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Members Stories & Bio's

The Sudbury Branch of the RBL has a diverse mixture of members who all have fantastic stories and experiences.

Achievements and Bio's will be placed here to showcase our amazing members and their achievements. Click on their names to read their stories.

Bill Green, Halsey House Cromer, March 2015

Tom Welsh, Norwegian Defence Medal, March 2017

Len Manning Sudbury Branch President & Lancaster bomber rear gunner.

Elisabeth Mary Beeton

Eric Willets

John Walter Chaplin

Raymond William Chaplin

William Charles Green


 Colin Ross 1921 - 2007

Charles Hearndon 1922 - 2010

George Beeton 1923 - 2011

Gerald Browne 1918 - 2012

Ken Smith 1924 - 2013

Ted Wood, Obituary, 1937-2013

Chas price 1923 - 2014.

Harold Lock, the final Sudbury survivor from the Second World War Japanese Prisoner of War (POW) camps has died aged 93. 1924 -2017

Leonard Cheshire VC 1917 - 1992

Sudbury Roll of Honour from both World Wars

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