John Henry Ingles

A Private with 1/22nd Battalion London Regiment, John died on 16th of February 1919 at the age of 26.

John was born at Lowestoft on 27 December 1892, a son of John Henry and Alice Maud Ingles. He was baptised at Christchurch, Lowestoft, on 18 January 1893 and his family lived at Whapload Road. In 1901 his family lived at Lauriston Cottage, Hall Road, Oulton. This was still their home in 1911 when John, like his father, was a baker. 

In 1913 John married Ethel Grace Turrell, of Somerleyton. They lived at 1 Providence Place, Commodore Road, Oulton Broad, and later Ethel lived at 62 Vincent Road, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich. 

John is not listed in Soldier's Died in the Great War but a pension record card shows that he died, at Lowestoft, from influenza and pneumonia contracted on active service.  

John had joined the Army by mid-1916. Initially he served with the Army Service Corps, number SH/122448, then with the 20th Training Reserve Battalion, number TR13/52686, before joining the London Regiment. He served with the 11th Battalion London regiment, number A/202102, before being posted to the 1/22nd Battalion, number 686127. 

He served in France from 11 October 1916 to 29 December 1916 and from 6 July 1917 to 11 November 1918. 

John was awarded the Military Medal but the notice of his award did not appear in the London Gazette until 13 March 1919. However, John would have known about his award because it is mentioned in the War Diary of the 1/22nd London Regiment in the entry for 25 September 1918. While no citation for his award has been found it is likely that his award was for bravery during operations on the Somme in August 1918. 

Note: John's Military Medal was gazetted under service number G/25499. The Battalion War Diary and the index card for his award both refer to him by this service number and the index card has 'R. W. Surrey formerly' which is crossed out. Presumably John was due to be transferred to The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) from the 1/22nd Battalion but this never went ahead.  

John is also commemorated on the war memorial at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft.