Roll of Honour - Suffolk

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

BARKER	Thomas [James]	Private 23621, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 4 July 1917. Aged 33. Born Felsham, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Ebenezer and Roseann Barker, of The Green, Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmund's. Buried in MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 20.
CORNISH	James	[Memorial states 3rd Battalion] Sergeant 10358, 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 13 March 1915. Born Bradfield, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Drinkstone. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 11.
EDWARDS	William	Sapper 216710, 158th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers. Died 3 September 1918. Aged 38. Born Halstead, Essex, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Woolpit, Suffolk. Son of William and Elizabeth Edwards; husband of E. F. Edwards, of Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in ST. GERMAIN-AU-MONT-D'OR COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Rhone, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 15.
GILL	James	[Listed as 2nd Battalion on memorial] Acting Corporal 8716, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 6 October 1915. Aged 18. Born Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmund's, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of James and Agnes Gill, of New England, Sible Hedingham, Essex. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 50.
HARVEY	Alfred [Jonathan]	Private 25299, 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 14 August 1917. Aged 25. Born Drinkstone, enlisted Middlesbrough. Son of Alfred John Harvey, of Cross St., Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmund's. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 33.
HALLS	Walter [Ernest]	Private 22985, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 28 July 1916. Aged 23. Born Drinkstone, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Charles Louis and Emily Halls, of The Green, Drinkstone, Suffolk. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IX. Row A. Grave 8A.
PHILLIPS	Bertie	Private 242205, 2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 27 September 1917. Aged 29. Born Drinkstone, enlisted Battersea, Surrey. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Phillips, of Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmund's; husband of Hilda M. Phillips, of 41, Lichfield Rd., Boundary Rd., East Ham, London. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 to 51.
PRYKE	Arthur	Private 493894, 13th (Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment. Died 1 November 1919. Aged 27. Son of Walter and Kate Pryke, of Mead Cottage, Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot LXVI. Row N. Grave 5.
ROSE, MM	[Leonard] George	Sergeant 13926, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 12 October 1917. Aged 34. Born and enlisted Drinkstone. Son of William and Kezia Rose, of Camborne Farm, Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmund's; husband of Annie Boby (formerly Rose), of The Green, Woolpit, Bury St. Edmund's. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 40 to 41 and 162 to 162A.
ROSE	Cecil	Private 14006, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 7 May 1917. Born and enlisted Drinkstone. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.
ROSE	Sidney [Arthur]	[Listed as Sydney on memorial] Private 14005, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 29 October 1916. Born and enlisted Drinkstone. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
SEELEY	Harry	Private 6620, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 16 June 1915. Aged 38. Born Norton, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Elijah and Fanny Seeley, of Heath Rd., Norton, Bury St. Edmund'S; husband of Mary Ann Seeley, of Shop Corner, Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmund'S. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21
SMITH	Albert [E]	Private 15241, 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment0. Died 4 March 1916. Aged 18. Son of John William Smith, of Drinkstone Green, Bury St. Edmund's. Buried in POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section G. Grave 2.
WHITING	John	Private 13942, "A" Company, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 7 August 1916. Aged 21. Born Hessett, enlisted Drinkstone. Son of Mrs. Emily Whiting, of The Street, Drinkstone, Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in HESSETT (ST. ETHELBERT) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk. Special memorial.
WEBB, MC	Duncan Vere	Captain, 3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 16 October 1918. Aged 22. Son of Maj. Duncan Webb and Madalene Webb, of Drinkstone House, Suffolk. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY, Aisne, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 21.
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
BLOOMFIELD	Percy Charles	Able Seaman C/JX 154324, H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy. Died 21 January 1941. Aged 19. Son of James William and May Kate Bloomfield, of Drinkstone.Buried in DRINKSTONE (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk.
HARGREAVES	[John] Michael	Lieutenant 186891, 5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 25 January 1944. Buried in ANZIO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 3.
ROSE	G E	Royal Marines - No further information currently available

Last updated 12 August, 2012

DRINKSTONE WAR MEMORIAL