CHARLES WILLIAM SETTERFIELD

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: 20th January 1877, Mile End Old Town, London.

Baptised on the 2^nd February 1879, at St. Matthew’s Church, City Road, Islington, with his sister, Esther Maud Setterfield, born 6^th January 1879 – family home at 13, Nelson Terrace, Mile End Old Town.

Died: 18th May 1915; age 42; died of Spinal Wounds received in action at Hill 60, at the District Hospital, Newbury, Berkshire.

Residence:  62, Parliament Road, Ipswich.

Occupation: Ransomes and Rapier Ltd., Orwell Works, Ipswich.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Date of Entry Therein: 23rd March 1915 – France.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 17067

Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion.

Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.

Grave Reference:

Ipswich Old Cemetery,

Ipswich.

Relatives Notified and Address: Husband of  F. Setterfield, of 62, Parliament Road, Ipswich.

Nephew of EMMANUEL WILLIAM SETTERFIELD.

CENSUS

1881  45, Dempsey Street, Mile End Old Town, London.

Charles was 4 years old and living with his parents & widowed maternal grandmother.

Henry Setterfield, 26, a Labourer – Packing Case – Carpenter, born Ipswich.

Susan Setterfield (nee Lee), 25, born Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Eliza Lee, 58, born Ely, Cambridgeshire.

1891   17, Dempsey Street, Mile End Old Town, London.

Charles was 14 years old and living with his parents.

Henry, 37, a Case maker.

Susan, 35.

 1901   72, St. Helen’s Street, Ipswich.

Charles was 24 years old, a Tripe Cutter – Shop – own account. He was married and Head of the Household.

Florence, 21.

Miriam, 1.

1911   Britannia Road, Ipswich.

 Charles was 33 years old, a General Foundry Labourer. He was Head of the Household.

Florrie, 30.

Miriam, 11.

Charles’ sister, Esther Maud Setterfield, died at the beginning of 1881, at Mile End Old Town.

On the 6^th December 1881, Henry Setterfield, of 45, Dempsey Street, Mile End Old Town, registered Charles at the Baker Street School, Tower Hamlets. Charles attended the school until leaving on the 8^th April 1882.

In 1898, Ipswich, Charles married Florence Sarah Jessup, October 1879, Sheerness, Kent – daughter of William Frederick Jessup, a labourer at a manure factory, and Charlotte Jessup (nee Parr), of 56, Surbiton Road, Ipswich.

Florence and Charles had ten children:

Charles Setterfield, born 1898, Ipswich – died on the 21^st September 1898, Ipswich and was buried in Section R at Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Miriam Florence Setterfield, born 1899, Ipswich.

Henry Thomas Setterfield, born July 1901, Ipswich.

William Harold Setterfield, born November 1902, Ipswich.

Charles David Setterfield, born April 1904, Ipswich.

Stanley Hayes Setterfield, born January 1906, Ipswich.

Ada Maud Setterfield, born 1907, Ipswich – died on the 29^th August 1908, Gibson Street, St. Helen’s, Ipswich, and was buried on the 3^rd September 1908 in Section HH, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Frederick George Setterfield, born July 1909, Ipswich.

Mabel Victoria Setterfield, born 1911, Ipswich – died on the 6^th August 1914, Ipswich and was buried at Section HH at Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Beatrice Maud Setterfield, born November 1913, Ipswich.

Soldiers’ Effects to Florence S. Setterfield – widow.

Evening Star – Thursday, 16^th November 1899 – FURIOUS DRIVING – At the Ipswich Police Court on Thursday, 16^th November, Charles Setterfield, a pork butcher, of 72, St. Helen’s Street, Ipswich, was before the Mayor of Ipswich, William Alfred Churchman, Esq., the Deputy Mayor, Edwin Perkins Ridley, Esq., Colonel John Henry Josselyn, Henry Woods Packard. John May, Alfred Wrinch, Robert Maplestone Miller, Samuel Richard Anness, Roderick Donald Fraser, George Hines, and William Orford White, Esqs., charged with furious driving. Police-constable Fuller said he saw Charles Setterfield, on Monday afternoon, driving a “pony and cart at full gallop” along Spring Road. He was urging the animal on with a stick. Charles pleaded Guilty and was fined 6s., and 13s. 6d. costs.

East Anglian Daily Times – Thursday, 27^th May 1915 – MILITARY FUNERAL AT IPSWICH – The funeral took place at Ipswich Cemetery during the afternoon of Tuesday, 25^th May 1915, of the late Private Charles William Setterfield, 1^st Suffolks, who died at Newbridge Hospital, Berkshire, the result of spinal wounds received at Hill 60. The body was removed to Ipswich by rail on Saturday. The cortege started from the deceased’s home in Parliament Road, consisting of a firing party, gun carriage, and about a hundred rank and file of No. 4 Battery, R.F.A. The service at the Cemetery was conducted by the Reverend H. W. Hinde, vicar of St. John’s Church, Ipswich. The usual three volleys were fired, and the buglers sounded the “Last Post.” The coffin was of polished elm and black fittings, the breastplate reading: “Charles W. Setterfield, died May 18^th, 1915, aged 38 years.” There were a large number of floral tributes, including one from Charles’s workmates at Waterside Works. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs. Hastings and Son.

 Extra information provided by Graham Jones:

In early May 1915, the 1^st Battalion was on the Ypres Salient when the enemy unleashed a violent artillery bombardment of high-explosive shells followed by poison gas.  For days, the 1^st Battalion valiantly held its position until being finally overrun.  Casualties on 8 May amounted to over 400.

Charles is also remembered on the Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. war memorial at Bourne Park and on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.

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