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WHADDON WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 and 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2001 Dave Edwards

This memorial is inside the church. The names have been sorted into alphabetical order within conflict for ease of reading and research.

To the Glory of God
and in honoured memory of the men of this parish,
whose names are recorded below, who fell in
the Great War 1914 - 1918

CHAPMAN	Walter	Pte. 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Bt., Suffolk Reg., d 7/1/1918, age 41, buried: JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Son of John and Susan Chapman, of Whaddon, Cambs.
CONINGSBY	Thomas Laurie	Pte. 7th Bt., London Reg., d 27/8/1918, age 18, commemorated: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Reginald Thomas and Mary Susan Coningsby, of Rectory Farm, Whaddon, Cambs.
HALL	Harry Thomas	Probably: Pte. 1st Bt. Hertfordshire Reg., d 22/3/1918, buried: STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON, Somme, France. Son of James Hall, of Mill House, Bassingborne, Royston, Herts.
HICKS	Frederick George	No further information currently
JARMAN	Reginald	Cpl. 6th Bt. Somerset Light Infantry, d 27/9/1916, age 25, buried: ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Son of James and Eliza Ann Jarman, of 18, Bridge St., Whaddon, Royston, Herts. Formerly of the 1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regt. See also Cambridge Shire Hall
LAW	John	Pte. 9th Bt. Suffolk Reg., d 11/4/1917, age 37, buried: VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Son of James and Eliza Law, of 15, Bridge St., Whaddon, Cambs.
OLIVER	Victor George	Pte. 6th Bt. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Reg.), d 7/10/1916, age 29, commemorated: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Son of Walter S. and H. M. Oliver, of The Cottage, Whaddon, Royston, Herts.
SMITH	Alfred William	No further information currently
R.I.P. In the Second World War 1939 - 1945
JACKLIN	Reginald Frank	No further information currently
JARMAN	William Reginald	Pte. 5th Bt. Suffolk Reg., d 18/1/1944, age 25, buried: CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Son of William and Emily Ethel Jarman, of Whaddon, Cambridgeshire.
LINSDELL	Charles Samuel	Pte. 2nd Bt. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Reg.), d 28/2/1944, age 20, commemorated: CASSINO MEMORIAL, Italy. Son of George and Lily Linsdell, of Whaddon, Hertfordshire.
MORFEY	Ainslie Henry	Sgt. Air Gnr., 50 Sqdn. R.A.F., d 10/8/1944, age 25, buried: THURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Vienne, France. Son of William Herbert and Katherine Scott Morfey; husband of Barbara Elizabeth Joan Morfey, of Whaddon, Hertfordshire.
SMITH	Jack William	Gdm. 4th Bt. Grenadier Guards, d 6/8/1944, age 22, buried: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Son of Charles Horace and Hilda May Smith, of Whaddon, Cambridgeshire.
WEBB	Bernard William	Flt. Sgt. Air Gnr. 582 Sqdn. R.A.F.V.R., d 25/5/1944, age 20, buried: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Germany. Son of Charles William and Winifred Jane Webb, of Whaddon, Hertfordshire.

Last updated 31 October, 2025

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