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People of Lowestoft 1914-45

Our tribute to those Lowestoft people who died because of two World Wars. It is a complete record (we think), and includes photos, dates, places and memories. It is fully searchable. HOW do I use THIS? (video 4mins) also quick links families OR streets most affected [200] [fx] [logo] [map] [rec]
Photo Surname Street,HouseNo Photos? Age Died_On ServiceBranch Rank Unit_or_Vessel Regiment Burial/ Memorial CountryOfService
Wellington Hector Lovewell Road, 72 email re Hector 54
Mentioned in Despatches
Naval Skipper Fishing Vessel Encourage (Shoreham) Fishing Fleet United Kingdom United Kingdom
Welling John Park Cottage email re John 23 Army Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery United Kingdom United Kingdom
Whiting Ernest Fir Lane, 17 email re Ernest 34 Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Whiting Beryl Fir Lane, 17 email re Beryl 21
130142 The Waller Raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
West Frederick Lowestoft Road, 18 email re Frederick 36 Naval Mate M.V. Adaptity (London) Merchant Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Newrick William School Road, The Bungalow email re William 18 Naval Deck Hand H.M. Drifter Jeannie Murray. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Button Walter Oaklands Terrace, 15 email re Walter 25 Naval Engineman H.M. Drifter Jeannie Murray. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Bone Olive Oulton Bridge, Lothingland House email re Olive 43 Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Allen Ernest Beresford Road, 71 email re Ernest 24 Army Private 45 Div. Supply Col. Royal Army Service Corps United Kingdom United Kingdom
Wake William Broad View Road, Sea View email re William 21
CWGC and 1939 Register
Air Forces Sergeant 217 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Cross Kenneth Beccles Road email re Kenneth 24 Naval Seaman H.M. Trawler Comet. Royal Naval Patrol Service United Kingdom United Kingdom
Bloomfield Frank Gorleston Road, 59 email re Frank 47
290940 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Balls Henry Alma Road, 21 email re Henry 19 Army Lance Corporal 11th Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Wilsher Alan Beccles Road, 45 email re Alan 22 Naval Ordinary Signalman H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Tobutt John Minden Road, 2 email re John 36 Naval Third Hand Steam Trawler Bass Rock (Aberdeen) Fishing Fleet United Kingdom United Kingdom
Trollope John Saint Margarets Road, 66 email re John 42 Naval Chief Officer S.S. Bibury (London) Merchant Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Breach George High Street, 181 email re George 44 Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Gosling Alan Pakefield Street, The Jolly Sailors email re Alan 19
210840 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Harston Charles Kimberley Road, 135 email re Charles 46
210840 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Murrills Geoffrey London Road, 566 email re Geoffrey 31
210840 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Hale John Stevens Street, 64 email re John 42
210840 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Parker Harold Marlborough Road, Glencoe 18 email re Harold 32 Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Fisk William Beckham Road, 18 email re William 30 Naval Engineer Fishing Vessel Leach's Romance (Shoreham). Fishing Fleet United Kingdom United Kingdom
Baster Evelyn Rant Score East, 14 email re Evelyn 7
030740 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Baster Beatrice Rant Score East, 14 email re Beatrice 45
030740 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Youngman George Rant Score East, 14 email re George 1
030740 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Burnham Edith Beaconsfield Road, 34 email re Edith 62
030740 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Head Thomas High Street, Globe Inn email re Thomas 27 Naval Assistant Steward S.S. Orford (Barrow) Merchant Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Thompson George Blackheath Road, 98 email re George 26
Dunkirk
Army Corporal 1st Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Waters Bruce Lorne Road, 7 email re Bruce 27
Dunkirk
Army Lance Corporal 2nd Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Wright Eric Reeve Street, 15 email re Eric 20
Le Paradis Massacre
Army Corporal 2nd Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Hook Harry Rotterdam Road, 117 email re Harry 32
Dunkirk
Naval Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. Gossamer Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Sparkes Harry St Georges Road, Wycombe Terrace 1 email re Harry 25 Naval Second Engineer Steam Trawler Labrador (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Adams Henry St Georges Road, 9 email re Henry 34 Naval Mate Steam Trawler Labrador (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Frankling Felix Pakefield Street, 4 Coronation Terrace email re Felix 31 Naval Third Hand Steam Trawler Labrador (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Peek Emmanuel Lorne Road, 5 email re Emmanuel 17 Naval Trimmer Steam Trawler Labrador (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Peek Stephen Lorne Road, 5 email re Stephen 42 Naval Skipper Steam Trawler Labrador (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Crowford Benjamin Horn Hill, 35 email re Benjamin 59
Bucentaur
Naval Second Engineer Trawler Bucentaur Fishing Fleet United Kingdom United Kingdom
Culham James Fir Lane, 83 email re James 40 Naval Leading Seaman H.M.S. Ceres Royal Naval Reserve Kenya United Kingdom
Ayers Francis Fair View, 1 email re Francis 18
Dunkirk
Naval Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Harvester Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Rushmore Frederick Prospect Place, 17 email re Frederick 19
Dunkirk
Naval Seaman Cook H.M. Trawler Argyllshire Royal Naval Patrol Service United Kingdom United Kingdom
Strowger Ethel Church Road, Scarboro House email re Ethel 33 Volunteer Voluntary Aid Detachment United Kingdom United Kingdom
Catchpole Charles Church Road, Eddystone House email re Charles 21
Military Medal
Army Second Lieutenant 7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Smith Thomas Morton Road, 96 email re Thomas 44 Naval Skipper Chrysolite (Sailing Trawler - Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Rudd Olley Love Road, 102 email re Olley 59 Naval Mate Chrysolite (Sailing Trawler - Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Lumsdaine Frederick Clapham Road, 194 email re Frederick 18 Naval Deck Hand Chrysolite (Sailing Trawler - Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ashby James The Avenue, 2 email re James 31 Naval Third Hand Chrysolite (Sailing Trawler - Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Collins William Wilde Street , 23 email re William 15
Lost Street
Naval Cook Chrysolite (Sailing Trawler - Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Claxton Ronald Rotterdam Road, 42 email re Ronald 24 Air Forces Sergeant 55 Squadron Royal Air Force Egypt United Kingdom
Cockburn Duncan All Saints Road , 13 email re Duncan 19 Naval Telegraphist H.M.S. Woolwich Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Carter Frederick Hill Road, 26 email re Frederick 18 Naval Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Curacoa Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Farman George Avondale Road, 35 email re George 32 Naval Able Seaman S.S. Thurston (West Hartlepool) Merchant Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Nunn Roy Riverside Road, 4 email re Roy 16 Naval Boy 2nd Class H.M.S. Ganges Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Page Herbert Colville Road, Dell View email re Herbert 40 Naval Chief Engineer Steam Trawler Newhaven (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Jeffries Herbert Short Street, 6 email re Herbert 33 Naval Deck Hand Steam Trawler Newhaven (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Hood Samuel Poplar Road, 38 email re Samuel 44
Merchant Navy Casualty Card
Naval Second Engineer Steam Trawler Newhaven (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Jackson George Rotterdam Road, 86 email re George 31 Naval Seaman Trinity House Light Vessel Service East Dudgeon Light Vessel. Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities United Kingdom United Kingdom
Peters Stanley Oxford Road, 35 email re Stanley 30 Naval Leading Seaman H.M.S. Grenville Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Marjoram Gordon Whites Lane, 1 Zeederburgh Cottages email re Gordon 25 Naval Able Seaman Trawler Quiet Waters Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Horne George Field Lane, Britannia Cottages email re George 27 Naval Seaman H.M.S. Mastiff Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Newson Joseph Clemence Street, 16 email re Joseph 22 Naval Able Seaman S.S. Moortoft (Middlesbrough) Merchant Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Thompson George Lovewell Road, 10 email re George 31
Mentioned in Despatches
Naval Skipper H.M. Trawler Loch Doon Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Adams Randal Blackheath Road, 2 email re Randal 25
the100
Naval Deck Hand H.M. Trawler Columsin Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Gosling Joseph Kirkley Cliff Road, Pierrepoint email re Joseph 25
the100
Naval Deck Hand H.M. Trawler George Borthwick Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Moyse Albert Hill Road, 22 email re Albert 32 Naval Engineman H.M. Trawler Dorothy Rose. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Aldred George Raglan Street, 2 Wells Cottages email re George 54 Naval Third Hand Sailing Trawler Guide (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Hall Herbert Blundeston, Lyndhurst email re Herbert 32 Army Private 18 Machine Gun Squadron Canadian Cavalry Brigade Belgium Canadian
Earl Jack London Road, 71 email re Jack 29 Army Private 910th Mechanical Transport Coy. Royal Army Service Corps Greece United Kingdom
Beckham Sidney Melbourne Road, 31 email re Sidney 22 Naval Deck Hand HMS Halcyon II Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Sharman Herbert Heath Terrace, 3 email re Herbert 23 Naval Deck Hand H.M.S. Halcyon II. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Gurney James The Hemplands, 1 Hope Terrace email re James 25 Army Gunner 39 Headquarters Brigade Royal Field Artillery France United Kingdom
Soanes Albert Haward Street, 8 email re Albert 27 Army Private 9th Bn. East Surrey Regiment France United Kingdom
Westgate Joseph Saint Margarets Road, 121 email re Joseph 22 Naval Deck Hand H.M.S. Implacable. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Lambert George Carlton Road, 32 email re George 30 Army Sergeant 604 M.T. Coy. Army Service Corps United Kingdom United Kingdom
Boardley William Roman Road, 83 email re William 26 Army Sergeant 11th Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Blake Benjamin Lawson Road, 53 email re Benjamin 29 Naval Able Seaman HMS Eaglet Mercantile Marine Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Daley Joseph Stanford Street, 57 email re Joseph 20 Army Private 18th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) France United Kingdom
Barnard James Cambridge Road, 7 email re James 40
Pension Record Card
Army Private Army Service Corps India United Kingdom
Wright William London Road, Etive email re William 21 Army Private 6th Coy. Royal Army Ordnance Corps France United Kingdom
Smith George Dukes Head Street, 38 email re George 33 Naval Trimmer H.M.S. Ganges II. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Chapman Sydney Southwell Road, Homeleigh 59 email re Sydney 36 Army Private 15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn. Hampshire Regiment France United Kingdom
Daines Harold Cleveland Road, 18 email re Harold 23 Army Lance Corporal 20th Hussars France United Kingdom
Skeet Charles Strand Street, 6 Strand Cottages email re Charles 29 Naval Seaman Schooner Rosa Harriette Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Larter Frederick Kimberley Road, 28 email re Frederick 41 Army Lance Corporal 1/4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Larter Arthur Trafalgar Street, 39 email re Arthur 25 Army Private 10th Bn. Suffolk Regiment United Kingdom United Kingdom
Blake Arthur Corton, Park Hill Cottages email re Arthur 22 Army Lance Corporal 7th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment France United Kingdom
Bobbitt Ernest Edinburgh Road, 44 email re Ernest 38
Pension Record Card
Army Private 1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment France United Kingdom
Turner Felix Bruce Street, 3 email re Felix 39
Military Medal
Army Lieutenant 3rd A.F.A. Bde. Australian Field Artillery France Australian
Reeder James The Street email re James 22 Army Private 11th Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Kewn Samuel Rotterdam Road, 47 email re Samuel 23 Army Private 8th Bn. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Greece United Kingdom
Richardson Jack Commodore Road, 1 York Villa email re Jack 20
CWGC
Army Gunner 354th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery France United Kingdom
Ward Walter Cliff Cottages, 7 email re Walter 28 Army Gunner B Bty. 75th Bde. Royal Field Artillery France United Kingdom
Pope Ernest Saint Margarets Road, 57 email re Ernest 24
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Army Lance Sergeant 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers France United Kingdom
Blanchflower Percy Denmark Road, 34 email re Percy 24
Military Medal
Army Private 2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders France United Kingdom
Greengrass Laurence Victoria Road email re Laurence 19 Army Private 9th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment France United Kingdom
Greengrass Herbert Kimberley Road, 36 email re Herbert 39 Naval Cook S.S. Laconia (Liverpool) Merchant Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Greengrass Herbert Kimberley Road, 36 email re Herbert 38
Ludendorff Offensive
Army Private 30th Div. M.T. Coy. Army Service Corps France United Kingdom
Prettyman Walter St Margarets Road, 16 email re Walter 40 Army Private 589 H. S. E. Company Labour Corps United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ward Ernest London Road South, 424 email re Ernest 18 Army Private 2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Boyce Jack The Hole email re Jack 19 Naval Able Seaman Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve France United Kingdom
With grateful thanks to Lowestoft Town Council, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Roll of Honour website