The 2nd Suffolks had been in action on the Somme front and took part in the attack just south of Guillemont from the 16th to 18th August where they suffered 281 casualties. The Attack at Guillemont was the Battalion’s last major action on the Somme before being moved...
The Bond family had lived in Bramford for many years before the war and Charles had worked as a Footman at Bramford Hall. They moved to Ipswich around the beginning of the war. Charles had married Elizabeth May Jacobs in Ipswich, just before he was posted to France...
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, (15th – 22nd September) The 9th Suffolks were in 71st Brigade, 6th Division. On the first day of the battle the Division was tasked with attacking a German strongpoint called the “Quadrilateral” which was “absolutely bristling with...
Harry was born in Somersham in 1895 but later lived in Bramford where, before the war, he worked at Packards Factory. He enlisted on 28th February 1916 aged 20 years, 3 months and crossed to France on 25th July – joining his battalion on 3rd August. He...
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