
ELY
STUNTNEY WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Dave Edwards
additional information Peter Dearsley
The memorial is in the
form of a plaque mounted inside the village church – The Church
of the Holy Cross. The church is situated at the top of the hill on
the left hand side of the road leading into the village from Ely (the
old A142). The building is normally locked but access can be granted
by arrangement.
The
memorial lists those who laid down their lives during WWI, with the
names of the WWII fallen added at a later date. There is no mention
of casualties from other conflicts (Malaya, Korea, etc).
Names
are recorded in full on the roll of honour but there are no details
of brach of service, or dates of death. The names recorded are:
"Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends"
1914-1918
FITCH |
James
William |
Private
326418, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, killed
in action in France & Flanders on 26th September 1917, commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Enlisted
in Cambridge. Previously 3724, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regt.
See also Littleport. |
HOL[L]IDAY
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Herbert
James |
Private
100371 Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), died 31st December 1917, age
19, buried: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Previous
service with the RCR (svce no 3724)(RCR possibly Reserve Cavalry
Regiment?). Born in Bluntisham (Hunts), enlisted in Newmarket, and
lived in Stuntney. Son of Herbert Gibson Holliday and Annie Elizabeth
Holliday, of The Gravel Farm, Stretham, Ely, Cambs. See also Ely.
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LEMMON
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Thomas
Francis |
Possibly:
Pte. F. Lemmon, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, died
5th May 1915, buried: Special Memorial, Perth Cemetery (China Wall),
Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. See also Ely.
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MAYLE |
William
John |
[Listed
as JW Mayle in CWGC Register] Private 26650, 7th Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment, killed in action in France & Flanders on 9th
August 1916, buried: Courcelette British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Born in Stuntney and enlisted in Ely. See
also Ely. |
MCGEE |
Bert
Parker |
Pte.
7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 12th October 1916,
commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Thomas and
Sarah McGee, of Stuntney, Ely, Cambs. See also Ely.
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MCGEE |
James
Parker |
Private
23158, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action
in France & Flanders on 12th October 1916, buried: Bancourt
British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Born in Stuntney and enlisted
in Ely. Son of Thomas and Sarah McGee, of Stuntney, Ely, Cambs.
See also Ely. |
MCGEE |
Edward
Parker |
Private
100371, 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, died
of wounds in France & Flanders on 9th August 1917, age 25, buried:
Adinkerke Military Cemetery, Furnes, De Panne, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Previous service with the Northamptonshire Regiment (service
no 39993). Born Stuntney and enlisted in Bury St Edmunds. Husband
of Sarah Jane Parker McGee, of Alderforth Farm, Witchford, Ely,
Cambs. See also Ely. |
PARKER
(MCGEE) |
Thomas
|
Private
2645, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died of
wounds in France & Flanders on 12th October 1916, age 23, buried:
Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France. Born Stuntney and
enlisted in Cambridge. Son of Thomas and Sarah McGee, of Stuntney,
Ely, Cambs. See also Ely. N.B. Three
of the four McGee brothers, above, died on the same day.
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NORDEN |
Harry
Arthur |
Private
2648, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 17th
September 1916 of cerbro-spinal meningitis, age 23, buried: Hem
Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Born Stuntney and enlisted in
Ely. Son of William James and Susan Norden, of Stuntney, Ely, Cambs.
See also Ely, Nordern on Ely.
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OSBO(U)RN(E)
|
John
Charles |
Private
16887, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action
in France & Flanders on 4th May 1915, age 27, commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Listed
as OSBORNE in both the CWGC Register and SDGW and OSBOURNE and also
OSBORN elsewhere. Born and enlisted in Ely. Son of Charles and Charlotte
Osborne, of 14, West Fen Rd., Ely, Cambs. See also Ely.
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SABERTON |
Henry
William |
Private
18257, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action
in France & Flanders on 8th November 1915 age 35, commemorated:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Born in Bethnal Green (Middlesex)
and enlisted in Newmarket. Son of Henry William and Sally Saberton,
of Witcham, Ely; husband of Ada Saberton, of 65, Newnham St., Ely,
Cambs. See also Ely. |
TAYLOR |
John
Ellis |
Lance
Corporal 1111, Royal Buckingham Hussars, killed in action at Gallipoli
on 21st August 1915, age 21, commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Enlisted in Churn (Gloucestershire?) and lived in Soham. Son of
Mrs. Ellis Taylor, of Eye Hill, Soham, Cambs. Also commemorated
on a stained glass window in Stuntney church. See also Soham.
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WEST |
John
William |
Lance
Corporal 2631, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment,
died of wounds in France & Flanders on 1st July 1916, age 22,
buried: Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Son of William
and Mary West, of Stuntney, Ely, Cambs. See also Ely.
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WILKIN |
Edward
|
Sergeant
8820, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died of wounds
in France & Flanders on 11th May 1916, age 22, buried: Bailleul
Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Born and enlisted in
Ely. Born Stuntney and enlisted in Ely. Son of Mr & Mrs Wilkin
of "Railway Carriage", Quanos Drove, off Stuntney Road, Ely. See
also Ely. |
Born Stuntney but not on memorial |
PEACOCK |
Frederick |
Private
16660, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died of wounds in France
& Flanders on 1st August 1917, age 24, buried: Boulogne Eastern
Cemetery. Private born in Stuntney and enlisted in Newmarket.
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1939-45 |
BARBER |
Ernest
John |
Only
one casualty of this name is listed in the CWGC Register, but there
is no obvious connection with the Stuntney area.
Private
6289146 2nd Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), died
between 10th May and 4th October 1940, aged 20, buried: Merris Communal
Cemetery, France. Son of James and Emily Barber of Rochester, Kent.
There
are four entries for Ernest Barber: one whose family lived on the
Isle of Wight, the others having families in Yorkshire. There are
six entries for John Barber: one whose family lived in Dorchester;
one who came from Canada; and four whose origin is unrecorded.
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COLE |
Percy
William |
Leading
Aircraftsman 940191, 211 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
died 9th June 1945, age 23. Commemorated: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji
War Cemetery, Singapore. Son of Mrs. S. M. Cole, of Stuntney, Cambridgeshire.
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FRETWELL |
Edward
George |
Sergeant
Air Bomber 1624918, 178 Sqdn. Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15
August 1944, age 21. Buried: KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY, Poland.
Son of Samuel and Amy Hilda Fretwell, of Stuntney, Cambridgeshire.
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28 August 2004
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