Long Melford Volunteer Training Corps
Members between 1914 and 1918
For fuller biographies see the Family History section
Adams, Ernest Edward – born in Hartest, Suffolk in 1859, Solicitor’s Clerk living in Long Melford.
Adams, Frederick Charles – born in Long Melford in 1897.
Aitkens, Reverend Alfred Gamelins. – born in Bedford, Bedfordshire in 1873, Rector of St James’ Church, Stanstead, Suffolk.
Albon, Basil William – born in Long Melford in 1899.
Allen, Alfred – born in Long Melford in 1857, Butcher.
Allen, Alfred Edward – born in Lindsey, Suffolk in 1861, Market Gardener living in Acton, Suffolk.
Ambrose, Ernest Harold – born in Long Melford in 1884, Painter.
Ambrose, Harry – born in Long Melford, Suffolk in 1874.
Ambrose, Stanley Clifford – born in Long Melford in 1899.
Angier, Horace Dudley – born in Dovercourt, Essex in 1879, Manager of Ward’s Agricultural Implement Manufacturers in Long Melford and Honorary Secretary of the Volunteer Training Corps.
Ashby, Ernest Charles – born in West Malling, Kent in 1872, Landlord of the Perseverance Inn, Long Melford.
Ball, John Henry – landlord of the Black Lion Inn in Long Melford.
Beales, Edward James – born in Long Melford in 1899.
Bell, Harry – born in Long Melford in 1856, Builder and Committee Member and Sergeant in the Volunteer Training Corps.
Bigg, Walter – born in Long Melford in 1895, Farmer’s son.
Bixby, Granville Charles Miller – born in Long Melford in 1899, Baker.
Blythe, Walter Charles. – born in Long Melford in 1874, Horsehair Dyer.
Bond, Frederick – born in Long Melford in 1884, Baker.
Boreham, George – born in Long Melford in 1858, Maltster’s Labourer.
Branwhite, Frederick Claude – born in Long Melford in 1894.
Branwhite, Frederick Wesney Stapleton. – born in Long Melford in 1862, Corn Merchant.
Branwhite, Frederick William – born in Long Melford in 1863, Master Malt Miller and Corn Merchant; also Committee Member of the Volunteer Training Corps..
Brockwell, Frederick John – born in Cavendish, Suffolk in 1854, Builder of Hall Street.
Brooks, Thomas – born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in 1868, Stockman living in Long Melford.
Brown, G. R. – from Stanstead, Suffolk – a member in 1915.
Byford, Frederick William – born in Long Melford in 1888, Baker.
Byford, Harold Ward – born in Long Melford in 1898, Contractor and Coal Merchant.
Carter, William – born in Long Melford in 1898, Clerk.
Clarke, Walter Edward – born in Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1879, Acetylene Gas and Motor Engineer.
Coe, George John – born in Long Melford in 1859, Farmer.
Coley, Arthur Alfred – born in Long Melford in 1889, Baker and Confectioner.
Connell, Frederick Stanley – born in Long Melford in 1890, Joiner.
Coote, Albert Charles – born in Long Melford in 1898.
Cranfield, Charles William – born in Belchamp Otten, Essex in 1868, Labourer at Stafford Allen and Sons Drug Works, living in Long Melford.
Deeks, Frank – born in Long Melford in 1861, Collector of Rates and Taxes.
Deeks, George Charles – born in Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk in 1879, Farmer at High Street Farm, Long Melford.
Drake, Arthur Wogan – born in Great Wratting, Suffolk in 1870, Solicitor living in Long Melford – Sergeant, later Lieutenant.
Drury, Charles Cundy – born in Long Melford in 1897, Thatcher and Trusser.
Duce, George – born in Long Melford in 1888, Coconut Mat Weaver.
Eary, Arthur – born in Lavenham, Suffolk in 1867, Grocer and Merchant living in Long Melford.
East, George – born in Lavenham, Suffolk in 1863, Coconut Mat Trimmer living in Long Melford.
Finch, John Patrick – bon in Long Melford in 1894, Carpenter.
Finlay, Kenneth Neil – born in Snaresbrook, Essex in 1899, Engineer living in Long Melford.
Fisher, Reverend Steward Travers. – born in Liston, Essex in 1862, Vicar of Liston.
Ford, Arthur – born in Long Melford in 1884, Painter at Ward’s Foundry and Gallipoli veteran on the Army Reserve.
Grice, Philip Charles – born in Long Melford in 1874, Bricklayer.
Griss, William Thomas – born in Lavenham, Suffolk in 1861, Bricklayer living in Long Melford.
Hines, Frederick – born in Long Melford in 1878, Bricklayer’s Labourer.
Horsford, Joseph Alphonsus – born in Seaton, Devon in 1848, Physician and Surgeon living in Long Melford – Committee Chairman.
Howard, Sydney Charles – born in Long Melford in 1879, Butcher.
Howe, Thomas – born in Long Melford in 1881, Horseman and Ploughman on High Street Farm, Long Melford.
Hurst, Bernard Horace – born in Barley, Hertfordshire in 1860, Organist and Teacher of Music living in Long Melford.
Hurst, Lionel Alexander – born in Long Melford in 1898.
Ince, Jesse – born in Pentlow, Essex in 1879, Miller’s Carter living in Long Melford.
Keeble, James – born in Long Melford in 1876, Blacksmith.
Keeble, William James – born in Long Melford in 1902.
Kemp, Wilfred Ernest James – born in Long Melford in 1899.
Lefley, George Henry – born in Sudbury, Suffolk in 1883, Postman living in Long Melford.
Lewis, Arthur Samuel – born in Long Melford in 1874, Boot Maker – Company Sergeant Major and Drill Instructor.
Loverseed John Frederick – born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1881, Organising Secretary of the South Suffolk Liberal Association living in Sudbury, Suffolk – Officer.
Lumsdale, Claude Albert – born in Long Melford in 1899, Labourer.
Malton, Albert – born in Long Melford in 1875, Cowman and Milkman on Farm.
March, Henry – born in Long Melford in 1874, Baker.
Mayes, Walter – born in Kedington, Suffolk in 1876, Head Groom at Melford Place.
Meadows, Albert Edward – born in Nayland, Suffolk in 1897, Clerk at a Cycle Works living in Long Melford.
Meadows, George William – born in Elmsett, Suffolk in 1870, Journeyman Miller living in Long Melford.
Mills, Charles Albert – born in Long Melford in 1876, Horse Shunter for the Great Eastern Railway.
Mitchell, Benjamin – born in Long Melford in 1899, Agricultural Labourer.
Moss, George – born in Long Melford in 1870, Coconut Mat Maker.
Moss, Jack – born in Long Melford in 1900.
Moss, Walter – born in Lawshall in 1878, Agricultural Labourer.
Moss, William – born in Wetherden, Suffolk in 1885, Horsekeeper on High Street Farm, Long Melford.
Neave, William Allen – born in Long Melford in 1869, Saddler and Job Master.
Newman, Sidney Arthur – born in Long Melford in 1897, Sacker and Threshing Machine Feeder.
Pamphilon, Ernest – born in Whittleford, Cambridgeshire in 1872, Carpenter and Joiner living in Long Melford.
Parker, Laurence Hyde – born in Long Melford in 1870, Land Agent and Farmer at Smeetham Hall, Bulmer, Essex – Captain and Commander.
Peachey, Henry Frederick Wells – born in Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire in 1872, Headteacher in Edwardstone Suffolk. – Lieutenant.
Pearman, Walter Steed – born in Long Melford in 1856, Carpenter and Undertaker.
Pettitt, Doctor William Brackenridge – born in Wortley, Yorkshire in 1864, Surgeon and Physician living in Long Melford.
Pleasants, Thomas Edward – born in Long Melford in 1884, Grocery Porter.
Potter, Arthur Robert – born in Long Melford in 1873, Miller’s Carter.
Prigg, Bertie Horace – born in Long Melford in 1900, Hairdresser.
Randle, Austin Jarvis Palmer – born in Long Melford in 1899, Bank Clerk.
Randle, Graydon John Palmer – born in Long Melford in 1895, Carter.
Randle, John Palmer – born in Long Melford in 1870, Wheelwright and Carpenter.
Randle, Robert Palmer – born in Long Melford in 1867, Wheelwright.
Raynor, Harry – born in Halstead, Essex in 1874, Butcher and Slaughterman living in Long Melford.
Reeve, Dennis Edward – born in Belchamp Otten, Essex in 1892, Head Horsekeeper on High Street Farm, Long Melford.
Rice, George Frank – born in Hadleigh Hamlet, Suffolk in 1875, living at Liston and Carman for Stafford Allen and Sons of Long Melford.
Row, Charles John Henry – born in Long Melford in 1873, Insurance Broker and Merchant – Honorary Treasurer and Sergeant.
Rule, Frederick Charles – born in Long Melford in 1874, Groom and Gardener.
Ruse, Henry – born in Duxford, Cambridgeshire in 1859, Master Butcher living in Long Melford – Committee Member.
Salter, William Charles – born in Long Melford in 1890, Agricultural Labourer.
Sansum, William Charles – born in Long Melford in 1891, Boot Repairer.
Scott, Archibald Lacy – born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in 1872, Auctioneer and Surveyor living in Long Melford – Platoon Commander.
Scrivener, Frederick Charles – born in Long Melford in 1883, Timekeeper and Horseman at Ward’s Foundry.
Sewell, Edmond – born in Long Melford in 1888, Clerk at Whittle’s Matting Factory.
Sewell, Robert Arthur – born in Long Melford in 1864, Manager of Whittle’s Matting Factory – Sergeant.
Smith, Edward Stanley – born in Long Melford in 1899.
Smith, John – born in Buxhall, Suffolk in 1874, Stockman and Yardman living in Long Melford.
Smith, Lambert – born in Boxford, Suffolk in 1877, Smallholder living in Sudbury, Suffolk.
Smith, Oswald Charles Durwin – born in Long Melford in 1872, Postman.
Snell, George Horace. – born in Glemsford in 1897.
Spicer, Thomas – born in Faucett St Mary’s, Norfolk in 1871, Grocer & Draper living in Long Melford.
Stanhope, Charles John – born in Long Melford on 18.12.1900.
Stearns, James – born in Long Melford in 1887, Bricklayer’s Labourer – Corporal and Armourer.
Theobald, Clement – born in Long Melford in 1872, Builder.
Theobald, Frank Stephen – born in Long Melford in 1875, Insurance Broker’s Clerk.
Theobald, Frederick Stephen – born in Long Melford in 1875, Postman.
Totman, Edward John – born in Long Melford in 1897.
Ward, David Hayward – born in Bucklesham, Suffolk in 1866, Agricultural Implement Manufacturer living in Long Melford – Committee Member.
Wheeler, George – born in Stanstead, Suffolk in 1876, Stationary Engine Man at Ward’s Iron Foundry.
Whitmore, Frederick William Charles – born in Colchester, Essex in 1866, Elementary School Teacher in Stanstead, Suffolk.
Whitmore, Wilson Ernest – born in Felixstowe, Suffolk in 1899.
Whittle, Percy Harold – born in Long Melford in 1898.
Woodgate, Charles Robert – born in Acton, Suffolk in 1877, Agricultural Labourer.
Wright, Edward Ballantine – born in Wrentham, Suffolk in 1880, Grocer of Hall Street.
Wright, Herbert – born in East Dean, Hampshire in 1871, Estate Gardener at Kentwell Hall.