1914 – 1918

Edwin Charles

George Stanley

Alfred Moss

Henry Wallace

Corporal, 2^nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 8/5/1918, age 22, buried: SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Charles and Hannah Impey, of Foxton, nr. Royston, Herts.

Reginald Charles

Private, 11^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 1/7/1916, age 22, buried: GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme, France. Son of Charles and Hannah Impey, of Station Rd., Shepreth, Cambs. Native of Foxton, Royston, Herts.

James Leonard

Private, 11^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 9/4/1918, age 28, buried: HAVERSKERQUE BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Son of Joseph and Caroline Maria Mead, of Fowlmere Rd., Foxton, Royston, Herts.

Thomas Charles

Private, Recruiting Depot (Virdan), Canadian Army, died 7/1/1916, age 23, buried: VIRDEN CEMETERY, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Job and Caroline Maria Mead, of Fowlmere Rd Foxton, Royston, Herts, England.

William [Day]

Private 874334, 27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died 26th July 1917. Aged 27. Born 8th May 1891 at Foxton. Son of William Thomas John and Frances Adelaide Newman, of Mortimer Lane, Foxton. Farmer by trade. Enlisted and passed fit 2nd March 1916 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, aged 24. Height 5 feet 9 inches, girth 35 inches, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair fair, religion Methodist. Buried in FOSSE No.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 13. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7296 - 9

Ambrose

Rifleman, 9^th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, died 14/5/1916, age 29, buried: AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, of Foxton, nr. Royston, Herts.

William Cromwell

Lance Corporal 10446 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars who died of wounds on Monday, 24th May 1915. Age 19. Brother of Isabel Oliver, of Foxton, Cambs. Born Cambridge, enlisted Stratford, resident Walsall. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave II. C. 4.

Albert George

Horace Charles

Private, 1^st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 3/10/1915, age 20, commemorated: LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Starr, of High St., Foxton, Cambs.

Leonard

Private, 1^st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, died 23/8/1918, age 28, commemorated: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Husband of Alice M. Swallow, of 1, Dryden Cottages, Foxton, Royston, Herts.

William Charles

Able Seaman, Hood Battalion, , Royal Naval Div., R.N.V.R., died 18/10/1917, age 36, buried: MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Son of Charles and Frances Worland, of Foxton, Cambs.

HarryHenry James

Private, 14^th Labour Coy., Army Service Corps, died 19/3/1917, age 43, buried: STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France. Son of Alfred and Hannah Worland, of Foxton, Herts.

These two names are additionally recorded on a Roll of Honour inside the Church:

George [Charles]

James

ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN
1939 – 1945

Jack Sidney

Seaman, H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven, Royal Naval Patrol Service, died 2/10/1942, age 24, commemorated: LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Son of Nellie Dash; husband of Hilda O. Dash, of Foxton, Cambridgeshire.

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press:

KILLED ON ACTIVE
SERVICE
SEAMAN J. S. DASH, FOXTON.

News has just been received by Mrs. Dash, of Dark Lane, Foxton, that her husband, Seaman Jack Sidney Dash, R.N., has been killed on patrol service. He was born at Barrington in 1918, and was educated at Barrington Village School. Before joining up he was employed at Bassingbourn, where he was well known in both football and cricket circles.

Arthur

Flight Sergeant, 101 Sqd. R.A.F.V.R., died 31/3/1944, age 21, buried: DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Bayern, Germany. Son of Wilmot and Ann Haynes, of Foxton, Cambridgeshire. His brother Denis also died on service (see below).

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press:

Missing, Now Reported Killed. —Information has been received from the Air Ministry by Mr. and Mrs. W. Haynes, of Foxton, that their son, Flight-Sergeant Arthur Haynes, who was previously reported as missing has been killed in action. Flight-Sergeant Haynes, together with the other members of the crew of the Lancaster in which he was flying, was first reported as missing after a raid on Germany on the night of March 30th, this being the 25th operation in which he had been engaged. He was 21 years of age, and before volunteering for service with the R.A.F., he was employed by Messrs. Welchs Transport, Ltd. A keen sportsman, he had been captain of both the football and cricket teams at Foxton.

Extract fior the haynes brothers (above and below) from Cambridge Independent Press:

FOXTON RESIDENTS
One Killed—
Another Missing

MR. AND MRS. HAYNES, of Chaucer Cottages, Foxton, have received news that their son, Flight-Sergt. A. Haynes, is reported missing from operations over enemy territory, and that-their son, Pte. D. Haynes, of the Suffolk Regiment, has been killed in the Burma area.

Both were educated at the Foxton School, and both were keen football ers, having been in the team which won the Minor Cup during the season 1940-41.

F./Sgt. Haynes.	Pte. Haynes.

Flight-Sergt. A. Haynes joined the R.A.F. in 1941, and after a period of ground duty, was trained for air crew work. He was promoted flight-sergeant in February of this year and has been in many operational sorties. He is 21 years of age.

Pte. D. Haynes joined up in 1943, and was posted to the Suffolk Regiment, going to India in August, 1943. He was formerly a farm worker employed by Mr. W. Smith, of Foxton, whilst his brother was employed by Messrs. D. J. Welch and Sons, of Foxton, previous to joining the R.A.F.

Mr. and Mrs. Haynes have received many messages of sympathy.

Denis

Private, 2^nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 9/4/1944, age 20, buried: IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. Son of Wilmot and Ann Haynes, of Foxton, Cambridgeshire. His brother Arthur also died on service (see above)

Roy Vincent

Flight Lieutenant, R.A.F.V.R., died 28/2/1944, age 30, buried: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey, United Kingdom. Son of James Virrcent and Amy How; husband of Olive Josephine How, of Kingsbury, Middlesex. B.A.

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press:

KILLED WHILE
FLYING
F./Lt. R. V. How, of
Foxton

Flt. Lieut. R. V. How. R.A.F.V.R., whose death. was announced last week, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. How, of Foxton. He was killed while flying, as was him navigator, F.O. G. Renshaw, of Didsbury, Manchester. Prior to this they dad been together on ten operational flights over enemy territory.

Flt. Lieut How joined the R,.A.F. in September, 1940, and completed his training in Canada, where he gained his “wings” and commission the next year. He w-as then made an instructor in navigation, and served in that capacity at several training stations over there until the end of 1942. Returning to England in 1943, he served in various capacities until he eventually commenced operations.

He was an old boy of the Cambridge and County High School, and played Rugger and cricket-, being in the school first eleven in 1934. After passing the Higher School Certificate, he went to Goldsmith's College, London, for three yeas, where he gained a B.A. degree and also his colours for Rugger. He then started teaching under the Middlesex Education Committee at Kinsbury until he joined up. He was 30 years of age last July, and had been married for only eleven months to Olive, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Green, of Wembley.

Kenneth Leslie

Private, 198 Field Amb., Royal Army Medical Corps, died 5/3/1943, age 26, commemorated: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore. Husband of E. Sharman, of Foxton, Hertfordshire.

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press in 1946:

Death While P.O.W.—Mrs. K. Sharman, 4, Caxton Cottages, has been notified by the War Office that her husband, Pte. Kenneth Sharman, of the R.A.M.C., died on March 5th, 1943, while a prisoner of war in Japanese hands. He was the second son of Mrs. A. Crawley and the late Mr. F. Sharman of Shepreth. He leaves a widow and six-years-old son.

John William Frederick

Ord/Telegraphist, H.M.S. Esk, Royal Navy, died 1/9/1940, age 19, commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Son of Frederick and Bertha E. Wright, of Cambridge.

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press in 1940:

FOXTON

Missing, Presumed Killed. — News has been received from the Admiralty that Telegraphist John W. F. Wright, only son of Mrs. B. Wright, and grandson of Mrs. J. Kirby, of Foxton, is “missing, presumed killed on war service,” as a result of the sinking of H.M. destroyer Esk. Telegraphist Wright joined the Navy in 1937 at the age of 16, and since the outbreak of hostilities was a survivor of H.M. battle cruiser Belfast. After being transferred to H.M.S. Esk he was involved, in war operations at Narvik, and also took part in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk.