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11th (Cambridge) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment was raised at Cambridge on the 25th of September 1914, by the Cambridge and Isle of Ely TF Association. After initial training close to home, they joined 101st Brigade, 34th Division in May 1915 at Ripon. They moved to Sutton Veny for final training in September and proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre on the 9th of January 1916. 34th Division concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including the capture of Scots and Sausage Redoubts, The Battles of Bazentin Ridge and Pozieres Ridge. In 1917 they fought in the The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and the The Battle of Arleux during the Arras Offensive. In August they were involved in the fighting at Hargicourt and in October they took part in The Third Battles of Ypres at the Broenbeek. On the 3rd of February 1918 they transferred to 103rd Brigade still with 34th Division. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin and then moved to Flanders seeing action in The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul and The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge during the Battles of the Lys, suffering heavy losses. The 34th Division was then withdrawn from fighting and on the 21st of April they moved to the area west of Poperinge for reorganisation and was engaged in digging a new defensive line between Abeele and Watou. On the 13th of May the infantry units moved to the area around Lumbres and reduced to a cadre. On the
26th of May the 11th Suffolks transferred to 183rd Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division. They were in action in the Final Advance in Picardy, crossing the Sambre, in the first week of November. The Division began to demobilise in January 1919.
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
22nd Oct 1915 Inspection
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
12th Dec 1915 Orders Received
20th Dec 1915 Orders
8th Jan 1916 On the Move
9th Jan 1916 On the Move
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
10th Jan 1916 On the Move
12th Jan 1916 Locations
15th Jan 1916 On the Move By the 15th of January 1916 all units of 34th Division had arrive in France and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer.
16th Jan 1916 Organisation
20th Jan 1916 Inspection
21st Jan 1916 Orders
21st Jan 1916 Instruction 
22nd Jan 1916 Orders Issued
23rd Jan 1916 On the Move
23rd Jan 1916 In Reserve
24th Jan 1916 Inspection
26th Jan 1916 On Alert
27th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme
28th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme
31st Jan 1916 On the March
9th Feb 1916 Into Billets
9th February 1916 Call Ups
11th Feb 1916 Inspection
12th Feb 1916 On the March
13th Feb 1916 On the March
19th Feb 1916 Move
20th of February 1916 Quiet Day
21st of February 1916 Mess Damaged
24th Feb 1916 Relief
5th Mar 1916 Reliefs
29th Mar 1916 Stores
28th June Letters Home The raider did not get much rest for on the 27th and 28th the Battalions of 34th Division began to move forward. This in preparation for the opening of the attack.
For the previous four days the British Artillery had been bombarding the German trenches.
Every man in the Brigade was aware that the opening of the offensive was very close.
Before setting off for the front line men wrote what could be their last letters home.
However the date and time of attack was to be delayed by forty eight hours.
Heavy summer rain had fallen on the 26th and 27th there was a great possibility of flooding. On the 28th June the decision was taken to postpone the attack.
The Divisional and Brigade staff Officers had the job of halting and turning around those battalions on their way to the front line.
1st Jul 1916 34th Division in Action
1st Sep 1916 Artillery in Action
2nd Sep 1916 Quiet
3rd Sep 1916 Quiet
4th Sep 1916 Visit
5th Sep 1916 Stormy
6th Sep 1916 Instruction
7th Sep 1916 Artillery Active
8th Sep 1916 Bombardment
9th Sep 1916 Orders
10th Sep 1916 Quiet
11th Sep 1916 Preparations
12th Sep 1916 Reliefs
12th Sep 1916 Orders
13th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting
14th Sep 1916 Raid
15th Sep 1916 Trench Raids
16th Sep 1916 Bombardment
17th Sep 1916 Orders
18th Sep 1916 Trench Raids
19th Sep 1916 Orders
20th Sep 1916 Orders
21st Sep 1916 Quiet
22nd Sep 1916 Arrivals
23rd Sep 1916 Orders
24th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars
25th Sep 1916 Shelling
26th Sep 1916 Some Shelling
27th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars
28th Sep 1916 Training & Reliefs
29th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting
30th Sep 1916 Trench Raid
1st Oct 1916 Quiet
2nd Oct 1916 Quiet
3rd Oct 1916 Shelling
4th Oct 1916 Orders
5th Oct 1916 Wire Cut
6th Oct 1916 Rounds Fired
7th Oct 1916 Trench Raid
8th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
9th Oct 1916 Quiet
10th Oct 1916 Quiet
11th Oct 1916 Course
12th Oct 1916 Trench Raids
14th Oct 1916 Reliefs
15th Oct 1916 Conference
16th Oct 1916 Courses
18th Oct 1916 Reliefs
19th Oct 1916 Orders Issued
20th Oct 1916 Trench Raids
21st Oct 1916 Enemy Aircraft
22nd Oct 1916 Artillery Active
23rd Oct 1916 Artillery Active
24th Oct 1916 Experiment
25th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
26th Oct 1916 Wire Cutting
27th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
28th Oct 1916 Artillery in Action
29th Oct 1916 Heavy Shelling
30th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
31st Oct 1916 Warning
4th of January 1918 Enemy Aeroplanes
8th of January 1918 Heavy Snow
12th of January 1918 Thaw then Frost
20th of January 1918 Another Relief
21st of January 1918 A Surrender
24th of January 1918 Two Enemy Patrols
29th of January 1918 Divisional HQ Moves
31st of January 1918 Training
3rd of February 1918 Weather Fine
28th of February 1918 On the Move
1st of March 1918 On the Move
1st March 1918 Operational Order.
1st March 1918 Reliefs
5th of March 1918 No Hostile Patrols
8th of March 1918 Prisoner Taken
11th of March 1918 Hostile Shelling Increases
17th of March 1918 Enemy Aircraft Very Active
20th of March 1918 Enemy Remains Quiet
21st Mar 1918 Bombardment
22nd Mar 1918 In Action
22nd Mar 1918 Heavy Shelling
23rd of March 1918 A March and an Extract
31st of March 1918 A Letter Received
31st of March 1918 Relief Completed
1st Apr 1918 Enemy Active
1st Apr 1918 Poor Conditions
2nd Apr 1918 Enemy Active
2nd Apr 1918 Poor Conditions
3rd Apr 1918 Artillery in Action
3rd Apr 1918 Shelling
4th Apr 1918 Enemy Artillery Active
4th Apr 1918 Hostile Artillery
4th Apr 1918 Patrols
5th Apr 1918 Reliefs
5th Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete
5th of April 1918 In Houplines Sector
5th Apr 1918 Reliefs
6th Apr 1918 Quiet
6th Apr 1918 Baths
7th Apr 1918 Gas
7th Apr 1918 Church Parade
8th Apr 1918 Low Visibility
8th Apr 1918 Training
9th Apr 1918 In Action
9th Apr 1918 In Action
9th Apr 1918 Shelling
9th Apr 1918 Line Held
9th Apr 1918 Bridges
10th Apr 1918 Messages
10th Apr 1918 Under Attack
10th Apr 1918 Under Attack
10th Apr 1918 Hard Pushed
10th Apr 1918 Bombardment
10th Apr 1918 Gallant Fighting
10th Apr 1918 In Action
10th Apr 1918 In Action
10th Apr 1918 Withdrawal
10th Apr 1918 In Action
10th Apr 1918 Withdrawal
10th Apr 1918 Enemy Attacks
11th Apr 1918 Withdrawal
11th Apr 1918 Holding the Line
11th Apr 1918 Into Position
12th Apr 1918 Establishing a Line Breakfast was served at about 8am by two cookies and situation seemed very quiet. At 0945am. orders were received to push out a patrol to AC arc and A2d (map references) to verify presence of enemy in strength at Blanc Maison and to clear up the the situation, which was very obscure, and to report what troops of ours were in the vicinity. 2nd. Lieutenant Thackery and 15 O. R.'s including Corporals Gibson and Green went off and reported that various parties, under officers, were withdrawing. The patrol arrived back near the position of our bivouacs at about 11.45am. and reported that the enemy could be seen at about A14a (map reference) and that we held the cemetery in A7b (map reference) but that our defences and outpost line were practically non-existent. At about 12.15pm orders were received to establish on the Becque de la Flanche (thought to be a stream). 'B' Company remained in reserve and the other three companies were sent off to establish the above line. 'A' Company was on the right, 'C' Company was in the centre and 'D' Company was on the left. Eventually, some tome later, 'A' Company established their right post just astride the railway on S25c, Sheet 28 (map reference)about 800 yards west of Bailleul Station and got in touch with the troops on their right. 'C' Company, on the left, and 'D' Company were in touch with the 16th. Royal Scots. There was a small party of 11th. Suffolks under an officer between 'C' and 'D' Companies. Our 7th. Battalion (1/7th. D. of W.) were also a little mixed up with 'D' Company. Roughly, the line of the Becque was established and dug in during the night. During the early afternoon of the 12th., Captain Ogston was seriously wounded in the thigh by a machine gun bullet. Throughout the afternoon of the 12th., the line was continually shelled and trench mortar & heavy machine gun fire was put down on it; it was particularly intense on the left. Casualties on this day for 6th Battalion West Riding Regt were Major S. C. Brierly (Wounded at Duty), Captain K. Ogston (Wounded & died of wound), 2nd. Lt. H. Armitage (Wounded), 2nd. Lt. J. W. Probyn (Killed in Action), 2nd. Lt. J. H. Sunderland (Wounded)Sergeant T. D. Eagles (Wounded), 265395 Sergeant G. Harding (Killed in Action), 265883 Corporal W. Emmott (Wounded), 265576 Corporal J. Hogan (Wounded), 265267 Corporal G. Page (Killed in Action), 235503 Corporal W. Severs (Killed in Action), 265932 Lance Corporal W. H. Best (Wounded at Duty), 17038 Lance Corporal R. Piggott (Wounded), 267567 Lance Corporal W. E. Robertshaw (Wounded), 242825 Private S. Baker (Wounded), 267437 Private H. Briggs (Killed in Action), 303003 Private J. T. Britt (Wounded), 300159 Private M. Brown (Killed in Action), 17915 Private T. Caine (Wounded), 15580 Private R. H. Coleman (Wounded), 265717 Private J. E. Core (Wounded), 268074 Private N. F. Fletcher (Killed in Action), 267785 Private A. Garnett (Wounded), 17033 Private W. Grant (Wounded), 26566 Private H. Haigh (Wounded), 265746 Private J. Hayhurst (Wounded), 267863 Private G. Hill (Wounded & died of wounds 14/04/1918), 267549 Private F. Holmes (Wounded), 24125 Private J. Kennedy (Wounded), 41165 Private H. Leonard (Wounded), 41161 Private W. R. Lewis (Missing), 242621 Private H. Loyndes (Killed in Action), 242622 Private A. Lund (Killed in Action), 41176 Private T. W. Marriot (Wounded), 41175 Private S. Marsh (Wounded), 41177 Private H. May (Wounded), 14895 Private A. V. Nalson (Wounded at Duty), 41187 Private A. V. Nicholls (Killed in Action), 267474 Private A. Pearson (Wounded), 41191 Private T. Purshouse (Killed in Action), 267883 Private C. Puttergill (Wounded), 267922 Private C. J. Rooney (Wounded), 265483 Private J. Scott (Wounded), 242814 Private G. H. Smith (Killed in Action), 29889 Private H. Stead (Wounded), 26147 Private T. Stordy (Wounded), 242835 Private A. Sugden (Wounded), 41178 Private A. A. Taylor (Wounded and missing), 41151 Private J. Thorneycroft (Wounded), 240786 Private W. H. Thornton (Wounded), 267832 Private C. Threadgale (Killed in Action), 267431 Private N. Thwaites (Wounded), 242751 Private C. R. Weddle (?) (Wounded), 12695 Private L. Whitehead (Wounded).
12th of April 1918 Enemy Advances
12th Apr 1918 In Action
13th Apr 1918 In Action
14th Apr 1918 Withdrawal
15th Apr 1918 Enemy Advance
16th Apr 1918 Digging in
16th of April 1918 Orders
17th Apr 1918 Under Pressure
18th Apr 1918 Reliefs
18th Apr 1918 Reliefs
19th Apr 1918 At Rest
30th of April 1918 Reports
18th of October 1918 Relieved
23rd of October 1918 Relieved
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Those known to have served with11th (Cambridge) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bowers George David. Pte. (d.24th Oct 1918)
- Calver Joseph Ernest. Pte. (d.26th Aug 1917)
- Coe Charles Alfred. Pte. (d.12th Sep 1917)
- Cox Francis. Pte
- Curd G.
- Cutting Ernest. Pte. (d.26th Apr 1917)
- Dewing Bertie. Pte (d.9th April 1918)
- Dodson Jonas. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Faithful James Henry. Pte. (d.15th November 1918)
- Gawthorpe Thomas William. L/Cpl (d.2nd Sep 1917)
- Harvey Herbert. (d.2nd July 1916)
- Hazell MM. Oscar Reginald. Sgt. (d.19th Apr 1918)
- Heaps Joseph Moses. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Herbert Frank. Pte. (d.13th April 1918)
- Humphrey Joseph Samuel. Cpl.
- Mabbott Sidney Charles. Pte (d.24th October 1918)
- Noble Charles. Pte. (d.6th Jul 1916)
- Payne William. Cpl.
- Payne William Albert. L/Cpl.
- Rooks Albert. Pte. (d.9th April 1918)
- Sawyer Horace Parker. L/Cpl. (d.24th Oct 1918)
- Stofer Eric Francis. Pte. (d.28th Oct 1918)
- Tarry Stanley Lucas. Pte. (d.10th October 1917)
- Theobald MC Reginald. Lt. (d.10th Apr 1918)
- Tompkins Edgar Frederick. Pte.
- Warren Alfred George. Sgt. (d.3rd October 1919)
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L/Cpl. William Albert Payne 11th (Cambridge) Btn. Suffolk Regiment William Payne joined the 11th (Cambridge) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in 1914. He served with the Battalion until wounded and repatriated in 1917. He had married Agnes Lowe in 1909 and had four children.
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Pte. Charles Noble 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.6th Jul 1916) Charles Noble of the 11th Battalion the Suffolk Regiment was my Great Uncle
He was the son of Josia and Eliza Noble of Teversham Cambridge.
He was killed in action on 6th of July 1916 at the Battle of The Somme aged 24 years.
He is buried at Mericourt L'Abbe, Heilly Station.
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Pte Francis Cox 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Francis Cox served with the 2nd and 11th Battalions, Suffolk Regiment.
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L/Cpl. Horace Parker Sawyer 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (d.24th Oct 1918) Horace Sawyer was killed in action with his entire platoon at Battle of Selle, on the 24th of October 1918. Two other platoons meeting up, but one Battalion was held up, or late and allowed the Boche to take their rear and massacre them.
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Pte Sidney Charles Mabbott 11th Btn Suffolk Regiment (d.24th October 1918) Sidney Mabbott was my grandfather's elder brother who went off to war aged 18.
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Cpl. William Payne 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment William Payne was one of at least eight sons of Albert Edward and Anne Payne of Shepreth, Cambs. He joined the 11th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment in 1914 and served throughout WWI with the Cambs Suffolk’s until 1917 when he was wounded and discharged. William Payne survived the war, had a number of his own children. In his latter years he was a water keeper on the tributaries of the River Camb, eventually passing away in 1963 in Haslingfield.
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Sgt. Alfred George Warren 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.3rd October 1919) Alfred Warren served with the Suffolk Regiment. I would love to hear from anyone researching the Suffolk Regiment activity in WW1 with service details of the 11th battalion, or anybody related or connected to Alfred George Warren.
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Pte. Frank Herbert 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.13th April 1918) Frank Herbert served with the 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment.
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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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Lt. Reginald Theobald MC 11th Btn., C Coy. Suffolk Regiment (d.10th Apr 1918)  Reginald Theobald was my great uncle, the much loved older brother of my maternal grandmother, Kathleen Hilda Poles nee Theobald. When war broke out he was about to go to Cambridge from Mill Hill School, on a Maths scholarship but never got there. He enlisted as Private 962 in the Royal Fusiliers and served in France and Flanders. He was a great sportsman, representing the school in cricket and hockey and being a good boxer. He also enjoyed joking and having fun with the family. He took a box brownie camera to the war (not allowed!) and I have an album of his photos of the time.
He was awarded his Military Cross in 1917 "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He did valuable work in cutting wire, and also carried out an important reconnaissance. Later, while mopping up, although badly wounded, he got his party together, regained his company, and went on to the final objective." He apparently held his post for 10 hours whilst wounded.
He returned to England to be treated at St Marks College Hospital Chelsea in January 1915, for wounds received at Vimy Ridge. He also had Enteric Fever.
He died aged 23 at the Battle of Lys at Erquinghem sur Lys near Armentieres in France on 10th of April 1918, leaving behind a fiancee and recently widowed mother.
The delightful museum in Erquinghem sur Lys has information and photos of him and the small CWG cemetery there at La Rolanderie Farm has his grave.
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Pte. Edgar Frederick Tompkins 11th (Cambridge) Btn. Suffolk Regiment Fred Tompkins was born in Northampton in 1883 and moved with his parents George and Emily and his younger sister Harriet Emily to the village of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, in around 1890. The 1901 census shows him living with his parents and working as a farm labourer. He married in 1905, Sarah Jane Norman from Swavesey; the couple had no known children and lived apart within a few years of their marriage sometime before the 1911 census, when Fred was again living with his parents and working as a farm labourer.
Fred joined the 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment as a volunteer on 5th October 1914. He served in the battalion until 5th February 1917, when he was discharged as medically unfit for service Wounds P. 392 (xvi) King's Regulation 1912. He was awarded the Victory Medal and Silver War Badge (No: 20272). No other details of his military service are known to me.
Following his discharge, Fred Tompkins returned to Swavesey and resumed his occupation locally as an agricultural labourer. Fred moved into Cambridge probably in the early/mid 1930s. He was employed by Chivers at Histon as an agricultural labourer. On the death of his estranged first wife, in 1955, Fred married his long-term partner Beatrice Odell. Fred died on 21 June 1961, leaving no known descendants. His spouse survived until 1976.
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Pte. Jonas Dodson 11th (Cambridge) Btn. Suffolk Rregiment (d.1st July 1916) Jonas Dodson, from Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, enlisted in the 11th Battalion (Cambridge) Suffolk Regiment on 9th November 1914, voluntarily, as a private. He served in France from 9th January, 1915 and was reported as killed in action on 1st July 1916 during the attack towards La Boiselle which began at 07:30 on that day. On his death, at the age of 39 years, Private Dodson left behind a wife and at least eight surviving children aged from under two years to 16 years. Private Dodson, who is understood to be buried on the battlefield, is commemorated on the memorial at Thiepval, Somme, France, and on the Roll of Honour at Swavesey War Memorial Hall. Their Name Liveth for Evermore.
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Pte. Joseph Ernest Calver 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (d.26th Aug 1917) Joe Calver, Private 43434, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment was killed in action on 26th August 1917 in France & Flanders, aged 29. He enlisted at Lowestoft, formerly 2089, Suffolk Cyclist Battalion. He was the son of Charles and Mary Calver of 61, Crown St., Lowestoft, and husband of Sarah A. E. Calver of 14, Sparham's Buildings, St. Peter's St., Lowestoft. He has no known grave, but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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Pte Bertie Dewing 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (d.9th April 1918) Private Bertie Dewing is buried at Ploegsteert Memorial in Belguim. He is also remembered, along with his brother William who died with the Norfolk's, on the War Memorial in their home village of Great Walsingham in Norfolk.
At this point I do not have any further information but if I come across anything else I am happy to let you know. Also, if anyone has additional information on Bertie I would love to receive it.
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Pte. George David Bowers 11th Btn Suffolk Regiment (d.24th Oct 1918) George Bowers was the son of David Bowers, of 34, Edward St., Dunstable, Beds.
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Pte. Ernest Cutting 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.26th Apr 1917) My Great Uncle Ernest Cutting was brother to my grandmother May Alexandra Wright [ nee Cutting]. He was aged only 20 years old when he died of wounds in France. He is buried at the Etaples Cemetery.
These boys were so brave I would have been terrified to have to do what they did. We must never forget them they sacrificed their lives so we could all be free.
I do not know much about Ernest other than what I have found on the internet as every one who would know him has now died. Ernest's brother Arthur Cutting also died during the war but I have not been able to find details of him.
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Sgt. Oscar Reginald Hazell MM. 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.19th Apr 1918) Oscar Hazell served with the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 19th April 1918, aged 22. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
We believe he died during the Lys Offensive, holding the right flank between Gris Pot and Bois Grenier. The line was just behind Hollebeque Farm.
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Herbert Harvey 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (d.2nd July 1916) Herbert is my great-uncle. I discovered him when I was doing my father's family tree. Although my father is named after him no-one in the family knew he existed. He joined in either February or March 1915 and died on the Somme. He is buried at Meaulte cemetry. His home town was Guyhirn in Wisbech and I would love some more information on him.
Update: Herbert Harvey was born about 1896. He is in the 1911 census aged 15 and is a farm labourer. He was the son of Thomas and Harriet Harvey, of Mouth Lane, North Brink, Wisbech. The census states that he was born at Thorney, Cambridgeshire. Thomas who was then aged 58 and Harriet 59 had 16 children but just 6 were still alive in 1911.
Ancestry records state that he died of wounds. He may have been wounded on 1st July 1916 when the 11th Suffolks attacked towards La Boiselle in the Somme. In his regiment 190 were killed and 337 wounded on the 1st July 1916. To this total one should add that 10 died during the following week and a further 24 who died in the Becourt area during the weeks prior to the tragic assault.
Herbert was just 20 years old. He is buried at Meaulte Military Cemetery..
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L/Cpl Thomas William Gawthorpe 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.2nd Sep 1917) Thomas William Gawthorpe was the son of Benjamin George and Mary Jane Gawthorpe (nee Bird) of 29 St Paul's Road, Jarrow. He was born in Willington Quay and enlisted in Newcastle. Thomas went to France on the 6th of July 1915. He died of his wounds aged 22 on 2nd September 1917.
He is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.
On the 1911 England and Wales census, he is listed as a student aged 15. His father was aged 41 and a railway clerk working for the North Eastern Railway. His father was born in York. His mother was aged 44 and was born in Shotton, Durham. They were residing at 48 Bury Terrace, Willington Quay, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Pte. James Henry Faithful 11th Btn. Suffolk (d.15th November 1918) James Henry Faithful was wounded in late October of 1918 and died of his wounds on the 15th November 1918 at Awoingt Military Hospital. He was buried in the hospital cemetery which is now the British Military cemetery at Awoingt, Nord, France. James was a London boy born and bred, he was just aged 27 at the time of his death and left a wife and baby daughter (my mother and grandmother).
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