See also

Family of Thomas William Dunnett and Phyllis Dorothy Boreham

Husband: Thomas William Dunnett

  • Name:

  • Thomas William Dunnett1 2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • milkman (milk rounds/salesman)3

  • Birth:

  • 27 Nov 1919

  • Holbrook, Suffolk, England4 5 3 2

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 1 yr 7 mns)

  • Back Street, Holbrook, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Bertie and Nellie, and brother Russell. Born in Holbrook Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 19)

  • 127 Lacey Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried dairy roundsman for the Co-op Grocery living with his parents Bertie and Nellie, and brothers Russell and Reginald. Born on 27th November 1919

  • Military Service:

  • to 25 Apr 1946 (age 26)

  • British Army Suffolk Regiment as private:58278586

  •  

  • of 121 Lacey Street, serving in Burma

  • Medals:

  • 7 Dec 19486

  •  

  •  

  • Burma Star for service in the Suffolk Regiment during WWII

  • Death:

  • Jan 1996 (age 76)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England2

Wife: Phyllis Dorothy Boreham

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Phyllis Dorothy Boreham

  • Name:

  • Phyllis Dorothy Boreham7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Boreham (1893-1975)

  • Mother:

  • Dorothy Louise Dobson (1898-1981)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cigarette packer8

  • Birth:

  • 3 Mar 1922

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England7 8

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 17)

  • 833 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • an unmarried cigarette packer living with her parents John and Dorothy, sisters Joyce and Vera, and a closed record (presumably sister Barbara). Born on 3rd March 1922 and married a Knights then a Dunnett at later dates

  • Death:

  • 25 Feb 2010 (age 87)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England9 10 11 12

  •  

  • Cause: peacefully

  • Cremation:

  • 16 Mar 2010

  • Ipswich Crematorium North Chapel, Cemetery Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11 10

  •  

  • at 12:15 pm, a housewife of Ipswich who died on 25th February 2010 aged 87. Loving wife of the late Tom, much loved mum of John, Jean, David and Claire, dearest Nana to her grandchildren and great grandchildren and loving sister to Barbara

  • Probate:

  • 23 Apr 2010

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • grant and will, died 25th February 2010

Note on Husband: Thomas William Dunnett

Tom was the brother of Reginald Arthur Dunnett who married Phyllis's sister Vera

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1947 quarter:4 volume:4b page:2169. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1996 quarter:1 district:7471D register:D16B entry:122 date:0196. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

3.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 6598F page:20 line:6 letter code:TVAK. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

4.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1919 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1955. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9387 registration district:212 sub-district:1 enumeration-district:11, 12 schedule:123. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

6.

Ancestry UK, British Army World War II Medal Cards, 1939-1945. Suffolk Regiment no:5827858. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1922 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1833. Cit. Date: 13 February 2026.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 6606F page:8 line:19 letter code:TVNL. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 2010 quarter:1 district:7471A register:1A008 entry:502846301. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

10.

Ipswich Borough Council Everafter, (on-line at www.ipswichboroughcouncil.discovereverafter.com). Ipswich Crematorium 2010. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

11.

Ipswich Star web site, (on-line at www.ipswichstar.co.uk). published 5th March 2010. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.

12.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 2010 no:3269509. Cit. Date: 14 February 2026.