World War I

Mr Thomas Marshall Dale (1904-1907)

In the 1968 register, No 3349 is for Thomas Marshall DALE (04-07) . According to the Register he served in 1st Dorsetshire Yeomanry and was killed in action in the Holy Land on 23 August 1918 and is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel. Although he is not mentioned on the War Memorial in the Chapel, the Framlingham Town War Memorial does include him. His name has therefore been added to the Chapel memorial – see picture. As a result of an article being published in the 2012 Yearbook we now have fascinating additional information about how he deserted from the Navy and then served in WW1 under the alias of Max Henderson – see this article. My thanks to OF John Bridges (S57-66) and Evelyn Empson and her son for finally solving this mystery.