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Suffolk Regiment Regular Battalions: 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Territorial Force: 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 2/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 2/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 2/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 3/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 3/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 3/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Kitchener's New Army: 1st Garrison Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 2nd Garrison Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 10th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 11th (Cambridge) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 12th (East Anglia) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 13th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 14th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 16th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Want to know more about the Suffolk Regiment? There are:7101 items tagged Suffolk Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with Suffolk Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Adamson Percy. Pte 4th Battalion (d.20th July 1916) Alden Ernest Charles. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.4th September 1918) Allen Mark Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.15th Apr 1917) Allgood Samuel George. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.14th April 1916) Ambrose Samuel. WOII. 1/5th Btn. Anderson Charles Fred. Pte 9th Btn (d.23rd November 1915) Andrews David. Pte Suffolk Regement (d.15th October 1916) Atkins Moses. Pte. 12th Btn. Baker James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.26th August 1914) Baldock William. Pte. Baldwin William Benjamin. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.5th March 1917) Baldwin William. Pte. Banham James. Sgt. 2nd Battalion (d.26th Sep 1917) Barber Victor Albert. L/Cpl 9th Btn (d.20th November 1917) Bates Richard. Pte. 2nd/5th Btn. Bellward Victor. Sgt. 8th Battalion (d.10th Aug 1917) Bidwell George. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.17th Nov 1918) Blinco DCM. Charles William. Sgt. 2nd Btn (d.19th Apr 1918) Booth Alfred George. 9th Btn. Bowers George David. Pte. 11th Btn (d.24th Oct 1918) Bragg DCM Henry. Sgt. 2nd Btn. Bridges William. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.25th Sep 1915) Brighton Austin Benjamin John. Pte. 2nd Battalion Bristow Sidney Marcus. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.26th Sep 1917) Brown Edgar Ernest. Pte. 5th Battalion (d.10th Apri 1918) Brown Frederick William. Pte. 2nd Btn. Brown William Henry. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.16th June 1917) Brown William Henry. 12th Btn. (d.16th June 1917) Bryant Arthur James. Sgt. 2nd Btn. (d.16th June 1917) Bullman Benjamin. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.16th Aug 1916) Bunn MM. Clifford Charles. Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.21st March 1918) Bury Edward Basil. Lt. 6th Btn. Calver Joseph Ernest. Pte. 11th Battalion (d.26th Aug 1917) Cant David. Pte. 9th Battalion Cartz Louis. Pte. 2nd Btn. Cartz Louis. Pte. 2nd Btn. Z Company Claydon John. Pte. 5th Btn. Cockle Clarence Tapscott. Lt. 5th Battalion (d.10th September 1918) Coe Charles Alfred. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.12th Sep 1917) Cole James. Pte. A Coy. 15th Btn. (d.31st Mar 1918) Collier Frederick John. Pte. 2/8th Battalion (d.12th May 1917) Cook George Arthur. Pte. 1st Btn. Cooper Harry. Pte. 12th Service Battalion (d.14th April 1918) Cornish MM Albert Charles. Pte. Cowling Frederick James. Cpl. 9th Btn. Cox Francis. Pte 11th Btn. Cracknell Percy Walter. Pte 1st Btn Cubitt MC. Frederick Salter. Mjr. 4th Battalion Cubitt Lawrence. Pte. Curd G. 11th Btn. Curtis George Jams. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.13th November 1916) Cutting Ernest. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.26th Apr 1917) Cutting Percy William. Cpl. D'Hooghe Jack. L/Cpl 7th Bttn (d.3rd July 1916) Davey H.. Pte. Davison Soloman. Pte 1st Battalion (d.8th Oct 1918) Day VC. . Cpl. 11th Btn. Dewing Bertie. Pte 11th Battalion (d.9th April 1918) Diprose George Patrick. L/Sgt. (d.29th Sep 1918) Docherty Charles Kerr. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.24th Jun 1919) Dodd Charles Frederick. 12th Btn (d.10th Apr 1918) Dodson Jonas. Pte. 11th (Cambridge) Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Durrant James William. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.3rd July 1916) Durrent . (d.15th Sept 1916) Dutton Herbert. Pte. 10th (Service) Btn. C Coy. Dyer James. Pte. Dymott George Henry. Pte. 4th Battalion (d.26th/27th Sep 1917) Easter Albert. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.16th August 1916) Eaton Charles. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.21st Sep 1917) Edwards Charles. Sjt. Eighteen Fredrick Charles. Pte 5th Btn. (d.10th Mar 1916) Faithful James Henry. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.15th November 1918) Farrow MM. William James. L/Cpl. 1/5th Btn. Favell George Gordon. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.10th May 1917) Fensome William. Pte 12th (East Anglia) Battalion (d.20th September 1916) Firth Horace Augustus. CSM. 7th Btn. Flack Harry. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.18th Jun 1917) Ford Walter. L/Cpl. 9th Battalion (d.13th Sept 1916) Fosbrook William Thomas. Pte. 7th Btn. Francis DCM. Reginald Clement. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.16th Dec 1914) Gawthorpe Thomas William. L/Cpl 11th Btn. (d.2nd Sep 1917) Gladwyn Frederick William Milroy. 2Lt. 9th Btn. Goody MM, MC. Walter. RSM 7th Btn. (d.6th Apr 1918) Griffiths Arthur Ivor. 2nd Lt. 12th Btn. (d.3rd Aug 1917) Griffiths John. Pte. 12th Btn. Grinham DCM. James Edward. Sjt. 8th Btn. Hall Arthur George. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. Hall William. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.22nd Jan 1916) Hammond William George. Pte 2/6th (Cyclist) Battalion Hanslow W. Pte. 12th (East Anglian) Btn. (d.19th Sep 1916) Harradine John Henry. Pte 2nd Btn (d.1st Aug 1916) Hart Benjamin A.. Pte. 1st/7th Btn. (d.6th Feb 1917) Hartley Cecil Edward. Pte. Harvey Herbert. 11th Battalion (d.2nd July 1916) Hazell MM. Oscar Reginald. Sgt. 11th Btn. (d.19th Apr 1918) Hazelwood Ernest. Pte. 7th Battalion (d.3rd July 1916) Heaps Joseph Moses. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Herbert Frank. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.13th April 1918) Holman Albert Hector. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.23rd April 1917) Holmes MM. Edgar Elijah. L/Cpl. 12th Btn. (d.26th Sep 1917) Holmes Eli. 1st Bn. (d.25th May 1915) Howard Samuel. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.28th Nov 1916) Howlett Ernest George. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.16th Aug 1916) Hughes Ashton Harry. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.18th Aug 1916) Hughes Eugene John Gough. 3rd Battalion Humphrey Joseph Samuel. Cpl. 11th Btn. Jay John. L/Sgt 2nd Btn. (d.12th March 1915) Jeffries George Edward. A/CQMS. 7th Btn. Jennis Albert Edward. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.27th July 1915) Jordan MM. James Henry. Pte 7th Btn Keeble MM Frederick William. CSM 7th Btn. Kelsey Stanley. 2nd Lt. 9th Btn. Key Jacob Rita. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.8th May 1915) King John Robert. L/Cpl. King Thomas William. Pte. 12th Btn. King Thomas William. Pte. 12th Btn. King Thomas William. Pte. 12th Btn. Kirbyshire Sidney W.. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.4th October 1917) Knapp Victor Harry. Pte. 2nd Battalion, W Coy. (d.16th Nov 1916) Knock Robert Edwin. Pte. 12th Btn. Knott Ernest. Pte. 7th Battalion (d.5th October 1915) Langley Samuel Percy Broughton. 2nd Lt. 15th Btn. Laurie William. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.20th July 1916) Lee Leslie. Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.26th Nov 1918) Leeks Robert William. 1st Battalion Lemmon Arthur. 2nd Btn. A Coy. Lister MM Rudolph Beckley. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.23rd August 1918) Mabbott Sidney Charles. Pte 11th Btn (d.24th October 1918) Mackinder MM. Joseph Liney. Pte. 2nd Batallion (d.1st Oct 1918) Mackinder MM Joseph Liney. Pte 2nd Battalion (d.1st October 1918) Manning Frank. Pte 8th Btn. (d.17th February 1917) Manton Harry. Pte. 1st Battalion Marchant George R.S.. Pte. Meadows MM Ebenezer John. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.20th November 1917) Miller Arthur J.. Pte. Mobbs Arthur. A/Sgt. 1st Btn. Montagu CBE Edward. Col. Morley George. L/Sgt. 8th Btn. (d.31st Jul 1917) Moss Joseph Benjamin. Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.27th April 1917) Moyes Arthur William. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.6th Jan 1918) Mutum William F.. Pte. Napthine Clare George. Pte. 9th Btn., D Coy. (d.13th Sep 1916) Nash George Everett. Pte. 15th Btn. (d.21st Oct 1918) Newstead George Pope. Lt.Col. attd. Sierra Leone Battalion. (d.4th March 1915) Noble Charles. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.6th Jul 1916) Norman Harry. Pte. 3rd Btn. O'Brien James. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.23rd March 1917) Palfreman Richard John. Pte. 2nd Battalion Palmer Fred. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.28th Aug 1916) Parkes Alfred. Pte. 2nd Btn. Payne MM, CdG. Jack. Sgt. 1st Btn. Payne William. Cpl. 11th Battalion Payne William Albert. L/Cpl. 11th (Cambridge) Btn. Pearson James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.16th Jul 1916) Pells Algernon John. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.30th Oct 1916) Pepper Stanley. Pte. 8th Btn. Pitts John Anthony. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.26th Sep 1918) Plumb Arthur. Pte. Pocock William Henry. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.13th May 1917) Podd MM. Jeremiah. Sgt. 4th Btn. Prentice Ernest W.. Race Horace Victor. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.28th April 1917) Randall Bertie Sumner. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.16th August 1915) Ray Arthur. Pte. 84th Company Rayner Sydney John. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.30 August 1918) Revell Walter William. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.9th April 1917) Robinson Bert John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.8th October 1918) Robinson Gerald W . Pte. 13th (Kensington) Btn. (d.9th April 1917) Rooks Albert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.9th April 1918) Rose DCM, MM, CdG. William. L/Cpl. 9th Btn. Rosier Frederick. Sgt. 7th Btn. (d.25th Jul 1915) Rowbotham Jack Catchpole. Lt. 9th Btn. Royal George. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.20th November 1918) Rumsey George Henry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.13th Jan 1918) Rust Wilfred. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.9th Apr 1917) Ruth Ernest Edward. Pte 9th Battalion (d.23rd Feb 1916) Salmon Thomas. Pte. 1st Battalion Sargent Thomas Charles. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.31st July 1917) Saunders VC. . Sjt. 9th Btn. Sawyer Horace Parker. L/Cpl. 11th Battalion (d.24th Oct 1918) Seeley Harry. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.16th Jun 1915) Sharp James. Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd Oct 1918) Shephard Ernest William. Pte. 4th Btn. B Coy. (d.2nd Nov 1916) Sillett David Arthur. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.27th Apr 1918) Smith Arthur Henry. Pte 12th (Bantams) Smith Arthur. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.16th Sep 1916) Smith Cecil Springett. Cpl. 12th (Bantams) Smith Reginald Arthur. Pte. 2nd Btn. Smith Sidney Charles. Pte. 15th Btn. Smy Arthur Robert. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.16th September 1916) Snell Harry Prentice. Cpl. 1/5th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917) Songhurst Thomas James. Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.11th May 1917) Southgate DCM. Hiram Ashford. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.30th March 1916 ) Sparkes Arthur James. Sgt. 3rd Btn. Spencer John Alfred. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.26th Sept 1918) Spinks William Fredrick. Pte. 1/4th Battalion Sporle Frederick Barrett. Pte. 1st/4th Btn. (d.7th Apr 1916) Spurling Frederick Ernest. Pte. 1st Btn. Stannard George Walter. Sgt. 4th Battalion (d.8th July 1916) Stearns Morris William. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.16th Sept 1916) Stofer Eric Francis. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.28th Oct 1918) Stowe Benjamin. Cpl 7th Btn Suttle Nelson Edward. 4th Btn. Tarry Stanley Lucas. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.10th October 1917) Theobald MC Reginald. Lt. 11th Btn., C Coy. (d.10th Apr 1918) Thomas George. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.12th April 1918) Thorley William. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.1917) Tillett Reginald. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.3rd July 1916) Tompkins Edgar Frederick. Pte. 11th (Cambridge) Btn. Tripp S. P.. L/Cpl. Tripp Sidney P.. L/Cpl. 8th (Service) Btn. Turrell Edward George. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.3rd July 1916) Twigg William Oliver. L/Cpl. 9th Battalion (d.28th April 1917) Vearer William. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.16th September 1916) Viall Albert Edward. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.30th July 1917) Walker Frederick William. 14th Battalion Wallace William Berkeley. Lt Col. 1st Batallion Walters Jack Harold. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.8th October 1918) Warne Arthur . Pte. 9th Btn. (d.16th September 1916) Warren Alfred George. Sgt. 11th Btn. (d.3rd October 1919) Warren Charles A.. Pte. Watkins James. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.23rd Sep 1918) Webb Joseph Walker. 1/6th (Suffolk Cyclists) Btn. Wells James. Pte. 5th Btn. Wells Reuben John. L/Cpl. 14th Battalion (d.10th Oct 1918) Wheatley William M.. Pte. 9th Btn. Wiggin John Hervey. Pte. 5th Battalion (d.12th August 1915) Wilderspin Frank. Cpl 2nd Btn Willmott Harry. Pte. 9th Btn. Wood Charles. Pte Woollard Eric. Pte. 7th Battalion (d.13th Oct1915) Wright Charles. Pte. 7th Battalion (d.3rd Jul 1916) Wright Joseph Henry. Pte. 12th Battalion (d.6th Jan 1918) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please. Add a Name to this List More Suffolk Regiment records. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? 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Suffolk Regiment CSM Frederick Keeble MM was my Grandfather, the only thing he told me about the trenches was they had to eat candles when food was short. I'm told he was wounded 4 times and I know he had bullet holes in his legs that Dad said you could put your finger in and that on his death bed the doctor took off his shirt to reveal a lump of shrapnel visible under the skin on his chest, my Grandmother had never seen him without his shirt on so had no idea it was there. I don't really know how he won the MM but the story is they were pinned down by a German machine gun nest and no-one could move, after a while Grandad said 'well I've had enough of this' he advanced on the nest, under fire, lobbed some grenades in and bayoneted the men who came out. After the war Grandads unit were guarding supply trains bound for Germany he was instructed to shoot anyone caught stealing from the trains, an Australian troop train pulled up and the men on board promptly raided the trains which were full of bully beef and all sorts, Grandad is said to have stepped out and on seeing the Australians said 'best we go round the back and have another fag', he wouldn't give the order to open fire, as a result he left the Army without reference which made it hard to get a job. Paul Keeble Add to this record. 1206539 Pte. Sidney Charles Smith 15th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Sidney Charles Smith was born at Darsham, Suffolk, son of Abraham Smith and Charlotte (Nee Hambling). He married Rose Ann Norman in 1904. He enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment on the 4th May, 1915. Served in France and was wounded three times. He was discharged on the 8th February, 1919. His name is on the Roll of Honour inside All Saints Church, Darsham. After the war Sidney learned the shoe trade under Messrs Ives at Halesworth under the government's rehabilitation scheme. He became a boot repairer. In 1923 he became the village Postman at Darsham. He served as the village Postman for the ext 34 years. He died at Darshamon the 11th May, 1960. Mary Felgate Add to this record. 1206412 Pte. James O'Brien 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.23rd March 1917) James O'Brien was killed in action on the 23rd of March1917 and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery in France. He resided at 40 Hargreaves Street, Colne. s flynn Add to this record. 1206216 Pte. Bert John Robinson 2nd Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.8th October 1918) Bert Robinson died on the 8th of October 1918, aged 27 and is buried in the Naves Communal Cemetery Extension in France. s flynn Add to this record. 1206213 Pte. Alfred Parkes 2nd Btn. Suffolk Regiment Alfred Parkes was a Boy Soldier. He was only just 16 years old when he was volunteering in August 1915. He was drafted three months later to the Western Front where he was engaged in several sectors and took part in the Battle of the Somme, the Battle at Arras, the Battle at Cambrai and finally the Battle of St Quentin. During these engagements he was wounded and afterwards returning home he was discharged in November 1918. He holds the 1914 - 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals. Simon Long Add to this record. 1205928 Pte. Albert Hector Holman 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.23rd April 1917) Albert Holman died of wounds on the 23rd of April 1917, aged 28 and is buried in in the Bethune Town Cemetery in France. He was the husband of Ethel Holman, of 45, Milner St., Burnley s flynn Add to this record. 263298 Pte. Thomas Charles Sargent 8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (d.31st July 1917) Thomas Sargent was my father's elder brother. He was born Turvey Beds and served with the 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Michael Sargent Add to this record. 262847 2nd Lt. Samuel Percy Broughton Langley 15th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Percy Langley served with the 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Tom Add to this record. 262574 Pte. George Bidwell 5th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.17th Nov 1918) George Bidwell was wounded on 25th of July 1918 and invalided home. He developed bronchitis during recovery and died in the Western General Hospital, Neath, Glamorganshire on 17th of November 1918. He was the son of Isaac and Sarah Bidwell, born in 1879 in Hesset, Bury St Edmunds. He had married Annie Debenham in 1899 and was living with his children James Edward (1902), Isaac (1904), Charles (1908) and Daisy 1910) in Clay Hall, Great Saxham. He worked as a hurdle maker on the estate. He enlisted in the 5th Suffolk Regiment in 1914 but transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers. Malcolm Lennox Add to this record. 262333 Lt Col. William Berkeley Wallace 1st Batallion Suffolk Regiment When the 1914-1918 war broke out my grandfather, Lt. Col William Wallace, went to France with his unit, the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. The Suffolk Regiment, and my grandfather, soon became embroiled in the Second Battle of Ypres, in April/May 1915. This was one of the few major offensives launched by the Imperial German Army and during this attack poison gas was used for the first time in modern warfare. With no gas masks, soldiers were told to urinate on pieces of rag and to hold them over their faces to prevent the inhaling of the poisonous fumes! For a time my grandfather was in command of a detachment of two battalions in the battle of St Julien in April 1915. Later, in May, he defended Frezenberg Ridge as part of this battle. It was not the gas but the failure of a neighbouring unit to hold its position which left my grandfather’s detachment exposed on one side, of which the Germans took advantage. Grandfather, seeing that he was surrounded decided to save lives and surrender, but not before he had shared out all his cigars among his men so that they did not fall into the hands of the enemy. It is said that when the Germans overran his trench it was shrouded in cigar smoke! My grandfather, then 49, spent the rest of the war as a prisoner until repatriated after the armistice in 1918. Francis Howard Add to this record. 262082 A/Sgt. Arthur Mobbs 1st Btn. Suffolk Regiment My grandfather, Arthur Mobbs was a machine-gun operator and acting sergeant in the 1st Suffolk Battalion in the First World War. I have found out he went to France, Egypt, and Bulgaria and that he had an injury to one of his eyes for which he had treatment. I have tried many times to get some photographs of him or his battalion and would be very grateful if anyone has any to share. Peter Mobbs Add to this record. 261111 Pte. Harry Norman 3rd Btn. Suffolk Regiment Harry Norman was my grandfather. He was invalided out due to an injury to his right arm, and I am on the understanding that the injury he sustained affected him mentally. Due to his state of mind, he was referred to a mental institution at Bury St. Edmonds infirmary. I never got to see him physically. That was probably due to his instability and not knowing how he would react to strangers. None of my aunts, uncles, or cousins has any photos of him. I would like to find a photo of him. Barry Johnson Add to this record. 260897 Pte. David Arthur Sillett 12th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.27th Apr 1918) David Silett was taken prisoner during the offensive at Cambrai during November 1917 and transferred to a POW camp in Germany. He died on 27th of April 1918 of wounds received and is buried in Cologne South Cemetery. Jean Licence Add to this record. 259473 Pte. Arthur Ray 84th Company Machine Gun Corps Originally Arthur Ray was in the 1st Batt Suffolk Regiment. After acquiring his War Medal, internet research has allowed me to narrow down his service details Add to this record. 258165 L/Cpl. William Rose DCM, MM, CdG. 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment William Rose was wounded twice, once in 1915 and then again in 1917. I have found evidence of his citations and the original documents. He is listed in London Gazette as wounded. He carried shrapnel in his head until 1959 when he died of a stroke, caused by it. He married Olive May Heeley in 1917 and had 9 children. Stories passed down says he was one of only a few surviving after moving from one big battle to another. Steve Rose Add to this record. 257567 Sgt. Frederick Rosier 7th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.25th Jul 1915) Frederick Rosier was the eldest son of Brad Rosier of Walsham-le-Willows and his wife, Rebecca. He was educated at Rickinghall Village school and enlisted in the 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment on 15th of March, 1894 and served in the South African War, receiving the Queen's medal with four clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State and Transvaal, and King's medal with two clasps. He took his discharge, on the 14th of March, 1903, and then joined the Reserve for six years. After the outbreak of war he reenlisted in the 7th Sulfolks, on the 7th of Sept. 1914, with his former rank of Sergt., and after acting as Drill Sergeant for some time at Shorncliffe, went to France on 30th of May, 1915, He died in the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne on the 25th of July, 1915, of wounds received in action, he is buried in Boulogne Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote "He was not only a very effiecent sergtant, but also a good keen man on whom I knew I could always rely to carry out the most dangerous of our duties. His pluck when in pain from his wound was magnificent" He was for ten years a bell-ringer at St. Mary's Church, Walsham-le-Willows, and was also secretary of the local branch of his Trade Union. Sergt. Rosier was married at Walsham-le-Willows, 13th Dec. 1902, to Ellen and had three children, Frederick Arthur William, b. 26 July, 1903; Winifred Dorothy, b. 22 May 1906, and Florence Lucy, b. 23 Aug. 1915. Graham Snyder Add to this record. 257543 Pte. Wilfred Rust 8th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.9th Apr 1917) Wilfred Rust was born in 1879 in Pentney, Norfolk. He had two elder brothers and 5 elder sisters. He was in the 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment and died on 9th April 1917, aged 20. Wilfred is buried in Roclincourt Valley Cemetery. Pauline Graves Add to this record. 257315 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. Phil Froom Add to this record. 257201 Cpl. Joseph Benjamin Moss 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment (d.27th April 1917) Joseph Moss served with the 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in WW1. He died 27th of April 1917 aged 41 years and he is remembered on the Loos Memorial in France. Brother of P. T. Moss of 46 Hornby St., Oswaldtwistle, Accrington. Vaughan Ives Add to this record. 257132 Pte Percy Walter "Perce" Cracknell 1st Btn Suffolk Regiment My grandad, Percy Cracknell served with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in WW1. He was on the line for four weeks and then taken prisoner and sent to Rehnbahn Camp. Nigel Cracknell Add to this record.

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