HAROLD PERCY LOFTS
Born: 14th May 1896, Ipswich.
Baptised on the 2nd August 1896, at St. Michael’s Church, Ipswich – family home at 28, Samuel Road, Ipswich.
Died: 19th September 1918; age 22; KiA – near Guyencourt-Saulcourt.
Residence: 26, Upland Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Lithographic Artist and Designer.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: T/207058
Regiment: The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Battalion.
Formerly 265514, Suffolk Cyclist Regiment.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Memorial Reference:
Panel 3.
Pas de Calais,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Youngest son of Frederick & Elizabeth A. Lofts, of 26, Upland Road, Ipswich.
Brother to CLIFFORD FREDERICK LOFTS.
CENSUS
1901 28, Samuel Road, Ipswich.
Harold was 4 years old and living with his parents & brother.
Frederick Lofts, 38, a Post Office Telegraph Linesman, born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Elizabeth Agnes Lofts (nee Godbold), 44, born Wickham Market, Suffolk.
Clifford Frederick Lofts, 11, born Ipswich.
1911 26, Upland Road, Ipswich.
Harold was 14 years old, an Apprentice Lithographic Artist and Designer. He was living with his parents & brother.
Frederick, 48, a Telegraph Linesman – G.P.O. Telegraph Engineers & Maintenance.
Elizabeth, 54.
Clifford, 21, a Lithographic Artist & Designer.
In December 1900, Harold Lofts gave 6d. to the Poor Children’s Christmas Dinner. The dinner was to be held in the Public Hall and Corn Exchange at one o’clock on Christmas Day.
Harold was educated at Ipswich Grammar School for Boys.
Soldiers’ Effects to Frederick Lofts – father.
Harold is also remembered on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist church, Ipswich, and at Northgate High School. Formerly Ipswich Grammar School for Boys.
The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Battalion
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