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    Eleven casualties from the Great War and three from 1939-1945 and one from Korea



    Placed here in alphabetical order (within each war)



    AGER, Frederick

    ...Private..1st Bn..S.Wales Borderers..29-9-1918

    BARNES, Walter C.

    ...Private..1st/5th Bn..S.Staffs Regt..25-6-1917

    HAGGART, Alexander M.

    ...Sapper..1st Cheshire Coy..R.Engineers..14-7-1916

    HINTON, Reginald J.

    ...Private..2nd Bn..R. Warwickshire Regt..22-3-1917

    KENDALL, Frederick W.

    ...Private..17th Coy..Machine.Gun Corps..31-7-1917

    METSON, Frank A.

    ...Private..Hertfordshire Regt..25-3-1918

    METSON, Frederick

    ...Private..2nd Bn..Essex Regt..13-6-1915

    METSON, Thomas

    ...Private..1st Bn..Essex Regt..6-8-1915

    PLUM[B], Walter

    ...Sergeant..R.Field Artillery..26-8-1916

    RAWLINGS, William

    ...Private..192 Coy..Mach.Gun Corps..26-8-1917

    WARREN, Leonard C..

    ...Private..32nd Bn..R.Fusiliers..6-10-1916

    Three men from 1939-1945

    BACKLER, George W.

    ...Private..5th Bn..Suffolk Regt..5-9-1943

    COOK, Frank S.W.

    ...Private..5th Bn..Suffolk Regt..9-3-1944

    KENDALL, Eric G.

    ...Sergeant..158 Sqdn..RAFVR..14-7-1942

    One man from the Korean War

    WALKER, John.C.F.

    ...Lieut..Royal Scots Greys..6-10-1951

    In addition, although not named on the memorial, but with Birdbrook/Haverhill connections

    ROSS-HOFF, Stanley Jack

    ...Sgt..83 Squadron..RAFVR..2-6-1942


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