward |
Private
54517, 1st/10th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died 08/09/1918.
Age 20. Son of Alice E Bloomfield (formerly Ambrose) of Bake Office,
Shottisham. Buried at Bancourt British Cemetery |
COOK |
George |
Able
Seaman 178504, Royal Navy. HMS India. Died 08/08/1915. Buried in
Bodo Cemetery, Norway. HMS India was a pre-war P&O cruise liner,
commandeered as an armoured merchant cruiser by the Royal Navy in
1915. On 8th August 1915 she was in the entrance of Vest Fjord,
Norway when she was torpedoed by a German submarine. despite Norway's
neutrality. 160 of her 301 crew were lost, with no known grave;
five ratings were buried at Bodo in a collective grave. the remainder
were interned in Norway for the duration of the war |
JOLLY |
David
George |
Private
13386, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 22/01/1916. Born at
Laxfield. Buried at the White House Cemetery. Private Jolly is also
commemorated on the Sutton War Memorial |
MALTSER |
George
|
Private
3197, 1st/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 24/03/1916. Buried
at Cambrin Churchyard Extension |
NICHOLS |
Christopher
|
Private
3/9855, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 17/02/1916. Age 36.
Son of William and Alice Nichols of Shottisham. Buried at Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery |
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 Bawdsey, Ramsholt and Sutton |
WISEMAN |
Frank |
Private
40497, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 30/11/1917. Age 32.
Husband of Mrs Wiseman of Butley Street, Tunstal. Buried at Fins
New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand |
Last
updated
5 December, 2006
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