Selected Biography

Meggs, Henry ‘Harry’ Philip – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 30.10.1895.[1]  Parents: Harry Meggs (Groom, later Hotel Cab Driver) and Emma [née Howe].  Home: St Catherines Road, Long Melford [1895], Cadges Yard, Westgate Street, Long Melford (1901), Colchester Road, Bures Hamlet, Essex (1911) to [1916], Little Street, Yoxford, Suffolk (1921), 1 Council House, Holly Lane, Blythe, Suffolk (1939), 1 Groveside, Yoxford, Suffolk [1963].  Occupation: Grocer’s Apprentice (1911), Grocer’s Assistant for C.W. French, Grocer of Yoxford (1921), Grocery and Provision’s Manager (1939).  Married: Hilda Ellen Clarke in 1928.  Service Record: Harry was conscripted on 16.10.1916 as Gnr.124980 with N^o. 42 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery, the unit protected the Inner Defences at Portsmouth in Hampshire.  He received his discharge on 15.11.1917 due to hypertrophy of the myocardium.[2]  Died: Ipswich, Suffolk on 3.11.1963.[3]

Notes – [1] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 19.12.1895, St Catherines Mission Church, Long Melford; 1939 Register for Blythe, Suffolk however, gives his date of birth as 31.10.1896. [2] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363] under the name Harry Phil Meggs for medical details. [3] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.