War and Conflict

Suffolk Record Office holds numerous records on war and conflict in both Suffolk and abroad.

• Our Military Archives page gives details of the collections and material that be helpful for researching military history.
• Suffolk’s Victoria Cross page provides a brief highlight of those men awarded the highest military honour.
• Letters from the Front is the poignant story of the Stopher brothers during World War 1.
• George Punchard’s First World War Diaries

Record Office staff and researchers have uncovered other interesting stories including:

• Suffolks in Salonika during World War 1.
• A personal journey through the records of World War 1 – Doug Ireland, one of the Ipswich volunteers, tells us about his own research.
• A Unique Record of Lowestoft in the Second World War – Diaries recording the raids on Lowestoft.
• The Wreck of the Birkenhead: “STAND FAST” .
• The crew of the S. S. Royal Crown – Recording the dead following the attack on the vessel.
• South African War Memorial at Cornhill, Bury St. Edmunds
•  Waller’s Raid in Lowestoft, 13 January 1942
•  Tribulations of the First World War