Private 13798, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment), C.E.F. Died of illness 2 January 1915. Born 5 July 1891 in Cambridge. Next of kin William Saint, of Tenison Road, Cambridge. Charted Accountant by trade. Previousy spent 4 years in the Officer's Training Corps (OTC). Passed fit on 31 August 1914, enlisted 17th September 1914 at Valcartier, Canada, accepted 20 September 1914. Age at enlisted 23 years 2 months, height 5 feet 10 inches, girth 36½ inches, complexion fair, eyes grey, ahir black 5 vaccination marks on left arm, appendicetory scar in right groin. Religion Church of England. Buried in MILL ROAD CEMETERY, CAMBRIDGE, Cambridgeshire. Section XXXVIII Grave 22. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8613 - 10.

See also Perse School and Cambridge St Barnabas

Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding 1/1st Battalion (Territorial Force), Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 29 August 1918. Age 33. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Saint, of Cambridge; husband of Ida Elsie Saint, of 6, St. Barnabas Rd., Cambridge. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). Three times mention in desptaches. Buried in DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot VII Row A Grave 43. [Photograph from the London Illustrated News] Details about him appeared in the Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 6 September 1918

See also Perse School

Private 23759, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on Tuesday, 26th September 1916. Born and enlisted Trumpington. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Trumpington

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 3 November 1916

Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th October 1916. Aged 20. Born 26 June 1896 in Birmingham. Son of Mary Emily Scott, of 65, Ettisley Avenue, Newnham, Cambridge, and the late Robert Henry Scott. Formerly Serjeant 69864, 26th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment). Farmer by trade. Unmarried. He enllisted in the Canadian Army 5th November 1914, passed fit 13th November 1914, in St John, Canada, aged 18 years 4 months, 5 feet 9 inches, girth 39 inches, complexion dark, eyes brown, hair dark; religion Church of England. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, son of Robert Henry and Mary Emily Scott, born Birmingham, resident with his family at Playmoor Villas, Pinhoe, Devon. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8735 - 54. See also Cambridge St Mark's - see also the Bancroftian Network website

Sergeant 6663, 1st Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers). Killed in action 24 May 1915. Aged 30. Born Camberwell, S.E., Surrey, enlisted London. Brother of Mrs. D. E. Edwards, of 107, Manson Rd., Cambridge.In the 1911 censsu he was a Professional Soldier (Bandsman), aged 26, born Surrey, single, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Royal irish Fusiliers, billeted St Lucia Bararcks, Bordon, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 42. See also Cambridge St Barnabas

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 18 June 1915, page 8:

Sergeant Seagrott Killed.

Private 1853, 1st/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds in Heatherdene Hospital, Harrogate, Wednesday 22nd November 1916. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Reisdent of 24, Orchard Street, cambridge. In the 1911 census he was the son of Julia Hannah Sewell (a widow), aged 15, an Errand Boy, born Cambridge and resident with his sister and mother at 25 Bermuda Row, Cambridge. Buried CAMBRIDGE (HISTON ROAD) CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. Plot 8. Row B. Grave 15. St Luke's Grave reference B24.568. See also Cambridge St Andrew the Great and Cambridge St Luke's

In the 1911 census Fred William Shaw was the son of Allison Ernest Shaw and Emma Shaw, aged 20, Carpenter and Joiner, born Cambridge and resident with his parents at 27 Clarendon Street, Cambridge. No further Military information currently available possibly Frederick W SHAW, Serjeant 10449, 5th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 24 February 1919. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot XII. Row C. Grave 6. See also Cambridge St Andrew the Great

Flight Cadet 137459, Harrowby Dispersal Centre, Royal Air Force. Died 21 April 1919. Aged 19. Son of Hubert Norman and Edith Kate Shaw, of "Granta", Harvey Goodwin Avenue, Cambridge. Joined up from the Cambridge University O.T.C. Attained the rank of Serjt. Birth registered im yhe July to September Quarter 1899 in the Chesterton Registration District, Cambridgeshire. Born 30 June 1899, baptised 23 July 1899 at Cambridge St Luke's, son of Edith Kate and Herbert Norman Shaw (he was a clerk at St Augustines), of Glen Villa, 78 Richmond Road, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 1, son of Hubert N and Edith K Shaw, born Chesterton, resident 78, Richmond Road, Chesterton, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he is aged 11, son of Hubert Norman and Edit Kate Shaw, born Chesterton, resident 35 Kimberley Road, Chesterton, Cambridge. He attested 22 April 1918, aged 18, trade at the time was Electrical Engineer, born 30 June 1899 in Cambridge, service number 137459, graded Flight Cadet 29 July 1918, joined 23 Wing 21 March 1919. Buried in CAMBRIDGE (HISTON ROAD) CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. Plot 17. Row A. Grave 15. See also Cambridge County High School and Cambridge All Saints

SHAW.—21st April. 1919. Flight Cadet George Edward Shaw, of 35, Kimberley-road, Cambridge, died 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, aged 19 years.— Mr. and Mrs. Shaw wish to thank all friends for their kind sympathy.

Private 20111, "D" Company, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1916. Aged 25. Born Cambridge, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Shipp, of 4, Abbey St., Cambridge; husband of Elizabeth M (nee Shaw) Leach (formerly Shipp), of 12, Young St., Cambridge, married 1910; brother of Albert (above). In the 1901 census he is aged 10, born Cambridge, resident with his parents, Harry and Ellen Shipp, at 4 Abbey Street, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he is married to Elizabeth with one duaghter, aged 20. born Cambridge, resident 11 Gas Lane, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Cambridge St Matthew's

Extract from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour Volume 1, Part 1, Page 328

SINDALL, RICHARD ERNEST, Capt. (Shelford Detachment), 1st Battn. Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Sindall, of The Elms, Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Contractor, and a Member of the Cambridge Town Council, by his wife, Henzell Margaret, dau. of Thomas Usher Crass ; b. Cambridge, 11 April, 1889; educ. Perse School, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Cambridgeshire Regt., 1 Oct. 1908, promoted Lieut. 1 March, 1910, and Capt. 23 June, 1913 ; left for the Front with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, was seriously wounded by the bursting of a shell on 26 June near Armentièrcs, and died from his wounds, 1 July, 1915; buried at Bailleul; vnm. The 1st Battn. of the Cambridgeshire Regt. was warnily congratulated by Brig.-Gen. Longley for the part it took in the Battle of St. Eloi. He stated that the way that they advanced under very heavy shell and rifle fire towards St. Eloi was splendid and that they were of the greatest assistance in holding the village when the German attack was at its worst. Col. Copeman in a letter published by the Cambridge Daily News, said “We were in the thick of the great fight last Sunday, and I am proud to tell you that the regt. did very well, so the General told me, It was an unexpected attack, and we were hurled into the midst of terrific shell and rifle fire which lasted from 4.30 on Sunday to about 5 am. Monday” A special correspondent with the Cambridgeshire Regt. wrote: “The people of Camhridgeshire must not be allowed to forget that She 1st Cambridgeshires took part in what has been reported as the greatest engagement of the present war and the world’s history. At 10 p m. amid the dull boom of our artillery and the terrific, earsplitting explosions of the French 75’s, we went out ready to do our part. The officers in charge of the company were Capt. R. F. Sindall, Capt. Keenlyside, Lieut. Shaw, and Lieut. Bates., Lieut. Seaton and Lieut. Sir H. G. Butlin, also officers of the company, were already gaining experience in the trenches, and had a rough time of it, After drawing tools and sandbags, w e went forward. Ceaseless numbers of ‘flares’ were sent up, and when passing a gate, the man with the biggest laugh in our company, L.-Corpl. E. Vawser, was hit. He was promptly attended to, and hopes were expressed that he would soon be better. An R.E. officer took charge of us, and we were allotted our job. All the while bullets and shells were flying around us, and one could mark the passage of the shells through the air by a streak of light from them. It was rather a terrifying experience for us to be baptized with such a hail of bullets, and I must say that I iiever saw one case of funk in the whole company. The boys may be heartily congratulated on their sang froid, and the ‘Cambridgeshire people have good reason to be proud of them After our ‘spelt close up, we manned some reserved trenches, eventually arriving home’ at 8 a.m after a good hard night’s work.” His brother, Capt. H. T. Sindall, of the same regt., was invalided home from the Front on 6 April, 1916.

See also Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridge St Mark’s, Shelford Village Hall Memorial, Cambridge St Marks, Cambridge St Mary the Less and Perse School.

Gunner Percival George Frederick Smee (146962) 387th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.

He was the son of George and Eliza Smee. He was the youngest of seven children and had four sisters and two brothers. The census of 1881 shows the family living at 2 Victoria Road, Cambridge, with George (44) giving his occupation as a tailor, his wife Eliza (40) and their children: Annie (13), Lilla (12), Edwin (10), Ernest (8), Alice (6), Ethel May (3) and Percival (1). Later, the family moved to Annerley House, 9 Oxford Road, Cambridge.

When he had finished school, Percival studied to become a teacher at St Peter’s Training College in Peterborough, 1902 – 3. On 22nd July 1909 he married Minnie Lillian Calthorpe at St Mark’s Church, Hamilton Terrace in London. The census of 1911 shows Percival employed by the Willesden Education Committee as an Assistant Schoolmaster and living with his wife at 33 Alma Square, St John’s Wood.

During the Great War Percival joined the army and his unit was assigned to serve in Palestine. There he contracted dysentery and pneumonia, possibly linked to influenza, and died on 29th October 1918 at age 38 years. He is buried in Gaza War Cemetery. Plot XXVII Row G. Grave 6.

Percival is commemorated on a plaque in St Sprite's Chapel of Peterborough Cathedral that is dedicated to the students of his former college. He is also remembered on the memorial of Dudden Hill School [1] in Willesden Green where he worked as a schoolmaster before he joined the army. The central copper plaque of the Dudden Hill School memorial was rescued during its destruction in the 1960s and this was recently returned to the Brent Archives in Willesden Green, London, where it awaits restoration and then public display [2].

Sources:

[1] warmemorialsonline.org.uk
[2] Quest for Remembrance: a personal story of Dudden Hill School. Journal of the Willesden Local History Society, No 56, Winter/Spring 2023.

These details kindly supplied by Paul D. Mitchell

From research by Andy Pay, from Tonbridge School and The Great War of 1914 to 1919, published in December 1923.

SMITH, Major William Hammond, 52nd Brigade, R.F.A. Killed in action at Athies, near Roeux, in the battles of Arras, April 12th,1917, aged 31. At the school 1899-1900 ( School House )

Capt. W.H. Smith was the third son of the late master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and Mrs Charles Smith, of Belvoir Terrace, Cambridge. He was only at Tonbridge for a year, from September 1899 to July 1900, when he left from the lower fifth and went to Blundells school, Tiverton. He went up to Sidney in 1904 with an Open Classical Exhibition, and also gained a College Exhibition and graduated in 1907,taking a 1st Div., Second class, in the Classical Tripos. Both at school and at college he was a keen athlete and gained his oar in the college boat in which he rowed 7, in June, 1905.

He became an artist by profession and was regarded as an exceedingly promising painter. One of his works, a portrait, is in the Guildhall at Cambridge.

On the outbreak of war he at once applied for a commission through the university O.T.C., and was gazetted to a temporary commission in the R.F.A., August 26th,1914.

After eight months training he went to the front and was through much of the heaviest fighting, was promoted Temporary Lieutenant September 12th, 1915, and was twice mentioned in Despatches, in January, 1916, and in January, 1917.

In 1915 he served at Festubert and elsewhere in the La Basse Sector, and then opposite the Hohenzollern Redoubt before and during the Battle of Loos, which began on September 25th. His battery was then transferred to the Ypres Sector, where they experienced severe fighting, especially opposite Hill "60".

In 1916 they suffered heavily in the neighbourhood of Montauban in the battle of Albert, the first of the battles of the Somme, and after a rest took part in the battles of the Le Transloy Ridges and of the Ancre Heights in October and November. In December, they were in the Arras Sector.

He had been for most of 1916 in command of the battery, and in December, 1916, though suffering from bronchitis, refused to go to the hospital till they were out of action. He had been detailed for a special course in gunnery, and having with difficulty obtained his discharge from hospital arrived home on Christmas Eve.

On completing this course he returned to the front, and had been acting Major in command of the battery for some time. On April 12th, 1917, towards the end of the first battle of the Scarpe in the battle of Arras, 1917, he was watching an attack and directing his battery from an observation post at Athies, near Roeux, when a large German shell burst close by and a splinter entered his head rendering him immediately unconscious, and he died before reaching the Dressing Station. He was buried ear Athies.

His Colonel wrote :- "I feel his loss very keenly, not only as the loss of a capable officer, but as the loss of a friend whose charming manners had endeared him to all of us, officers and men. No one could have thought less of personal danger than he did, and I cannot help wishing that he had been a little more careful of himself, even at the expense of the observation he was engaged in, for he had been exposing himself fearlessly in an attempt to locate the position reached by our infantry, and this undoubtedly drew the fire which was the cause of his death".

The following appeared in the Cambridge local paper :- "His death will be deeply regretted by a wide circle of friends at Cambridge and elsewhere, for he was a man of a lovable disposition, combined with high intellectual attainments and lofty ideals".

Captain, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 13th October 1915. Aged 20. Sorley was educated at Marlborough and won a scholarship to University College, Oxford. He enlisted in August 1914 and soon found himself in the trenches; he made Captain in August, 1915. Sorley was killed in action at Loos in October of the same year. His 'Marlborough and Other Poems' was published in 1916 and ran into four editions. It was said that Sorley had a real gift for rhyming. His verse was first published posthumously in "Marlborough and Other Poems" (Cambridge University Press) and an account of his service, with a photo, appeared in "For Remembrance - ed. A. St. J. Adcock - Hodder & Stoughton, 1918 ; repub. by Naval & Military Press, 2002. He has been anthologised in "Men Who March Away" - ed. I. M. Parsons, Hogarth Press, 1987, & "The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry" - ed. Jon Silkin, Penguin, 1979. Sorley had studied in Germany pre-war and had a close attachment to the country and its people, which gives his war poetry a particular irony. No known grave. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38. See also Cambridge St Giles

Boy 1st Class J/20638(CH), HMS "King Edward VII", Royal Navy. Killed or died by means other than disease, accident or enemy action 15 November 1914. Born 21st March 1917 in St Ives, Huntingdonshire. Son of Margaret South, of 53, Mawson Rd, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he is the son of Margaret South, aged 14, at school, born Houghton, Hunts, resident with his mother at 34 Eltisley Avenue, Newnham Croft, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, son of Alfred C and Margaret Houghton, born Houghton, resident with his parents at 55, Rowfant Road, Streatham, London; his father was born in Austria (Austrian Subject) who had petition to become a Naturalised British Subject. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Kent, United Kingdom. Panel 3. See also Cambridge St Mark's and Cambridge County High School

[Listed as SPARKS on SDGW and 1911 census] Private NM/2/177157, M.T. Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died of wounds in the United Kingdom 4 July 1916. Aged 32. Born, resident and enlisted Cambridge. Son of the late James and Elizabeth Sparkes, of Cambridge; husband of Emma Sparkes, of 16, Albion Row, St. Peter's St., Cambridge. In the 1911 census he is married to Emma, aged 26, a Domestic Coachman, born Cambridge, resident with his wife at 37 Abbey Walk, Cambridge.Buried in CAMBRIDGE (MILL ROAD) CEMETERY Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Plot XVII. Grave 13. See also Cambridge St Luke's and Cambridge St Matthew's

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 7 July 1916, page 4:

Death of Pte. L, C. Sparks.

Pte. L. C. Sparks. A.S.C., of 37, Abbey-walk, died in Netley Hospital on Wednesday last from wounds received while at the front.

On the previous Friday Mrs. Sparks received a letter from her husband's officer stating that he was wounded in the head by a fragment of a shell dropped from a hostile aeroplane while engaged in carrying ammunition to the artillery. On Monday evening a telegram arrived from Netley Hospital stating that Pte. Sparks was lying seriously wounded by gunshot in the head, and on Tuesday a letter was received from the A.S.C. Depot at Woolwich (written evidently before the telegram) stating that Pte. Sparks was lying at the base hospital suffering from a fractured skull, resulting from an accident. Mrs. Sparkes went to Netley on Tuesday, and arrived at 3.30, but sadly enough her husband had died half an hour before.

Before joining the colours, about six weeks ago, Mr. Sparks was a chauffeur employed by Dr. Naish. He was well known in the town, and was a keen member of the Beaconsfield Club, and was once a member the committee.

The funeral, which will be a military one, will take place to-morrow (Saturday) at 2.30 at Mill-road Cemetery.

[Not listed on CWGC or SDGW] Company Sergeant Major, East Lancashire Regiment. Baptised 17 My 1894 in Cambridge, St Andrew the Less, son f John and Caroline Spaxman, resident of 214 Newmarket Road, Cambridge. Attested 4 September 1906 for 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, joined East Lancashire Regiment 5 March 1907. In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born Cambridgeshire, son of John and Caroline Spacman, brother of William Spaxman, resident 1, Coldham Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Cambridge, married, serving soldier, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, resident Inkerman Barracks, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey. See also Cambridge, Christ Church

Extract from Cambridge Daily News - Tuesday 13 February 1917, page 3:

[Corporal in Newspaper] Private 9212, 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died at sea 16 December 1915. Born and enlisted Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born Cambridgeshire, son of John and Caroline Spacman, brother of George Spaxman, resident 1, Coldham Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Buried at sea. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 114 to 118. See also Cambridge, Christ Church

LOCAL CASUALTIES.
Cambridge Man Loses Second Son in Action.

Mr. J. Spaxman, 1a, Coldham-lane, Cambridge, has received information regarding the death of his second son, Co.-Sergt.-Major George Spaxman, East Lancs. Regiment. Sergt.-Major enlisted 5th March, 1908, and proceeded with the British Expeditionary Force to France in August, 1914. He was present at the battle of Mons and took part in active operations with the regiment ever since up to the time of his death. He was wounded once previously. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn their loss.

His eldest brother, Corporal William Spaxman, enlisted in the East Lancs. Regiment in 1908, and served four years in India and three years in South Africa. He also proceeded with the regiment to France in 1914, and was wounded at the battle of Ypres, and sent home for medical treatment. He then relumed to France, and was killed in action in July last. The third son, John Spaxman, is serving with his father in the R.A.M.C. at the 1st Eastern General Hospital. The deepest sympathy will go out from the community to Mr. and Mrs. Spaxman in their second loss of a son, each of whom had such a fine record in the service of his country.

Extract from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Volume 2, Part 3, Page 254

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 6 October 1916 – page 4:

CAMBRIDGE.

See also Gt Shelford Village Hall Memorial, Gt Shelford Village memorial, Perse School and Cambridge Emmanuel College

Private 326521, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted Cambridge. Mrs. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Spriggs, of 115, Ross St., Cambridge. Formerly 3912, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Risby, Suffolk, resident with his parents, John W and Hannah Spriggs, at Clacton Villa, Hartington Grove, Cherryhinton. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Risby, Suffolk, resident with his parents, John William and Anna Sprigg, at 115, Ross Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52. See also Cambridge St Philips

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 26 January 1917, page 5:

Private 238112, 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment). Killed in action 9 October 1918. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Edward Stearn, of 20 Walnut Tree Avenue, Cambridge; husband of Evelyn Lucy Maud (nee King) Stearn, of 50, Newnham, Cambridge; married 13 September 1918 at Cambridge. Formerly 9/5648, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 9st 8lbs, chest 36 inches. Enlisted 29 November 1916. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Cambridge, College Clerk Pultery, resident with his widowed father, Edward, at 20, Walnut Tree Avenue, Cambridge. Buried in ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 5. See also Cambridge University Press & College Servants and Cambridge St Mary the Less and also Cambridge, Christ Church

Private (Signaller) 156666, 25th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 31 May 1918. Aged 25. Born Warboys, Huntingdon, enlisted Cambridge. Son of George Thomas and Mary Ann Stearn, of 154, Mill Rd., Cambridge. He was a Porter Guard with the Cambridge Department of the Great Eastern Railway, worked for the Great Eastern Railway for 9 years, mostly at Cambridge where he had begun as a parcels cart lad and eventually rose to be a porter-guard. Enlisted in April 1917. Buried at CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME, Somme, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 14. See also Cambridge St Philips and also Liverpool Street Station, London

Private 203089, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 27 Septemmber 1918. Born, resident and enlisted Cambridge. Buried in HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 22. See also Cambridge St Mary the Less and Cambridge University Press

either George STEVENS, 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 Ramsey, Hunts

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.

or Ernest George STEVENS, Private 6572, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26 August 1914. Aged 27. Born Swaffham, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Susannah Louisa Stevens, of 71, Cavendish Rd., Mill Rd., Cambridge, and the late Charles Stevens; his father was a blacksmith; brother of Charles William Stevens (above); husband of Mrs Ada (nee Tinsworth) Stevens, of 50, Suez Road, Mill Road, Cambridge, married 11 April 1914 in Cambridge, St Philip; at the time of marriage they lived at 71 Cavendish Road, Cambridge. He was a platelayer for Great Eatsern Railway prior to enlistment; listed as a labourer with the Amalgamated Society Of Railway Servants, Cambridge Branch, in December 1912 to March 1913, then joined, as a labourer, the National Union of Railwaymen, Cambridge Branch from March to May 1914. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, a scholar, son of Charles and Susanna Stevens, resident Gutter Lane, Swaffham Bulbeck, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, a Labourer on Farm. son of Charles and Susannah Stevens, resident Town Street, Bottisham, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France. See also Cambridge St Philips

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Marine Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died 13th November 1916. Aged 19. Son of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Stokes, of Little Wilbraham Rectory, Cambridge. {His father was actually Canon Stokes who was Vicar at St Paul's when his son was killed but moved on to be Vicar of Wilbraham on his retirement from ST Paul's]. Buried in MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 32. See also Cambridge St Paul's and also Cambridge, St Faith's School

Private 16424, Depot, Suffolk Regiment. Died from wounds 23 September 1917. Enlisted at Cambridge 11 November 1914. Born 23 August 1879. Painter by trade. Passed fit 10 November 1914, attested 11 November 1914 aged 35 years 2 months, posted 11 November 1914, suffered gunshot wounds to his abdomen while in the field (dangerously ill) 3 July 1916, transferred by hospital ship St Denis to England 6 July 1916, discharged as medically unfit 12 May 1917. Height 5 feet 8 inches. weight 142 lbs, girth 36 inches, complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair brown. His discharge report sates that his discharge is due thim being physically unfit (21 April 1917) with gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen involving his kidneys sustained in action 1 July 1916 near Albert. "Health was fairly good, wounds healed. Gets frequent attacks of pain in Rt side of chest & loin which incapacitates him. Some pleural friction at diaphragmatic attachment. Musculature weak and jumpy." Permanent. Total pevents for 6 months." Death recorded in the Cambridge Registration District July to September Quarter 1917, aged 37. His burial is recorded in the parish of Cambridge, St Andrew the Less, 27 September 1917, aged 39, reeident of 7 St Andrews Court, Cambrodge. In the 1911 census he was the son of Eliza Sunley (a widow), aged 32, unmarried, a House Painter, born Whitby, Yorkshire, resident with his mother at 7 St Andrews Court, Cambridge. [Note the discrepancy in ages from various records]. See also Cambridge St Andrew the Great

Guardsman 7310, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action 4th September 1914. Born and resident Cambridge, enlisted London. In the 1901 census he was aged 11, son of Lucy C Swanson, born Cambridge and resident with his family at 9, Little St Marys Lane, Cambridge. He was baptised 7th July 1889 at St Botolph, Cambridge, son of Charles William (a stone mason) and Lucy Constant Swanson, of Pembroke Street, Cambridge. Buried in GUISE (LA DESOLATION) FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, FLAVIGNY-LE-PETIT Aisne, France. Unidentified grave, commemorated on Guise Communal Cemetery Memorial. See also Cambridge St Mark's