Selected Biographies

Danes, Archibald Victor – Born: Foxearth, Essex on 18.10.1899.[1]. Parents: George Danes (Brewer’s Drayman) and Elizabeth [née Radford].  Family Connections: Brother to Arthur William Danes [b1898] and son-in-law of Henry March of Long Melford [b1874].  Home: The Street, Foxearth, Essex (1901 to 1939), St Marys Street, Long Melford [1960].  Occupation: Racking for Ward & Sons, Brewers of Foxearth (1921), Mineral Water Maker (1939).  Married: Syble Gertrude March of Long Melford in 1930.  Service Record: Archibald was conscripted as Pte.54227 with 2^nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s [Royal Berkshire Regiment], transferring as Pte.28182 to 2^nd Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh’s [Wiltshire Regiment].[2]  It is not known if Private Danes served on the Western Front as his Service Record is no longer extant; both battalions, however, took part in major actions during around Ypres in 1917 and in the Somme valley in 1918. He is also recorded as a First World War veteran on the Roll of Honour in St Peter and St Paul Church in Foxearth.  Died: St Leonards Hospital, Sudbury, Suffolk on 13.8.1960.[3]

Danes, Arthur William – Born: Foxearth, Essex on 27.7.1898.[4] Parents: George Danes (Brewer’s Drayman) and Elizabeth [née Radford].  Family Connections: Brother to Archibald Victor Danes [b1899].  Home: The Street, Foxearth, Essex (1901 to 1911), 7 Brook Terrace, Sible Hedingham, Essex (1939).  Occupation: Brewer’s Drayman [1917], Carpenter and Joiner (1939).  Married: Emily M. Webb in 1924.  Service Record: Arthur was conscripted 12.4.1917 as Dvr.211582 with the Remount Depot of the Royal Field Artillery.  He was posted to the Western Front on 28.12.1917 as part of a Divisional Ammunition Column.[5]  He is also recorded as a First World War veteran on the Roll of Honour in St Peter and St Paul Church in Foxearth.  Died: Halstead, Essex in 1969.

Related Biography

March, Harry – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 3.7.1874.[6]  Parents: Henry March (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Emma (Horsehair Weaver).  Family Connections: Brother to Thomas George March [b1879] and William Ernest March [b1882]; also, cousin of Alfred William March [b1894], father-in-law of Archibald Victor Danes [b1899] and brother-in-law of Harry Duce [b1886].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1881), St Marys Street, Long Melford (1891), Hall Street, Long Melford (1901), St Marys Street, Long Melford (1911 to 1939), The Nookery, Hall Street, Long Melford [1949].[7]  Occupation: Coconut Mat Binder (1891), Bakery Manager (1901), Baker (1911) to [1937], Master Baker (1939).  Married: Rose Ettridge in 1896.  Service Record: Harry was a member of the Long Melford Volunteer Training Corps from 1915.[8]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk on 2.7.1949.[9]

Notes – [1] 1939 Register. [2] Medal Roll [WO 329]. [3] National Probate Calendar. [4] 1939 Register. [5] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363] and Medal Roll [WO 329]. [6] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 6.9.1874, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  The 1939 Register for Long Melford records his birth date as 5.7.1874. [7] Recorded as Henry March on the UK Census for 1881 and 1891. [8] For Training Corps articles see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 29.12.1915 and 27.12.1916. [9] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.