See also

Philip Maurice Joy (1916-1942)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1942 CWGC Memorial Philip Maurice Joy

  • Occupation:

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  • grocery shop assistant2

  • Birth:

  • 24 Aug 1916

  • Kirton, Suffolk, England1 3 2

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 10 mns)

  • Oak Houses, Capel Hall Lane, Trimley St. Martin, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • nephew living in four rooms with his uncle and aunt Frederick and Annie Wright, his uncle John Wright, and his widowed mother Hilda Joy. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 23)

  • 11 Quay Side, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • an unmarried grocery shop assistant living with widowed William Welham, his widowed mother Hilda, and a Bertie Welham. Born on 24th August 1916

  • Death:

  • 28 Apr 1942 (age 25)

  • Burma4

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Rangoon Memorial, Rangoon, Burma4

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  • trooper 7907677 of the Royal Armoured Corps "C" Squadron 7th Queen's Own Hussars died 28th April 1942 aged 25, son of Hilda R Joy of Stoke Ipswich Suffolk

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1916 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1910. Cit. Date: 10 September 2026.

2.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6628F page:11 line:23 letter code:TWND. Cit. Date: 10 September 2026.

3.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9460 registration district:214 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8 schedule:13. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

4.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Burma Rangoon Memorial. Cit. Date: 10 September 2026.