
SPROUGHTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll
of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Jean Austin & Jennifer Jones 2005
The
War Memorial is in the Church; the Roll of Honour is in the Vestry.
There is a memorial book, compiled in 2003 by Jennifer Jones, in the
Parish Church, containing photographs of the graves or memorials of
most of the men of the North Samford Benefice (Belstead, Bentley, Burstall,
Copdock & Washbrook, Sproughton and Tattingstone) who died in the
First World War..
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Photographs
Copyright © Jean Austin & Jennifer Jones - 2005
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Sacred
To the men of Sproughton
Who lost their lives in the Great War
1914 - 1919
ALLDRED |
Ephraim |
[Listed
as Edward ALDRED on the church memorial but correctly on Coddenham]
Private 20877 5th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Died
of wounds received in action 25 April 1917 France/Flanders. Born
1884 Coddenham, son of James and Harriett Alldred. EADT 28 April
1917 - Deaths Whilst on Service: Died from wounds received in action
Private Ephraim Alldred, husband of Louisa Alldred of Coddenham,
late of The Lodge, Chantry Grove, Sproughton. King’s Shropshire
Light Infantry, age 33. Buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension,
Rouen, France and commemorated on the Sproughton
war memorial. |
CAMERON |
Charles
P G |
Captain
attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 30 April 1918 France/Flanders.
Born 1885. Buried at Arneke Cemetery, France and commemorated on
the Sproughton war memorial. |
CHURCHMAN |
Charles
H |
Captain
6th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 3 May 1917 France/Flanders.
Born 1895 Ipswich, son of Arthur Churchman, who was a tobacco manufacturer.
Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France and on the Sproughton
war memorial. |
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CUTTING |
Leonard |
Private
202275 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (formerly 2635 Suffolk Yeomanry).
Died of wounds 2 May 1917 France/Flanders. Born Raydon, his family
had moved to St Matthews, Ipswich by 1901. Buried in the Warlincourt
Halte British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France and commemorated on
the Sproughton war memorial. |
FRASER |
Malcolm |
L/Corporal
12350 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 17 July 1915
France/Flanders. Born 1894 Sproughton. Buried in Cavalaire (Essex)
Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium and commemorated
on the Sproughton war memorial. |
FLETCHER |
Wilfrid |
Private
3831 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died 11 March 1916. Born 3
April 1882 at Whitton son of Isaac and Rosetta Fletcher. EADT 14
March 1916 – Deaths Whilst on Service: on 11 March at the Eastern
Counties Hospital, Cambridge, Wilfrid, 4th Suffolks, son of Isaac
Fletcher of Sproughton, age 32. Enlisted Ipswich. Buried in Sproughton
Churchyard (South East corner) and commemorated on the Sproughton
war memorial. |
GRAY |
John |
Private
202250 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment formerly 3920 Suffolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 23 April 1917, France/Flanders, Born 1894 Eyke, son
of William and Harriet Gray. EADT 22 March 1918 - Deaths Whilst
on Service: on 23 April 1917, previously reported missing, Private
J Gray, Suffolk Regiment, previously Suffolk Yeomanry, now reported
killed on that day. Son of Mr and Mrs W Gray, Ivywell Farm, Sproughton,
age 23. Enlisted Ipswich. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France
and Sproughton war memorial. |
JOHNSON |
Ernest
James |
Private
29711, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27
March 1918, France/Flanders. Born 1887 Sproughton son of Joseph
and Hannah Johnson. Wife of Florence Ada Johnson of Reading Room
Cottage, Sproughton. Among his siblings were two sets of twins –
William (who died soon after birth) and Arthur born in 1891 and
George and William born 1893. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, lived Belstead.
Commemorated on the Arras memorial, France and on the Belstead and
Sproughton war memorials. Also commemorated
(with his brother George who was also killed in action in France)
on his parents’ gravestone in Sproughton Churchyard (at East end
of Churchyard, between church and river and near a Horse Chestnut
tree) |
JOHNSON |
George |
Private
G/3081 7th Battalion East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). Killed in action
29 August 1915 France/Flanders. Born 1893 Sproughton, twin son of
Joseph and Hannah Johnson and brother of above Ernest James Johnson.
Commemorated on the Thiepval memorial and on the Sproughton
war memorial. Also commemorated (with his brother Ernest who was
also killed in action in France) on his parents’ gravestone in Sproughton
Churchyard (at East end of Churchyard, between church and river
and near a Horse Chestnut tree)

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KINSEY |
David |
Private
11360 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Killed in Action 25 November
1917 France. Born 1893 Copdock, son of Eldred and Eliza Kinsey (living
in ‘Chantry Row’ Sproughton in 1901); husband of Mrs Grace Kinsey.
EADT 11 January 1918 – Deaths Whilst on Service: On 25 November
1917, killed in action in the recent battle near Cambrai Private
David E Kinsey, beloved husband of Grace Kinsey of 31 Rosebery Road,
Ipswich. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral Military
Cemetery, France and on the Sproughton
war memorial. |
LAWS |
George
Ernest |
2nd
Corporal 5th Signal Company Royal Engineers. Died 1 August 1916
Somme, France. Born 1890 Sproughton, son of John and Alice Laws
(John Laws was Bailiff at ‘Boss Hall Farm’ in 1901; later of Railway
Cottages, Sproughton Road, Ipswich). EADT 24 August 1916 – Deaths
Whilst in Service: Laws, killed in action on 1st-2nd August Cpl
Ernest Laws 24518 RE, dearly loved third son of J and E Laws, Boss
Hall, Sproughton in his 26th year. Buried in Dantzig Alley Cemetery,
Mametz, Somme, France and commemorated on the Sproughton
war memorial. His brother, Stanley Laws also killed in action. |
LAWS |
Stanley |
Private
1524 26th Battalion Australian Infantry AIF Unit. Died 20 September
1917 France/Flanders. Born 1894 Sproughton, son of John and Alice
Laws (John Laws was Bailiff at ‘Boss Hall Farm’ in 1901; later of
Railway Cottages, Sproughton Road, Ipswich). He is commemorated
on the Menin Gate Memorial, Eiper and on the Sproughton
war memorial. His brother, George Laws also killed in action. |
LLOYD |
Arthur |
Gunner
876342, ‘A’ Battalion, 94th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Died
10 October 1917. Born 1895 Burstall, son of Edgar and Annie Lloyd.
Buried in Lijssemthoek Military Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium
and commemorated on the Sproughton
war memorial. |
MARKHAM |
Harry |
Private
10418 219th Company Machine Gun Corps. Died 15 July 1917 Belgium.
Born 14 April 1882 Sproughton, son of Elijah and Emma Markham (of
Lower Street, Sproughton in 1901; later of 10 Chantry Row, Sproughton);
husband of Mrs L Markham (of 15 Chantry Row, Sproughton). EADT 1
August 1917 - Deaths Whilst on Service: 1 August 1917, killed in
action on 15 July on the eve of commencing his leave, second son
of Mr and Mrs E Markham of Sproughton, age 35, he left a widow and
five children to mourn their loss. Buried in Coxjde Military Cemetery,
West Flanders, Belgium and commemorated on the Sproughton
war memorial. |
SCARFE |
Reginald
Wilfred |
Private
17853 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 11 August
1915 France/Flanders. Born Witnesham, son of William and Hannah
Scarfe. Enlisted Ipswich. Buried in the Kemmel Chateau Military
Cemetery, Heyvelland, West Flanders, Belgium and commemorated on
the Sproughton war memorial. |
SCRIVENER |
Albert
R |
Rifleman
13/41453 13th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Died of wounds 8 December
1917. Born 1881 Sproughton son of Alfred and Mary Ann Scrivener
of 9 Chantry Row, Sproughton. Buried in Sproughton Churchyard (in
South East corner) and commemorated on the Sproughton
war memorial. |
WADE |
Walter |
WR/21685
Pioneer 309th Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died 24
August 1918 France. Born 1890. Husband of Mrs K Wade (of 4 Chantry
Row, Sproughton circa 1920). Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery,
Wimille, Pas de Calais, France and commemorated on the Sproughton
war memorial. |
WARNE |
David |
Private
12528 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 25 November
1915 France/Flanders. Born 1895 Kettleburgh. Enlisted Ipswich. Buried
in Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France and commemorated
on the Sproughton war memorial. |
WRIGHT |
Walter
Whitmore |
2nd
Lt 276th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action
23 August 1917, France. Born 1889 Ipswich, son of Henry and Mary
Wright (in 1901 living at ‘The Beeches’ Hadleigh Road, Sproughton).
EADT 29 August 1917 - Deaths Whilst on Service: killed in action
in France, 2nd Lt W Whitmore Wright, son of Mr and Mrs Henry J Wright,
The Beeches, Hadleigh Road, Ipswich, age 27. Buried in The Huts
Cemetery, Eiper, Belgium and commemorated on the Sproughton
war memorial. |
Not
on the Sproughton War Memorial but plaque in the Church |
FOSDICK |
John
Hyland |
Lieutenant
7th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, 14th Division. Died of wounds
31 July 1915, received in action at Hooge on the 12 October 1915.
Aged 20. Born 2 March 1895 in Sproughton, Ipswich, Suffolk. Baptised
7 April 1895 in Sproughton, All Saints, Suffolk, son of Frederick
Hyland and Alice Ann Fosdick. Only son of Alice Anne Fosdick, of
"Cullenswood," Eastbourne, Sussex, and the late Frederick
Hyland Fosdick, of “Cullenwood,” Granville Road, Meads, Eastbourne.
Born in Sproughton near Ipswich, Suffolk. Educated at Charterhouse
School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. All Saints and SJ. Buried
in Lijssenthoek Miltary Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
I. Row A. Grave 5. See also Eastbourne
World War 1 Memorial and Charterhouse
School
Extract
from Rifle Brigade Chronicle 1915, page 150:
LIEUTENANT
(TEMP.) J. H. FOSDICK.
7th (Service) Battalion.
JOHN HYLAND FOSDICK was the only son of Frederick Hyland Fosdick
Esq., and was born 2 March 1895. He was educated at Charterhouse
and Pembroke College, Cambridge and was appointed to the 7th (Service)
Battalion on 12 October 1914. He went abroad with his Battalion
in May 1915 and was struck by a shrapnel shell on 30 July in the
trenches at Hooge. He died at Abeele on 1 August 1915 and was buried
at Poperinghe.

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And
1939-1945
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VAN
DER HEIJDEN |
Peter
V J |
There
is a Petrus Jacobus Van Der Heijden, Private 86731, Prisoner of
War in Thailand 1944. Pow in Thailand - Camp 4. |
VAN
DER HEIJDEN |
John
Peter Maria |
Pilot
Officer 200908, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 10 November
1945. Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. J. Van Der Heijden. Buried in Ispwich
New Cemetery, Suffolk. Section X.F. Division 2. Grave 25. |
LONGE |
James
Edward |
No
further information currently available |
ANDREWS |
Albert
John |
Private
1/6th Bn Queen’s Royal Regt (West Surrey). Killed 27 February 1943,
Age 29. Son of Albert and Adelaide Andrews of Sproughton. Buried
in Tripoli War Cemetery |
STEWARD |
Dudley
Charles |
Asst
Steward RN HMA Prince of Wales. Died 10 December 1941, age 29. Son
of Charles and Amelia Steward, husband of Dorothy Steward. Commemorated
on the Chatham Memorial. |
SEAMAN |
Kenneth
Clifford |
Private,
2nd Bn Middlesex Regt. Died 9 August 1944, age 20. Buried in St
Charles de Percy War Cemetery, France. |
Last
updated
12 April, 2022
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