KENNETH WILLIAM GEORGE BALDWIN
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: 3rd March 1907. Ipswich.
Died: 11th August 1944; age: 37; KiA at Tilly la Campagne.
Residence: 57, Brookfield Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: an Insurance Agent.
Rank: Lance Corporal; Service Number: 7923075
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps, 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry.
Original grave site at Tilly la Campagne. The body was exhumed, identified, and re-buried at Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, 10th September 1945.
Grave Reference:
III.A.26.
Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery,
Calvados,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of David William & Mary Louise Baldwin, of Ipswich; husband of Gladys Elizabeth Baldwin, of Ipswich.
CENSUS
1911 35, Finchley Road, Ipswich.
Kenneth was 4 years old and living with his parents and his mother’s cousin.
David William Baldwin, 33, a Shop Assistant – Grocery, born Barningham, Norfolk.
Mary Louisa Baldwin (nee Chaplin), 29, born Tibenham, Norfolk.
Mildred Ellen Chaplin, 28, a Dressmaker, born Tivetshall, Norfolk.
1921 35, Finchley Road, Ipswich.
Kenneth was 14 years and 3 months old. He attended School and lived with his parents and brother.
David Baldwin, 43 years & 7 months old, a Grocery’s Provisions Manager for Home and Colonial Store, at 40, Tavern Street, Ipswich.
Mary Baldwin, 39 years & 8 months old, Home Duties.
Gordon Cyril Cuthbert Baldwin, 6 years & 11 months old, at School, born Ipswich.
Kenneth’s mother, Mary Louisa Baldwin, died in February 1944, at the General Borough Hospital, Ipswich, of 269, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich.
In 1937, Ipswich, Kenneth married Gladys Elizabeth Webb, born November 1909, Ipswich – daughter of Frederick William Webb, a horse feeder for the Borough Council and Flora Webb (nee Hammond).
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939
Kenneth was an Insurance Agent. He lived with Gladys at their family home – 57, Brookfield Road, Ipswich. Staying at their home were Brian S.L. Monk, born 1931 and 1 other.
Probate to Gladys Elizabeth Baldwin – widow.
Kenneth is also commemorated on the British Normandy Memorial, virtually opened by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, on the 6th June 2021.
Kenneth’s brother, Gordon Cyril Cuthbert Baldwin, born 10th July 1914, a cabinet maker and joiner, of 38, Beck Street, Ipswich, was a Japanese POW – captured on Christmas Day, 1941, in Hong Kong, and held at Tokyo POW Camp. Gordon, a Sapper, 2124422, for the Royal Engineers, 22nd Company, was Liberated on the 1st September 1945.
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