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PONDERSBRIDGE WAR MEMORIAL

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Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards - 2013

The Pondersbridge memorial was in the form of a bronze plaque which resided in the parish church at Pondersbridge. It is currently missing. There were 19 names listed for World War 1. The memorial was unveiled in May 1920. Details have been transcribed from an old photograph of the memorial which was in St Thomas Parish Church.

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN
SACRED MEMORY OF THE
UNDERMENTIONED OFFICERS
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND MEN OF THE PARISH OF
PONDERSBRIDGE WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

BELLAMY Claude C
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CUMBRIDGE John Henry
Private S/5687, 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 9 December 1915. Aged 21. Born and resident Ramsey, Hunts, enlisted Huntingdon. Son of John and Eliza Cumbridge. In the 1911 census he is listed as aged 17, born Famsey Fen, a General agricultural labourer, son of John and Eliza Cumbridge, resident Oil Mills Road, Ramsey Whittesley, Cambridgeshire. Buried in Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 5. Also Whittlesey
CUMBRIDGE John Wm
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DYER Daniel
Private G/21045, 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 4 April 1918. Aged 20. Born and resident Mereside, Ramsey, Hunts, enlisted Huntingdon. Son of Daniel and Martha Dyer, of Mereside, Ramsey, Hunts. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 16. Also Whittlesey
HAMPTON William Orr
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HOLMES Leonard
Private 32969, 11th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died on service 11 May 1917. Enlisted Huntingdon. Buried in Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row J. Grave 11. Also Whittlesey
LONG Arthur
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PALMER William H
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PLUMMER Harry
Private 4623, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 12 October 1916. Born Ramsey, Hunts, enlisted Whittlesey. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Ramsey, Hunts, son of William and Eliza Plummer, resident Ramsey Road, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Ramsey, Hunts, a General farm labourer, son of William Plummer (a widowr), resident Blackbush, Whittesley, Cambridgeshire,. Buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France. Special memorial Row B. Grave 9. Also Whittlesey
RICHARDS Fred
Private 16895, 11th (Cambridgeshire Regiment) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 21. Born Benwick, Cambs, enlisted Whittlesey. Son of William and Emma Richards, of Ponders Bridge, Whittlesey, Peterborough. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born benwick, Cambridgeshire, son of William and Emma Richards, resident Worlick, Ramsey, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire & Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born benwick, Cambs, a Labourer horseman on farm, son of Charles William and Emma Richards, resident Ponders Bridge, Whittesley, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Also Whittlesey
ROE Isaac H
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ROE Sidney
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ROSE
Charles Edward
Private G/24612, 7th Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 8 August 1918. Aged 24. Son of Elizabeth Rose, of 19, Blunt's Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, and the late Henry Rose. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Whittlesey, son of Henry and Elizabeth Rose, resident Ives Drove, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Buried in Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Somme, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave 9. Also Whittlesey
SAUNDERS Edwin Walter
Lieutenant, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 May 1915. Aged 22. Elder son of Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders, of Glassmore House, Whittlesea, Peterborough, and the late Walter Shepperson Saunders. Educated at Oundle School, admitted in September 1906 entering Crosby House; left in April 1910, and later took up farming. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Whittlesey, son of Walter Shepperson and Elizabeth Saunders, resident Glassmoor Bank, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born GLassmoor, Whittlesea, a Farmer's son managing farm, son of Elizabeth Saunders (a widow), resident Glassmoor, Whittesley, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52. Also Whittlesey

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

SAUNDERS Edwin Walter of Glasmoor House Whittlesey Ely Cambridgeshire died 5 May 1915 at Ypres in Belgium on active service Probate London 23 February to Elizabeth Saunders widow and Alec Bertram Saunders farmers.
Effects £3621 1s. 4d.
TATT George William
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