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MURROW WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Cliff Brown 2000

The Murrow memorial is in the form of an obelisk and stands at the junction of The Bank and Front Road, Murrow. There 16 16 names for World War 1 and none for World War 2. The mmeorial was unveile din March 1920 and cost £170 0s 0d. Further details are held at the Wisbech and Fenland Museum.

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY
THE RESIDENTS OF MURROW & DISTRICT
TO THE SACRED MEMORY AND HONOUR
OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN
THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." JOHN XV.13

ANDREW	Stanley	In thw 1911 census he is listed as the 12 year old grandson of John Andrew; he was at school, born Murrow and staying in Murrow. No further information currently available.
ANDREW	Thomas	possibly Private 16554, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 26 July 1916. Born and enlisted Holbeach, resident Holbeach Hurn. Buried in Caberet Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez.
BALDWIN	Austin Provost	Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 September 1918, at Flesquieres. Aged 35. Son of William and Anna Baldwin, of 182 Park Rd, Peterborough. Buried in Lowrie Cemetery, Havrincourt, France.
BRIGHTON	Harry	Private 22051, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
CUTHBERT	Arthur	Private 331045, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 12 October 1917. Buried in Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boezinge, Belgium.
DANN	William	Private (Motor transport loader) T4/172505, Army Service Corps. Husband of Florence Elizabeth Dan, Flo Villa, Murrow. Attested 12 February 1916, mobilised 3 June 1916, posted to Army Service Corps. Posted to B.H.T.D. Havre on 20 June 1916. Invalided to England with pleurisy 20 June 1917. Discharged 10 October 1917. Died Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, from shock after operation sometime during 1918.
HART	Albert E	No further information currently available.
HILLS	Sidney	[Listed as HILL on memorial] Lance Serjeant 18487, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 27 April 1917. Born Three Holes, Norfolk, enlisted Ilkeston, Derbyshire, resident Murrow. Buried in St Patrick's Cemetery, Loos, France.
JACK	George	Private 17765, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 3 October 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, France.
KING	Jonah	Private 178249, 696th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Died thrombosis of head 19 January 1919. Son of Margaret King, of Lakenheath, Suffolk and the late Matthew King. Stockman, living Murrow, called up 1o May 1916, aged 37. Formerly 31988 Essex Regiment. Buried at Lakenheath Cemetery, Suffolk.
KIRBY	Herbert	Private 26787, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 March 1918. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
KNOWLES	Horace	Private 44690, 23rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 29 June 1918. Aged 23. Born and resident Murrow, enlisted Wisbech. Son of Mrs E Knowles, of Murrow. Formerly 5310, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment. Buried in Barenthal Military Cemetery, Italy. Plot 3. Row C. Grave 2.
MANN	Albert Edward	Private 326486, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 28 April 1918. Aged 37. Husband of Annie Rebecca Mann, of Mill Road, Murrow. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 148.
ROBINSON	John William	Private 7165, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 1 November 1918. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
TANSLEY	Charles Ernest	Private 16868, 'B' Company, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 11 May 1915. Aged 19. Son of Alfred & Harriet Tansley, Naseby. Buried in Merville Communal Cemetery.
WRIGHT	Walter	Private 36009, 2nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Died of appendicitis 21 June 18. Aged 25. Born Gorfield, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Wisbech, resident Murrow. Son of Fanny Wright, of Murrow. Formerly 18635, East Surrey Regiment. Buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot II. Row M. Grave 23.

Last updated 12 January, 2018

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