
RAMSEY
TOWN WAR MEMORIAL
Detailed
World 1 & 2 Roll of Honour
Compiled & Copyright © Cliff Brown 2000
The
memorial stands in the town on the green and takes the form of St George
in armour and cloak, spearing a dragon at his feet standing on an octagonal
column and plinth with a two-stepped base. The Second World War names
have been added around the base. There are 145 names for World War 1
and 46 for World War 2. The orginal memorial was unveiled in 1921 by
Mr H Coote; the sculptor was Frederick William Pomeroy. There is also
a brass plaque in the church. A photograph
of the unveiling of the war memorial can be found on the Cambridgeshire
Community Archives Network website.
|
Photograph
copyright © Phil Curme 2000 |
IN
GRATEFUL AND
HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
THIS PARISH WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
ACOMB |
John
|
21419
Private, 11th Durham Light Infantry. Died 10 November 1915, age
23. Son of Lewis Acomb, 16 Field Rd, Ramsey. Native of Cawood, Selby,
Yorks. Aubers Ridge British Cemetery, Aubers, Nord, France.
|
ALLEN |
Alfred
|
203388
Private, 1/5th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 22 August 1917.
Son of Robert Allen, of Upwood, and the late Emma Allen. formerly
849 Hunts Cyclists. Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.
|
ALLEN |
Edward
|
7665
Private, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 9 May 1915, age 28.
Son of Read & Emma Allen, Park Field, Doddington, Cambs. Husband
of Rose Hannah Allen, 77 The Avenue, Ramsey. Le Touret Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Also listed Somersham.
|
AMBROSE |
Alfred
|
5935
Private, 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 25 March 1918. Pozieres
Memorial, Somme, France. |
ARCHER |
Jonathan
Watts |
40516
Private, 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 8 June 1918, age 28. Son
of Martha Archer, Ramsey St Mary, & late John Archer. Houchin
British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
BARNES |
Archibald
Southwell |
13501
Private, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25 August 1915.
Brown's Road Military Cemetrey, Festubert, Pas de Calais, France.
See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
BASSETT |
Percy
N |
G/12641
Private, 8th The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Did 12 August 1917,
age 20. Son of John Allen Bassett & Elizabeth Bassett, 6 Scott's
Row, New Town, Ramsey. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge,
Belgium. |
BEDFORD |
Arthur
|
20719,
Private, 1/5th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 22 August 1916.
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
BEESLEY |
Edward
G |
23397
Private, 5th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died at sea 30 December 1917,
age 21. Son of Mr & Mrs Joseph Beesley, 4 Palmer's Yard, Great
Whyte, Ramsey. Chatby Memorial, Egypt. |
BEHAGG |
John
Lewis |
27578
Private, 9th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died home 9 May 1916, age 25.
Son of George & Mary Ann Behagg, Wood Lane, Forty Foot Bridge,
Ramsey Mark Beech (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Kent. |
BELLAMY |
Claud
Cecil |
15169
Sergeant,, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23 April
1917. Lived at Harwich. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais. Also listed
on Pondersbridge memorial.
|
BERRIDGE |
Sidney
Saunders |
39292
Private, 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment. (Princess Charlotte of Wales's).
Killed in action 5 September 1916, age 18. Son of Henry & Elizabeth
Berridge, 8 Little Whyte, Ramsey. Enlisted Ramsey. Formerly 136
Hunts Cyclists. Hebuterne Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
|
BOWYER |
H
|
King's
Royal Rifle Corps. No further information currently. |
BREWIN |
John
George |
9878
Private, 1st Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 9 May 1915. Le Touret
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
BRISTOW,
MM |
Marenza |
20766
Lance Corporal, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 22 August
1918, age 24. Husband of Agnes Anne Bristow, Pond's Bridge, Ramsey
St Mary. Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Also
listed on Pondersbridge memorial
and also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
BRITTON |
Ernest
George |
R/4927
Able Seaman, Hood Btn Royal Naval Division. Died 17 February 1918,
age 23. Son of Harry & Mary Britton, 7 Field Terrce, Ramsey.
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France.
|
BULL |
Arthur
Reginald |
123756
Driver, 60th Howitzer Bty Royal Field Artillery. Died 7 May 1917,
age 20. Son of the Rev H Bull & Winifred Bull, The Chestnuts,
Bury Road, Ramsey. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. |
BULL |
W
J |
30986
Private, Bedfordshire Yeomanry. Died 26 March 1917, age 31. Faubourg
D'Amies Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. |
BURGESS,
MM |
John |
60026
Private, 26th Royal Fusiliers. Did 1 April 1918, age 29. Son of
Thomas & Hannah Burgess, Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsey. Doullens
Communal Cemetery Extension No 1, Somme, France.
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour
the following:
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. |
BURTON |
Ernest
Alfred |
1502
Private, 1/1st Norfolk Yeomanry. Died 5 December 1915, age 21, Gallipoli.
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. |
BURTON |
George
|
43028
Private, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 14 March 1917. Formerly
19439 Bedfordshire Regiment. Adanac Military Cemtery, Miraumont,
Somme, France. |
BURTON |
Nelson
Charles |
39221
Private, 9th Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 25 October 1918, 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. |
BUTLER |
G
H |
possibly
George Henry, 14335 Private, 3rd Royal Fusiliers. Died 2 May 1915,
age 19. Son of George Henry Butler, 26 Armoury Yard, Wandsworth,
London. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. |
CARTER |
George
Edward |
13457
A/Sergeant,, C coy 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 4 April
1917, age 26. Son of James & Elizabeth Margaret Carter, Huntingdon.
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Pas de Calais, France.
|
CHAMBERLAIN |
D
|
2nd
Lt. Leicestershire Regiment. No further information currently.
|
CHAPMAN |
Ernest
John |
15468
Private, 2nd Grenadier Guards. Died 17 November 1914, age 21. Son
of John & Annie Chapman, 71 Great Whyte, Ramsey. Boulogne Eastern
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
CHAPMAN |
James
Victor |
17883
Private, 5th East Surrey Regiment. Died 14 October 1916, age 20.
Son of John & Victoria Chapman, 72 Great Whyte, Ramsey. Villers
Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois, Pas de Calais, France. Also listed
Doddington, Cambs. |
CLIFTON |
Albert
Ernest |
43084
Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 5 September 1916,
age 21. Son of Frederick & Rebecca Clifton, Toll House Farm,
Ramsey. Formerly 1303 Hunts Cyclists. Guillemont Road Cemetery,
Guillemont, Somme, France. |
CORKISH |
Henry
Evan |
30061
Bdr, C Bty, 92nd Bde Royal Field Artillery. Died 29 October 1916,
age 27. Son of Henry Evan Corkish & Margaret Corkish; husband
of Mary Jane Corkish, 15 College St, Ramsey. Carnoy Military Cemetery,
Somme, France. |
CORNEY |
Arthur
David |
32861
Private, 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Died 31 March 1917. Son of
Mr A A Corney, The Queen's Head, Whittlesey. Born, resident and
enlisted Ramsey. Formerly 23606 Suffolk Regiment. Buried in St Pierre
Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
CORNEY |
Edward
|
8951
Lance Corporal, 20th Hussars. Died 23 March 1918. Pozieres Memorial,
Somme, France. See also Ramsey St Mary
Memorial. |
CORNEY |
Leonard
Alfred |
21042
Private, 3rd The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Living Ramsey St Mary.
Died 11 March 1917. Ramsey St Mary Churchyard.
See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
Photograph Copyright © Martyn Smith 2002
|
CORNEY |
Sidney
|
216331
Private, 27th Btn Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died 21
August 1917, age 27. Sn of Mr C Fuller, LateCottage, Ramsey Heights;
husband of I Corney, 39 Field Terrace, Ramsey. Vimy Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. See also Upwood.
|
CROFT |
Arthur
|
203253
Private, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20 October
1917. Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
CROUCH |
George
W |
|
CUMBRIDGE |
John
Henry |
S/5687
Rfn, 11th Rifle Brigade. Died 9 December 1915. Son of John&
Eliza Cumbridge. Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de
Calais, France. Also listed on Pondersbridge
memorial. |
CUMBRIDGE |
William
|
15329
Private, 9th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 5 May 1917. Philosophe
British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France. Also listed
on Pondersbridge memorial.
|
DARLOW |
Arthur
|
13503
Private, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 19 June 1915.
Son of Mrs E Darlow, Factory Cottage, near Ramsey. Lillers Communal
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
DARNELL |
James
|
G/13319
Private, 11th The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died 23
March 1918. Living Ramsey. Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. |
DAWK(E)S
|
[Frank]
Ernest |
|
DAWK(E)S
|
[George]
James |
41409
Private, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 26 July 1917. Formerly
203907 Bedfordshire Regiment. Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.
See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
DAY |
Ernest
Charles |
23701
Private, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 11 February 1918,
age 24. Son of Henry & Martha Day, 1 Marriott's Yard, Ramsey.
Noyon New British Cemetery, Oise, France. |
DAY |
George
|
19873
Private, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 May 1917,
age 35. Son of Henry & Martha Day, 1 Marriott's Yard, Ramsey.
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
DENTON |
George
William |
291135
Private, 7th Gordon Highlanders. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. |
DENTON |
L
|
|
EARL |
Albert
|
989
Private, 28th Btn Australian Imperial Force. Died 22 September 1915,
agae 24. Son of Thomas & Maria Earl, 63 High St, March, Cambs.
Native of Newmarket. Special Memorial, Embarkation Pier Cemetery,
Turkey. Also listed St Peter's
Church war memorial, March, see March. |
EDWARDS |
Cecil
William |
3141
Private, 53rd Btn Australian Imperial Force. Died 23 September 1917.
Ypres (Menin Gate) Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium. |
EMMINGTON |
James
Robert |
42141
Private, 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Killed in action 26 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. |
EMMINGTON |
John
Robert |
39428
Private, 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment. (Princess Charlotte of Wales's).
Killed in action 17 September 1916. Formerly 1061 Hunts Cyclists.
Born Ramsey St Mary, enlisted Huntingdon. Hebuterne Military Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. |
FELLOWES |
The
Hon Coulson Churchill |
Capt,
1st Life Guards. Died in London 22 October 1915, age 32, after illness
contracted in trenches 10 months earlier. Eldest son of 2nd Baron
& Lady de Ramsey, of Ramsey Abbey; husband of the Hon Mrs Lilah
Fellowes, daughter of 14th Baron Inchiquin. Born 8 February 191883.
Member of the Reserve of Officers & gazetted Captain, August
1914. Succeeded by his son Ailwyn Edward, born 1910. His first wife
was Gwendolen Dorothy, eldest daughter of Mr Harry Wyndham Jefferson,
Stoke Hall, Rochford, Lincs. Ramsey (St Thomas Beckett) Churchyard.
|
FENSOME |
Walter
|
54/184822
Lance Corporal, 62nd Divisional Supply Column, Army Service Corps.
Died 8 April 1917, age 32. Son of Henry & Louis Fensome, Offord
Cluny; husband of Rose Fensome, 211 Oundle Rd, Woodston, Peterborugh.
Enlisted Ramsey. Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France. See
also Offord Cluny. |
FEW |
Stanley
|
27352
Private, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23 April 1917,
age 25. Son of Mr & Mrs William Few, 62 Blenheim Rd, Ramsey.
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
FOX |
Percy
Ernest Cecil |
320315
Corporal, 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
8 December 1917, age 21. Formerly 2325 Suffolk Regiment. Son of
Sarah Fox, 64 Broad St, Ely, Cambs & late E G Fox. Jerusalem
War Cemetery, Israel. |
FULLER |
Andrew
Thomas |
9114
Sergeant,, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 16 June 1915, age 26.
Son of Gillson Fuller, 1 Potts Yard, New Town, Ramsey. Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. |
FULLER |
Leonard
|
1170
Private, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Died 8 March
1915. Son of the late Alfred Fuller JP and Alderman of Hunts County
Council, & Mrs Augusta Elizabeth Fuller. Went to Canada in 1912
where he worked as a real estate agent in Montreal. Dickebusch New
Military Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium.
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume
1, part 1, page 145, FULLER, Leonard, Private, number 1170, Princess
Patricias Canadian Light Infantry. 5th son of the late Alfred Fuller,
of Ramsey cou. Hunts, J.P. and Alderman of Hunts County Council,
by his wife Augusta Elizabeth dau of Charles Pope Bates of Ramsey,
M.R.C.S. Born Ramsey , co Hunts 2 September 191881 , educated Aldenham
school ,Herts. Went to Canada in 1912, and settled at Montreal as
a real estate merchant, volunteered at the outbreak of war and joined
PPCLI in aug 1914, came over with the first Canadian contingent
in Oct .
Trained
on Salisbury plain during the winter, went to France in dec 1914
and died at Dickebusch, Belgium 8 March 1915, from wounds received
in action at St Eloi.
He
was buried at the Regimental cemetery at Dickebusch. Unmarried. |
GARDNER |
Joseph
|
17479
Private, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 15 April 1918. Alconbury
(St Peter & St Paul) Churchyard. |
GARRATT |
Leslie
Thomas |
2nd
Lieutenant, 32nd (East Ham) Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 3 July
1916. Bailleul Communal Cemetry Extension, Nord, France.
|
GILBERT |
James
|
104290
Private, 117th Coy Machine Gun Corps. Died 19 November 1917. Tyne
Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. |
GOAKES |
Albert
|
268533
Private, 1/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 29 October 1918,
age 24. Son of Thomas & Alice Goakes, of Ramsey. Montecchio
Recalario Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy. |
GODFREY |
George
William |
19427
Private, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 11 November 1917.
Son of William & Sarah Godfrey, of Ramsey; husband of Ann Godfrey,
6 Longlands Yard, Ramsey. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Ramsey.
|
GOWLER |
Job
|
51244
Private, 1st The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 7 June 1915. Perth
Cemetery (China Wall), Zillebeke, Ieper, Belgium.
Photograph
Copyright © Alan Grove 2005 |
GRAY |
Reuben
|
23327
Private, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 23 April 1917, age 32.
Son of Reuben Gray, Ramsey Heights. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
GREEN |
G
|
possibly
George, 18088 Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 25 September
1918, age 45. March Cemetery, Station Rd, March, Cambs.
|
GREENWOOD |
Frank
|
30312
Private, 14th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 20 May 1918, age
32. Husband of Edith Greenwood, 3 Trafalgar Square, Ramsey. Morbecque
British Cemetery, Nord, France. |
GREENWOOD |
Harry
|
203249
Private, 3/5th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 27 June 1917, age 23.
Son of Henry Greenwood, 10 Field Rd, Ramsey. Ramsey Cemetery, Cambs.
|
GREENWOOD |
Herbert
|
12477
Private, 5th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 25 February 1916. Vermelles
British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
GREENWOOD |
John
|
9894
Private, 1st King's Liverpool Regiment. Killed in action 16 May
1915. Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
GREENWOOD |
James
Percival |
9829
Private, 1st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died 8 May 1915.
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. |
HALL |
[T]
William |
Guardsman
16179, aged 22, 2nd Battalion, The Grenadier Guards 2nd Division.
Killed in action near Bethune 10th March 1915. Son of William &
Elizabeth Hall of High Road, Side, Ramsey. Born in Ramsey and enlisted
in March. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR.22.
|
HAMMENT |
James
|
23133
Private, 6th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 21 March 1918. Son of Mrs
MaryAnn Hamment, Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsey. Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
Belgium. |
HAMPTON |
William
Orr |
2nd
Lieutenant, 3rd Norfolk Regiment attached 70th Machine Gun Company.
Died 1 July 1916, age 28. Son of the Rev William Henry & Elizabeth
Hampton, The Vicarage, Pondersbridge. Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile,
Somme, France. Also listed on Pondersbridge
memorial and King's
School, Ely. |
HARDING |
Charles
A |
200948
Private, 1/5 Durham Light Infantry. Died 11 April 1918. Ploegsteert
Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Belgium. |
HARLOCK |
Willaim
George |
G/35039
Private, 11th Royal Fusiliers. Died 22 October 1916. Husband of
E A Harlock, Pickards Drive, Lotting Fen, Ramsey. Ramsey St Mary
Churchyard, Cambs. See also Ramsey St
Mary Memorial. |
HARPER |
Charles
Golding |
43111
Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 5 September
1916, age 26. Son of Fred & Maria Harper. Formerly 1557 Hunts
Cyclists. Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
HARVEY |
John
William |
L/37034
Bdr, 183rd Bde Royal Field Artillery. Did 12 October 1916, age 32.
Son of William & Emily Harvey, Abbey Wood Yard, Ramsey. Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. |
HARVEY |
William
|
49390
Private, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 13 October 1918, age 29. Son
of John & Ann Ramsey. Haspres Coppice Cemetery, Haspres, Nord,
France. |
HATTON |
Ernest
|
39410
Lance Corporal, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment. (Princess Charlotte
of Wales's). Killed in action 31 July 1917. 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. |
HILL |
Victor
|
53757
Private, 2/6th Manchester Regiment. Died 13 July 1918, age 23. Son
of R & M Hill, The Lees, Ramsey. formerly 30638 Bedfordshire
Yeomanry. Tincurt New British Cemetery, Somme, France. |
HIPWELL |
Albert
Wilson |
35619 Private, 1/4th Essex Regiment. Killed in action 19 September
1918, Palestine. Born and resident in Ramsey St Mary, enlisted Huntingdon.
Buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. Also listed on Pondersbridge
memorial
and also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
HOBBS |
F
|
20502
Private, 1/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 28 August 1916,
age 23. Son of George & Ellen Hobbs, Mere Farm, Forty Foot Bridge,
Ramsey. Formerly 946 Hunts Cyclists. Pozieres British Cemetery,
Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France. |
HOLLIS |
Charles
|
40965
Private, 10th Battalion Essex Regiment. Died of wounds 25 March
1918. Born, resident and enlisted Ramsey. Formerly 25589 Northamptonshire
Regiment. Roye New British Cemetery, Somme, France. |
HOLMES |
Leonard
|
32969
Private, 11th Royal Lancaster Regiment. Died 11 May 1917. Fins New
British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme. Also listed on Pondersbridge
memorial. |
HUBBARD |
Edward
|
3054
Gunner, No 5c Reserve Bde Royal Field Artillery. Died 6 May 1916.
Ramsey Cemetery, Cambs. |
HUGHES |
George
|
|
JOHNSON |
John
Robert |
29254
Private, 1/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 8 October 1917.
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
KILBY |
George
Alfred |
23136
Private, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16 July 1917,
age 23. Lived Ramsey Hollow. Albuera Cemetery, Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult,
Pas de Calais, France. |
LAMBERT |
Robert
Henry |
203271
Pte 1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 26 August 1918, age 20. Son
of Matthew, Ramsey St Mary. Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais.
See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
LANT |
Tom
|
|
LAVENDER |
Arthur
James |
1925
Private, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 25 July 1915. Son of
Mr & Mrs George Lavender, 5 Gladstone Terrace, Ramsey. Ration
Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle d'Armentieres, Nord, France.
|
LEGGETT |
Firth
|
20802
Private, 1/8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 27 August 1916.
Formerly 642 Hunts Cyclists. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
|
LEPLA |
Jeffrey
|
13726
Private, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 25 September 1915. Son
of George & Mary Alice Lepla, Waintfleet Marsh, Wainfleet, Lincs.
Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. |
LILLEY |
Leonard
Percival |
30206
Lance Corporal, 14th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 25 June 1916,
age 20. Son of John & Susannah Lilley, Lotting Fen, Ramsey.
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
LILLYWHITE |
Horace
Willie |
27007
Private, 3rd Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 31 March 1916, age 34.
Born Jan/Mar 1883. Son of Edward ( A coachman) & Joanna Lillywhite.
Living in Main Street Connington (1901 census detail). Family of
five sons and five daughters. Born Connington, enlisted Bedford
(Ramsey, Hunts). Felixstowe New Cemetery, Suffolk. |
LINES |
Frederick
|
150987
Private, 103rd Btn Machine Gun Corps. Died 13 November 1918. Son
of William & Mary Lines, 88 Great Whyte, Ramsey. Etaples Military
Cemetery,Pas de Calais, France. |
LINES |
Herbert
|
32768
Private, 131st Coy Machine Gun Corps. Died 12 July 1917, age 23.
Son of George & Alice Lines, Daintree Rd, Ramsey St Mary. Basra
Memorial, Iraq. See also Ramsey St Mary
Memorial. |
LONGBOURNE,
DSO |
Hugh
Richard |
Captain,
7th The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died 3 May 1917, age
32. Son of Charles R V & Caroline Elizabeth Ainslie Longbourne,
Highmead, Guildford,Surrey. Born Ripsley, Sussex. Raised and commanded
company of Hunts Cyclists at Ramsey, February 1914. Transferred
to QRWS 1916. DSO at Schwaben Redoubt, Thiepval. Agent for Lord
de Ramsey. Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
|
LONGLAND |
Charles
|
20801
Private, 1/8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 11 September 1916.
Ramsey Cemetery, Cambs. |
LONGLAND |
Charles
Lavender |
225595
Corporal, 2/4th London Regiment. Died 21 March 1918. Attached from
1st Royal Fusiliers. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. |
MASON |
A
|
202368
Private, 3rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died 13 November 1918, age 25.
Husband of Florence A E Mason, 19 Station Rd, Ramsey. Ramsey Cemetery,
Cambs. |
MAYCOCK |
Edgar
|
160563
Private, 38th Btn Machine Gun Corps. Died 9 November 1918, age 25.
Son of Sam & Elizabeth Maycock, 1 Gunthorpe Rd, Werrington.
Native of Ramsey Hollow. Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery,
Manancourt, Somme, France. |
MEE |
Arthur
|
9891
L/cpl, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 5 September 1916.
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
NEGUS |
Ernest
|
S/417
Rfn, 12th Rifle Brigade. Died 21 September 1915, age 25. Son of
John Thomas & Frances Negus, 41 Woodside Gardens, Bruce Grove,
Tottenham. Rue-Du-Bacquerot No 1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, Pas
de Calais, France.
From
Huntingdonshire Heroes of the First World War by John Bell
ISBN 0 946965 21 8. Letters to Mr Negus Ernest's father from Machine
Gun Officer Ralph C.S. Stevenson and Chaplain A. Stewart.
2nd.
Batt. 12th R.B.
21st Sept. 1915.
Dear
Mr. Negus,
I
am very sorry to tell you that your son was killed in action this
afternoon. A shell burst quite near him and killed him instantaneously.
He
could not have known anything about it, and of that I am glad.
Your
son is a great loss to his friends and myself.
I
could not wish for a more cheery lad or a more willing worker.
His
place in his gun team will be hard to fill. Please accept my deepest
sympathy in your sorrow.
He
will be buried tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. quite near the firing
line.
Yours
very sincerely,
Ralph
C. S. Stevenson
Machine Gun Officer.
Rifle
Brigade.
September 22nd 1915.
To
Mr. J.T. Negus
Dear
Mr. Negus,
It
is with great sorrow that we have to inform you of the death of
your son Rifleman E. Negus on September 21st.
It
is very difficult to know how to comfort you in this sad loss, but
it is surely some consolation to know that your son died doing his
duty.
Your
son's body was buried in a little cemetery behind the trenches and
is marked by a wooden cross.
Yours
in true sympathy,
A.
Stewart
Chaplain. |
NEGUS |
[Archibald]
Frank |
L/14483
Private, 2nd Middlesex Regiment. Died 14 March 1915. Le Touret Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. |
NEWTON |
Arthur
Leslie German |
266595
Gunner, E Bty, Royal Field Artillery Died 2 February 1919, age 29.
Son of Arthur & Mary Newton, Four Hundred Farm, Ramsey. Educated
St Ives Grammar School. Huy (La Sarte) Communal Cemetery, Juy, Belgium.
Also listed Benwick.
From Andy Pay's research
into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour the following:
Volume
2, Part 5, Page 131 - NEWTON, Arthur Leslie Garman - Gunner, No
266595, E Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
Eldest
son of Athur Newton, of Four Hundred Farm, Ramsay, Farmer, by his
wife, Mary, dau. of the late James Green, of Lakesend, Wisbech;
born Ramsay, co.Huntingdon, 14th Oct.1895; educated St.Ives Grammar
School; was a farmer in Ramsay; enlisted in the R.H.A., 10th Oct.1917;
served with The Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from16th
April.1918; was invalided home in the following Oct. suffering from
Heart trouble; returned to France after The Armistice to serve with
th Army of Occupation, and died at No 50 Casualty Clearing Station,
Huy, 2nd Feb.1919, of Typhoid, contracted while on active service.
Buried at La Sarte Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote stating
that he was always very attentive and thorough, and an efficient
gunner. Unm. |
PALMER |
P
|
Hunts
Cylists. No further information currently. |
PAPWORTH |
Charles
|
26604
Private, 11th East Lancashire Regiment. Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery,
La Gorgue, Nord, France. Originally one of four UK soldiers buried
at Eastaires Convent Cemetery. |
PARKER |
Sam
|
8875
Private, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 14 March 1915, age
23. Son of Robert Parker, 7 Setchfield's Yard, Church St, Whittlesey.
Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Also listed Whittlesey.
|
PARKER
|
W
C [Charles
William] |
[Memorial
list Wc Parker but records state Charles William Parker] Private
30224 , 14th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 5th Division.
Killed in action on the Somme 3 September 1916. Born in Ramsey and
enlisted in Huntingdon. Next of kin, Ramsey. Formerly with the Huntingdonshire
Cyclist Battalion (1003). Buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval.
Grave F.402. [Listed on the memorial as Royal Lancaster Regiment.
] |
PEDLEY |
Thomas
|
425197
Private, 27th Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died 25 June
1918. Son of Thomas & Jane Pedley; husband of Louisa Ann Pedley.
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Also listed Benwick.
|
PEDLEY |
William
H |
J/85356
Ordinary Seaman, HMS Benbow, Royal Navy. Died 25 February 1919,
age 18. Son of Mrs Sarah Greenwood, 1 Princes St, Ramsey. Ramsey
Cemetery, Cambs. |
PEPPER |
John
|
19564
Private, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25 June 1916.
Lived Great Whyte, Ramsey. Carnoy Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
|
PETTITT |
Cecil
George |
307716
L/cpl, 1/8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 27 August 1917. Tyne
Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,Belgium. |
PETTITT |
T
|
possibly
Thomas, 29727 Private, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
10 August 1917. Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium. |
PICKARD |
William
|
19560
Private, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 June 1916.
Lived Great Whyte, Ramsey. Essex Farm Cemetery, Boezinge, Belgium.
|
POTTS |
W
G |
102556
Gunner, 93rd Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 17 October
1917. Son of Mrs E Potts, York House, The Field, Ramsey. Outtersteene
Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. |
RICHARDSON,
MM & Bar |
Thomas
Albert |
24375
Sergeant,, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 18 September 1918.
Son of Stephen & Harriett Richardson, Ramsey St Mary. Templeux-le-Guerard
Cemetery, Somme, France. Also listed on Pondersbridge
memorial. |
ROOTHAM |
G
|
267437
Private, 1st Bucks Btn, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died 8 September 1917, age 24. Son of William & Emma
Rootham, Ramsey. Ramsey St Mary Churchyard, Cambs.
See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
Photograph Copyright © Martyn Smith 2002
|
ROOTHAM |
William
Henry |
267505
Lance Corporal, 1/1t Bucks Btn, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died 16 April 1917. Son of Amos & Mary Jane
Rootham, Middle Level Rd, Ramsey St Mary. Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
ROSE |
Quince
|
269186
Private, 1/1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 31 July 1917. Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. |
SEEKINGS |
Bertie
Charles |
2884
Private, 1/4 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Died 2
September 1916. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
SEEKINGS |
R
J |
King's
Liverpool Regiment. No further information currently. |
SETCHELL |
Ernest
|
99642
Private, 8th King's Liverpool Regiment. Died 17 September 1918.
Son of William D E Setchell, Ramsey St Mary; husband of Minnie Setchell,
Ramsey Heights. formerly 7211 Bedfordshire Regiment. Bac-du-Sud
British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais.
See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
SHELTON |
Ronald
William |
10667
Private, 23rd Royal Fusiliers. Died 30 September 1918. Son of William
& Julia Shelton, Hazeldene, Ramsey. Noyelles-sur-L'Escaut Communal
Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. |
SHELTON |
George
William |
19359
Private, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16 June 1915,
age 31. Son of Elijah & Fanny Shelton, Upwood; husband of Albina
Shelton, Oil Mills Rd, Ramsey. Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
SILK |
Arthur
|
40265
Private, 13th Middlesex Regiment. Died 31 March 1918. Etretat Churchyard
Extension, Seine-Maritime, France. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
SINCLAIR |
William
|
30331
Private, 14th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 3 September 1916,
age 19. Son of Daniel Sinclair, Ramsey Heights. Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. See also Ramsey St Mary
Memorial. |
SKINNER |
William
|
41319
Private, 4th North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 20 October 1918.
Son of Joseph & Sarah Ann Skinner, Ramsey. Lijssenthoek Military
Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. |
SLACK |
John
William |
203282
Private, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11 February
1918. Living Farcet. Noyon New British Cemetery, Oise, France.
|
SMITH |
[Owen]
William |
163881
Gunner, 1st/1st (Highland) Heavy Bty., Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed
in action28/3/1918, age 42.
Born Ramsey, living Ely.Buried: ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERYPas
de Calais, France. Husband of Gertrude Smith, of Wood Hall, Hemel
Hempstead. Also listed Ely. |
SMITHDALE |
Ernest
Alfred |
10173
Private, 10th Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died 15 September
1916, age 20. Son of Alfred & Elizabeth Smithdale, 21 Stan Lane,
Ramsey. Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
SMYTHE |
Rudolph
Meade |
Capt,
5th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 13 October 1915. Manager
of Barclays Bank, Ramsey. Helles Memorial, Turkey. |
STACEY |
H
W |
Royal
Engineers. No further information currently. |
STACEY |
John
William |
202404
Private, 17th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died 6 August 1918. Son of
Robert & Eliza Stacey, Benwick Rd, Forty Feet Bank, near Ramsey.
Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France. |
STEVENS |
George
|
Lance
Corporal G/11815, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey
Regiment). Died of wounds 23 November 1916. Aged 36. Born Ramsey,
Huntingdonshire, resident and enlisted Cambridge. In the 1901 census
he was aged 21, born Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, a College Servant,
resident 43, Gold Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911
census he was aged 31, born Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, a Kitchen Porter,
resident 85, Fitzroy Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Buried in
ETRETAT CHURCHYARD, Seine-Maritime, France . Plot II. Row A. Grave
15A. See also Cambridge
Guildhall
Extract from Cambridge Independent Press
- Friday 1 December 1916, page 4:
CAMBS.
ROLL OF HONOUR.
Mr.
S. Stevens, of 16, French’s-road, has received news that
his brother, Lance-Corpl. George Stevens, No. 11815. Queen’s
R.W. Surreys, died of wounds received in action on the 3rd of
November. Lance-Corpl. Stevens, before joining the colours, was
employed at Christ’s College, and was formerly on the Emmanuel
College kitchen staff for 15 years.
|
STIMPSON |
John
Thomas |
295791
Private, 4th London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Died 25 August 1918.
Formerly 1360, 3/1st Hunts Cyclists. Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery,
Bray-sur-Somme, Somme, France. |
STOKES |
Ernest
|
238047
Private, 22nd Middlesex Regiment. Died 26 November 1918, age 32.
Son of David & Jane Elizabeth Stokes, High St, Ramsey. Ramsey
Cemetery, Cambs. |
SUTTON |
Leonard
|
43051
Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 5 September
1916. Formelry 1077 Hunts Cyclists. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
See also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
SWALES |
George
|
19479
Private, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 19 December
1915, age 23. Son of Mrs Susan Swales, Ramsey St Mary. Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
TATT |
George
William |
35259
Private, 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment formerly 35000, 9th Training
Reserve Battalion. Killed in action 10 April 1918. Aged 18. Born
and resident Ramsey, Huntingdosnhire, enlisted Huntingdon. Son of
Arthur James and Lydia Tatt, of Mere Side, Ramsey, Hunts. No known
grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
4. Also listed on Pondersbridge memorial.
|
TAYLOR |
Sidney
|
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. See also Ampthill
Park and Ramsey Forty Foot
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour
the following:
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. |
TEESON |
Arthur
|
28870
Private, 7th The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 18 November 1916.
Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France. |
TIBBLES |
William
|
49778
Private, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1918.
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
WARRINGTON |
Fred
|
163831
Private, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 24
September 1918. Born Ramsey, enlisted Huntingdon. Buried in Saulcourt
Churchyard Extension, Guyencourt-Saulcourt, Somme, France. Also
listed on Pondersbridge memorial.
|
WEBB |
Albert
|
Lance Corporal. 41st Bt. Australian Infantry, died 1 September 1918,
age 27, buried: VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Son
of Albert Webb, Bury Road, Ramsey, Hunts. Born West Wickham, Cambs.
|
WEBB |
G
|
Rifle
Brigade. No further information currently. |
WHITE |
George
|
11367
L/Sergeant,, 2nd Grenadier Guards. Died 26 March 1917. St Sever
Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. |
WHITE |
G
H |
32772
Private, 187th Coy Machine Gun Corps. Died 10 February 1917. Amara
War Cemetery, Iraq. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
WHITWELL |
Russell
|
G/14908 Private, 13th Battalion (3rd South Downs) Royal Sussex Regiment.
Killed in action 13th September 1916. Born Ramsey, enlisted Pondersbridge.
Buried in Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps. Also listed on Pondersbridge
memorial
and also Ramsey St Mary Memorial.
|
WILLIS |
Frank
|
82858
Private, 2/2nd London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Died 24 April
1918, age 19. Son of G & Jane Willis, Lotting Fen, Ramsey. Pozieres
Memorial, Somme, France. |
WILSON |
Jess
|
23739
Private, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 9 September
1917. No further information currently. See also Ramsey
St Mary Memorial. |
WOOD |
Arthur
|
|
YERRELL |
Samuel
|
9492
Sergeant,, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 19 July 1916,
age 22. Son of John & Emily Yerrell, 26 South St, Peterborough.
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
1939-45
|
AVORY |
George
Alfred |
926777
Sergeant, Wire Operator/Air Gunner, 78 Squadron Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve, Died 3 July 1941. Son of Mr & Mrs George
Avory. Jankerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands. |
AVORY |
Lawrence
Sidney |
P/KX
111951 Stoker 1st Class, HMS Cossack, Royal Navy.Died 23 October
1941, age 21. Son Charles & Rose Ellen Avory, of Ramsey. Porthsmoth
Naval Memorial, Hants. Note:
There is a HMS
Cossack Association |
BARLOW |
Wilfred
Horace Raymond |
1173074
Aircraftman 2nd Class, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 26
October 1940, age 20. Son of Horace Henry & Elsie Barlow, Ramsey
St Mary. Ramsey St Mary Churchyard, Cambs. |
BEDFORD |
Jack
|
5882886
Lance Corporal, 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 21 September 1944,
Prisoner of War, age 20. Son of George William & Jane Bedford;
husband of Evelyn Bedford, of March, Cambs. Singapore Memorial,
Singapore. Also listed March.
|
BEETON |
Wilfred
Roy |
1359941
Sergeant,, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 17 January 1942, age 29. Son of Wilfred & Elzie
Amelia Beeton (nee Carter); husband of Beatrice Mary Beeton, East
Bergholt, Suffolk. Old Fletton Cemetery, Cambs. |
BOWD |
Laurence
William |
3005645
Sergeant,, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12 September
1944, age 20. Son of Ernest & Hilda Bowd, of Ramsey. Ramsey
Cemetery, Cambs. |
BREEZE |
Ernest
W |
5882375
Private, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 4 June 1940, age 30.
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. |
BULLEN |
Albert
John William |
14271857
Driver, 6 Tank Brigade Workshops, Royal Electrical & Mechanical
Engineers. Died 24 June 1944, age 34. Son of William James &
Alice Bullen; husband of M E V Bullen. Lenham Cemetery, Kent.
|
BULLEN |
T
S |
Royal
Air Force. No further information currently available. |
CADE |
William
Harry |
1389837
Sergeant,, 619 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
24 August 1943, age 31. Son of Charles & Emma Jane Cade, of
Ramsey. Kiel War Cemetery, Germany. |
CARRINGTON |
Laurence
Eric |
14675604
Private, 1st Hampshire Regiment. Died 11 August 1944, age 19. Son
of Tom & Ada Mary Carrington. St Charles De Percy War Cemetery,
Calvados, France. |
COX |
Harold
|
5837166
Private, 2/5th The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 6
March 1944, age 21. Son of Harry & Letitia Cox, of Ramsey. Naples
War Cemetery, Italy. |
CULLIP |
Cyril
|
14631379
Private, 2/6th The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 1
March 1944, age 19. Son of Alfred George & Clara Cullip, of
Ramsey. Naples War Cemetery, Italy. |
DAVIS |
Philip
Oscar |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 115138, 511 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve (Transport Command). Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Lyneham, Wiltshire, in a Armstrong
Whitworth Albemarle GTI, serial number P1433, when his aircraft
was lost without trace, presumed to have ditched 100 miles off
the southwest coast of Spain during a transit flight from Gibraltar
to the United Kingdom 10 August 1943. Aged 22. Native of Ramsey,
Huntingdonshire. Son of Frank Richards Davis and Sarah Elizabeth
Davis, of Ramsey, Huntingdonshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on Malta Memorial, Malta. Panel 6, Column 2. See also Malta
Memorial

|
DAWSON |
George
William |
Flight
Sergeant/Air Gunner 1875339, 466 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Lost his life as a result of air operations
during the night of Sunday, 15 October 1944. He was the rear-gunner,
one of a crew of seven, in a Halifax plane, MZ299, which was on
an operational flight to Wilhemshaven and crashed near Jackstede.
Having previously been wounded in the legs during a flying operation
over France, he had spent some time in a Yorkshire hospital. Born
17 December 1924, eldest son of William Ward & Violet Dawson,
of 24 New Road, Ramsey. Formerly employed as an assistant at the
International Stores, Ramsey. Buried in Sage War Cemetery, Niedersachsen,
Germany. Plot 3. Row C. Collectuive grave 4-6.
Photographs
Courtesy & Copyright © Martin Fuller 2017
 
|
DEAN |
Claude
Edwin |
5827609
Private, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Died 7 June 1944. Imphal War Cemetery,
India. |
DUFFY |
P
P |
525887
Sergeant,, 142 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
4 August 1940, age 24. Ramsey Cemetery, Cambs. |
EDWARDS |
R
|
Suffolk
Regiment. No further information currently available. |
FEAST |
John
William |
1055916
Gunner, 33rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 1 June 1940.
age 36. Sonof Edward & Carrie Feast; husband of Lilian May Feast,
of Ramsey. Dunkirk Memorial, Nord, France. |
FRANCIS |
Alfred
James William |
5827514
Private, 4th Suffolk Regiment. Died 23 August 1944, age 25, Prisoner
of War. Son of Alfred & Jessie Francis, of Ramsey. Singapore
Memorial, Singapore.
|
GILDING |
Maurice
William |
562116
Warrant Officer, 70 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died 22 September
1942, age 31. Son of William Ewart Gilding & Mabel Emma Gilding,
of Ramsey. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. |
GREENWOOD |
Cyril
James |
14568800
Private, 1/6th The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 8
August 1944, age 19. Son of John William & Rose Greenwood, of
Ramsey. Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France. |
GREENWOOD |
Howard
Gordon |
T/328731
Driver, Royal Army Service Corps attached 42nd Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 5 August 1944, age 25. Son of Bert
& Martha Greenwood; husband of Kathleen May Greenwood, Brockley,
London. Labaun War Cemetery, Malaysia. |
HIBBINS |
Arthur
Ronald |
14742241
Private, 1/5th Welch Regiment. Died 2 March 1945, age 19. Son of
Benjamin William & Fanny Hibbins, of Ramsey. Reichswald Forest
War Cemetery, Germany. |
HODSON |
Cyril
Taylor |
14839861
Private, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Royal Army
Ordnance Corps. Died 30 December 1945, age 37. Son of Charles &
Elizabeth Hodson, of Manea; husband of Doris Susan Hodson, of Ramsey.
Tel El Kebur War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. |
HOW |
Geoffrey
Arthur James |
Apprentice,
SS Landilo (London), Merchant Navy. Died 2 November 1942, age 18.
Tower Hill Memorial, London. |
INGLE |
Douglas
Herbrt |
7931772
Trooper, 7th Queen's Own Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 1 April
1942, age 21. Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar. |
JOHNSON |
Ronald
Robert |
5835126
Private, 70th Suffolk Regiment. Died 3 July 1941, age 19. Son of
Harold & Annie Johnson, of Farcet Fen, Cambs. Pondersbridge
(St Thomas) Churchyard, Cambs. |
NORFIELD |
Oliver
George |
1104633
Gunner, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 11 February 1942, age 22. Son of Oliver & Daisy May Norfield,
of Ramsey. Special Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
|
OLDHAM |
Donald
Curzon |
162078
Lieutenant, 1st Rifle Brigade. Died 9 September 1942, age 21. Son
of the Rev Gordon Miles Staveley Oldham MBE, MA & Hila Georgina
Susan Oldham, Ramsey Vicarage. Heliopolis War Cemetery, Greece.
|
PALMER |
Ernest
Alfred |
6630707
Sergeant,, 2/7th Middlesex Regiment. Died 31 May 1944, age 37. Son
of Frederick & Bertha Palmer; husband of Ruth Palmer, of Ramsey.
Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. |
PALMER |
John
Harold T |
42020
Flight Lieutenant, 82 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died 6 December
1942. Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany.
|
PAPWORTH |
Arthur
|
5885217
Private, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 7 August 1944, age 24.
Son of Walter & Louisa Papworth, of Ramsey Mereside; husband
of Joyce Papworth. Vaudry Churchyard, Calvados, France. He has been
honoured by the French who named a school after him in Vaudry, the
village he died defending. Curiously he is buried in the local cemetery
rather than with his 51 comrades at the war graves cemetery at St
Charles De Percy.

Photograph Copyright © Mavis Marriott 2001
|
PAPWORTH |
Andrew
N |
5889575
Private, 5th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 16 May 1944, age 28.
Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. |
PEDLEY |
Thomas
William |
2338583
Driver, Royal Corps of Signals. Died 10 September 1940. Bury St
Edmunds Cemetery, Suffolk. |
PEPPERCORN |
Donald
Henry James |
1189709
Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 5
July 1941. Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. |
PICKARD |
Horace
Arthur |
5830934
Private, 5th Suffolk Regiment. Died 15 February 1942, age 22. Kranji
War Cemetery, Singapore.
|
ROOK |
Cecil
|
C/JX
301352 Able Seaman, MN MTB 671, Royal Navy. Died 24 April 1944,
age 20. Son of George & Lily Rook, Stamford, Lincs. Haslar Royal
Naval Cemetery, Hampshire. |
ROSHER |
Eric
|
1054385
Sergeant,, 1 (SAAF) Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 23 February 1944, age 28. Son of Edwin & Elizabeth Ann
Rosher, of Ramsey. Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy. |
RULE |
Stanley
|
14596928
Private, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 25 August 1943, age
36. Ramsey Cemetery, Cambs. |
SERJEANT |
John
|
130430
Captain, Royal Norfolk Regiment attached 1st Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles). Died 24 May 1944, age 29. Son of Frederick Mawdesley Serjeant
& Winifred Louise Dumella Sergeant, of Ramsey. Taukkyan War
Cemetery, Myanmar. |
SHEPPERSON |
Geoffrey
|
Apprentice,
SS Clarissa Radcliffe (London), Merchant Navy. Died 9 March 1943,
age 17. Son of Jack & Kate Shepperson, of Ramsey. Tower Hill
Memorial, London. |
SMITH |
Ellis
|
5833115
Trooper, 7th Queen's Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 4
June 1942, age 29. Son of Harry & Emma Smith, Middlemoor, Cambs.
Kirkee War Cemetery, India. |
SPENCER |
Richard
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7264550
Private, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 14 February 1942. Special
Memorial C, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
|
SPENCER |
Victor
George |
P/JX
523942 Able Seaman, HMS Victory, Royal Navy. Died 15 December 1945.
Ramsey Cemetery, Cambs. |
TAYLOR |
Raymond
Victor |
14227043
Private, 2nd Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 3 May 1945, age 34. Husband
of Annie Taylor. Overloon War Cemetery, Netherlands. |
TAYLOR |
T
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No further information currently available. |
TINKLER |
Owen
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5827756
Private, 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of dysentary 31 December
1943, Prisoner of War, age 24. Son of Jabzey & Elizabeth Tinkler,
Four Hundred Farm, Benwick, Cambs. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
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WHITTAKER |
W
B |
Royal
Air Force. No further information currently available. |
WILLIS |
Peter
James Delwyn |
Second
Radio Officer, SS Rowanbank (Glasgow), Merchant Navy. Died 31 January
1941, age 18. Tower Hill Memorial, London. |
WILSON |
Francis
Victor |
5827782
Private, 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 21 September 1944, Prisoner
of War, age 25. Son of Charles & Mary Ann Wilson, of Ramsey.
Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
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WILSON |
John
William |
Private,
Royal Army Service Corps. Died 14 September 1939, age 36, buried:
Ramsey Cemetery, Huntingdonshire. Son of Charles and Mary Ann Wilson,
of Ramsey; husband of Ivy Wilson, of Ramsey. |
Last updated
18 August, 2024
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