Certificate presented to Merlyn Stebbing signed by Barry Deaves. Kindly donated by Sue McFarlane from Australia.
These names taken from the original application
forms and Minute Book held by Les Mills. |
Name |
Address |
Rank or Reg |
Unit |
Enlist/Discharged |
Josephine Bird |
Highfields Farm, Bures |
LACW 443058 |
April1941/ |
|
John Atewood |
Swan Inn |
5825095-CQM Rgt |
2nd Batt Suffok Reg |
April 1930/ |
Harold Kemp |
|
Sapper Royal Eng 2113131 |
June1940/ |
|
Samuel Riches |
|
Private 14804312 |
2nd |
20th July 1944/ |
|
|
L/AC 1723199 |
5577(a) RAF Flight MEF |
Jan 30th 1942/ |
Daisy Baker |
Peyton Hall Cottage |
L/Wren 31379 |
HMS Woolverstone |
Jan 9th 1942/ |
Ivan Hicks |
The Ferriers |
CPL 903880 |
RAF Swannington |
Sept 29th 1939/ |
Frank Cudmore |
High St |
L/AF FX108386 |
HMS Garuda |
30th Dec 1942 |
Ernest Cardy |
Smallbridge Cottages |
Gunner 1514143 |
303 BTY 26 Reg RA |
16th Oct 1939 |
Percy Powell |
The Croft |
PTE 6025563 |
Essex Reg |
24th June1940 |
Geoffrey Moody |
Church Sq |
Private 14703255 |
20th Jan 1944/ |
|
Derek Martin |
Church Sq |
Sergeant 5186288 |
No1 Commando Unit |
Sept 1939/ |
Alfred Harris |
Ashling, The Croft |
Corp 108274 |
RAF |
1st Sept 1939/ |
Kenneth Gentry |
One |
BDR Gentry 161160 |
120 Light AA Batt |
Oct 1940/ |
Cecil Chaplin |
The Vicarage |
Flt Sgt 530084 |
RAF |
12th March 1936 |
Lionel Clampin |
|
CPL 534300 |
RAF |
31st Aug 1936 |
Basil Clampin |
Station Hill |
CPL Met Sect 1649587 |
RAF |
17th Nov 1942 |
|
Bank House |
C/LX 673715 |
HMS LST |
6th Dec 1943 |
Alan Clampin |
Station Hill |
SGT Navigator 1648647 |
RAF |
13th Sept 1943 |
Lillie Eaves |
4 The Croft |
ATS AA HQ |
25th June 1943 |
|
Peter Martin |
Church Sq |
LAC 639521 |
RAF |
April 1939 |
John Goody |
|
Sgt 3000540 |
RAF |
3rd Jan 1944 |
George Sweeney |
|
Driver T/250737 |
6th March 1941 |
|
I R Probert |
Cornerth hall |
Major |
Royal Artilliary |
3rd Sept 1939/May 1945 |
Robert Miller |
Secretaries |
Captain |
18th Cavalry ( |
10th Sept 1938 |
Charles Savoury |
|
AMI(E) Fx109591 |
HMS Daedalus |
14th Feb 1943/31st Jan 1946 |
Patricia Hornick |
|
SERG ATD |
623 HAA Batt RA |
28th Aug 1942/16th June 1944 |
Doris Kelly |
|
PTE Cook RA ATS 288080 |
RA |
July 1943/June 1945 |
Leanard Clampin |
|
LAC 1225326 |
RAF |
21st April 1941 |
Cyril Keyse |
High St |
LAC 1723182 |
RAF |
16th Aug 1942 |
Gerald Swallow |
Ferriers Cottage |
5828495 |
Royal Army Service Corps |
25th May1939/20th March1944 |
Eric Francis Holmes(See Footnote) |
St Marys |
1262524 Warrant Officer |
RAF |
Sept ? |
Alfred Hume |
|
GRN 11420563 |
23rd April 1942 |
|
Bertram Fisher |
|
Private 6022232 |
6th Seaforths |
2nd April 1940 |
Leonard Mynott |
Central Stores |
Private T173099 |
RASC |
1st March 1940 |
Wilfred Garrod |
3 Ropers Cottages |
Private5828365 |
54th Inf Brigade HQ |
Sept1939 |
Charles Welham (See Footnote) |
Copeland, |
Gunner 1823373 |
LAA/Ra |
19th June1941/POW |
James Delaine |
One |
SGT 1221348 |
RAF |
4th Dec 1940 |
James Eaves |
|
Driver 821722 |
Royal Reg of Artilliary |
4th Sept 1939 (total 39ys) |
Nelson Eaves |
Overhall Cotts |
L/C 23938 |
6th |
21st Feb 1941 (Disbanded) |
Alfred Clark |
Cuckoo Hill |
L/BDR 946541 |
1St Mountain Reg RA |
12th Dec 1939 |
Percy Eaves |
3 The Croft |
Gunner 11264490 |
23rd Oct 1942 |
|
Reg Smith |
Cherry Tree Cott |
Gunner 1621782 |
32nd |
29th July 1940 |
Michael Martin |
Church sq |
ACII 3201765 |
RAF |
Jan 1944/May 1944 |
Alfred Eaves |
The Croft |
Private 5825421 |
|
12th Oct 1939 |
Richard Deaves |
|
Lieut 8th BT Gold Coast |
Royal |
1938 |
Joan Deaves |
|
LACW 2000683 |
|
15th Aug 1941 |
David Rees |
Millhouse |
Paymaster Sub-Lieut |
Mar 1940/POW June 1940 |
|
Percy Hume |
High St |
Private RA WAA 1747106 |
Dec 1940 |
|
Margaret Galloway |
Cuckoo Hill |
L/C W257899 |
ATA |
2nd April 1943 |
Edwin Hill |
The Nook, St Edmunds Lne |
CPL 1454809 |
RAF |
8th Aug 1941 |
Cecil Webber |
1 Brickfield Cotts |
L/CPL 10589702 |
7th May 1942 |
|
Charles Pearson |
Station Hill |
Gunner 11061087 |
RA |
14th Aug 1941 |
Fred Spurgeon |
|
PTE 2130499 |
Army Catering Corp |
13th Nov 1940 |
Louis Brown |
|
Private 14300775 |
LAA RA |
1st Oct 1942 |
Victor Sayer |
Speedwell Terrace |
CSP 133537 |
HMS Dunavon Merchant Navy |
Then Special Services RN |
John Cook |
|
Sgt 530351 |
RAF |
March 1935 |
Arthur Sparkes |
5 Council Houses, |
Pte 5828578 |
5th Batt |
2nd Sept 1939 |
Fred Smith |
“Homeleigh” |
LAC 1463176 |
Wireless Operator RAF Burma |
6th Aug 1941 |
Merlyn Stebbing |
|
Pte 6009450 |
5th Batt Essex Regt |
Sept 1939 |
Hilda Watson |
|
L/CPL W18015 |
ATS |
July 1939 |
Walter Hartley |
Woolmans Farm |
TPR 6028216 |
21st Training Regt RAC BAOR |
26th July 1941 |
Norris Cook |
HorseShoes PH |
LAC 1233679 |
May 18th 1941 |
|
Edith Hicks |
Ferriers |
L/CPL 2095094 |
June1941 |
|
Dennis Eaves |
Lorne House |
CPL Loyals |
12th Sept 1940 |
|
Gerald Fisher |
1 The Croft |
SPR 14332990 |
RE 265 |
Sept 1942 |
Reginald Fisher |
2 The Croft |
353392 |
HMS Jalybont |
Feb 1942 |
Winifred Fisher |
2 The croft |
LACW 2010728 |
SHQ Sig Sect RAF |
Dec 1941 |
Patrick Cudmore |
|
P/LX 723399 |
HMS Baldour-3 |
14th May 1944 |
Roy Aldous |
|
L/Sgt 1565697 |
13th June1940 |
|
Bernard Johnson |
White Horse House |
Corp 1224419 |
RAF |
1st Jan 1941 |
Jas Laurie |
|
Trooper 14785310 |
RAC |
June 1944 |
Cuthbert Hook |
The Haven, St Edmunds Lne |
Gunner 1642174 |
RESSJ Royal Artilliary |
Oct 1940/now in |
Mary Gilbert |
High St |
L/CPL 265538 |
ATS REME |
March 1943 |
Sidney Gilbert |
High St |
Sapper 1302124 |
866 Mech Eqpt Comp |
5th March 1940 |
B Mott |
3 Speedwell Terrace |
Private |
Royal Worcestershire Reg |
4th May 1944/Killed 9/ 3/45 |
Isabella Caskey |
OverHall Farm |
L/CPL W/50091 |
ATS |
Feb 1941 |
Edmund Twitchett |
Bamboss Farm |
Gunner 1142153 |
22nd Anti-Tank Regt RA |
2nd Mar 1942/26th April 1942 |
Norman Edgington |
Victoria Cottage |
Private 5511703 |
|
26th Sept 1941 |
Ralph Warden |
Hold Farm |
Private 14946971 |
REME |
15th March 1945 |
George Cousins |
River House |
W/M 620581 |
Mine Sweeper |
12th Aug 1943 |
Leslie Garrod |
3 Ropers Cottages |
Craftsman 10562579 |
REME (Special) |
21st Aug 1941/ |
A Pink |
Crown Inn |
Captain |
HQ Eastern Command |
1st Dec 1940 |
Derrick Baldwin |
3 Speedwell Terrace |
Pte 10579682 |
REME |
1941 |
Walter Powell |
|
1723158 |
RAF |
30th Sept 1941 |
John Scarlett |
|
Signalman 14820804 |
47th Infantry Divisional Signals |
15th Aug 1944 |
Leonard Traylor |
Brickfields |
Bandsman 583581 |
|
13th March 1941 |
Edgar Cardy |
|
L/BDR 832917 |
RA |
4th Mar 1936 |
Reg Burrows |
Cuckoo Hill |
Bombardier 852467 |
Field Artilliary |
1st Sept 1939 |
Johnathon warden |
Hold Farm |
Gunner 14262479 |
RA |
20th Aug 1942 |
Richard Taylor |
Bures Green |
Pte 5779331 |
Royal |
21st June 1940 |
William Wass |
Bures Green |
6009425 Corp |
7th |
4th Sept 1939 |
Arthur Wass |
Bures Green |
14509869 Private |
RA |
7th Jan1943 |
Walter Baxter |
High Street |
Spr 2159400 |
Royal engineers |
20th May 1942 |
Kenneth Abbott |
|
1643921 |
RAF |
Sept 1942 |
Peter Norris |
1 Maltings House |
L/CPL 10680104 |
RASC |
Jan 1942 |
Nelson Sorby |
1 Maltings House |
201754 |
HMS Highland Chieftan |
Sept 1942 |
Leonard Hume |
|
161259 |
29th Sept 1940 |
|
Douglas Hume |
|
LAC 1635815 |
RAF |
Aug 1942 |
Bert Austin |
|
Sgt 6014688 |
5th Batt The Essex Regt |
1st day of war |
Robert Austin |
|
Gunner 14300945 |
108 HY AA Regt RA |
1st Oct 1942 |
Reginald Warden |
Southview, |
196926 Pte |
RASC |
13th June 1940 |
Charles Harrington |
|
6016848 |
Essex Regt |
20th Oct 1939/14th Jan 1946 |
Geoffrey Baldwin |
3 Speedwell Terrace |
1130179 Pte |
RA |
1941 |
Marjory Dennis |
One |
LAC 440789 |
RAF |
3rd March 1941 |
Alec Beard |
Bures Green |
11415298 GNR |
HAA . RA |
26th Mar 1941/ 26th Mar 1944 |
Walter Frost |
High Street |
6457386 Lance Corp |
Scots Guards |
26th April 1932 |
Thomas Sadler |
The Croft |
Sgt 7629340 |
RAAC |
June 1940 |
Herbert Baldwin |
1 The Croft |
7954804 Trooper |
Kings Hussars |
|
Geoffrey Baldwin |
1 The Croft |
Gunner 1130179 |
RA |
|
Norman Cudmore |
High Street |
Driver 14039143 |
RASC |
1st June 1945 |
Raymond Cook |
|
STO III 751564 |
30 May 1945 |
|
Robert Chambers |
Tadworth High st |
CPL 761705 |
REME |
8th Dec 1939/3rd May 1944 |
David Chambers |
|
WO 1442846 |
RAF |
28th Sept 1941 |
John Firth |
Woodcroft |
Trooper 14986920 |
6 Troop No13 Commando |
1st Nov 1943 |
Francis Firth |
Woodcroft |
Private 140484 |
ATS |
22nd May 1942 |
George Boreham |
2 Speedwell Terrace |
L/BDR 859142 |
1st Sept 1939 |
|
Edward Boreham |
2 Speedwell Terrace |
Serg 1723161 |
9TH April/ Killed in action |
|
Cynthia Eves |
|
ACWI 473654 |
WAAF |
31st Dec 1942 |
Daphne Eves |
|
WACW 486391 |
WAAF |
12th June 1943 |
Adrian Smith |
Chefoo |
Lieut 190395 |
1567 Artilliary Platoon RASC |
May 1940 |
Neville Smith |
Chefoo |
Captain 135680 |
No1 Corps Reinforcement Unit |
May 1940 |
Gerald Baldwin |
The Croft |
FX 109863 |
HMS Garuda |
|
Bernard Fisher |
The Croft |
14580426 |
RE |
1st April 1943 |
Malcolm
Cook |
Nayland Road | unknown | RAF | Sept 1941/Sept 1947 |
Lez Cook | Nayland Road | unknown | Royal Navy | Sept 1942 |
Edgar Warden | Cuckoo Hill | unknown | Royal Navy | **/1944 |
Basil Bitten | BrickYards | |||
Harry Wardens Widow | ||||
Edward Binks | ||||
Alexander Kirk | ||||
Christian Kirk | ||||
Arthur Reader | ||||
Isabella
Casky (nee Carr) |
OverHall Farm | |||
Parent of Miss Katherine Carr | OverHall Farm | Private, | Auxiliary
Territorial Service Staffordshire |
Oct 28th 1941 aged 21 |
Newspaper Report 6th January 1944
Suffolk Free Press Newspaper Report May
17th 1945
A total of 135 beneficiaries received £7.10.0 from the Fund
Several names were rejected by the Committee
as ineligible to receive any funds - no detailed reason given in the Minute
Book
They may well have been receiving benefits from another war time fund.
Raymond Guill | William Butherick | Arthur Weavers | David Fairweather |
Jan Hume | William Maltlock | Richard Brown | Dennis Eaves |
David Robertoson | James Whitfield | Barbara Kilbey | John Baker |
Eric Baldwin | Lauarence Keeble | Reginald Cooper | |
Maurice Taylor |
I cannot guarantee the accuracy of spelling due to quality of the documents and handwriting.