BECCLES TM 42026 89968 WW1 - 240 + 3* WW2 - 61 WW2 Civilians - 3 not on memorial With acknowledgement to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ All the War Graves in Beccles cemetery can be seen [Here] Others are at the foot of this document [Here] Casualties WW1 Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Parish Conflict Died Notes

Edgar ALDEN * Private 660505 Canadian Infantry 24th Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 21/09/1917 Son of Mrs. John Alden of Beccles. Born at Beccles

Ernest Charles ALDEN Private 265317 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 04/09/1918 formerly (2129) Suffolk Cyclist Regt.

James Thomas ALDEN Trimmer 3874TS Royal Naval Reserve HM Trawler 'Bracklyn' 40 Beccles WW1 11/05/1917 Son of the late John and Ellice Alden, of

Beccles George Richard ALEXANDER Mate - Mercantile Marine Steam Drifter

'Reliance' (Lowestoft) 36 Beccles WW1 07/10/1917 Husband of Mrs. Alexander, of Beccles

William Francis ALEXANDER Second Hand 15333/DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'Ocean

Star' 28 Beccles WW1 26/09/1917 Husband of Mary E. Alexander of 1, Lennex Rd. Portsmouth? Born Beccles

Herbert Thomas ALLEN M.i.D. Captain - Seaforth Highlanders "D" Coy.9th Bn. 32 Beccles WW1 25/09/1915

Son of the late Surgeon Gen. William Edward Allen and Mary Frances Allen; brother of Beatrix Allen, of Ingate House, Beccles

Ernest Norman AMIS Private 35576 Royal Fusiliers

trans to (118490) 198th Coy. Labour Corps

37 Beccles WW1 23/03/1918 Son of Isaac Henry Amis, of 18, Old Mill Terrace, Beccles

John ANDREWS Private 12261 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 22 Beccles WW1 22/07/1915 Son of Mrs. Anna M. Andrews, of 5, Fen Lane, Beccles

Albert Edward ASHLEY M.M. Lance Sergeant 13210 East Yorkshire Regt. 7th Bn. - Beccles WW1 10/07/1916 -

George William BAKER Deck Hand 3708DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'George V' 29 Beccles WW1 03/06/1917

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker, of Beccles; husband of Florence May Baker (since remarried)

Oscar James BALLS Private 13043 Suffolk Regt. 8th Bn. 34 Beccles WW1 26/09/1916 -

James BALLS Private 4951 East Surrey Regt. 8th Bn. 24 Beccles WW1 03/05/1917 Son of Mrs. Jane Balls, of 51, Ingate St., Beccles

William Arthur BALLS Private 4958 East Surrey Regt. 8th Bn. 18 Beccles WW1 01/07/1916 -

Frederick Leonard BALLS Private G/2842 The Buffs (East Kent

Regt.) 7th Bn. 30 Beccles WW1 03/07/1916 Son of Arthur and Emma Balls, of Beccles

James BARBER (An Alias) Private 3736 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. 29 Beccles WW1 30/08/1916 (True family name, PARNELL). See Albert

Edward PARNELL (below)

Alfred John BARBER Lance Corporal 19759 Royal Engineers 69th Field Coy 29 Beccles WW1 26/04/1918 Son of the late John William and Agnes

Barber, of Beccles George Joseph BARBER Private G/21001 The Queen's (Royal

West Surrey Regt.) 2nd Bn. Beccles WW1 04/10/1917 Formerly (13044) Suffolk Regt.

Stanley William BARNARD Lance

Corporal 240372 Suffolk Regt. 1st/5th 20 Beccles WW1 02/11/1917 Son of William Thomas and Caroline Barnard, of 46, Fairclose, Beccles

Albert Gordon BARNES Company QM. Sergeant 229484 London Regt.(Royal

Fusiliers) 1st Bn. posted to 23rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers 32 Beccles WW1 31/05/1918 Son of Richard Barnes; husband of Ellen

F. Barnes, of 72, Blyburgate, Beccles

John Henry BARNES Rifleman S/1858 Rifle Brigade 12th Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 12/02/1916 Son of Edward and Katherine Barnes, of 47, Addison Rd., South Norwood, London. Resident of Beccles

Frank Hubert BARTON Second Lieutenant - Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn. attd. 17th Light Trench

Mortar Bty. 31 Beccles WW1 05/11/1918 Son of George and Mary Barton; husband of Ethel A. Barton, of 7, Queen's Rd., Beccles. Born at Luton

Charles Clifford BATES Lance

Corporal 12272 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 20 Beccles WW1 13/10/1915 Son of Charlotte Maria and the late Austin Bates, of 8, New Rd., Ravensmere, Beccles

Arthur James BEANE Stoker 2541S Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. 'Vanguard' 29 Beccles WW1 09/07/1917 Husband of Mrs. M. Beane, of 53, Denmark Rd., Beccles

Edmund Chandler BETTS Sergeant 13047 Suffolk Regt. 8th Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 02/08/1916 Resident of 2, Ingate Street. Buried in

Beccles cemetery

George BICKERS Bombardier 681877 Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 276th Bde 31 Beccles WW1 20/05/1918 Son of George and Emily Bickers, of Beccles; husband of Minnie Maria Bickers, of 31, Smallgate, Beccles

Harry BLOOMFIELD Private 260144 Gloucestershire Regt. 2nd/5th Bn. 35 Beccles WW1 16/08/1917

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bloomfield, of Burnham Overy Staithe; husband of Florence Sarah Bloomfield, of 25A, Ingate St., Beccles

Reginald Osborne BOLINGBROKE M.i.D. Corporal 1853 Queen's Own

Oxfordshire Hussars 2nd 21 Beccles WW1 27/01/1916 Son of Charles and H. A. Bolingbroke, of Northgate, Beccles

Robert BOND Fisherman - Mercantile Marine Steam Drifter 'Lord Carnarvon' 50 Beccles WW1 19/11/1914 Husband of Mrs. Bond, of 52, Frederick

Rd., Beccles

John BOREHAM Private G/50913 Royal Fusiliers 24th Bn. 37 Beccles WW1 30/04/1917 Son of James and Sarah Boreham; husband of Alice Boreham, of 14, South Rd., Beccles

George BRADNUM Lance Corporal 4954 East Surrey Regt. 8th Bn. - Beccles WW1 08/02/1917 Born St. John’s Wood, Middlesex, of 5,

Newgate St. Beccles

Ernest Robert BRANFORD Private G/52852 Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn. 41 Beccles WW1 31/07/1917 Son of James and Elizabeth Branford, of Beccles; husband of Kathleen Branford, of 3, Tottenham Place, Clifton, Bristol

Fred Albert BROWN Lance Corporal 202331 Royal Berkshire Regt. 2nd/4th Bn. 26 Beccles WW1 22/08/1917 Resident of 26, Fairclose, Beccles

Frederick Arthur BROWN Private 267116 Oxford & Bucks Light

Infantry 2nd/1st Bucks Bn. 21 Beccles WW1 22/08/1917 Third son of Martin Henry and the late Charlotte Brown, of 26, Fairclose, Beccles, Suffolk,

Martin William BROWN Private 24155 Suffolk Regt. "C" Coy.8th Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 20/07/1916 son of Martin Henry and the late Charlotte Brown, of 26, Fairclose, Beccles, Suffolk,

Thomas George BURGESS Lance

Corporal 203419 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 34 Beccles WW1 15/05/1918

Son of George and Harriet Burgess, of Beccles; husband of Emmelyn, (née Breeze) of Ingate Place, The Green, Beccles

Ernest Joseph BYFORD Gunner 55170 Royal Field Artillery "D" Bty. 117th Bde. 32 Beccles WW1 08/08/1917 Husband of Mrs. K. S. Byford, of 19, George St., Great Yarmouth

Herbert Arthur CALLOW Engineman 1940/ES Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'George V' 35 Beccles WW1 03/06/1917 Husband of Lily Maud (née Payne) of 20, Ingate Road, Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Charles CAREY Corporal 1684541 Royal Field Artillery 216th Bde. 32 Beccles WW1 02/12/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carey; husband of F. L. Carey, of 39, Caxton Rd., Beccles

Stephen CASTON Private 24479 Northamptonshire Regt. 8th Bn.

trans to (565094) Labour Corps 41 Beccles WW1 26/10/1918 Buried in Beccles cemetery

Charles Thomas CHAMBERS Private 8771 Border Regt. 2nd Bn. 28 Beccles WW1 13/03/1915

Husband of Emma Chambers, of 95, Ingate St., Beccles (since remarried). Born in Loddon

Arthur Robert CHANDLER Corporal 9213 Bedfordshire Regt. "C" Coy.1st Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 16/03/1915

Son of William and Jane Chandler, husband of Ida Florence Chandler, of 62, Ingate Rd., Beccles. Born at Spaldwick, Huntingdon

Percy Joseph CHATTERS Private 20288 Northamptonshire Regt. 7th Bn. 28 Beccles WW1 24/01/1917 Son of William Arthur and Verena Chatters, of 13, St. George's Rd., Beccles

Henry CHILVERS Private 240147 Suffolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 27 Beccles WW1 19/09/1918 Son of Mr. H. E. Chilvers, of 15, Old Market, Beccles

John CHRISTIE Rifleman 650834 London Regt.(First Surrey Rifles) 21st Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 15/09/1916 Son of Robert Christie, of 8, Frederick’s

Rd., Beccles William Leonard CHURCHYARD Private 240287 Suffolk Regt. 5th Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 02/11/1917 Resident of Blyburgate, Beccles. Born at

Finborough. Albert Maxmillian CLARKE Private 3/8812 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 18 Beccles WW1 03/05/1915 Son of Mr. H. Clarke, of 156, Dumbreck

Rd., Eltham, London. Native of Beccles

David Arnott CLARK Private 202013 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 28/04/1917 Son of John and Elizabeth Clark, of 18, Newgate, Beccles

Frank Leonard CLARKE Sapper 85602 Royal Engineers 207th Field Coy 35 Beccles WW1 04/08/1916 Resident of 81, Denmark Rd., Beccles

William Henry CLARKE Private 9798 Dorsetshire Regt. 2nd Bn. - Beccles WW1 28/09/1915 formerly (7349) Norfolk Regt.

Bertram COE Sergeant 5395 East Surrey Regt. 8th Bn. 27 Beccles WW1 12/10/1916 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coe, of "The Butcher's Arms," London Rd., Beccles

Arthur COLLINGS Private M2/016807 Royal Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport

attd. RGA 29 Beccles WW1 18/12/1918 Husband of Amelia Collings, of Lilian Cottage, Castle Hill, Great Clacton, Essex. Native of Beccles

Albion COOPER Second Hand 1225/SA Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. 'Vigorous' 43 Beccles WW1 24/03/1919 Husband of Edith of 5, Puddingmoor, Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

John Arthur COPEMAN Lance Corporal 14610 Suffolk Regt. 8th Bn. 27 Beccles WW1 31/07/1917 Resident of 7, Gresham Rd., Beccles

Leonard Frank COPEMAN Private ? East Yorkshire Regt. - - 13/11/1916 Resident of 7, Gresham Rd., Beccles

Albert Edward COWLES Lance Corporal 24854 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 31 Beccles WW1 27/03/1918 Son of Harry Charles and Rosa Anna

Cowles, of 1, Gresham Rd., Beccles Arthur Frederick CRISP Lance

Corporal 34536 East Lancashire Regt. 2nd Bn. - Beccles WW1 23/10/1916 -

Frederick William CRISP Private 85882 The King's (Liverpool

Regt.) 8th Bn. 20 Beccles WW1 11/09/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Crisp, of 30, Peddars Lane, Beccles

William Charles CROFT Fitter

Corporal 889540 Royal Field Artillery 56th Bty. 34th Bde - Beccles WW1 12/08/1917 of 4, Bridge Street, Beccles. Born in Wickham Market

Alick CUSHION Private 240288 Suffolk Regt. "B" Coy.1st/5th Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 18/10/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Cushion, of 13, Stanley Rd., Gt. Yarmouth; lodger at 17, Alexandra Rd, Beccles

Arthur CUTTING Lance Corporal 3797 Canadian Cavalry Royal Canadian

Dragoons 24 Beccles WW1 23/03/1918 Son of Harriet Cutting, of Gate House, Carlton Colville

Ernest Robert DAY Private 1850 Suffolk Regt. "B" Coy.5th Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 14/08/1915 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. C. Day, of 1A, Queen's Rd., Beccles

Harry Owen DICKERSON Seaman - Mercantile Marine H.M. Steam Drifter 'Reliance' 41 Beccles WW1 07/10/1917

Son of James Henry and Susanna Dickerson; husband of Alice Ann Dickerson of 46, St. Benedict's Rd., Beccles

Albert Victor DIXON Gunner 105212 Royal Garrison Artillery 208th Siege Bty. 38 Beccles WW1 27/12/1916 Son of Thomas and Harriett Dixon, of Gooderstone, Norfolk; husband of Rosetta Dixon, of 3, Rosemary Lane, Beccles

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William DREWELL Lance Corporal 240243 Suffolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. - Beccles WW1 02/11/1917 formerly (1741) Suffolk Regt.

Samuel John DREWELL Private G/31311 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt.) 6th Bn. - Beccles WW1 09/08/1918 -

Herries Knocker DUDLEY-SCOTT Second

Lieutenant - Royal Air Force 19 Beccles WW1 22/09/1918 Son of Evelyn H. and the late John Dudley-Scott, of Beccles,. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Frederick James EASTOLL Private 6652 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 27 Beccles WW1 15/09/1914

Son of James and Emma Eastoll, of Drayton; husband of Alice Mary Eastoll, of 4, Meacham’s Yard, Beccles

Arthur George EVERSON Military Medal Sergeant 200732 Suffolk Regt. 1st/4th Bn. 30 Beccles WW1 23/04/1917 Formerly (2899) Suffolk Regt.

Edward FAIRWEATHER Battery QM Sergeant 38077 Royal Field Artillery "B" Bty. 86th Bde 28 Beccles WW1 01/08/1916 Husband of Violet E. Fairweather, of 25,

Smallgate, Beccles

Sidney FAIRHEAD Private 8694 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 14/10/1917 Son of Robert and Ann Fairhead, of 12, Shaw's Yard, Beccles

Edmund George Banham

FARROW Private 7108 Honourable Artillery Company 1st Bn. 28 Beccles WW1 08/08/1917

Son of Edmund and Frederica Farrow, of Raveningham; husband of Isabella S. Farrow, of "The College", Beccles

James William FENN Private 76024 Middlesex Regt. 18th

Bn. trans to (180134) ECLC, Labour Corps 35 Beccles WW1 28/10/1918

Husband of Gertrude Ellen Fenn, of 25, Ingate St., Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

William James FIELD Military

Cross Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers "D" Coy.1st Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 31/07/1917 Son of Walter Sidney and Rebecca Field,

of 80, Denmark Rd., Beccles

Thomas Allan FILBY Private 10515 South African Infantry 4th Regt. - Beccles WW1 24/03/1918 -

John Robert FINCH Private 40963 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Beccles WW1 27/03/1918 formerly (3284) Suffolk Regt.

Charles Henry FORDER Private 240953 Suffolk Regt. "B" Coy.1st/5th Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 29/06/1917 formerly (5285) Suffolk Regt.

Leonard James FOSTER Private 1337 Northumberland

Fusiliers 1st Bn. 28 Beccles WW1 29/09/1914 Son of Mr. George Foster, of 38, Ingate Rd., Beccles.

Douglas Alfred FREEMAN Private 320253 Suffolk Regt. 15th Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 05/10/1918

Son of Mrs. F. Freeman, of 7, Priory Lane, Bungay, and the late Mr. A. W. Freeman. Native of Beccles

Bertie W. FREEMAN Private 203874 Devonshire Regt. 1st/4th - Beccles WW1 04/09/1917 -

John Sayer FULLER Private 20582 Essex Regt. 1st Bn. 34 Beccles WW1 13/08/1915 Son of the late John and Jane Fuller, of Thurlton; husband of Charlotte Elizabeth Fuller, of 3, Ravendmere East, Beccles

Percival GARNHAM Second Lieutenant - Gloucestershire Regt. 6th Bn. 28 Beccles WW1 25/10/1918 Son of Mrs. J. Dowe, of Beccles

William Alfred GEORGE Deckhand 3707 DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter 'George V' 39 Beccles WW1 03/06/1917 Husband of Diana C. George, of 28, Ingate Rd., Beccles

Arthur Samuel GEORGE Able Seaman London Z/5519

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve H.M.S. 'Begonia' 33 Beccles WW1 06/10/1917 Husband of Ellen Alice George of 2,

Thurlow’s Yard, Northgate, Beccles

Charles Bertie GEORGE Private 26443 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. - Beccles WW1 23/04/1917 -

William GIBBENS Seaman - Mercantile Marine Steam Drifter 'Reliance' (Lowestoft) 44 Beccles WW1 07/10/1917

Son of William and the late Esther Gibbens; husband of Rosa Gibbens (nee Fenn), of 5, Kemps Lane, Beccles

Dudley Frederick Lionel

GILES Private 1165 Australian Infantry, A.I.F 16th Bn. 20 Beccles WW1 28/04/1915 Son of Dudley P. and Elinor L. Giles, of Holford, Bridgwater, Somerset. Native of Beccles

Hubert Henry GILL Private S1/SR/615 Army Service Corps 244th Coy. - Beccles WW1 06/10/1915 Resident of 40, Ingate Rd., Beccles

William Alfred GODFREY Private 41862 Manchester Regt. "C" Coy.16th Bn. 29 Beccles WW1 26/11/1917 Son of Robert Arthur and Mary Ann Godfrey, of Beccles; husband of B. L. Godfrey, of Walthamstow

George William GOFFIN Private 12070 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 22 Beccles WW1 17/04/1916 Son of William Goffin, of 23, Ingate Rd.,

Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

James GOODERHAM Sergeant 381446 The King's (Liverpool Regt.) 1st/6th Bn. - Beccles WW1 09/04/1918 Resident of 1, St. Anne’s Rd., Beccles

Kenneth Carlton GOWER Able Seaman 63 ? Royal Navy, (Discharged

unfit for duty) H.M.S. 'General Craufurd' H.M.S. 'Commonwealth’ 21 Beccles WW1 23/01/1918 of 26, Blyburgate, Beccles. Buried in

Beccles cemetery Sidney George GRANT Sergeant 5763258 Norfolk Regt. "A" Coy. 2nd Bn. 24 Beccles WW1 17/11/1920 Husband of E. M. Grant, of 7, Pound Rd.,

Beccles

Charles Edward GRIMMER Sergeant ?

Royal Army Service Corps (Discharged unfit for duty)

- 32 Beccles WW1 20/08/1917 of 26, Northgate, Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery Sect. LX, plot 273, no stone found

George Henry HADINGHAM Private 18793 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 29 Beccles WW1 30/01/1918 Son of James Hadingham; husband of Emma Hadingham, of 8, Fair Close, Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Harold Herbert HADINGHAM Sapper 360688 Royal Engineers 24th Div. Signal Coy. 27 Beccles WW1 10/11/1918 Son of Arthur and Charlotte Hadingham, of

Middleton. Native of Beccles

William HADINGHAM Private 9966 Royal Fusiliers "X" Coy. 4th Bn. 35 Beccles WW1 16/06/1915

Son of James and Lorina Hadingham, of 2, Shelton Place, Beccles; husband of Mary A. Hadingham, of 12, Hudson Rd., Kingston-on-Thames

Hubert Frank Ivan HALL Sergeant 37603 Machine Gun Corps

(Infantry) 135th Coy. 19 Beccles WW1 21/04/1917 Son of Mr. S. H. and Mrs. M. Hall, of 118, Denmark Rd., Beccles

Omar Edward HARLEY Battery Sergeant Major

38739 Royal Field Artillery 48th Reserve Bty. - Beccles WW1 13/12/1916 Buried in Shipmeadow churchyard

Major Norman HARMER Sergeant 4210 Norfolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 43 Beccles WW1 21/02/1917 Son of the late William Harmer; husband of Mabel Alice Harmer, of 38, Denmark Rd., Beccles

David HARPER Private 240252 Suffolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 22 Beccles WW1 02/11/1917 Son of Abram and Anna Harper, of 60, Ingate St., Beccles. Born at Weston

Francis Theodore HARPER Private 202436 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. - Beccles WW1 12/04/1918 of 60, Ingate, Beccles. Formerly Suffolk

Regt. 5th Bn. Jonathan David HARPER Private 240252 Suffolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 22 Beccles WW1 02/11/1917 Son of Abram and Anna Harper, of 60,

Ingate St., Beccles. Born at Weston

Henry HARPER Private 18276 Suffolk Regt. 1st Bn. 34 Beccles WW1 24/04/1915 Son of Henry Harper, of Beccles, Suffolk; husband of Alice (Remarried)

Frederick HARROD Private 242579 Suffolk Regt. 5th Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 15/12/1917 Husband of Rose Amelia Harrod of 1, Thurlow’s Yard, Northgate St., Beccles

Miles HARVEY Private 71177 Middlesex Regt. 29th Bn., trans to (180419) 339th Coy. Labour Corps

35 Beccles WW1 29/03/1919 Resident of 9, Gresham Rd., Beccles. Buried at Thurton

Arthur William HEMBLING Private 18277 Suffolk Regt. 1st Bn. 35 Beccles WW1 24/05/1915 Son of Frederick and Ellen Hembling, of Beccles; husband of Bethsheba E. Hembling, of 30, Newgate St., Beccles

Francis Joseph HOLLAND Private 45976 Northamptonshire Regt. 1st/4th Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 03/11/1917

Son of George and Mary Holland, of 4, Rosemary Lane, Beccles. Resident of 131, Denmark Rd., Beccles

Leonard HONEYWOOD Private 3/9363 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. - Beccles WW1 22/01/1916 Resident of l9; Ravendmere

George Henry HOOK Private 3/10083 Suffolk Regt. "A" Coy. 1st Bn. 33 Beccles WW1 08/05/1915 Son of James and Mary Jane Hook, of 3, Stone Yard, Northgate St., Beccles

Charles James HOWARD Private 1078 Manchester Regt. 1st Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 21/12/1914 1, Near New Market, Beccles

William George HUGHES Private 201208 Cameron Highlanders 6th Bn. 30 Beccles WW1 23/07/1918

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes; husband of Florence Ann Hughes, of 21 Dene Side, Gt. Yarmouth.

Frederick HUTLEY Private SD/1972 Royal Sussex Regt. 12th Bn. 34 Beccles WW1 30/06/1916 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hutley, of Great Wigborough, Colchester. Resident of 14, Kilbrack, Beccles

Ernest George IFE Corporal 65500 Machine Gun Corps 204th Bn. 32 Beccles WW1 14/10/1917

Son of George Platford Ife and Sophia Augusta Ife, of 82, Winnock Rd., Colchester. Native of Beccles

Harry INGATE Private 5729 Australian Infantry, A.I.F 44th Bn. 37 Beccles WW1 04/02/1917 Son of Garwood and Annie Ingate; husband of Julia Ingate, of West Australia. Born at Beccles

Hamilton Ray JACKSON Second Lieutenant - Army Service Corps,

Mechanical Transport attd. 245th Siege Bty. - RGA 27 Beccles WW1 26/07/1917

Son of Allan Heslop Jackson and Eva Lindley Jackson, of Thatched House, Beccles

John Alwyne JEFFERY Private 2879 London Regt. 23rd Bn. 22 Beccles WW1 19/04/1915 Son of Alfred J. and Jeannie M. Jeffery, of 8, New Market, Beccles

Frederick Arthur JOHNSON Corporal 26544 Royal Defence Corps - 43 Beccles WW1 30/03/1918

Son of the late W. J. Johnson; husband of Elfrida E. Johnson, of 2A, Cliff Cottage, Ballygate, Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Thomas Pelham JOHNSON D.S.O. Lieutenant

Colonel - Army Service Corps 15th Div. Train 46 Beccles WW1 12/06/1918 Son of the Rev. F. A. and Ellen Johnson; husband of Lilian Dora Johnson, of Menton, Côte d'Azur

Walter Thomas JONES Lance

Corporal 45997 Essex Regt. 9th Bn. - Beccles WW1 05/04/1918 Resident of 41, Alexandra Rd., Beccles

Ernest William JORDAN Private 4438 Australian Infantry, A.I.F 26th Bn. 27 Beccles WW1 03/08/1916 Son of James H. and Lucy Jordon, of 80, Northgate, Beccles

Alexander Walter JUDGE Corporal 1740 Suffolk Regt. 6th Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 25/02/1915

Son of George and Annie Judge, of 6, Denmark Rd., Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Joseph William KEABLE Stoker 1st

Class K/14165 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Aboukir' 20 Beccles WW1 22/09/1914 Son of Mrs. A. Keable, of 57, Northgate St., Beccles

Peter KEARNS 2nd Steward ? Royal Navy H.M.H.S. 'Garth Castle' 25 Beccles WW1 03/07/1918 of Avondale, Waveney Rd., Beccles.

Buried in St. Benet's churchyard

Albert Ernest KING Private 65687 Royal Army Medical Corps

45th Casualty Cleaning Station 25 Beccles WW1 21/03/1918 Son of James and Alice S. King, of 2,

Ingate Rd., Beccles Walter Edward KIRBY Private 5107 Leinster Regt. 6th Bn. 35 Beccles WW1 09/04/1918 Son of Edward and Alice Martha Kirby.

Jack Kenneth KNIGHTS Private 240061 Suffolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 24 Beccles WW1 22/04/1917 Son of William L. and Harriett E. Knights, of 18, Puddingmoor, Beccles

William Madeley KNIGHTS Private 5313 Oxford & Bucks Light

Infantry "A" Coy.2nd/1st Bucks Bn. 24 Beccles WW1 19/07/1916 Son of William L. and Harriett E. Knights,

of 18, Puddingmoor, Beccles Frederick William LARK Corporal 17839 Queen's Own (Royal

West Kent Regt.) 6th Bn. - Beccles WW1 17/07/1917 of 13, Puddingmoor, Beccles Formerly (3167 Royal Fusiliers)

Leslie Thomas LARKE Private 43048 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Beccles WW1 12/10/1916 of 7, Puddingmoor, Beccles

Edward LAWS Private 032671 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 29 Beccles WW1 03/01/1919 Son of Samuel and Charlotte Laws, of 17,

Beccles Rd., Bungay.

Frank Albert LAWS Private 1153 Australian Infantry, A.I.F 11th Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 02/05/1915 Son of Frederick and Charlotte Laws. Native of Beccles

Frederick William LAWS Private 40736 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 38 Beccles WW1 11/04/1917 Son of Frederick William Laws. 2, St.

George's Rd., Beccles. George Burgess LAWS Private 47165 Northumberland

Fusiliers 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. 35 Beccles WW1 21/03/1918 Husband of Gertrude May Laws, of 73,

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William George LAWS Gunner 115422 Royal Garrison Artillery 299th Siege Bty. 29 Beccles WW1 29/08/1918

Son of William and Mary Ann Laws; husband of Lily Maud Laws, of 3, Blyburgate, Beccles

Alfred George LAWSON Gunner 54487 Royal Garrison Artillery 22nd Heavy Bty. 37 Beccles WW1 29/04/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, of Gt. Yarmouth; husband of E. A. Lawson, of 12, Waveney Valley Cotts., Beccles

Ernest LEON Private 28204 East Yorkshire Regt. 12th Bn. - Beccles WW1 13/11/1916 of 54, Denmark Rd., Beccles

Harry LEON Private 350632 Essex Regt. 9th Bn. 36 Beccles WW1 07/04/1918 Father of Pamela Leon, of 1, Queen's Rd., Beccles

Leslie Edmund LEWELL Sergeant 320003 Suffolk Regt. 15th (Suffolk

Yeomanry) Bn. 26 Beccles WW1 09/03/1918 Son of George Hamlet and Elizabeth Lewell, of 18, The Quay, Beccles

Charles Henry LIST Sergeant 33715 Bedfordshire Regt. 4th Bn. - Beccles WW1 11/02/1917 of 37, Alexandra Rd., Beccles. Formerly (13019) Suffolk Regt.

Edwin Samuel C MARTIN * Shoeing

Smith Royal Field Artillery Discharged unfit for service 43 Beccles WW1 13/11/1918

Resident of 22, Fairclose, Beccles. Born in Heckingham, Norfolk. Buried in Beccles cemetery. (LIX 247)

Frederick MAYES Private 25798 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

6th Bn. attd. 2/4 Bn. London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers)

26 Beccles WW1 25/04/1918 Son of W. Mayes, of 61, Ingate St., Beccles; husband of Sarah Mayes, of 9, Norman Place, Horbury, Wakefield

Herbert MILLS Private 41046 Manchester Regt. 2nd Bn. - Beccles WW1 10/11/1918 Resident of 10, Ballygate, Beccles. Formerly (5440) Leicestershire Regt.

Herbert Allen MOBBS Private 20335 Essex Regt. 13th Bn. 37 Beccles WW1 30/11/1917 Husband of Amy Alice Mobbs, of Sible Hedingham, Essex

John Clement MOBBS Lance Corporal 14140 Suffolk Regt. 8th Bn. 37 Beccles WW1 14/05/1917

Son of John Clement Mobbs, of London Rd., Beccles; husband of Elizabeth K. Mobbs, of Weston, Beccles

Sydney Samuel MOBBS Gunner 124599 Royal Field Artillery H.Q. 220th Bde 28 Beccles WW1 06/11/1918

Son of William and Edith Mobbs; husband of Alice Phoebe Mobbs, of 49, Carrow Rd., Norwich. Born at Beccles

Henry Charles MOYSE Private 43093 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 12/10/1916 Son of George and Sarah Moyse, of 46, Gosford Rd., Beccles

Reginald W. NORMAN Private 200616 Welsh Regt. 1st/4th Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 03/01/1918 Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Norman, of 13, Ingate St., Beccles

Frank Stanley OXBOROUGH Corporal 40931 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Beccles WW1 14/09/1917 Husband of Mrs. E. Oxborough, of 21, Alexandra Rd., Beccles

James Ernest OXBOROUGH Lance Corporal 353237 Royal Scots 9th Bn. 24 Beccles WW1 12/04/1918

Son of William and Harriet Louise Oxborough, of 22, Old Mill Terrace, Beccles

Thomas Newton PALMER M.i.D. Sergeant 4473 Royal Flying Corps 30 Sqdn 29 Beccles WW1 13/03/1916

Son of Thomas William and Alice Palmer, of 120, Blackhorse Rd., Walthamstow. Born in Beccles

Albert Edward PARNELL Private 3736 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. 29 Beccles WW1 30/08/1916 (served as BARBER). Son of William and Lucy Parnell, of Newgate St., Beccles

William George PARR Private 38812 East Surrey Regt. 12th Bn. 39 Beccles WW1 15/10/1918

Son of James William and Elizabeth Parr; husband of Mary A. Parr, of Rose Villas, Brampton

Reginald Walter Harman

PARR Rifleman A/201953 King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. 20 Beccles WW1 19/11/1917 Son of Ernest David and Jane Maria Parr, of 82, Denmark Rd., Beccles

Edward Lawson PAYNE Private 7753 Norfolk Regt. 2nd Bn. - Beccles WW1 28/11/1915 Resident of 1, Hungate Lane, Beccles

Henry Ernest PAYNE Acting Bombardier 72820 Royal Field Artillery 8th Bty. 13th Bde 27 Beccles WW1 25/09/1915 Son of the late Robert and Ann Payne, of

Beccles Frederick William PEACHEY M.i.D. Sergeant 21687 Royal Field Artillery 94th Bty. 18th Bde 31 Beccles WW1 09/09/1917 Son of Frederick Thomas and Emma

Peachey, of 20, London Rd. Beccles

Sidney Rivers PEARL Private PW/5108 Middlesex Regt. 19th Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 06/09/1916 Son of Wade William and Kate Rachel Pearl, of 9, Swine’s Green, Beccles

Victor Wade Major PEARL Private M/23037 Royal Army Service

Corps 615th MT Coy 32 Beccles WW1 13/04/1921 Son of Wade William and Kate Rachel Pearl, of 9, Swine’s Green, Beccles

Cyril Elmore PELLS Second Lieutenant - Devonshire Regt. 2nd Bn. 27 Beccles WW1 27/05/1918

Son of Arthur and Caroline Pells, of "Briarwood," The Grange Estate, Beccles; husband of Mary Anita Pells (nee Reeve), of San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.A

Arnold PENMAN Private 13303 Suffolk Regt. 9th Bn. 24 Beccles WW1 26/02/1916 Son of Richard and Harriett Penman, of 65, Denmark Rd., Beccles

Robert Henry PIPE Sergeant 200939 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 2nd/4th Bn. 21 Beccles WW1 29/03/1918 Son of William Dalby Pipe and Emma Pipe,

of 9, Queen's Rd., Beccles

Edwin George PIPE Lance Corporal 200937 Oxford & Bucks Light

Infantry 2nd/4th Bn. 21 Beccles WW1 10/09/1917 Son of William Dalby Pipe and Emma Pipe, of 9, Queen's Rd., Beccles

Percy Dalby PIPE Private 200938 Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 2nd/4th Bn. 21 Beccles WW1 21/03/1918 Son of William Dalby Pipe and Emma Pipe,

of 9, Queen's Rd., Beccles Samuel James PIPE Private 29788 Middlesex Regt. 18th Bn. 28 Beccles WW1 26/10/1917 Son of Samuel Pipe; husband of Thirza

Louisa Pipe, of 3, Fenn Lane, Beccles

William John PIPE Private 9764 Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Bn. 28 Beccles WW1 03/05/1917 Son of William Dalby Pipe and Emma Pipe,

of 9, Queen's Rd., Beccles

William PIPE Private 44457 Manchester Regt. 21st Bn. 27 Beccles WW1 17/06/1918 Son of Samuel and Ann Pipe, of Ellough Hill Cottages, Beccles

Robert Henry PITTS Sapper 350355 Royal Engineers Inland Waterway Transport 27 Beccles WW1 16/10/1918

Son of James and Eliza Pitts, of Beccles; husband of Charlotte Pitts, of North Quay, Gt. Yarmouth

Charles Arthur PLEASANTS Private 26688 Hampshire Regt. 14th Bn. 31 Beccles WW1 05/10/1916 Son of William and Elizabeth Pleasants, of

10, Ballygate, Beccles

Henry Albert PLEASANTS Rifleman 375254 London Regt. (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th Bn. - Beccles WW1 30/10/1917 Believed to be a son of William and

Elizabeth Ann Pleasants,

Thomas Cornelius PLEASANTS Private 79535 The Queen's (Royal

West Surrey Regt.)

Depot. Trans to (72966) 122nd Coy. Labour Corps

30 Beccles WW1 28/03/1918 Son of William and Elizabeth Ann Pleasants, of 54, Pudding Moor, Beccles

William PLEASANTS Private 3/10000 Suffolk Regt. 8th Bn. - Beccles WW1 04/05/1917 Son of William and Elizabeth Ann Pleasants,

Arthur Samuel POLL Private 24575 Suffolk Regt. 15th Bn. 31 Beccles WW1 23/09/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Poll, of 17, Douglas Place, Beccles

Walter PRIME Private 202077 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. 35 Beccles WW1 25/04/1918 Husband of Catherine E. Prime, of 9, Knight's Yard, Ravensmere, Beccles

Alfred Samuel PURLAND Private 240370 Suffolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. - Beccles WW1 02/11/1917 Resident of 3, Dacre Place, Newgate, Beccles

Albert James RACKHAM Lance Sergeant 12300 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 28 Beccles WW1 13/10/1915 Son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth

Rackham of 40, Denmark Rd., Beccles

Herbert John RACKHAM Private T/203309 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) Depot 32 Beccles WW1 31/10/1918

Son of Thomas Rackham; husband of Marion Alice Rackham, (Since remarried) Buried in Beccles cemetery

William READ Private G/2866 The Buffs (East Kent Regt.) 7th Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 01/07/1916 Son of Eliza and the late Robert Read, of

Pleasant Place, Beccles

Archie READ Private 475211 Royal Army Medical Corps 88th Field Amb. - Beccles WW1 07/04/1918 Son of Jane and the late D. Read, of

Smallgate, Beccles Thomas Christopher REEDER Company Sgt

Major 7078 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Beccles WW1 12/10/1916 Resident of 64, Denmark Rd., Beccles

Herbert A. RICHARDSON Private 235496 Northumberland Fusiliers

20th (Tyneside -Scottish) Bn. - Beccles WW1 20/10/1917 Resident of 32, Upper Grange Rd.,

Beccles

Arthur Cordle RICHES Driver ? Royal Field Artillery Discharged unfit for service 22 Beccles WW1 06/10/1915

Resident of 29, Blyburgate, Buried in Beccles cemetery (Sect. LII, Plot 276) no stone found

Lionel William ROBINSON Sergeant 10694 Bedfordshire Regt. 6th Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 15/07/1916 Son of Mrs. Jane S. Robinson, of 37, Ballygate, Beccles

Archibald George ROE Sergeant 1154 Suffolk Regt. 6th Cyclist Bn. 38 Beccles WW1 23/10/1915 Buried in Bungay cemetery

James ROE Private 13306 Suffolk Regt. 9th Bn. - Beccles WW1 13/09/1916 Born in and resident of Beccles

Harold A. ROE Private 1141 Suffolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 22 Beccles WW1 31/08/1915 Son of Albert and Alice Roe, of 22, Ballygate St., Beccles

Fredrick ROGERS Sergeant 6732 Dorsetshire Regt. 1st Bn. 38 Beccles WW1 12/07/1917 Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Robinson, of Enfield Highway, Enfield, Middx.

Matthew ROOFE Private 3591 Cambridgeshire Regt. 1st Bn. 28 Beccles WW1 16/05/1916 Husband of M. J. Roofe of 1, Wash Lane, Beccles

Herbert Greaves ROWSELL Captain - Hampshire Regt. 14th Bn. - Beccles WW1 03/09/1916 -

Frederick RUSH Lance Corporal 15445 Norfolk Regt. 9th Bn. - Beccles WW1 15/09/1916 Resident of Ravensmere Cottage, Beccles

Harry Edward SALTER Private 20218 Suffolk Regt. 9th Bn. - Beccles WW1 22/04/1917 Resident of Swine’s Green, Beccles

James SAMPSON Private 3/10457 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. 38 Beccles WW1 19/09/1915 Step-brother of William Oxborough, of 22, Old Mill Terrace, Beccles

Frederick John SAMPSON Stoker 1st

Class K/14507 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Pathfinder' 20 Beccles WW1 05/09/1914 Son of John and Annie E. Sampson, of 3, Gosford Rd., Beccles

Robert SAMPSON Private 1539 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt.) 7th Bn. 25 Beccles WW1 26/07/1916 Son of John and Ellen Sampson, of

Swine’s Green, Beccles

Ernest SANDY Private 5086 East Surrey Regt. 1st Bn. - Beccles WW1 20/05/1918 Resident of Ellough Rd., Beccles

Albert SARBUTT Lance Corporal 2956 Suffolk Regt. 4th Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 14/05/1916 Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Clarke, of 5, Old

Mill Terrace, Beccles

Charles SAUNDERS 2nd Lieutenant -

West Yorkshire Regt.(Prince of Wales's Own)

15th Bn. - Beccles WW1 01/07/1916 Resident of 3, St. George’s Rd., Beccles

Frederick William SEAGO Private 1071 Northumberland

Fusiliers 1st Bn. 26 Beccles WW1 26/08/1914 Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Seago, of 5, Pleasant Place, Beccles

Johnson (T.?) SELF Private 12962 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 21 Beccles WW1 27/09/1917 Son of Edward E. and Lilly B. Self, of Ellough Rd., Beccles

Reginald SELF Private 2820 Australian Infantry, A.I.F 48th Bn. - Beccles WW1 05/08/1916 resident of Rigbourne Hill

Reginald W. SHEPHERD Sergeant 16208 Bedfordshire Regt. 7th Bn. 26 Beccles WW1 28/09/1916 Son of Robert and Blanche Shepherd, of 12, Frederick's Rd., Beccles

Alfred SHIPLEE Rifleman C/7102 King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Bn. 27 Beccles WW1 07/06/1917 Husband of Amelia Blanche Shiplee, of High St., Wangford

James Donald SHIPLEE Private 202482 Royal Berkshire Regt. 2nd/4th Bn. 21 Beccles WW1 06/12/1917 Resident of New Market, Beccles

Edward SIMMONDS Gunner 75914 Royal Garrison Artillery 68th Siege Bty. 38 Beccles WW1 29/06/1918 of 37, Queen’s Road, Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Francis W. SIMMONS Private 240973 Suffolk Regt. 5th Bn. 20 Beccles WW1 02/11/1917 Son of William Henry and Alice Simmons, of 10, St. George's Rd., Beccles

Arthur St.Clair SMITH Private 4887 London Regt.(Royal Fusiliers) 2nd Bn. 39 Beccles WW1 16/09/1916 Son of Robert and Susannah Smith, of

Beccles Ernest William F. SMITH Private 240178 Suffolk Regt. 1st/5th Bn. 21 Beccles WW1 02/11/1917 of 17, Puddingmoor, Beccles. (Served as

William) Sidney Eric Darby SMITH Corporal 1996 London Regt.(London

Irish Rifles) 1st/18th Bn. - Beccles WW1 22/05/1916 of North House, Beccles

William SMITH Private 201988 Canadian Infantry 3rd Bn. 35 Beccles WW1 08/10/1916 Son of Eliza Smith, 7, Ingate Street, Beccles

Edward West SNELL Lance Corporal 2828 Suffolk Regt. 5th Bn. - Beccles WW1 21/08/1915 Resident of 15, St. George’s Rd., Beccles

Frederick SOANES Private 29062 Royal Fusiliers 7th Bn. - Beccles WW1 13/11/1916 of Common Farm, Beccles

George Walter SOANES Private 8674 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 24/08/1914

Son of George Dufful (or Duffell) Soanes and Rose Martha Jessie Soanes, of Waterheath Rd., Aldeby, Beccles. Born at Geldeston

George William SOANES Private 50279 Northamptonshire Regt. 6th Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 21/09/1918

William SOANES Private 659 South African Infantry 3rd Regt. 44 Beccles WW1 14/04/1917 Brother of Mrs. E. Suckling, of Ingate Place, Beccles. Listed as SOAMES. but SOANES on the headstone

Samuel SOUTHGATE Private 2399 Australian Infantry, A.I.F 12th Bn. 22 Beccles WW1 25/07/1916 Son of Thomas and Alice Southgate, of 90, Ingate Rd., Beccles. Native of Combs, Sfk.

Charles SPALDING Private 15415 Suffolk Regt. 8th Bn. 21 Beccles WW1 12/10/1917 Son of Mrs. F. E. Spalding, of 2, Kemp's Lane, Beccles

Samuel William SPEARE Private 24842 Machine Gun Corps

(Infantry)

37th Bn. (Formerly The Queen's (Royal West Kent Regt.)

34 Beccles WW1 21/11/1916 Son of William Speare, of 29, Ethel Rd., Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich. Resident of 30, Gosford Rd., Beccles

Walter SPORNE Lance Corporal 772702 Canadian Infantry 75th Bn. 35 Beccles WW1 30/09/1918

Son of Richard and Harriet Sporne; husband of Edith M. Sporne, of 45, Bell St., Ottawa, Canada. Born at Coltishall. Norfolk.

Edwin Richard STIMPSON Corporal 12425 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 32 Beccles WW1 29/02/1916

Son of Harry and Clementia Stimpson; husband of Kate Esther Stimpson, (since remarried) of 41, Ingate Rd., Beccles

George William STONE Private 12770 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Beccles WW1 03/07/1916 Resident of 7, Hungate Lane, Beccles

Laurence STROULGER Gunner 101475 Royal Garrison Artillery 178th Siege Bty. 42 Beccles WW1 19/09/1917 Son of Robert and Agnes Stroulger, of Beccles; husband of Adelaide Stroulger, of Clacton-on-Sea

Walter SUTTON Private T/370169 Army Service Corps attd. RAMC Field Ambulance 36 Beccles WW1 14/08/1918 Son of James and Ann Sutton. Born at

Uggleshall

Arthur TAYLOR Driver T/35581 Army Service Corps Heavy Transport attd. 40th Field Ambulance - Beccles WW1 20/07/1916 Resident of “The Black Boy” P.H. ,

Blyburgate, Beccles Percy Douglas TAYLOR Private 25300 Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn. 22 Beccles WW1 27/05/1918 Son of Mrs. E. and the late Mr. S.

M. Taylor, of 8, Queen's Rd., Beccles

Albert Henry THOMPSON Deck Hand 6839/DA Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. 'Lavatera' 42 Beccles WW1 04/12/1918 Husband of Amelia Elizabeth Faith Thompson of 143 Denmark Rd., Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

John THORLEY Gunner 885364 Royal Field Artillery 31 Beccles WW1 07/09/1917 Parents at 32, Ravensmere East. Husband of A. M. Thorley, of 39, St. John St., Norwich. Buried at Welney

Frederick Percy THORPE Sapper WR/193192 Royal Engineers Railway Troops

Establishment 22 Beccles WW1 08/05/1919 Son of Herbert Charles and Emma Isabella Thorpe, of 16, Waveney Valley Cottages, Beccles

William Herbert THORPE Corporal 875679 Royal Field Artillery 3rd/1st East Anglian

Bde 24 Beccles WW1 01/03/1917 Son of Herbert and Emma Thorpe, of 16, Lady's Meadow, Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Ralph Waveney THURLING Private 43383 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 04/09/1916 Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Thurling, of 2,

New Market, Beccles

Cyril Arthur TOOK 2nd Lieutenant - Suffolk Regt. 12th Bn. 29 Beccles WW1 14/08/1919

Son of Robert Adam Took and Sarah Ann Took, of "Fairholme," The Grange, Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

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Stanley Edward TORBELL Rifleman O/162 Rifle Brigade 12th Bn. 18 Beccles WW1 30/03/1918 Resident of 23, Alexandra Rd., Beccles.

Buried in Beccles cemetery George James TOWNSEND Corporal 14524 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. 32 Beccles WW1 28/03/1918 Resident of 4, Caxton Rd., Beccles

George F. TURNER Private 684008 London Regt. 2nd/22nd Bn. - Beccles WW1 31/03/1918 Resident of 11, Old Mill Terrace, Beccles

Olly WALPOLE Military Medal Corporal 2196 Canadian Corps Cyclist Bn. 23 Beccles WW1 11/10/1918 Son of Ellen Walpole, 3, Stepping Hill,

Beccles

John Mason WARD Private 40905 Suffolk Regt. 2nd Bn. 41 Beccles WW1 15/01/1917 Son of Eliza Ward, of Beccles

Percy Gosden WARD Sapper 558325 Royal Engineers 29th Div Signal Coy 23 Beccles WW1 21/05/1917 Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Ward, of 47, Caxton Rd., Beccles. Born in Gt. Yarmouth.

James Waters WARD Sapper 94150 Royal Engineers 34th Signal Coy 37 Beccles WW1 28/08/1915

Son of James and Eliza Ward, of Beccles, Suffolk; husband of Eleanor L. Ward, of 39, Kitchener Rd., Thornton Heath. Buried in Guildford

Ambrose John WARNES Private 18412 Norfolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Beccles WW1 14/10/1917

Husband of Charlotte Ellen Victoria Warnes of 1, Nelson Yard, Beccles. (Since remarried)

Walter Burgoyne WATERS Lance

Sergeant 3/10285 Norfolk Regt. 1st Bn. 27 Beccles WW1 21/05/1917

Son of George and Emily Waters; husband of Elizabeth Waters (Since remarried) of 17, Douglas Place, Ravensmere, Beccles Buried in Beccles cemetery

Albert Edward WEAVERS Private 241260 Hampshire Regt. 2nd/5th Bn. 26 Beccles WW1 12/03/1918 Son of George and Mary Ann Weavers, of 74, Orchard Lane, Southampton. Native of Beccles

William Henry WIGGETT Sapper 153706 Royal Engineers 106th Field Coy 30 Beccles WW1 22/03/1918 Resident of 14, Queen’s Rd., Beccles

Eric Flint WILKINSON Private 126269 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 14th Bn. 19 Beccles WW1 09/06/1918 Son of John Quinton Wilkinson and Harriet

E. Wilkinson, of Ashmans Rd., Beccles

Herbert WILSON Driver 2591 Royal Field Artillery, Norfolk Bty.

2nd/3rd. 2nd/1st East Anglian Bde 18 Beccles WW1 27/11/1915

Son of C. and Phoebe Wilson, of 19, Pound Rd., Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Reginald George WRIGHT Private 12068 Suffolk Regt. 7th Bn. - Beccles WW1 03/07/1916 Resident of Shaw’s Yard, Ravensmere,

Beccles Robert William H YOUNGS Lance

Corporal 1312 Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Bn. 30 Beccles WW1 08/10/1918 Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Youngs, of 28,

Denmark Rd., Beccles. Served as William. WW2 Casualties Awards Rank Number Service Unit Age Trade Parish Conflict Date Notes

Leslie Harold ADAMS Pantryman - Merchant Navy S.S. 'Mendoza (Glasgow) 27 Beccles WW2 01/11/1942 Son of George William and Olive Agnes

Adams, of Beccles Frank George ALDRED Sergeant 1873795 Royal Air Force

VR 622 Sqdn 20 Air Gunner Beccles WW2 27/01/1944 Son of William George and Alice Mary Aldred, of Beccles

Harold John AMIS Ordinary Seaman

C/JX 315389 Royal Navy H.M.S.

'Pembroke' - Beccles WW2 19/04/1942 Buried in Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent

William Charles ATKINSON Corporal 3534537 Manchester Regt. 6th Bn. 24 Beccles WW2 15/10/1940 Buried in Beccles cemetery

Percy John ATTOE Able Seaman C/JX 151752 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Curacoa' 2 Beccles WW2 02/10/1942 Son of Percy John and Elizabeth Attoe,

of Beccles

John Clarence BAILEY Aircraftman 1st

Class 569331 Royal Air Force 38 Sqdn 19 Beccles WW2 05/11/1939 Son of Clarence B. Bailey and Florence L. Bailey, of Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Kenneth Charles BARBER Private 5827319 Cambridgeshire

Regt. 1st Bn. 27 Beccles WW2 24/11/1944 Son of Charles and Beatrice Barber, of Beccles

Leonard William BEAN Guardsman 2655577 Coldstream

Guards 3rd Bn. - Beccles WW2 28/06/1944 -

Claude Charles BORRETT Aircraftman 1st

Class 1225463 Royal Air Force VR - Beccles WW2 02/07/1945 -

Guy BUCKENHAM Stoker 1st Class

C/KX 133867 Royal Navy H.M.S.

'Veteran'20 20 Beccles WW2 26/09/1942 Son of Rupert Charles and Gwendoline Mildred Buckenham, of Beccles

Reginald Walter Albert BURCH Private 14618356 Oxford & Bucks

Light Infantry 1st Bn. 37 Beccles WW2 08/07/1944 Son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Burch; husband of Helen Margaret Burch, of Leicester.

George William BURGESS 2nd Engineer - Fishing Fleet

Fishing Vessel 'Carry On' (Lowestoft)

21 Beccles WW2 17/12/1940 Son of Frederick Henry Allan Burgess and Winifred Elsie Burgess

John Edward BURGESS Lance Sergeant 972789 Royal Artillery

57 (1st/5th Bn. The East Surrey Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt.

26 Beccles WW2 01/05/1943 Son of Edward John and Lilian Maria Burgess, of Beccles, Suffolk; husband of Phyllis Rose Burgess, of Beccles

Stanley BURROWS Ordinary Seaman

C/X 152856 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Curacoa' 20 Beccles WW2 24/04/1940 -

Arthur Edward Backhouse

CASTELL Flight Sergeant 364568 Royal Air Force 36 Beccles WW2 06/06/1943 Son of Arthur and Florence Castell; husband o Ivy Grace Irene Castell, of Martlesham

Lionel Milne CLARK Private 5776312 Royal Norfolk Reg. 4th Bn. 24 Beccles WW2 31/03/1943 Son of James Milne Clark and Katie May Clark, of Beccles

Thomas George CLARKE Gunner 827023 Royal Artillery 585 Indep. Heavy

Anti-Aircraft Bty. 35 Beccles WW2 02/01/1944 Son of Thomas and Kathleen Clarke; husband of Florence Ruth Clarke, of Beccles. Buried in Lowestoft cemetery

Percy Victor CONOLLY Quartermaster - Merchant Navy M.V. 'Warwick Castle' (London) 38 Beccles WW2 14/11/1942 Son of John William Conolly, and of

Lilian Alice Conolly, of Beccles

Ernest Edward CRISP Rifleman 5834348 Royal Ulster Rifles 2nd Bn. The

London Irish 31 Beccles WW2 05/08/1943 Son of Arthur William and Ada Ellen Crisp; husband of Mary Mabel Crisp, of Beccles

Edward Charles CROFT Sergeant 5824367 Suffolk Regt. 1st Bn. 36 Beccles WW2 29/03/1945

Son of William Charles and Elizabeth Croft; husband of Mabel Mary Croft, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex

Harry Stephen CURTIS Sapper 2009984 Royal Engineers 288 Field Coy 23 Beccles WW2 04/10/1943 Son of Dennis Henry and Ethel Curtis, of

Beccles Donald Vernon ELLIOTT Corporal 574596 Royal Air Force 23 Beccles WW2 17/03/1945 Son of Maurice E. and Evelyn Gladys

Elliott, of Beccles Alan Herbert George FAIRHEAD Telegraphist C/JX

677000 Royal Navy H.M.L.C.T. '7014' 19 Beccles WW2 18/10/1944 Buried in Beccles cemetery

Harry Harford FLOOD Private 14215697 East Surrey Regt. 1st Bn. 20 Beccles WW2 14/10/1943 Son of Harry Harford Flood and Ethel

Flood, of Beccles George Victor Cyril FRANCIS Seaman LT/JX

190173 Royal Naval Patrol Service

H.M. Trawler 'Elizabeth Angela' 27 Beccles WW2 13/08/1940 Husband of L. M. Francis, of Beccles

Charles GRICE Skipper - Fishing Fleet Steam Drifter 'Lavinia L.' 46 Beccles WW2 19/06/1941 Husband of Ellen May Grice, of Beccles.

Buried in Beccles cemetery

John Edward HEWITT Private 5823597 Cambridgeshire Regt. 2nd Bn. 37 Beccles WW2 16/10/1943 Son of Edward James Hewitt and Anne

Hewitt, of Beccles Harold Herbert Matham

HIPPERSON Flight Sergeant 1436658 Royal Air Force VR

211 Sqdn.; Chiringa 33 Pilot Beccles WW2 14/10/1944

Son of Herbert Ernest and Edith Elizabeth Hipperson, of Waveney Wharf, Beccles; husband of Vera Hipperson

Richard Bruce JUDGE Flight Sergeant 1803447 Royal Air Force

VR 44 Sqdn.; Spilsby 21 Aircrew Beccles WW2 16/03/1945 Son of Richard Goodrick Judge and

Ethel Gertrude Judge, of Beccles William Alfred Noel JONES Bombardier 819308 Royal Artillery 32 Field Regt. 30 Beccles WW2 09/08/1940 Buried in Beccles cemetery

Gordon Walter Edmund

KEEBLE Sergeant 1874510 Royal Air Force VR

626 Sqdn. Wickenby 21

Wireless Op./Air Gunner

Beccles WW2 03/04/1945 Son of Dick and Stella Elizabeth Keeble, of Beccles

Frederick William LEWIS Sergeant 631973 Royal Air Force 20

Wireless Op./Air Gunner

Beccles WW2 07/11/1940 Son of Frederick Henry and Lucy Margaret Lewis, of Beccles. Buried at Frostenden

William James LING Able Seaman C/JX

154392 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Exmoor' - Beccles WW2 25/02/1941 -

Howard Norman LLOYD Sergeant 1352500 Royal Air Force

VR 466 Sqdn. Driffield 33 Beccles WW2 25/07/1944

Son of Frank and Margaret Elizabeth Lloyd; husband of Olive May Lloyd, of Beccles

Edmund John LUNN Private 14655603 Dorsetshire Regt. 4th Bn. 20 Beccles WW2 04/08/1944 Son of Edmund Robert and Gertrude

Spooner Lunn, of Beccles

Royce Clifford MADDOCK Private K/47933

Westminster Regt.(Motors) R.C.I.C.

H.Q. Coy. 26 Beccles WW2 10/01/1945 Son of Russell Daniel and Evelyn Maddock; husband of Lillian Irene Maddock, of Beccles

Bert Walter George MARTIN Baker - Merchant Navy SS 'Orama'

(Barrow) 31 Beccles WW2 08/06/1940 Son of Walter George and Lily Martin; husband of Olive Miriam Martin, (née Cattee)

William Frederick James

MOBBS Sergeant 1461984 Royal Artillery 73 Anti-Tank Regt. 23 Beccles WW2 17/07/1944

Son of Frederick and Martha Mobbs; husband of Beulah Mary Mobbs, (née Bates)

Wilfred Edward MORTIMER Sergeant 911889 Royal Air Force

VR 77 Sqdn 28 Pilot Beccles WW2 13/10/1941 Son of Horace and Dorothy Mortimer, husband of Winifred Lilian Mortimer, of Great Barr, Birmingham

John Robert NURSEY Trooper 7882377 Royal Armoured Corps North Irish Horse 30 Beccles WW2 28/02/1943

Son of Richard Henry and Thirza Nursey; husband of Ethel Agnes Nursey, of Beccles

Albert Frederick OAKMAN Gunner 1437171 Royal Artillery 120 H.H.A. Regt. 25 Beccles WW2 17/08/1945

Son of Albert William and Nellie Oakman; husband of Queenie Irene Oakman, of Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Donald Peter PARR Driver 14811834 Royal Engineers - 19 Beccles WW2 03/09/1945 Son of Leslie Ernest and Mona Louise Parr, of Beccles. Buried in Beccles cemetery

Reginald George PAYNE Sergeant 887401 Royal Artillery 85 Mountain

Regt. 24 Beccles WW2 13/08/1944 Son of Alfred George and Rosina Elizabeth Payne; husband of Irene Muriel Payne, of Beccles

John PLAYFORD Private 5824458 Suffolk Regt. 1st Bn. 29 Beccles WW2 16/06/1940 29/05/1940 Son of John and Alice Playford

Francis George PORTER Private 5772905 Royal Norfolk Reg. 2nd Bn. 20 Beccles WW2 29/05/1940

10/05/1940 Son of Francis George and Mildred Porter, of Beccles

Thomas James POWLEY Cook C/MX

65032 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Curacoa' 23 Beccles WW2 02/10/1942 Son of John and Edith Powley; husband of Joan May Powley, of Beccles

Anthony George ROSE Corporal 5775984 East Surrey Regt. 1st Bn. 27 Beccles WW2 12/03/1944 Son of Herbert and Lilian Rose; husband

of Margery Francis Rose, of Gorleston

Eric Alan SAWYER Lieutenant 197421 Royal Artillery - Beccles WW2 26/06/1944 Son of Albert and Ada Sawyer, of Beccles, Suffolk; husband of Myra Sawyer, of Beccles

Donald Stanley SHIPLEY Private 5778290 Royal Norfolk Reg. 6th Bn. 29 Beccles WW2 21/09/1944

Son of Albert and Emma Shipley; husband of Doris May Shipley, of Beccles

David William SIMPSON M B E Master - Merchant Navy S.S. 'Empire

Merlin' (London) 69 Beccles WW2 25/08/1940 Son of David and Harriet Simpson; husband of Margaret Taylor Simpson,

Cyril John SPALL Ordinary Seaman

C/JX 163251 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Barham' 18 Beccles WW2 25/11/1941 Son of James H. and Ella M. Spall, of

Beccles Harry Samuel STONE Lance Corporal 5777262 Royal Norfolk Reg. 5th Bn. 25 Beccles WW2 14/02/1942 -

Sidney Francis THOMPSON Private 5823593 Suffolk Regt. 1st Bn. 33 Beccles WW2 13/06/1940

Son of Alfred and Anne Thompson; husband of Marjorie Ethel Thompson, of Beccles

Robert Frederick A. THROCKMORTON Private S/149808 Royal Army

Service Corps - 20 Beccles WW2 02/06/1940 Buried in Beccles St Benet's churchyard

Robert Edward William

TODHUNTER Lieutenant 137458 Royal Norfolk Reg. 6th Bn. 28 Beccles WW2 06/03/1942 Son of Herbert W. Todhunter and Anne M. Todhunter, of Beccles

Harry Arthur TOOK Trooper 861066 Royal Armoured Corps

1st Lothians & Border Horse 20 Beccles WW2 05/06/1940 Son of Robert John and Elizabeth

Phoebe Took, of Beccles David Henry Clarence TUTHILL Aircraftman 1st

Class 1241343 Royal Air Force VR - 29 Beccles WW2 14/02/1944 Son of David and Maud Tuthill; husband

of Edna Willimott Tuthill, of Beccles Sydney Walter WADE Private 5776817 Royal Norfolk Reg. 4th Bn. 23 Beccles WW2 31/01/1942 Son of Walter and Emily Wade; husband

of Dorothy Evelyn Wade, of Hales, Nfk. Ralph Frederick WARD Able Seaman C/J

115088 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Ivanhoe' 29 Beccles WW2 01/06/1940 Son of Reginald Peter and Florence Mary Ward, of Beccles

George Samuel WIGGETT Able Seaman P/J 4202 Royal Navy H.M.S. 'Prestol' 47 Beccles WW2 28/12/1939

Son of William H. Wiggett and Eliza Wiggett, of Beccles. Buried in Beccles St. Benet's churchyard

Arthur WILCOCK Corporal 2355543 Royal Corps of Signals - 32 Beccles WW2 23/07/1945

Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Wilcock; husband of Florence May Wilcock, of Beccles

Joseph Francis Loftus

WISE Pilot Officer 151301 Royal Air Force VR - 28 Beccles WW2 18/04/1943 Husband of Winifred I. Wise of 32.

Smallgate. Beccles

Wilfred Edward Frank

YALLOP Leading Aircraftman 1259752 Royal Air Force

VR - 23 Beccles WW2 29/11/1943 Son of Wilfred Charles and Ruth Yallop, of Beccles

Civilians WW1 Jessie Sarah TROLLOPE Civilian ? ? Beccles WW1 28/03/1917

Civilians WW2 Amy Emily TRICKER Civilian 2, Kilbrack 63 Beccles WW2 17/11/1940 William TRICKER Civilian 2, Kilbrack 65 Beccles WW2 17/11/1940

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William SOANES / SOAMES [Back] Omar Edward HARLEY at Shipmeadow [Back] Miles HARVEY at Thurton [Back] Peter KEARNS in St. Benet’s Churchyard [Back]

Archibald ROE at Bungay (Back) John THORLEY at Welney (Back) Thomas George CLARKE at Lowestoft (Back) Frederick William LEWIS at Frostenden (Back)

Robert Frederick A. THROCKMORTON in St Benet’s churchyard [Back]

George Samuel WIGGETT in St Benet’s churchyard [Back]