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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2008

The Cambridge University, Corpus College World War 1 memorials are in the form of two white stone tablets in the chapel. There are 63 names listed for World War 1, 94 names for World War 2 and one for conflicts after World War 2.

Photographs copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2008

The following notes apply:

[date] indicates date of matriculation.
(1914) indicates those who were admitted for the Michaelmas Term of 1914, but who never actually matriculated.
A date marked with an asterisk denotes that the person to whom the entry refers joined the College in that year by some procedure other than matriculation, e.g. by migration from another College or the non-collegiate body.

The extra details here are taken from `The War List of the University of Cambridge, 1914 – 1918’ by G.V. Carey. (Cambridge University Press, 1921.) However, some names listed in this publication do not appear on the memorial, and they have been omitted from the table below.

M denotes those mentioned in despatches.
MC denotes Military Cross

1914-1918

BARKER

W
[1894] Major, Worcestershire Regt. Died 15 Aug. 1918 of wounds received in action

BARNES

J E T
[(1914)] Capt., Gloucestershire Regt. Killed in action 3 Feb. 1917.

BLYTH

A F
No further information currently

BOWER

C F
[1910] Capt., Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derby Regt.) Killed in action 13 Sept. 1917

BRAY

E F
[(1914)] Lieut., R.N.A.S. Missing, presumed killed in action, 19 July 1917

BROWNLEE

W M
[1915] 2nd Lieut., Dorset Regt. Died 12 Oct. 1914 of pneumonia

BUDGEN

R G
[1913] Lieut., King’s (Shropshire L.I.). Killed in action 24 Aug. 1915

BULLOCK

G F
[1900] 2nd Lieut., S. Wales Borderers. Killed in action 31 July 1917

BURGESS

D
[1872] Lieut.-Col., R.A.M.C. (3rd N. Gen. Hospital, T.F.) Died 17 Jan. 1917

CHURCHWARD

H A
[1911] 2nd Lieut., London Yeo. (Westminster Dragoons); attd. R.F.C. Killed in action 16 Aug. 1917

CLARKE

J P D
[1911] Lieut., Worcestershire Regt. Accidentally killed 1915

COBHAM

F G B
No further information currently

COOPER

H W F
[1899] 2nd Lieut., R. Fusiliers. Died 28 April 1917 of wounds received in action

CROSSE

R G
[1913] Lieut., Queen’s Own (R.W.Kent Regt.). Died 14 July 1916 of wounds received in action

CUNNINGTON

E C
[1908] Capt., R.A.M.C. M. Killed in action 23 March 1918.

DAVIES

T A M
[1912] Lieut., R.F.A. (T.F.). Killed in action 1 July 1916

DAY

N L
[1913] 2nd Lieut., King’s (Liverpool Regt.). Killed in action 14 Sept. 1916

DEVEREUX

H W
[1913] Lieut., S. Staffs. Regt. (T.F.). Killed inaction 26 June 1916

DIXON-WRIGHT

H D
[1889] Rev., M.V.O. Chaplain, R.N. Died 31 May 1916 of wounds received in action in the Battle of Jutland

DOUDNEY

C E
Rev., C.F. 4th Class, R.A.C.D. Died 16 Oct. 1915 of wounds received in action

DUCKWORTH

W C
[*1910] 2nd Lieut., Welsh Regt.; *attd. King’s (Shropshire L.I.). Killed in action 8 Oct. 1918

DYER

H F
[1904] 2nd Lieut., D. of Wellington’s (W. Riding Regt). Died 28 Aug. 1917 of wounds received in action 8 Aug. 1917

GASKELL

L N
No further information currently

GLEGG

A L
[1914] 2nd Lieut., King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 10 Aug. 1915

HAMILTON

J
[1898] 2nd Lieut., Border Regt. (T.F.). Killed in action 5 Nov. 1916

HANNA

J H
[1901] 2nd Lieut., London Regt. (St Pancras Bn.). Killed in action 20 Sept. 1917

HARSTON

F N
[1909] Capt., E. Lancs. Regt.; Brigade Major. M.C. M. Killed in action 22 April 1918

HEWITT

F W
[1893] Rev., C.F. 4th Class, R.A.C.D. Killed in action near Vermelles 28 Sept. 1915

HILL

W R
[1915] Lieut., Durham L.I. M.C. and bar. Died at Stralsund, Germany, 6 Nov. 1918 of blood poisoning

JAMES

E S P K
[1906] Capt., King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 17 March 1915

KEATING

G H
[1911] Pte., Middlesex Regt. (P.S. Bn.); Lieut. Killed in action 18 Sept. 1918

KNIGHT

E A
[1905] 2nd Lieut., M.G.C. Killed in action 24 Sept. 1917

LAING

A T
[1907] Capt., Northumberland Fus. Died 24 July 1916 of wounds received in action

LANG

H A
[1893] Major, Worcestershire Regt. M. Killed in action in Gallipoli 9 June 1915

LA TOUCHE

Dennis Digges
[(1914)] 2nd Lieut., King’s (Shropshire L.I.); Capt., Welsh Regt. Killed in action in Gallipoli 8 Aug. 1915.

Captain, 8th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action 8 August 1915. Aged 20. Born Co Dublin. Son of Thomas Henry and Anna Frances Digges La Touche, of 230, Hills Rd., Cambridge. Religious denomination Church of Ireland. Educated at Baymount School, Co. Dublin, and Shrewsbury School. Elected to a senior scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1913. In the 1911 Census shows Denis (aged 16) residing with his parents, Thomas Henry (aged 55) and Anna Frances (aged 45), at No. 11, Tivoli Terrace South, Kingstown (Dunlaoghaire), Co Dublin, also present were his sisters, Avice Gertrude (aged 18), Edith Mary (aged 13) and Lynette Nouvelle (aged 7); his parents stated that during their marriage they had five children, all of whom were alive at the time of the Census. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey 9including Gallipoli). Panel 140 to 144.

Captain Digges La Touche is commemorated on, the World War I Memorial and the Roll of Honour, Christ Church of Ireland, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin; Corpus Christi College War Memorial, Cambridge.

LEEKE

H A
[1899] Lieut., R. Warwickshire Regt. Died 29 May 1915 of fever

LEEMING

A J
[1908] Capt., R. Fusiliers. M. Killed in action 31 July 1917

LING

L S
[1915] 2nd Lieut., Norfolk Regt. Killed in action 4 May 1917

LOCKHART

N D S B
[1913] Lieut., Seaforth Hdrs. Killed in action 25 Sept. 1915

MACINTOSH

H M
[1911] Capt., Argyll and Sutherland Hdrs. Died 26 July 1918 of wounds received in action

MACKAY

C L
[1913] 2nd Lieut., Worcestershire Regt. Died 7 June 1915 of wounds received in action 28 May 1915

MARRIOTT

J F L
[1907] 2nd Lieut., D. of Cornwall’s L.I. Died 26 Jan 1915 of spotted fever

MARTIN

E N M
[1898] 2nd Lieut., 5th (R. Irish) Lancers. Killed in action 30 Sept. 1916

MATHEWS

A
[1913] Lieut., Cheshire Regt. Died 14 April 1916 of wounds received in action

NELSON

E B
[1909] 2nd Lieut., I.A.R.O., attd. Indian Infy. Died 15 March 1916 of wounds received in action

OKE

R W L
[*1904] Capt., R. Berkshire Regt. Killed in action 25 Sept. 1915

PATCH

N J S
[1892] Pte., Australian Force. Killed in action 11 Oct. 1917

PIERSON

L D
[(1914)] Lieut., E. Yorks. Regt. M. Killed in action 30 Oct. 1916

READ

E O
[1909] Reverend. C.F. 4th Class, R.A.C.D. Killed in action 3 Oct. 1918

ROXBURGH

J H
[(1914)] Major, M.G.C. M.C. M. Killed in action 2 Oct. 1918

SANDFORD

C R F
[1913] Capt., King’s Own (Yorkshire L.I., T.F.) M.C. Killed in action 22 Feb. 1917

SANKEY

W M
[1914] Lieut., Monmouthshire Regt. M.C. Died 23 March 1918 of wounds received in action

SHAW

R
[1910] Capt., King’s (Liverpool Regt., T.F.). Killed in action 20 Sept. 1917

SMITH

G R
[1902] Lieut., Canadian Infy. Killed in action 6 May 1917

STOKES

L M
R.M.L.I., Lieut. Killed in operations on the Ancre, 13 November 1916.

TERRELL

F W
[1912] Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt.; attd. Worcestershire Regt. Killed in action 3 Sept. 1916

THRING

A E
R.F.A. 2nd Lieut. Died at the military hospital at Ripon, 9 February 1917. He had served with his brigade in Dublin through the rebellion

TITCOMB

F H Y
No further information currently

WEBB

A H
[1911] 2nd Lieut., The Buffs (E.Kent Regt., T.F.). Killed in action 23 June1917

WHITTAM

M J G
[1912] Lieut., D. of Wellington’s (W. Riding Regt.). Died 11 Aug. 1915 of wounds received in action in Gallipoli

WILSON

R E
[1904] 2nd Lieut., Bombay Vol. Rifles. Killed in action in E. Africa 11 March 1916

WYNNE

E E
[1913] Pte., R. Fusiliers (P.S.Bn.); Capt., Leicestershire Regt. (T.F.). Killed in action 8 June 1917

MAINWARING

C L
[1906] Lieut., R.G.A.
1939-1945

ALLEN

W P
No further information currently

ANDERSON

C D
No further information currently

ANSET

D C
No further information currently

ARCHDALL

M K
No further information currently

ARCHDALL

W H
No further information currently

ASH

A J
No further information currently

BAILEY

J C L D
No further information currently

BARGE

R N K
No further information currently

BARRETT

D C
No further information currently

BISHOP

M H E
No further information currently

BROWN

N S H
No further information currently

CABLE

J D S
No further information currently

CALDWELL

J E M P
No further information currently

CASE

C V
No further information currently

CASSELS

P R
No further information currently

CATTERNS

J B C
No further information currently

CLERKE

N J
No further information currently

COBBOLD

R N
No further information currently

CORRY

D P
No further information currently

COULSON

N
No further information currently

CUNNING

J E
No further information currently

DARBY

R G D
No further information currently

DORE

D P
No further information currently

EVANS

R C
No further information currently

EVES

H J H
No further information currently

FLETCHER

D J A
No further information currently

GAYE

J C
No further information currently

GLENNIE

D G
No further information currently

GOODFELLOW

P R
No further information currently

GRAHAM LITTLE

E B
No further information currently

ACHESON

G V
No further information currently

CRESSWELL

A C
No further information currently

HAWKINS

D S
No further information currently

HIBBERD

J
No further information currently

HICKS

R G V
No further information currently

HODGE

J E
No further information currently

HOLMAN

C P
No further information currently

HOPGOOD

J V
No further information currently

HORTON

P S
No further information currently

HOSKYNS

C W
No further information currently

JACKSON

G F R
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JEFFRIES

P G
No further information currently

JOHNSON

O K
No further information currently

KENNEDY

G M
No further information currently

KESTER

V
No further information currently

KHAN

M M
No further information currently

KIMPTON

P W
No further information currently

KNOWLES

J M
No further information currently

LAKE

D S
No further information currently

LANGSTON

A R
No further information currently

LEITH

R B
No further information currently

LEWIS

D G
No further information currently

LILLEY

R J
No further information currently

LLOYD

J B
No further information currently

MACKIE

G E
No further information currently

MACLEAY

R B
No further information currently

MACPHERSON

C J
No further information currently

MAILE

R
No further information currently

MANUEL

G S
No further information currently

MARRACK

P R
No further information currently

ELLIOTT

C E
No further information currently

MCMASTER

I E
No further information currently

CARSON

B H
No further information currently

MCKIERNAN

H M
No further information currently

MCKINLAY

N E
No further information currently

MEDHURST

R E H
No further information currently

MILLIGAN

R W B
No further information currently

MONCRIEFF

C M
No further information currently

MONTEATH

D I
No further information currently

NAIRN

G
No further information currently

NOONE

H D
No further information currently

O’HAGAN

C C O
No further information currently

PEIRANO

P R
No further information currently

PHIPPS

F C
No further information currently

POLLOCK

I G E
No further information currently

PUCKLE

D C R
No further information currently

RADCLIFFE

G M
No further information currently

RIX

H R
No further information currently

ROTHERA

J P
No further information currently

ST. HILL

M E
No further information currently

SAMPSON

W A P
No further information currently

SCOTT

W J M
No further information currently

SERGEANT

A N
No further information currently

SILLS

M G
No further information currently

SIMOND

G F
No further information currently

SOUTHWELL

J M
No further information currently

STEVENS

J K Cloete
No further information currently

STEVENSON

W R
No further information currently

SYMONDS

A T R
No further information currently

TRIMMER

C E A
No further information currently

THOMPSON

No further information currently

WHITE

D F R
No further information currently

MAY

C W
No further information currently

WALLACE

G
No further information currently
Other conflicts

ANDERSON

Michael Ian
[Memorial states 1948] Lieutenant 380196, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's). Died 12th November 1949 in Malaya. Born 20 February 1927. Buried in Kranji Military Cemetery, Singapore. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 6.

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