Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
Arthur was the son of Frederick and Lavinia (née Squirrell*) and born in 1884. In 1881 the family was living in Bramford at the “Works” in Paper Mill Lane but by 1891 they were living in Landseer Terrace, Bramford Road. This terrace of houses now forms part of numbers...
Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
A search through the Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury archives for 1919 produced the following entry: In Memoriam Column, 28th March 1919: Corporal C. Pearce, 9th Lancers, husband of Ethel R. Pearce of Bramford and father to Jack. Killed in action 27th March 1918. The...
Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
The Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury for the 11th August 1916 carried the photo of Sgt Thomas James Woollard (No. 17010, Essex Regiment) and the information that he died on 10th July 1916 of wounds sustained on 3rd July 1916 and that he was the son of Thomas James...
Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
From official records we know that William Pratt was born in Bramford and died on 12th July 1918 age 61 in the UK. He was the husband of Roberta Pratt living at 19 Turrett Lane Ipswich. He was buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. A man of that name was born...
Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
Charles Larking was born on the 23rd October 1882 to George Edward Larking and Annie Larking in Bramford. The Larking family were resident in Bramford, in 1881, at Paper Mill Farm but had moved to Ipswich by 1884. George Larking was a farmer of 45 acres in 1881 and...
Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
The “Soldiers Died in the Great War” database has an entry for Lance Corporal Emanuel Lamb, 1756, 1/5th Essex which reads: “Died 3rd May 1916. Born Bramford Suffolk. Buried Cairo war memorial cemetery.” His birth was registered in the third quarter of 1892 in the...
Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
John was the son of Edward and Louise King and was born in Ipswich, in 1890, but in 1901 the family was living in Claydon Street. Edward King was an Auctioneers Manager and employed two servants in the household. No service records survive of John’s military career...
Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
Edward Gooch was born in Sotterley, Suffolk, in 1881, the son of Edward and Agnes Gooch. Edward and Agnes were married in 1878. In 1891 the family was living in Sotterley with a total of six children. Edward senior was born in Henley (1852) and Agnes was born in...
Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
William was born in Bramford in 1895 but strangely no other connection has been found with the village. His parents, James and Jane ran the Greyhound Inn in Gosbeck. By 1911 the couple had had two children but only William had survived. James also worked as a...
Jul 18, 2014 | WW1 Casualties With Bramford Connections
Charles was the son of Charles David Bond and his wife Alice. He was born in [Great?] Barton, Suffolk. In 1911 the family was living in Copenhagen Cottages, Bramford. Charles senior was a domestic gardener, Charles junior was single and employed as a footman. It is...
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