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A Suffolk Village by Stella James

Early morning, early summer, the sun rises over the village on a perfect Englishday. Bobby opens up the garage while up the road Miss Bloomfield in the Post Office drinks her first tea of the day, dusts the shelves in the tiny lean-to shop, polishes the jars of jelly babies and dolly mixtures, farthing a bag, bull’s-eyes, 1/2d. a half-a-dozen.…
alyson
January 25, 2019
Sports clubsWW1

Cricket Club from Kevin Nunn

It may also be of interest to you that the cricket club records are held by Mr Alan Barnes, who can be found preparing the cricket wicket in Fishpond land most Thursdays in the summer. Or I can put you in touch. These records go back to the 1920s when the cricket club began to play at its current site.…
alyson
December 27, 2018
IndividualWW1

BLOOMFIELD, Stanley Walter

  Name BLOOMFIELD, Stanley Walter Served in Suffolk Regiment War Service Not known except that he was a Private in the 9th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment from 1914-20, which included service on the Western Front in France.  He is also rather unusually recorded as having served also with the 7th, 8th and 4th Battalions. Photo None of him. Badge…
alyson
December 3, 2018
IndividualWW1

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
WW2

Operation Quicksilver and Bigbobs

This is an updated version of ] . In World War Two the Allies wanted Nazi Germany to believe that the invasion of Europe would land at Calais and not Normandy. Consequently in early 1943 a grand deception plan was devised code named  Operation Fortitude . A small part of this plan was  Operation Quicksilver and part of this was…
alyson
January 11, 2014
PeopleWW1

Bill Ogden MC

Sorry, you have no rights to view unless you are a member. If you live in (or have a connection with) the village, please ask for access.
alyson
July 13, 2012
Parish CouncilWW2

1939 to 1945 Waldringfield Parish Records

7/3/1939    at Village Hall A.R.P. Mr. Haig,the senior warden, reported that 13 people including the First Aid squad had attended a Red Cross course & all had passed the examination. That the Utility Squad were now attending an Anti-Gas course of instruction. That the Village Hall was to be the first aid point – gas proofing not being considered of…
alyson
July 13, 2012
Plan, Diagram, PlotArticlesWork to dateWW2

Waldringfield threatens Hitler

Note:this article has been updated see ] In World War Two the Allies wanted Nazi Germany to believe that the invasion of Europe would land at Calais and not Normandy. Consequently in early 1943 a grand deception plan was devised code named  Operation Fortitude . A small part of this plan was  Operation Quicksilver . The idea was to position…
alyson
March 7, 2011