
CAMBRIDGE ST MARKS
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2002 Dave Edwards
additional information Andy Pay
St
Mark's church is in Barton Road, Cambridge, the parish was formed
in 1916 from parts of Grantchester and Cambridge St Giles. The church
was built in 1901. There is a memorial in the churchyard which is badly
weathered, these names are taken from the memorial inside the church,
which lists the same names.
To
the memory of those who gave their lives in the wars
1914
– 1919 |
ABBOTT |
Clifford
Hewson |
Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds
7th May 1917. Aged 35. Son of Benjamin and Harriet Abbott, of Bradford,
Yorks, husband of Elsie A. Abbott (nee Foulds), of Cropwood, Blackwell,
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Graduate of London University. Undergraduate
of Christ's College, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was aged 29,
Assistant Secondary Schoolmaster, born Bradord, Yorkshire, resident
10 Highfield Lane Keighley. Buried in LA CHAPELETTE BRITISH AND
INDIAN CEMETERY, PERONNE Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 2.
See also Cambridge Guildhall |
ADAM |
Arthur
Innes |
Captain,
"A" Company, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed
in action 16th September 1916. Aged 22. Son of Adela Marion Adam,
M.A, of 29, Barton Rd, Cambridge, and the late James Adam, Litt.D
Scholar of Winchester College, and of Balliol College, Oxford. 1st
Class Honour Moderations, 1914.
Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais,
France. Plot IV. Row Q. Grave 12. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge,
St Faith's School
From the Balliol College War Memorial Book, Volume 1 -
Arthur Adam Innes
ARTHUR
ADAM was born at Cambridge on April 25, 1894. Alike from his father
Dr. James Adam, the distinguished Platonic scholar and Tutor of
Emmanuel, and from his mother, a Classical Lecturer at Girton, he
inherited the tradition of classical scholarship. As a boy of three
he used to read Job and Jeremiah on the nursery sofa, and in July
1907, when he was elected to the senior scholarship at Winchester,
the examiners noted that he “showed remarkable classical ability.”
His Winchester days brought him many prizes, culminating in the
Goddard Scholarship in July 1912. He came to Balliol in October
of that year as the first Classical Scholar, and at the end of his
first term was awarded the Warner Exhibition: in March 1914 he obtained
his first in Honour Moderations, and had already made a most promising
start in Greats when the war broke out.
In
September he was commissioned as 2nd Lieut. In the 1st Cambridgeshire
Regiment. He had great fears that his eye- sight would not be good
enough for Foreign Service, but he was passed in May 1915, and went
to France in June to join the 1st Battalion. He was at first near
Armentières and moved to the Somme in September: after a
period the First Army Training School he returned to his battalion
as Temporary Captain in February 1916. On September 3rd he took
part in the battle near Hamel, and on the night of September 15
was reported wounded and missing or captured. No further news was
ever received and it is presumed that he was killed that night.
At
Balliol he was a conspicuous figure, the life and soul of his circle.
Thin and wiry, with a head of exceptionally fair hair, sharp features
and a rather high-pitched voice he seemed naturally to attract nick-names
to his friends he was “The Mouse,” to the irreverent
spirits of the Boys’ Club “Scare- crow,” and afterwards
to his company “Parson Snowy” each name appropriate
enough. Though he was above average as a as a classical scholar,
he was never a pedant, and had quite the finer touch in composition
which wins University scholarships. The classics were always literature
to him, and with a deep love of Homer and Plato and Pindar he united
a certain impatience of pedantic analysis. His mind was intensely
versatile, and his thinking full of vitality and always connected
with action. He spoke often in the Union and was deeply interested
in the "social problem,” but showed his interest not
so much in theorizing as in the practical work of the Boys’
Club, where he was always a favourite and had a great influence
on the boys. His real passion was music he was a good amateur violinist
and an enthusiastic member of the Bath Choir, but he was just as
much at home at the old piano in the Boys’ Club, trying to
teach an unruly audience songs from Gaudeamus. His eyesight prevented
him from taking much part in games or athletics, but he was devoted
to the country and loved nothing better than his rambles on reading—parties
in Somerset and Wales. It was perhaps in this spirit as well as
from a high sense of duty that he joined the Cavalry Squadron of
the O.T.C.
The
impression left by Arthur Adam on his contemporaries is one of intense
vitality: he was always alert and his ready and whimsical wit and
his high laugh were infectious. Below this, as his friends knew,
was a deep and serious outlook on life, and an eager desire to help
his generation. To them he was unique, and the impression could
hardly be better summed up than in a sentence from the letter of
a friend who came across him in France: “In October I met
the one and only Adam at Abbeville; he was lost in his uniform and
George Meredith.” |
ALDIS |
Ralph
Harry |
Lieutenant
2nd/21st Battalion, London Regiment. (First Surrey Rifles). Killed
in action 31st October 1917. Aged 27. Buried in BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Israel. Son of Harry Gidney Aldis and Janet Aldis, of Clifton Grange,
Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, South India. Engineer. Born at Southtown,
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
ARGENT |
George
|
Private
33108, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment, killed in action 27th February
1917. Born Haverhill, Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 7086,
Middlesex Regiment. In the 1911 census he has been married for 2
years to Kate, aged 35, Town Postman, born Haverhill, Suffolk, resident
10 Priory Street Huntingdon Road, Chesterton, Cambridge. Listed
in British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 for July
1907 as Tn Pman (probably Trainne Postman) at Cambridge. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Pier and
Face 6 A and 7 C. See also Cambridge
Post Office, Cambridge
St Luke's and Cambridge
Guildhall |
ARGENT |
William
Samuel |
Corporal
35012, 12th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in
action 21st March 1918. Aged 26. Born Haverhill, Suffolk, enlisted
and resident Cambridge. Son of Walter and Betsey Argent, of 15,
Merton St, Newnham Croft, Cambridge. Formerly 1374, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. In
the 1911 census he was aged 19, son of Walter and Betsy Argent,
a Compositor, born haverhill, Suffolk, resident 4 Stanley Terrace,
Merton Street, Newnham Croft, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated
on POZIERES MEMORIAL Somme, France. Panel 21 to 23. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge University
Press |
BAKER |
[William]
Harry |
Private
718263, 23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Died
of wounds 25 May 1918. Aged 19. Born Trumpington, enlisted Bury
St Edmunds, resident Cambridge. Son of Frederick and Margaret E.
Baker, of 12, Hardwick Street, Newnham Croft, Cambridge. Formerly
373314, 9th Battalion, London Regiment. In the 1911 census he was
aged 12, son of Frederick and Margret Elizabeth Baker, at school,
born Trumpington, residet with his parents at 2 Mill Street, Cambridge.
Buried in FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row C, Grave 3. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge Post
Office |
BARRETT |
William
Henry |
Gunner
3924, "B" Battery, 106th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 21st September 1916. Born Cambridge, enlisted Maidstone,
Kent. Husband of Alice Woollard Barrett, of 22, Derby St., Newnham
Croft, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he had been married to Alice
Woolard Barrett for 1 year, they had one son, he was aged 27, a
General Labourer, born Cambridge, residentn 61 King Street, Cambridge.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 A and 8 A.
See
also Cambridge Guildhall |
BEECH |
John
|
Captain,
Commanding, "I" Sound Ranging Section, 4th Field Survey
Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 12th May 1918. Aged 30.
Son of John and Kate Beech, of Newcastle-under-Lyme; husband of
Anna Nellie Beech, of 65, Eltisley Avenue, Cambridge.
Formerly 10th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment Buried in
GWALIA CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row F.
Grave 24. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
BOWEN |
Arthur
[W] |
Private
2384, 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment.). Killed
in action 7th May 1915. Aged 19. Born Royston, enlisted Barrow.
Son of George Bowen, of 140, East Rd, Cambridge.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 12. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
BREUL,
M.C. |
Oswald
George Frank [Justus] |
Lieutenant,
5th Corps HQ, Royal Engineers. Died 16th October 1917. Aged 21.
Commanding A.R. Cable Sect. Son of Professor K. Breul, Litt.D, Ph.D,
and Mrs. Breul, of Barton Cottage, Cambridge. Awarded Military Cross
(M.C.).
Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY Pas de Calais,
France.
Plot IV Row E Grave 49.
See also Cambridge Guildhall
and Perse School |
BROOKS |
John
Cadman |
Private
328092, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
26th September 1917. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 6772,
Cambridgeshire Regiment.
In the 1911 census he is aged 22, son of John and Caroline brooks,
a Compositor, born Cambridge and resident with his aparents at 18,
Broad Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. See also
Cambridge Guildhall
and Cambridge Univeristy Press |
CHAPMAN |
Harry
Arthur |
Private
7067, 1st/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish). Killed
in action 9th September 1916. Aged 31. Enlisted and resident Cambridge.
Son of Mrs. Hannah Chapman, of 56, Eltisley Avenue, Cambridge.
No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Pier
and Face 9 C and 13 C. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
CLEAR |
Bernard
Stanley |
Private
320448, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 21 October 1918.
Aged 27. Born Grantchester, enlisted Cambridge. Son of William and
Jane Clear, of 17, Hardwicke St. Cambridge. Previously wounded in
Dec, 1917. Also served in Egypt. Formerly 3579, Suffolk Yeomanry.
In
the 1911 census he was aged 20, living with his mother, Jane (a
widow) and his brother Vernon (see below), a Shop Assistant Draper,
born Newnham Croft, Cambridge, resident 4 Hardwick Street, Newnham
Croft, Cambridge. Buried in ARRAS ROAD CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT Pas
de Calais, France. Plot III. Row O. Grave 6. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
CLEAR |
Vernon
Raymond |
Private
G/18053, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment.).
Killed in action 30th September 1916. Aged 21. Enlisted and resident
Cambridge. Son of Jane Clear, of 17, Hardwick St, Newnham Croft,
Cambridge, and the late William Clear. Formerly 3433, Suffolk Yeomanry.
In
the 1911 census he was aged 15, living with his mother, Jane (a
widow) and his brother Bernard (see above), a Shop Assistant Iron
Monger, born Newnham Croft, Cambridge, resident 4 Hardwick Street,
Newnham Croft, Cambridge. Buried in MILL ROAD CEMETERY,
THIEPVAL Somme, France. Plot
I. Row A. Grave 8. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
COATES |
Basil
Montgomery |
Second
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 7
September 1915. In the 1901 census he is aged 7, son of William
m and Susan Coates, born Cambridge, resident Upper Sheringham,
Sheringham, Norfolk. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10.
See also Perse School
and Cambridge Guildhall
Extract
from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume
1, Part 2, Page 72:
COATES, BASIL MONTGOMERY, 2nd Lieut., 10th (Service)
Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), only
s. of the late W. Montgomery Coates, Graduate of Trinity College,
Dublin, and Fellow Bursar and Assistant Tutur of Queens’
College, Cambridge; b. Cambridge, 10 Sept. 1893; educ. Perse School,
Cambridge; Oundle School, and Queens’ College Cambridge
(where he was in the athletic team that won the International
Cup); volunteered shortly after the outbreak of war, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the 10th Rifle Brigade 22 Sept. 1914: served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and was killed in action while
on patrol duty 7 Sept. 1915. Lieut.-Col. S. J. Loftus. Commanding
10th Battalion, wrote to Mrs. Montgomery Coates: “ Your
son was killed yesterday (7 Sept.) while on patrol duty, and unfortunately
we were unable to recover his body, which the Germans have taken
into their lines, and which they will no doubt give an honourable
burial. He was out patrolling with a Corpl. Fenton, crawling about
in the crops, was seen by the enemy, fired on and killed, and
the corporal crawled home about 300 yards with three bullet wounds.
. . . A young officer called Everard went out with a man, and
at very great personal risk got up to your son, but was fired
at so persistently that he was unable to do anything towards moving
him. As soon as it was dark another party, under Lieut. Sanstone,
went out to the place to try to bring the poor boy in, but only
found tracks through the corn, showing the way the enemy had taken
him into their lines.” Lieut. C. Warren also wrote: “Coates
was one of the bravest men I’ve known. . . . He had become
very keen about day patrolling, which is risky work, and had done
several good patrols. One day be was very keen to go out, and
although Capt. Lascelles was very unwilling to let him go, he
got his permission and started with one other man. The next that
was heard were cries for help coming from outside the trenches;
his platoon sergeant, who was devoted to him, an old man of 53,
dashed out as he was, in a white guernsey, which, of course, was
a most conspicuous thing in the bright light, and he found Corpl.
Fenton struggling through our wire. The corporal was wounded in
five places, but had managed to get back to got assistance, as
Coates had been hit. He described the place, and Everard, one
of his best friends, started off with two men to find him; this
was a most heroic deed, as he was only 80 yards from the German
wire and the Germans were firing machine guns over the place.
Our Machine Gun Officer managed with great skill to silence these
guns, and Everard got to the spot, but found poor Coates dead.
It was a terrible shock to us all, as we were all immensely fond
of him. He was so good-natured and had such charming manners,
and was always cheerful and considerate.” Unm. |
EGAN |
Percy
Joseph |
Private
92021, 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment.).
Died of wounds 24th March 1918. Aged 20. Born and resident Cambridge,
enlisted Bradford, Yorkshire. Son of Joseph Charles and Emily Mary
Egan, of 1, Owlstone Rd, Cambridge. Formerly 088513, Army Service
Corps.
In the 1911 census he is the son of Joseph Charles and Emily Mary
Egan, aged 13, at school, born Cambridge and resident with his parents
at 18 Eltisley Avenue, Newnham Croft, Cambridge. Buried in BRONFAY
FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME Somme, France. Plot II. Row
E. Grave 50. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
County High School |
FISHENDEN |
[John]
William E |
Lance
Corporal 202039, 1st/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in
action 26th September 1917. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Cambridge.
Son of Mrs. Catharine Amelia Fishenden; of Cambridge; husband of
Jessie Martin (formerly Fishenden), of 19, Beche Rd, Cambridge.
Formerly 4523, Suffolk Regiment. Buried
in TYNE COT CEMETERY Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XLIII.
Row C. Grave 6. See also Cambridge
St Luke's and Cambridge
Guildhall |
GOOD |
Herbert
James |
Private
2030221, 72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment.).
Died 28th September 1918. Aged 35.Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Good,
of Cambridge, England; husband of Agnes Good, of 502, American Bank
Building, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Resident 957 South Broadway,
Los Angeles, California, USA. Born Cambridge 15th May 1883. Valet
by trade. Served 3 years with the Imperial Yeomanry. Enlisted Vancouver,
Canada 9th June 1917. Height 5ft 6ins, waist 36½ins. Cmplexion
dark, eyes brown, hari black. Religion Theosophist. Tattoo of a
Union Jack and White Ensign on left arm. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD
CEMETERY, FICHEUX Pas de Calais, France. National Archives of Canada
Accession Referce: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3620 - 24 See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
GOODYEAR |
Henry
Charles |
Private 75588, 1st/6th Battalion (Territorial), Northumberland Fusiliers.
Died 30 June 1918. Born Trumpington, Cambridge, enlisted Bury St
Edmunds, Suffolk. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, Germany. Plot
II. Row H. Grave 4. See also Cambridge
Holy Sepulchre and Cambridge
Guildhall |
GRAY |
Frederick
(Jack) |
|
HALLS |
Leonard
Herbert |
[Herbert
Leonard on CWGC & SDGW & 1911 census] Driver 198220, 58th
(London) Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died
29th March 1918. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Edward
and Nellie Halls, of Cambridge; husband of M. F. Halls, of 28 Hooper
St, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was the son of Augusta Amelia
Halls (a widow), aged 23, a Printer, born Cambridge and resident
with his mother at 9 Park Street, Cambridge. Buried in CHAUNY COMMUNAL
CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION Aisne, France. Plot 3. Row J. Grave 8.
See also Cambridge Guildhall
and
Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge All Saints
and
Cambridge
St Matthew's
|
HARPER,
M.C. |
Hugo
Alfred |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Killed in action 15th
April 1918. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in HINGES
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave
30. See also Cambridge Guildhall
|
HERMAN |
George
Alfred |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th July
1916. Aged 24. Son of Robert Alfred and Amy Gertrude Herman, of
Michaelhouse, Millington Rd, Cambridge.
In the 1911 census he was at Collge in WInchester, aged 18, a schoolboy,
born Chesterton, No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
HUDDLESTON |
Purefoy
[Gauntlett] |
[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 Giles
and Cambridge, St Faith's
School |
HUMPHREYS |
William
Horace |
Lance
Corporal 13785, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
1st July 1916. Aged 24. Born Comberton, enlisted Cambridge. Son
of William and Eliza Humphreys, of "Bronlea," 81, Barton Rd, Cambridge.
In
the 1911 census he was the son of William and Eliza Humphreys, aged
18, a Farm Labourer, born Comberton, resident Barton Farm, Barton
Road, Coton. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme,
France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
INGLE |
Leonard
Lanham |
Lance
Corporal 10686, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action
16th October 1918. Born Wellingham, Cambs (sic should be Willingham),
enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, resident Newham, Cambs (sic -
should be Newnham).
In the 1911 census he was the son of William and Elizabeth Martha
Ingle, aged 17, Market Gardener, born Willingham, Cambridgeshire,
resident 30 Grantchester St Newnham Croft Cambridge; brother of
Raymond Victor Ingle (below). Buried in ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION Nord, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 18. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
INGLE |
Raymond
Victor |
Private
2116, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 6th
July 1915. Born Willingham, Cambs, enlisted Cambridge.
In
the 1911 census he was the son of William and Elizabeth Martha Ingle,
aged 16, Apprentice Florist, born Willingham, Cambridgeshire, resident
30 Grantchester St Newnham Croft Cambridge; brother of leonard Lanham
Ingle (above). Buried in HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord, France.
See also Cambridge Guildhall
|
JACKSON |
William
Arthur |
Private
241105, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action in Egypt
2 November 1917. Aged 27. Enlisted Cambridge. Son of Arthur and
Emma Jackson, of 48, Richmond Rd., Cambridge. Formerly 3547, Suffolk
Regiment. In
the 1911 census he is aged 20, unmarried, son of Arthur and Emma
Jackson, Printing Compositor, born Cambridge and resident with his
parents at 11 South Street, Cambridge. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot VIII. Row F. Grave 4.
See
also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
St Luke's |
JAGGARD |
Charles
|
Rifleman
235075, 1st/5th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment.). Killed
in action 17th September 1918. Born Cambridge, enlisted Bury St
Edmunds, resident Bradford. Formerly 19740, Suffolk Regiment.
In
the 1911 census he was the son of C James and Fanney (sic) Jaggard,
aged 18, Printer Apprentice. born Cambridge and resident with his
parents at 15 Hardwick Street, Newnham Crof,t Cambridge. No known
grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Panel
27 to 30. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge University
Press |
KING |
Victor
Thomas |
Private
1611, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th
June 1916. Born Grantchester, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mrs. M.
A. King, of 50, Newnham Rd, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was
the on of George Lauril and Alice Maud King, aged 13, at school,
born Grantchester, resident with his parents at 50 Newnham Road,
Cambridge. Buried in GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 21. See also Cambridge
Guildhall, Cambridge University
Press and Cambridge St
Mary the Less |
LAIDLAW |
Charles
Glass Playfair |
Private
3375, 14th Battalion, London Regiment. (London Scottish). Died of
wounds 3rd April 1915. Aged 27. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France. Son of Dr. Robert Laidlaw and Elizabeth Playfair,
his wife, of Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge. Born in London, enlisted
Lodon, resident Chelsea. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Perse
School
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume
1, Part 1, Page 218. LAIDLAW, Charles Glass Playfair. Private, number
3375, D Company, 1/14th ( the London Scottish ) The London Regiment
( TF ). 5th son of the late Dr Robert Laidlaw, M.D., F.R.C.S.E.,sometime
medical Government Officer in the Seychelle Islands, by his wife,
Elizabeth ( Woodside, Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge ), dau of
Patrick Playfair of Ardmillan, co Ayr.
Born
Stoke Newington, London N, 13-12-1887, Educated the Purse school,
Cmbridge, from which in 1906 he was elected to an entrance scholarship
for natural science at St Johns college. At school he was football
captain, sergeant in the cadet corps, a member of the cricket team
and head of the school. While still at school he played water polo
for the university when the team was one short. Later he played
lacrosse for his college and sometimes for the university.
He
commenced residence in Oct 1907 , he obtained a first class in part
1of the Natural Science tripos in 1909 and in june of that year
was elected a foundation scholar of the College. He took the second
part of the tripos in 1910 obtaining a first class for Botany.
In
june 1911 he was elected a Hutchinson student of the college, and
took up research in Plant Physiology at the Botany schoolof the
University, under the direction of Mr.F.F.Blackman, the university
reader in Botany.
The subject of his research was an electrical method of determining
carbon dioxide in relation to photo-synthesis. In 1912 he was elected
by the governing body of Gonville and Caius College to a Frank Smart
Studentship, a recognition of the promising nature of his investigations.
At the same time he was offered a research scholarship by the Board
of Agriculture and Fisheries, after some hesitation he accepted
the latter offer, which necessitated his removal to London. From
the autumn of 1912, until the outbreak of war, Laidlaw worked at
the Imperial College of Science and Technology, under the direction
of Prof. V.H.Blackman . Here he entered an investigation of the
Physiological conditions of plants forced under glass, working also
at the effect on temperature on the rate of growth of a fungus,
Sclerotinia Libutiana.
On
the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the London Scottish
as a Private 21-10-1914, and after a period of training, embarked
at Southampton with a draft of some 600 officers and men for the
1st Battalion , 10-3-1915.
On
good friday (2-4-1915) , his (D) Coy were in some barricades at
Richebourg l'Avoue, south of Neuve Chapelle. After having been in
the trenches all night , he was smoking after breakfast in what
seemed a perfectly safe place, when a stray bullet passed through
a sandbag and penetrated the right side of his chest. To his comrades
the wound seemed a slight one, and after first aid was given , he
was removed to number 3 Field ambulance, near Bethune. There it
was discovered that internal haemorrage had set in, and he died
in the early hours of the morning on 3rd April 1915, and was buried
in Bethune Cemetery. |
LAIDLAW |
Walter
Sibbald |
Lieutenant,
203rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 23rd November
1917. Age 28. Born London. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Laidlaw,
of Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge. Brother of Charles above. Buried
in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
III Row C Grave 8.
See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Perse
School
|
LOOKER |
Arthur
Donald |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Garrison Battalion, Suffolk Regiment attached 15th
Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 8th October 1918. In
the 1911 census he was the son of Arthur Gilbert and Julia Augusta
Looker, aged 13, at school, born Cambridge and resident with his
parents at 28 Carlyle Road, Chesterton, Cambridge. Buried in CROIX-DU-BAC
BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK Nord, France. Plot I. Row M. Grave
3.
See also Cambridge
Guildhall
and Cambridge Short
Street Wesleyan Methodist
|
MASKELL |
Sidney
|
Lance
Corporal 29191, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action
7th September 1918. Born Cottenham, enlisted Cambridge. In the 1911
census he is the son of Martha Maskell (a widow), aged 24, a grocer's
assistant, born Cottenham, resident with his mother at 25 Bermuda
Row, Histon Road, Chesterton, Cambridge. Buried in MOEUVRES COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 23. See
also Cambridge
Guildhall
and
Cambridge
St Lukes |
PHILLIPS |
William
George Ellis |
Acting Able Seaman (Ordinary Seaman) London 1/3557, Benbow Battalion,
Royal Naval Division, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. Died whilst
POW in Reserve Hospital 1 VIII. A.K. Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) from
Pleurisy 24th December 1914. Aged 24. Born 2 April 1889. Son of
Charles and the late Clara Emily Phillips, of 5, Owlstone Rd, Cambridge.
Enlisted 10 August 1914, with benbow Battalion 22 August 1914 until
his capture 9 October 1914, then Prisoner of War at Antwerp. A Schoolmaster
by trade. He was resident 140 Brooke Rd., Stoke Newington, London
N. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY Koln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal,
Germany.
Plot
XIII. Row D. Grave 9. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge University
Press |
RAYNER |
Donald
|
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 8th August
1918. Aged 25. Son of George Green Rayner and Flora G. Rayner, of
"Glebelands," Grange Rd, Cambridge.
In the 1911 census he was the son of George Green and Flore Gertrude
Rayner, aged 17, a Student, born Cambridge and resident with his
parents at Glebelands, Grange Road, Cambridge. Buried in RIBEMONT
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France. See also Cambridge St
Mary the Great.
Plot I. Row D. Grave 2. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
St Mary the Great |
RICHARDSON |
Albert
Godfrey |
[SDGW
gives his name as Alfred] Private 326162, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 7th September 1917. Aged 25. Born Linton,
Cambridge, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Charles and Catherine Mary
Richardson, of Moyes Farm, Barton Rd, Cambridge. Formerly 3159,
Cambridgeshire Regiment.
In the 1911 census he was the son of Charles and Kate Richardson,
aged 18, a Farm Labourer, born Linton, resident with his parents
at Barton Farm, Barton Road, Cambridge. Buried in RENINGHELST NEW
MILITARY CEMETERY Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot
IV. Row G. Grave 23. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
SCOTT |
Thomas
Walter |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
13th October 1916. Aged 20. Born 26 June 1896 in Birmingham. Son
of Mary Emily Scott, of 65, Ettisley Avenue, Newnham, Cambridge,
and the late Robert Henry Scott. Formerly Serjeant 69864, 26th Battalion,
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment).
Farmer by trade. Unmarried. He enllisted in the Canadian Army 5th
November 1914, passed fit 13th November 1914, in St John, Canada,
aged 18 years 4 months, 5 feet 9 inches, girth 39 inches, complexion
dark, eyes brown, hair dark; religion Church of England. In the
1901 census he was aged 4, son of Robert Henry and Mary Emily Scott,
born Birmingham, resident with his family at Playmoor Villas, Pinhoe,
Devon. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme,
France.
Pier and Face 16 B. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference:
RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8735 - 54. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
SILK |
Ernest
[George] |
Private
3/9341, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 8th May
1915. Aged 36. Born Christchurch, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Cambridge.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Silk, of 64, Victoria Park, Cambridge; husband
of the late Lottie Silk. In the 1911 census he had been married
to Lettie (sic) for 11 years, they had two sons and a daughter,
he was a Plumber's Assistant, born Nenham, Cambridge and resident
with his family at 1 Church Rate Walk, Newnham, Cambridge. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Panel 21. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
SINDALL |
Richard
Ernest |
[Listed
as Richard Ernest ISNDALL elsewhere] Captain, 1/1st Battalion
(Territorial Force), Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 1st
July 1915. Age 26. Son of William and Henzell Margeret Sindall,
of "The Elms," Great Shelford, Cambridge. In the 1911
census he was the son of William and Margaret Sindall, aged 21,
a Builder and Confectioner, born Cambridge, resident with his
parents at Wordsworth Grove, Newnham, Cambridge. Buried in BAILLEUL
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD), Nord, France. Plot I Row D
Grave 30.
Extract
from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour Volume
1, Part 1, Page 328
SINDALL,
RICHARD ERNEST, Capt. (Shelford Detachment), 1st Battn.
Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Sindall, of The
Elms, Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Contractor, and a Member of the
Cambridge Town Council, by his wife, Henzell Margaret, dau. of
Thomas Usher Crass ; b. Cambridge, 11 April, 1889; educ. Perse
School, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Cambridgeshire Regt., 1
Oct. 1908, promoted Lieut. 1 March, 1910, and Capt. 23 June, 1913
; left for the Front with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, was seriously
wounded by the bursting of a shell on 26 June near Armentièrcs,
and died from his wounds, 1 July, 1915; buried at Bailleul; vnm.
The 1st Battn. of the Cambridgeshire Regt. was warnily congratulated
by Brig.-Gen. Longley for the part it took in the Battle of St.
Eloi. He stated that the way that they advanced under very heavy
shell and rifle fire towards St. Eloi was splendid and that they
were of the greatest assistance in holding the village when the
German attack was at its worst. Col. Copeman in a letter published
by the Cambridge Daily News, said “We were in the thick
of the great fight last Sunday, and I am proud to tell you that
the regt. did very well, so the General told me, It was an unexpected
attack, and we were hurled into the midst of terrific shell and
rifle fire which lasted from 4.30 on Sunday to about 5 am. Monday”
A special correspondent with the Cambridgeshire Regt. wrote: “The
people of Camhridgeshire must not be allowed to forget that She
1st Cambridgeshires took part in what has been reported as the
greatest engagement of the present war and the world’s history.
At 10 p m. amid the dull boom of our artillery and the terrific,
earsplitting explosions of the French 75’s, we went out
ready to do our part. The officers in charge of the company were
Capt. R. F. Sindall, Capt. Keenlyside, Lieut. Shaw, and Lieut.
Bates., Lieut. Seaton and Lieut. Sir H. G. Butlin, also officers
of the company, were already gaining experience in the trenches,
and had a rough time of it, After drawing tools and sandbags,
w e went forward. Ceaseless numbers of ‘flares’ were
sent up, and when passing a gate, the man with the biggest laugh
in our company, L.-Corpl. E. Vawser, was hit. He was promptly
attended to, and hopes were expressed that he would soon be better.
An R.E. officer took charge of us, and we were allotted our job.
All the while bullets and shells were flying around us, and one
could mark the passage of the shells through the air by a streak
of light from them. It was rather a terrifying experience for
us to be baptized with such a hail of bullets, and I must say
that I iiever saw one case of funk in the whole company. The boys
may be heartily congratulated on their sang froid, and the ‘Cambridgeshire
people have good reason to be proud of them After our ‘spelt
close up, we manned some reserved trenches, eventually arriving
home’ at 8 a.m after a good hard night’s work.”
His brother, Capt. H. T. Sindall, of the same regt., was invalided
home from the Front on 6 April, 1916.
See
also Great Shelford, Cambridge,
Cambridge St Mark’s, Shelford
Village Hall Memorial,
Cambridge Guildhall,
Cambridge St Mary the Less
and Perse School. |
SOUTH |
Leslie
|
Boy
1st Class J/20638(CH), HMS "King Edward VII", Royal Navy. Killed
or died by means other than disease, accident or enemy action 15
November 1914. Born 21st March 1917 in St Ives, Huntingdonshire.
Son of Margaret South, of 53, Mawson Rd, Cambridge. In the 1911
census he is the son of Margaret South, aged 14, at school, born
Houghton, Hunts, resident with his mother at 34 Eltisley Avenue,
Newnham Croft, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, son
of Alfred C and Margaret Houghton, born Houghton, resident with
his parents at 55, Rowfant Road, Streatham, London; his father was
born in Austria (Austrian Subject) who had petition to become a
Naturalised British Subject. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM
NAVAL MEMORIAL Kent, United Kingdom.
Panel 3. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
and
Cambridge County
High School |
SWANSON |
Sidney
Christopher |
Guardsman
7310, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action 4th September
1914. Born and resident Cambridge, enlisted London.
In the 1901 census he was aged 11, son of Lucy C Swanson, born Cambridge
and resident with his family at 9, Little St Marys Lane, Cambridge.
He was baptised 7th July 1889 at St Botolph, Cambridge, son of Charles
William (a stone mason) and Lucy Constant Swanson, of Pembroke Street,
Cambridge. Buried in GUISE (LA DESOLATION) FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY,
FLAVIGNY-LE-PETIT Aisne, France. Unidentified grave, commemorated
on Guise Communal Cemetery Memorial.
See also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
TABOR,
M.M. |
Benjamin
[Henry] aka Ben |
Lance
Sergeant 325720, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed
in action 30th March 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Cambridge.
Son of John O. and Elfreda C. Tabor, of 75, Selwyn Rd, Newnham,
Cambridge. Formerly 2429, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Awarded Military
Medal (M.M.). In the 1911 census he is listed as benjamin Henry
Tabor, aged 12, son of John Astorne and Elfrida Caroline Tabor,
at school, born Cherry Hinton, resident with his parents at 36 Selwyn
Road, Barton Road, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES
MEMORIAL Somme, France. Panel 84 and 85. 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 Giles
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. |
TOMSON |
Thomas
|
Sapper
84473, 203rd Field Company,
Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 6th November 1918. Aged 32. Born
Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Cambridge. Eldest son of Mrs.
E. Tomson, of Cambridge; husband of H. M. Tomson, of 1, Hive Cottages,
North St, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was aged 25, married
for 4 years to Maud with one daughter, a Stonemason, born Chesterton,
resident 1 North Place, Hive Images Back of Histon Road, Chesterton,
Cambridge. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE Pas de
Calais, France. Plot X. Row A. Grave 32. See also Cambridge
St Luke's and Cambridge
Guildhall. |
TWELVETREES |
[Edward]
Dudley |
Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 8th August
1918. Married and lived at 63 Eltisley Avenue, Newnham.
Birth registered in Battle Registration District, Sussex in the
July to September Quarter 1890. In the 1891 census he was aged 10
months, son of Edward and Fanny E Twelvetrees, born Bexhill, Sussex,
resident Bedford Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire. He was married in the
Northampton Registration District in the January to March Quarter
1916 to Louisa A Simpson. Buried in RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 7. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
and Cambridge St Barnabas |
WALLIS |
George
Samuel |
[Spelt
WALLACE on SDGW] Private 7120, 1st/7th Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers. Died of wounds 5th October 1916. Aged 29. Enlisted Cambridge.
Son of Mr & Mrs Wallis, 18 Merton St, Newnham Croft, brother
of Leonard (below). Husband of Ruby O. Wallis, of Mill Cottages,
Waterbeach, Cambridge. Formerly 2753, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
In
the 1911 census he was the son of Frederick George and Ann Wallis,
aged 23, a Jobbing Gardener, born Granchester, resident 1 Merton
Street, Newnham Croft, Cambridge; brother of Leonard (below). Buried
in DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France.
Plot
III. Row E. Grave 27. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
WALLIS |
Leonard
John |
Private
2959, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 14th
October 1916. Enlisted Cambridge. Son
of Mr & Mrs Wallis, 18 Merton St, Newnham Croft, brother of
George (above).
In the 1911 census he was the son of Frederick George and Ann Wallis,
aged 17, a House Boy Gardener, born Granchester, resident 1 Merton
Street, Newnham Croft, Cambridge; brother of George (above).
Buried in CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL Somme, France.
Plot XI. Row J. Grave 8. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
WATSON,
M.M. |
Robert
Henry |
Private
475351, 88th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in
action 2nd October 1918. Aged 33. Born Cambridge St Mary the Less,
enlisted Norwich, Norfolk, resident Newnham Croft, Cambridge. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Watson, of Cambridge; husband of Rose Watson,
of 2, West View, Newnham Croft, Cambridge. Awarded the Military
Medal (M.M.).
In the 1911 census he was single, son of Robert Henry and Emma Watson.
aged 26, an Elementary teacher, born Cambridge, resident 2 West
View, Newnham Croft Cambridge (his father had been married for only
5 years so Emma is probably his step-mother). Buried in BRANDHOEK
NEW MILITARY CEMETERY No. 3 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
III. Row F. Grave 4. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge St Paul's |
WEST |
Alfred
|
Private
39494, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 21st September
1918. Born Eartham, Sussex, enlisted Cambridge. In the 1911 census
he had been married for 7 years tom Mary and then had a son and
a dusghter, he was aged 33, a Tobacconist, born Eartham, Sussex,
resident 3 King's Parade Cambridge. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY,
Koln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany. Plot VIII. Row B. Grave
6. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
WOOTTON |
John
Wesley |
[Also
spelt Westley in places] Captain, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 11th October 1917. Aged 26. Born at Nottingham. Son
of Arthur Wootton and Julia Emma Wootton; husband of Barbara Wootton,
of 56, Abbey Road Mansions, London, N.W.8.
In the 1901 census he was aged 10, son of Arthur and Julia E Wootton,
born Nottingham, resident at 137, Foxhall Road, Nottingham.
In the 1911 census he was aged 20, son of Arthur and Julia Emma
Wootton, born Nottingham, resident at 137, Foxhall Road, Nottingham.
He was married in the Chesterton Registration District in the July
to September Quarter 1917 to Barbara F Adam. Buried in LONGUENESSE
(ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row
E. Grave 38. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and
Cambridge
Short Street Wesleyan Methodist
|
1939
– 1945 |
ALLGOOD |
Edwin
Arthue |
Flt.
Sergeant, 120 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 28
May 1942. Aged 30. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Surrey, United Kingdom. Son of James and Florence Greef Allgood,
of Cambridge. His brother Harold Henry also died on service.
|
ALLGOOD |
Harold
Henry |
Sergeant,
Pilot 253 Squadron, R.A.F. Died 10 October 1940. Aged 25. Buried
in CAMBRIDGE (ST. MARK) BURIAL GROUND Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Son of James and Florence Greef Allgood, of Cambridge. His brother
Edwin Arthur also died on service. |
BAINES |
Kenneth
Frederick |
Private
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 2 October 1943. Aged
22. Buried in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY Myanmar. Son of Charles
Henry and Catherine Edith Baines, of Cambridge. |
CARTER |
Victor
A |
Possibly:
Private Albert Victor Carter, 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East
Kent Regiment.). Died 30 September 1942. Aged 22. Buried in EL ALAMEIN
WAR CEMETERY Egypt. Son of Albert Victor and Daisy Mabel Carter,
of Ely, Cambridgeshire. |
CURTIS |
Ronald
William |
Sergeant,
W.OP/Air Gnr. 50 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
13 October 1941. Aged 21. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Son of Nellie Curtis, of Newnham,
Cambridge. |
CREEK |
Harold
E |
Probably:
Private Harold Edwin Creek, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died
15 February 1942. Aged 23. Buried in KRANJI WAR CEMETERY Singapore.
|
ELLIS |
Hugh
[John Mortimer] |
[John
Hugh Mortimer on CWGC] Sgt Pilot, 742068, 85 Sqdn., R.A.F.V.R, d
1/9/1940. Aged 21. Buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery. Only Son
of Frederick John Ellis and Ethel May Ellis, of Newnham, Cambridge.
NB Sgt. Ellis' remains were found in 1992 and he was buried on 1st
October 1993, see article by Dennis James in the Cambridgeshire
Family History Society Journal Vol 14 No 3, August 2003. See also
Comberton. |
GLASSCOCK |
Harold
J |
Private
2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 3 February 1945. Aged
27. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore.
Son of Mrs. G. M. Glasscock, of Newnham, Cambridgeshire.
|
HOCKEY |
Francis
[Frank] Spencer |
Capt.
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 14 February 1942. Aged
28. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore.
Son of Herbert Thomas Hockey and Mabel Frances Hockey, of Cambridge;
husband of Margaret Elizabeth Hockey, of Oxford. M.A. (Cantab.).
|
HOSKYNS |
Sir
[Chandos] Wren |
F.O.
190 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 3 April 1945.
Aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey,
United Kingdom. Son of the Revd. Canon Sir Edwyn Clement Hoskyns,
Battalion,, and Lady Hoskyns, of Cambridge. |
HOOKE |
Anthony
F |
No
further information currently |
HURST |
Lawrence
Goddard |
F.O.
110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 6 April 1945.
Aged 29. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore.
Son of John Ernest William and Jessie Hurst, of Cambridge.
|
JONES |
Ellis
O |
No
further information currently |
LEELAND |
Sidney
John |
Major,
attached 7th Indian Infantry Division, Royal Artillery. Died 9 February
1944. Aged 30. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY Myanmar. Son of Sidney
John and Ellen Annie Leeland, of Cambridge. |
OSBORN |
Charles
Harold |
[H
C on CWGC] Private 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died
21 September 1944. Aged 27. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE
MEMORIAL Singapore. Son of Violet Osborn; husband of Gladys May
Osborn, of Cambridge. |
PRATT |
Francis
Leonard |
Trp.
46th (The Liverpool Welsh), Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Died 7 November
1943. Aged 21. Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY Italy. Son of
Harry Manasseh Pratt, and Edith May Pratt, of Cambridge.
|
SMITH |
Kenneth
William |
[W
K on CWGC] Gdm. 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 19 April
1945. Aged 20. Buried in ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY Italy. Son of
William Arthur Smith and of Norah Smith (nee Leeson), of Cambridge.
|
STARNS |
William
Reginald |
Sergeant,
21 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 29 November
1940. Aged 26. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Surrey, United Kingdom. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Starns; husband
of Cicely Joan Starns, of Cambridge. |
STEPHEN,
T.D. |
Alfred
Bodger [Grant] |
Major,
2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 14 February 1942. Aged
40. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore.
Son of George and Annie Stephen; husband of Dora Valentine Stephen,
of Cambridge. M.A. (Cantab.). |
SUMMERS |
Ronald
Enoch [Stanley] |
P.O.
W.Op/Air Gnr, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 26 June 1942.
Aged 21. Buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Son of Edward Stanley and Evelyn Alice Summers, of Newnham, Cambridge.
|
THURGOOD |
Jack
J |
No
further information currently |
VALENTINE |
Helen
|
Probably:
Leading Wren Helen Morag Jean Valentine, HMS Tana, Women's Royal
Naval Service. Died 12 February 1944. No known grave. Commemorated
on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Hampshire, United Kingdom. |
WEST |
Kenneth
Frederick |
Sergeant,
576 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 4 July 1944.
Aged 21. Buried in CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY Cambridgeshire, United
Kingdom. Son of Frederick and Marjorie Alice West, of Cambridge.
|
WILLIAMS |
Michael
N |
No
further information currently |
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updated
30 July, 2023
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