John William Catchpole

A Private with Base Mechanical Transport Depot, John died on 6th of June 1918 at the age of 25. 

John was born at Kessingland on 6 May 1893, a son of James Thomas and Jane Charlotte Catchpole. In 1901 his family lived at Manor Cottages, Old Market, Kessingland, and this was still their address in 1911 at which time John worked as an agricultural labourer. 

John enlisted in the Army, at Lowestoft, on 4 September 1914. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, number 13334, and was posted to the 9th Battalion. On 19 October 1914 John was discharged, medically unfit, because of flat feet.

John married Fanny E. Baker in 1916. In 1918 she lived at Wood Lane, Henstead. 

Later he re-enlisted, again at Lowestoft, and joined the Army Service Corps. He was serving with the New Zealand Division Motor Transport Company when he died at No. 3 Stationary Hospital, France.  

His brother Christopher died in 1915.