
WISBECH
ISLE OF ELY CONSTABULARY WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2- Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Cliff Brown
The
Isle of Ely Constabulary Memorials for both World War 1 and 2 are located
in Wisbech police station.
1914-1918 |
CHENEY |
William
John |
L/Cpl,
8287, 2nd Coldstream Guards. 14-11-14. Buried Sanctuary Wood Cemetery,
Zillebeke, Belgium. Also listed Ely.
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MCKANNA-MAULKIN
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Albert
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Lance
Corporal 14417, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 25 September
1916. Aged 28. Born St. Lukes, London, enlisted London. Policeman
with Isle of Ely Constabulary. Husband of Nellie McKanna-Maulkin.
Buried in Serre Road No 2 Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot XVI. Row
G. Grave 10. Also listed Whittlesey.
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PEEL |
Ernest
Owen |
Cpl,
R/17353, 17th King's Royal Rifle Corps, age 29. Buried Doullens
Communal Cemetery Extension No 1, Somme, France. Also listed Christchurch.
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1939-1945 |
LEES |
George
Edmund |
2613094,
L/Sergeant, 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards. Died 30th January 1944,
age 34. Son of William Bernard & Isabella Lees; husband of Marjorie
Lees, of Haddenham. Buried Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. See also
Haddenham |
CLAY |
George
Frederick |
2514197,
Sergeant, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Died 27th September 1944,
age 28. Son of Frederick & Sarah Clay; husband of Joyce Lilian
Clay, of Welwyn Garden City, Herts. Buried Heesch Roman Catholic
Cemterey, Netherlands. |
SIMPSON |
John
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350068,
Lieutenant, Royal Norfolk Regiment (police memorial says Corps of
Military Police). Died 30th May 1945, age 33. Son of Edmund Wallace
Simpson & Harriett Simpson, of Nottingham; husband of Doris Kathleen
Simpson, of 31 Downham Rd, Ely. Served in Grenadier Guards 1931-35,
joined Isle police in 1935, being stationed at Ely until called
up as a reservist in 1939. Buried Delhi War Cemetery, India. See
also Ely WW2 |
Last updated
7 June, 2021
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