EDWARD ARTHUR WOODS

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.

Images courtesy of the Ling family.

Born: 27th November 1912, Ipswich.

Died: 18th June 1945; age: 32; died of Malaria whilst a Japanese POW at Sandakan Camp, Borneo.

Residence: 12, Wolsey Street, Ipswich.

Rank: Bombardier; Service Number: 1478001.

Regiment: Royal Artillery, 48 Battery, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment.

Final resting place unknown.

Memorial Reference:

Column 9.

Singapore Memorial,

Kranji,

Singapore.

Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of Olive Woods, of Ipswich.

Father: Frederick John Woods, born 1881, Ipswich – died 27th November 1914, of Phthisis Pulmonalis, at 20, Great Whip Street, Ipswich. Lily was present at the death. A Salesman – Leather Merchant.

Mother: Lily Maud Woods (nee Cason), born 1881, Ipswich – 1922, Ipswich.

Stepfather: Edwin Henry Hammond, born January 1882. A Signwriter & Grainer House Painter & Decorator.

Hammond/Woods family home – 81, Reynolds Road, Ipswich.

CENSUS

1921   18, Chalon Street, Ipswich.

Edward was 8 years and 7 months old. He attended School and lived with his brothers, and his stepfather’s children at the home of his widowed maternal grandmother, and maternal aunt.

Emma Cason (nee Minns), 60 years & 6 months old, Home Duties and General Housework for Arthur William Beard, a Butcher, of 49, Princes Street, Ipswich, born Great Bricett, Suffolk.

Violet Emma Cason, 26 years & 4 months old, a Tailoress for Higgs and Bantoft – Tailors, of Queen Street, Ipswich, born Ipswich.

Frederick Thomas Edwin Woods, 16 years & 10 months old, a Boiler Attendant for the Ipswich Board of Guardians, at St. John’s Home, Freehold Road, Ipswich, born Ipswich.

Stanley George Woods, 11 years & 5 months old, at School, born Ipswich.

Sylvia Caroline Hammond, 12 years & 1 month old, at School, born Ipswich.

Edwin Harry Hammond, 7 years & 9 months old, at School, born Ipswich.

In 1921, Edward’s mother and stepfather lived at 25, Chalon Street, Ipswich, with his sister and stepfather’s daughters.

Edwin Hammond, 39 years & 5 months old, a House Painter for the Ipswich Co-operative Society Works Department, of Waterworks Street, Ipswich.

Lily Hammond, 40 years & 6 months old, Home Duties.

Lily Maud Woods, 15 years & 1 month old, a Shop and Errands Girl for Boughton – Photographers, of Westgate Street, Ipswich, born Ipswich.

Nora Daisy Hammond, 15 years & 8 months old, a Tailoress for John Fish Bayles & Pearson – Tailors, of Falcon Street, Ipswich, born Ipswich.

Eleanor Ethel Hammond, 13 years & 8 months old, at School, born Ipswich.

In 1940, Ipswich, Edward married Olive Bergdahl, an underwear machinist, born March 1919, Ipswich – daughter of Ellis George Gottfrid Bergdahl, a furnace man and a Company Sergeant Major for the Royal Army Service Corps (died 5^th July 1920), and Nellie Hannah Bergdahl (nee Adams), of 12, Wolsey Street, Ipswich.

Ellis George Bergdahl.

Probate to Olive Woods – widow.