Distinguished Old Framlinghamians

He was a local manager for Royal Insurance who during WW1 and beyond served with 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. It is unclear when he was awarded his Territorial Decoration.

He served with the Somerset Yeomanry, 1st Royal Dragoons during WW1 and was awarded the Military Cross on 1 January 1919 “For distinguished service in connection with military operations in France and Flanders”. He continued to serve in the Army, culminating in him becoming Lt Colonel of the North Somerset Yeomanry in 1929.

He was a prominent doctor in Reading and Edinburgh, as well as a medical officer in Northern Rhodesia Medical Service. During WW1 he served in Royal Army Medical Corps and was awarded the Military Cross on 1 January 1918 “For distinguished service in the field”.

After leaving the College he appears to have gone to Canada and joined the Royal North West Mounted Police. During WW1 he served in the Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regiment) and was awarded the Military Medal on 29 August 1918 “For bravery in the field”.

After a distinguished career at the College, he studied medicine at Edinburgh University, before joining the Royal Army Medical Corps. During WW1 he was taken prisoner of war and ended up at Wittenburg camp, where he assisted in the medical treatment of typhus patients. Four of the six British medical officers being held there contracted the disease, including Captain Stephen Field (1895-98) who is on the WW1 Memorial. On 18 April 1916 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. After the war he served briefly in India before joining Ampleforth College in 1928 as the School Doctor, where he practiced there until he died in 1956.

Served in WW1 in Royal Garrison Artillery and was awarded Military Cross on 18 October 1917 “For gallantry and distinguished service in the field”.

Served in WW1 in 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Was awarded the DSO on 9 December 1914. “On 24th August at Paturage, when the 1st Line Transport was ambushed, he rode forward and engaged the enemy, thus giving time for his vehicles to wheel about and escape, with slight loss, he himself being wounded. He was also twice mentioned in dispatches.

He served in the South African War in the Norfolk Regiment (1901-02). During WW1 he served in the 15th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry and was awarded the Military Cross on 2 April 1919 “For Gallantry and devotion to duty in the field”. He was twice wounded. He joined Barclays Bank and became manager of their Beccles branch. He was Mayor of Beccles from 1938 to 1944 and then a member of the East Suffolk County Council from 1945. He was also a member of various organisations. During WW2 he served in 1st Suffolk Home Guard.

Joined the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and served in the South African War. In WW1 served in the Royal Tank Corps and was first awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 26 November 1917. He was awarded bar to his DSO on 15 October 1918. He died in 1943 at the age of 60.

During South African War served in City Imperial Volunteers and took part in the pursuit of De Wet (a Boer general). During WW1 served in Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) and won the Military Cross on 1 January 1916 “For distinguished service in the field”.

He served in WW1 in Royal Nay, rising to the rank of Commander and was in command of HMS Scourge during the Gallipoli Landing – se attached picture. While later serving on HMS Comet, he was awarded on 21 February 1919, the Albert Medal for gallantry in saving life at sea (later replaced by the George Cross). See the long and interesting citation. He died on 14 November 1952.

Qualified as a Doctor and joined the Indian Medical Service. Served in Mohmand Expedition in 1908 and during WW1 served in France and the North-West Frontier. He was awarded and OBE in 1921. He was a member of Eye Borough Council from 1933 to 1936 and was Mayor in 1936. Served in Home Guard in during WW2.