SUGGITT

 

 

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Line of descent

 

Around 1800 Benjamin Suggitt, a Yorkshireman, joined the Duke of York's Regiment in the British Army. His postings moved him from place to place and in 1802 he married Jane Smith in Winchester. Later postings to The Tower of London brought Benjamin and Jane to the outskirts of the City of London where they raised a large family. The family spent many years in the East End, largely living in poverty, working as makers of top hats, bowler hats and other hats when circumstances allowed. Our branch of the family moved to Bermondsey in the early 1900s where Benjamin Thomas William Suggitt, head of the household, could get work in the hat trade.

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The line of descent to Ken or Teresa can be seen at the foot of this page.

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Below are stories about people and places taken from the family history. For stories awaiting publication see the table on the Home page.

 

Benjamin Suggitt (c1779-1842)

The story of Benjamin Suggitt. He was a Yorkshireman and a soldier until his discharge from the army with a wounded right thigh. His occupation was a hatter, a skill he passed on to his sons. He is buried in the grounds of The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, having been an outpatient in his latter years.
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Benjamin Suggitt (1881 - 1917)

The fourth generation to be named Benjamin, his work was in cork cutting. He never married. He enlisted with his pal Charlie Perkins into the King's Royal Rifles and they were combatants at Passchedaele, the Third Battle of Ypres, in 1917 where Benjamin was killed. His body was never recovered and he is memorialised on the wall at Tyne Cot Cemetery.
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