MANEA WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Cliff Brown
Memorial unveiled
April 1920.
The
memorial can be found outside the St Nicholas church, High Street, Manea.
It takes the form of a plain Latin granite cross with a diagnonal wreath
standing on a four-stepped base. There are 39 names listed for World
War 1 and 9 for World War 2. The memorial was originally unveiled and
dedicated 25th April 1920; it cost £270 to erect.
The
Cambridgeshire Times of 1920/21 details the unveiling of the Manea
Primitive Methodist Chapel memorial. Most of the men named (about
10 to 12) are on the main Manea, but there were perhaps four or five
who were not, neither are they on other local memorials. This memorial
was sold with the chapel and is now in private hands. Fortunately Barry
Cundell managed to photograph the memorial prior to the sale.
1914-1918
LEST WE FORGET
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN
MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO
FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
ALSO THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE
OF THEIR COUNTRY
1939-1945
| BEEKEN |
Harry
|
Lance Corporal 16982, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly 11th
Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 28 March 1918. Aged 21. Born
Manea, enlisted March. Son of Thomas & Hannah Beeken, The Green.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 4. |
| BRADSHAW |
Richard
Henry |
Corporal 15512, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds
25 September 1915. Born and enlisted Manea. Fiance of Miss Dora
Muffitt, Manea. Son of Mrs Hannah Bradshaw. No known grave. Commemorated
on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
| BUTTERISS |
Charles
|
Private
16981, 11th (Cambs) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
17 July 1916. Aged 22. Born Manea, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Edward
& Jane Butteriss, of Bedlam Farm. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
|
| CARTER |
Walter
|
Private
10682, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 8 May
1917. Aged 23. Born Manea, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Youngest
son of Mrs Carter, High Street. No known grave. Commemorated on
Arras Memorial, France.
|
| CLARKE |
Ernest
William |
Private 23 784, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds
16 October 1916. Aged 21. Born Manea, enlisted March. Elder son
of Frederick & Fanny Clarke, Clay Pits. Buried in Contay British
Cemetery, Contay, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 24. |
| COOPER |
Fred
aka Alfred |
Private 34939, 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
formerly 6554, Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 3 September 1917.
Aged 29. Born Hilgay, Norfolk, resident Manea, enlisted King's Lynn,
Norfolk. Son of Samuel and Rebecca Cooper, of Ten Mile Bank, Hilgay,
Norfolk; husband of Bertha Delina Cooper, of Fodder Fen, Manea.
March, Cambs. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime,
France. Section P. Plot III. Row C. Grave 4A.
|
| COOPER |
Albert
|
{Listed as Alfred on SDGW] Private 34939, 9th Battalion, Loyal North
Lancashire Regiment formerly Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 3
September 1917 (wounded 7 August 1917). Aged 29. Son of Samuel &
Rebecca Cooper, Ten Mile Bank, Hilgay. Husband of Bertha Delina
Cooper, Fodder Fen. Buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen,
France. |
| COX |
Archibald
aka Archie |
 [Listed
as Arthur Cox, 51432 on SDGW] Private G/61432, 13th Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers formerly 75600 Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action
4 September 1917. Aged 25. Born Manea, enlisted March. Husband of
Alice Cox, of Colony Farm, Welney. Native of Manea. Buried in Bus
House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row D. Grave 27.
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| CULLIP |
John
('Jack') William |
Private (Signaller) 25449, 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion, East Surrey
Regiment (Signal Section). Killed in action 7 June 1917. Aged 21.
Born Manea, enlisted Dorking, Surrey. Son of Herbert & Elizabeth
Cullip, High Street. Member of Manea Silver Band. Buried in Bus
House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row B. Grave 29.
|
| EDWARDS |
Thomas
|
 Private
G/60074, 3/4th Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. Died
of wounds 5 November 1917. Aged 41. Son of William & Elizabeth
Edwards, Westfield Rd. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery,
Poperinghe, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXI. Row EE. Grave 20.
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| ELLINOR |
Herbert
Ambrose |
Private 16971, 11th (Cambs) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 17 October 1917. Aged 21. Born Manea, enlisted March.
Son of Mr & Mrs Johnson Ellinor, Cemetery Road. No known grave.
Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
|
| GRAY |
George
Henry |
Private 13753, 99th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly
18840 Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 August 1916. Aged 25.
Born and resident Manea, enlisted March. Son of Henry & Catherine
Gray. Husband of Daisy Gray, School Lane. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
| HAMILTON |
Ronald
Eric |
2nd
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action
23 April 1917. Aged 20. Son of Dr and Mrs Hamilton, The Elms. No
known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, France. |
| HAWES |
James
[H] |
Gunner 211834, 'D' Battery, 170th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of influenza 5 April 1919 at 4th Stationary Hospital, Longuenesse.
Aged 29. Fourth son of Alfred & Elizabeth Hawes, The Fifties
Farm, Manea. Buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery,
as de Calais, France. Plot V. Row F. Grave 56. |
| HAYLETT |
George
[Edward] |
Private 29270, 'C' Company, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 19 January 1917. Aged 25. Husband of M. M. Pearson (formerly
Haylett), of Purls Bridge, Manea, March, Cambs. Native of Hilgay,
Downham, Norfolk. Buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece. Plot
VI. Row J. Grave 13. |
| HILL |
Arthur
|
Private 16975, 11th (Cambs) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 2 June 1916. Aged 20. Born Manea, enlisted March. Son
of Alfred & Jane Hill, Witcham Farm. Buried in Becourt Military
Cemetery. (Brother of below). |
| HILL |
Alfred
|
Private 8942, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 18
August 1916. Aged 22. Son of Alfred & Jane Hill, Witcham Farm.
Buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, France. (Brother of
above). |
| KENT |
Job
Henry |
Gunner 233839, 'D' Battery, 310th Brigade, Royal Artillery. Died
7 December 1918. Son of Harry & Eliza Kent, of Welney. Buried
in Premont British Cemetery, Aisne, France. (also listed Welney)
|
| KIRBY |
John
|
Driver
16974, 11th (Cambs) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds
16 April 1918. Aged 19. Born Manea, enlisted March. Son of Mr &
Mrs George Kirby, Old Crown Inn, Manea. Buried in Haringhe (Bandaghem)
Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row F. Grave
8.
|
| KIRBY |
William
|
Corporal 20342, 14th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds
in United Kingdom 9 November 1918 at Norwich, wounded 30 August
1918. Aged 27. Born Manea, enlisted March. Son of George & Emily
Kirby. Buried in Manea Cemetery.
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| LARKINS |
George
Rose |
Private 50846, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly TR/13/74193
Training Reserve.. Drowned 25 August 1918 (Eygpt). Son of George
Rose Larkins. Buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. |
| MARSHALL |
Harry
|
Private 14622, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed
in action 22 March 1918. Born Manea, enlisted Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
Second son of Mrs Stacey, Upwell Rd, March. Groom to Dr Black, of
Manea. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme,
France.
|
| MASON,
MM |
Josiah
|
Sergeant
7336, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 31 July
1917. Born Manea, enlisted Ely. Awarded Military Medal in 1916.
No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
|
| MINETT |
Herbert
R |
Private
G/27348, 2/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed in action
4 November 1917 (Eygpt). Aged 40. Son of Thomas & Mary Ann Minett.
No known grave. Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.
|
| MOAT |
Leonard
|
Gunner 76206, 156th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died
on service 8 April 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident Manea, enlisted
Wisbech. Horsekeeper, exemption disallowed March 1916. Only son
of George & Mary Moat, Westfield, Manea, March, Cambs. Buried
in Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 7.
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| NEWBY |
Walter
|
Private G/24726, 6th Battalion, East Kent Regiment. missing, Killed
in action 30 November 1917. Only son of Mr & Mrs Newby, School
Lane. No known grave. Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial, Louverval,
France. |
| NEWMAN |
Henry
('Harry') G |
Private 9129, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
23 December 1915. Aged 25. Son of George Newman, 1 New Street, Cambridge.
Baker for Mr J C Pocock, Manea. Buried in Guards Cemetery, Windy
Corner, Cuinchy, France. |
| NEWELL |
Valentine
|
Corporal 16968, 'C' Company, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 27 March 1918. Aged 21. Born Manea, enlisted March. Son
of Thomas and Rose E Newell, Vyner Villa, West Field. No known grave.
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 25.
|
| PEARSON,
MM |
George
|
Acting Corporal 8902, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in
action 6 January 1918. Born Manea, enlisted Ely. Son of Joseph Pearson,
Purl's Bridge, Manea, March, Cambs. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.)[SDGW
only] Buried in Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot II. Row A. Grave 13.
|
| PHILLIPS |
James
Albert |
Private 15515, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
25 September 1915. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Manea. No known grave.
Commemorated on Loos Memorial, France. |
| POPE |
George
H |
Rifleman
S/29545, B Company, 16 Platoon, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade formerly
18838, Suffolk Regiment. Missing, killed in action 28 May 1918.
Born Welney, resident Manea, enlisted Chatteris. Lived Field Road.
Son of Henry & Susan Pope. No known grave. Commemorated on Soissons
Memorial, Aisne, France.
|
| RICHARDSON |
David
William |
Gunner 153297, 17th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Wounded
9 October 1918, died of wounds 10 November 1918 at Tooting Military
Hospital. Aged 29. Lived Welches Dam. Buried in Manea Cemetery.
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| RUSH |
Herbert
|
Private 5459, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment).
Died of wounds 12 November 1916. Aged 37. Born Hilgay Fen, Norfolk,
resident Manea, enlisted March. Son of William & Maggie Rush.
Husband of Mrs Rush, School Lane. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery,
France.
|
| SMART |
George |
Private
8650, 'H' Company, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
26 August 1914. Aged 22. Born Manea, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son
of William and Sabina Smart, of Brampton Villa, Welney, Wisbech.
No known grave. Commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial,
Seine-et-Marne, France. |
| SMART |
Herbert
James |
Private (engine driver) M2/084095, Mechanical Transport, Army Service
Corps. Wounded 24 March 1918, died of wounds 25 March 1918. Aged
23. Born and resident Manea, enlisted Chelsea. Traction engine driver,
conditional exemption (CT 3 March 1916). Son of George & Sarah
Ann Smart, of Glen House, Welney. Husband of Nelly Smart, of High
St, Manea. Grandson of 'Turkey' Smart, the Fen skater. Nelly remarried
to Oliver Wright and their son A O Wright appears on the war memorial
lists for 1939-45 at Manea and Wimblington. Buried
in St Hilaire Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row G. Grave
5. (Brother of above) |
| SMART |
John
Richard |
[Listed as SMARTE elsewhere] Private 3/10079, 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment. Reservist. Killed in action 22 January 1916. Aged
39. Born and enlisted Manea. Son of William Smart, of Manea; husband
of Rosanna Smart, of Cemetery Rd., Manea, March, Cambs. Buried in
Spoilbank Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B. Grave
20. |
| WALKER |
G
|
Lance Corporal 2935, 8th Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Killed in action 30 April 1916. Aged 35. Son of Mr & Mrs Walker,
Cemetery Rd, Manea. Husband of Lilian Walker, 10 Stamford Brook
Rd, Hammersmith, London. Buried in Dranoutre Military Cemetery,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 12. |
| WAYMAN |
John
William |
Private 44652, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds
(gas) 9 September 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Manea, enlisted
Wisbech. Son of Wilfred & Emily Wayman, Field Road. Buried in
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Somme, France.
|
| YOUNG |
Alfred
|
Lance Corporal 16965, 11th (Cambs) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died of wounds 1 July 1916. Aged 21. Born Manea, enlisted March.
Second son of Alfred Job Young, Royal Standard, High Street. No
known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
|
1939-45
|
| BONNETT |
Albert
Francis |
Private
1465982, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 6 October
1944. Aged 19. Born and resident Cambridgeshire. Second son of Mr
& Mrs James Bonnett, of Station Rd, Manea. Buried in Leopoldsburg
War Cemetery, Limburg, Belgium. |
| GRAHAM |
Joseph
D |
Private
5933905, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment.
Died at sea 12 September 1944. Aged 25. Prisoner of War. Born and
resident Gateshead. Adopted son of Mrs M R Smalley, of Lesidera,
The Green, Manea. Father was Killed in World War One. No known grave.
Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
|
| HOWE |
Arthur
|
Lance
Corporal 5925027, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 28 May 1940.
Aged 28. Son of Thomas William & Mary Ann Howe, of High St, Manea.
Reservist, recalled 1939. No known grave. Commemorated on Dunkirk
Memorial, Nord, France. |
| MOATE |
Harry
|
Home
Guard. Killed by passing train on Home Guard duty at Delph Bridge
21 June 1941. Son of Mrs Moate, School Lane, Manea. Buried in Manea
Cemetery, Cambs. |
| NEWTON |
David
Lloyd |
Petty
Officer Cook, P/MX 542341, HMS Holcombe, Royal Navy. Lost with his
ship 12 December 1943. Aged 26. Son of John H & Edith A Newton,
of Bournemouth (formerly of Manea). No known grave. Commemorated
on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.
Note:
HMS Holcombe - Whilst escorting convoy KMS34 on 12 December 1943
her sister ship HMS Tynedale was torpedoed and sunk off Jijel, Algeria,
by U-593 commanded by Kptlt. Gerd Kelbling. The other escorts commenced
to search for the submarine but U-593 managed to torpedo Holcombe
during the hunt. Holcombe sank rapidly with the loss of 81 men |
| SCOTNEY |
William
Arthur |
Gunner
(Driver/Mechanic) 1692157, 355 Battery, 108 Light AA Regiment, Royal
Artillery. Died in road accident in Scotland 1 April 1944. Aged
24. Born and resident Manea. Son of James Leonard & Florence Scotney,
of Westfield Rd, Manea. Buried in Manea Cemetery, Cambs. Grave B.65.
S.E.
|
| TAYLOR |
Norman
William |
Private
5933870, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment.
Died of dysentery 31 August 1943. Aged 24. Prisoner of War. Son
of Mr W Taylor, Park Rd, Manea. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War
at Kanchanaburi. Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
|
| TUCK |
Arthur
James |
Private
5933902, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in plane crash between Okinawa & Manila 10 September 1945,
former Prisoner of War. Son of George William & Eliza Ellen Tuck,
of Westfield Rd, Manea. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore
Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 61.
|
| WRIGHT |
Antony
Oliver |
Pilot
Officer 158793, 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
based East Kirkby, Lincs, flew Lancasters. Died 27 January 1944.
Aged 20. Son of Oliver & Nelly Wright, of Wimblington. No known
grave. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Also Wimblington
memorial. |
| Also
listed for this parish in the Ely Cathedral Second World War Book
of Remembrance: |
| DUNHAM |
H
|
No
further information currently |
| Not
on memorial but buried in the churchyard |
| DUNNE |
Leslie
Walter |
 Sergeant
541899, Royal Air Force. Died 28 June 1944. Aged 27. Canadian. Son
of Walter James Dunne and Kate Louise Dunne, of Sorrento, British
Columbia, Canada. Buried in Manea Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. Grave
B. 224.
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Last updated
1 December, 2020
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