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]