Selected Biographies

Moss, George – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1870.  Parent: Harriet Moss (Horsehair Weaver).  Family Connections: Father of Jack Moss [b1900]; also, stepfather of Henry Parmenter [b1883], Alfred Duce [b1887] and Bertram Duce [b1889], and brother-in-law of Charles William Boar [b1877].  Home: Living with Harriet Moss (mother) and Samuel Moss (grandfather) in Bull Lane Cottages, Bull Lane, Long Melford (1871 to 1891), Back Meadow, Smaley Lane, Long Melford (1901 to 1911), Hall Street, Long Melford (1921).  Occupation: Coconut Mat Maker for George Whittle (1901 to 1921).  Married: Harriett Duce [née Parmenter] in 1900.  Service Record: George was a member of the ‘C’ Company band in 2^nd [Volunteer] Battalion, Suffolk Regiment up to 1908, its successor ‘D’ Company band in 5^th Battalion [Territorial], Suffolks and latterly with the Melford Silver Band.  In 1915 he joined the Long Melford Volunteer Training Corps.[1]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1937.

Moss, George – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 17.9.1899.[2]   Parents: George Moss (Coconut Mat Weaver) [see details above] and Harriett Duce [née Parmenter, widow of John Duce 1864-1893] (Coconut Mat Weaver).  Family Connections: Brother to Jack Moss [b1900]; also, half-brother of Harry Parmenter [b1883], Alfred Duce [b1887] and Bertram Duce [b1888].  Home: Back Meadow, Smaley Lane, Long Melford (1901 to 1911), Hall Street, Long Melford (1921).  Occupation: Coconut Mat Maker for George Whittle (1921).  Married: Nellie L. Cornish in 1926.  Service Record: Although no definitive military record has been found George may have been conscripted on 8.3.1917 as Pte.21213 with the Royal Marine Light Infantry.[3]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk 1933.

Moss, George Albert – Born: Brimington, Derbyshire in 1877.  Parents: John Moss (General Labourer) and Elizabeth [née Boreham] of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to Walter Holmn Moss of Long Melford [b1872] and Harry Moss [b1879].  Home: 122 Forster Street, Radford, Nottinghamshire (1891), 10 Bloomsgrove Street, Radford (1901), 32 Beresford Street, Radford [1915] to (1921).  Occupation: Printer (1891), Coal Miner (1901), [1915].  Married: Mary Moseley in 1902.  Service Record: George enlisted on 8.2.1915 as Pte.23162 with the Sherwood Foresters, transferring within the month as Pte.24125 with 1^st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, being posted to Gallipoli from 13.3.1916 as part of 86^th Brigade, 29^th Division.  He was evacuated to Egypt in January 1916 and on to Marseilles in March, serving on the Western Front up to 6.7.1916.  During his short time in France, he saw action at the Battle of Albert on 1.7.1916, the opening phase of the five-month Somme Offensive.  The Battalion lost over 500 men killed or wounded during the failed assault on Beaumont Hamel.  The following day Private Moss received a shrapnel wound to his left knee, resulting in his repatriation to the Military Hospital in Manchester for treatment.  He was issued with a Silver War Badge and transferred to the Army Reserve of 14.1.1917, before his discharge in March 1918.[4]  Died: Nottingham, Notts in 1929.

Moss, Harry – Born: Brimington, Derbyshire on 24.9.1879.[5]  Parents: John Moss (General Labourer) and Elizabeth [née Boreham] of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to Walter Holm Moss of Long Melford [b1872] and George Albert Moss [b1877].  Home: Wheeldown, Brimington, Derbyshire (1881), 122 Forster Street, Radford, Nottinghamshire (1891), 10 Bloomsgrove Street, Radford (1901), 1 Palm Terrace, Palm Street, Hyson Green, Nottingham, Notts (1911), 3 Bastion Street, Nottingham (1921 to 1939).  Occupation: Brass Bobbin Finisher (1901 to 1939).  Married: Gertrude Needham in 1902.  Service Record: Although no definitive miliary record has been found, Harry may have enlisted as Pte.5250 with 1/7^th [Robin Hood] Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), later transferring as Pte.266748 to the Regiment’s 2/7^th Battalion.  If this assumption is correct then he saw action at the First and Second Battles of the Somme in 1918 as part of 178^th [2/1^st Sherwood Forester] Brigade, 59^th (2^nd North Midland) Division.[6]

Moss, Jack – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 5.11.1900.[7]  Parents: George Moss (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Harriett Duce [née Parmenter] (Horsehair Weaver).  Family Connections: Half-brother to Harry Parmenter [b1883], Alfred Duce [b1886] and Bertram Duce [b1889].  Home: Back Meadow, Smaley Lane, Long Melford (1901 to 1911), Hall Street, Long Melford (1921).  Occupation: Outside Porter [1918], Royal Navy Stoker (1921).  Service Record: Jack enlisted on 31.12.1918 as Stoker N^o.K55192 with the Royal Navy, serving beyond 1929.[8]  Died: Colchester, Essex in 1969.

Moss, Robert Samuel – Born: Wetherden, Suffolk in 1890.  Parents: William John Moss (Agricultural Labourer) and Emily Salmon [née Baker].  Family Connections: Brother to William Newman Moss [b1884] of Long Melford and Thomas John Moss [b1888].  Home: Wetherden, Suffolk (1891), Town Yard, Westhorpe, Suffolk (1901 to 1911).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1911).  Service Record: Thomas enlisted as Pte.5110 with 1/4^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, being posted to France as part of 98^th Brigade, 33^rd Division probably seeing action during the Somme Offensive of 1916 and the Third Battles of Ypres the following year.[9]  Died: Robert died from a disease at N^o.2 Stationary Hospital on 20.1.1917 and buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension [grave ref:-], Picardie, France and commemorated on the Roll of Honour in St Margarets Church, Westhorpe, Suffolk.[10]

Moss, Thomas John – Born: Wetherden, Suffolk in 27.9.1888.[11]  Parents: William John Moss (Agricultural Labourer) and Emily Salmon [née Baker].  Family Connections: Brother to William Newman Moss [b1884] of Long Melford and Robert Samuel Moss [b1890]. Home: Wetherden, Suffolk (1891), Town Yard, Westhorpe, Suffolk (1901 to 1911).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1911).  Service Record: Thomas enlisted as Pte.5110, later renumbered as Pte.15338. with 9^th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment and was posted to France on 31.8.1915 as part of 71^st Brigade, 24^th Division.[12]  Died: John was killed in action during the Battle of Loos on 21.9.1917 and buried in St Patrick’s Cemetery [grave ref: II.G.16], Loos, Pas de Calais, France and commemorated on the Roll of Honour in St Margarets Church, Westhorpe, Suffolk.[13]

Moss, Walter Holmn – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1872.  Parents: John Moss (General Labourer) and Elizabeth [née Boreham].  Family Connections: Brother to George Albert Moss [b1877] and Harry Moss [b1879].  Home: Wheeldown, Brimington, Derbyshire (1881), 122 Forster Street, Radford, Nottinghamshire (1891), 2 Edward Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (1901), 6 Meadow Grove, Meadow Lane, Nottingham (1911), 6 Wheatfield Road, Edinburgh, Scotland [1916].  Occupation: Tanner’s Labourer (1891), Leather Skinner (1901), Skinner (1911), Miner [1915].  Married: Sarah Harpham in 1893.  Service Record: Walter was conscripted on 25.10.1916 as Spr.136383 with 254^th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, being posted to France from 21.11.1915 to 18.7.1917.  This unit conducted mining operations in the Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée area in 1916 and in June of that year several of its tunnellers were trapped 35 feet underground when the Germans detonated a mine called Red Dragon.  Sapper Moss does not appear to have been injured in this particular incident, however two years later he was issued with a Silver War Badge due to wounds received and discharged as being physically unfit on 9.8.1918.[14]  Died: Edinburgh, Scotland in 1928.

Moss, William Newman – Born: Wetherden, Suffolk on 25.12.1884.[15]  Parents: William John Moss (Agricultural Labourer) and Emily Salmon [née Baker].  Family Connections: Brother to Thomas John Moss [b1888] and Robert Samuel Moss [b1890].  Home: Wetherden, Suffolk (1891), Town Yard, Westhorpe, Suffolk (1901), Ashen Road, Clare, Suffolk (1911), High Street Farm, High Street, Long Melford [1917], Knowl Green. Belchamp St Paul, Essex (1921), The Street, Pentlow, Essex (1939), Railway Bridge Cottages, St Osyth Road, Little Clacton, Essex [1949].  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1911), Horsekeeper on High Street Farm, Long Melford [1917], Agricultural Labourer (1921), Shepherd (1939).  Married: Florence Lily Banyard [d1913] and Emma Saines in 1915.  Service Record: At the Melford Military Service Tribunal in February 1917, William’s employer George Deeks of High Street Farm, applied for exemption on his behalf, this was made on condition he joined the Long Melford Volunteer Training Corps and that a substitute be found to take his place in the Army.[16]  It is not known if such a substitute was forthcoming, neither has a definitive military record been found.  Died: Little Clacton, Essex on 27.3.1949.[17]

Related Biographies

Boar, Charles William – Born: Assington, Suffolk on 15.8.1877.[18]  Parents: William Boar (Agricultural Labourer) and Sarah Ann [née Elmer].  Family Connections: Father of William Charles Victor Boar [b1901] and George Thomas Boar [b1904]; also, brother of Robert Boar [b1880] and brother-in-law of George Moss [b1870].  Home: Recorded as William Bore in Assington, Suffolk (1881), Bull Lane, Long Melford (1901), Sargents Yard, Hall Street, Long Melford (1911),[19] Smaley Lane, Long Melford (1921 to 1939).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1901), Maltster’s Labourer for Frederick Branwhite & Sons, Maltsters and Corn Merchants (1911 to 1921), Agricultural Labourer (1939).  Married: Lydia Moss of Long Melford in 1900.  Service Record: In 1896 William enlisted as Gnr.1911 in the Suffolk Artillery Militia.  He transferred in 1898 as Pte.31331 to the Royal Artillery, being discharged in the following year.[20]  There is no definitive record of his service during the First World War, however he is recorded as a soldier at the baptism of his son George in 1916.[21]  In August 1919 he contracted malaria which suggests that he could have been part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to Salonika, where such infection was commonplace.[22]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1948.

Coleman, Thomas – Born: Crich, Derbyshire on 12.3.1895.[23]  Parents: Aaron Coleman (Limestone Quarryman) and Elizabeth [née Hambleton].  Home: The Cross, Crich, Derbyshire (1901 and 1911), 16 New Road, Belper, Derbyshire (1939).  Occupation: Limestone Quarryman (1911), Railway Plate Layer (1939).  Married: Laura Louisa Moss of Long Melford in 1916.[24]  Service Record: Thomas enlisted on 20.10.1914 as Pte.330884 with the Sherwood Foresters [Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment], transferring on 26.2.1915 to 2/5^th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters.  By January 1917 he was serving with 21^st Sherwood Foresters based at Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex.  Thomas served briefly with 25^th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry as Pte.72055, being posted to France from 27.4.1917 to 16.3.1918, transferring within a fortnight of landing as Pte.23528 to 40^th Labour Company, then finally to 501^st Agricultural Company, Labour Corps.  He was issued with a Silver War Badge and discharged due to sickness in 1919.[25]  Died: Belper, Derbyshire on 30.7.1974.[26]

Crissell, Fred – Born: Stanstead, Suffolk on 30.3.1885.[27]  Parents: Henry Crissell of Long Melford (Agricultural Labourer) and Mary Ann Jane [née Chatters].  Home: Lower Street, Stanstead, Suffolk (1891 and 1901), Station Road, Long Melford (1911 to 1939).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1901 and 1911), Ploughman and Horseman on Burtons Farm, Long Melford [1916], Agricultural Labourer (1939).  Married: Olive Moss in 1909.  Service Record: Fred was conscripted on 10.12.1915 as Pte.Spts/5437 with 11^th [Service] Battalion, Royal Fusiliers [City of London] Regiment.  At the Melford Military Service Tribunal in May 1916 Fred’s employer, William Bigg of Burtons Farm, applied for his exemption. This application was summarily withdrawn.[28]  He was posted to France from 26.9.1916 as part of 54^th Brigade, 18^th [Eastern] Division and saw action during the Somme Offensive of 1916.  On 10.10.1916 Fred was transferred in the field to 10^th [Service] Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, under the command of 37^th Division’s 111^th Brigade, taking part in the early stages of the Battle of Arras in 1917.[29]  He returned to England on 27.4.1917 transferring as Pte.74459 to 53^rd [Protection] Company, Royal Defence Corps being issued with a Silver War Badge and discharged due to wounds in July 1918.[30]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1967.

Duce, Alfred – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 2.12.1886.[31]  Parents: John Duce (Coconut Mat Weaver) [d1893] and Harriett (née Parmenter) (Coconut Mat Maker) who married George Moss in 1906.  Family Connections: Half-brother to Harry Parmenter, Bertram Duce [b1889] and Jack Moss [b1900].  Home: Bull Lane, Long Melford (1891), living with George Moss (stepfather) in Back Meadow, Smaley Lane, Long Melford (1901 to 1911), Hall Street, Long Melford (1921 to 1939).  Occupation: Errand Boy (1901), General Labourer (1911 to 1939).  Service Record: Although no definitive military record can be found, Alfred may have enlisted before 1914 as Private, later Sgt.262 with 1/5^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.  If this assumption is correct then he was posted to Gallipoli on 10.8.1915 and subsequently renumbered as Pte.70673 having been reduced to the ranks, possibly in October 1918.  He transferred to 1^st [Garrison] Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) while stationed in Egypt.  Over the course of his career under arms he was also issued with other regimental numbers: 5820694, 203865 and 240022.[32]  Died: Sudbury in 1956.

Duce, Bertram ‘Bert’ – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 4.9.1888.[33]  Parents: John Duce (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Harriett [née Parmenter] (Coconut Mat Maker).  Family Connections: Half-brother to Harry Parmenter [b1883] and Jack Moss [b1900]; also, stepson of George Moss [b1870].  Home: Bull Lane, Long Melford (1891), living with George Moss (Stepfather) in Back Meadow, Smaley Lane, Long Melford (1901 and 1911).  Occupation: Maltster’s Labourer [1904 to 1915].  Service Record: Before the First World War Bert served in 3^rd [Militia] Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.  He is also recorded as a member of the Melford Silver Band in 1914.[34]  On 3.9.1914 he attested as Pte.2263 in ‘B’ Company, 1/5^th Battalion, Suffolks and was posted on 10.8.1915 to Suvla Bay, Gallipoli.  Within hours of landing his unit was moved forward into frontline trenches on the south face of a steep and rocky hill called Karakol Dagh.  At dawn two days later the Suffolks and the three other untested battalions of 163^rd Brigade were ordered to secure the heights to the east.  Advancing nearly a mile through a hail of Turkish artillery and machine gun fire, by the end of the day the enemy had been held at bay and a secure forward defence line established.  When the men were finally relieved by fresh troops after three gruelling days, they were found in a sorry state, having baked under the searing heat they had run desperately short of drinking water and been plagued by swarms of flies attracted by the dead and dying around them. When the Roll was called it was found the Suffolks alone had lost 186 men either dead or wounded with a further 150 laid low by dysentery.  During the next four months they were ravaged by illness, the majority falling sick from the effects of dysentery.[35]  He contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and was granted a pension in 18.5.1916.[36]  Died: Bertram died of tuberculosis on 3.9.1916 and is buried in Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford and commemorated on the Long Melford War Memorial.[37]

Parmenter, Harry – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 10.3.1883.[38]  Parent: Harriett Parmenter [married John Duce in 1885 and George Moss [see under Moss for record] in 1899].  All parties were Coconut Mat Weavers.  Family Connections: Half-brother to Alfred Duce [b1887], Bertram Duce [b1888], George Moss [b1899] and Jack Moss [b1900]; also, stepson of George Moss [b1870] and brother-in-law of John Calton [b1875].  Home: Recorded as Harry Duce living with his mother and John Duce [stepfather] in Bull Lane, Long Melford (1891), recorded as Harry Parmenter living with mother and George Moss [stepfather] in Back Meadow, Smaley Lane, Long Melford (1901), St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1911) to [1917].  Occupation: House Painter (1901 and 1911).  Married: Margaret Ellen Calton in 1907.  Service Record: Harry was attested as Spr.180137 with N^o. 8 Depot Company, Royal Engineers.  Died: Sapper Parmenter died felo de se from wounds to his throat in the Military Hospital at Bangor in North Wales on 21.8.1917 and is buried at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford and commemorated on the village war memorial.[39]

Totman, Sidney Harry – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 6.5.1879.  Parents: Edward Totman (Iron Moulder) and Eliza [née Mattock].  Family Connections: Brother to Arthur William Totman [b1881], Ernest Totman [b1887], Frederick Totman [b1889], Albert Totman [b1892], Walter Totman [b1895] and Edward John Totman [b1897]; also, cousin of Clifford Totman [b1892] and Bertie Totman [b1900].  Home: Swan Lane, Long Melford (1881 and 1891), Liston Lane, Long Melford (1901), St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1911), Hall Street, Long Melford [1916], 65 Melford Road, Sudbury, Suffolk (1921 to 1939), 21 Queens Road, Sudbury [1962].  Occupation: Farrier (1901) Iron Moulder for Ward and Silver of Long Melford [1901 to 1910], Commission Agent (1911), Furnace Man and Iron Moulder for Dupont and Orttewell, Agricultural Implement Makers of Sudbury [1916], Purveyor of Groceries (1939).  Married: Alice Edith Moss in 1901.  Service Record: At the Sudbury Military Service Tribunal in July 1916, Sidney was granted three months exemption, agreeing to join the Volunteer Training Corps.  In November this was made conditional.  For a fuller picture of the proceedings see the service record of his brother Frederick Totman [b1889] above.  It is unclear if Sidney was ever conscripted as no definitive military record has been found.  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk on 3.1.1962.[40]

Notes – [1] Suffolk and Essex Free Press 10.3.1915.  [2] Date of birth based on his assumed military record.  [3] Transcription only available see [TNA – ADM 159/135/21213].  [4] For details of 1^st Lancashire Fusiliers involvement in Gallipoli see War Diary [WO 95/4310] and on the Western Front see [WO 95/2300/1].  For a wider account of the Battle of Albert see Chris M^cCarthy, The Somme: The Day-by-Day Account [London: Brockhampton Press, 1998], pp.16-32.  See also 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: 193599], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [5] 1939 Register.  [6] Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [7] Date of birth from his Royal Navy Record.  [8] Royal Navy Registers of Seaman’s Services [ADM 188/971].  [9] Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [10] British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 [ref: 417836] and Commonwealth War Grave Commission.  [11] Date of birth from Admissions Register for Wetherden County Primary School of 1892.  [12] Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [13] British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 [ref: 564494] and Commonwealth War Grave Commission.  [14] For more details on his unit’s mining operations during the First World War see https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/254th_Tunnelling_Company. For a wider view see Captain W. Grant and Bernard Newman Tunnellers: The Story of the Tunnelling Companies, Royal Engineers, during the World War [London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1936].  See also 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: 435243], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [15] 1939 Register.  [16] Suffolk and Essex Free Press 28.2.1917.  [17] National Probate Calendar.  [18] Date of birth from the 1939 Register for Long Melford.  [19] Recorded as Charles William Boar on the UK Census for 1911. [20] Chelsea Hospital British Army Service Record [WO 97] up to 1899. [21] For christening of his son see Baptism Register 7.1.1916, St Catherines Mission Church, Long Melford. [22] See the Infectious Diseases Register of Medical Certificates Received for 12.8.1919 [Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Record Office ref: EF501/4/20].  This document also lists other men who appear in this Nominal Roll and were also diagnosed with malaria shortly after returning home, namely: George William Cook [b1897], Ernest George Deeks [b1883], Jack Eady [b1892], Ernest Hume [b1882], Arthur James Mills [b1879] and James Nice [b1878]. [23] Date of birth from the 1939 Register for Belper, Derbyshire. [24] Marriage Register 26.12.1916, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [25] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War, Silver War Badge [WO 329] record [ref: B303820], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372]. [26] Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.  [27] Date of birth from the 1939 Register for Long Melford. [28] For the Tribunal’s ruling see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 3.5.1916. [29] For details of 10^th and 11^th Royal Fusiliers’ movements see War Diaries [WO 95/2532/1 and WO 95/2045/1].  [30] Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War, Silver War Badge [WO 329] record [ref: 429508], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [31] 1939 Register.  [32] Medal Roll [WO 329] and Medal Index Card [WO 372].  [33] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 2.10.1890, St Catherines Mission Church, Long Melford. [34] My thanks to Tim Seppings of Sudbury for showing Bert’s connection to the Melford Silver Band.  [35] For details of 1/5^th Suffolk’s movements in Gallipoli and Palestine see War Diaries [WO 95/4325 and WO 95/4658]. [36] 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]. [37] Commonwealth War Graves Commission record, see also the Tuberculosis Register of Notification from Medical Practitioners [Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Record Office ref: EF501/4/23] and Burial Register 9.9.1916 of Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  [38] Date of birth from the Baptism Register 6.5.1883, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [39] Commonwealth War Graves Commission record and British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 file [ref: 519590] and Burial Register of 26.8.1917, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  [40] Date of birth from Baptism Register 6.7.1879, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford as Harry Sidney Totman.  For the Tribunal’s rulings see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 5.7.1916 and 8.11.1916.  Date of death from National Probate Calendar.