[This article is also in February's "Ebb and Flow", but there has no contact information.]
In connection with a programme of events planned in Leiston to mark the 75th Anniversary of VE Day in May 2020, the Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group are researching the lives of those who tragically lost their lives during World War Two.
The list of names reproduced below has been sourced primarily from the War Memorial in St. Margaret’s Churchyard, Leiston, and includes members of the Armed Forces and civilian casualties. The Group's research focus is restricted to those individuals who had a significant connection with the parish of Leiston-cum-Sizewell, and they are keen to hear from any living relatives or friends who may be able to provide stories, photographs or other treasured artefacts and help to commemorate fully the bravery of these people:
ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL 1. John William Francis ANDREWS (1913-1943)
2. Bertie Valentine BAILEY (1911-1944)
3. George Frederick Kenneth BEDWELL (1920-1944)
4. Robert BERRY (?)
5. Frederick Charles BLOCK (1899-1942)
6. Russell Ebb BRIDGES (1908-1942)
7. Bromley John William BROWN (1914-1943)
8. Cyril George BROWN (?)
9. James Alfred CHURCH (?)
10. John Alfred CLARKE (?)
11. P. CLARKE (?)
12. Percy William CLARKE (1912-1943)
13. Raymond Cyril CLARKE (1914-1943)
14. John Davy CLOUTING (1915-1941)
15. James Arthur DAY (1922-1942)
16. Jack Frederick Charles DAY (1919-1942)
17. Geoffrey John Harry FAIRS (1918-1944)
18. Reginald Stanley GIRLING (?)
19. Frederick William John LAST (1912-1944)
20. Robert Charles LAWRENCE (1919-1942)
21. C. MARJORAM (?)
22. Leonard Woolford MORLING (1910-1941)
23. Harold Arthur OSBORNE (?)
24. Bernard Hewett PACKMAN (1921-1941)
25. John Norton Haken PENDLE (1910-1943)
26. Harry Tobit PESKETT (1905-1940)
27. Frank Herbert Edward PHILLIPS (1918-1940)
28. Andrew Harold Garbutt ROE (1899-1940)
29. Dennis Arthur Robinson ROSE (1916-1943)
30. Clifford Jepps SMITH (?-1942)
31. Harold James SMITH (c.1921-1943)
32. J. SMITH (?)
33. Richard James SMITH (?)
34. Sydney Graham SMITH (1921-1944)
35. David Frederick Andrew STEELE (1919-1944)
36. David Andrew TITLOW (1923-1944)
37. Felix William J. WALTON (1923-1941)
38. Mary Beatrice WARREN (1921-1943)
39. C. WILLIAMS (?)
40. Frederick Henry George WILLSHER (?)
41. Charles Abbassia WINTER (1920-1944)CIVILIANS 1. Arthur William GIRLING (?)
2. Harold William GODDARD (1921-1941)
3. Frederick Kenvyn HICKS (1893-1941)
4. Agnes Maud HICKS (1893-1941)
5. Peter Robert PAGE (1928-1941)
6. Phillip ROSS (1906-1941)
The question marks in brackets denote that further research is required to validate either the identity of the named individual or a meaningful connection with Leiston-cum-Sizewell.
Do you have any information or photographs which they could use, please? If so, please contact the Secretary Angela Skelcher on ☏ 01728 830949 or at a_skelcher@hotmail.com. You can also have a word with Snape's Steve Stocks, who usually attends Meet up Mondays or (on second Thursdays) helps at the serving hatch at the monthly Coffee Morning. Thank you.