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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
Cooper Kenneth The Street email re Kenneth 20
Ludendorff Offensive
Naval Able Seaman Anson Battalion Royal Naval Division Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve France United Kingdom
Dawson Wesley Wollaston Road, 117 email re Wesley 37 Army Private 14th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers Germany United Kingdom
Pye John Tennyson Road, 56 email re John 36
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Army Private 16th Bn. Manchester Regiment France United Kingdom
Ruffles Ernest Lovewell Road, 70 email re Ernest 19 Army Lance Corporal 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Manning Bertie Kirkley Run, 10 Severn Terrace email re Bertie 26 Army Private 9th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment France United Kingdom
Bullard Percy Carlton Road, 8 Flora Terrace email re Percy 24 Naval Deck Hand H.M. Drifter Coleus. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Brown Sidney Beresford Road, 101 email re Sidney 22 Army Sapper 70th Motor Air Line Sect Royal Engineers France United Kingdom
Robson Walter Whapload Road, 44 email re Walter 26
Military Medal
Army Sapper 51st Broad Gauge Operating Coy. Royal Engineers France United Kingdom
Breach Robert Whapload Road, 2 Cooks Buildings email re Robert 33
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Army Sergeant 9th Bn. Norfolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Breach John Whapload Road, 2 Cooks Buildings email re John 30 Army Private 2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Freeman Gordon Mariners Score, Sunshine Villa email re Gordon 19 Army Rifleman Depot King's Royal Rifle Corps United Kingdom United Kingdom
Johnstone Robert Denmark Road, 88 email re Robert 30 Army Major 2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders Egypt United Kingdom
Johnstone James Denmark Road, 88 email re James 18 Army Private 53rd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment United Kingdom United Kingdom
Draper Richard Fir Lane, 26 email re Richard 37
Royal Navy War Graves
Naval Engineman H.M.S. Glory Royal Naval Reserve Russian Frederation (North) United Kingdom
Draper Susannah St Leonards Road, 26 email re Susannah 67
220741 Raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Harvey Beatrice St Leonards Road, 12 email re Beatrice 24
220741 Raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Redgrave Lily St Leonards Road, 26 email re Lily 24
220741 Raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Redgrave James Sandringham Road, 12 email re James 34 Army Private 6th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) France United Kingdom
Redgrave Frederick Stanford Street, 12 email re Frederick 39 Army Private 2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Redgrave Eleanor St Leonards Road, 26 email re Eleanor 60
220741 Raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Catchpole George St Margarets Road, 45 email re George 21 Naval Deck Hand H.M. Trawler Thomas Cornwall. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Dexter Archibald Clapham Road, 105 email re Archibald 20 Air Forces Sergeant 97 Squadron Royal Air Force France United Kingdom
Darkins Frederick Walmer Road, Golf Club House email re Frederick 38 Army Private 2nd Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment Germany United Kingdom
Dyer Henry St Johns Road, 19 email re Henry 34 Naval Seaman H.M.S. Almanzora Royal Naval Reserve Sierra Leone United Kingdom
Moore Walter St Leonards Road, 27 email re Walter 23 Naval Engineman H.M.S. Halycon II. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Brown William The Street, 4 Widows Cottages email re William 26 Army Lance Corporal 1st Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Belgium United Kingdom
Grimble Ernest Lowestoft Road, 20 email re Ernest 22 Naval Leading Seaman H.M.S. Kelly Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
George Harry Oulton Street, 6 email re Harry 41 Naval Skipper H.M. Drifter Troup Head Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Soanes Arthur Carlton Road, 97 email re Arthur 38 Naval Deck Hand H.M. Smack Ethel and Millie. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Cook Percy Norwich Road, 79 email re Percy 23
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Army Driver G Battery Royal Horse Artillery France United Kingdom
Edmonds Herbert Bevan Street, 44 email re Herbert 20 Army Private 57th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) France United Kingdom
Kemp Charles High Street ks, Days Cottages email re Charles 39 Army Private 4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment France United Kingdom
Curtis George Seago Street, 91 email re George 32 Army Private 47 Remounts Sqdn. Army Service Corps Egypt United Kingdom
Dolman Philip Black Street, The Hollies email re Philip 39 Army Private 1/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) France United Kingdom
Watts Walford Crossway Cottages email re Walford 32 Army Private 6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment Belgium United Kingdom
Curtis Edmund Rotterdam Road, 12 email re Edmund 29 Army Sergeant 2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment N.Z.E.F. France New Zealand
Corbin Frederick Sandringham Road, 29 email re Frederick 14 Naval Deck Hand Trawler Dalmatian (Boston) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Newson Robert Southwell Road, 31 email re Robert 61 Naval Mate Steam Trawler Ranter (North Shields) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Burgoyne Robert St Leonards Road, 34 email re Robert 70 Naval Second Hand Trawler Mistletoe (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Cooper William Rotterdam Road, 61 email re William 52 Naval Skipper Trawler Mistletoe (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Barley William Carlton Road, 67 email re William 17 Naval Third Hand Trawler Mistletoe (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Forwood Henry Police Station Road, 33 email re Henry 19 Naval Deck Hand Steam Trawler Lindsey (Boston) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Smith Thomas Birds Lane, 2 email re Thomas 38 Naval Boatswain Steam Trawler Andromache Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Nunn James Beccles Road, 2 Waverley Cottages email re James 27 Naval Third Hand Sailing Trawler Loch Fyne (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Brown George Norwich Road, 63 email re George 38 Naval Second Hand Sailing Trawler Loch Fyne (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Rodwell James Blackheath Road email re James 44
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Naval Skipper Sailing Trawler Trevone (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Herring Herbert Alma Road, 19 email re Herbert 38 Naval Cook Sailing Trawler Trevone (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Saunders Joseph St Peters Street, Wells Yard 2 email re Joseph 21 Naval Cook Steam Trawler Derwent (Boston) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Lewell Harry Oulton Street, 10 email re Harry 17 Naval Fourth Hand Sailing Trawler True Vine (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Reeve Samuel Oulton Road, 31 email re Samuel 37 Naval Skipper Sailing Trawler True Vine (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Clarke Frederick St Peters Street, 2 Primitive Methodist Buildings email re Frederick 40 Army Private 18th Bn. Middlesex Regiment France United Kingdom
Goddard William Beaconsfield Road, 128 email re William 19
Pension Record Card
Army Private 21st Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) France United Kingdom
Bond John Raglan Street, 187 email re John 38
Pension Record Card
Army Private 6th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) France United Kingdom
Lingwood Charles Seago Street, 45 email re Charles 28
Pension Record Card
Army Gunner Royal Horse Artillery United Kingdom United Kingdom
Charlesworth Frederic Gunton Hall email re Frederic 24 Army Captain 25th (Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers France United Kingdom
Pointer Leonard Surrey Street, 12 email re Leonard 19 Army Private 1st Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) France United Kingdom
Banks William Gisleham Road, Rumsby's Cottages email re William 28 Army Private 45 Remount Squadron Army Service Corps Greece United Kingdom
Aldous Thomas Church Road email re Thomas 27 Air Forces Sergeant 1st Aircraft Supply Depot Royal Air Force France United Kingdom
Saunders George Bridge Road, 3 Mill Cottages email re George 40
Pension Record Card
Army Gunner 24th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery France United Kingdom
Cornish Albert High Street, 170 email re Albert 27 Army Private 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) France United Kingdom
Phillips Frederick Melbourne Road, 3 email re Frederick 31 Naval Engineman H.M.S. Victory II Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Domville James Gunton Hall email re James 29
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Naval Lieutenant Retired List Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Starling Albert Salisbury Road, 26 email re Albert 29 Army Private 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps France United Kingdom
Jay Ernest Suffolk Road, 3 email re Ernest 37 Army Staff Sergeant 17th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps France United Kingdom
Oldman William Oxford Road, 41 email re William 27 Naval Engineman H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Godbold Albert Carlton Road, 49 email re Albert 19 Army Private 18th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers Belgium United Kingdom
Garnham James Kessingland Road, Catherine Terrace 4 email re James 19 Army Private 10th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment France United Kingdom
James Charles White Horse Street, 12 email re Charles 19 Naval Able Seaman H.M.S. Leda. Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Coleman Matthew Beccles Road, 59 email re Matthew 28 Naval Second Hand H.M. Trawler Cantatrice. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Wright William Church Road, 11 email re William 36 Naval Deck Hand H.M. Drifter Michaelmas Daisy. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Johnson Alfred Clapham Road, 10 Willington Cottages email re Alfred 32 Army Private 2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment France United Kingdom
Knights George East Street, 29 email re George 35
Lost Street
Naval Engineman H.M. Drifter Michaelmas Daisy. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Dyke Frank Ethel Cottages, 14 email re Frank 30 Army Private 10th Bn. Royal Fusiliers France United Kingdom
Carsey Harry Cambridge Road, 48 email re Harry 26 Naval Mate Sailing Trawler True Vine (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Bardwell Marcus Hill Road, 22 email re Marcus 33 Army Private 2nd Div. Supply Col. Canadian Army Service Corps France Canadian
Sanham Frank Lorne Park Road, 58 email re Frank 25 Army Lance Corporal 2nd Bn. Norfolk Regiment Iraq United Kingdom
Morris Francis May Road, 75 email re Francis 23 Naval Deck Hand H.M.S. Colleen Royal Naval Reserve Ireland Republic of United Kingdom
Durno James Summer Road, 4 email re James 33 Naval Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. Scourge. Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Cooper James Clemence Street, 3 email re James 42 Naval Second Hand Drifter Fraternal (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Spall Doctor Kimberley Road, 28 Millsdene Terrace email re Doctor 31 Naval Engineer Steam Drifter Lord Carnarvon (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Flowers Harry Morton Road, 84 email re Harry 48 Naval Fisherman Drifter Will and Maggie (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Grey Alexander Tennyson Road, 70 email re Alexander 19 Naval Fisherman Steam Drifter Lord Carnarvon (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Newrick Frank South Elmham Terrace, 25 email re Frank 17 Naval Fisherman Drifter Will and Maggie (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Davis Harold Belvedere Place, The Drive email re Harold 26 Naval Deck Hand H.M. Drifter Supporter. Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Hart William Park Road, 17 email re William 54 Naval Second Hand Fishing Vessel S.D.J. (Lowestoft). Fishing Fleet United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ames Alfred Sandringham Road, 15 email re Alfred 50
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Naval Second Engineer Fishing Vessel S.D.J. (Lowestoft). Fishing Fleet United Kingdom United Kingdom
Mower William Beccles Road, Olive Cottages email re William 23 Naval Deck Hand Drifter Will and Maggie (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Studd William London Road Kessingland, 4 Providence Place email re William 37 Naval Fisherman Drifter Fraternal (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Herriven George Cambridge Road, 93 email re George 20 Naval Seaman H.M.S. Pembroke Royal Naval Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Finch William Pakefield Corner, 4 email re William 43 Naval Fisherman Steam Drifter Lord Carnarvon (Lowestoft) Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Simmons William The Street, Green Shutters email re William 28 Air Forces Aircraftman 2nd Class _ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom United Kingdom
Humble Bernard Moyes Road, 6 Margaret Cottages email re Bernard 28
CWGC and 1939 Register
Naval Engineman H.M. Trawler Wyoming. Royal Naval Reserve (Patrol Service) United Kingdom United Kingdom
Barnard William Woods Loke, 7 email re William 63
260541 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Barnard Norman Woods Loke, 7 email re Norman 1
260541 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Mutimer Nelson Rounce's Lane, Sun-Set email re Nelson 28 Army Corporal 70th Bn. Suffolk Regiment United Kingdom United Kingdom
Moore John Bridge Road, 2 Railway Cottages email re John 21 Naval Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Fiji Royal Navy United Kingdom United Kingdom
Harvey Bertie Somerton Avenue, 78 email re Bertie 27 Naval Second Hand H.M. Drifter Thistle. Royal Naval Patrol Service United Kingdom United Kingdom
Jones Dennis St Peters Street, 165 email re Dennis 7
170541 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Jones Gerard St Peters Street, 165 email re Gerard 6
170541 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
Jones Sidney St Peters Street, 165 email re Sidney 10
170541 raid
Civilian Civilian War Dead United Kingdom
With grateful thanks to Lowestoft Town Council, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Roll of Honour website