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4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment were a territorial unit with HQ in in Portman Road, Ipswich, they were part of Norfolk & Suffolk Brigade, East Anglian Division when war broke out in August 1914. They proceeded to France on the 9th of November 1914, landing at Le Havre, and joining Jullundur Brigade, 3rd (Lahore) Division. On the 15th of November 1915 they transferred to 46th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division, then on the 22nd of February 1916 they transferred to 98th Brigade, 33rd Division. In 1916 they were in action in the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they took part in the Arras Offensive, The actions on the Hindenburg Line, the Operations on the Flanders coast and the Third Battles of Ypres. On the 15th of February 1918 they transferred to 58th (2nd London) Division as a Pioneer Battalion. They were in action during The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of the Avre, The Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert and The Second Battle of Bapaume on the Somme. In September they fought in The Battle of Epehy and were in action in October and November during the Final Advance in Artois.
2nd Nov 1914 Orders Received
3rd Nov 1914 Equipment
4th Nov 1914 Equipment
5th Nov 1914 Orders
6th Nov 1914 On the Move
7th Nov 1914 Equipment
8th Nov 1914 On the Move
9th Nov 1914 On the Move
10th Nov 1914 Delays
11th Nov 1914 Poor Weather
12th Nov 1914 Orders Received
13th Nov 1914 On the Move
14th Nov 1914 On the Move
15th Nov 1914 Training
16th Nov 1914 Training
17th Nov 1914 Training
18th Nov 1914 Training
19th Nov 1914 Snow Storm
21st Nov 1914 Training
22nd Nov 1914 Church Parade
24th Nov 1914 Poor Conditions
29th Nov 1914 Orders
30th Nov 1914 Difficult March
1st Dec 1914 On the March
2nd Dec 1914 Enemy Airship
4th Dec 1914 Artillery Active 
10th Feb 1915 Frost Bite
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
20th January 1916 Hulloch Sector Front Line.
9th February 1916 Call Ups
10th Jun 1916 Reliefs Completed
30th Aug 1916 Relief Complete
9th Jan 1917 Counter Attacks
10th Jan 1917 Steady Progress
11th Jan 1917 Assault Fails
13th Jan 1917 Progress Made
14th Jan 1917 Aircraft shot down
16th Jan 1917 Slight Advance
17th Jan 1917 Hard Fighting
18th Jan 1917 Heavy Bombardment
18th Jan 1917 Ground Gained
19th Jan 1918 Reliefs
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Those known to have served with4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Adamson Percy. Pte (d.20th July 1916)
- Bristow Sidney Marcus. Pte. (d.26th Sep 1917)
- Cubitt MC. Frederick Salter. Mjr.
- Docherty Charles Kerr. Pte. (d.24th Jun 1919)
- Dymott George Henry. Pte. (d.26th/27th Sep 1917)
- Hughes Ashton Harry. Pte. (d.18th Aug 1916)
- Humphrey Joseph Samuel. Cpl.
- Pells Algernon John. Pte. (d.30th Oct 1916)
- Podd MM. Jeremiah. Sgt.
- Shephard Ernest William. Pte. (d.2nd Nov 1916)
- Spinks William Fredrick. Pte.
- Sporle Frederick Barrett. Pte. (d.7th Apr 1916)
- Stannard George Walter. Sgt. (d.8th July 1916)
- Suttle Nelson Edward.
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Pte. Charles Kerr Docherty 4th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.24th Jun 1919) Charles Docherty was born in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland on 2nd of September 1878. He was the 6th of 9 children to Bernard Docherty and Mary Guthrie.
Charles was a ships joiner, first in Clydebank Glasgow and then presumably ending up in Ipswich. It wasn't uncommon for shipyard workers to sail with vessels.
It seems he initially enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment on 8th of May 1909 and rejoined on 8th of November 1914. He was discharged on 21st of June 1916 and died of his wounds 3 years later on 24th of June 1919 and was laid to rest at Ipswich Old Cemetery.
I had been looking for Charles for sometime, wrongly assuming he may have joined the Navy. I am both sad and happy at discovering his life after 1911 as now it shall be recorded in our family tree and he will not be forgotten.
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Pte. Algernon John Pells 4th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.30th Oct 1916) I once visited Little Stonham as this was where my great-grandfather was born. I looked around the now dis-used local church and found the roll of honour on the wall which included that of Algernon Pells.
I believe he may have been a nephew of my great-grandfather.
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Pte. William Fredrick Spinks 1/4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment William Spinks served with the 1/4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. I am in the process of writing out his hand written memoirs.
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Pte. Ernest William Shephard 4th Btn. B Coy. Suffolk Regiment (d.2nd Nov 1916) Private Ernest Shephard died on the Somme 2nd November 1916, age 33, and has no known grave. He served with B Company, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment and his name is on the Thiepval Memorial. Ernest was my father's uncle and died when my father was about 6 years old, he was never spoken of and I do not know whether my father knew he had a uncle killed in WW1.
I discovered Ernest when I was researching the family history and visited Thiepval Memorial in 2015 with my daughter and my grandchildren. We all stood in silence in respect when we found his name on the memorial, a deep sadness came over us but I am so pleased we found him and he will now never be forgotten. Rest in Peace, Great Uncle Ernest.
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Cpl. Joseph Samuel Humphrey 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Joe Humphrey served in the 4th and 11th Battalions of the Suffolk Regiment. He survived the war but had a damaged arm from the Battle of Arras. He died aged 33. He did not marry.
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Sgt. Jeremiah "Victor" Podd MM. 4th Btn. Suffolk Regiment My grandfather Jeremiah Podd, died the year before I was born, so I never knew him. Recently, I've done some research and managed to locate his final resting place, something which was unknown to the rest of my family.
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Pte. Sidney Marcus Bristow 4th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.26th Sep 1917) Sidney Bristow was born in London in 1880, but by the 1911 census was living in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire with the Russell family, where he worked as a gardener. He was very much involved with the local community, singing in the church choir and taking an active role in the local branch of the Church of England Men's Society. He applied for exemption from military service in March 1916, which was refused as he did not attend the hearing, and joined the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment in April 1916, arriving in France on 23rd May 1917.
In a letter from his brother, Mrs Russell heard about Sydney's death on 26th September 1917. He had been killed in action by a shell, instantaneously. Not long before, Sidney had sent a copy of his will to his brother with a note to say that he had a presentiment that something would happen. His name is recorded on the Haddenham War Memorial.
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Mjr. Frederick Salter Cubitt MC. 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Frederick Cubitt signed up November 1914 and was on active service throughout the war and with the Army of Occupation in Germany. After the war he went to Calcutta and became a jute broker. Later he became secretary of the Bengal Club and a member of the committee in India that raised £187,000 for British War Services in India. Frederick was an expert gardener who used hydroponic methods to raise vegetables in the 1940's when at the Bengal Club.
He died in 1950
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Pte. George Henry Dymott 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (d.26th/27th Sep 1917) George Dymott was married to Florence with a son aged three and a daughter Florence under a year old. He died of wounds aged 24 and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. He was my Granddad's cousin.
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Sgt. George Walter Stannard 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (d.8th July 1916) My great grandfather, George Walter Stannard, is buried in a war grave in Ipswich Old Cemetary, having died of his wounds in July 1916. He left behind a wife and 10 children (aged from 3 - 22 years). His name is inscribed on the War Memorial in Christchurch Park, Ipswich.
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Pte. Ashton Harry Hughes 4th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.18th Aug 1916) This brave man Ashton Hughes but he was one of my dear Dad's 12 siblings.
He served with the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment and was killed in action on the Somme on 18th August 1916 aged 26, when my Dad was just 12 years old.
Although no one spoke of his death I can`t help but feel the family must have been devastated with their loss.
There was another brother Reginald who joined the TA in Suffolk with the 6th Battalion regiment but luckily was a survivor.
I am visiting my uncle's war grave in France this October with a friend & believe this will be a poignant time walking through the lanes where he would have given his life for us.
I will never forget you Uncle.
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