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  • Collection: War Time

Stradbroke Observer Corps.

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Stradbroke Observer Corps.

Order of Service for the unveiling of the War Memorial

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Order of Service for the unveiling of the War Memorial on the 30th July 1922.

Private Arthur Rutter in military uniform

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Private Arthur Clarence Rutter of 13th Btn. Essex Regiment who died on the 14th March 1917.

Arthur Rutter - Cape Town

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Private Arthur Clarence Rutter of 13th Btn. Essex Regiment who died on the 14th March 1917. This image was taken in Cape Town South Africa.

Arthur Rutter - South Africa

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Arthur Rutter - South Africa. Private Arthur Clarence Rutter of 13th Btn. Essex Regiment who died on the 14th March 1917. Arthur is seated centre.

Arthur Rutter - Cape Town

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Arthur Rutter - Cape Town. Private Arthur Clarence Rutter of 13th Btn. Essex Regiment who died on the 14th March 1917. Arthur is seated centre.

A Child's Memory of the War - Martin Wake 1935 - 2016

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'A Child's Memory of the War' by Martin Wake. A personal account of WW2 in IPSWICH written for his grandson.

Stradbroke Roll of Honour

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Stradbroke Roll of Honour.
(held at the Suffolk Records Office)

Drummer boy, Roland Walter Lines aged 15.

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Roland Walter Lines Guardsman aged 15 as a Drummer boy. He died 19th May 1940 aged 20 years whilst serving in the Grenadier Guards. Roland was the son of Edgar and Ruby Lines. Edgar was a surveyor and the family lived in White House Queen Street.

British Legion hut opening New Street.

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The RBL Stradbroke branch was formed in 1921. Four years later the new British Legion hut was opened in New Street and members photographed to mark the occasion.

In Conversation with Jeremy Higgins

In Conversation with Jeremy Higgins - British Legion

In Conversation with Jeremy Higgins

In Conversation with Jeremy Higgins - British Legion

The Act of Remembrance at Stradbroke War Memorial

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The Act of Remembrance at Stradbroke War Memorial 2019, drone photograph.