WILLIAM JAMES MADDER
Born: 1894, Ipswich.
Died: 18th June 1916; age 21; died during the night at No. 33 Casualty Clearing Station from rifle grenade wounds received that afternoon.
Evening Star – Tuesday, 27th June 1916 – With reference to the death of her son, Private William Madder, of the 1/4th Suffolks, Mrs. Madder, of 12, White Elm Street, Ipswich, recently received the following letter from Second Lieutenant W. Dooley, a member of the same Battalion as her son: “Dear Mrs. Madder, I deeply regret tyo inform you that your son has been killed. He was hit by a rifle grenade on Saturday afternoon – 17th June, 1916 and died during the night. He has been with me since last January, and I am very sorry indeed to lose him. Trusting you will bravely accept this terrible blow which God has decreed.”
Residence: 12, White Elm Street, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Date of Entry Therein: 8th November 1914.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 1406.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1914 Star.
Grave Reference:
Pas de Calais,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Eldest son of Robert William & Emma Madder, of 12, White Elm Street, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 13, Albion Place, Ipswich.
William was 6 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Robert William Madder, 37, a General Labourer, born Ipswich.
Emma Madder (nee Spall), 30, born Hollesley, Suffolk.
Gertrude Emma Madder, 10, born Ipswich.
Rose Eliza Madder, 8, born Ipswich.
Stanley George Madder, 7 months, born Ipswich.
1911 12, White Elm Street, Ipswich.
William was 16 years old, a Foundry Labourer. He was living with his parents & siblings.
Robert, 47, a Gas Works Labourer.
Emma, 40.
Gertrude, 20, a Domestic Servant.
Stanley, 10.
Ellen Elizabeth Madder, 8, born Ipswich.
Cecil Robert Madder, 6, born Ipswich.
Harold Reuben Madder, 4, born Ipswich.
William’s sister, Ivy May Madder, was born on the 25th May 1909, at 12, White Elm Street, Ipswich and baptised with her brother, Harold Reuben Madder (born 14th September 1906), on the 18th June 1909, at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich. Little Ivy died on the 12th December 1909, at her home at 12, White Elm Street, Ipswich, aged 6 months, and was buried in Section DD at Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Soldiers’ Effects to Robert Madder – father.
William is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Clement’s Congregational Church and at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich.
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