Selected Biographies

Smith, Albert Durwin – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 20.5.1870.[1]  Parents: Henry Smith (Horsehair Factory Manager) and Susannah [née Durwin].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Oswald Charles Smith [b1872], Walter Henry Smith [b1874], Arthur Smith [b1876] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877]; also, uncle of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892], Edward Stanley Smith [b1899], Harry Ralph Smith [b1888], Hugh Steed Smith [b1890] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1871 to 1881), 19 William Street, Islington, London (1901), 7 Culford Road, Kingsland Road, Hackney, London (1911), 22 Arlington Street, Islington (1939).  Occupation: Contractor’s Foreman (1901 to 1911), Clerk (1939).  Married: Sarah Hancox in 1894.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Alfred Egerton – Born: Homerton, London on 6.3.1894.[2]  Parents: Walter James Smith of Long Melford (Baker) and Lily Moore [née Richardson].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Walter James Smith [1892] and nephew of Harry Edward Smith [b1864].  Home: 33 High Street, Hackney, London (1901), 10 Overbury Street, Clapton Park, Hackney (1911) 247 Cadogan Place, Victoria Park, Hackney [1915], 223 Rushmore Road, Clapton Park, London [1919] to (1921), 114 Mandeville Street, Hackney (1939).  Occupation: Paint Warehouse Packer [1915], Varnish Worker (1921), House Painter (1939).  Married: May Lilian Kemsley in 1914.  Service Record: Alfred enlisted on 13.1.1915 as Dvr.75625 with the Royal Field Artillery, being posted to the Western Front on 14.7.1915 and transferred on 15.12.1915 to 23^rd Divisional Ammunition Column.  His unit saw action during the Somme Offensive of 1916 and at the Third Battles of Ypres in 1917.  He returned to England in October and was posted again to Flanders in the following September, receiving his discharge in April 1919.[3]

Smith, Alfred George – Born: Leatherhead, Surrey on 7.2.1877.[4]  Parents: Frederick Thomas Smith (Builder) and Alice Maria [née Sillitoe] both of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to William Clare Smith [b1871], Charles Henry Smith [b1883], Walter Smith [b1884], Percival Frank Smith [b1891] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: 8 Providence Place, Leatherhead, Surrey (1881), High Street, Leatherhead (1891), Fanfield, Leatherhead (1901), Barnett Wood Road, Leatherhead (1911) to [1962].  Occupation: Bricklayer (1901 to 1921), General Store Dealer (1939).  Married: Annie Strudwick in 1900.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Alfred Oliver – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1891.  Parents Alfred Smith of Long Melford (House Painter) and Alice [née Butcher].  Family Connections: Brother to William Stanley Smith [b1887], George Archibald Smith [b1888], Harold Cecil Smith [b1894], Lancelot James Smith [b1897] and Edwin Leonard Smith [b1902].  Home: Clifton Villa, Lavenham Road, Sudbury, Suffolk (1891), Village Street, Toppesfield, Essex (1901), 3 Rifle Hill, Black Notley, Essex (1911).  Occupation: Groom (1911).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Arthur – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1876.  Parents: Henry Smith (Horsehair Factory Manager) and Susannah [née Durwin].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Oswald Charles Durwin Smith [b1872] Walter Henry Smith [b1874] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877]; also, uncle of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892], Edward Stanley Smith [b1899], Harry Ralph Smith [b1888], Hugh Steed Smith [b1890] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1881), 64 Homerton High Street, Hackney, London (1891), 41 Praed Street, Paddington, London (1911).  Occupation: Grocer’s Assistant (1891), Assistant Manager (1911).  Service Record: Arthur enlisted in 1895 as Pte.4152 with 2^nd [Royal Scots Greys] Dragoons, being posted to South Africa from 1899 to 1902, seeing action in the Second Anglo-Boer War and being discharged in 1907.  It is not known if Arthur saw service during the First World War as no definitive record has been found.[5]

Smith, Arthur George – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1863.  Parents: George Smith (Plate Layer for Great Eastern Railway) and Elizabeth [née Younger].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick C. Smith [b1868], Herbert Charles Smith [b1870] and Harry Smith [b1876]; also, brother-in-law of Thomas Pittock [b1879].  Home: High Street, Long Melford (1871 and 1881), The Green, Long Melford (1901), Rose and Crown Inn, Bridge Street, Long Melford (1911).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1881), Soldier (1901),[6] Publican (1911).  Married: Maria from Spain in 1897.  Service Record: Recorded as a Sergeant in the Royal Artillery in 1901. It is not known if Arthur saw service during the First World War as no definitive record has been found.

Smith, Charles Henry – Born: Leatherhead, Surrey in 1884.  Parents: Frederick Thomas Smith (Builder) and Alice Maria [née Sillitoe] both of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to William Clare Smith [b1871], Alfred George Smith [b1877], Walter Smith [b1884], Percival Frank Smith [b1891] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: High Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (1891 to 1901), Middle Road, Leatherhead (1911).  Occupation: Bricklayer (1901 to 1911).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Mid Surrey 1952.

Smith, Clifford Cyril – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 26.5.1892.[7]  Parents: William Durwin Smith (Assistant Manager at Horsehair Factory) and Laura [née Downey].  Family Connections: Half-brother to Edward Stanley Smith [b1899]; also, nephew of Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Oswald Charles Durwin Smith [b1872], Walter Henry Smith [b1874], Arthur Smith [b1876] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877], and brother-in-law of Arthur Hansford [b1887].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1901 and 1911), 9 Leopold Street, Lambeth, London (1921), 285 Cavendish Road, Balham, Surrey (1939) to [1955].  Occupation: Grocers Assistant (1911) and [1914], Grocer (1921), Grocer and Provision Dealer and an Air Raid Warden (1939).  Married: Edith Maude Sparrow in 1919.  Service Record: Clifford enlisted on 2.9.1914 as Gnr.3939 with ‘A’ Battery, LXXXIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, being posted to France from 26.7.1915, as part of 18^th [Eastern] Division.  In July 1916 he was promoted to Acting Bombardier, seeing action throughout the five months of the Somme Offensive and at Arras the following spring.  In May Clifford contracted nephrites while in the trenches, severe enough for him to be hospitalized in England from August to November 1917.  The effect on his system was so debilitating that he was issued with a Silver War Badge and discharged on 25.2.1918 as ‘permanently unfit’.[8]  Died: St John’s Hospital, Battersea, London on 5.2.1955.[9]

Smith, Edward Durwin – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1877.  Parents: Henry Smith (Horsehair Factory Manager) and Susannah [née Durwin].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Oswald Charles Durwin Smith [b1872] Walter Henry Smith [b1874] and Arthur Smith [b1876]; also, uncle of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892], Edward Stanley Smith [b1899], Harry Ralph Smith [b1888], Hugh Steed Smith [b1890] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1881, 1891), Threadneedle Street, Chelmsford, Essex (1901), Stone and Faggot Inn, Little Yeldham, Essex (1911).  Occupation: Brewer’s Labourer (1901), Publican (1911).  Married: Kate Julia Jeffrey in 1901.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Halstead, Essex in 1926.

Smith, Edward Stanley – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 10.10.1899.[10]  Parents: William Durwin Smith (Assistant Manager at the Horsehair Factory) and Alice Mary [née Pettitt] [2^nd wife].  Family Connections: Half-brother to Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892]; also, nephew of Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Oswald Charles Durwin Smith [b1872], Walter Henry Smith [b1874], Arthur Smith [b1876] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877], and brother-in-law of Arthur Hansford [b1887], Hayward George Miller Bixby [b1897] and Granville Charles Miller Bixby [b1899].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1901 to 1921), Windmill Hill, Long Melford [1975].  Occupation: Cycle Engineer (1921), Chauffeur and Gardener (1939).  Married: Sybil Ursula Miller Bixby in 1930.  Service Record: Edward was a Private in the Long Melford Voluntary Training Corps in 1915.[11]  Died: Long Melford, Suffolk on 7.5.1975.[12]

Smith, Edwin Leonard – Born: Toppesfield, Essex on 15.2.1902.[13]  Parents: Alfred Smith of Long Melford (House Painter) and Alice [née Butcher].  Family Connections: Brother to William Stanley Smith [b1887], George Archibald Smith [b1888], Alfred Oliver Smith [b1890], Harold Cecil Smith [b1894] and Lancelot James Smith [b1897].  Home: 3 Rifle Hill, Black Notley, Essex (1911), 68 Argyll Road, Lambeth, London (1939), 8 Magdalene Crescent, Silver End, Witham, Essex [1982].  Occupation: Glazier (1939).  Married: Edith May Fox [d1933] in 1926 and Gladys Elsie Jean M^cLaughlin in 1937.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Silver End, Witham, Essex on 13.12.1981.[14]

Smith, Frederick – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1894.  Parents: William Smith (Maltster) and Eliza [née Underwood].  Family Connections: Brother to William Henry Smith [b1890] and Thomas Curtis Smith [b1905]; also, brother-in-law of Bertie Ranson [b1888].  Home: Shimpling Hall Cottages, Stanstead Road, Shimpling, Suffolk (1901), Chapel Yard, Cavendish, Suffolk (1911), Hall Street, Long Melford [1916], Smaley Lane, Long Melford [1921].  Occupation: Brewer’s Carman (1911), Baker [1916], Railway Porter [1921].  Service Record: Frederick was recorded on two separate occasions of being infected with tuberculosis, on 3.1.1916 and again on 29.7.1921.[15]  No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Long Melford on 28.12.1921.

Smith, Frederick C. – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1868.  Parents: George Smith (Plate Layer for Great Eastern Railway) and Elizabeth [née Younger].  Family Connections: Brother to Arthur George Smith [b1863], Herbert Charles Smith [b1870] and Harry Smith [b1876]; also, brother-in-law of Thomas Pittock [b1879].  Home: High Street, Long Melford (1871 and 1881), Walton Street, Sculcoates, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire (1911).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1881), Police Constable (1901 and 1911).  Married: Mary Louisa Oldman in 1899.  Service Record: Frederick enlisted in 1885 as Pte.1384 with 2^nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, posted to Egypt from 1889 to 1891 and India from 1891 to 1893, being discharged in 1897.  It is not known if he saw service during the First World War as no definitive record has been found.[16]

Smith, Frederick Durwin – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 20.5.1870.  Parents: Henry Smith (Horsehair Factory Manager) and Susannah [née Durwin].  Family Connections: Brother to Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Oswald Charles Smith [b1872], Walter Henry Smith [b1874], Arthur Smith [b1876] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877]; also, uncle of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892], Edward Stanley Smith [b1899], Harry Ralph Smith [b1888], Hugh Steed Smith [b1890] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1871 and 1881), 21 Nelson Terrace, Islington, London [1898], 36 Doctor Street, Walworth, Newington, London (1901), 19 T Block, Peabody Buildings, Duke Street, Lambeth, London (1911).  Occupation: Grocer [1886], Salesman [1898], Linoleum Warehouseman (1901 and 1911).  Married: Mary Casselle in 1898.  Service Record: Frederick enlisted in 1886 as Pte.2589 with 9^th [Queen’s Royal] Lancers, being discharged in 1898.  It is not known if he saw service during the First World War as no definitive record has been found.[17]

Smith, Frederick Walter James – Born: Homerton, London on 28.2.1892.  Parents: Walter James Smith of Long Melford (Baker) and Lily Moore [née Richardson].  Family Connections: Brother to Alfred Egerton Smith [b1894] and nephew of Harry Edward Smith [b1864].  Home: 33 High Street, Hackney, London (1901), 10 Overbury Street, Clapton Park, Hackney (1911), 72 Normanshire Drive, Chingford, Essex [1972].  Married: Florence Warren in 1918.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Waltham Forest, Essex on 8.4.1972.[18]

Smith, George Alfred – Born: Plaistow, London in 1874.  Parents: George Alfred Smith of Long Melford (Corn Merchant) and Elizabeth [née Barratt].  Family Connections: Brother to Sidney Walter Smith [b1879] and Herbert Charles [b1882].  Home: 315/317 Barking Road, West Ham, London (1881, 1891), 206 High Street, West Ham (1901), 48 Carnarvon Road, Stratford, London (1911).  Occupation: Corn Dealer (1901 to 1911).  Married: Isabel Rebecca Maynard in 1899.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, George Archibald – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk on 1.11.1888.[19]  Parents: Alfred Smith of Long Melford (House Painter) and Alice [née Butcher].  Family Connections: Brother to William Stanley Smith [b1887], Alfred Oliver Smith [b1890], Harold Cecil Smith [b1894], Lancelot James Smith [b1897] and Edwin Leonard Smith [b1902].  Home: Clifton Villa, Lavenham Road, Sudbury, Suffolk (1891), Village Street, Toppesfield, Essex (1901), 66 Holmside, Gillingham, Kent (1939).  Occupation: Civil Servant (1939).  Married: Eva Windsor in 1911.  Service Record: George enlisted in 1905 as Spr.14911 with the Royal Engineers, being promoted to Sergeant and later re-numbered as 1851921.  He served throughout the First World War and was posted to Singapore from 1913 to July 1916.  After the War he was given postings in Malta and again to Singapore before being discharged in 1931.[20]  Died: Worthing, Sussex in 1979.

Smith, George William – Born: Stisted, Essex in 1879.  Parents: James Rayner Smith of Long Melford (Miller) and Rachel [née Bush].  Family Connections: Brother to Osgood Smith [b1883].  Home: Braintree Road, Stisted, Essex (1881, 1891), Manchester House, Church Street, Coggeshall, Essex (1911) to [1926], Dornhurst, Abbey Lane, Little Coggeshall, Essex [1927 to 1932].[21]  Occupation: Draper (1911).  Married: Winifred Maude Simmons in 1904.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Coggeshall, Essex on 21.1.1932.[22]

Smith, Harold Cecil – Born: Toppesfield, Essex on 15.8.1894.  Parents: Alfred Smith of Long Melford (House Painter) and Alice [née Butcher].  Family Connections: Brother to William Stanley Smith [b1887], George Archibald Smith [b1888], Alfred Oliver Smith [b1890], Lancelot James Smith [b1897] and Edwin Leonard Smith [b1902].  Home: Village Street, Toppesfield, Essex (1901), 3 Rifle Hill, Black Notley, Essex (1911), 78 Nolla Gardens, Chelmsford, Essex [1968].  Occupation: Iron Casement Fitter (1911).  Service Record: Harold’s unit has been identified through the cap badge on his service photograph as The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).  Without a definitive military record, it has not been possible to identify his home battalion.  Died: Chelmsford, Essex on 29.3.1968.[23]

Smith, Harry – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk 1876.  Parents: George Smith (Plate Layer for Great Eastern Railway) and Elizabeth [née Younger].  Family Connections: Brother to Arthur George Smith [b1863] and Herbert Charles Smith [b1870]; also, brother-in-law of Thomas Pittock [b1879].  Home: 44 High Street, Long Melford (1881 to 1911).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1901), Domestic Gardener (1911).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Harry Edward – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1864.  Parents: George Smith of Lavenham, Suffolk (Iron Founder’s Labourer) and Henrietta [née Bird].  Family Connections: Uncle of Frederick Walter James Smith [b1892] and Alfred Egerton Smith [b1894].  Home: Swan Lane, Long Melford (1871), living with William Hardy (stepfather) at Chase Gate Cottage, Coggeshall, Essex (1881), Halstead, Essex [1885].  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1881), Labourer [1885].  Married: Emily Kemp in 1887.  Service Record: Harry enlisted in 1885 as Pte.1102 with 3^rd [Militia] Battalion, Essex Regiment.  Died: 1901.

Smith, Harry Ralph – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 31.8.1888.[24]  Parents: Harry Durwin Smith (Tailor) and Clara Jane [née Richold].  Family Connections: Brother to Hugh Steed Smith [b1890] and Jack Smith [b1892]; also, nephew of Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Oswald Charles Durwin Smith [b1872], Walter Henry Smith [b1874], Arthur Smith [b1876] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877], and cousin of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892] and Edward Stanley Smith [b1899].  Home: The Green, Long Melford (1891), Beaconsfield Road, Walthamstow, Essex (1901), 61 Cambridge Road, Walthamstow (1911), 127 Shepherdess Walk, Shoreditch, London (1939).  Occupation: Tailor (1911), London and North-Eastern Goods Checker (1939).  Married: Elsie Lesley Maud Green in 1919.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Herbert Charles – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1870.  Parents: George Smith (Plate Layer for Great Eastern Railway) and Elizabeth [née Younger].  Family Connections: Brother to Arthur George Smith [b1863], Frederick C. Smith [b1868], and Harry Smith [b1876]; also, brother-in-law of Thomas Pittock [b1879].  Home: High Street, Long Melford (1871), 31 Great Cumberland Mews, Marylebone, London (1891).  Occupation: Groom (1891).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Herbert Charles – Born: Plaistow, London in 1882.  Parents: George Alfred Smith of Long Melford (Corn Merchant) and Elizabeth [née Barratt].  Family Connections: Brother to George Alfred Smith [b1874] and Sidney Walter Smith [b1879].  Home: 315/317 Barking Road, West Ham, London (1891, 1901).  Occupation: Corn Dealer’s Assistant (1901).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Hugh Steed – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 3.12.1890.[25]  Parents: Harry Durwin Smith (Tailor) and Clara Jane [née Richold].  Family Connections: Brother to Brother to Harry Ralph Smith [b1888] and Jack Smith [b1892]; also, nephew of Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Oswald Charles Durwin Smith [b1872], Walter Henry Smith [b1874], Arthur Smith [b1876] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877], and cousin of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892] and Edward Stanley Smith [b1899].  Home: The Green, Long Melford (1891), Beaconsfield Road, Walthamstow, Essex (1901), 2 Gosport Road, Walthamstow (1911), 43 Tomswood Hill, Ilford, Essex (1939).  Occupation: Tool Maker (1911), Maker of Screwing Tackle, Taps and Dies (1939).  Married: Florence Wheate in 1910.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Redbridge, Essex in 1971.

Smith, Jack – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 7.7.1892.[26]  Parents: Harry Durwin Smith (Tailor) and Clara Jane [née Richold].  Family Connections: Brother to Brother to Harry Ralph Smith [b1888] and Hugh Steed Smith [b1890]; also, nephew of Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Oswald Charles Durwin Smith [b1872], Walter Henry Smith [b1874], Arthur Smith [b1876] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877], and cousin of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892] and Edward Stanley Smith [b1899].  Home: Beaconsfield Road, Walthamstow, Essex (1901), 92 Acacia Road, Walthamstow [1923], 28 Wolsey Avenue, Walthamstow (1939).  Occupation: Builder’s Handyman (1939).  Married: Lilian Tuxworth in 1923.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Jack – Born: Leatherhead, Surrey in 1892.  Parents: Frederick Thomas Smith (Builder) and Alice Maria [née Sillitoe] both of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to William Clare Smith [b1871], Alfred George Smith [b1877], Charles Henry Smith [b1883], Walter Smith [b1884] and Percival Frank Smith [b1891].  Home: High Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (1901), Middle Road, Leatherhead (1911).  Occupation: Fishmonger (1911).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, James – Born: Haverhill, Suffolk on 7.12.1877.[27]  Parents James Smith (Silkweaver) and Isabella [née Radford] (Weaver).  Family Connections: Brother to William Smith [b1873] and Walter Smith [b1875].  Home: 4 Chain Row, Haverhill, Suffolk (1881, 1891), 19 Chainey Pieces, Haverhill (1901), 10 Duddeny Road, Haverhill (1911), 22 North Denes Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (1939).  Occupation: Spinner (1891), Municipal Water Carman (1901, 1911), Heavy Goods Driver and ARP Warden (1939).  Married: Alice Loveday in 1898.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1963.

Smith, John – Born: Buxhall, Suffolk in 1874.  Parents: William Smith (Agricultural Labourer) and Eliza [née Otterwell].  Home: Buxhall, Suffolk (1881 and 1891), High Street, Long Melford (1901), a Servant at Inholmes, Woodlands St Mary, Hungerford, Berkshire (1911).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1891), Servant on Farm (1901), Butler (1911), Stockman and Yardman for George Deeks of High Street Farm [1917].  Service Record: At the Melford Military Service Tribunal in February 1917, John’s employer George Deeks applied for exemption on his behalf, which was granted on the condition he joined the Volunteer Training Corps and that a substitute be found to take his place in the Army.[28]  It is not known if such a substitute was forthcoming.  No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Lambert – Born: Boxford, Suffolk in 1877.  Parent: William Smith (Agricultural Labourer) and Eliza [née Smith].  Home: Living with Joseph Smith (uncle) at 3 School Hill Road, Boxford, Suffolk (1881) and at Hill Farm, Housely Tye, Polstead, Suffolk (1891 and 1901), Wood Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk (1911) to [1934].  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1891), Horseman on Farm (1901), Farm Bailiff (1911), Smallholder working 40 acres [1916].  Married: Ethel Louise Underwood in 1900.  Service Record: At the Melford Military Service Tribunal in June 1916 Lambert was granted conditional exemption on the understanding that he joined the Volunteer Training Corps.[29]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk on 14.10.1934.[30]

Smith, Lancelot James – Born: Toppesfield, Essex on 18.9.1897.[31]  Parents Alfred Smith of Long Melford (House Painter) and Alice [née Butcher].  Family Connections: Brother to William Stanley Smith [b1887], George Archibald Smith [b1888], Alfred Oliver Smith [b1890], Harold Cecil Smith [b1894] and Edwin Leonard Smith [b1902].  Home: Village Street, Toppesfield, Essex (1901), 3 Rifle Hill, Black Notley, Essex (1911), 78 Valentine Way, Silver End, Witham, Essex (1939).  Occupation: Brass Moulder (1939).  Married: Dorothy Emily Smith in 1929.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Braintree, Essex on 14.2.1985.[32]

Smith, Osgood – Born: Stisted, Essex on 10.3.1883.[33]  Parents: James Rayner Smith of Long Melford (Miller) and Rachel [née Bush].  Family Connections: Brother to George William Smith [b1879].  Home: Braintree Road, Stisted, Essex (1891), The Street, Bradwell, Essex (1901), Hall Road, Southminster, Essex (1911), Queen Street, Colchester, Essex (1939).  Occupation: Grocer’s Assistant (1901), Grocer (1911), Wholesale Confectioner and Tobacconist (1939).  Married: Bessie Sarah Hughes in 1910 and Gertrude E. Ansell in 1929.  Service Record: Although no definitive military record has been found, Osgood may have enlisted after 1915 as Pte. M/272181 with Army Service Corps.[34]  Died: Colchester, Essex in 1955.

Smith, Oswald Charles Durwin – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1872.  Parents: Henry Smith (Horsehair Factory Manager) and Susannah [née Durwin].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Walter Henry Smith [b1874], Arthur Smith [b1876] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877]; also, uncle of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892], Edward Stanley Smith [b1899], Harry Ralph Smith [b1888], Hugh Steed Smith [b1890] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1881, 1891), lodging with Mary Ann Durrent [sic] in Hall Street, Long Melford (1901), Hall Street, Long Melford (1911) to [1938].  Occupation: Postman (1891 to 1911).  Service Record: Oswald was a member of the Long Melford Volunteer Training Corps in 1915.  In 1922 he is recorded as Honorary Treasurer of the Long Melford Ex-Service Men’s Club.[35]  Died: Long Melford, Suffolk on 15.3.1938.[36]

Smith, Percival Frank – Born: Leatherhead, Surrey in 1891.  Parents: Frederick Thomas Smith (Builder) and Alice Maria [née Sillitoe] both of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to William Clare Smith [b1871], Alfred George Smith [b1877], Charles Henry Smith [b1883], Walter Smith [b1884] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: High Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (1891 to 1901), Middle Road, Leatherhead (1911).  Occupation: Gardener (1911).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Robert Charles – Born: Ipswich, Suffolk on 2.1.1890.[37]  Parents: Robert Smith (Brickmaker) and Hannah [née Palmer].  Family Connections: Brother to Xenophon Henry Smith of Long Melford [b1875] and William Smith [b1873]; also, brother-in-law of William James Newis [b1869].  Home: Caddenham Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire (1891), Coopers Lane, Swaffham Prior (1901), 22 Francis Street, North Woolwich, London [1915], 14 Millfield, Swaffham Prior (1939).  Occupation: Labourer [1915] to (1939). Married: Ethel M. Flack in 1919.  Service Record: Robert was conscripted on 8.12.1915 as Gnr.300856 with the Royal Garrison Artillery, posted to India on 22.12.1916, initially joining N^o.79 Company: Bombay as part of 6^th [Poona] Division.  He was subsequently transferred to N^o.3 Mountain Battery as part of 4^th [Quetta] Division defending the North-West Frontier.  He received his discharge in 1919.[38]  Died: Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire on 16.9.1965.

Smith, Sidney Walter – Born: Plaistow, London in 1879.  Parents: George Alfred Smith of Long Melford (Corn Merchant) and Elizabeth [née Barratt].  Family Connections: Brother to George Alfred Smith [b1874] and Herbert Charles [b1882].  Home: 315/317 Barking Road, West Ham, London (1881 to 1911).  Occupation: Corn Trader’s Assistant (1911).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Stanley Percival – Born: Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire on 26.9.1902.[39]  Parents: William Bigg Smith (Brewer’s Traveller) of Long Melford, and Grace Elizabeth [née Gayler].  Family Connections: Brother to William Eric [b1900].  Home: Rose Cottage, Starlings Green, Clavering, Essex [1906], Royal Commercial Travellers’ School, Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex (1911), Rose Cottage, Starlings Green, Clavering, Essex (1939).  Occupation: Roadman (1939).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Watford, Hertfordshire in 1959.

Smith, Thomas ‘Tommy’ Alston – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 5.3.1875.[40]  Parent: Isabella Smith [Farmer’s Daughter].  Family Connections: Brother-in-law of Charles Nunn Jackson [b1887] and Francis Alfred Jackson [b1893].  Home: Living with Frederick Smith (uncle) at Kiln Farm, Long Melford (1881), living with Thomas Smith (grandfather) at Westgate Terrace, Long Melford (1891 and 1901) living with Alfred Bird (stepfather) at Bloom’s Hall Farm, Stanstead, Suffolk (1911), Mount Farm, Shimpling, Suffolk (1939), Highlanders Farm, Acton, Suffolk [1947].  Occupation: Grocer’s Assistant (1901), Agricultural Labourer (1911), Farmer (1939).  Married: Nellie Jackson in 1916.  Service Record: Tommy Smith was a member of 2^nd [Volunteer] Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in 1907 and a bandsman with the Long Melford Silver Band.  It is not known if he saw service during the First World War as no definitive record has been found, however he is included in a commemorative photograph of returning veterans, taken at Melford Hall on 19.7.1919.[41]  Died: Acton, Suffolk on 11.7.1947.[42]

Smith, Thomas Curtis – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk on 11.7.1905.  Parents: William Smith (Maltster) and Eliza [née Underwood].  Family Connections: Brother to William Henry Smith [b1890] and Federick Smith [b1894]; also, brother-in-law of Bertie Ranson [b1888].  Home: Chapel Yard, Cavendish, Suffolk (1911), Smaley Lane, Long Melford (1921).  Service Record: Thomas enlisted in 1941 as Gnr.1789528 with the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, receiving his discharged in 1946.[43]  Died: Waveney, Suffolk in 1982.

Smith, Walter – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1870 see under Brunning

Smith, Walter – Born: Haverhill, Suffolk in 1875.  Parents: James Smith (Silkweaver) and Isabella [née Radford] (Weaver).  Family Connections: Brother to William Smith [b1873] and James Smith [b1877].  Home: Chain Row, Haverhill (1881), 23 Crowland Road, Haverhill (1901), 20 Clements Lane, Haverhill (1911), Hall Street, Long Melford [1917], 19 Harp Close Road, Sudbury, Suffolk [1933].  Occupation: Van Driver (1901) to [1917].  Married: Elizabeth Jane Argent of Long Melford in 1898.  Service Record: Walter was conscripted on 24.6.1916 as Pte. SE/24869 with the Army Veterinary Corps, posted to France from 28.3.1917 and discharged in March 1919.[44]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk on 4.11.1933.[45]

Smith, Walter – Born: Leatherhead, Surrey in 1884.  Parents: Frederick Thomas Smith (Builder) and Alice Maria [née Sillitoe] both of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to William Clare Smith [b1871], Alfred George Smith [b1877], Charles Henry Smith [b1883], Percival Frank Smith [b1891] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: High Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (1891, 1901).  Occupation: Under Gardener (1901).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Walter Henry – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1874.  Parents: Henry Smith (Horsehair Factory Manager) and Susannah [née Durwin].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Durwin Smith [b1869], Albert Durwin Smith [b1870], Arthur Smith [b1876] and Edward Durwin Smith [b1877]; also, uncle of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892], Edward Stanley Smith [b1899], Harry Ralph Smith [b1888], Hugh Steed Smith [b1890] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: Hall Street, Long Melford (1881, 1891), 1 Chipping Court, Halstead, Essex (1911).  Occupation: Clerk [1895], Bricklayer (1911), Painter [1918].  Service Record: Walter enlisted in 1895 as Tpr.4193 with 2^nd Dragoons [Royal Scots Greys], posted to South Africa from 1900 to 1903 and seeing action during the Second Anglo-Boer War, being discharged in 1907.  It is not known if he saw service during the First World War as no definitive record has been found.[46]

Smith, William – Born: West Stow, Suffolk in 1873.  Parents: Robert Smith (Brickmaker) and Hannah [née Palmer].  Family Connections: Brother to Xenophon Henry Smith of Long Melford [b1875] and Robert Charles Smith [b1890]; also, brother-in-law of William James Newis [b1869].  Home: Kelsale, Suffolk (1881).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, William – Born: Haverhill, Suffolk on 27.7.1873.[47]  Parents James Smith (Silkweaver) and Isabella [née Radford] (Weaver).  Family Connections: Brother to Walter Smith [b1875] and James Smith [b1877].  Home: 4 Chain Row, Haverhill, Suffolk (1881, 1891), 24 Crowland Road, Haverhill (1901), 19 Chainey Pieces, Haverhill (1911), 19 Recreation Road, Haverhill (1939).  Occupation: Tailor (1891 to 1911), Retired Tailor (1939).  Married: Eliza Poole in 1897.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Haverhill, Suffolk in 1940.

Smith, William Clare – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 19.8.1871.[48]  Parents: Frederick Thomas Smith (Builder) and Alice Maria [née Sillitoe] both of Long Melford.  Family Connections: Brother to Alfred George Smith [b1877], Charles Henry Smith [b1883], Walter Smith [b1884], Percival Frank Smith [b1891] and Jack Smith [b1892].  Home: 7 Providence Place, Leatherhead, Surrey (1881), High Street, Leatherhead (1891), 13 Elcho Street, Battersea, London [1892], 32 Barnett Wood Road, Leatherhead (1911) to [1941].  Occupation: Bricklayer’s Labourer (1891), Bricklayer (1911), Timber Merchant [1923] to (1939).  Married: Emily King in 1892.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Leatherhead, Surrey on 25.9.1941.[49]

Smith, William Eric – Born: Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire on 7.7.1900.[50]  Parents: William Bigg Smith (Brewer’s Traveller) of Long Melford, and Grace Elizabeth [née Gayler].  Family Connections: Brother to Stanley Percival Smith [b1902].  Home: Portland Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire (1901), Rose Cottage, Starlings Green, Clavering, Essex [1906], Royal Commercial Travellers’ School, Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex (1911).  Occupation: Dealer’s Assistant [1915],[51] Soldier (1921).  Service Record: William was conscripted on 12.3.1918 as No. Z.8954 with the Royal Navy, receiving his discharge in October 1919.[52]  By 1921 however he is recorded as a Corporal serving with the Mechanical Transport section of the Royal Army Service Corps stationed in Ireland.  Died: Bishops Stortford in 1988.

Smith, William Henry – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk on 6.10.1890.[53]  Parents: William Smith (Maltster) and Eliza [née Underwood].  Family Connections: Brother to Frederick Smith [b1894] and Thomas Curtis Smith [b1905]; also, brother-in-law of Arthur Stephen Brown [b1876], Albert Ernest Brown [b1877], Benjamin Issac Brown [b1885], Audley John Brown [b1890], Basil James Brown [b1894], Bertie Ranson [b1888].  Home: 30 Girling Street, Sudbury, Suffolk (1891), Shimpling Hall Cottages, Stanstead Road, Shimpling, Suffolk (1901), Lodging with Charles Field at 2 Station Road, Hayes, Middlesex (1911), Hall Street, Long Melford [1916], 2 Withindale Cottages, Station Road, Long Melford (1921 to 1939), 6 Rodbridge Hill, Long Melford [1942].  Occupation: Bootmaker and Repairer (1911 to 1939).  Married: Ida Elizabeth Brown of Long Melford in 1916.  Service Record: At the Melford Military Service Tribunal in March 1916 William applied for time to settle his business matters having been conscripted on 4.2.1916.  Temporary exemption was granted for one month.[54]  By the time of his marriage three months later he is recorded as a serving soldier although the unit is not recorded.[55]

Smith, William Stanley – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1887.  Parents: Alfred Smith of Long Melford (House Painter) and Alice [née Butcher].  Family Connections: Brother to George Archibald Smith [b1888], Alfred Oliver Smith [b1890], Harold Cecil Smith [b1894], Lancelot James Smith [b1897] and Edwin Leonard Smith [b1902].  Home: Clifton Villa, Lavenham Road, Sudbury, Suffolk (1891), Village Street, Toppesfield, Essex (1901), 50 Florence Road, Stroud Green, London (1911).  Occupation: Shop Assistant (1911).  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.

Smith, Xenophon Henry – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1875.  Parents: Robert Smith (Brickmaker) and Hannah [née Palmer].  Family Connections: Brother to William Smith [b1873] and Robert Charles Smith [b1890]; also, brother-in-law of William James Newis [b1869].  Home: Kelsale, Suffolk (1881), Caddenham Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire (1891), Wherstead Road, Wherstead, Suffolk (1901), 20 Grove Cottages, Henley Road, Ipswich, Suffolk (1911).  Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1891), Brickmaker (1901), Brickfield Foreman (1911).  Married: Annie Eliza Stevens in 1893.  Service Record: No definitive military record has been found.  Died: Greenwich, London in 1953.

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Boreham, Harry – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 3.12.1905.[56] Parents: Alfred Boreham (Horseman on Farm) and Sarah Ann [née Wilding] (Horsehair Weaver).  Family Connections: Brother to Alfred Eric Boreham [b1915].  Home: 4 Rotten Row, Southgate Street, Long Melford (1911) to [1925], Hall Street, Long Melford (1939), 16 Southgate Street [1969].  Occupation: Timberman [1925], Public Works Labourer (1939), Chemical Works Labourer [1947].  Married: Gladys May Smith of Alpheton, Suffolk in 1938.  Service Record: Harry enlisted with his best friend Cyril Albert Mills in 1925 as Gnr.6137191 with 92^nd [Gordon Highlanders] Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, transferring on 16.10.1939 to 4^th [City of Aberdeen] Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. This unit was part of the British Expeditionary Force that confronted German Army Group B on its advance into Belgium in May 1940 and was later ordered to retreat to Dunkirk for evacuation to England.[57]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1969.

Hansford, Arthur – Born: Hammersmith, Middlesex in 1887.  Parents: James Hansford (Hosier’s Assistant) and Charlotte Elizabeth [née Weir].  Family Connections: Brother-in-law of Clifford Cyril Smith [b1892] and Edward Stanley Smith [b1899].  Home: 21 Minford Gardens, Hammersmith, Middlesex (1891), 111 Sulgrove Road, Hammersmith (1901), 77 Park Crescent, Clapham, London (1911), 64 Midmoor Road, Balham, London [1916 to 1918].[58]  Occupation: Butcher [1916].  Married: Constance Lily Smith of Long Melford in 1911.  Service Record: Arthur was conscripted on 29.5.1916 as Gnr.88743 with 203^rd [Heavy] Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, being posted to France from 18.1.1917 with 127^th [Heavy] Battery, RGA, as part of Third Army, and receiving his discharge in 1919.[59]

Hart, Bertie George – Born: Cockfield, Suffolk on 6.3.1912.[60]  Parents: Harry Albert Hart (Horseman on Farm) and Ellen May [née Manning].  Family Connections: Brother to William James Hart [b1898] and Leslie Frank Hart [b1915]; also, brother-in-law of Arthur Leonard Smith [b1914].  Home: Smithwood Green, Cockfield, Suffolk (1921), Cottage near the School, Alpheton (1939).  Occupation: Stockman (1939).  Married: Kathleen Mary Smith of Alpheton, Suffolk in 1938.  Service Record: Bertie was a member of N^o.3 Platoon [Alpheton], 10^th Battalion, Suffolk Home Guard during the Second World War.  Died Bury St Edmunds in 1982.

Newis, William James – Born: Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham on 31.7.1869.[61]  Parents: Thomas Newis (China and Glass Dealer) and Mary Ann [née Dobson].  Family Connections: Brother-in-law of William Smith [b1873], Xenophon Henry Smith of Long Melford [b1875] and Robert Charles Smith [b1890].  Home: Chapel Street, Thornaby, Yorkshire (1871), 39 Skinner Street, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham (1881), Revelstoke Road, Wandsworth, London (1939).  Occupation: House Painter (1911).  Married: Eveline Smith (d1915) in 1899 and Emily Ellen Goudie in 1917.  Service Record: William enlisted in 1889 as Tpr.3701 with 5^th Royal Irish Lancers, being posted to South Africa from 1899 to 1902 and seeing action during the Second Anglo-Boer War, at the Battles of Elandslaagte and Reitfontein, and as part of the besieged garrison in Ladysmith.  It is not known if he served during the First World War as no definitive record has been found.  Died: Wandsworth, London in 1939.[62]

Pittock, Thomas – Born: South Shields, County Durham on 15.3.1879.[63]  Parents: Thomas Pittock (Fish Salesman) and Sarah Ann [née Lovely].  Family Connections: Brother-in-law of Arthur George Smith [b1863], Frederick C. Smith [b1868], Herbert Charles Smith [b1870] and Harry Smith [b1875] all from Long Melford.  Home: Campbell Street, South Shields, County Durham (1891), Dudleigh, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex (1901), 3 Emma Terrace, Castle Street, Clacton-on-Sea (1911), Rose Villa, St Andrews Road, Clacton-on-Sea [1916], 44 High Street, Long Melford [1919], St Andrews Road, Clacton-on-Sea (1921 to 1939).  Occupation: Cab Driver (1911 to 1921), Taxi Proprietor (1939).  Married: Hetty Mary Smith of Long Melford in 1907.  Service Record: Thomas was conscripted on 7.6.1916 as Pte. G/15911 with 3^rd [Reserve] Battalion, Queen’s Own [Royal West Kent Regiment].  In December 1916 he was transferred as Pte.21524 to 2^nd Garrison Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and posted to Basra as part of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, rising to the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant and serving there until May 1919.[64]  Died: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex in 1961.

Ranson, Bertie ‘Bert’ – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 21.12.1888.[65]  Parents: William Ranson (Horsehair Weaver) and to Emma [née Taylor].  Family Connections: Brother to Sidney Ranson [b1885]; also, cousin of Herbert George Ranson [b1877], Harry George Ranson [b1885], Bertie George Ranson [b1895], Albert Ranson [b1876], Edward Ranson [b1878], Oakley John Ranson [b1886], George Ranson [b1888], Albert John Ranson [b1890] and Sidney Joseph Ranson [b1896], and brother-in-law of William Henry Smith [b1890], Frederick Smith [b1894] and Thomas Curtis Smith [b1905].  Home: St Catherines Road, Long Melford (1891), Spring Gardens, Cock and Bell Lane, Long Melford (1901, 1911), 13 Martins Rise, Long Melford (1939).  Occupation: Flour Miller (1911), Refuse Carter (1939).  Married: Grace Emily Smith in 1919.  Service Record: Bertie enlisted as Pte.26292 with 7^th [Service] Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, later transferring to 2^nd Battalion, both units seeing action on the Western Front.  Private Ranson was wounded twice, first on 27.12.1917 possibly near Cambrai and on subsequently on the Somme on 13.5.1918.[66]  Died: Sudbury, Suffolk in 1954.

Notes – [1] 1939 Register.  [2] 1939 Register.  [3] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Medal Roll [WO 329], and Medal Index Card [WO 372].  [4] 1939 Register.  [5] Chelsea Hospital British Army Service Record [WO 97] up to 1907.  [6] Recorded as a Sergeant in the Royal Artillery on the UK Census for 1901.  [7] Date of birth from Admission Register 12.5.1896, St Catherines Infants School, Long Melford.  [8] For details of 84^th Brigade RFA’s movements see War Diary [WO 95/2025/2].  See also his Soldiers’ Documents and Pension Claims, First World War [WO 364], Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War, Silver War Badge [WO 329] record [ref: 320490], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [9] National Probate Calendar.  [10] 1939 Register.  [11] For Training Corps articles see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 10.3.1915 and 29.12.1915. [12] National Probate Calendar.  [13] 1939 Register.  [14] National Probate Calendar.  [15] Tuberculosis: Register of Notification from Medical Practitioners, Bury Record Office [ref: EF501/4/23].  [16] Chelsea Hospital British Army Service Record [WO 97] up to 1897.  [17] Chelsea Hospital British Army Service Record [WO 97] up to 1898.  [18] National Probate Calendar.  [19] Date of birth from Death Index. [20] My thanks to Peter Fox for bringing the information on George’s later career to my notice and publishing a copy of his Certificate of Service online.  See also Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372] under Archibald Smith.  [21] Some addresses from the Electoral Roll. [22] National Probate Calendar.  [23] Baptism Register 21.6.1896 for St Margaret of Antioch Church, Toppesfield, Essex.  Photo courtesy of Natalie Mains.  Date of death from the National Probate Calendar.  [24] 1939 Register.  [25] 1939 Register.  [26] Baptism Register 1.8.1892 of Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  [27] 1939 Register.  [28] For the Tribunal’s ruling see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 28.2.1917.  [29] For the Tribunal’s ruling see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 21.6.1916. [30] National Probate Calendar.  [31] 1939 Register. [32] National Probate Calendar.  [33] 1939 Register. [34] Medal Roll [WO 329] and Medal Index Card [WO 372].  [35] For Training Corps article see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 29.12.1915. [36] National Probate Calendar.  [37] 1939 Register.  [38] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363], Medal Roll [WO 329] and Medal Index Card [WO 372].  See also https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/.  [39] 1939 Register.  [40] Baptism Register 24.8.1875, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford. [41] Evidence of Tommy’s military and musical career taken from photographs courtesy of Tom Seppings of Sudbury. [42] National Probate Calendar.  [43] Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942. [44] 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]. [45] National Probate Calendar.  [46] Chelsea Hospital British Army Service Record [WO 97] up to 1907.  [47] 1939 Register.  [48] 1939 Register. [49] National Probate Calendar.  [50] Date of birth taken from his RNVR Record. [51] RNVR Record.  [52] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Service Records, 1903-1922.  [53] 1939 Register. [54] For the Tribunal’s ruling see Suffolk and Essex Free Press 8.3.1916. [55] Military status taken from Marriage Register 12.6.1916, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  [56] 1939 Register and RA Record.  [57] Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls and Recruitment Registers, 1908-1947.  [58] Address is taken from the Electoral Roll for Clapham. [59] Recorded as a Soldier at the baptism of his son, see Baptism Register 5.8.1917, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.  For details of 127^th Battery’s deployment see War Diary [WO 95/397/4].  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].  [60] 1939 Register. [61] 1939 Register. [62] Chelsea Hospital British Army Service Record [WO 97].  [63] 1939 Register. [64] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363] and Medal Index Card [WO 372].  [65] 1939 Register.  [66] Soldiers’ Documents and Pension Claims, First World War [TNA – WO 364]- Medal Roll [WO 329].