Hartest Roll Of Honour

 


Pte. Baker, Ernest Edward           No. 26780

7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Bury St Edmunds

Born Hartest. Son of Mrs Jane Baker of The Hill, Hartest. Brother of Harry.

Killed in Action 28th August 1916                                                      Age 32

Commemorated: Agny Military Cemetery. Pas de Calais, France.    F.    47.

 

Pte. Baker, Harry Israel               No. 34862

12th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Bury St Edmunds

Born Hartest. Son of Mrs Jane Baker, Brother of Ernest and Husband of Rose Baker, of Chapel House, Hartest.

Killed in Action 12th April 1918                                        Age 36

Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Panel  3.

 

Pte. Carpenter, Pearman           No. 275048

2 / 6th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers

Enlisted: Sudbury, Suffolk.

Born Mildenhall. Husband of Kate E. Carpenter, of 5 Elmers Road, Woodside, South Norwood, London.

Killed in Action 23rd July 1917                                         Age 33

Commemorated: Coxyde Military Cemetery. Belgium.    I.    F.    10.

 

Pte. Clarke, Charles                   No. 292067

1 / 7th Bn. (Territorials) Northumberland Fusiliers

Enlisted: Brockley, Suffolk.

Born Hartest. Son of John and Maria Clarke, Husband of May Clarke, of The Row, Hartest. Brother of John.

Died of Wounds 8th October 1917                                                      Age 42

Commemorated: Bucquoy Road Cemetery. Pas de Calais, France.    II.    G.    3.

 

Pte. Clarke, John Philip                 No. 17811

1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment

Enlisted: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Born Hartest. Son of Maria Clarke, of Church Gate, Hartest Green. Brother of Charles.

Died of Wounds 6th March 1917                                       Age 25

Commemorated: Bethune Town Cemetery. Pas de Calais, France.    VI.    B.    86.

 

 

Pte. Debenham, William             No. 329209

1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment

Enlisted: Sudbury, Suffolk.

Born Glemsford. Son of the late Alfred Debenham, of Glemsford. Husband of Mabel Debenham, of Cross Green, Hartest.

Killed in Action 15th November 1917                                 Age 35

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial.  Belgium. Panel   148.

 

Rfm. Hinds, Alfred                        No. 11405

1st Bn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Enlisted: London.

Born and lived Bury St Edmunds.

Died of Wounds 27th July 1916

Commemorated: Delville Wood Cemetery.  Somme, France.    II.    H.    5.

 

Pte. King, John Alec                     No. 59560

6th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment

Enlisted: Ipswich, Suffolk.

Born Hartest.

Killed in Action 29th September 1918

Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial. Pas de Calais, France.    Panel  7.

 

Pte. Pawsey, Charles                   No. 14815

8th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Born Brockley, Suffolk. Son of George Pawsey, of Shimpling Road, Hartest.

Died of Wounds 24th August 1916                                                     Age 20

Commemorated:  Hartest Cemetery, Suffolk.

 

Pte. Pettitt, Arthur John               No. 14816

8th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Born Hartest. Son of James and Ann Pettitt, of Hartest Hill, Bury St Edmunds.

Killed in Action 26th September 1916     Age 22

Commemorated: Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France.  VIII.  A.  9.

 

Pte. Simpkin, Arthur               No. 9052

7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Born Stradishall, Suffolk.

Killed in Action 3rd July 1916

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial. Somme, France.    Pier and Face    1   C   and   2   A.

 

Cpl. Smith, Bertie Hay (Harry)

Thought to have been in the

Leicestershire Regiment

No Further Information

 

Pte. Smith, Joseph                         No. 6776

2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Born Hartest. Son of Harry Smith, of The Row, Hartest. Husband of Priscilla Mathews (formerly Smith), of 7 Astonville Street, Southfields, Wandsworth, London.

Died 9th April 1915                      Age 27

Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Belgium.   Panel   21.

 

Pte. Steed, James                          No. 9055

7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Born Hartest. Son of Mr J. P. Steed, of Hartest.

Killed in Action 1st October 1915           Age 25

Commemorated: Loos Memorial. Pas de Calais, France.    Panel  37  and  38.

 

 

1939 – 1946

 

 

A/C1. Stiff, George Edward                No. 927911

Royal Airforce Volunteer Reserve

Son of William Robert and Margaret Bessie Stiff, of Hartest. Brother of Frederick.

Died 9th December 1942                      Age 22

Commemorated: Yokohama Cremation Memorial. Japan.   Panel   6.

 

W/O. Stiff, Frederick Charles      No. 931202

Air Gunner, 201 Sqdrn., R. A. F. Volunteer Reserve

Son of William Robert and Margaret Bessie Stiff, of Hartest. Brother of Frederick. Husband of Hilda Stiff, of Hurworth, County Durham.

Died 24th July 1946                     Age 34

Commemorated: Hartest Cemetery, Suffolk.     Grave No.  219.