RUSSELL JOHN PRETTY

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.

Image from the Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury – 1918

Born: 23rd August 1897, Ipswich.

Baptised on the 3^rd October 1897, at St. Mary’s Church, Sweffling, Suffolk – family home at St. John’s, Ipswich.

Died: 27th August 1918; age 21; KiA – 4 days after his 21st birthday.

Residence: 743, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 30512

Regiment: Grenadier Guards, 2nd Battalion.

Formerly Trooper, 2763, Household Battalion.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Body exhumed, and identified by a cross on a grave, before reburial.

Grave Reference:

IV.K.7.

H.A.C. Cemetery,

Ecourt-St. Mein,

Pas de Calais,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Only son of Frank & Sarah Pretty, of 743, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.

CENSUS

1901   269, Spring Road, Ipswich.

Russell was 3 years old and living with his parents & sister.

Frank William Pretty, 30, a Clothing Warehouseman, born Ipswich.

Sarah Ann Pretty (nee Knights), 27, born Sweffling, Suffolk.

Lucy Ida Pretty, 1, born Ipswich.

1911   743, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.

Russell was 13 years old and living with his parents & sisters.

Frank, 40, a Goods Receiver – Doorman – Corset Factory.

Sarah, 37.

Lucy, 11.

Hilda Elizabeth Pretty, 7, born Ipswich.

Gladys Alice Pretty, 4, born Ipswich.

1 boarder.

Soldiers’ Effects to Frank W. Pretty – father.

Russell is also remembered on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.

Grenadier Guards, 2nd Battalion