Frederick Charles

Private 16838, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (16 Platoon, "D" Company). Killed in action 12 March 1916. Aged 27. Son of Arthur and Anna Maria Armstrong, Bunkers Hill, Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Nord, France. Brother of below.

Horace William

Private 106118, 2/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action at Kemmel 16 April 1918. Aged 19. Son of Arthur and Anna Maria Armstrong, Bunkers Hill, Wisbech St Mary. No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Brother of above.

Herbert Bernard

Private 40276, 2/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 25. Formerly 5651 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Son of A Revell and E Revell Burrows. Husband of Elizabeth Lydia Hammond (formerly Burrows), 14 Bannister's Row, Wisbech. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Walter Bertram

Private 28771, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 2 December 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

David Abraham

Private 235054, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 26 October 1917. Aged 19. Formerly 202082 Essex Regiment. Son of Samuel James and Mary Ann Broughton, of Wisbech St Mary. Buried in La Brique Military Cemetery No 2, Belgium.

Alfred Edward

Private 40184, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15 April 1917. Aged 32. Son of Mr and Mrs G Caley, Long Sutton. Husband of Annie Caley. Formerly 28238 Essex Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Arthur

Private 3674, 4th/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died home 2 February 1916. Aged 19. Son of Thomas Diggins, Wisbech St Mary. Lived near Church. Buried in Wisbech St Mary churchyard.

George William

Lance Corporal 12262, 6th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 3 July 1916. Aged 27. Son of Mr J and Mrs B E Eagle, High Side, Wisbech St Mary. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

W

No information.

Charles

Private 553231, 650th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Died of pneumonia 20 August 1919. Formerly 38680 Rifleman, 25th Reserve Garrison Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Son of the late Jacob and Mary Ann Garner, Wisbech St Mary. Husband of Kate Garner, 58 Lenton St, Hyson Green, Nottingham. Buried in Wisbech St Mary churchyard.

George Henry

Private 40392, 1/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 6 September 1917. Aged 19. Eldest son of Mr and Mrs Edward Garner, Rummer's Lane. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Harry Edward

Private 1878, "D" Company, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Wounded 3 September 1916, buried by shell, Died of wounds 4 September 1916. Aged 22. Son of Mrs E Ashton, of Panswell Lane, Barton Rd, Wisbech. Lodged with Mrs Westwood, Elm Rd, March. Buried in Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France. Brother of below.

Sidney William

Private 235187, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 October 1917. Aged 21. Son of Mrs E Ashton, of Panswell Lane, Barton Rd, Wisbech. Lived Gadds Lane, Leverington Common. Formerly 2878 Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. Brother of above.

Walter John

Gunner R/4161, Anti-Aircraft Training Depot, "B" Battery, No 4. A.A. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died at Shoeburyness Military Hospital 12 October 1916. Aged 19. Son of James Heath, Wisbech St Mary, and the late Susannah Mary Heath. Buried in Wisbech St Mary churchyard.

Leonard

Private M2/222498, 363rd Mechanical Transport Company, attached V Corps (Heavy Artillery), Army Service Corps. Died of wounds 27 September 1918. Buried in Grevillers British Cemetery.

Spencer Tomlin

Private 21335, 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 10 April 1917. Aged 21. Youngest son of William and Mary Ann Knowles, Tholomos Drove. Buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.

Frederick Hugh

Private 33144, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, formerly 23315, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action on Saturday, 26 October 1918. Age 22. Born Wisbech St Mary, enlisted King's Lynn, resident Walpole St Andrew, Norfolk. Buried in St Souplet British Cemetery, Nord, France. Grave I. D. 16.

Frederick James

Corporal A/201818, 16th (Church Lads) King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 20 May 1917. Aged 19. Formerly 20106 Suffolk Regiment and TR/13/21223 109th Training Reserve Btn. Son of Mr and Mrs John William Moyses, Mouth Lane, North Brink, Wisbech. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Frank

Private 3683, 3rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 31 August 1918. Formerly 18882 Suffolk Regiment. Son of Mr H C Moyses, Bunkers Hill, Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Mory Abrey Military Cemetery, Mory, Pas de Calais. Brother of Joseph.

Joseph

Private 4191, "D" Section, 55th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 1 March 1917. Son of Mr H C Moyses, Bunkers Hill. Awarded Military Medal for 1-4 October 1916. Formerly East Surrey Regiment. Buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt. Brother of Frank.

John William

Gunner 234643, 52nd Brigade Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 30 September 1917. Buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery, Heuveland, Belgium.

James

Sergeant 28207, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 12 November 1917. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.), followed by Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) (London Gazette 4 March 1918). Buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.

Gilbert Benjamin

Private 48159, 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds 22 October 1918. Aged 21. Son of Benjamin and Mary Jane Tawn, of Church Rd, Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Courtrai (St Jean) Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

William J

No information.

John William

Private 24728, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 12 October 1916. Buried in Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, Pas de Calais, France.

G

Corporal 22707, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds (gas) Saturday, 17 July 1920. Aged 36. Son of George and Sarah Ann Smith, New Walsoken. Husband of Rosa Smith, Wisbech St Mary. Buried in WISBECH ST. MARY CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire in South-East part.

Thomas Cyril

Leading Aircraftman 1451480, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 13 May 1945. Aged 23. Son of John Frederick and Lilian Barnes, of Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Wisbech (St Mary) Churchyard, Cambridgeshire.

Albert Edward

Sergeant 518503, 42 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 13 October 1940. Flew Beauforts, based Wick with detachment at Thorney Island. Buried in Wisbech (St Mary) Churchyard, Cambridgeshire.

William Raymond

Private 14655758, 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal West Kent. Died 20 December 1944. Son of Arthur William and Emily Culy; husband of Edna May Culy, of March. Buried in Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece.

Kenneth Charles

Flight Sergeant 1331756, Wireless operator (Air), 190 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 26 August 1944. Aged 23. Flew Stirlings, based Great Dunmow. Son of Charles Richard and Gladys May Garner, of Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Villeneuve-St-Georges Old Communal Cemetery, Valde, Marne, France.

Graham [Gerald Lancelot]

ANOTHER SOLDIER
DIED IN CAPTIVITY
Tragic News for Mr. and
Mrs. H. Heath

After hearing nothing of him since December, 1943, Mr. and Mrs. H. Heath, of “Enfin,” Barton-road, Wisbech, have been informed that their youngest son, Dvr. Graham G. L. Heath, of the Royal Engineers, died while in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in June, 1943.

The bereaved parents have heard nothing of their loss from official sources, the news coming to them from Sgt.-Major Morris, of Wisbech (who was in their son's Company) and from the Rev. J. N. Duckworth (Chaplain to the Cambs. Regt.) who was with Dvr. Heath when he died.

Dvr. Heath was educated at Wisbech St. Mary School and before he joined the Services he was employed by Messrs. Davis and Co., Ltd., of Lynn-road, Wisbech. As a Territorial he was called to the Colours just before the outbreak of war, and the last his parents heard of him after he was captured, by the Japanese was a card received from him in December, 1943.

Gilbert [Thomas James]

LOCAL AIRMAN
BURIED IN GERMANY
Official News for Wisbech
St. Mary Wife

OFFICIAL NEWS that her husband, Sergt. Gilbert Thomas James Heath, R.A.F. — reported missing in January while on an 7 operational flight over the Berlin area—was buried with his four comrades at Alexanderhof the next day, has now been received by Mrs. G. T. J. Heath, of Church-road, Wisbech St. Mary.

A letter from the Casualty Branch of the Air Ministry, which reached Mrs. Heath on Wednesday, states: “I am directed to refer to a letter from this Department dated the 17th March, 1944, and to inform you with regret that a further report has now been received from the International Red Cross Committee, which unhappily confirms that your husband, Sergeant. Gilbert Thomas James Heath, Royal Air Force, lost his life on the 30th January, 1944. He and his four comrades who lost their lives with him were buried the next day in Alexanderhof Parish Cemetery, to the right of the east entrance. The grave numbers are not stated, but any further details received will be forwarded to you. Alexanderhof is in the district of Teltow, a short distance south of Berlin. In conveying this information I am to express, the deep sympathy of the Department with you in your bereavement.”

The only son of Mrs. T. Heath and of the late Mr. Heath, of Wisbech St, Mary, Sergeant. Heath was educated at the Wisbech St. Mary School and later worked for Mr. E. Quince, of Barton-road, Wisbech. He was a very keen footballer, and played for Wisbech Town Reserves. After joining up in July, 1941, he was married in the following October to Miss Eva Joan Ashmore, daughter of Mrs. E. Kemp, of Wisbech St. Mary.

In July, 1943, he was promoted to Sergt. Air-Gunner. It was on the night of January 30-31 that he was posted missing while taking part in an operational flight over the Berlin area, and on March 17th his wife learned that he was believed to have lost his life.

Henry John

Corporal 6970530, Army Catering Corps. Died 22 October 1944. Aged 26. Son of Harry John and Flora Holmes, of Wisbech St Mary; husband of Olive Evelyn Holmes, of Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Santerno War Cemetery, Italy. Brother of below.

William

Lance Corporal 14669791, 6th Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). Died 9 September 1944. Aged 21. Son of Harry John and Flora Holmes, of Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Geel War Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium. Brother of above.

Frances Cyril

KILLED IN ACTION
Wisbech St Mary Parents
Lose Only Child

The grievous news that their only child, Private Francis Cyril Moyses, of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, had been killed in action on January 10th, while fighting with the British Liberation Army in North-West Europe, was received on Monday morning by Mr. and Mrs. J. Moyses, of Bevis-lane, Wisbech St. Mary.

Only 19 years of age, Pte. Moyses joined the Dorset Regt. on March 2nd, 1944, and while serving overseas was transferred to the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

A quiet, lovable lad, he made friends wherever he went. He was educated at Wisbech St. Mary School, and after a short period in the employ of Mr. F. R. Desborough, Wisbech St. Mary, he joined the staff of Messrs. F. W. Essex & Son, Ltd., grocers, High-street, Wisbech, with whom he served his apprenticeship. He had been with the latter firm for just over three years when he went into H.M. Forces, and while at Wisbech he did his turns of duty regularly with the Nene-quay, High-street, Hill-street Fire-watchers.

In his native village he played football, helped with various social functions, was a member of the A.R.P. Service, and belonged to the Methodist Church, where he was a regular attendant from the time he was a little lad.

The sympathy of a wide circle of friends goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Moyses in their irreparable loss.

A memorial service will be held at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Wisbech St. Mary, on Sunday next at 6.30 p.m.

Tom

Private S/258238, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 8 March 1946. Son of Tom and Mary Ann Moyses, of Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Wisbech (St Mary) Churchyard, Cambridgeshire.

Robert George

Able Seaman C/JX 137109, H.M.S. Vernon (Diving Establishment), Royal Navy. Killed in Falmouth Inner Harbour, whilst de-fusing an unexploded Land Mine, dropped by parachute from a Luftwaffe Bomber, 6 March 1941. Aged 24. Son of Charlott Tawn and stepson of Harry Maile, of Leverington Common, Cambridgeshire. Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (D.S.M.) and the British Empire Medal (B.E.M.). Buried in FALMOUTH CEMETERY, Falmouth, Cornwall. Section L. Row C. Grave 9.

Note: Able Seaman Tawn, a Royal Navy Diver was Killed in Falmouth Inner Harbour, whilst de-fusing an unexploded Land Mine, dropped by parachute from a Luftwaffe Bomber. Along with Able Seaman Tawn, Six other men also lost their lives. All are buried in Falmouth Cemetery, with the exception of one, named Sutherland, whose remains were never found.

See also Leverington War Memorial

Arthur William

Private 5784588, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 4 August 1944. Aged 21. Son of Walter J and Nellie Tibbs, of Wisbech St Mary. Buried in St Charles De Percy War Cemetery, Calvados, France.

Arthur William

Gunner 1146656, 474 Battery, 138 HAA Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 17 July 1942. Aged 21. Son of John William and Alice Warren, of Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Wisbech (St Mary) Churchyard, Cambridgeshire.

Hugh William

Trooper 7957656, 44th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 25 March 1945. Aged 26. Son of John T and Lizzie White, of Wisbech St Mary. Buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.

John Thomas

Private 5783982, 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 15 August 1944. Aged 22. Son of Mrs L White, of Wisbech. Buried in Wisbech Borough Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.

Also listed for this parish in the Ely Cathedral Second World War Book of Remembrance:

William George Ernest

Note: There is a HMS Spartan Association

Francis

Private 14643160, 4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 3 August 1944. Aged 19. Son of William and Rose Jordan, of Wisbech. Buried in Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, Calvados, France. See also Guyhirn and Rings End

Much sympathy is felt locally Mr. and Mrs. W. Jordan, of No. 2, Council House, Thorney Toll, whose only son, Francis Jordan, of Dorsetshire Regiment, has been killed in action in France, on Aug. 3rd.

Only 19 years of age, he joined the Army a year ago. Of a cheery disposition, he was well known and popular among his many friends; before his enlistment he was a driver for Read's Removals, of Peterborough.

Harold Albert

Sergeant 2091253, 18th Division HQ Royal Engineers. Died of cerebal malaria 26 August 1943. Aged 28, Prisoner of War. Died at Sankra Camp,Thailand. Born 14 June 1915, admitted to March Grammar school 17 September 1925, left 30 July 1929. After leaving March Grammar School, he went to Wisbech Grammar School. Son of Thomas William and Mary Ann Jude, of Halls Farm, Guyhirn. Employed as sorting office clerk and telegraphist at Wisbech Post Office. Buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar. See also March Grammar School and Guyhirn and Rings End and also Wisbech Conservative Working Mens Club.

Mr, and Mrs. T. W. Jude, of Hall's Farm, Guyhirn, have received the tragic news that their third son, Sergt. Harold Albert Jude, died on August 24th, 1943, while a prisoner-of-war in the Far East. This information comes from a friend of their son, who was with him when he died, and the grieving parents are now expecting an official notification from the War Office.

Sergt. Jude, who was serving with 18 Div., H.Q., R.E., is stated to have died, of cerebral malaria while a prisoner in Sonkra Camp, Thailand.

Aged 28, Sergt. Jude was educated at March Grammar School for two years and at Wisbech Grammar School for four years; he was then employed as a sorting clerk and telegraphist in the Wisbech Post Office until the outbreak of war, when he joined the Royal Engineers. He was with the 287 Field Company until a few weeks before he sailed for Singapore, when he was transferred to 18 Div. H.Q. and left this country for the Far East on October 25th, 1941.

Mr. and Mrs. Jude and family wish to thank all friends for kind inquiries during their anxious waiting, and for sympathy in their sad bereavement; also R.S.M. Morris for his great kindness.

Horace

Charles Trevor

Lance Corporal 4979978, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died 13 June 1942. Aged 25. Husband of Iris Moore, Leicester. Buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Libya. See also Guyhirn and Rings End

Douglas

Aircraftman 1st class (fitter), 645710, Royal Air Force. Died 27 February 1945, Prisoner of War. Son of Mr and Mrs C Moore, Council Houses, Gull Rd, Guyhirn; husband of Mrs Lilian Moore. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Singapore. See also Guyhirn and Rings End

News was received on Friday by Mr. and Mrs. C. Moore, of the Council Houses, Gull-road, Guyhirn, that their eldest son, A/c. 1 Douglas Moore, is a prisoner of war in the Far East.

The telegram they received from the Air Ministry reads: “Information from the International Red Cross Committee states your son, A/c. 1 Douglas Moore, is a prisoner of war in Japanese hands.”

The last letter received from A/c. Moore was written on Jan. 19th, 1942. He joined the R.A.F. on May 31st, 1939, and he has been trained as a fitter. He went abroad in May, 1941. Two years ago A/c. Moore was married to Miss Lilian Payne, of Hedley-on-Thames [sic]. Before joining the R.A.F., A/c. Moore was employed by Mr. W. Fowler, of Guyhirn.

Mr. and Mrs C. Moore, of Council Houses. Gull-road. Guyhirn, have received the grievous news that their eldest son, L/Ac. Douglas Moore, of the Royal Air Force, died while a prisoner-of-war in Japanese hands.

L/Ac. Moore was married, his wife being formerly Miss Lily Payne, of Henley-on-Thames. He was educated at Guyhirn School and was later employed by Mr. E. Berry. He joined the R.A.F. before the outbreak of war. He was sent abroad in 1940 and captured at the fall of Singapore.

This is the second loss in this war for Mr. and Mrs. Moore, for their second son, Charles, lost his life in the battle for Hamburg. A third son, Ron, is serving in the Far East with S.E.A.C.

Deep sympathy is felt with the grief-stricken parents, and the tragedy is accentuated by the fact that so many Far East prisoners are now returning home.

Roger Marshall

Sergeant 571812, 9 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died on 13 May 1943. Aged 22. Flew Lancasters, based Bardney, with detachments at Lossiemouth and Yagodrik. Son of Ernest Tom and Bertha Morris; husband of Isabella Morris, of Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on Runnymead Memorial, Surrey. See also Guyhirn and Rings End