
CAMBRIDGE
ST. GILES WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2000
additional RFC/RNAS/RAF information David Manning
The
St. Giles' War Memorial for 1914-18 war stands in the grounds of the
church at the bottom of Castle Hill. The memorial takes the form of
a stone crucifix mounted on a square plinth that bears the inscription
and names on metal plaques affixed to it, the whole is mounted on a
two-stepped base. There are 74 names for World War 1. The memorial was
unveiled and dedicated by the Bishop of Ely 17th November 1920. There
are 6 burials in the churchyard for the 1914-1918 war and 1 for the
1939-1945 war.
Extract
from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 19 November 1920,
page 8:
HONOURING
THE DEAD.
ST. GILES'.
Unveiling by Major-General Sir G. W. Hare.
In memory of the men of the parish of St. Giles’ with St.
Peter who died for their country in the Great War, the memorial
erected in St. Giles’ Churchyard was unveiled and dedicated
on Sunday afternoon, when there was a large congregation to honour
the memory of their fallen heroes. The unveiling ceremony was performed
by Major-General Sir G. W. Hare. K.C.M.G., C.B., G.O.C. East Anglian
Territorial Division, and the memorial was dedicated by the Ven.
W. J. Wickins (late Vicar), Hon Chaplain to H.M. the King. An address
was given by the Rev. F. W. Head. M.C., Hon CF. (late Senior Chaplain,
Guards Division), and the names the fallen were read out by the
Ven. W. J. Wickens. During the service the hymns “O God, our
help in ages past,” “Ten times ten thousand,”
and “On the Resurrection morning” and Psalm 116-“I
am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice prayer”-
were sung, in addition to the anthem. “The souls of the righteous.”
The lesson was taken from Revelations xxi., 1-7, "And I saw
a new heaven, and a new earth.” The memorial, which stands
just inside the churchyard, takes the form of a crucifix, 15 feet
in height, and is executed in Portland stone, with bronze Figure.
Above the Figure is the inscription. “Inri,” and at
the base of the shaft is carved the word “Pax.” On the
front panel is the inscription: “In the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ this cross is set up as a memorial of the men of this parish
who died for their country the Great War, 1914-1919. Remember them
in your prayers and in your lives.” On the three bronze panels
are the following names:
Bertie
T Adams, |
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Cecil
Hopkinson, |
Frederick
W. Adams, |
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Harry
Howlett, |
Charles
Allensby, |
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Purefoy
G. Huddleston, |
Thomas
Bell, |
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James
C. Hunt, |
Frederick
C. Benstead, |
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Robert
O. Kemp, |
William
Bird, |
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Charles
Knott, |
A.
Edward A. Boughey, |
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Arthur
Larkins, |
Charles
Burton, |
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Albert
F. Leech, |
Hubert
W. Button, |
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Selwyn
Long-Innes, |
Percy
Caldecoat, |
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Alfred
Marks, |
Alfred
Calton, |
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Bertram
Metcalfe-Smith, |
Albert
E. Carey, |
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Jesse
Newman, |
Albert
E. Chapman, |
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Wilfrid
Newton, |
Leonard
Chapman, |
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Walter
S. Orpen, |
Frederick
Christian, |
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William
Parsons, |
Frederick
Clark, |
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Arthur
H. Penton, |
George
R. Clark, |
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Frederick
Potter, |
Eric
W. Cowley, |
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William
Potter, |
Ernest
Daisley, |
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Ernest
Randall, |
Leslie
Daisley, |
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Donald
Rayner, |
Erasmus
Darwin, |
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Ernest
Reynolds, |
Leonard
P. Dear, |
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Arthur
Rich, |
Charles
Death, |
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William
A. Rich, |
Clarence
Death, |
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William
Shaw, |
Samuel
Drake, |
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Hugh
F. Russell-Smith, |
Herbert
H. Ezard, |
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Charles
Sorley, |
Frederick
Fishpool, |
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Ernest
J. Taylor, |
Robert
Game, |
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Robert
I. Thorpe, |
Edward
Gawthrop, |
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John
Tilley, |
Arthur
G. Gedge, |
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John
W. Trezise, |
George
J. Gould, |
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Alfred
Wehrle, |
Anthony
F. Gay, |
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Victor
Wilson, |
Philip
Hankin, |
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Stanley
E. Wing |
William
E. Hartley, |
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Frederick
W. Wolfe |
Albert
Haylock, |
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Patrick
Wood, |
Edward
Haylock, |
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John
A. Wright, |
Bertram
Hopkinson, |
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William
Wright. |
As
far as possible seats were arranged for the relatives, in addition
to whom there was a remarkably large gathering in the churchyard
and even in the road outside. Before the opening of the service
the choir were led from the church by members of the Cambridge Boy
Scouts.
CRUCIFIX CORNER.
In
a brief opening address, the Rev. W. L. Arrowsmith, M.C. (curate-in-charge),
said 73 men who lived in that parish and attended that church had
laid down their lives for their country, and in their memory this
memorial been erected at a cost of between £300 and £400
collected by their friends. The crucifix told us the price of our
redemption was the price of blood of the Son of God, and by this
memorial they were reminded that the price of England’s freedom
was the price of blood their own brothers. It was thought that there
could be no more suitable form pf memorial than this crucifix. It
stood at the cross-roads and reminded one of that famous crucifix
on the Somme battlefields—the scene of so many valiant deeds—which
became known as Crucifix Corner.
THE VISION OF SELFLESSNESS.
The
Rev. F. W. Head said this was a day of remembrance of the brave
deeds our men and the men of our Allies, and this day of remembrance
was specially brought home to the people of that parish by the memorial
which was to be dedicated to God and in memory of those brave men
of that parish who gave their lives. With all the splendour there
came all the sadness, and over practically every home of England
there had come the shadow death. There were three facts connected
with the war of which the speaker would remind them, because he
believed to each fact there was a Christian answer. The first was
the fact of death which had stalked through Europe in these last
years. We Christians had no special theories about death; we had
no special explanation as to what happened after death, but we just
met the fact of death with the fact that He in whom we believed
died and rose again. That was all, and that was everything, too.
So often were those brave men on the other side laid to rest in
the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord, and that was our Christian answer to the
fact of death.
The second fact was the fact of our loss. We wanted those brave
men back in our national life to-day, for there were many taking
the lead now who would not be taking if those better ones had been
back, and our national life might have been much better. When we
thought of our loss we were inclined to think God had forgotten
ns, but if we looked back to the first days of Christianity we found
just the same thing, and he believed we were standing on the threshold
of another Day of Pentecost. He believed we could never be just
the same as we were before we saw all that wonderful vision of selflessness
in the war, and he believed that those who had gone were still with
us in the spirit. Thus there was death and the Resurrection of Christ,
and there was loss and the Spirit of Christ coming back with another
Day of Pentecost, and then there was the remembrance of it all.
Sometimes the war seemed so far off and easy to forget, and this
memorial was a reminder; we all wanted reminders because in our
busy life it was so easy to forget.
"I commend to you to remember those whom you have lost,”
the speaker concluded, "and as you seek for power through our
Lord and Master, Who laid down His life for you, so at the same
time remember those who have gone, that you may have something of
their power and of their example, and that you, too, may live a
selfless life.
THE UNVEILING.
Major-General Hare said this memorial recorded the names and should
preserve the memory of the men of that parish who gave their lives
in the great fight for right, but that was not all. It was intended
to be a constant reminder of the great lesson of duty and self-sacrifice
which these men taught. In this country it seemed that there was
a great tendency to forget all about the war, or to remember only
the horrors and forget, or belittle, the lessons to be learned from
it. It was true the spark remembrance sometimes burst out into flame,
as on Armistice Day, but that was only a spasmodic revival fanned
by a passing gust of sentiment. The spark would soon die out again,
and it was to memorials like this that we looked to see that the
spark was not altogether quenched. He did not agree with people
who said nobody had been improved by the war. It was his firm belief
that there was scarcely man who went out who did not come back—if
he came back all—a belter man and a better Christian than
before he went out. He may not have gone any further towards solving
the difficulties of religious belief, but he went a long way towards
learning the lesson of unselfishness and thinking less of himself
and more of other people than he would had he stayed behind.
The
General then unveiled the monument “To glory of God and in
memory of the fallen,” and the dedication of the memorial
was performed by the late Vicar.
After
the National Anthem had been sung, the “Last Post” was
sounded Mr. L. T. Stoakley, late of the 1st Gordon Highlanders.
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IN
THE NAME OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST THIS CROSS
KEPT UP AS A MEMORIAL
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
REMEMBER THEM IN YOUR
PRAYERS AND YOUR LIVES
ADAMS |
Bertie
Thomas |
Private
40077, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed in action
on Monday, 25th September 1916. Aged 41. Born Cambridge. Enlisted
Northampton. Resident Kettering. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams.
Formerly 3717 Essex Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on the
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
ADAMS |
Frederick William |
Private
36523 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment who was killed in
action Friday, 29th September 1916. Aged 33. Born Cambridge. Enlisted
Cambridge. Formerly 4577 Cambs Regiment. Son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Adams. Buried in MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL, Somme,
France. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 7. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
ALLENSBY |
Charles |
On
memorial. No information on either the CWGC or SDGW. Probably son
of Charles and Harriet Allensby and born in Ely in 1876. |
BELL |
Thomas |
Private
31409, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action
on Sunday, 29th April 1917. Aged 29. Born and resident Cambridge.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bell, of 60, Castle St., Cambridge;
husband of Anastasia Mabel Bailey (formerly Bell), of 63, Lower
Addiscombe Rd., East Croydon, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated
on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
BENSTEAD |
Frederick Charles |
Private
202086, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds on Wednesday,
20th June 1917. Aged 34. Born and enlisted Cambridge, Son of Frederick
and Elizabeth Benstead, of 28, Shelley Row, St. Peter's St., Cambridge;
husband of Olive May Benstead, of 66, Histon Rd., Cambridge. Formerly
31916, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row L. Grave 29. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge St Luke's
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BIRD,
M.M. |
William [J] |
Private,
14228, 7th (Service) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment who died of
wounds on Wednesday, 26th July 1916. Aged 23. Born Cambridge, enlisted
Egham, Surrey. Husband of A. Lovejoy (formerly Bird), of 16, Alexandra
Rd., Pooley Green, Egham, Surrey. Awarded the Military Medal M.M.).
Buried in Histon Road Cemetery, Cambridge. Plot 15. Row A. Grave
25.
See also Cambridge Guildhall
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume
2, Part 3, Page 25.
BIRD,
William James.
Private, 14228, 7th (Service) battalion, The East Surrey Regiment.
Son of Herbert Bird, Porter, by his wife, Maggie Elizabeth, dau.
of William Fordham.
Born
Cambridge 14-10-1892; educated St. Giles, Cambridge, was a gardener,
and enlisted voluntarily in Oct 1914; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France from 1-6-1915, and died at the Northern Hospital,
co. York 26-7-1916, of wounds received in action. Buried at Cambridge.
He
married at Egham Church 3-6-1916, Adelaide (64 Hythe Park Rd, Staines,
co. Middlesex) dau of William Henry Aspland; s.p |
BOUGHEY |
Anchitel Edward Fletcher |
Lieutenant
8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade who died on Thursday, 10th October
1918. Aged 26. Son of the Rev. A. H. F. Boughey (Fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge) and Katharine A. Boughey, of 4, Cranmer Rd.,
Cambridge. CE. Officers. Buried in GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY,
County Dublin, Ireland. Grave 26. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
St Mary the Great and also Cambridge,
St Faith's School
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume
2, Part 5, Page 18
BOUGHEY,
Anchitel Edward Fletcher
- Lieutenant, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consorts Own)
Youngest
son of the Rev.Anchitel Harry Fletcher Boughey, Fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge, by his wife,Katharine Annie, dau. of I. S. Lovell
of Thornby, co.Northampton; born Cambridge 6th Nov1891; educated
Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment,
5th Feb. 1910; resigned his commission in 1913; went to Canada in
that year, and settled at Montreal, where he was on the staff of
the Bank of Montreal; returned to England immediately on the outbreak
of war, and volunteering for active service, was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
8th Rifle Brigade 14th Sept. 1914; served with The Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from May 1915; was wounded at Hooge
the following July, and invalided home; on recovery, not being passed
as fit for active service, was appointed Instructor to an Officers
Cadet Battn., and was subsequently given a post at the War Office;
proceeded to Ireland in Sept.1918, on special recruiting work, and,
returning to England on the S.S. Leinster, was drowned when that
ship was torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 10th Oct. 1918. Buried in Dublin
Military Cemetery. His General ( in Ireland) wrote: "His sad
fate has cast a gloom over all those here who knew him. For myself
I feel that I have lost a true friend." A few days before his
death his appointment as staff captain was recommended and approved.
Unm. |
BURTON |
Charles [J] |
Lance
Corporal 3770/A, 55th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed
in action at Peronne 1 September 1918. Born Cambridge. Son of Charles
and Mary Ann Burton, of 82, Richmond Rd., Cambridge, England. Rubber
Plantation Manager. Educated at St. Giles, Cambridge, England. Emigrated
aged 24. Buried in PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France.
Plot V. Row C. Grave 1. See also Australian
ROH Circular. Listed on family gravestone in churchyard. Grave
4E38/9. Died 1918. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge St Lukes |
BUTTON |
Hubert William |
Private
404999, 26th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
who died on Saturday, 5th August 1916. Aged 24. Born 26 July 1893
in Cambridge. Son of Dan and Louis Button, of 83, Castle St., Cambridge,
England. Conductor on Street Railway by trade. Next of kin his mother
Louisa. Unmarried. Previously served with 5th Royal Scots. Passed
fit 29 june 1915 and attested 30 June 1915 at Niagra Camp, Canada,
aged 22 years 11 months, height 5 feet 8 inches, girth 37 inches,
complexion fair, eyes blue, hair beach (sic); religion Church of
England. Buried in RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VOORMEZEELE, Heuvelland,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row D. Grave 3. Also listed
on family gravestone in churchyard. National Archives of Canada
Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1354 - 44 See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
CALDECOAT |
Percy |
Private
35101 1st/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment who died on Sunday,
13th October 1918. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Formerly TR/5/3471,
9th Training Reserve Battalion. In the 1901 census he was listed
as the son of Harry and Sarah Caldecoat, aged 1, born Cambridge
and resident 94 Castle Street, Cambridge. Buried in WORMS (HOCHEIM
HILL) CEMETERY, Germany. Listed on Screen Wall. Also listed on family
gravestone in churchyard. Grave 5D43. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
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CALTON |
Alfred [Ernest] |
Corporal
9147, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on
Wednesday, 9th August 1916. Born Whittlesey, enlisted Bury St Edmunds.
In the 1911 census he was the son of Mary Calton, a widow, he was
aged 26, unmarried, born Wittlesea (sic - Whittlesey), a furniture
porter, living with his mother and sister at 15 Shelly Row, Cambridge.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
CAREY |
Albert Edward |
Private
35946 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment who died on Friday,
30th May 1919. Aged 19. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Son
of the late Edward and Sarah Ann Carey. No known grave. Commemorated
on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France. |
CHAPMAN |
Albert Edward |
Lance
Corporal 3665, 51st Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed
in action 8th July 1916. Born Chesterton, enlisted Cambridge. Formerly
20623, Suffolk Regiment. In the 1911 census he was the stepson of
Harry and Rebecca Smith, aged 20, a groundsman's labourer, born
Chesterton and resident 15 Gloucester Terrace, Cambridge. Brother
of Leonard (below). No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
CHAPMAN |
Leonard |
Private 17544, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in
action, in Salonika, on Saturday, 12th January 1918. Born Chesterton,
enlisted Cambridge. In the 1911 census he is listed as Lenard (sic)
and was the stepson of Harry and Rebecca Smith, aged 18, a general
labourer, born Chesterton and resident 15 Gloucester Terrace, Cambridge.
Brother of Albert (above). Buried in SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY,
KRISTON, Greece. Grave C. 491. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
CHRISTIAN |
Frederick John |
Lance
Corporal 24817 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in
action on Wednesday, 9th August 1916. Aged 22. Born St Swithin's,
Lincoln, enlisted Cambridge. Son of George and Ellen Christian,
of 9, Castle St., Cambridge. In the 1911 census he is the son of
George and Ellen Christian, aged 16, a Motor Fitter, born Lincoln,
resident 37a, Russell Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated
on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2
A. See also Cambridge Guildhall
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CLARK |
Frederick aka 'Fred' |
Lance
Corporal 8944, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed
in action on Wednesday, 10th October 1917. Aged 29. Born St Giles,
enlisted and resident Cambridge. Son of Elizabeth Clark, of 10,
St. Peter's Court, Cambridge, and the late Frederick Clark. In the
1901 census he was aged 12, son of Frederick and Elizabeth Clark,
born Chesterton, resident 9 St Johns Place, Cambridge. No known
grave. Commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
and also Liverpool Street
Station, London |
CLARK |
George Reginald |
Serjeant
325376 "C" Company, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment who was
killed in action on Wednesday, 26th September 1917. Aged 21. Born
and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Clark, of 78, Castle
St., Cambridge. Formerly 1812, Cambridgeshire Regiment. In the 1911
census he was the son of George and Josephine Clark, aged 15, born
Cambridge, resident with his family at 11 Gloucester Place, Gloucester
St., Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
COWLEY |
Eric William |
Rifleman
535012, 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil
Service Rifles) attached to 12th Battalion, London Regiment (The
Rangers) who died of wounds on Saturday, 10th August 1918. Aged
21. Born Plumstead, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of William Henry and
Lucy Frances Cowley, of 37, Cam Rd., Chesterton, Cambridge. In the
1911 census he was the son of William henry and Lucy Francis Cowley,
aged 14, at school, born Plumstead, Woolwich, resident with family
at 4 Cam Road, Chesterton Cambridge. Buried in PERNOIS BRITISH CEMETERY,
HALLOY-LES-PERNOIS, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 6. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
and Chesterton |
DAISLEY |
Ernest W |
Private
2151, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment . Died of wounds
on Thursday, 28th September 1916. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge.
Husband of G. M. Daisley, of 2, Gloster Terrace, Castle St., Cambridge.
Buried in VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row
B. Grave 19. |
DAISLEY |
Leslie |
In
the 1911 census he is the son of Walter and Sarah Daisley, aged
18, born St Giles, resident 14 Gloucester Terrace, Cambridge. No
further information currently available. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
DARWIN |
Erasmus |
Second
Lieutenant 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment who was killed in action
on Saturday, 24th April 1915. Aged 33. Son of Horace and Ida Darwin,
of The Orchard, Cambridge. Employed Cambridge Scientific Instrument
Coy Ltd. Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 33 Also listed on family gravestone
in churchyard. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
and Cambridge
University, Trinity College
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume
1, Part 1, Page 106
DARWIN, Erasmus, 2nd Lieut 4th battalion, Aleaxandra,
Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment (T.F) Only son of Horace
Darwin, F.R.S. Chairman of Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co, by
his wife, the Hon Emma Cecilla (Ida) nee Farrer, only daughter of
Thomas Henry, 1st Lord Farrer and grandson of Charles Darwin.
Born
Cambridge 7-12-1881, educated at Horris Hill and Marlborough (Cotton
House) and gained an exhibition for Mathematics at Trinity College,Cambridge.
He went up to Trinity in October 1901 and took the mathematical
Tripos in his second year being placed among the senior Optimes.
Afterwards he took the mechanical sciences Tripos and was placed
in the second class in 1905.
On
leaving Cambridge he went through the shops at Messrs Mather and
Platts at Manchester. After this he worked for some little while
with the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., of which he was a
director, and then became assistant secretary of Bocklow Vaughan
and Co Ltd at Middlesborough. Here he stayed for seven years and
at the outbreak of war occupied the postion of secretary to the
company.
As
soon as war broke out he decided to join the army and on 12-9-14
was gazetted 2nd Lieut in the 4th (Territorial) battalion of the
Yorkshires, which after training at Darlington and Newcastle crossed
to France, as part of the Northumbria division on 17-4-15 and was
within a week called upon to take part in the second battle of Ypres.
Here these Territorial troops fresh from home and tried at the very
outset almost as highly as men could be tried, behaved with a steadiness
and coolness which gained for them the congratulations of the generals
commanding their division and their army corps.
Early
on the morning of the 24-4-15 the battalion was ordered to attack
the village of Fortuin, close to St Julien where the Germans had
broken through. This attack they successfully carried out in the
face of terrific shellfire, being ordered to retire at dusk.
By
driving the enemy back a mile or more they had attained their object
which was to prevent a breach in the line, and they hade made good
their front with the Canadians and Royal Irish on their right.
It
was during this advance that Darwin fell, killed instantaneously.
His Commanding Officer, Colonel Bell wrote of him "Loyalty,
Courage and Devotion to duty - he had them all .... He died in an
attack which gained many compliments to the battalion. He was right
in front. It was a mans death". Corporal Wearmouth, who was
in his platoon wrote "I am a section leader in his platoon
and when we got the order to advance he proved himself a hero. He
nursed us men, in fact the comment was, you would say we were on
a field day. We had got to within twenty yards of our halting place
when he turned to our platoon to say something. As he turned he
fell, and I am sure he never spoke. As soon as I could I went to
him but he was beyond human aid. Our platoon sadly miss him, as
he could not do enough for us, and we are all extremely sorry for
you, in your great loss".
Private
Wood wrote to a friend in Middlesborough "I would expect you
would know poor Mr. Darwin .... I was in his platoon and I can tell
you he died a hero. He led us absolutely regardless of the bullets
from the German Maxim guns and snipers that whistled all around
him".
Just
before he left England, when his battalion was under orders for
the front, he was summoned to the war office and offered a staff
appointment at home in connection with munitions of war. This would
have given great scope to his capabilities. "It would have
been interesting and important work" he wrote "but of
course there are plenty of older men who can do it just as well
as I can".
He
felt that at the moment his place should be with his Regiment and
made, in the words of one present at the interview, a fine appeal
to be allowed to go with his men. It was granted and he went gladly
with no looking back.
The
Times (30-4-15) said of him "Erasmus Darwin would, if he had
lived, have added fresh distinction to the name of his familyin
a walk of life in which it has never before figured. Between Cambridge
and a great iron works in the north there is something of a gulf
fixed and one who knew Darwin only in his Cambridge home cannot
say anything more than that all that met him in business conceived
a very high opinion of his grasp of the subject, his acuteness and
administrative ability. It was indeed impossibe to know him without
realising that he combined with intellectual ability a calm, sound
and practical judgement, and a general capacity for doing things
well and thoroughly. He had, too, what must have been invaluable
to him in his work, a most genuine sympathy with and affection for
working men, and this quality, which, amongst so many other things,
had made him love his work at Middlesborough, gave him intense pleasure
when soldiering came to him as a wholly new and unlooked for esperience.
He delighted in the men, and especially in long expeditions across
the moors with his scouts. There is one more quality as to which
all his friends would agree, namely a conscientiousness that was
eminently sane and wide minded and completely unswerving. No one
in the world was more certain what to do what he believd to be right. |
DEAR |
Leonard Percy |
Lance
Corporal 350129, 4th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
who died of wounds on Thursday, 18th April 1918. Enlisted Cambridge.
Resident Cambridge. Formerly 3161, Cambs Regiment. In the 1911 census
he is the son of John Joseph and Alice MAud May Dear, aged 17, a
shop assistant, born Chesterton, resident 22 Histon Road, Chesterton,
Cambridge. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot X. Row A. Grave 43. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
DEATH |
Charles |
Rifleman
5225, 1st/12th Battalion, London Regiment (The Rangers) who was
killed in action on Saturday, 7th October 1916. Born Bracknell.
Enlisted London. Resident Cambridge. There is a Charles Albert Death
listed in the 1911 census, unmarried, son of John and Susan Death,
brother of Clarence (below), a domestic gardener, born Arborfield,
berkshire, resident Madingley Road, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated
on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 C. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
DEATH |
Clarence |
Private
4305 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment who died of wounds on
Tuesday, 17th October 1916. Aged 21. Enlisted Cambridge. Son of
John and J. Susan Death, of St. John's Cottage, Queen's Rd., Cambridge.
In the 1911 census he is the son of John and Susan Death, brother
of Charles Albert Death (possibly above), a Tennis Marker, born
Great Shelford, resident Madingley Road, Cambridge. Buried in CONTAY
BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY, Somme, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave
25. See also Cambridge Guildhall
|
DRAKE |
Samuel |
Private
G/21916. 8th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action 24 March 1918. Born Marylebone, Middlesex, enlisted and
resident Cambridge. Formerly 23491, East Surrey Regiment. In the
1911 census he has been married to Sarah for 5 years, he is aged
30, a licenser holder, born Marylebone, London, resident 96 Castle
Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Panel 14 and 15. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
EZARD |
Herbert Henry |
Second
Lieutenant 24th Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps who died on Wednesday,
30th May 1917. Aged 25. Born 11th June 1891 at Deptford, London.
Son of Dr. E. H. and Mrs. Mary Ezard, of Clare Cottage, Castle St.,
Cambridge formerly of 12, Huntingdon Rd., Cambridge. Late Canadian
Army Service Corps. Buried in FIGHELDEAN (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD,
Wiltshire.
Enlisted
22.1.15 in Canadian Army Service Corps at Toronto. Trade : auto
mechanic. His Canadian Army Services Corps No. was 2714. Came to
England 10th May 1915 on SS Megantic. Sent to Canadian Army Service
Corps Training Depot, Shorncliffe, Kent. Promoted to Lance Corporal
1st Spetember 1915, Corporal 15th January 1916 and Sergeant 6th
March 1916. Served as driver. Sent to No.1 Officer Cadet Battalion,
RFC at Denham 1st February 1917. Transferred to RFC 9th May 1917
and commissioned as 2/Lt. wef 10th May 1917 (gazetted 29th May 1917).
Trained as pilot at No. 23 (Reserve) Sqn.,Netheravon. Killed at
8pm on 30th May 1917 at Netheravon,while flying Maurice Farman Shorthorn
A7081; Court of Enquiry found that "Pilot, in correcting a
bump, pulled the machine up too much, causing it to stall."
He had accumulated 2hrs. 15mins. solo flying at the time of his
death. |
FISHPOOL |
Frederick |
Private
M2/222497, 648th Motorised Transport Company, Royal Army Service
Corps who died on Thursday, 7th March 1918. Born Wickham. Enlisted
Cambridge. Resident Cambridge. There was a Arthur Fred Fishpool
whose birth was registered in the January to March Quarter 1872
in the Cambridge Registration District no other births for Fred
or Frederick Fishpool recorded in the Cambridgeshire area. Buried
in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot 6. Row E. Grave
19. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
GAME |
Robert |
Cambridgeshire
Reg. [from Cambridge newspaper, not on CWGC or SDGW]. The only Robert
Game to die within the period 1914-1918 in the services was Private
77008, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). The CWGC list
this man as Norbert Alfred Game, Private 77008, 9th Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers. Died 8 August 1918. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais. France. Panel 3. The only man in the 1911
censusliving in the Cambridge area with the name Robert Game was
aged 67. No futher information currently.
See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
GAWTHROP |
Edward [Harold] |
[Listed
as GAWTHORP on CWGC and in Naval Records] Stoker 2nd Class SS/116469,
HMS Princess Irene, Royal Navy. Killed or died by means other than
disease, accident or enemy action 27th May 1915 at Colchester Military
Hospital. Aged 24. Born 7 May 1890 in Cambridge. Husband of Ethel
Bacon (formerly Gawthorp), of 18, Edward St., Cambridge. Native
of Cambridge. In the 1911 census Edward Harrold Gathrop was the
son of Edward and Alice Gawthrop, aged 19, an apprentice plasterer,
born St Giles, resident with his family at 1 Pound Hill, Cambride.
No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel
12. See also Cambridge Guildhall
|
GEDGE |
Arthur George |
Private
17518, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action
on Saturday, 28th April 1917. Born Chesterton. Enlisted Cambridge.
In the 1901 census he was the son of Charlotte Gedge (a divorcee),
aged 13, born Cambridge and resident with hsi family at 2, Miller's
Passage, Shelley Row, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was an assistant
leather seller, aged 24, born Cambridge, resident at 199 Barton
Street, Gloucester. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
GOULD |
George James |
Private
21368, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
28 July 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Cambridge,
enlisted Norwich. Formerly 2866, Royal Field Artillery. In the 1911
census he was the son of James and Ada Louise Gould, aged 13, at
school, born Cambridge and resident with his family at 13 Castle
Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33.
Also listed on Cambridge All Saints
and Cambridge Guildhall
|
GRAY |
Anthony Frederick |
Lieutenant,
1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 26
August 1918. Aged 26. Son of Arthur and Alice Honora Gray, of Masters'
Lodge, Jesus College, Cambridge. Birth registered in the Cambridge
Registration District July to September Quarter 1892. In the 1911
census he was aged 18, a boarder in School House, born Cambridge
and resident Chigwell School, Woodford Green, Essex. In the 1901
census he was with his father Arthur Gray, aged 8, born Cambridge
and resident Jesus College Grove, Jesus Lane, Cambridge. Buried
in RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I.
Row K. Grave 7. See also Cambridge
All Saints, Cambridge
University Magdalene College and Cambridge
Guildhall |
HANKIN |
Philip |
Private
36576, 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment who was killed in
action on Saturday, 10th March 1917. Aged 22. Born and enlisted
Cambridge. Son of John and M. A. Hankin, of 127, Richmond Rd., Cambridge.
Formerly 4547, Cambridgeshire Regiment. In the 1911 census he is
the son of John and Mary Ann Hankin, aged 16, born Cambridge and
resident with his family at 127 Richmond Road, Cambridge. Buried
in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Plot VII.
Row K. Grave 13. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge St Lukes |
HARTLEY |
William Ernest |
Naval
Instructor, H.M.S. "Vanguard.", Royal Navy who was killed by internal
explosion of his vessel at Scapa Flow on Monday, 9th July 1917.
Aged 40. Husband of Norah W. Hartley, of 151, Yardley Fields Rd.,
Yardley, Birmingham. M.A. Chief Assistant, Cambridge Observatory.In
the 1911 census he had been married for 1 year to Norah Winifred
Hartley, aged 34, an Observatory Assistant (Astronomical0, born
Walsall, Staffordshire, resident with hism wife at Rectory Farm,
Coton. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.
Panel 20. See also Cambridge
Guildhall, Coton and and
Cambridge Short Street
Wesleyan Methodist |
HAYLOCK |
Albert |
Private
5421, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on
Monday, 13th November 1916. Born Cambridge, enlisted Bury St Edmunds.
Buried in LUKE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave
4. See also Cambridge Guildhall
|
HAYLOCK |
Edward [John] |
[Listed
as J HAYLOCK on CWGC] Private 7809, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died 6 December 1918. Baptised
1890 at Cambridge, St. Giles, son of Albert Arthur and Jane Haylock,
of Gloster Street, Cambridge. In the 1891 census he was under 1
year of age, born Cambridgeshire, son of Albert A and Jane Haylock,
resident Lawrences Yard, Gloucester Street, St Giles, Cambridge.
Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen, Germany. Plot
V. Row L. Grave 11.
See also Cambridge Guildhall
and Cambridge
St Matthew's |
HOPKINSON,
MA,
BSc, FRS, M.Inst.CE, CMG |
Bertram |
Lieutenant
Colonel, Royal Air Force. Killed in flying accident in crash of
a Bristol F.2b. Monday, 26th August 1918. Aged 44. Son of Dr. John
Hopkinson, F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., and Mrs. E. Hopkinson, of "Ellerslie",
Adams Rd., Cambridge; husband of Mariana Hopkinson (nee Siemens),
of 10, Adams Rd., Cambridge. Buried in the right half, near chapel,
in ST. GILES & ST. PETER CHURCHYARD CEMETERY, Cambridge. Grave
reference 2D51/2. The RAF List 1st April 1918 lists him as Major
serving under Ministry of Munitions (Aircraft Production). See also
Cambridge Guildhall
and Cambridge
University Trinity College WW1 memorial
Born
11 January 1874, Birmingham ; eldest son of Dr.John Hopkinson (1849-1898)
(later Professor of Electrical Engineering, King's College, London)
& Evelyn Hopkinson (nee Oldenburg). Educated at St.Paul's,London,Trinity
College, Cambridge (MA Mathematics), & King's College, London
(BSc Experimental Physics). Called to the Bar, 1897, & practised
patent law. Consultant electrical engineer, 1898-1903. In 1903,
married Mariana, eldest daughter of Alexander Siemens; in same year,
appointed Professor of Mechanisms & Applied Mechanics, Cambridge
University, & elected Professorial Fellow at King's College,Cambridge.
Research into electronic measurement techniques, efficiency of internal
combustion engines,& effects of projectiles & explosives
on armour plate. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society,1910. Also
served as Major on London Electrical Volunteers (TF) & commanded
RE Section of Cambridge University OTC, 1908-14. On outbreak of
war, taught at School of Military Engineering, Chatham, then worked
at Admiralty, 1915, on protection of warships from mines and torpedoes,
developing "bulge" protection system. Transferred to Royal
Flying Corps November 1915, as Technical Staff Officer. 1916-18,
directed research into aircraft bombing and armament development
at Experimental Station, Orfordness. Companion of the Order of St.Michael
& St.George (gaz. 24th January 1917) ; prom.to Lt.Col. (RAF)
(gaz. 23rd July 1918). Killed in flying accident 26/8/1918, piloting
Bristol F.2b C4885; flying solo, crashed in bad weather at Paston,
Essex, en route from Martlesham Heath to Hendon. Buried at St.Giles'
Cemetery, Cambridge, 30th August 1918, after funeral service at
King's College Chapel. Survived by widow & six daughters. |
HOPKINSON |
[Rudolph] Cecil |
[Also
spelt Rudolf on SDGW] Lieutenant, 12 Vision Cycle Company, Royal
Engineers who died of wounds on Friday, 9th February 1917. Aged
25. Son of Dr. John Hopkinson, F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., and Mrs. E.
Hopkinson, of "Ellerslie", Adams Rd, Cambridge. In the 1911 census
he is living with his widowed mother, Evelyn, listed as Rudolph
Cecil, aged 9, born Wimbledon, Surrey, resident Holmwood, Surrey.
Buried in St Giles & St Peter church cemetery, Cambridge. Right
half, near chapel. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
HOWLETT |
Henry Thomas aka Harry |
Serjeant
11395, 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) Killed
in action on 8th April 1916. Aged 36. Born and resident Cambridge,
enlisted Halifax. Son of William Edward and Mary Ann Howlett, of
Cambridge. In the 1911 census he is listed as Henry Howlett, husband
of Charlotte Elizabeth Howlett, aged 35, warehouse porter, born
St Giles, resident 64 Ainsworth Street, Cambridge. Buried in CITE
BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, Nord, France. Plot IX. Row
G. Grave 71. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
and Cambridge St Matthew's
|
HUDDLESTON |
Purefoy Gauntlet |
[Sometimes
spelt Gauntlett] Captain, 84th Field Company, Royal Engineers who
died on Saturday, 25th March 1916. Aged 39. Son of T. F. C. Huddleston
(M.A., King's), and of Bessie Drinkwater Huddleston, of 11, Selwyn
Gardens, Cambridge. Appointed to the Survey of India, 1909. Buried
in FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY, ELVERDINGHE, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave Plot 2. Row B. Grave 4. Also listed on family gravestone
in churchyard. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and
Cambridge St Mark's
and Cambridge, St Faith's
School |
HUNT |
James Cecil |
Private
15775, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds on Wednesday,
24th May 1916. Aged 37. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Husband of
Minnie Hunt, of 8, Jordan's Yard, Bridge St., Cambridge. In the
1911 census he has been married for 7 years to Minnie, aged 31,
boot closer and publican, born Chesterton, resident Cow and Calf
Pound Hill, Cambridge. Buried in MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 8. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
KEMP |
Robert Oscar |
Corporal
6657, 1st/9th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles), London Regiment
who died of wounds on Thursday, 28th September 1916. Aged 19. Born,
resident and enlisted Colchester. Son of John and Frances Kemp,
of 35, King Stephen Rd., Colchester; husband of Ethel May Kemp,
of 21, Gloucester Terrace, Castle St., Cambridge. Formerly 2125,
5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. In the 1911 census he was aged 12,
at school, son of John James and Frances Kemp, born Colchester,
resident 35 King Stephen Road, Colchester. He married Ethel May
Crook in the Cambridge Registration District in the July to September
Quarter 1916. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row G. Grave 23. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
KNOTT |
Charles Singleton |
Second
Lieutenant, "C" Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Killed in action 23rd March 1918. Aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs Hammett
C. Knott, of 8, Cranmer Rd., Cambridge. Head boy of the Perse School,
Cambridge, and Scholar-elect of St. Peter's College, Cambridge.
in the 1911 census he was the son of Hemmett Charles and Ada Maude
Knott, aged 12, at school, born Cambridge and resident 8 Cranmer
Road, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Panel 19 to 21. Also listed on family gravestone
in St Giles churchyard. Grave 1A24. See also Cambridge
Guildhall, Cambridge
St Mary the Great and Perse
School |
LARKINS |
Arthur |
Rifleman
A/200590, 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps who died on Wednesday,
13th December 1916. Born and resident Cambridge, enlisted Waterbeach.
Formerly 6193, Cambridgeshire Regiment. In the 1911 census he is
the brother-in-law of Charles Nathaniel Fuller, aged 21, a baker,
born Cambridge and resident 31 Shelly Row, Cambridge. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
13 A and 13 B. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Milton |
LEACH |
Albert Frederick |
In
the 1911 census he is listed as Albert Frederick Leach, son of Albert
and Susannah Leach, aged 12, at school, born Coton, Cambs, resident
with his family at 10 Northampton Street, Cambridge. No further
information currently available. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
LONG-INNES
|
Selwyn |
Lieutenant
2nd Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.) who died on Wednesday,
4th August 1915. Son of Emma Grace Long-Innes, of 23, Chesterton
Rd., Cambridge, and the late Rev. Reginald Gipps Long-Innes. Buried
in DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave I. A. 18. |
MARKS |
Alfred William |
Corporal
L/7234, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) who
died of wounds on Monday, 17th May 1915. Aged 29. Born Wimbledon,
Surrey, enlisted Maidstone, Kent, resident cambridge. Son of Alfred
and E. Marks, of 4, Haymarket Rd., Cambridge. In the 1911 census
he is the son of Alfred and Emma Marks, aged 25, Army Reserve, born
Wimbledon, Surrey and residing with his family at 4 Haymarket Road,
Cambridge. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 18. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
METCALFE-SMITH
|
Bertram Cecil |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion attached 21st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince
of Wales's Own) who died on Monday, 22nd April 1918. Aged 24. Son
of Reginald and Kate Frances Metcalfe-Smith, of Nunirons, Olney,
Bucks. Bruied in PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave I. D. 13. |
NEWMAN
|
Jesse |
Private
9280, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on
Thursday, 20th July 1916. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Alfred
John and Maria Newman, of 12, Honey Hill, Northampton St., Cambridge.
In the 1911 census he is the son of Alfred and Maria Newman, unmarried,
aged 30, General Light Porter, born Cambridge and resident 12 Honey
Hill, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
NEWTON,
MiD |
Wilfred |
[Also
spelt Wilfrid] Captain, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent
Regiment.), Brigade Major 165th Infantry Brigade. Died of wounds
28th September 1916. Aged 27. Only son of A W and Julia L Newton;
husband of Dorothy H Newton, of Cambridge. Mentioned in Desptaches
(MiD). Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot I. Row B. Grave 54. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
ORPEN |
Walter Selwyn [E] |
Second
Lieutenant 2nd Battalion attd. 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
who died on Thursday, 6th July 1916. Aged 22. Youngest son of the
late Rev. T. H. Orpen and Mrs. Amy 0. G. Orpen of 5, Herschel Rd.,
Cambridge. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 3 C and 3 D Also listed on family gravestone in churchyard.
Grave 4G1. |
PARSONS |
William |
In the 1911 census there is a William Parsons, son of John and Eliza
Ann Parsons, aged 17, an Ironmonger's Assistant, born Cambridge,
resident 42 French's Road, Chesterton, Cambridge. No further information
currently available. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
PENTON |
Arthur [Hubert] W |
Second
Lieutenant, 14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment attached to 1st/5th
Battalion, Manchester Regiment who was killed in action on Tuesday,
16th April 1918. Aged 24. Son of Ellenor Penton, of 48, New Square,
Cambridge, and the late Henry Penton. In the 1911 census he is the
son of Henry and Ellenor Penton, aged 17, a Corn Merchant's Clerk,
born Cambridge and residing with his family at 48 New Square, Cambridge.
Buried in COUIN NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section
A. Grave 28. See also Cambridge
County High School, Cambridge
Guildhall, Cambridge St Andrew the Great and Cambridge
All Saints |
POTTER |
Frederick aka Fred |
Private
9218, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died on Thursday, 12th
October 1916. Born Weston Colville. Enlisted Cambridge. In the 1911
census he is the son of John and Lydiaer (sic) Potter, aged 16,
an agriculutral labourer, born Weston Colville and resident Chapel
Road Weston Colville. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Cambridge
All Saints and Cambridge
Guildhall |
POTTER |
William |
Lance Sergeant 5447 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died on
Saturday, 12th May 1917. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds.
Buried in FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, Pas de Calais,
France. Grave I. F. 33. |
RANDALL |
Ernest |
Gunner
284834 355th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery who died on Tuesday,
2nd April 1918. Aged 35. Son of George and Sarah Randall, of 6,
Gloucester Place, Gloucester St., Cambridge. Buried in BLANGY-TRONVILLE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave 33. |
RAYNER |
Donald |
Lieutenant
"C" Coy. 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Thursday,
8th August 1918. Aged 25. Son of George Green Raynor and Flora G.
Raynor, of "Glebelands," Grange Rd., Cambridge. Buried in RIBEMONT
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave I. D. 2. |
REYNOLDS |
Ernest [Robert] |
Private T.F./242488, 1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. 50th.
Northumbrian Division (TF). Died of wounds 19th July 1917. Born
Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mrs Sarah Whitehead, of 20,
St. Peters Street, Castle End, Cambridge. Territorial. In the 1911
census he is the son of Sarah Whitehead (a widow), aged 18, an errand
boy, born Cambridge and resident with his mother at 20 St Peters
Street, Cambridge. Buried in HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 21. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
RICH |
Arthur Frederick |
[Frederick Arthur on CWGC and SDWG] Private, G/24034, 7th Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment who was killed in action on Wednesday, 18th
September 1918. Aged 18. Born Cambridge, enlisted Bury St Edmunds.
Son of Frederick Robert and Charlotte Jane Rich, of 84, Castle St.,
Cambridge. Buried in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France.
Grave I. B. 23. |
RICH |
William Albert |
Lance
Corporal D/279 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) who died
on Thursday, 12th December 1918. Aged 30. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
Ric.H; husband of Mary E. Rich, of 94, Bath Villas, Twickenham Rd.,
Isleworth, Middx. Born at Cambridge. Buried in BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK
(NEW BRENTFORD) CEMETERY, Middlesex. Grave F. D. 70. |
SHAW |
William |
Lieutenant,
second in command, "A" Company, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Wounded 16th September 1916 during raid near St Pierre
Divion. Prisoner of War, at Cambrai, died of his wounds on Wednesday,
27th September 1916. Aged 23. Son of William and Alice Shaw, of
2, Tanner's Lane, Soham, Cambs. Scholar at Fitzwilliam College,
Cambridge. Buried in PORTE-DE-PARIS CEMETERY, CAMBRAI, Nord, France.
Plot II. Row A. Grave 33. See also Cambridge
Guildhall, Cambridge All Saints,
Cambridge St Mary the Less,
Cambridge County
High School and Soham |
SMITH |
Hugh Francis Russell |
Captain,
1st Battalion attached to 6th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own), 4th Division. Died of wounds in military hospital,
Rouen, 5th July 1916. Aged 28. Son of Helen & Mary Russell-Smith,
of London. Fellow of St. Johns College, Cambridge. Buried in ST.
SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Officers, Plot A.
Row 3. Grave 10. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
SORLEY |
Charles Hamilton |
Captain,
7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 13th October
1915. Aged 20. Son of Mr. W. R. and Mrs. J. C. Sorley, of St. Giles',
Chesterton Lane, Cambridge. Sorley was educated at Marlborough and
won a scholarship to University College, Oxford. He enlisted in
August 1914 and soon found himself in the trenches; he made Captain
in August, 1915. Sorley was killed in action at Loos in October
of the same year. His 'Marlborough and Other Poems' was published
in 1916 and ran into four editions. It was said that Sorley had
a real gift for rhyming. His verse was first published posthumously
in "Marlborough and Other Poems" (Cambridge University
Press) and an account of his service, with a photo, appeared in
"For Remembrance - ed. A. St. J. Adcock - Hodder & Stoughton,
1918 ; repub. by Naval & Military Press, 2002. He has been anthologised
in "Men Who March Away" - ed. I. M. Parsons, Hogarth Press,
1987, & "The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry"
- ed. Jon Silkin, Penguin, 1979. Sorley had studied in Germany pre-war
and had a close attachment to the country and its people, which
gives his war poetry a particular irony.
No known grave. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 37 and 38.
See also Cambridge Guildhall
and Cambridge St Mary the
Great |
TAYLOR |
Ernest James |
Private 10091, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 5th Division.
Killed in action near Bethune 20th October 1914. Aged 20. Born Chesterton.
Enlisted Bedford. Resident Cambridge. Son of Mr & Mrs J Taylor
of 10, Gloucester Street, Castle Street, Cambridge. In the 1911
census he is the son of John & Ellen Eliza Taylor, aged 17,
a farm labourer, born Chesterton, resident 10 Gloucester Street,
Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 10 and 11. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
THORPE |
Robert Israel |
Died
1918. Aged 36. Death registered in the Cambridge Registration District
in the April to June Quarter 1918. Birth registered in the Cambridge
Registration District July to September Quarter 1882. Listed on
family gravestone in churchyard.
Grave 4F10. No further information currently.
See also Cambridge Guildhall |
TILLEY |
John |
Captain,
7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment who was killed in action on Tuesday,
28th November 1916. Aged 21. Son of Arthur Augustus and Margaret
Tilley, of 2, Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge. Born at Cambridge. In the
1901 census he is the son of Arthur A and Margaret Tilley, aged
5, born Cambridge, resident 2, Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge. Buried
in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
I. Row J. Grave 30. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge St Marks
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume
2, Part 4, Page 212 -
TILLEY,
John - Captain, 7th (Service) Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment.
Only son of Arthur Tilley, of 2, Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Fellow
and lecturer of Kings College, Cambridge, by his wife, Margaret,
dau.of John Alan Chutton-Brock; Born Cambridge 5th Oct. 1895; educated
at Fonthill School and Marlborough College, and had entered Kings
College, Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 26th Aug. 1914; promoted
Lieutenant the following Dec, and Captain in Aug.1915; served with
The Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was wounded on 3rd
July, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, and sent home to England
on sick leave, on his recovery rejoined his Regiment 6th Nov, and
was killed in action near Arras, 28th Nov. 1916. Buried there. His
Commanding Officer wrote: "We shall all miss him most terribly,
and personally, in addition to losing in him , my best Company Commander,
I am also losing a very dear friend." And the Adjutant: "
Ever since he joined the Battalion he was beloved by both officers
and men." A brother officer also wrote: "He was one of
the best fellows that ever stepped, and one of the bravest."
Unm. |
TREZISE |
John Water |
Lance
Corporal 6634. 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers who died of wounds
on Tuesday, 18th May 1915. Born Cornwall, enlisted Hounslow, resident
Cambridge. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Germany. Plot XIV.
Row C. Grave 14. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
WEHRLE |
Alfred [Albinus] |
[At
birth officially registered as Albinus Alfred WEHRLE] Serjeant 763712,
28th Battalion (Artists' Rifles), London Regiment who died iin the
Military Hospital, Warley, Essex, on Monday, 4 November 1918, formerly
1718, Royal Army medical Corps (Teritorial), 6854, 9th Battalion,
London Regiment and G/38617, Middlesex Regiment. Born All Saint's,
Cambridge, enlisted Cambridge, resident Storey's Way, Cambridge.
Son of Alfred Wehrle of 19, Storey's Way, Cambridge. In the 1901
census he is the son of Alfred and Rosa Wehrle, aged 10, born Cambridge,
resident with his parents at 29, Sidney Street, Cambridge. Attested
8 September 1914 in Cambridge, born All Saints, cambridge, aged
24 years 3 months, Jeweller by trade with A Wehrle & Sons, religious
denomination Roman Catholic, height 5 feet 10¼ inches, chest
37-39½ inches. Buried 11 November 1918 in the left half of
CAMBRIDGE (SS. GILES AND PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire.
Grave 5I18. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
and Church
of Our Lady and The English Martyrs
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1919:
WEHRLE
Alfred Albinus of Ratcliff House Storeys Way Cambridge
sergeant 28th County of London. battalion London regiment died
4 November1918 at the Military Hospital Warley Essex Administration
London 2 April to Alfred Wehrle watchmaker and jeweller.
Effects £172 14s. 5d.
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WILSON |
Victor Thomas James |
Private
326147, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Wednesday,
16th October 1918. Aged 32. orn Saxmundham, Suffolk. Enlisted Cambridge.
Formerly 3136, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Son of James Wilson, of
6 Gloucester Terrace, Cambridge. Buried in HAUTMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 13. |
WING |
Stanley Edmunds |
Private
326828 1st/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds on
Tuesday, 2nd October 1917. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Formerly
4596 Cambs Regiment. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, son of William
Edmunds and Clara E A W Wing, a printer's apprentice, born Cambridge
and resident with his parents at 8 Priory Street, Huntingdon Road,
Chesterton, Cambridge. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XX. Row C. Grave 20. See
also Cambridge Guildhall,
Cambridge University Press
and Cambridge St Luke's |
WOLFE |
Frederick William |
[Listed as William Frederick on SDGW & CWGC] Private G/51693,
17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 11 August 1917.
Aged 22. Born St Giles, enlisted and resident Cambridge. Son of
James William & Mary Ann Wolfe of 1, Collins Buildings, Castle
Street, Cambridge. Formerly 6240, Middlesex Regiment. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 25 to
27. See also Cambridge Guildhall
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WOOD |
Patrick Bryan Sandford |
Lieutenant,
67th Wing, Royal Air Force who died on Friday, 24th May 1918.
Aged 19. Son of Charles Wood (Fellow of Gonville and Caius College,
Cambridge), and Charlotte Georgina Wood, of 17, Cranmer Rd., Cambridge.
In the 1911 census he is the son of Charlotte Georgina WWood,
aged 12, at school, born Cambridge, living with hism mother at
17 Cranmer Road, Cambridge. Buried in TARANTO TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Italy. Plot III. Row A. Grave 2. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
and Cambridge St Mary the
Great
Killed
in a flying accident while serving as pilot with 226 Sqn., Pizzone,
Italy; killed flying a DH.4, with observer AM 1 Frederick Johnstone
(226106), ad 21, from Inverallen, Kincardineshire - also killed.
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WRIGHT |
John Albert |
Private 26372, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in
action on Wednesday, 13th September 1916. Born Cambridge. Enlisted
Aylesbury. In the 1911 census he is the son of Herbert and Elizabeth
WRIGHT, aged 21, sugar boiler, born Cambridge and resident 8 Shelly
Terrace Shelly Row, Cambridge. Buried in GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY,
GUILLEMONT, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row J. Grave 2. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
WRIGHT |
William |
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Buried
in the churchyard but not on the memorial |
COBBOLD |
Charles Albert |
Private 25416, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died in United Kingdom
6th October 1917. Aged 19. Enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cobbold, of 2, North St., Histon Rd., Cambridge. Formerly 3564,
Cambridgeshire Regiment. In the 1911 census he was the son of Charles
and Anne Cobbold, aged 15, a college servant, born Chesterton, resident
2 North Place, Back of North Terrace, Histon Road, Chesterton Cambridge.
Buried in the right half at the back of CAMBRIDGE (SS. GILES AND
PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge St Lukes |
MATTHEW,
CBE, DSO |
Arthur Gordon |
Brigadier,
Commands and Staff, general Staff formerly Royal Horse Artillery.
Died 6th October 1947. Son of Arthur Matthew and of Maude Matthew,
of Eastbourne. Sussex. CBE, DSO, 5 times Mentioned in Despatches.
Buried in CAMBRIDGE (SS. GILES AND PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire.
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MICHELL |
Robert Williams |
Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of wounds 20th July 1916.
Aged 57. Husband of E. S. Michell, of "Birtley," Cranmer
Rd., Cambridge. M.D., F.R.C.S. Mentioned in Despatches. Buried in
the right half, near the chapel of CAMBRIDGE (SS. GILES AND PETER)
CHURCH CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. See also Cambridge
St Benets and Cambridge
Guildhall |
TANNER,
MC |
Gerald Russell |
Second
Lieutenant, Wiltshire Regiment. Died 8th April 1918. Awarded the
Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in the right half, at the back of
the churchyard of CAMBRIDGE (SS. GILES AND PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY,
Cambridgeshire. |
ASSOCIATED
WITH THE CHURCH BUT NOT ON THE MEMORIAL |
PARFEY |
Alfred
Harold Ernest |
Private
8899, 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died at sea 30th December
1917. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Cambridge. First went to France
1 April 1915. Buried at ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Plot D. Grave 302. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
and Cambridge St Barnabas
Born
6th September 1896 the eldest son of Alfred (a gardener) and Annie
(nee Dowe) Parfey previously of 104 Castle Street and later of
68 Great Eastern Street, Cambridge. Baptised 5 November 1896 at
Cambridge St Giles Church. Not listed on the St Giles war memorial.
In the 1911 census he was at school, aged 14. He was a “boiler’s
assistant”, enlisting in Cambridge 10th April 1913, aged
17, and joining the 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Special Reserve
Service), signing on for a period of six years. Service number
8721.
He
later came into the 1st/5th Suffolk Regiment, serving in France
and twice injured, returning to convalesce in Lowestoft before
returning to duty. He was being transferred from Malta to Egypt
on HMT Aragon, likely en-route to Palestine where his regiment
had been serving that year. Moored just outside Port Alexandria,
Egypt, HMT Aragon was torpedoed and sunk 30th December 1917 by
German U Boat UC34(9), which also then also sank HMS Attack whilst
it was picking up survivors.

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Chronicle and University Journal
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