ALFRED NUNN
Born: 1879, Ipswich.
Died: 26th June 1915; age 36; died from a Gun Shot Wound to the Head, at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Hampshire. Severely wounded in April 1915.
Chief Resident Officer, A. Stephens, of the Royal Victoria Hospital registered the death. There was no post-mortem.
Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury – Friday, 2nd July 1915 – The death is reported of No. 2294 Private Alfred Nunn, of the 4th Suffolks, who sustained a severe shot wound in the head whilst in action in France. For some weeks, he has been lying in hospital at Netley; he died on Saturday morning. Alfred enlisted in the 4th Suffolks at the latter end of last September, and went out to France with the Battalion in November. The deceased was an Ipswich man and leaves a wife and four children, who reside at 64, Freehold Road.
Residence: 34, Freehold Road, St. John’s, Ipswich.
Occupation: Cement Flagstone Maker – Borough Council.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich. Volunteered in September 1914 and was drafted to the Western Front.
Date of Entry Therein: 8th November 1914.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 2294
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1914 Star.
Buried on the 30th June.
Grave Reference:
O-14-10.
Ipswich Old Cemetery,
Ipswich.
Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of Mrs. Wright (formerly Nunn), of 6, Ponsard Road, College Park, London, N.W.
CENSUS
1881 Turret Lane, Malting Yard, Ipswich.
Alfred was a year old and living with his parents & siblings.
James Nunn, 53, a Maltster, born Gosbeck, Suffolk.
Hannah Nunn (nee Germany), 39, born East Harling, Norfolk.
George Nunn, 20, a Clerk – Sanitary Authority, born East Harling.
Arthur Nunn, 17, at a Mineral Water Manufacturer, born East Harling.
Walter Nunn, 15, a Porter – Bookbinders, born East Harling.
Emily Nunn, 12, born Ipswich.
Edgar Nunn, 3, born Ipswich.
1891 15, Turret Lane, Ipswich.
Alfred was 11 years old and living with his parents, siblings & maternal aunt & cousins.
James, 65, a Maltster.
Hannah, 49.
Emily, 22, Mother’s Help.
Edgar, 13, a Clerk – Sanitary Authority Office.
Emily Adams, Blacksmith’s wife.
Edgar, 4.
Walter, 11 months.
1901 ‘The Castle’, 17, Newnham Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire.
Alfred was 21 years old, a General Labourer. He was staying at his brother’s house.
Arthur Nunn, 37, Licensed Victualler.
Kate, 38.
Emily, 12.
Arthur, 11.
Mabel, 10.
Edith, 8.
Sydney, 3.
2 visitors.
1911 25, Camden Road, Ipswich.
Alfred was 31 years old, a Cement Flagstone Maker – Borough Council. He was married and head of the household, and caring for his widowed father.
Eugenia, 32.
Dorothy, 6.
Alfred, 4.
Ivy, 1.
James Nunn, 78, a retired Maltster.
On the 30th August 1903, at St. Nicholas Church, Ipswich, 24 year old Alfred, of 15, Edgar Street, Ipswich, married 23 year old Georgiana Eugenia Hagger, born January 1879, Ipswich – daughter of James Edward Hagger, a blacksmith engine maker, and Georgiana Eugenia Hagger (nee Moss), of 10, Albion Street, Ipswich.
Georgina and Alfred had four children:
Dorothy May Nunn, born May 1904, Ipswich.
Alfred James Nunn, born September 1906, Ipswich.
Ivy Nunn, born December 1909, Ipswich.
George Nunn, born August 1913, Ipswich.
Alfred’s mother, Hannah Nunn, died on the 19th April 1903, Ipswich and was buried on the 23rd April in Section O, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Soldiers’ Effects to Eugenia Nunn – widow.
Alfred is also remembered on the war memorial under the Borough Surveyors Department at the Town Hall, Ipswich, and the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.
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