Private 24245, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Monday 16th October 1916 . Age 27. Born Comberton, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Son of Susan Baker (formerly Butler), of Church Farm, Comberton, Cambridge, and the late Charles Butler. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 143.

Extract from the Cambridge News, 1916 [please note his name is referred to as BUTTER but has been corrected in the transcription]:

COMBERTON

Official news has reached Comberton that Pte. Frederick J. Butler, of the 8th Norfolk Regt., has been killed at the front. A letter has been received by his mother (at Manor Farm) from an officer of the regiment to which deceased, was attached, in which the writer says; " It is with the deepest regret that I have to inform you of the death in action of your son, Pte. F. J. Butler, of my snipers' section. It is a painful task for me, for I know what terrible news it will be for you, his mother. and I cannot hope to console you, but I trust it will be of some comfort to you to know the gallant way in which he died. On the morning of the 6th he, with another sniper, Lce.-Corpl. Hammond were acting as flank guard to one at our bombing parties which was bombing up a trench. He was coolly sniping at some Germans who got out of their treneh, and he had already accounted for several, when he was hit in the head by a rifle shot. I cannot find anyone who was was close beside him at tha time, but a sergeant saw him a short time before, and he was then firing coolly at the enemy. Your son had not been with me very long, but during that time I had appreciated his fearless soldierlike qualities, and during an attack on the 19th of July and subsequent days, which was his first time in action, he had shown great coolness and bravery. We shall miss him very much, for in the midst of all the death and suffering in the fierce fighting individual loss is still as poignant as ever. Perhaps after a certain lapse of time I might be permitted to let you know the place where he died, and meanwhile I shall be glad to tell you anything you may like to know concerning him. Please convey my deepest sympathy to the members of your family in your great loss." - On Sunday evening a memorial service to Pte. Butler was held at the Parish Church, Comberrton, the Vicar preaching a most impressive sermon. - Mrs. John Baker and daughter desire, through the medium of this paper, to thank the many friends for the kind expressions of sympathy they have received in their sudden bereavement.

[Herbert DARREN on SDGW CD and CWGC and in Newspaper] Private 517 8th Bn., Royal Fusiliers who died of wounds on Saturday, 8th April 1916. Born Kensal Rise, Middlesex, enlisted Chelsea, resident Cambridge. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row M. Grave 19.

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 5 May 1916, page 4:

Comberton Soldier's Death from Wounds.

possibly Joseph Clarke, Leading Seaman C/JX 308037 H.M.S. Goodall, Royal Navy who died on Sunday, 29th April 1945. Age 24. Son of James and Alice Clarke; husband of Helen Joy Clarke, of Bromley, Kent. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 80, 2.

or Joseph Clarke Gunner 1739143 527 Coast Regt., Royal Artillery who died on Sunday, 1st March 1942. Age 33. Son of Peter and Dorothy Clarke; husband of Lilian Clarke, of Aylesbury. Buried in AYLESBURY CEMETERY, Buckinghamshire. Sec. 4. Grave 27.

[John Hugh Mortimer on CWGC] Sgt Pilot, 742068, 85 Sqdn., R.A.F.V.R, d 1/9/1940, age 21, buried: Brookwood Military Cemetery. Only Son of Frederick John Ellis and Ethel May Ellis, of Newnham, Cambridge.

Note: 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 Cambridge St Mark's.

Also listed for this parish in the Ely Cathedral Second World War Book of Remembrance

Gnr. 241 Bty. 77 HAA Regt., Royal Artillery, d 18/9/1944, age 34, commemorated: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore. Son of Harold and Clara Chapman; husband of Doris Annie Edith Chapman, of Coton, Cambridgeshire.