Garrett S Captain 4th Suffolk Regiment
4TH BATTALION THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT, T.F.
STEPHEN GARRETT was the third son of Frank Garrett, J.P. (O.R., 1860), M. INST. C.E., and of Mary Anne his wife, of Aldringham House, Saxmundham, Suffolk.
He entered the School in 1892, was in the XV in 1896, and left in 1897.
He was at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1897-99, and studied at Düsseldorf, 1899-1900. In 1900 he went into the family business, Richard Garrett and Sons, Ltd., at Leiston, Suffolk, and became a valued Director in that Company. He joined the Territorial Force and rose to be Captain in the 4th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment.
He was killed on March 12th, 1915, at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was buried in the cemetery at Estaires, France. Age 36.
The Officer in command of his Regiment at the time, Major Cruddas, 41st Dogras, wrote:-
“He met his end like a true and gallant gentleman, at the head of his men. A life lost like this is a life gained in a cause such as we are fighting for.”
He married in 1905, and left a widow and four children.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1