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BEAR, William Herbert

  BEAR, William Herbert   Suffolk Regiment War Service William enlisted as a private in the Suffolk regiment and fought in France where he was severely wounded on 30 Aug 1917, which entitled him to wear a Wound Stripe but eventually resulted in him being invalided out in 1918.  Apparently when he died, remains of shrapnel from his wounding were…
alyson
December 3, 2018
IndividualWW1

ALDIS, Sidney Walter Otto

Suffolk Yeomanry & Royal Munster Fusiliers War Service It is likely that Sidney Aldis signed up by his 18th Birthday in Aug 1915 and was almost immediately sent with his regiment to support the attack on Gallipoli in the Dardanelles of Turkey, setting sail from Liverpool on SS Olympic on 25 Sep and landing at Anzac Cove on 10 Oct…
alyson
December 3, 2018
PeriodsWarWW1

Pictures of actual Rolls in Church and some of the men

photo © JWO Framed on wall of All Saints Church, Waldringfield Photo © CAO Kitchener’s Army photo © Waldringfield History Group JWO notes – could be anywhere but intrigued by the lapel badge (indistinct) that they are all wearing, the presence of 2 cars behind them (one appears to be driven by civilian chauffer and one by military driver), and…
alyson
November 14, 2018
CensusDocumentsPeriodsWarWW2

1939 National Registration Day Register

WALDRINGFIELD - SEPTEMBER 29TH 1939 NATIONAL REGISTRATION DAY 1931 Census destroyed by air raid on London 1941 Census never taken From www.findmypast.co.uk ‘On September 1st, 1939 Germany invaded Poland, putting the wheels in motion for Britain to declare war on the 3rd. On September 5th, the National Registration Act received royal assent and Registrar General Sir Sylvanus Vivian announced that…
alyson
March 1, 2018
Anglo SaxonDocumentsPeriods

Preston Domesday Book entry

pp1285 In Preston   10 free men commended half to Beortmaer and half to his mother Cwengifu. One of these was commended half to St Aethelthryth. 1 carucate of land. Now 9 bordars under them. Then 4 ploughs, now 2: 1 acre of meadow. Then it was worth 20s. now 10s. It is 6 furlongs long and 5 broad. In…
alyson
December 2, 2017