Roll of Honour - Suffolk

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TOSTOCK WAR MEMORIAL

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Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2019

The Tostock war memorial is to be found in St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Tostock, Suffolk. It takes the form of an oil painting of a soldier and sailor kneeling before and altar bearing the names of the fallen. Below the memorial is a plaque bearing the name of the only man to have fallen from the village in World War 2.

REMEMBER BEFORE GOD
THE TOSTOCK MEN WHO
FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

BUCKLE	Harold Alvah	[Listed as A BUCKLE on CWGC] Private 4695. 11th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died in the United Kingdom 8 September 1915. Aged 22. Born Tostock, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Son of Amos Buckle, of 1, New Rd., Tostock. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Tostock, a Farm Labourer, son of Amos and Beatrice Buckle, resident Tostock, Suffolk. Buried near South boundary in TOSTOCK (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk.
CLARKE	Arthur R	No further information currently available
CLARKE	Bernard	Private 6745, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 18 June 1917. Aged 37. Born Tostock, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Son of Samuel and Eliza Clarke, of "Honeysuckles", Tostock, Bury St. Edmund'S; husband of Elsie S. Clarke, of London Rd., Trumpington, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.
CLARKE	Walter	No further information currently available
EVERITT	Ernest	Private 5213, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 25 June 1916. Born Tostock, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Buried in CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Row E. Grave 21.
HASELWOOD	William [James]	[Spelt HAZELWOOD on CWGC and SDGW] Private 5233, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 24. Born Tostock, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hazelwood, of Flats Lane, Tostock, Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Row G. Grave 35.
HUFFEY	Leonard F	No further information currently available
MAIDWELL	Edwin	Private 14738, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 18 October 1917. Born Tostock, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in WELSH CEMETERY (CAESAR'S NOSE), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 19.
PEASEY	George R V	Private 7559, 11st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died on service 1 November 1918. Born Tostock, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen, Germany. Plot V. Row L. Grave 13.
PLEASANCE	Henry Robert Victor aka Harry	[Listed as Harry V R Pleasance on the memorial] Private G/18695, 23rd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's own (Middlesex Regiment). Died 5 November 1918. Aged 24. Son of Fred Edward Frost Pleasance and Agnes Annie Pleasance, of Tostock Green, Bury St., Edmunds. Buried in MARCINELLE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Hainaut, Belgium. Row A. Grave 7A.
POOLE	Arthur John	Stoker 1st Class 294376, H.M.S. "Partridge," Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 12 December 1917. Aged 42. Born 24 March 1877 in Tostock, Suffolk. Son of John William and Mary Ann Poole, of Tostock, Bury St. Edmund's. Enlisted 23 January 1900 for 12 years, re-enlisted 23 January 1912 to completion, height 5 feet 3 inches, brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. Formerly a Labourer. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 24.
ROLFE	Wilfrid Terrill	Private 62851, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) formerly 27185, Duke of Cambridge's own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 16 April 1917. Born Tostock, Suffolk, enlisted Chelmsford. Buried in HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 40.
TUCK	Gilbert Bernard Owen	Second Lieutenant, 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died 19 May 1917. Aged 35. Son of the Rev. Julian George and Fanny Tuck, of Tostock Rectory, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Native of Bucknall, Staffs. Buried in A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS, Somme, France. Plot III. Row K. Grave 12.
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
MURTON	Dennis William	Aircraftman 2nd Class 961737, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 30 August 1940. Aged 28. Son of Charles David and Ellen Murton, of Tostock. Buried in TOSTOCK (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk.
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945. WE WILL REMEBER THEM.

Last updated 26 August, 2019

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