Selected Biographies

Hines, Frederick – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 4.3.1878.[1]  Parents: Henry Hines (Flax Scutcher) and Anna Maria ‘Hannah’ [née Aldridge].  Family Connections: Brother to Henry Hines [b1874]; also, uncle of Harold Henry Hines [b1899] and Frederick William Hines [b1901], and brother-in-law of David Border [b1881] and Percy Andrew Martin [b1882].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1881), Flax Mills, later to become Stafford Allen and Sons, Herbal Oils Distillery, Long Melford (1891 to 1901), 1 Star Cottages, St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1911), Park View, The Green, Long Melford (1939).  Occupation: Gardener (1901), Bricklayer’s Labourer (1911), Gardener (1939).  Married: Florence Maud Trott in 1933.  Service Record: Frederick was a member of the Long Melford Volunteer Training Corps in 1915.[2]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1967.

Hines, Frederick William – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 25.5.1901.[3]  Parents: Henry Hines (Essential Oil Distiller) and Hannah Rutter [née Cook].  Family Connections: Brother to Harold Henry Hines [b1899] and nephew of Frederick Hines [b1878].  Home: St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1911), 9 Bull Lane, Long Melford (1939).  Occupation: Grocery Manager and Special Police Constable (1939).  Married: Ivy Dora Maynard in 1931.  Service Record: It is not known if Frederick saw military service during the First World War as no definitive record has been found.  Died: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in 1971.

Hines, Harold Henry – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 5.10.1899.[4]  Parents: Henry Hines (Essential Oil Distiller) and Hannah Rutter [née Cook].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick William Hines [b1901] and nephew of Frederick Hines [b1878].  Home: St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1901 and 1911), 10 Stansfield, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (1939), Iona, Hall Street, Long Melford [1984].  Occupation: Assistant Postman [1916], Head Postman (1939).  Married: Emily Violet Wood in 1927.  Service Record: It is not known if Harold saw military service during the First World War as no definitive record has been found.  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk on 12.12.1983.[5]

Hines, Henry – Born: Yaxley, Suffolk on 3.4.1874.[6]  Parents: Henry Hines (Flax Scutcher) and Anna Maria ‘Hannah’ [née Aldridge].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Hines [b1878]; also, father of Harold Henry Hines [b1899] and Frederick William Hines [b1901], and brother-in-law of David Border [b1881] and Percy Andrew Martin [b1882].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1881), St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1901) to [1950].  Occupation: Still Minder at Chemical Works (1901), Essential Oil Distiller (1911 to 1939).  Married: Hannah Rutter Cook in 1898.  Service Record: It is not known if Henry saw military service during the First World War as no definitive record has been found.  Died: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on 2.9.1950.

Hines, Herbert Charles – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk on 7.12.1893. Parents: Elijah Hines of Long Melford (Grocer’s Assistant) and Emma Maria [née Wheeler].  Family Connections: Brother to Reginald Wheeler Hines [b1896].  Home: Newmans Road, Sudbury, Suffolk (1901), Shrathmore, Galleywood, Chelmsford, Essex (1911), 24 Humphrey Road, Sudbury (1939).  Occupation: Baker (1911), Driver Postman (1939).  Married: Frances Louise Page in 1936.  Service Record: Herbert enlisted in January 1912 as Second Class Mate N^o. M.4055 in the Royal Navy.  He served on the armoured cruiser HMS Shannon from 1914 to 1917, seeing action at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.  He transferred to the Royal Air Force from 29.6.1918, returning to the Royal Navy on 3.11.1918.[8]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1960.

Hines, Reginald Wheeler – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk on 19.5.1896.[9]  Parents: Elijah Hines of Long Melford (Grocer’s Assistant) and Emma Maria [née Wheeler].  Family Connections: Brother to Herbert Charles Hines [b1893].  Home: Newmans Road, Sudbury, Suffolk (1901), 1 Queens Terrace, Suffolk Road, Sudbury (1911), 7 Clay Hills, Pebmarsh, Essex (1939) to [1959].  Occupation: Painter and Decorator (1911 to 1939).  Married: Ellen May King in 1919.  Service Record: Reginald attested as Pte.301669 with the Durham Light Infantry, transferring as Pte.239146 to the Labour Corps.[10]  Died: Pebmarsh, Essex on 1.2.1959.[11]

Related Biographies

Border, David – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 4.7.1881.[12]  Parents: Charles Border (Plate Layer for Great Eastern Railway) and Ellen [née Starling].  Family Connections: Brother to Arthur Starling Border [b1892] and Frederick George Border [b1895]; also, cousin of Harry Edward Border [b1889], Frederick Charles Border [b1889] and David George Border [b1896], and brother-in-law of Henry Hines [b1874], Frederick Hines [b1878], William James Debenham [b1878] and Frederick William Byford [b1888].  Home: St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1891), Stafford Allen and Sons, Long Melford (1901), Hall Street, Long Melford (1911), St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1939).  Occupation: Vegetable Extract Maker (1901 and 1911), Galenical Maker for Stafford Allen and Sons, Distillers of Herbal Oils (1939).  Married: Emily Hines in 1901.  Service Record: David attested on 5.5.1914 as Pte.5331 with 1/4^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, serving in France at Albert on the Somme in March 1917, as part of 98^th Brigade, 33^rd Division.  In 1917 he was issued with a new regimental number as Pte.202141.  The following year David’s unit was placed under the command of 58^th [2^nd London] Division as a Pioneer battalion, its companies split between the Division’s three brigades, and employed in digging and repairing trenches.  On the morning of 21.3.1918 the Division came under a ferocious bombardment from poison gas and high explosive shells, heralding the start of Operation Michael, the opening phase of the German Spring Offensive.  The lifting of the barrage was followed quickly by attacks from stormtroopers and wave upon wave of enemy infantry on the unit’s positions on the River Oise, the southernmost flank of the German advance.  Border’s unit was engaged in strengthening the forward trenches when the attack came, with pickaxes and spades being quickly swapped for rifles as every weapon was brought to bear in an attempt to stem the enemy onslaught.  The men held up the advance at the village of Tergnier until the following day, before being forced to join the general withdrawal.  This continued for more than a month with the Suffolks digging and abandoning trenches every few days.  However, by early April the main force of the advance had been spent, some 10 miles short of Amiens one of its major objectives.  It was on the eastern defence line of the city at the town of Villers-Bretonneux that the Suffolks found itself entrenched towards the end of the month.  On 24.4.1918 the Germans launched an attack on the town with tanks and infantry, which fell briefly before being re-captured after heavy fighting the following day.  The battalion remained in this sector throughout the summer, digging and reinforcing positions near Derancourt on the Amiens to Albert Road.  By the middle of July, the wider Spring Offensive had ground to a halt, leaving more than 1,500,000 German, French and British casualties in its wake.  On 8.8.1918 the tide of the War turned when the British Forth Army, of which Private Border’s unit was a very small part, spearheaded an overwhelming assault, supported by 500 tanks and nearly 2,000 aircraft.  The Battle of Amiens punched a hole 15 miles wide and 7 miles deep into the rear of the enemy front line, the power and speed of the attack catching the Germans completely off guard, resulting in the capture of 16,000 prisoners by the end of the first day.  For David however the day was memorable for other reasons, receiving a shrapnel wound to his left thigh, which would effectively end any further active service.  Two days later he was moved to N^o. 41 Casualty Clearing Station at Pernois, 15 miles north of Amiens, then to N^o. 32 Stationary Hospital at Wimereux, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, before being invalided to Leicester Hospital in England for yet more treatment.  He was issued with Silver War Badge and discharged in April 1919 through illness, suggesting that by this time his wounds had healed.[13]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1957.

Martin, Percy Andrew – Born: Ballingdon, Essex on 6.12.1882.[14]  Parents: Herbert Kirby Martin (Labourer in Brickyard) and Maria [née Dare] of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to Bertie Martin [b1885], Alfred Martin [b1890], Basil James Martin [b1892] and Ernest William Martin [b1895]; also, brother-in-law of Henry Hines [b1874] and Frederick Hines of Long Melford [b1878].  Home: 2 Harrows Yard, Ballingdon Street, Ballingdon, Essex (1891), Royal Garrison Artillery Barracks in Sheerness, Kent (1901), Royal Artillery School of Gunnery in Shoeburyness, Essex (1911), Long Melford [1916 to 1918], Bridge Cottages, North Shoeburyness [1922], 36 Herbert Road, Shoeburyness (1939) to [1958].  Occupation: Labourer [1900], Soldier [1900 to 1922], Labourer at Shoeburyness Artillery Barracks and a Royal Artillery Pensioner (1939).  Married: Ellen Amelia Hines of Long Melford in 1916.[15]  Service Record: Percy enlisted in 1900 as Pte.5285 with 3^rd [Militia] Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.  He re-enlisted in 1901 as Gnr.6926 with the Royal Garrison Artillery, receiving his discharge in 1922.  It is not known if he served overseas.[16]  Died: Shoeburyness, Essex on 11.8.1958.[17]

Notes – [1] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 29.6.1878, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  [2] For Training Corps article see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 10.3.1915.  [3] Date of birth from the 1939 Register.  [4] Date of birth from School Admission Register, 18.5.1903.  [5] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.  [6] Date of birth from the 1939 Register.  [7] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.  [8] Date of birth from his Air Member for Personnel and predecessors: Airman’s Records [AIR 79/2723], also see Royal Navy Registers of Seaman’s Services [ADM 188/1026] and Medal and Award Rolls [ADM 171/105].  [9] Date of birth from the 1939 Register for Halstead Rural District in Essex.  [10] Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [11] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.  [12] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 7.8.1881, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  [13] For details of the action at Amiens see 1/4^th Suffolk’s War Diary [WO 95/2427/2] and Murphy, Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. R. The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914-1927 [London: Hutchinson and Co, 1928], pp.293-4.  Also see his Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War, Silver War Badge [WO 329] record [ref: B293640], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [14] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 5.4.1885, All Saints Church, Sudbury, Suffolk.  [15] Marriage Register 15.7.1916, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford [ref: FL509/4/14] and Baptism Register 8.10.1918, St Catherines Mission Church, Long Melford [ref: FL664/4/1], both held at Bury St Edmunds Record Office.  [16] Chelsea Hospital British Army Service Record [WO 97] up to 1901 and RA Attestation Record [1400595].  [17] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.