No sooner did I get out of my car then I saw that the Centenary of the Great War truely was observed in this small Suffolk town. A shop window included this photo gallery of men from the town who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Top Row
Robert Lambert
Charles Heard
Robert Ward
Frederick Mowles
Stanley Scarff
Edmund Fromant
Second Row
Ophir Jarvis
Bertie Hammond
Harry Durrant
Leonard Bloomfield
Charles Codling
John William Betts
Third Row
John Tricker
James Welham
Willie Rolfe
Ernest Rolfe
Joshua Rowley
Benjamin Whymark
Fourth Row
Bertie Emmerson
George Willis
Cecil Claude Leeks
Bertie Gowers
Charles Mitchell
Charles Haddon Betts
Bottom Row
Gordon Peacock
Frank Bloomfield
Frederick Hinton Hockey
Edmund Budd
George Revans
Leo Durrant
I’ve added more information for each name in the comments boxes below.
General notes when reading the comments.
The Civil Registration District for registering Births, Deaths and Marriages until 1938 was the Cosford District.
Neighbouring villages include Kersey, Aldham, Hintlesham, Chattisham, Raydon and Layham.
Abbreviations used.
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
SDGW – Soldiers Died in the Great War
ICRC – International Committee of the Red Cross
MIC – Medal Index Card
Note – researching Suffolk War Memorials is normally outside my scope, but having been asked if I could take images, I could not resist the urge to find out a little bit more myself about each name, before turning to the excellent website that documents Hadleigh in the Great War to see what they had found out. I have added a postscript for each name to indicate whats available on the relevant Hadleigh site webpage.
They shall not grow old, as we grow old. At the setting of the sun, and in the morning, we shall remember them.
That website can be viewed here: www.hadleighww1.com/