JAMES GODFREY TEBBIT
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: 25th July 1890, Woolverstone, Suffolk.
Officially presumed dead: 27th May 1918; age 28; KiA.
Residence: Rainbow Hotel, 2, St. Matthew’s Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: a Plumber.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Date of Entry Therein: 15th September 1914- France.
Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 21526
Regiment: Royal Engineers, 15th Field Coy.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1914 Star.
Memorial Reference:
Aisne,
France.
Maternal uncle to DOUGLAS SIDNEY THORPE.
CENSUS
1891 Cottage, Ipswich Road, Woolverstone, Suffolk.
James was 9 months old and living with his parents, siblings & cousin.
Charles Tebbit, 35, an Estate Clerk of Works at Woolverstone Hall for Mr. Charles Hugh Berners, born Soham, Cambridgeshire.
Florence Mary Tebbit (nee Alen), 27, born Great Wigborough, Essex.
Grace Florence Tebbit, 4, born Brixton, London.
Edward Robert Tebbit, 19, born Soham, Cambridgeshire.
1901 2, St. Matthew’s Street, Ipswich.
James was 10 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Charles, 45, a Licensed Victualler – own account.
Florence, 35.
Grace Florence Tebbit, 13.
Arthur Frank Tebbit, 7, born Woolverstone.
Charles Leslie Tebbit, 3, born Woolverstone.
1 companion.
1 servant
1 barman.
1911 Rainbow Hotel, 2, St. Matthew’s Street, Ipswich.
James was 20 years old, a Plumber. He was living with his parents & siblings.
Charles, 57, a Licensed Victualler – employer.
Florence, 46.
Grace, 24, Assistant at Home.
Arthur, 17, a Fishmonger.
Charles, 13.
Kathleen Mary Tebbit, 7, born Ipswich.
1 waitress
1barman
1 fish frier.
On the 16th June 1915, at Alan Road Methodist Church, Ipswich, 24 year old James, a Lance Corporal for the 21st Company, Royal Engineers, of Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, Suffolk, married 23 year old Hilda Georgina Daldy, a librarian, born January 1892, Chelmondiston, Suffolk – daughter of the late George Daldy and Kezia Daldy (nee Brown), and stepdaughter of John Kersey Hardy, a Mate on sailing barges, of 15, Levington Road, Ipswich.
Hilda’s father, George Daldy, was Master of the sailing vessel “Lord Beaconsfield” believed lost in gales on the 10th November 1891, with all hands. The “Lord Beaconsfield” was sailing from Grangemouth for London, with a cargo of pig iron. George’s brother, 18 year old, Frederick Daldy, the “Lord Beaconsfield” Mate was also lost.
Soldiers’ Effects to Hilda G. Tebbit – widow.
James is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Batholomew’s Church, Ipswich.
E.A.D.T. – Wednesday, 24th July 1918 – THE HOSPITAL PIG – As a slight token of his appreciation for the treatment given to his son in Bartlet Ward, Mr. Charles Tebbit, of the Rainbow Restaurant, St. Matthew’s, presented a pig to the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital on Tuesday. The young porker met his fate at the skilled hand of Mr. Barney Wyartt, of Flowton, who attended at the Hospital and dissected the carcase into suitable joints. Mr. Frank Tebbit, Mr. Tebbit’s second son, was transferred to the East Suffolk Hospital some time ago after having had several months’ treatment in other Hospitals in this country since he was invalided home from the East African campaign. Mr. Tebbit’s eldest son was reported missing in the great battle on the Western Front some months ago, and has not been heard of since, while his youngest son is in hospital in Palestine, and his son-in-law, who was a patient in the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital, has been invalided out of the Army. This is not the first time that Mr. Tebbit has shown his practical sympathy with the Hospitral and its work. Mr. Barney Wyartt is also one who loses no opportunity to assist the Hospital in any way he can. Many years ago, he was a patient in this institution and for some weeks lay at death’s door. His appreciation of the treatment he then received finds constant expression in acts of kindness in raising funds for the institution, his last effort bringing in a net result of about £65. The gift of the pig appears to have been made the subject of some amusement, a well-known artist having reduced to black and white his conception of Mr. Wyartt as a dissecting surgeon, while another admirer presented him with a silk hat for the occasion, which, to the chagrin of all concerned, he failed to wear.
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