SUTTON
ST EDMUND WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled
and Copyright © Cliff Brown 2002
The
memorial is located at the Junction of Cross Road and Broadgate Road,
Sutton St Edmund. It takes the form of a double plinth and pedestal
surmounted with an ornate cap and cross, surrounded by iron railings
and set on a concrete base. Inscription and names incised and picked
out in black are on faces 1, 2 and 4 of the plinths and pedestal. There
are 57 names listed, 41 names of those who seved in World War 1, 10
names of those who died during World War 1, 5 names of those who died
in World War 2 and 1 non-combatant.
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Photograph
Copyright © Cheryl Arnold |
SUTTON
ST EDMUNDS
WAR MEMORIAL
1914-1919
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY
ALLEN |
Thomas
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801308
Driver, 34th Bty, 189th Bde, Royal Field Artillery. 1-11-18, age
21. Son of John and Jane Allen, of Sutton St Edmund. St Sever
Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. |
ALLEN |
Thomas
Henry |
8574
Pte, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Died 9-4-15, Vierstraat sector. Born
Lambeth, enlisted Wisbech. |
BARTON |
S
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70959
L/Cpl, 9th Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Rgt). Killed
in action 20-11-16, working party north of Beaumont Hamel, age
31. Son of Mr & Mrs R Barton, of Holbeach. Husband of Majorie
Barton, of School House, Sutton St Edmund. Schoolmaster at Sutton
St Edmund. Formerly 26910 South Staffs Regiment. Hamel Military
Cemetery, Somme, France. |
BEAGLES |
J
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203548
Pte, 1/4th West Riding Regiment. 18-8-17. Lived South Eau Brink,
Sutton St Edmund. Adinkerke Military Cemetery, Furnes, Belgium.
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BERRIDGE |
W
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possibly
3976 Pte, 1/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Rgt). 1-7-16.
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
BLOWS |
William
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20696
Pte, 2nd Essex Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16, age 26. Born
St Neots, enlisted Norwich, living Trimley. Son of William &
Annie Blows. Husband of Mary Louisa Blows, 4 Gate House, Trimley,
Suffolk. Formerly 13695 Norfolk Regiment. Serre Road Cemetery
No 2, Somme, France. |
FLOWERS |
G
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341781
Joiner, HMS Good Hope. 1-11-14, age 40. Son of John & Ann
Flowers, of Throckenholt, Lincs. Husband of Sarah Flowers, 76
Henderson Rd, Eastney, Hampshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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TANSLEY |
Ernest
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17524,
Pte, 2nd Northamptonshire Rgt. Wounded 25-3-18, sent to Abbeville
hospital, France, then to Guildford, 4-4-18. Discharged unfit
8-11-18, died 23-5-19. Born 1879 in Crowland, son of George &
Mary J Tansley. Married Alice Cuddy in 1908. Farm labourer, enlisted
2-7-15, to Western Front 3-6-15, joining btn 7-6-15. |
TAYLOR |
Percy
Leonard |
31808
Pte, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4-10-17, age
25. Born Sutton St Edmund, enlisted Bourne, living Tydd. Son of
John and Sophia Taylor, of Sutton St Edmund. Husband of Annie
Taylor, of Tydd St Mary Fen. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
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TROUGHTON |
Frederick
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15483,
Pte, 6th Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 28-11-15, Gallipoli, age
20. Born & living Sutton St Edmund, enlisted Wisbech. Son
of James and Mary Troughton, of Broadgate Rd, Sutton St Edmund.
Helles Memorial, Turkey. |
WALTON |
George
Edward |
61656
Pte, 3rd (Reserve) Lincolnshire Regiment. Died in Cork, Ireland
6-7-18. Born & living Sutton St Edmund, enlisted Lincoln.
Grangegorman (Cork) Memorial Headstones (buried Cork Military
Cemetery), Co Cork, Ireland. |
SERVED
IN THE GREAT WAR
1939-1945
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FENNELL |
Adrian
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47391
Pilot Officer, 119 Squadron RAF. 14-7-42, age 21. Son of Dorothy
Fennell, of Sutton St Edmund. Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. |
FRUSHER |
Gerald
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5933737
Cpl, HQ Coy, 2nd Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of dysentery 20-12-43,
Prisoner of War, age 29. Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand. |
LONG |
Eric
John |
3005749
Leading Aircraftman, 160 Squadron RAF. 9-6-45, age 20. Son of
Percy & Florence Long, Sutton St Edmund. Colombo (Liveramenth)
Cemetery, Sir Lanka. |
PAGE |
Sidney
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639952
Cpl, Royal Air Force. 11-7-42, age 21. Son of Stive & Ivy
Page, Sutton St Edmund. Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt. |
WINTERS |
R
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Pte,
Royal Engineers. No further details. |
1951
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COOKE |
Norman
Reith |
Lt-Cdr,
HMS Vengeance, Royal Navy. Died 31 May 1951. Aged 28. Born 20
October 1922.
[See www.naval-history.net] |
Last
updated
11 June, 2023
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