
BOXFORD
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll
of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Russell Edwards; researched
Martin Edwards 2006
The
Boxford war memorial stands outside the parish church and is in the
form of a crucifix, made from Portland stone, on a stepped octagonal
base. There are 38 men named for World War 1 and 7 for World War 2.
The memorial was orignally unveiled by the Bishop of St Edmundsbury
& Ipswich on 2nd October 1919; this was reported in the Suffolk
Chronicle and Mercury 17th October 1919.
GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
1914-1918
BAKER |
William |
Gunner
34230, 86th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in the
Persian Gulf 9th May 1915. Born and resident Boxford, enlisted Sudbury.
Son of John and Maria Baker, of White St. Green, Boxford, Suffolk.
Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 17. |
BRETT |
Harold |
No
further information currently available |
CLARKE |
Bertie
James |
Private
11054, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 11th November 1916. Aged 21. Born and
resident Boxford, enlisted St. Pancras, Middlesex. Son of William
and Alice M. Clarke, of Calais St. Corner, Boxford, Suffolk. Buried
in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. Plot XI. Row D. Grave
1. |
CLARKE |
Rodney
Charles |
Private
202162, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 4th August 1917. Aged
19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Clarke, of Calais St., Boxford,
Suffolk. Buried in MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 26. |
COBBOLD |
Thomas
William |
Private
13120, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 3rd July
1916. Aged 25. Born Polstead, enlisted Ipswich. Son of George and
Ellen Cobbold, of Ashbocking, Ipswich; husband of Rose Lily Munson
(formerly Cobbold), of Ellis St., Boxford, Suffolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 2 A. |
CUTHBERT |
Walter
Henry |
Private
25161, 7th [SGDW] or 1st/4th [CWGC] Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action 18th August 1916. Born Boxford, enlisted Bury St
Edmund's. Son of Mr. W. Cuthbert, of Boxford Rd., Boxford, Suffolk.
Buried in BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, FLERS, Somme, France. Plot II. Row
C. Grave 16. |
DEATH |
Frederick
W |
[Spelt
DEATHE on SDGW & CWGC] Private 10509, 2nd Battalion, York and
Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 18th January 1915. Aged 22.
Born Polstead, Ipswich, enlisted Barnsley, resident Boxford. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Clarke, of Calais St., Boxford, Suffolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 8. |
ELEY |
Walter |
Private
235116, 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foreseters (Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 18th September 1917. Aged 30.
Born Boxford, enlisted Burt St. Edmund's. resident Ipswich. Son
of William and Catherine Eley; husband of B. A. B. Eley, of 9, Carr
St., Ipswich. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIX. Row D. Grave 7. |
ELMER |
Albert
[Harry] |
Private
20907, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action between
9th and 19th April 1918. Aged 23. Born Boxford, enlisted Sudbury.
Son of Emma Elmer, of Stone St., Boxford, Suffolk, and the late
George Elmer. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL,
Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3. |
EVANS |
David
John |
Private
34235, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 14th October
1917. Aged 34. Born Brynmawr, Brecknockshire, South Wales, enlisted
Bury St. Edmund's. Son of D. C. and E. Evans; husband of Mary E.
Evans, of Victoria Cottage, Boxford, Suffolk. Buried in DOZINGHEM
MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XII.
Row F. Grave 11. |
EVERITT |
Maurice
[Leslie] |
[Spelt
EVERETT on SDGW & CWGC] Private 31101, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 30th April 1917. Aged 21. Born Polstead,
enlisted Bury St. Edmund's. resident Boxford. Formerly 20324, Suffolk
Regiment. Son of David Henry and Betsy Everett, of Butcher's Lane,
Boxford, Suffolk. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot XVIII. Row E. Grave 11A. |
FLETCHER |
Harry |
Private
M2/022021, 5th Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Army Service Corps.
Killed in action 26th March 1918. Aged 22. Born Boxford, enlisted
Colchester, resident Hadleigh. Son of Samuel Fletcher, of Heath
Farm, Hadleigh Heath, Hadleigh, Suffolk. Buried in DOULLENS COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION No. 1, Somme, France. Plot V. Row E. Grave 7. |
GODDEN |
Horace
Cecil |
Stoker
1st Class K/21866, H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy. Died 3rd September
1917. Aged 28. Son of Charles and Sarah Ann Godden, of Swan St.,
Boxford, Suffolk. Buried in WOODLANDS CEMETERY, GILLINGHAM, Kent.
Naval Grave 10. 516. |
GOODEN |
Frederick
George |
Lance
Corporal 24677, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
3rd August 1916. Born Sudbury, enlisted Boxford. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 2 A. |
GRIGGS |
Archibald
Bernard |
Private
G/28995, 12th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regment).
Killed in action 26th September 1916. Born Groton, enlisted Bury
St. Edmund's, resident Boxford. |
GRIGGS |
Bertie |
Corproal
5229, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 8th
August 1918. Born Hadley Hamlett, enlisted Haverhill, resident Edwardstone.
Buried in BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE, Somme, France. Plot
V. Row I. Grave 4. |
GRIGGS |
Ernest
Stanley |
Private
G/2262, 7th Battalion, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action
3rd May 1917. Aged 20. Born and resident Edwardstone, enlisted Boxford.
Son of Emma Griggs, of 3, Stone Street Rd., Boxford, Suffolk, and
the late Walter Griggs. Formerly 25050, Middlesex Regiment. No known
grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
2. |
GRIMWOOD |
Oliver
Daniel |
Private
40517, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 19th April
1918. Aged 28. Born and enlisted Boxford. Son of Daniel and Annie
Grimwood; husband of Clarissa Mary Grimwood, of Ellis St., Boxford,
Suffolk. Formerly 4531, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in SUFFOLK CEMETERY,
LA ROLANDERIE FARM, ERQUINGHEM-LYS, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A.
Grave 7. |
GRIMWOOD |
Percy |
Private
3930. 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 18th August
1916. Born and enlisted Boxford. No known grave. Commemorated on
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
HUGHES |
Ashton
Harry |
Private
201306, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 18th August
1916. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Boxford. Formerly 3948, Suffolk
Regiment. Son of William and Eliza Hughes, of Brook Hall, Boxford,
Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
JOSLIN |
Temple
William |
Sergeant
14411, "C" Company, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 13th September 1916. Aged 23. Born Boxford, enlisted Sudbury.
Son of Mr. F. and Mrs. R. Joslin, of Calais St., Boxford, Suffolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
JOSLIN |
Walter
John |
Listed
a W G JOSLIN on memorial] Private 41631, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire
Regiment. Died of wounds 4th June 1918. Aged 19. Born Whitestreet
Green, enlisted Sudbury, residdent Boxford. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. Joslin, of Calais St., Boxford, Suffolk. Formerly 48794, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Buried in SISSONNE BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot/Row/Section
O. Grave 7. |
KING |
Bertie
Robert Henry |
Sergeant
8108. 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 22nd April
1917. Aged 30. Born and resident Boxford, enlisted Sudbury. Son
of John and Mary Ann King, of Ellis St., Boxford, Suffolk. No known
grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
85 to 87. |
KING |
Ernest |
Private
50244 [SDGW] or 235100 [CWGC], 1st/5th Battalion, King's (Liverpool
Regiment). Killed in action 31st July 1917. Born and resident Boxford,
enlsited Bury St Edmund's. Formerly 34959, Suffolk Regiment. No
known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 4 and 6. |
MANN |
Edgar
[Thomas] |
Private
40701, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 21st April
1918. Born Chilworth, enlisted Boxford. Formerly 19586, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot XI. Row C. Grave 9A. |
MUNSON |
Arthur
W |
Private
11315, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed in action 9th May 1915. Born Long Melford, enlisted
Bury St Edmund's, resident Boxford. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
7. |
MUNSON |
Charles
L |
No
further information currently available |
PATTLE |
Leonard |
Lance
Corporal 7730, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars. Killed
in action 31 October 1914. Aged 23. Born Ipswich, resident Boxford,
enlisted York. Baptised 28 October 1891 in Kersey, Suffolk, son
of Lazarus and Edith Mary Pattle. Son of Lazurus Pattle, of Groton
Wood Lane, Boxford, Suffolk; brother of William (below). In the
1901 census he was aged 10, born Kersey, Suffolk, son of Lazarus
and Edith M Pattle, resident Groton Wood Lane, Boxford, Hadleigh
Hamlet, Cosford, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 5. |
PATTLE |
William |
Rifleman
R/17059, King's Royal Rifle Corps attached to 6th Battalion (City
of London Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 31 August 1918.
Aged 23. Born and resident Boxford, Suffolk, enlisted Colchester,
Essex. Son of Lazarus Pattle, of Groton Wood Lane, Boxford, Suffolk;
brother of Leonard (above). In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born
Suffolk, son of Lazarus and Edith M Pattle, resident Groton Wood
Lane, Boxford, Hadleigh Hamlet, Cosford, Suffolk. In the 1911 census
he was aged 15, born Groton, Suffolk, grandson of of William and
Caroline Pattle, resident White Street Green, Boxford, Suffolk.
Attested 15 November 1915 at Colchester, aged 20 years, resident
Boxford, Suffolk, a Carrier by trade, single, previously served
with Yeomanry, religious denomination Church of England, heght 5
feet 7 inches, weight 130 lbs, chest 34 inches. Joined at Winchester
23 November 1915, posted Depot, King's Royal Rifle Corps 15 November
1915, 14th Battalion 27 November 1915, 11th Battalion (B.E.F. France)
8 April 1916, transferred Rifle Brigade 1 June 1916. Previously
wounded in hand 13 December 1916, admitted to Field Hospital 30
December 1916, transferred to 60 Field Ambulance 30 December 1916,
invalided to England aboard H.S. St. Patrick 3 January 1917. Admitted
to hospital with Trench fever 4 January 1917, discharged 24 February
1917, given leave 24 February to 6 March 1917. No known grave. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 9. |
RICE |
Arthur
[Robert] |
Private
26642, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 3rd
August 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident Hadleigh, enlisted Boxford.
Son of Arthur William and Emma Rice, of Hadleigh Hamlet, Boxford,
Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. |
SMITH |
Charles |
No
further information currently available |
SMITH |
Lionel
H |
No
further information currently available |
SPARROW |
Charles
Herbert |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class 407973, 142nd Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died
6th January 1919. Aged 27. Son of Charles Sparrow, of Brook Hall,
Boxford, Suffolk. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Plot/Row/Section G. Grave 42. |
SPOONER |
Alfred |
Private
290193, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 7th May
1918. Aged 47. Enlisted Sudbury. Son of Walter and Mary Spooner,
of Boxford, Suffolk; husband of Ellen Elizabeth Spooner, of Nedging
Rd., Nedging, Bildeston, Ipswich. Formerly 3078, Suffolk Regiment.
Buried in DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No. 2, Somme, France.
Plot II. Row A. Grave 11. |
STERRY |
Frank |
Lance
Corporal 24676, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
26th August 1917. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Boxford. Son of Robert
and Eleanor Sterry, of Swan St., Boxford, Suffolk. Buried in HARGICOURT
BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 25. |
STERRY |
Harry |
Private
41847, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 24th April 1917. Born Boxford, enlisted and resident
Arundel. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de
Calais, France. Bay 3. |
WARD |
Ernest
Walter |
Private
39702, 32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 7th August 1917. Aged 24. Born and resident Boxford,
enlisted Sudbury. Son of Mrs. S. Ward, of White St. Green, Boxford,
Suffolk. Formerly 2857, Royal Fusliers. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 6 and 8. |
WHYMARK |
Walter
William |
Private
20695, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 22nd January
1918. Aged 37. Born Chelsworth, enlisted Sudbury. Son of Ann Whymark,
of Ellis St., Boxford, Suffolk. Buried in RUE-DU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY,
FLEURBAIX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 43. |
1939-1945 |
ANDERSON |
William |
No
further information currently available |
BAKER |
Freddie |
No
further information currently available |
KING |
Charles
[Russel (sic) Leonard] |
Private
5828716, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died during the
invasion of Singapore by the Japanese 28th January 1942. Aged 32.
Husband of Ruth Ellen Margaret King, of Boxford, Suffolk. No known
grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery,
Singapore. Column 59. |
SQUIRREL |
[Herbert]
John |
[Spelt
SQUIRELL on CWGC] Private 14591953, Pioneer Corps. Died 20th September
1943. Aged 25. Son of Frederick John and Helen Rose Squirrell, of
Boxford. Buried in BOXFORD CMETERY, Boxford, Suffolk. |
STEVENSON |
John |
No
further information currently available |
TRICKER |
Ronald
'Ronnie' [Jack] |
Driver
T/5836156, 331 Armoured Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died 13th December 1944. Aged 23. Son of Elsie Speller, of Colchester,
Essex. Buried in PHALERON WAR CEMETERY, Greece. Plot 17. Row D.
Grave 4. |
TRICKER |
Vernon
[Edward] |
Private
5828581, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 5th August 1943 as
a prisoner of war of the Japanese. Son of Harry and Ruth Tricker,
of Boxford, Suffolk. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand.
Plot 2. Row H. Grave 78. |
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2 December, 2020
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