ENG | SFK | Francis E | BALAAM | BALAAM | 1285 | Private | 48530 | Suffolk Regiment, 7th Battalion | 17/05/1918 | 19 | 1899 | Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France | 50.074993, 2.599046 | Son of Ebenezer and Ann Balaam, of Aspall Rd., Debenham, Stowmarket. | ... | On Debenham War Memorial | CWGC | OPS | 19180517 |
ENG | SFK | Edward George | BALAAM | BALAAM | 1261 | Private | 5828591 | Suffolk Regiment, 5th Battalion | 12/07/1943 | 23 | 1920 | Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar | 15.972513, 97.718228 | Son of Ernest Edward and Rossetta Harriet Balaam; husband of Christina Rose Mary Balaam, of Capel St. Mary, Suffolk. Was a Japanese POW. Died on the Thailand-Burma Railway.
According to the UK Army Roll Of Honour (1939 - 1945):
Birth Place: Ipswich
Residence: Ipswich
Regiment at Enlistment: Suffolk Regiment
Branch at Enlistment: Infantry
Theatre of War: Malaya | ... | On Debenham War Memorial | CWGC | OPS | 19430712 |