RAMSEY
FORTY FOOT - WAR MEMORIAL
Detailed
World 1 Roll
of Honour
Compiled & Copyright © Trevor Webb 2004
The
memorial is currently located in Ramsey Forty Foot village hall; previously
it was housed in the church of St Felix which was a little green church
built of corrugated tin. The names mostly all appear on the other local
Ramsey. Details here have been supplemented from the superb Hunts Cyclist
web site www.huntscycles.co.uk
run by Martyn Smith.
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Photographs
copyright © Trevor Webb 2004
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IN
MEMORIAM
GREATER
LOVE HATH NO
MAN THAN THIS THAT A
MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FIRENS
THE
GREAT WAR
1914-1918
ALLEN |
Alfred
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Private
203388, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in
action 22nd August 1917. Born and resident Ramsey, enlisted Huntingdon.
Son of Robert Allen, of Upwood, and the late Emma Allen. Formerly
849 Hunts Cyclists. He was part of a contingent of 130 men of the
Hunts. Reserve Battalion who had volunteered for active service
in December 1914. They left from Huntingdon station in carriages
attached to the 10:06 train. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, Belgium. Also listed on Ramsey
memorial |
BURGESS,
MM |
John
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Private
60026, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 1st April
1918. Age 29. Born Alconbury, enlisted and resident Ramsey. Son
of Thomas & Hannah Burgess, Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsey. Formerly
6253, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery
Extension No 1, Somme, France.
Marquis
de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour - Volume
2, Part 4, Page 22 - BURGESS, John (M.M), Private, No 60026, 26th
(Service) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Youngest
son of Thomas Burgess, of Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsay, co.Hunts, Farm
Labourer, by his wife, Sarah Hannah, dau. of Samuel Leach; Born
Ellington, co. Huntingdon, 19th Nov, 1889; educated National School
there; was a Herdsman; enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire
Regiment 12th Feb, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders from 29th Sept following, being transferred
to the Royal Fusiliers; proceeded to Italy 10th Nov, 1917, returned
to France in Feb and died at No 2 Canadian Stationery Hospital,
Doullens, 1st April, 1918 from wounds received at Cambrai the previous
day. Buried in Doullens Cemetery. He was awarded the Military Medal
(London Gazette 17th June, 1917) for carrying messages under heavy
shell fire. Unm.
Also
listed on Ramsey memorial |
BURTON |
Ernest
Alfred |
Private
1502, 1/1st Battalion, Norfolk Yeomanry. Killed in action 5th December
1915 at Gallipoli. Age 21. Born Whittlesey, enlisted Wisbech, residentn
Ramsey. Youngest son of Mr & Mrs William Burton, Mere House,
Ramsey, (later 35 Princes Gardens, Peterborough). Formerly of March,
Cambs. Educated March Grammar School, worked Barclays Bank, Whittlesey,
then Wisbech. Norfolk Yeomanry evacuated Gallipoli on 14th &
19th Dec. Helles Memorial, Turkey. Also listed March
Grammar School, Cambs and Ramsey memorial
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BURTON |
Nelson
Charles |
39221
Private, 9th Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 25-10-18, 47th CCS, age
27. Fifth son of Mr & Mrs William Burton, Mere House, Ramsey,
(later 35 Princes Gardens, Peterborough). Formerly of March, Cambs.
Educated March Grammar School. Also listed March
Grammar School, Cambs and Ramsey memorial
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EMMINGTON |
R
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Either:
James Robert EMMINGTON, Private 42141, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 26th February 1918. Born Wood Walton, enlisted
Huntingdon, resident Ramsey. Formerly 106210 Hertfordshire Yeomanry.
Buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial and Ramsey memorial
or
John
Robert EMMINGTON, Private 39428, 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire
Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's). Killed in action 17th
September 1916. Formerly 1061 Hunts Cyclists. Born Ramsey St Mary,
enlisted Huntingdon. Buried in Hebuterne Military Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France.
Both
are also listed on Ramsey and Ramsey
St. Marys memorials. |
HOLLIS |
Charles
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Private
40965, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds 25th March
1918. Born, resident and enlisted Ramsey. Formerly 25589 Northamptonshire
Regiment. Buried in Roye New British Cemetery, Somme, France. See
also Ramsey memorial. |
HAMMENT |
James
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Private
23133, 6th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in
action 21st March 1918. Age 31. Born and resident Ramsey, enlisted
Bedford. Son of Mr. and Mary Ann Hamment, of Forty Foot Bridge,
Ramsey, Hunts. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. |
HATTON |
Ernest
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Lance
Corporal 39410, 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. (Princess
Charlotte of Wales's). Killed in action 31st July 1917. Enlisted
Huntingdon, resident Ramsey. Son of William & Fanny Hatton,
3 Longland's Yard, Little Whyte, Ramsey. Formerly 943 Hunts Cyclists.
Enlisted Huntingdon, resident Ramsey. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, Belgium. Panel 45. See also Ramsey
memorial. |
HOBBS |
Tom
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Private
20802,
1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 28th August 1916.
Age 23. Enlisted Huntingdon, resident Ramsey. Son of George &
Ellen Hobbs, Mere Farm, Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsey. Formerly 946
Hunts Cyclists. Buried in Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La
Boisselle, Somme, France. See
also Ramsey memorial. |
KILBY |
George
Alfred |
Private
23136, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th
July 1917. Age 23. Born Ramsey, enlisted Ampthill, resident Ramsey
Hollow. Buried in Albuera Cemetery, Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult, Pas
de Calais, France.
See
also Ramsey memorial.
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PEDLEY |
Thomas
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Private
425197, 27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died
25th June 1918 in Ramsey. Born 9th March 1878. Enlisted 9th January
1915 at Dauphin, Canada aged 30, passed fit 15th January 1915. Height
5 feet 6½ inches, girth 36 inches, complexion dark, eyes
grey, hair black, religion Church of Engand. Had a scar on his forehead.
Son of Thomas & Jane Pedley; husband of Louisa Ann Pedley of
Ramsey. Farmer by trade. Commemorated on Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. National Archives of Canda Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7697 - 31. Also listed Benwick
and Ramsey
memorial. |
RICHARDSON |
Frank
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Corporal
18094, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 10th October 1918 at
Salonika. Age 27. Born Warboys, enlisted Huntingdon. Son of John
& Emma Richardson, Broadalls Drove, Forty Foot. Buried in Salonika
(Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece. Also
listed Benwick
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STACEY |
H
W |
Royal
Engineers. No further information currently. Also listed
Ramsey
memorial. |
STACEY |
John
William |
Private
202404, 17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died 6th August 1918.
Enlisted Ramsey. Son of Robert & Eliza Stacey, Benwick Rd, Forty
Feet Bank, near Ramsey. Formerly 25859, Bedfordshire Regiment. Buried
in Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France. Also listed
Ramsey
memorial. |
STOKES |
Ernest
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Private
238047, 22nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died 26th November 1918.
Age 32. Son of David & Jane Elizabeth Stokes, High St, Ramsey.
Buried in Ramsey Cemetery, Cambs. Also listed
Ramsey
memorial.
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TAYLOR |
Sidney
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Private
23638, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action at
Gheluvelt, near Ypres 7 October 1917. Aged 20. Son of John and Sarah
Taylor (nee Spencer) of Blue Bell, Forty Foot, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire
Unmarried. Born 15 August 1897. Enlisted 22 November 1915 served
with The Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 24 July
1916. Buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium. Plot XVII.
Row C. Grave 4. Also listed Ramsey
memorial and Ampthill
Park memorial
Marquis
de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour - Volume
2 , Part 3, Page 264 - TAYLOR, Sidney - Private, No 23638, 1st Battalion,
(16th Foot), The Bedfordshire Regiment
Son
of John Taylor, of Blue Bell, Forty-Foot Bridge, Ramsay, co.Huntingdon,
by his wife Sarah, dau. of George Spencer, Farmer. Born St Marys,
Ramsay aforesaid 15th Aug, 1897; educated Stonea, Wimblington, co.
Cambridge; enlisted 22nd Nov, 1915; served with The Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from 24th July, 1916 , and was killed
in action at Gheluvelt, near Ypres, 7th Oct, 1917. Unm. |
Last updated
26 August, 2016
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