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FOUL ANCHOR WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
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The memorial is situated on the village green, Redgate Road, Tydd St Giles originally residing in Bedford Row, Tydd St Giles. It takes the form of a concrete base surmounted by a square, Sicilian marble, base, tapered plinth with tapered shaft with a Celtic Cross atop the shaft; the inscriptions are to be found on the front face of the memorial. The memorial was built by Messrs. W & A.V. Davis of Wisbech. There are seven names for World War 1 only. In 1993 the memorial was cleaned and moved; it was rededicated by local clergy and unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (and Isle of Ely) 14 November 1993.

DEO ET
1914 I H S 1919
PRO PATRIA

IN DEAR
MEMORY OF
OUR FALLEN

BLISS	Arthur	Private 15468, 'D' Company, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1915. Aged 25. Born Tydd, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Norwich. Son of Mrs Ruth Bliss, of The Homestead, Foul Anchor, Tydd. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30 and 31.
BROWN	Herbert Frederick	Private, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Gassed 5 June 1919. Aged 22. Appears to have died out of service as his death is recorded as a Civil Death at Wisbech April-Jun Quarter 1919 (Vol: 3B Page: 596). Born in the July-September Quarter 1896 at Wisbech (Vol: 3B Page: 582). In 1911 he was the son of Charles and Sarah Brown, aged 15, out of work, born 1896 at Foul Anchor, Tydd, Cambridgeshire, resident Foul Anchor.
GREEN	Walter James	Private 9452, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 14 September 1914. Aged 19. Born Whittlesey, enlisted Wisbech. In the 1911 census he was the son of John Green, aged 16, born 1895 in Whittlesey, resident Foul Anchor, Tydd, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France. (Memorial states he died 22 November 1914)
HOLMES	Jesse Thomas	Private 24068, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 30 November 1916. Aged 22. Born Hull, enlisted Wisbech. Son of Albert and Harriet Holmes, 157 Fountain Road, Hull. In the 1911 census he was the grandson of David and Charlotte Thompson, aged 16, Farm Labourer, born Tydd St Giles, resident Foul Anchor, Tydd, Cambridgeshire. Buried in TROIS ARBRES CEMETERY, STEENWERCK, Nord, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 18.
KETTLE	Reuben Charles	Able Seman London Z/5581, S.S. Westergate (H.M.S. President III), Royal Naval Violunteer Reserve. Drowned at sea 21 April 1918 when his ship was torpedoed. Aged 21. Born 15 May 1896 in Tydd, resident Fould Anchor, Tydd, Wisbech. Son of Rueben and Elizabeth Kettle, of Foul Anchor, Tydd, Cambridgeshire. Buried in GEFFOSSES CHURCHYARD, Manche, Faance. Near North wall of Church. See also Tydd St Giles and Wisbech Grammar School and Wisbech Conservative Working Mens Club
ROWELL	Harry	Private 15467, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 15 September 1916. Aged 23. Born Tydd, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Norwich, Norfolk. In the 1911 census he is the son of Harry Rowell, aged 16, born West Wisbech, resident Foul Anchor, Tydd, Cambridgesire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.
WELLS	Frederick	Sapper 256806, 21st Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 20 October 1917. Aged 27. Born Tydd, enlisted Wisbech, resident Horseshoe Terrace, Wisbech. Son of Ellen Wells, of Tydd Gote. In the 1911 census he was a Boarder, aged 21, Porter, born Tydd, Cambridgeshire and resident 8 Horseshoe Terrace, Leverington, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was the son of Joseph and Ellen Wells, aged 11, born Tydd St Giles, resident Tydd St Giles. Buried in RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 23.

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