LITTLE
WRATTING WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright
© Rod Gibson 2008
There
are two memorials in the form of plaques within the parish church at
Little Wratting, Suffolk. The first lists the names of those who died
in World War 1, created by Messrs.; Rattle & Kett Ltd (Masons),
it was dedicated by Canon J R M Vacher and unveiled 18 September 1920;
it cost £43 15s. The second commemorates those who fell in World
War 2 and was erected in 1949.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD & IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR OF
1914-1919
BAKER |
Cyril
Victor |
Private
63399 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s
Own) Enlisted: Braintree Born Great Barton, Suffolk. Son of Mrs
Lottie Baker of Haverhill Killed in Action 7th October 1918. Aged
21. No known grave. Commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Panel
4 |
CHAPMAN |
Victor
Fuller |
Private
15986 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Enlisted: Haverhill Born Weston
Colville, Cambs. Killed in Action 27th March 1918. No known grave.
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Addenda Panel |
CHAPMAN |
William
John |
Private
59568 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment Enlisted: Ipswich,
Suffolk Born Helions Bumpstead, Suffolk Died of Wounds 25th October
1918. Aged 36. Buried in Premont British Cemetery, I. D. 12 |
MAYES |
Frederick |
Private
6563 5th Battalion, London Regiment Enlisted: Haverhill Born Haverhill
Died of Wounds 31st July 1916. Buried in Little Wratting Churchyard |
MURTON |
Albert
Edward |
Guardsman
29797 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Enlisted: Sudbury, Suffolk
Born Kilburn, London. Son of Albert and Ellen Jane Murton of Little
Wratting Killed in Action 27th April 1918. Aged 19. Buried in Bienvillers
Military Cemetery, XVII. C. 13 |
PRESTON |
William
Charles |
Private
9228 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment Enlisted: Norwich, Norfolk
Born Little Wratting. Son of Charles and Ellen Preston of Little
Wratting Died of Wounds 10th January 1916. Aged 21. Buried in Bethune
Town Cemetery, IV. H. 17 |
THEY
GAVE THEMSELVES
1939
– 1945 |
|
CHOAT |
Sidney
Herbert |
Lance
Corporal 5837164 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment Died 25th
August 1944. Buried in Florence War Cemetery, V. A. 8 |
FLEGG |
Arthur
John |
Air/Ftr
FAA/FX. 75596 H.M.S. Glorious, Royal Navy Son of Arthur Willoughby
Flegg and Margarette Flegg of Little Wratting Died 9th June 1940.
Aged 20. No known grave. Commemorated on Lee-on-Solent Memorial.
Bay 1, Panel 4 |
PHILLIPS |
Walter
Jacobs |
Guardsman
2621807 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Son of Frederick and Elsie
Maud Phillips of Little Wratting Died 6th October 1944. Aged 26.
Buried in Saterno Valley War Cemetery, II. B. 18 |
SPARROW |
Harold
Walter |
Private
5837233 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Son of Charles William and
May Ethel Argent of Little Wratting Died 25th July 1944. Aged 21.
Buried in Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, I. E. 14 |
Last
updated
27 July, 2017
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