CARPENTER, BERTIE, Private. No. 23944, 2nd Battn. (12th Foot) The Suffolk Regt., only s. of the late Arthur Albert Carpenter, by his wife, Mary Ann (Holmsey Green, Beck Row, Mildenhall, co. Suffolk), dau. of Alfred Curtis; b. Mildenhall aforesaid, in 1894; educ. Beck Row Council School there; was employed as a Postman; enlisted 24 Jan. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following May, when he joined the 7th Suffolks; was wounded on the Somme 18 July, and invalided home; returned to France in Dec., and served with the 11th Suffolks; was again wounded 26 Aug. 1917, and invalided home: went back to France to the 2nd Suffolks in March, 1918, and was killed in action at Ecoust 30 Aug. following. His Captain wrote that he was a very brave man and a good soldier; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BUNN, ERNEST WALTON, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 3rd and yst. s. of Arthur Edwin Bunn, of 6, Hospital Road, Bury St. Edmunds, by his wife, Laura Lavania, dan. of William Blomfield Meggs; b. Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, 14 April, 1898; edue. Guildhall Feoffment School there; joined the 5th Suffolk Regt. 9 Sept. 1914. but on account of his youth was not accepted for overseas service: gazetted 2nd Lieut. 10 Jan. 1918: and died at No. 2 Eastern General Hospital. Brighton. 11 June following, of wounds accidentally received during bombing practice at Crowborough. Buried at Bury St. Edmunds. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I had the greatest confidence in him, for he was a fine character. Had he the chance, he would have proved a gallant officer in the field.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Walford G H Major Suffolk Regiment

MAJOR G. H. WALFORD

THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT

GEORGE HENRY WALFORD was the eldest son of Lieut. Colonel Henry Alexander Walford, Jr., 20th Hussars, of Foxborough Hall, Suffolk.

He entered the School in 1892, and was in the XI in 1896. In the same year he passed 7th into the R.M.C., Sandhurst. He passed out ist with honours, winning Queen Victoria’s Gold Medal and the Anson Memorial Sword, and was posted to the Suffolk Regiment in 1898. He served in the Somaliland War in 1903, entered the Staff College in 1911, and was appointed to the Staff, and gazetted Major, in 1914.

On the outbreak of War he was appointed General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, of the Second Army, was shortly promoted to the and Grade, and appointed Brigade Major to the 84th Infantry Brigade, 28th Division. He went to the Front with this Division in January, 1915.

He was mentioned in Despatches of May 31st, 1915, for “gallant and distinguished Service in the Field.”

He was killed in action at Zonnebeke, on April 19th, 1915, and was buried in the Ramparts Cemetery at Ypres. Age 36.

General Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien, G.C.B., D.s.o., wrote:-

“His loss is a great one to the cause, for he was a splendid Staff Officer, and a gallant soldier.’

Two other Generals said of him

“I have never met a Staff Officer in whom I had greater confidence, and I am sure he would have risen very high if his life had been spared.”

“It was a real joy to serve with him, and he is a gallant example to us all of a good friend, a good soldier, and a good man in every sense.”

Two brother Officers wrote:-

“If ever a man died doing his duty, it was he. He was too fearless, and never thought of himself at all.”

“He had done magnificent work out here, and all who came in contact with him loved him. His loss is deplored, not only by the Brigade, but by the whole Division. He was a brave man and a good man.”

One of his men wrote:-

We all loved him he was like a father to us.”

He married, in 1910, Inez, only daughter of Dr. Oliver Fereira Naylor Treadwell, Assistant Medical Inspector of the Prison Commission, and left one infant son.

Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1

BARKER, ALFRED SAMUEL, Private, No. 17065, 2nd Battn. (12th Foot) The Suffolk Regt., s. of Alfred Barker, of Ipswich, Waiter, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of John Smith; b. Norwich, 9 Oct. 1880; educ. there; was employed at Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ipswich; enlisted 10 Nov. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action 6 June, 1916. He m. at Bury St. Edmunds, 30 Dec. 1912, Agnes (114, Handford Road Ipswich), dau. of Harry Brinkley, and had two daus. Gladys Agnes Elsie, b. 17 July, 1914, and Lillie Doris b. 17 Aug. 1915.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Aldridge H Sergt 201641 11th Suffolk Regiment

ALDRIDGE, HENRY, Sergt., No. 201641, 11th (Service) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 8. of William Aldridge, of Standon; b. Standon, co. Herts, 23 Feb. 1886; educ. there; enlisted in the Suffolk Regt. 19 June, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 5 Nov. following, and was killed in action there 24 Oct. 1918. Buried at Vendigies, north-east of Cambrai. A letter written stated: “I can only say that of all the six who were killed in the recent action, there is no one about whom I am more grieved than your husband. Whenever we were under heavy shelling, his coolness helped us all. I know that once he saved several who were buried alive during a German barrage in Aug. In every way he was a right hand to me.” He m. at Christ Church, Tottenham, N., in 1911, Phœbe Mary Ann (23, Culross Road, Lower Tottenham, N.), dau. of Edward Freeman, and had a dau., Phœbe Marjorie.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

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

WADE, FREDERICK WALTER, Private, No. 13069, 2nd Battn. The Suffolk Regt., eldest s. of Frederick William Wade, of Hall Cottage, Foxhall, near Ipswich, Farm Horseman, by his wife, Edith Florence, dau, of the late Joseph Goodchild; b. Bromeswell, near Woodbridge, 24 Sept. 1895; educ. Bucklesham; enlisted on the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, died from wounds received in action, 21 June, 1915, and was buried in the Civil Cemetery at Bailleul; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Venning E G Captain 1st Suffolk Regiment

Source : The Sphere 4th Sep 1915

Venning E G Captain 1st Suffolk Regiment

VENNING, EDWIN GERALD Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. The Suffolk Regt., yst. s. of the late Rev. Edwin James Venning, Chaplain in Cassel, Germany, by his wife, Amy, dau. of William Lawrence; b. Southsea, 7 June, 1883; educ. St. Edmund’s, Canterbury, and afterwards took up acting. From about 1911, he travelled in the provinces with touring companies, playing important parts, and when war broke out in Aug. 1914, he was acting at Brighton. He at once volunteered, and enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regt. in Sept. and was subsequently gazetted Lieut. 3rd Suffolks, 1 Jan. 1915, and promoted Capt. 9 June, 1915; went to the Front, 3 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 6 Aug. following; unm. Buried in Locre Churchyard. Sergt. Major Utting, in writing to his sister, said: “Your brother, Capt. Venning, was my company officer, and he has treated myself and the men of my company in such a manner that he has gained a respect that will last as long as there is a man of the present B Coy. alive.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Symonds W H Pte 12059 2nd Suffolk Regiment

SYMONDS, WILLIAM HARRY, Private, No. 12059, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd s. of Spencer Symonds, of Badwell Ash, Bury St. Edmunds, Farmer, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of the late William Green Hatten, of Walsham-le- Willows; b. Badwell Ash, 13 May, 1894; educ. Albert College, Framlingham; enlisted on the outbreak of war, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Battle of Hooge, 16 June, 1915; buried there in the Sanctuary Wood; unm. A brass tablet has been erected to his memory in the Parish Church at Badwell Ash.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

STIFF, HARRY, Private, No. 13118, 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., s. of William Stiff, of Wickhambrook, co. Suffolk, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Willingham; b. Chedburgh, near Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, 16 Sept. 1886; educ. Hargrave, and served for six years in the 3rd Battn. Suffolk Regt., being discharged with exemplary character. On the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in the 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action south of Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1