Kedington Roll Of Honour

 


Pte. Bowyer, George       No. G/29014

8th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.)

Enlisted:   Sudbury.

Born Ked. 7/6/1882 to Elijah & Elizabeth Bowyer (Father, Bricklayer & Builder)

Bro. to Harry and Thomas. ( 4 Bros. enlisted)

Died 6/10/16  Age 34

Commemorated: Bancourt British Cemetery

 

Pte. Bowyer, Harry                     No. 2780

2nd Bn. Suffolk Regt. ‘Z’ Coy.

Enlisted:   Haverhill.

Born Kedington 13/5/1893.

Married:   31/3/15    Dorothy

d.o.w. 11/4/17  Field Hosp.  France    Age 23

Commemorated: Arras Memorial

 

Pte. Bowyer, Thomas                   No. 3/8426

2nd Btn. Suffolk Regt.

Enlisted:   Haverhill.

Born Kedington 14/11/1895

Died 13/11/16                    Age 21

Commemorated: Thiepval memorial

 

Pte. Brett, Alfred J.                        No. 15750

7th Btn. Suffolk Regt.

Enlisted:    Haverhill.

Born 18/1/1895 to Mr & Mrs James Brett

Brother to Ernest.

Died 9/8/16             Age 21.

Commemorated: Thiepval memorial

 

Pte. Brett, Ernest                           No. 16193

8th Bn. Suffolk Regt.

Enlisted:   Haverhill.

Born Kedington 9/11/1896

Died 14/10/16                    Age 19

Commemorated: Thiepval memorial.

 

Pte. Clark(e), Benjamin                No. 23244

9th Bn. The Sherwood Foresters

(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.)

Enlisted:   Mansfield Notts.

Brother to Thomas

d.o.w. 1/10/16                   France

Commemorated: Contay British Cemetery

 

L/Cpl Clark(e), Thomas M.M.     No. 40730

2nd Bn. Suffolk Regt.

Enlisted:    Kedington

Son of Mrs G Clarke and the late Mr G Clarke.

Died 30/8/18            Age 21

Commemorated: Ecoust - St Mein British Cemetery

 

Pte. Coe, Frederick William         No. 54097

15th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt.

(Prince of Wales’s Own)

Born Kedington                   Enlisted Greenwich

Son of Mrs J Sargeant.

Died 12/10/18          Age 19

Commemorated: Naves Communal Cemetery Extension

 

Rfn. Coe, Harry William            No. B 200510

10th Bn. The Rifle Brigade

(The Prince Consort’s Own)

Enlisted:   Bury St. Edmunds

Born Hadingfield, Suffolk.

Son of William and Ellen Coe

d.o.w. 15/8/17         Age 37          France

Commemorated: Mendinghem Military Cemetery (Belgium)

 

Pte. Elliston, William Edgar          No. 60593

23rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps ‘B’ Coy.

Born 1889 to Edgar Henry and Sarah Elliston

Died 15/6/18            Age 28

Commemorated: Granezza British Cemetery, Italy

 

Trp. Lunnon, William James      No. 13/1062

Auckland Mounted Rifles, NZ BDE

Son of James Alfred Lunnon and Sarah Lunnon d.o.w. 14/11/17   Egypt.

Commemorated: Ramleh War Cemetery (Israel)

 

Pte. Marsh, Walter                        No. 26667

2/4th (T.F.) Bn. Hampshire Regt.

Enlisted:   Haverhill

Son of George and Susan Marsh

Died 6/11/18  Age 32

Commemorated: Obies Communal Cemetery

 

Pte. Orriss, Walter                         No. 41850

1st/1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regt.

Son of Harry and Harriett Orriss

Died  23 /9/18          Age 20

Commemorated: Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery

 

Pte. Phillips, Albert                         No. 29080

3rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.)

Born: Little Wratting, Enlisted:  Bury St. Edmunds.

Son of Mrs D. Phillips

Died  4/10/18.

Commemorated: Guizancourt Farm Cemetery

 

Pte. Rooks, Albert                     No. 201936

11th Bn. Suffolk Regt.

Enlisted Bury St.Edmunds.

Son of Mrs Annie Mayes.

Husband of May Mary Rooks

Died 19/4/18            Age 24

Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

 

Pte. Self, Alfred Ernest              No. G/18061

7th Bn. Royal West Kent Regt.

(Queen’s Own)

Son of Stephen and Annie Self

Died 18/11/16          Age 20.                   France

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial

 

Capt. Syer, Hubert Lionel M.C.

1st Bn. London Regt. (London Scottish)

14th (County of London)Bn.,

Born 1878

Son of late Rev. B. B. Syer, former Rector of Kedington.  Husband of H. M. Syer, “Westwode”, Little Maplestead.

d.o.w. 18/11/16.                Age 38 .

Commemorated: Hampstead Cemetery, London

 

Pte. Goodchild, John Stanley          No. 3290

1/1st Suffolk Yeomanry

(The Duke of York’s Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)

Born Balsham.   Son of John and Ellen Goodchild.

Died 29/11/15          Age 29.                   Gallipoli.

Commemorated: Helles Memorial  (Turkey)

 

 

1939 — 45

 

 

Pte. Cornell, William Arthur    No. 5825088

1st Bn. Suffolk Regt.

Died 15/6/40            Age 30

Commemorated: Bruges General Cemetery

 

CSM McGladdery, Alfred         No. 3595257

1st (Airborne) Bn. Border Regt.

Son of Robert Alexander and Annie Rutherford McGladdery.

Husband of Agnes Elsie McGladdery

Died 22/9/44            Age 36

Commemorated: Utrecht (Soestbergen) General Cemetery (Netherlands)

 

Sgt. Flt. Eng. Rowlinson, Cedric Reginald

No. 569972

102 Sqdn. R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve

Son of Orris William and Ellen Rosina Rowlinson

Died 2/6/42             Age 21

Commemorated: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery (Germany)

 

Pte. Sadler, Bertie William        No. 5835294

4th Bn. Suffolk Regt.

Son of  Claude and Ellen Sadler.

Husband of Doris Alice Annie Sadler

Died 15/9/43            Age 32

Commemorated: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Thailand (River Kwai)