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Selected Biographies
Howe, Bertie – Born: Lavenham, Suffolk on 25.1.1885.[1] Parents: Harry Howe (Agricultural Labourer) [see details below] and Elizabeth [née Bruce]. Family Connections: Father to Richard Bertie Howe [b1920] and brother of Harry Howe [b1880]. Home: Bolton Street, Lavenham, Suffolk (1891) to [1955]. Occupation: Yardman on Farm (1901), Agricultural Labourer (1911 to 1939). Married: Alice Amelia Welham in 1908. Petty Sessions: Bertie was brought before the Melford Magistrate in 1908 on a charge of being drunk and disorderly near his home in Lavenham, receiving a fine of 4s with 3s 6d in costs.[2] He is back in court again in 1926 where he had been summoned by the school attendance officer for not sending his eldest daughter Elsie to school. It was stated that the child had made only made seven appearances in the previous four months. In mitigation he explained that his wife had been taken ill seven months earlier and he needed the help of the 13-year-old to get her three younger siblings ready for school and to prepare the family meals. The Bench appears to have made no allowance for the man’s predicament and handed down a 10s fine.[3] Service Record: No definitive First World War record has been found. Died: Lavenham, Suffolk on 7.1.1955.[4]
Howe, David – Born: Stanstead, Suffolk on 29.5.1893.[5] Parents: Walter Howe (Agricultural Labourer) and Amelia [née Roper] of Long Melford. Family Connections: Brother to Walter Thomas Howe [b1891]; also, cousin of Thomas Howe [b1881], and brother-in-law of Charles William French [b1884], George Albert French [b1889] and Harry Ernest French [b1892]. Home: Lower Street, Stanstead, Suffolk (1901 and 1911), 36 High Street, Long Melford [1917], 9 Council House, High Street, Long Melford (1939). Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1911) Stockman for Samuel Bigg Turner of Cranmore Farm [1917], Gardener and Air Raid Warden (1939). Married: Blanche Lilla French of Long Melford in 1915. Service Record: David was conscripted on 24.6.1916. At the Military Service Tribunal in early July 1916, his employer, Samuel Turner of Cranmore Farm, applied for his exemption. The case was adjourned and re-examined at the end of the month, where the panel granted him his final exemption up to 31.10.1916.[6] David Howe was mobilised on 17.1.1917 as Pte.330996 of 3/1st [Reserve] Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, transferring on 5.4.1917 as Pte.97507 to 69th Machine Gun Company, being posted to France from 3.6.1917 as part of 69th Brigade, 23rd Division. In November 1917 he was sent to Italy where his Division was stationed at Montello, covering a section of the front line against the forces of Austria-Hungary. On 1.4.1918 his unit was incorporated as ‘B’ Company of 23rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, within the same Division.[7] Less than two weeks later he received a gunshot wound to his left knee, initially treated at No. 62 General Hospital then moving to No. 16 Convalescent Depot in Marseilles to recuperate, returning to his battalion in late August. David received his discharge in February 1919.[8] Died: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in 1970.
Howe, Emmanuel – Born: Lavenham, Suffolk in 1798. Parents: John Howe [Woolcomber] and Jessie [née Barton]. Family Connections: Father to William Howe [b1829] and Samuel Edmund Howe [b1837]. Home: Bolton Street, Lavenham, Suffolk (1841), Pigs Pit, Lavenham, Suffolk (1851). Occupation: Apprenticed to his father John Howe becoming a Freeman in 1820. Woolcomber (1851). Married: Eliza Jonas in 1820. Criminal Record: Emmanuel was sentenced in May 1849 to 14 days in Bury Goal for damaging underwood growing in Brent Eleigh, the property of Sir R. S. Adiar.[9] He next comes to public notice when in May 1855, together with his wife and son Samuel, he was committed to Bury Goal for stealing some birch brooms and other items in Lavenham.[10] The three were again before the court only a matter of weeks later when they were again tried for larceny.[11] Died: buried in St Peter and St Paul Church, Lavenham on 29.4.1864.
Howe, Henry ‘Harry’ – Born: Lavenham, Suffolk in 1858. Parents: William Howe (Agricultural Labourer) [see detail below] and Elizabeth Ann [née Barrell]. Family Connections: Father to Harry Howe [b1880] and Bertie Howe [b1885]; also, nephew of Samuel Edmund Howe [b1837]. Home: Bolton Street, Lavenham, Suffolk (1861 to 1921). Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1861 to 1911), Night Soil Collector (1921). Married: Elizabeth Bruce in 1881. Criminal Record: Harry was brought before the Petty Sessions at Melford in January 1874, together with his father, on the charge of trespassing in search of rabbits on private land in Preston St Marys. Harry, who had pleaded guilty to the charge, was informed that if he gave up his ferret, which had already been confiscated by the landowner, he would be let off any further penalty. The young man refused and consequently was handed a 4s fine with the addition of 6s in costs, failure to pay resulting in 7 days hard labour.[12] Died: Sudbury, Suffolk district in 1949.
Howe, Harry – Born: Lavenham, Suffolk on 9.12.1880.[13] Parents: Harry Howe (Agricultural Labourer) [see detail above] and Elizabeth [née Bruce]. Family Connections: Brother to Bertie Howe [b1885] and uncle of Richard Bertie Howe [b1920]. Home: Bolton Street, Lavenham, Suffolk (1891 to 1939). Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1911 to 1939). Petty Sessions: Harry fell foul of the law in 1908 when he was brought before the Melford Magistrate on a charge of being drunk and disorderly, and of making ‘use of the worst of language’ to the arresting officer. In his defence he called Bertie Howe, his younger brother, to vouch for his sobriety on the night in question. As Bertie was himself up that morning on a similar charge, the Bench chose to discount his testimony, fining Harry 5s, with 5s costs and Bertie, 4s with 3s 6d in costs.[14] Service Record: Harry enlisted on 24.6.1915 as Pte.1895/20645 with ‘M’ Company, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment and stationed at Felixstowe. He was sent to the military hospital in Bury St Edmunds and upon examination and assessment, the medical officer commenting that “this man is mentally deficient, and I consider him a danger. His instructors report that they can do nothing with him. He is continually being punished for absence. Recommended a discharge by the travelling medical board.” He was eventually discharged on 12.10.1915 as ‘not being likely to become an efficient soldier …’.[15]
Howe, Harry Stanley – Born: Forest Gate, London on 1.8.1889.[16] Parents: Harry Charles Howe of Long Melford (Gardener) and Harriett [née Payne]. Family Connections: Brother to Richard Ambrose Howe [b1886]. Home: 9 Nursery Lane, Forest Gate, Essex (1891), 37 Wadley Road, Leyton, Essex (1901), 11 Clifton Terrace, Forest Road, Loughton, Essex (1911). Occupation: Carman (1911), Munition’s Worker [1917]. Service Record: Harry was conscripted on 26.4.1917 as Ordinary Seaman No. J69986 with the Royal Navy, serving on the protected cruisers HMS Royal Arthur and HMS Pactolus from November 1917 to June 1918.[17]
Howe, Richard Ambrose – Born: Forest Gate, London on 25.11.1886.[18] Parents: Harry Charles Howe of Long Melford (Gardener) and Harriett [née Payne]. Family Connections: Brother to Harry Stanley Howe [b1889]. Home: 9 Nursery Lane, Forest Gate, Essex (1891), 37 Wadley Road, Leyton, Essex (1901), 11 Clifton Terrace, Forest Road, Loughton, Essex (1911), 122 Burleigh Road, Enfield, Middlesex (1939) to [1965]. Occupation: Gardener (1901), Labourer (1911), Munitions Worker [1916], Railway Capstan Man (1939). Married: Hilda Edith Annie Stone in 1921. Service Record: Richard was conscripted on 15.8.1916 as Pte.27457 with 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, being posted to the Western Front on 12.12.1916 as part of 24th Brigade, 8th Division, seeing saw action during the Third Battles of Ypres in 1917.[19] Private Howe received his discharge in February 1919.[20] Died: Enfield, Middlesex in 1965.
Howe, Richard Bertie – Born: Lavenham, Suffolk on 11.11.1920.[21] Parents: Bertie Howe (Agricultural Labourer) and Alice Amelia [née Welham]. Family Connections: Nephew of Harry Howe [b1880]. Home: 5 Bolton Street, Lavenham, Suffolk (1921). Occupation: Milk Roundsman [1936 to 1942]. Married: Dorothy Barbara Pearman in 1948. Petty Sessions: In 1936 Walter Turner, a farmer from Brent Eleigh who kept a dairy herd at Clay Hill Farm in Lavenham, was summoned before the Melford Petty Sessions in Long Melford ‘for selling, by the hands of his servant, to the prejudice of the purchaser, milk which was 19 per cent deficient in milk fat’. The servant was Richard Howe, the barely 16 years of age, who was engaged as the farmer’s milk roundsman and had delivered the milk in question from a tap at the base of the churn. As the Bench considered there was no evidence of fraudulent intent, however the absence of a plunger which would have eliminated the problem, was responsible for the technical failure. The Farmer was fined £1 with no blame attaching to Howe.[22] Service Record: Richard enlisted as Pte.5828572 with 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, later being promoted to the rank of Corporal. In October 1941 his unit, as part of 54th Infantry Brigade, 18th Division, was transported by ship to Singapore to bolster the island’s defences. The Suffolks were moved to Ponggol Point at the north of the Island directly in the path of the advancing enemy where Howe and his comrades suffered the effects of concentrated aerial bombardment. Retreating southwest to the Bukit Timah Road the men came under a constant attack by mortar fire and strafing from enemy machine-guns. Their bitter defence was brought to an abrupt halt when the officer commanding the island garrison surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army. On 17.2.1942 the men of 5th Suffolks joined other Allied troops on the parade ground at Raffles College, to formally lay down their arms and place their lives in the hands of their captors. Three and a half years of brutality, starvation and enforced back-breaking labour constructing the infamous Burma Railway was to follow.[23] Died: on 14.12.1964 in Cambridge and buried in Lavenham Cemetery.
Howe, Samuel Edmund – Born: Lavenham, Suffolk in 1837. Parents: Emmanuel Howe (Woolcomber) [see details above] and Eliza [née Jonas]. Family Connections: Brother to William Howe [b1829] and uncle of Harry Howe [b1858]. Home: Bolton Street, Lavenham, Suffolk (1841), Pigs Pit, Lavenham (1851). Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1851). Criminal Record: Samuel’s issues with law and order first became public in 1854 when as a teenager he was in court for damaging a fence in his home village, resulting a twenty-one-day spell of hard labour in Bury Gaol.[24] In May 1855 together with his parents he was committed to Bury for stealing some birch brooms and other items in Lavenham.[25] The three were again before the court only weeks later when they tried for larceny.[26] Drinking and fighting were also close companions when with his brother Henry he was found to have caused a breach of the peace by fighting in Prentice Street in the early hours of a Sunday morning in January 1865, his brother paying a surety, being bound to keep the peace for a period of three months.[27] Died: Lavenham, Suffolk on 18.2.1900.[28]
Howe, Thomas – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 22.5.1881.[29] Parents: Henry Howe (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Emma [née Beales]. Family Connections: Cousin of Walter Thomas Howe [b1891] and David Howe [b1893]. Home: 41 Wilson Street, Limehouse, London [1904], 77 Dorset Road, Forest Gate, London (1911), 184 South Esk Road, Forest Gate [1917], 257 Monega Road, East Ham, London (1939). Occupation: Packer in a Drapery Warehouse (1911 to 1939). Married: Alice Lilian Wilson in 1904. Service Record: Thomas was conscripted on 24.6.1916 and mobilised on 31.3.1917 as Pte.2/21633 with ‘D’ Company, 77th [Training Reserve] Battalion. He was transferred as Pte.221515 to 457th [Home Service] Employment Company, Labour Corps, being posted to France from 2.2.1918 to join 32nd Labour Company. In February 1919 he was transferred to 29th Labour Company, receiving his discharge shortly after.[30]
Howe, Thomas ‘Tom’ – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 30.9.1881.[31] Parents: William Howe (Agricultural Labourer) and Rachel Maria [née Perry] (Horsehair Weaver). Family Connections: Brother to William Edward Howe [b1892]; also, cousin of Jack Woodgate [b1890] and Harry Woodgate [b1896], brother-in-law of Charles William Reeve [b1876]. Home: Wilton Court, Long Melford (1901), 41 High Street, Long Melford (1911), 11 Council House, High Street, Long Melford (1939). Occupation: Horseman and Ploughman on High Street Farm, Long Melford. (1911) to [1917], Agricultural Labourer (1939). Married: Emma Reeve in 1900. Service Record: At the Melford Military Service Tribunal in June 1916 George Deeks, Tom’s employer applied for his exemption. He was granted four months grace before conscription. In February 1917 the Tribunal confirmed that any further exemption was conditional on a substitute being found to take his place in the Army, and on his joining the Long Melford Volunteer Training Corps.[32] It is not known if such a substitute was forthcoming, or if his certificate remained valid until the end of hostilities, however no definitive military record has been found to suggest otherwise. Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1961.
Howe, Walter Thomas – Born: Stanstead, Suffolk on 20.12.1890.[33] Parents: Walter Howe (Agricultural Labourer) and Amelia [née Roper] of Long Melford. Family Connections: Brother to David Howe [b1893] and cousin of Thomas Howe [b1881]. Home: Lower Street, Stanstead, Suffolk (1891 to 1911), Cranmore Hill, Long Melford (1939). Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1911), Horseman for Samuel Bigg Turner of Cranmore Farm [1916]. Stockman (1939). Married: Alice Sparrow in 1914. Service Record: At the Military Service Tribunal in July 1916 Walter’s employer Samuel Turner applied for his exemption. The case was adjourned and re-examined at the end of the month, where the panel granted him his final exemption up to 31.10.1916, at which point he should have been conscripted.[34] Although no definitive military record has been found, Walter may have attested as Pte. G/30574 with 1st Battalion, The Queen’s [Royal West Surrey] Regiment.[35] Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1978.
Howe, William – Born: Lavenham, Suffolk in 1829. Parents: Emmanuel Howe (Woolcomber) [see details above] and Eliza [née Jonas]. Family Connections: Father to Harry Howe [b1858] and brother of Samuel Edmund Howe [b1837]. Home: Bolton Street, Lavenham, Suffolk (1841), Pigs Pit, Lavenham (1851), Bolton Street, Lavenham (1861 to 1881), High Street, Great Chesterfield, Essex (1891), Mill Cottages, Walden Road, Great Chesterford (1901), Carmen Street, Great Chesterford (1911). Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1851 to 1881), Gamekeeper (1891 to 1901). Married: Elizabeth Ann Barrell in 1854. Newspaper Reports: By 1878 twelve adults and children were crammed into the tiny dwelling in Bolton Street and is perhaps no surprise that tensions with neighbours might occur. One such was reported in May when Sarah Street was summoned before the Magistrates in Melford for assaulting three of the Howe children who were playing on the path near the defendant’s house. An eyewitness swore to seeing Mrs Street, who had been previously sitting on her front step, get up and disappear into her house, returning shortly after with a tea pot of hot water which she poured over the children. Sarah Street received a one shilling fine.[36] A grotesque tragedy hit the family in the following year which was reported in the local press as follows: A little boy, aged two years, son of William Howe, a labourer residing in Boulton [sic] Street, fell into a copper of boiling water a few days since, during its mother’s absence. The surgeon was sent for and did his best for the sufferer, but the poor child died two days after the accident.[37] Criminal Record: William was summoned in January 1869 for unlawfully killing two partridges on private land at Preston St Marys on 23 December. He pleaded guilty, being fined 20s with 6s 6d costs. Five years would pass before he was back at the Melford Petty Sessions on another charge of trespassing, on this occasion in search of rabbits and again on private land in Preston. Then as with the earlier incident it had occurred two days before Christmas, and naively hoping for the Bench’s understanding and leniency, the defendant stated that he was presently out of work and had a family of twelve to support. They were not to be assuaged and handed down a 7s fine with a like amount in costs, failure to pay resulting in 14 days had labour. In the summer of 1881 William Howe was again caught in the act of poaching and fined £1 with 7s costs.[38] Died: Saffron Walden, Essex in 1919.
Howe, William Edward – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 14.5.1892.[39] Parents: William Howe (Agricultural Labourer) and Rachel Maria [née Perry] (Horsehair Weaver). Family Connections: Brother to Tom Howe [b1881]; also, cousin of Jack Woodgate [b1890] and Harry Woodgate [b1896]. Home: The Green, Long Melford (1901), McGregor Barracks, Stanhope Lines, Aldershot, Hampshire (1911), 15 Alfred Road, Brentwood, Essex [1922], South Lodge, Warley Place, Great Warley, Brentwood, Essex (1939), The Cottage, Warburton, Roundwood Avenue, Hutton Mount, Essex [1942]. Occupation: Soldier (1911), Gardener [1922] to (1939). Married: Amy Edith Thorpe in 1922.[40] Service Record: William enlisted before 1911 as a Private in 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.[41] It is not known if he saw service during the First World War as no extant record has been found. Died: Billericay, Essex on 7.12.1942.[42]
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Bachelor, Ernest Godfrey – Born: Frant, Tonbridge, Kent on 15.10.1892.[43] Parents: William Henry Bachelor (Gardener) and Fanny Maria [née Langridge] (Laundress). Home: 3 Yew Tree Cottages, Frant Road, Frant, Kent (1901), Military Barracks, Lydd, Kent (1911), Cemetery House, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge, Kent (1939), 21 St Pauls Close, Cage Green, Tonbridge [1973]. Occupation: Gardener [1914], Cemetery Superintendent and ARP Mortuary Superintendent (1939). Married: Alice Mary Howe in 1919. Service Record: Ernest enlisted in 1909 as a Tpr.5301 with 11th Hussars [Prince Albert’s Own], transferring 13th Hussars in 1910. He was posted to Meerut in India from 1912 to 1914, transferring to the Western Front on 19.11.1914 as part 2nd Indian Cavalry Division. On 27.6.1916 he was posted with his unit to the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, coming under the command of 7th [Meerut] Cavalry Brigade and seeing action at the Second Battle of Kut and the capture of Baghdad in 1917 and the Battle of Shargat in 1918. Bachelor returned to England in 1919, receiving his discharge in 1921.[44] Died: Tonbridge, Kent on 12.1.1973.[45]
Halliwell, Frank – Born: in 1890. Home: 575 Kings Road, Fulham, London [1917], 467 Fulham Road, Fulham [1929 to 1934 ER], 45 Banksea Street, Fulham [1939]. Married: Daisy Maud Howe of Long Melford in 1917. Service Record: Frank enlisted on 12.8.1914 as Pte.8188 with the Coldstream Guards, transferring as Spr.86120 to the Royal Engineers.[46] Died: Paddington, London in 1935.
Woodgate, Harry – Born: Acton, Suffolk on 9.5.1896.[47] Parents: Harry Woodgate (Agricultural Labourer) and Ann Maria [née Howe] of Long Melford (Horsehair Weaver). Family Connections: Brother to Jack Woodgate [b1890] and nephew of Charles Robert Woodgate [b1877]; also, cousin of Thomas Howe [b1881] and William Edward Howe [b1892]. Home: Acton Green, Acton, Suffolk (1901 and 1911), 18 Lydia Road, Erith, Kent [1916]. Service Record: Harry was attested as Pte.23537 with 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, posted to France as part of 76th Brigade, 3rd Division.[48] Died: Private Woodgate was listed as missing presumed killed in action on 20.7.1916 at Longueval near Delville Wood when 2nd Suffolks pushed forward to relieve 1st South African Brigade that were in imminent danger of being wiped out. The South Africans managed to extricate themselves; the Suffolks however lost several hundred men from its leading companies, including Harry Woodgate. This attack was one of countless others that formed part of the wider Somme Offensive of 1916. The bravery of the Battalion did not go unrecorded at home, the special correspondent of The Times wrote the following, which was reprinted in the Suffolk and Essex Free Press: It is also now permissible to mention the gallantry of the Suffolks in the earlier operations in one of the larger woods where there has been most desperate fighting. Two companies of the Suffolks seem to have sacrificed themselves when it was necessary that the wood should be held at whatever cost, throwing themselves into it under conditions which meant practical obliteration. But they held the wood.[49] Harry is buried in London Cemetery and Extension [grave ref: 3.G.14], Longueval, Somme, France, and is commemorated on the Memorial Plaque in All Saints Church at Acton in Suffolk.[50]
Woodgate, Jack – Born: Acton, Suffolk in 1890. Parents: Harry Woodgate (Agricultural Labourer) and Ann Maria [née Howe] of Long Melford (Horsehair Weaver). Family Connections: Brother to Harry Woodgate [b1896] and nephew of Charles Robert Woodgate [b1877]; also, cousin of Thomas Howe [b1881] and William Edward Howe [b1892]. Home: Spond, Acton, Suffolk (1891), living with Robert Woodgate (Grandfather) at Acton Green, Acton, Suffolk (1901 and 1911). Occupation: Horseman on Farm (1911). Service Record: Jack enlisted as Pte.14288 with 9th [Service] Battalion, Suffolk Regiment and posted to France from 31.8.1915 as part of 71st Brigade, 24th Division. In early August 1916 the Battalion was transferred from the Ypres Salient to the Somme Front. On 13.9.1916 9th Suffolks took part in a large-scale assault on the German stronghold known as the Quadrilateral, one of many such actions during the Somme Offensive of that year. Several attempts were made by the Suffolks to reach the objective across 400 yards of open ground; all were met with such a concentration of fire from the Quadrilateral that any progress proved impossible. Over 200 men were either killed or wounded in the first hour.[51] Died: Private Woodgate was listed as missing presumed killed in the action of 13.9.1916 and is buried in Guillemont Road Cemetery [grave ref: X.H.10], Somme, France, and is commemorated on the Memorial Plaque in All Saints Church at Acton in Suffolk.[52]
Notes – [1] 1939 Register. [2] South West Suffolk Echo 2.5.1908. [3] See A LITTLE MOTHER – Bury Free Press 13.3.1926. [4] National Probate Calendar. [5] Baptism Register 30.7.1893, St James Church, Stanstead, Suffolk. [6] For the Tribunal’s rulings see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 5.7.1916 and 26.7.1916. [7] For details of 69th Brigade Machine Gun Company’s movements on the Western Front see War Diary [WO 95/2184/5] and for 23rd Battalion MGC in Italy see War Diary [WO 95/4233]. [8] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329], and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [9] Bury and Norwich Post 23.5.1849. [10] The Suffolk Chronicle 19.5.1855. [11] [TNA – HO27/112] Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales, 1805-1892. [12] Bury and Norwich Post 20.1.1874. [13] 1939 Register. [14] South West Suffolk Echo 2.5.1908. [15] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363]. [16] Date of birth from RN Record. [17] Royal Navy Record [ADM188/780]. [18] 1939 Register. [19] For details of the battalion’s involvement during Third Ypres see War Diary [WO 95/1722/1-3]. [20] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Medal Roll [WO 329], and Medal Index Card [WO 372]. [21] See POW Record Card. [22] MILK FAT DEFICIENY – Brent Eleigh Farmer’s Technical Failure – Melford Magistrate’s Decision. Newmarket Journal 1.2.1936. [23] Based on the testimony of Ken Bailey as reproduced by COFEPOW through their website www.cofepow, org.uk. [24] The Suffolk Chronicle 6.5.1854. [25] The Suffolk Chronicle 19.5.1855. [26] [TNA – HO27/112] Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales, 1805-1892. [27] Bury and Norwich Post 31.1.1865. [28] Death Notice in Bury Free Press 24.2.1900. [29] Baptism Register 6.6.1881, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [30] See also his Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329], and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [31] 1939 Register for Long Melford. [32] For the Tribunal’s rulings see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 21.6.1916 and 28.2.1917. [33] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 30.7.1893, St James Church, Stanstead, Suffolk, the Death Index however, gives his birth date as 20.12.1890. [34] For details of the Tribunal’s rulings see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 5.7.1916 and 26.7.1916. [35] Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [36] Bury and Norwich Post 21.5.1878. An account in the Bury Free Press 18.6.1881 suggests that Mrs Street was given fits of rage which may have been exacerbated by her profound deafness. [37] see also SAD DEATH OF CHILD Bury Free Press 4.1.1879. [38] Bury and Norwich Post 12.1.1869, 20.1.1874 and 12.7.1881. [39] Baptism Register 3.7.1892, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [40] Spouse’s name taken from the 1939 Register for Brentwood, Essex, which also records the same birth date. See also Marriage Register 17.4.1922, Christchurch, Forest Hill, Lewisham, London for address and spouse’s full name. [41] His rank and battalion are taken from the UK Census for 1911. [42] National Probate Calendar. [43] 1939 Register. [44] Royal Tank Corps 1919-1946 record, Medal Roll [WO 329] and Medal Index Card [WO 372]. [45] National Probate Calendar. [46] Medal Roll [WO 329] and Medal Index Card [WO 372]. [47] Date of birth from Admission Register 18.9.1899, Acton Primary School, Acton, Suffolk. [48] Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [49] For more detail of the action see 2nd Suffolk’s War Diary [WO 95/1437/1] and Murphy, Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. R. The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914-1927 [London: Hutchinson and Co, 1928], pp.182-84. For the reprinted Times article, The Clearing of Delville. Suffolks’ Sacrifice, see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 2.8.1916. [50] British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 557218] and Commonwealth War Graves Commission record. [51] For details of this and other actions of 1916 see 9th Suffolk’s War Diary [WO 95/1625/1] and Murphy, Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. R. The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914-1927 [London: Hutchinson and Co, 1928], pp.194-96. See also Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [52] British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 557270] and Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
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