Amos George John Solomon

On a final note, I will just leave you with clarification of the link I made between the two Amos Solomons in "Our Fallen".

Amos Albert John Solomon (1898-1917) was the son of John William Solomon and his first wife Sarah Jane (mn Brooks), who died in 1913. Amos was killed on 26 Sep 1917, during the Battle of Polygon Wood (part of the wider Battle of Passchendaele or Third Ypres).

Widow John William Solomon had remarried to Ethel May Bullard. Their second child and first son Amos George John Solomon was born in Oulton Broad on 21 Feb 1919. He was captured at the Fall of Singapore on 15 Feb 1942 and died in captivity on 16 Jul 1943. Although the family were recorded as living at 12 Hadenham Terrace (Carlton Colville) in the 1939 Register, Amos' probate record (probate date 12 Nov 1945) gives his address as 34 Lowestoft Road, Carlton Colville. Not quite sure how to explain this apparent discrepancy, although probate was granted to his mother Ethel, so perhaps this was his parents' address in 1945 when the will was probated? To be clarified.

Anyway, as I mentioned during the presentation, the two Amos Solomons were half-brothers, with the younger boy being born after his brother's death and named for him. Both are also commemorated in Carlton Colville St Peters, the older Amos on the WW1 tablet, and the younger Amos in the WW2 Book of Remembrance. CREDIT:Andy Pearce