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Those who lost their lives during enemy action within the village. All killed by enemy action in Nayland Road
F. M. Eldred
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Those who lost their lives serving their country in the Armed Services during WW2.
E R Boreham Left:- In 2017 the two original tablets
were replaced
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Name
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Age and date of
death
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Casualty Type and
Cemetery
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Rank and regiment
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Service No
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Home
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Edward Roy Boreham
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20yrs / 09/10/1943
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Commonwealth War Dead
Kiel War Cemetery Located North Germany |
Sergeant, Flt Engineer
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1723161
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Speedwell Terrace
Bures
Son of Albert George and Elsie Annie Boreham |
Arthur Charles Brown | 21yrs/5th July 1944 |
Commonwealth War Dead |
Airman, Shot Down Normandy Part of a 7 man Lancaster Bomber Crew who lost their lives |
1399195 | Valley Green Farm Listed on Mount Bures web site |
Katherine Parkhill Carr | 21yrs/28/10/1941 born 6/01/1920 in Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
Commonwealth War Dead |
Private, Auxiliary Territorial Service | W/31486 |
Over Hall Farm Bures Daug of Stephen and Marion Carr, Bures |
Spencer Charles Clampin | 29yrs/ 14/02/1942 | Commonwealth War Dead Singapore Memorial |
RAF Volunteer Reserves. Aircraftman 2nd Class 243 Sqdn Aircraft shot down over Germany |
1284112 |
Water Lane Son of Alfred and Edith Clampin |
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Geoffrey Phillip Garrod See bottom |
24yrs/ 21/09/1940 | Commonwealth War Dead Tower Hill Memorial Location London |
Merchant Navy, First Radio
Officer MV Frederick S Fales ( Reg Hong Kong) Hit by enemy torpedo mid atlantic. |
Ropers Hall Cotts Son of Leonard and Elizabeth Garrod, Bures |
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Sidney Alfred Gee |
23yrs between 26 or 27/04/1941 | Commonwealth War Dead Athens Memorial |
Driver, Royal Army Service
Corps, Royal Artillery |
R/170322 |
The Croft Son of Mar and Mrs A Gee, Bures |
Harry James Graves | 29yrs/15/12/1941 | Commonwealth War Dead Singapore Memorial |
Royal Artillery, Gunner 88 Field Regt |
805068 | Son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Graves Bures |
George Stanley Mott | 29yrs/ 23/07/1943 | Commonwealth War Dead Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Located bewteen Burma and Thailand |
Private, Suffolk Reg 4th Battalion Died of a heart attack. |
5833062 |
Speedwell Terrace son of George and Elsie Mott at Thurston |
Arthur George Twitchett | 23yrs/06/01/1944 | Commonwealth War Dead Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Located Poland |
Flight Sergeant (Pilot) RAF Volunteer Reserve 12 Sqdn Aircraft shot down |
1383372 |
Speedwell Terrace Son of George and Caroline Twitchett. |
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Harry Warden | 27yrs/17/03/1943 | Commonwealth War Dead Sfax War Cemetery in Tunisia. |
Sergeant, |
2613830 |
Cuckoo Hill Son of Charles and Kate Warden, Bures |
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Report in the
"Free press and Post" October 12th 1940 |
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This seaman is not recorded
on the Memorial, as he was no longer a resident of Bures. However, the Alleston family were well known in the community. |
Miscellaneous Press reports in Suffolk Free Press September 14th 1944 May 17th 1945 July 22nd 1943
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Acknowledgement to Bill Snelling, Katherine
King and Jenny Wright