CHARLES EDWARD SCOGGINS

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Born: 4th May 1882, Ipswich.

Baptised on the 21^st November 1894, at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ipswich, with his brothers – Edward Frank Scoggins, born 29^th November 1883, and Herbert William Scoggins, born 4^th April 1885 – family home at Natal Villas, Salisbury Road, Ipswich.

Died: 14th March 1916; age 33; Died of Wounds.

Residence: 27, Bishops Hill, Ipswich.

Occupation: an Iron Moulder with Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Orwell Works, Ipswich.

Enlistment Location: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

Date of Entry Therein: 15th September 1914.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 5851

Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion.

Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1914 Star + Clasp.

Grave Reference:

VI.D.7.

Etaples Military Cemetery,

Pas de Calais,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of Alice C. Scoggins, of 27, Bishops Hill, Ipswich.

Brother to ELMER ROBERT SCOGGINS, HERBERT WILLIAM SCOGGINS & HORACE JAMES SCOGGINS.

CENSUS

1891   126, Alan Road, Ipswich.

Charles was 9 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

Edward Scoggins, 34, a Fitter Engine – Iron Foundry, born St. Clement’s, Ipswich.

Alice Scoggins (nee Garnham), 33, born Bucklesham.

Edward Frank Scoggins, 7, born Ipswich.

Herbert William Scoggins, 5, born Ipswich.

Elmer Robert Scoggins, 3, born Ipswich.

Alexander Digby Scoggins, 2, born Ipswich.

Alice Maud Scoggins, 4, born Ipswich.

Spencer James Scoggins, 2 months, born Ipswich.

1901   44, Salisbury Road, Ipswich.

Charles was 19 years old, an Iron Moulder. He was living with his parents & siblings.

Edward, 43, an Iron Fitter.

Alice, 42.

Edward, 17, an Iron Turner.

Herbert, 15, a Brass Moulder.

Alice, 13.

Elmer, 12.

Alexander, 11.

Spencer, 10.

Elsie Dorothea Scoggins, 8, born Ipswich.

Blanche May Scoggins, 6, born Ipswich.

Horace James Scoggins, 4, born Ipswich.

1911   145, Bishops Hill, Ipswich.

Charles was 30 years old, a Moulder – Iron Foundry. He was married and Head of the Household.

Alice, 26.

widowed maternal grandmother Harriet Garnham, 90, born Bucklesham.

In 1908, Ipswich, Charles married Alice Catherine Garner, born 1887, Ipswich – daughter of Walter Robert Garner, a painter and glazier, and Alice Sarah Garner (nee Gooding), a machine hand at a tent manufacturer’s, of 29, Upper Barclay Street, Ipswich.

Alice and Charles had two daughters:

Ivy Alice May Scoggins, born 1912, Ipswich – died on the 11^th June 1912, Ipswich and buried at Section C, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Winifred Grace Scoggins, born April 1914, Ipswich.

Soldiers’ Effects to Alice Catherine Scoggins – widow.

Charles is also remembered on the Orwell Works Memorial Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich, and St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ipswich.

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