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Extract from the Cambridge Daily News - Friday 4 June 1920, page 3 (some of the initials in the extract below may be incorrect especially C's and G's.).
ST. BARNABAS WAR MEMORIAL.
Unveiling Ceremony by the Bishop of Ely.
The war memorials the men of St. Barnabas parish, or who were members of St. Barnabas Church, were unveiled by the Bishop of Ely at an impressive service, held in the church on Thursday evening, and attended by a large congregation. The memorials consist of two beautiful stained glass windows at the west end of the church, beneath which a handsome marble tablet, with the names engraved on it of all those who made the supreme sacrifice, to the number of 78. On each side of the tablet is a long parchment scroll, in glass frame, containing 360 names—the names of those from the parish and congregation who served in the war and survived. One the windows, bearing the figure of St. Michael, is emblematic of victory, and the other, representing St. Gabriel, with a picture of the new-born Christ below, of peace. The whole, which is most skilfully executed, is the work of Mr. B. McLean Leach, of St. Edward's-passage.
THE SERVICE.
The first part of the service was conducted by the Vicar of St. Barnabas (the Rev. W. H. Norman), and the Curate of St. Barnabas (the Rev. L. A. C. Roberts) look the second part. The service commenced with the singing of the National Anthem, and took the form of shortened Evensong. The psalm was No. 47, and the lesson (Revelations vii., 9 to the end) was read by Mr. H. Brownsword, of the Leys School The Nunc Dimittis was then sung. While the first two verses of the hymn, “Ten thousand times ten thousand,” were sung, the choir proceeded in procession to the west end of the church, followed by the Bishop of Ely, the Vicar, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Brownsword, and the churchwardens (Messrs. W. Saint and A. Muirhead). Here the unveiling ceremony was performed by the Bishop, who uttered a few reverent words relating to the departed, whose memory was now so dear, and proceeded to offer special prayers appropriate to the occasion. The procession then returned to the chancel as the last two verses of the hymn were sung. A short address by the Bishop followed, and after the hymn, “Soldiers, who are Christ’s below,” had been sung, his Lordship pronounced the Benediction.
BISHOP’S ADDRESS.
In the course his address, the Bishop (who took his text from 1. Corinthians xv..,“ Not in vain in the Lord ”) said that day gathered up many memories of family affection and of that which followed those heart-searching days when those whom they were commemorating were questioning themselves whether the call of their country came indeed them. And then that scene which had been acted thousands and thousands of times within the Empire: on the one hand the great renunciation—all those struggles with adversity, and then at last the supreme sacrifice—and on the other those anxious, sleepless anxieties day and night, and then the sad irreversible tidings of sorrow and distress. And all this had been linked with that great world-wide history which had meant so much in the annals of the world. That service was, so to speak, the Amen which that parish said to the commemoration of its dead and its thanksgiving to Almighty God for the victory of right and justice in which their self-sacrifice and their self-forgetfulness issued. It was true to say that service had a national aspect, a historic meaning. All the war memorials that were being erected in England were building a page in English history which could never be misunderstood, and would last for centuries to come.
He was sure they were making a great mistake if they thought that the call which came from those memorials was only vocal for some far-off crisis in English history. It was clear, it was importunate now; the voice came to them. There might be something in it of disappointment, something of rebuke, for what had happened. The relief from the long strain of war had come upon the people, and it might be that the temper and the mind of England just now was a temporary phase of reaction, but to all thoughtful men and men who looked beyond the present he was sure it provided food for anxious thought. At least for the present, let them ask themselves whether it was not true that they were not a more frivolous people, a more self-seeking people, a more disunited people, than they were before the war. God grant it might be a temporary phase of reaction, for surely it could not be that they at one and the self-same time were putting up memorials to those who died, because they were set on doing their duty, and people were yet devoting themselves to the pursuit of pleasure, of games, and personal or class self-aggrandisement! That memorial had its national and its historic aspect; it had its meaning and its warning in the days now present. In love and in Christian faith they commended those whom they were commemorating to God, Who was the Father and the Redeemer of all.
THE FALLEN.
The names of the fallen engraved on the marble tablet are as follows:--
OFFICERS
Lieut.-Col. E. T. Saint, D.S.O.. Capt. Alec Johnson. M.C., Lieut. H. F. Billinger, 2nd- Lieuts. W. G. F. Baldry, E. R. Free, P. C. Frost, A. H. Horn. D. A. Jacob. F. C. Lanaway, A. H. Muirhead, and E. D. Twelvetrees.
NON-COMMISIONED OFTICERS AND MEN.
A. Adams. C. W. Alderton. T. C. Avey. E. C. Aves, C. E. Baldry, H. Baldry. A. C. Banyard. A. R. Barker, W. Barker, S. R. F. Barker. H. W. Bidwell. S. Biggs. W. J. Blane. H. C. Blatch, G. Bewd, W. A. Burgess, W. Caldecoat. F. E. Caldecoat. J. Garter. H. W. Garter. G. Carmichael. G. Charlton. J. H. Charlton. W. G. Cowell. R. R. Dent. C. A. Edwards. T. Edwards. F. J. Filbv, L. A. Frost. L. P. Grover, C. N. Harding, T. E. Hobson. F. C. Hodgson. P. W. Holmes, J. S. Horohin, N. K. Lambert. A. Linseay, A. G. Long, C. G. Long. A. V. Mabutt. A. McPherson, E. A. Meadows. F. S. Meadows, H. Merrimm, C. S. Mills. F. E. Mote. G. H. Newman, A. E. Parfrey, A. A. Peters. S. M. Ryan, W. D. Saint, H. S. Saunders, A. E. Seagrott, E. E. Smith, A. E. Tatham, T. Tingey, E. Westwood, S. Williams. W. H. Woodcock, W. J. Wright. L. A. Wright.
ST
BARNABAS PARISH
ROLL OF HONOUR
TO
THE
GLORY OF GOD
IN GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF
THIS CHURCH
AND PARISH
WHO MADE
THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
| OFFICERS |
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| BALDRY | William George Forsyth | Second
Lieutenant, 14th Battalion attached 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Died of wounds 17 November 1917. Aged 21. Born 2 August 1896, baptised
30 December 1896, residet of 3, Mawson Road, Cambridge. Son of William
Richard and Edith Gertrude Baldry, of 32, Tunison Rd., Cambridge.
In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Cambridgeshire, son of William
R and Edith G Baldry, rsident 32, Tenison Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot III. Row
L. Grave 6. See also Cambridge
County High School |
| BILLINGER | Hector Fussell | Second
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action
23 November 1916. Aged 23. In the 1911 census he was a son, aged
17, born Neath, Glamorgan, son of James F and Margaret J Billinger
of 44 St Barnabas Road Cambridge. Son of James Fussell Billinger
and Margaret Jane Billinger, of 44, St. Barnabas Rd., Cambridge.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 6 C. See also Cambridge
County High School, Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
Emmanuel United Reformed Church
Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Hector Fussell Billinger: BILLINGER Hactor Fussell of 33 St. Barnabas-road Cambridge second-lieutenant 10th battalion East Lancashire regiment died 23 November 1916 in France on active asevice Administration (with Will) London 21 April to James Fussell Billinger bookseller. Effects £179 14s 7d. Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 1 December 1916, page 4: CAMBS.
ROLL OF HONOUR. News was received on Tuesday of the death in action on the 23rd inst. of Sec. Lieut. Hector Fussell Billinger, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Billinger, of 44. St. Barnabas-road. Cambridge. He was educated at the Cambridge County School and at St. John’s College, and took second class honours in the History Tripos Examination in 1914. He had just received an appointment as history master at the Royal Masonic School, Bushey, when war broke out. He immediately applied for a commission, having been a member of the Officers’ Training Corps during his school and college career. He was gazetted in October, 1914. to the 10th Battalion E. Lancs. Regiment. He went out to France in February 1916, and had been acting adjutant ever since March. |
| FREE | Ernest R | Second
Lieutenant, "X" Siege Battery, Rioyal Garrison Artillery.
Died at Winchester 16 July 1918. Aged 29. Son of Moses and Flora
Free, of Cambridge; husband of Frances Emily Free, of 189, Malpas
Rd., Brockley, London. In the 1891 census he is the son of Moses
and Flora Free, aged 2, born Cambridge, resident 33 Great Eastern
Street, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was the son of Joseph and
Flora Free, aged 12, at school, born Cambridge, resident 58 Covent
Garden, Cambridge. His birth was registered in the October to December
Quarter 1888 in Cambruidge Registration District. He married Frances
Emily Vincent at Brockley St Peter Church, Lewisham, 27 October
1917. Buried in CAMBRIDGE (MILL ROAD) CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire.
Plot/Row/Section V. Grave 28. See
also Cambridge County
High School and Cambridge
Guildhall
Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Ernest Robert Free: FREE Ernest Robert of 50 Covent-garden Cambridge second-lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery died 16 July 1918 at Winchester Administration Peterborough 15 November to Frances Emily Free widow. Effects £164 15s. He is mention by London County Council in the Record of Service in the Great War 1914–18 by members of the London County Council. London: London County Council, 1922. |
| FROST | Percy Causton | Second
Lieutenant, 10th (Shropshire & Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion,
King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry). Killed in action 8 September
1918. Aged 19. Son of Arthur Thomas and Helen Frost, of "Rockbarton,"
14, St. Barnabas Rd., Cambridge. Buried in VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. See
also Cambridge Holy Trinity
and also Cambridge Guildhall |
| HORN | Arthur Henry [Harvey] |  Second
Lieutenant, 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's), London
Regiment. Killed in action 2 September 1918. Aged 21. Son of Arthur
and Emma Horn, of 116, Mill Rd., Cambridge. In the 1911 census he
was aged 14, born Cambridge, Tailoring Assistant, resident with
his parents, Arthur and Emma Horn, at 38, Cavendish Road, Cambridge.
No known grave. Commemorated at VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 10. See
also Cambridge St Philips
and also Cambridge Guildhall |
| JACOB | Donald Allen | Second
Lieutenant, 1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Lincolnshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 13 November 1917. Aged 20. Son of George Henry and
Florence Mary Jacob, of 34, Burleigh St., Cambridge. Formerly Acting
Sergeant 326123, Cambridgeshire Regiment. In the 1901 census he
is aged 3, born Royston, living with his parents at Gower Road,
Royston, Hertfordshire. In the 1911 census he is aged 13, born Royston,
hertfordshire, schoolboy, resident with his parents at 85 High St
Kings Lynn, St Margarets, Norfolk. His birth was registered in the
July to September Quarter 1897 in the Royston Registration District.
Commissioned in the LIncolnshire Regiment 30 May 1917. Buried in
CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row B.
Grave 2. See both Cambridge
Hills Road Weslyan Methodist and Cambrige Short Street Weslyan Methodist
and also King's
Lynn King Edward VII Grammar School
and also Cambridge Guildhall |
| JOHNSON, MC | Alec | Captain,
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 18 September
1918. Aged 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Johnson, of 2, St. Barnabas
Rd., Cambridge. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in EPEHY
WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 18.
rance. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| LANAWAY | Francis Charlton | Second
Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment attached to 7th Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers. Killed in action 21 August 1918. Aged 36. Son of Hugh
and Elizabeth M. Lanaway; husband of Frances Grace Lanaway (nee
Huxham), married 1914, banns read 12 April 1914 at Cambridge, St
Barnabas, of "Bouveret," Borstal Rd., Rochester, late
of Westminster Bank, Cambridge. Cadet made temporary Second Lieutenant,
Royal Sussex Regiment, 18 December 1917. In the 1891 census he was
aged 8, a scholar, born Kent, resident with his parents, Hugh and
Elizabeth, at Bank House L & Cormby, High Street North, Dunstable,
Luton, Bedfordshire. Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 9. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1918: LANAWAY
Francis Charlton of 19 Mill-road Cambridge second-lieutenant
died 22 August 1918 in France Administration London
21 December to Frances Grace Lanaway widow. |
| MUIRHEAD | Alexander Hugh | Second
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
31 July 1917. Aged 35. Son of Alexander and Emily Muirhead, of Lyndewode
Rd., Cambridge. Also served at Gallipoli as Sergeant in Suffolk
Yeomanry. In the 1911 census he was aged 28, born Hitchin, Hertfordshire,
a Darper's Traveller, son of Alexander and Emly Alice Muirhead,
resident Mawson Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Originally attested
27 January 1910 in Cambridge as 3132, Royal Suffolk Hussars (Suffolk
Yeomanry), aged 27 years 6 months, previously served with 3rd Cambridgeshire
Volunteer Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, a Traveller by trade, heoght
5 feet 10½ inches, chest 40 inches. Lance Corporal in 1912,
Corporal 5 August 1914, Sergeant 7 January 1915, served with the
Mediterranean Expeditinary Force 23 September 1915 to 2 Apil 1916,
dsiemabrked Alexabdria 26 December 1915, sent to Yeomanry Base Depot,
Sidi Bishr, 28 January 1916, embarked for England on H.T. "Tunisian"
from Alexandria 22 March 1916. Discharged on the termination of
his period of engagement King's
Regulation para 392 XXI 14 April 1916. Re-enlisted for Officer
training. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| SAINT, DSO | Edward Twelvetree |  [Transcribed
as Edward TWELFTTREE SAINT] 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]
See also Perse School and Cambridge Guildhall |
| TWELVETREES | Edward Dudley | Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 8th August
1918. Married and lived at 63 Eltisley Avenue, Newnham.
Birth registered in Battle Registration District, Sussex in the
July to September Quarter 1890. In the 1891 census he was aged 10
months, son of Edward and Fanny E Twelvetrees, born Bexhill, Sussex,
resident Bedford Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire. He was married in the
Northampton Registration District in the January to March Quarter
1916 to Louisa A Simpson. Buried in RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 7.
See also Cambridge St Marks
and Cambridge Guildhall |
NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND MEN |
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| ADAMS | Arthur |  Corporal
235136, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 3
November 1918. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Arthur
and Susannah Adams, of 17A, Covent Garden, Mill Rd., Cambridge.
Formerly 3021, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried in GHISSIGNIES BRITISH
CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 39. See Cambridge
Guildhall |
| ALDERTON | Charles W |  Private
1038, "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Killed in action at Gallipoli 25 April 1915. Aged 25. Born and enlisted
Cambridge. Son of Charles and Lucy Alderton, of 42, Great Eastern
St., Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219. See
Cambridge Guildhall |
| AVES | Edward Charles |
Company Sergeant Major 21926, 25th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
Killed in action 10th April 1918. Born St Ndrews, Cambridge, enlisted
Cambridge. Formerly 1206, Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave.
Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 11.
Known as 'Teddy'. Christened at St. Matthews Church, 2nd October 1881, parents Edward Aves and Mary Anne Beales, they were living, at his birth, at 8 Gwydir Street, Cambridge. He served in the Cambridgeshire Regiment - previously the Volunteer Force (3rd (Cambs) Volunteer Btn, Suffolk Regiment) which on 1st April 1908 became the Territorial Army. He was serving in A company, 1st Cambridgeshire, in 1908. No 40. He was one of those who sounded the Last Post at Midnight on 31st March 1908 - Cambridge Evening News article, Friday, 27th May 1983. At this time he was a Corporal. Sergeant-Drummer, awarded Territorial Force Efficiency Medal 30thg October 1909. Terminated his service 5th April 1911. Re-enlisted in "A" company, in 1911 as No 1206. Married, living 21a Emery St, Cambridge. Employed as a compositor at the University Press. Lance-Sergeant in 1913-1914. Volunteered for Imperial Service; he was mobilised with the Cambridgeshire Regiment on 4th August 1914 and afterwards transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. Prior to this he was Company Quartermaster-Sergeant and Company Sergeant-Major in the 1/1st Battalion. Cambridgeshire Regiment. He landed in France in February 1915 and went to front with 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment on 14th February 1915, in B company, 8 platoon, 15 section, as Sergeant; he served overseas continuously for more than three years. He was reported missing on 10th April 1918 and later reported killed on that date. At the time of his death he was Company Sergeant-Major. He is listed on six War Memorials, namely St. George's Chapel, Ely Cathedral, the list in the entrance to the Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge, on Panel 11 of the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, the War Memorial in the grounds of St. Andrew The Great Church, Cambridge, on the War Memorial at the University Press, Cambridge and on the University Press Memorial in St. Boltoph's Church, Cambridge and also Cambridge Guildhall |
| AVEY | Thomas C aka Midget |  Private
G/14650, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action
19 May 1918. Born Cambridge, enlisted Chelmsford. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Avey, of 69, Great Eastern Street, Cambridge. Buried
in MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET, Somme, France. Plot II.
Row L. Grave 13.
See Cambridge Guildhall |
| BALDREY | Cyril Edgar | [Spelt
BALDRY on memorial] Private 271192, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Killed in action 24 April 1918. Enlisted and resident
Cambridge. Son of Mr. C. W. Baldrey, of 13, Cwydir St., Cambridge.
Formerly 4120, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried in ADELAIDE CEMETERY,
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX, Somme, France. Plot II. Row L. Grave 6. See
Cambridge Guildhall
and also Cambridge St Matthew's |
| BALDRY | Harold | Private
235355, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment formerly 3588,
Suffolk Yeomanry. Killed in action 29 September 1918. Enlisted Cambridge.
Death notice Cambridge Daily News 12 November 1918 "Harold
F Baldrey Killed in action 29 September 1918. Aged 21, son of Mr
and Mrs J G Baldrey 15 Emery street Cambridge." Buried in NOYELLES-SUR-L'ESCAUT
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave
17. |
| BANYARD | Arthur Cecil |  Private
22222, 1st Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers).
Killed in action 3 May 1917. Aged 22. Born Cherry Hinton, enlisted
Cambridge. Son of Charles William and Emma Banyard, of 38, Great
Eastern St., Mill Rd., Cambridge. Formerly 7288, Bedfordshire Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 9. See
Cambridge Guildhall |
| BARKER | Archie Robert | Private
326727, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 March
1918. Aged 23. Born Enfield, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Samuel and
Frances E. Barker, of 27, Devonshire Rd., Cambridge. No known grave.
Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 25. See
also Liverpool Street Station,
London and Cambridge
Guildhall |
| BARKER | Sidney Reginald Frank |  Rifleman
50287, 6th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment affiliated
to King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 10 September 1918.
Aged 18. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Alfred and Caroline
Barker, of Cambridge. Buried in EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY,
Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 10. See also Cambridge
St Philips and also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| BARKER | Walter | Private
10270, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11
July 1916. Aged 23. Born Christchurch, Cambrideshire, resident Cambridge,
enlisted Bedford. Husband of Elsie Victoria Emma Burn (formerly
Barker), of 119, Mill Rd., Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was
aged aged 17, born Cambridge, an Errand Boy, nephew of John and
Ethel Ellum, resident 28 Ainsworth Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 C. |
| BIDWELL | Harold William |
Corporal
G/30023, 7th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed
in action 10 August 1918. Aged 21. Born, enlisted and resident Cambridge.
Son of William F. and Maud E. Bidwell, of 76, Kingston St., Mill
Rd., Cambridge. Formerly 12264, Army Pay Corps.
No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 3. See
Cambridge Guildhall |
| BIGGS | Sidney [Saville] |
Private,
157015, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles(Central Ontario Regiment), died
28 August 1918, brother of Percy Biggs listed above; son of George
Biggs of 20 Ayleston Road, Chesterton and his late wife Emma; husband
of Altona and father of Mildred Biggs of St. Catharines, Ontario,
Canada. Born 13th June 1890 in Chesterton and raised there, arrived
in Canada in 1910. Resident Ontario, Canada. Labourer by trade.
Enlisted at St Catherines 5th October 1915 aged 25 years and 5 months,
previously served 9 months with 19th Regiment, passed fit for service
4th October 1915. Height 5 feet 6 inches, girth 33½ inches,
complexion dark, eyes brown, hair dark brown, religion Church of
England. Buried in LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 25. National Archives
of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 724 - 39.
See also Chesterton and Cambridge
Guildhall |
| BLANE | William James |  Private
637, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario
Regiment). Killed in action at Bellewaarde Lake 8 May 1915. Aged
25. Born 3 August 1886 in Colchester, Essex. Son of James George
and Jane Emily Blane, of 49, Mill Road, Cambridge. Attested 20 August
1914 in Ottowa, Ontario, Canada, a Carpeneter, single, aged 28 years,
height 5 feet 7 inches, chest 34-36 inches, fair complexion, grey
eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. Embarked
fro Southampton 20 December 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 10.
National Achives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 814
- 28. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| BLATCH | Hugh Cecil [Urbane] | Driver
1250, Motor Ambulance Unit, British Red Cross Society (Boulogne
Unit), attached to 16th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Killed in action 24 July 1918. In Memoriam notice Cambridge Daily
News 25 July 1919 "Hugh E W Blatch killed in action 24 July
1918." [Note different initials] Born 12 July 1890. Baptised
31 August 1890 in Fetcham, St Mary, Surrey, son of Joseph and Jane
Blatch, residenjt Godalming, Surrey. Admitted to Barnwell Boys'
School, Cambridgeshire, 1 September 1897, resident 21 Norfolk Street,
Cambridge, left 15 April 1904, formerly attended St John's school.
In the 1891 census he was aged under 1, born Surrey, son of Joseph
and Jane Blatch, resident Mill House, Histon Road, Impington, Chesterton,
Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Fetcham,
Surrey, a scholar, son of Joseph and Jane Blatch, resident 21, Norfolk
Terrace, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged
20, born Surrey, an Assistant in Drapery, resident 8, St Loyes Street,
Bedford, Bedfordshire. Passport number 110205. Buried in TERLINCTHUN
BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVI. Row
A.A. Grave 1. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| BOWD | George | Private
G/50019, 13th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 31st May 1918. Born and resident Cambridge, enlisted
Bury St Edmund's. Buried in BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH
EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 11. See also
Cambridge St Pauls and also
Cambridge Guildhall |
| BURGESS | William Arthur | Private
41691, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action
26 October 1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mr.
Edward Burgess, of 7, Garlic Row, Newmarket Rd., Cambridge. No known
grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 90 to 92 and 162 to 162A. See Cambridge
Guildhall |
| CALDECOAT | Frank Ernest | Private
51959, 2/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 20 July 1918. Born Cambridge, enlisted Huntigndon,
Formerly 217947, R.O.D., Royal Engineers. Buried in MARFAUX BRITISH
CEMETERY, Marne, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 8. See Cambridge
Guildhall |
| CALDECOAT | William | Private
252243 28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action, in the
vicinity of Passchendaele, 7 November 1917. Aged 26. Born 20 May
1891 in Cambridge. Son of Kate Constance Thurlbourn (formerly Caldecoat)
and stepson of Joseph Thurlborn, of 74, Kingston Street, Cambridge.
Attested 10 February 1916 in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada,
age 24 years 9 months, Gardener by trade, single height 5 feet 7
inches, chest 37-40 inches, weight 160 lbs, fair complexionj, grey
eyes, very light brown hair, religious denomination Church of England.
Embarked Canada 1 November 1916, disembarked England 11 November
1916. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 18 - 26 - 28. National Archives
of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1381
- 37. See Cambridge
Guildhall |
| CARMICHAEL | Gilbert | Second
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion attached 2nd/6th Battalion, Manchester
Regiment. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 34. Son-in-law of
late Mr John Ablitt, Stationmaster at Cambridge from 1911 until
his death in 1915. Eldest son of Mr & Mrs Gilbert Carmichael, Thornhill,
Dumfriesshire. Gilbert Carmichael had been a master at March Grammar
School for a time. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Panel 64 to 67. See also March
Grammar School |
| CARTER | Henry William Arthur | Lance
Corporal 84404, 203rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in
action 26 July 1916. Born Henry William Arthur (sic), enlisted Cambridge.
In the 1881 census he was aged 2, born Cambridgeshire, son of Allen
and Mary Ann Carter, resident 38, Cottage, Wimpole, Caxton, Cambridgeshire.
Married in July to September Quarter 1901 in Cambrdge either Miriam
Alice Grant or Eliza May Flaxman. Buried CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Row E. Grave 32. See Cambridge
Guildhall |
| CARTER | James | Gunner 102093, 217 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 9 November 1918. Aged 42. Husband of Marjorie (nee Thompson) Carter, of 40/42/45 Perowne Street, Cambridge, married 2 January 1901 in Cambridge; two sons. Attested 10 July 1916 in Cambridge, aged 38 years 2 months, a College Servant by trade, married, height 5 feet 7¾ inches, weight 140 lbs, chest 37½-40 inches, mainly served at home but with B.E.F. 20 January to 10 Au8gust 1917. Admitted to 56 General Hospital, Etaples 5 August 1917. Discharged from Military Service as being no longer physically fit for war service 20 September 1917 under Para. 392 (xvi) King's Regulation. Para. 2 (a) (1) due to Carcinoma of Calcum. Sissued Silver War Badge 245439 on 18 September 1917. Buried 14 November 1918 in MILL ROAD CEMETERY, Cambridge [Cambridge St Paul Plot]. [Not on CWGC]. See Cambridge Guildhall
|
| CHARLTON | Charles | Sergeant
8747, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 25 September
1915. Born Eastbury, Berkshire, enlisted Cambridge. In the 1901
census he was aged 7, born Lambourn, Berkshire, son of Ellen Charlton
(a widow), resident Malting Yard, 4, Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket,
Suffolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Lambourn, Berkshire,
a Picture Framer, son of Ellen Charlton (a widow), resident 53,
Great Eastern Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. No known grave.
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 21. See Cambridge
Guildhall |
| CHARLTON | James H | No
further information currently available. See Cambridge
Guildhall |
| COWELL | William George |  Gunner
156664, 53td Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 24 September 1918. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Cambridge.
Son of Harry and Martha Cowell, of 39, Argyle St., Cambridge. Buried
in HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row C.
Grave 8. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London and also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| DENT | Bertram Robert |  Private
326027, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
31 July 1917. Aged 23. Enlisted Cambridge. Husband of Ethel B. Sanders
(formerly Dent), of 12, Gloucester Terrace, Swindon, Wilts. Formerly
2923, Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50
and 52. See Cambridge Guildhall
and also Cambridge, Christ
Church |
| EDWARDS | Charles Albert | Private
40657, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9 April
1917. Born St Michael's, Ipswich, enlisted Cambridge. In the 1911
census he was married to Maud, a Town Postman, born Ipswich, Suffolk,
resident 30 Argyle Street, Mill Road, Cambridge. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. See
also Cambridge Post Office
and also Cambridge St Philips
and also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| EDWARDS | Thomas | Private
32702, 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire ad Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed in action 12 July 1916. Aged 24. Born and enlisted
Nottingham. Son of Harry A. and Mrs. E. A. Edwards, of 77, Kingston
St., Mill Rd., Cambridge. Buried in LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY,
RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row J. Grave
21. See Cambridge Guildhall |
| FILBY | F J | either
this FJ or the FW
on Guildhall is Private
8866 Frederick Filby 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 4 September
1916. Aged 21. Son of George and Jane Filby, of 7, Argyle St., Mill
Rd., Cambridge. Buried at SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. 2, Somme, France.
Pot XXXI. Row K. Grave 6. |
| FROST | Leonard Arthur | Rifleman
551149, 2nd/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster
Rifles) (Territorial Force), London Regiment. Killed in action 20
February 1918. Age 25. Born Colchester, enlisted Westminster, resident
Southend. Son of Helen Frost, of "Rockbarton," 14, St.
Barnabas Rd., Cambridge, and the late Arthur Thomas Frost. Buried
in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Row K. Grave 62.
See
also Cambridge Holy Trinity
and Perse School and
also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| GROVER | Lawrence [Penrose] | Private
326566 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment formerly 4016, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 26 September 1917. Aged 24. Enlisted Cambridge.
Son of Lawrence Henry and Ellen Grover, of 20, Devonshire Rd., Cambridge.
In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Cambridgeshire, son of Lawrence
H and Ellen Grover, resident 42, Perowne Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Cambridge, a French Polisher,
son of Lawrence Henry and Ellen Grover, resident 42, Perowne Street,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 148. |
| HARDING | Conrad Neville | Private
75810 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment),
formerly 24745, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
6 April 1918. Aged 24. Born St. Andrews-The-Less, Cambs, 20 January
1894, resident and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Arthur and Agnes Harding,
of 150, Gwydir St., Cambridge. Admitted to Cambridge Romsey Junior
Middle School 4 September 1905, son of Arthur Harding, resident
150, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, left 6 May 1908 having attained maximum
age. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Cambridge, a Law Clerk,
son of Arthur and Agnes Harding, 150 Gwydir Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Panel
19 to 21. See
also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| HOBSON | Thomas Ephraim |  Private
133302, 58th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds
26 August 1918. Aged 19. Born Chesterton, enlisted Cambridge. Son
of Mrs. T. Hobson, of 13, Great Eastern St., Mill Rd., Cambridge.
Joined Great Eastern Railway February 1913. Porter at Cambridge.
Enlisted April 1917 in Cambridge. Buried in BRONFAY FARM MILITARY
CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME, Somme, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 1.
See also Liverpool Street
Station, London and also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| HODSON | Frederick Charles |  Private
2114, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 23
May 1915. Born crica 1889 Castle End, Cambridge, enlisted Cambridge.
In the 1911 census he was a College Servant, aged 22, born Cambridge,
residing with his grandmother, Harriett Graves, at 29 Vicarage Terrace,
Cambridge. Buried in BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row B. Grave 2.
See also Cambridge University
Press & College Servants
and also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| HOLMES | Philip William | Private
40327 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly 3629, Suffolk Yeomanry.
Died of wounds 26 November 1917. Aged 24. Born and enlisted Cambridge.
Baptised 11 November 1893 in Cambridge, St Barnabas, son of Philip
and Martha Holmes, resident 9 Mill Street, Cambridge. Son of Philip
and Martha Sarah Holmes, of 14, Covent Garden, Cambridge. In the
1901 census he was aged 7, born cambridge, at school, son of Philip
and Martha Holmes, resident 14, Mill Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Cambridge, a Butcher, son
of Philip and Martha Holmes, resident 14 Covent Garden, Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire. Buried in GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Gave VIII. Row B. Grave 19. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| HOROBIN | John Samuel | Private
SS/8462, 8th (Labour) Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died from
an acute attack of pneumonia 24 November 1915. Aged 41. Born 17
April 1874 in Meerut, India, resident Cambridge, enlisted London.
Husband of Mrs Emma Matilda (nee Cornell) Horobin, of Perowne Street,
Cambridge, married October to December Quarter 1894 in Cambridge.
In the 1881 census he was aged 6, born East Indies, a scholar, son
of Wilhelmina Horobin, resident 14, Gloucester Place, Cambridge
St Andrew the Less, Cambridge. Admitted to East Road Boys' School,
Cambridge, 2 April 1882, resident 61, Fitzroy Street, Cambridge,
left 7 May 1886. In the 1901 census he was aged 26, born India,
a Cab Driver, married to Matilda Horobin, resident 2, Abbey Walk,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 36, born
Meerut, India, a Cab Driver, married to Matilda Horobin with one
duaghter and one son, resident 11 Leaders Row, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot
A. Row 14. Grave 46. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| LAMBERT | Noel King | Private
72802, 10th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in
action 13 April 1917. Aged 24. Born 13 December 1892, and enlisted,
Cambridge. Baptised 26 February 1893 in Cambridge, St Barnabas,
son of King Richard and Elizabeth Bradshaw Lambert, resident 145,
Gwydir Street, Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs. King Lambert, of 145,
Gwydir Street, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born
Cambridgeshire, son of Elizabeth Lambert, resident 145, Gwydir Street,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born
Cambridge, an ironmonger's Assistant, son of Elizabeth Lambert,
resident 145, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Attested
31 October 1915 in Bury St Edmunds, aged 22 years 10 months, resident
20, Kingston Street, Cambridge, Mrs Hilda beaumont acting as next
of kin, a Shop Assistant, single, height 5 feet 7¼ inches,
weight 114 lbs, chest 35½-38 inches. Buried in ATHIES COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Row G. Grave 18. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
| LINSEAY | Arthur |  Corporal
41437, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment formerly 6713, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Killed in action 23 August 1918. Born, resident and enlisted
Cambridge. Son of Mr and Mrs Charles Linseay of 132, Mill Road,
Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Cambridgeshire,
son of Charles and Fanny Linseay, resident 132, Mill Road, Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Cambridge,
at school, son of Charles and Fanny Linseay, resident 132, Mill
Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Buried BUCQUOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| LONG | Arthur George | Private
532421, 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own
Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 27 December
1917. Aged 23. Resident Cambridge, enlisted London. Baptised 25
November 1894 in Cambridge, St Giles, son of Edwin George Walter
and Marian Long, resident Benson Street Chesterton, Cambridge. Son
of Edwin George and Marian Long, of 27, Emery Street, Mill Road,
Cambridge; brother of Ceil Charles Long (below). In the 1901 census
he was aged 6, born Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, son of Edwin and
Marian Long, resident 7, Priory Street, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Chesterton, Cambridgeshire,
a Grocer's Clerk, son of Edwin and Marian Long, resident 62, Humberstone
Road, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section U. Grave 47. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
| LONG | Cecil Charles | Rifleman
608470, 1st/18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles),
London Regiment formerly 305487, 5th Battalion, London Regiment.
Died of wounds 9 October 1918. Aged 20. Born 1 February 1898, and
resident, Cambridge, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Baptised 10 April
1898 in Cambridge, St Michael, son of Edwin George and Marian Long,
resident 7 Priory Street Cambridge. Son of Edwin George and Marian
Long, of Cambridge; brother of Arthur George (above). In the 1901
census he was aged 3, born Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, son of Edwin
and Marian Long, resident 7, Priory Street, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Chesterton, Cambridgeshire,
at school, son of Edwin and Marian Long, resident 62, Humberstone
Road, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH
CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row F. Grave
39. See also Cambridge Guildhall
|
| MABUTT, MM | Albert Victor |  Private
10917, 7th Battalion, King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry). Died 27
March 1918 [memorials state 28th]. Born and resident Cambridge,
enlisted Hereford. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry John Mabbutt, of 10,
Mawson Rd., Cambridge. Decoration Militaire (Belgium). Awarded the
Military Medal (M.M.). Serving in the 5th KSLI, he was awarded the
Military Medal (MM) for bravery in France in 1917 and in 1918 received
the Belgian Decoration Militaire and Croix de Guerre. He was a Footman
at Llysdinam Hall in Powys when war broke out. Buried in WAILLY
ORCHARD CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 6.
See also Newbridge-on-Wye
and also Cambridge Guildhall
|
| MCPHERSON | Archibald Dixon | Trooper
569, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. Died of wounds 13th May 1915.
Born and resident Cambridge, enlisted Hounslow. Son of Charles and
Elizabeth McPherson. of Cambridge. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY
CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row E. Grave
3. See
also Perse School and Canterbury,
9th Lancers Memorial and also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| MEADOWS | Ernest Albert | Private
320538, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly 14166, Suffolk
Regiment. Killed in action in Egypt 6 November 1917. Aged 24. Born
8 June 1893, and enlisted, Cambridge. Son of Helena Elizabeth Meadows,
of 20, Perowne St., Mill Rd., Cambridge, and the late Charles Meadows;
brother of Frank Sydney Meadows (below). In the 1901 census he was
aged 8, born Cambridgeshire, son of Helena Elizabeth Meadows (a
widow), resident 27, Hooper Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Admitted
to Cambridge Brunswick Boys' School, Cambridge, 19 January 1903,
son of Ellen Meadows, resident 91, Fitzroy Street, Cambridge, left
23 November 1904 for nearer school. In the 1911 census he was aged
18, born Cambridge, a Bookbinder's Apprentice, son of Helena Elizabeth
Meadows (a widow), resident 20, Perowne Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Buried in BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including
Gaza). Section M. Grave 49. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| MEADOWS | Frank Sydney | Private
722911, 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's), London
Regiment formerly 24700, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Reigment. Killed
in action 1 January 1917. Aged 28. Born, resident and enlisted Cambridge.
Son of Helena Elizabeth Meadows, of 20, Perowne St., Mill Rd., Cambridge,
and the late Charles Meadows; brother of Ernest Albert Meadows (above);
brother of Miss Alice Rose Meadows, of 20, Perowne St., Mill Rd.,
Cambridge. In the 1891 census he was aged 2, born Cambridge, son
of Charles and Helena E Meadows, resident Sturton Street, Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Cambridgeshire,
son of Helena Elizabeth Meadows (a widow), resident 27, Hooper Street,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born
Cambridge, a Compositor, son of Helena Elizabeth Meadows (a widow),
resident 20, Perowne Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Buried RAILWAY
DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot VI. Row R. Grave 29. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| MERRIMAN | Harry [J] | Gunner
2740, "B" Battery, 235th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died 21 December 1916. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James
Merriman, of 2, Devonshire Road, Cambridge. Buried in HAZEBROUCK
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 20. See also
Cambridge Guildhall
|
| MILLS | Charles Sidney |  Rifleman
3008, 1st/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London
Regiment. Killed in action 23 December 1915. Resident and enlisted
Cambridge. In the 1911 census Sidney Mills was aged 18, son of Nellie
Mills, a Postman, born Chesterton, resident 18 Perowne St, Cambridge.
IN the British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 Sidney
C Mills was appointement Assistant Postman in Cambridge in 1909.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Panel
131. See also Cambridge All Saints
and Cambridge Post Office
and Cambridge
Guildhall |
| MOTE | Frederick Edward | Rifleman 302805, 1st/ 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment. Killed in action 3 May 1917. Born Newmarket, resident St. Pancras, enlisted London. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Mote, of 92 Tenison road, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9. See also Cambridge Guildhall Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917: MOTE
Frederick Edward of 27 Ampthill-square Middlesex
private His Majesty's Army died 3 May 1917 in France Probate London
16 November to John Kerry tailor. |
| NEWMAN | George Henry | Corporal
371002, 2nd/ 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles),
London Regiment. Killed in action 20 September 1917. Aged 24. In
the 1911 census he was the son of John and Fances Newman, aged 17,
a postman, born Cambridge, resident 14 Mawson Road, Cambridge. According
to the British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 he was
appointed as Assistant Postman in Cambridge in 1910 and then in
1913 as Postman in Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54. See also
Cambridge Post Office and
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
| PARFEY | Alfred [Harold] Ernest |  [Listed
as A H E PARFEY on Guildhall] Private 8899, 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Died at sea 30th December 1917. Aged 21. Born and enlisted
Cambridge. First went to France 1 April 1915. Buried at ALEXANDRIA
(HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot D. Grave 302. See also
Cambridge St Giles and Cambridge
Guildhall
Born 6th September 1896 the eldest son of Alfred (a gardener) and Annie (nee Dowe) Parfey previously of 104 Castle Street and later of 68 Great Eastern Street, Cambridge. Baptised 5 November 1896 at Cambridge St Giles Church. Not listed on the St Giles war memorial. In the 1911 census he was at school, aged 14. He was a “boiler’s assistant”, enlisting in Cambridge 10th April 1913, aged 17, and joining the 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Special Reserve Service), signing on for a period of six years. Service number 8721. He later came into the 1st/5th Suffolk Regiment, serving in France and twice injured, returning to convalesce in Lowestoft before returning to duty. He was being transferred from Malta to Egypt on HMT Aragon, likely en-route to Palestine where his regiment had been serving that year. Moored just outside Port Alexandria, Egypt, HMT Aragon was torpedoed and sunk 30th December 1917 by German U Boat UC34(9), which also then also sank HMS Attack whilst it was picking up survivors.
Photograph
Copyright © Cambridge |
| PETERS aka ALLEN | Arthur Allen |  [Listed
as Arthur ALLEN on all records, possibly adopted] Stoker 1st Class,
H.M.S. Arethusa. Killed when his ship hit a mine off Felixstowe
11 February 1916. Aged 26. Born 14 April 1890 in Cambridge. Son
of Annette aka Hettie Peters, of 32, Covent Garden, Cambridge. Prior
to enlistment h was a Stable Hand. Enlisted at Chatham 23 October
1914 for 12 years, height 5 feet 3½ inches, chest 38 inches,
brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and also Cambridge
St Paul's |
| RYAN | Stephen Maynard |  Private
2409, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 15 May 1916. Aged
19. Born 19 December 1896, and enlisted, in Cambridge. Son of Richard
and Florence Maud Ryan, of 29, Mawson Road, Cambridge. Admitted
to Cambridge St Albans School 7 May 1900, son of Richard Ryan, of
Stockwell Street, Cambridge, left 9 September 1909 to go to Romsey
Church School. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Cambridgeshire,
son of Richard M and Florence M Ryan, resident 25, Stockwill Street,
Cambridge. Admitted to Cambridge Romsey Junior Middle School 14
September 1909, son of Richard Ryan. In the 1911 census he was aged
14, born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, a Page Boy, son of Richard May
and Florence Maud Ryan, resident 29, Mawson Road, Cambridge. Buried
in GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot III. Row R. Grave 11. See also Cambridge
Guildhall and Church
of Our Lady and The English Martyrs |
| SAINT | William Douglas | 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
|
| SAUNDERS, MM | Harry Sabin | Sergeant
325071, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
26 September 1917. Aged 25. Born Mildenhall, Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge.
Son of Mrs. A. Wilson, of 127, Thoday St., Mill Rd., Cambridge;
husband of Alice Rose Biggs (nee Caldecoat)(formerly Saunders),
of 43, Baker St., London Rd., Brighton, married 14 June 1917 at
Cambridge, St. Barnabas, aged 27, resident of 39 Mawson Road, Cambridge.
Member of the Cambridge Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen,
admitted 1913. Formerly 1028, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Awarded the
Military Medal (M.M.). In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Mildenhall,
Suffolk, a Number Taker G.E.R., stepson, resident with his parents,
William and Anne Wilson, at 127, Thoday Street, Cambridge. No known
grave. Commemorated at TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 148. See also Cambridge
St Philips and Liverpool
Street Station, London and Cambridge
Guildhall |
| SEAGROTT | Albert Edward |  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
Guildhall
Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 18 June 1915, page 8: Sergeant Seagrott Killed.
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| SMITH | Ernest Edward | [Listed
as Edward Ernest SMITH on CWGC/SDGW] Lance Corporal 72534, 16th
Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment),
formerly Aircraftman 1st Class, 27383, Royal Flying Corps. Killed
in action 21 March 1918. Aged 32. Born and enlisted Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire. Brother of Mr F Winton Smith, Mill Road, Cambridge,
with whom he was in business. Son of Thomas Edward and Matilda Smith,
of 15, Chester Rd., Wellingborough, Northants. Panel 52 to 54. No
known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
| TATHAM | Arthur Edwin | Private
325719, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
15 November 1917. Aged 23. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Thomas
and Susan Tatham, of 68, York St., Cambridge. Formerly 2428, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot XIV. Row B. Grave 9. See also Cambridge
St Matthew's
and Cambridge Guildhall
|
| TINGEY | Thomas |
Extract from Cambridge Daily News - Thursday 2 January 1919, page 4: A PRISONER’S SUFFERINGS' Comrade’s Story of Dying Man Mrs. Tingey, of 14, Argyle-street, has received information that her husband. Pte. Thomas Tingey, of the Manchester Regiment, died in captivity in Germany. Pte. Tingey, who was 37 years of age, joined in January, 1915, and went to France in March, last year. A month later he was captured. He leaves a widow and four children. A comrade writes: “From the first time I saw him I was so sorry for him; he was such poor-looking soul It was at Hautmont Hospital, in France —German, of course. He was in the next bed to me, and he trusted himself a good deal to me. I don’t know what the German doctors were treating him for, but he was like the rest of us—we did not get much attention from them. For myself, I think his trouble was the jaundice. He was not allowed the same diets as the other patients—that miserable brown bread and “Gerry’s" famed soups in the morning. He was allowed a thin slice of bread (white) and butter, and’ “Gerry's” substitute coffee, and at dinner time he got such diets as macaroni done with milk, and a good ration of lamb, or rice done up in milk, with mutton. In the evening we all got barley water for tea (no bread and no tea), and only one bread ration a day. . . Your husband would not take the special diet, and seems to have taken a fair dislike to supping foods, as the look these dishes made him shudder. I nursed him to the best of my ability; . . the Germans didn’t worry, not a bit. The brutes made him leave Hautmont with a pair of wooden clogs, as they did many another one, on our journey to Gottingen. A French woman gave him a pair of lovely boots, but these were taken from him by ‘‘Gerry.” The French civil population Hautmont gave him coffee, bread, toffee, cigarettes, matches, mufflers, handkerchiefs—he seemed to draw everybody’s sympathy. . . Your husband was forced to leave for the long journey although could not walk. He was so weak that I had practically to carry him wherever we went. I went for our coffee and bread one morning, when we were in the train, and when I returned I found that your husband had passed away." |
| WESTWOOD | Edward | Lance
Corporal 8916, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of
wounds 10 March 1915. Aged 24. Born Marylebone, London, enlisted
London. Son of Edward and Annie Maria Westwood, of 19, Mackenzie
Road, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Marylebone,
London, single, a Professional Soldier, Private, 2nd Battalion,
Gloucestershire Regiment, billetted at Verdala Barracks Malta. Buried
in ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
I. Row C. Grave 5. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| WILLIAMS | Sidney [Thomas] | Private
40596, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action
31 July 1917. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 36419, Suffolk
Regiment. In the 1911 census he is the son of Louisa Williams (a
widow), aged 13, at school, born Cambrodge, resident with his mother
at 55 Argyle Street, Cambridge. Buried in PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA
WALL), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row K. Grave 9.
See also Cambridge St Luke's
and also Liverpool Street
Station, London and
also Cambridge Guildhall |
| WOODCOCK | William Henry | Private
220483, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment formerly 2992, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 27 April 1918. Born 1890, and enlisted,
Cambridge. Baptised 6 April 1890 at Cambridge, St Barnabas, son
of William Thomas and Annie Woodcock, resident 10, Mill Street,
Cambridge. Husband of Victoria Maud (nee Johnson) Woodcock, of 104
Oxford Road, Cambridge, married at Cambridge, St Luke (Chesterton)
15 March 1917; at the time he was a Private, 4th Battalion, Yorkshire
Regiment based at Scotton Camp, Hipswell. In the 1891 census he
was agdd 1, born Cambridge, son of William Thomas and Annie Woodcock,
resident Mill Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census
he was aged 11, born Cambridge, at school, son of William Thomas
and Annie Woodcock, resident 19, Mill Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born St Barnabas, Cambridge,
a College Servant, unmarried, resident Trinity Hall, Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 47 to 48. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| WRIGHT | Leonard [Albert] |  Rifleman
S/29542 [S/20542 on SDGW], 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own) formerly 34437, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
23 October 1917. Aged 19. Born 31 December 1898, resident and enlisted,
Cambridge. Baptised 6 March 1898 in Cambridge, St Barnabas, son
of Wiliam and Jessie Ellen Wright, resident 9, Caius Street, Cambridge.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wright, of 1 Cross Street, Mill road,
Cambridge and brother of William James Wright (below). In the 1901
census he was aged 3, born Cambridge, son of William Henry and Jessie
Ellen Wright, resident 9, Cains Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Cambridge, at school, son
of William Henry and Jessie Ellen Wright, resident 1, Cross Street,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot XXI. Row C. Grave 17. See also Cambridge
Guildhall |
| WRIGHT | William James |  Private
352959, 2nd/9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment formerly 4457, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Killed in action 9 October 1917. Aged 24. Enlisted Cambridge.
Born 18 June 1893, baptised 13 August 1893 in Cambridge, St Barnabas,
son of Wiliam and Jessie Ellen Wright, resident 3, Union Terrace,
Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W H Wright, of 1 Cross St, Mill Road,
Cambridge. Brother of Leonard Albert Wright (above). In the 1901
census he was aged 3, born Cambridge, son of William Henry and Jessie
Ellen Wright, resident 9, Cains Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 7, born Cambridge, at school, son
of William Henry and Jessie Ellen Wright, resident 1, Cross Street,
Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 120 to 124. See also
Cambridge Guildhall
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Private
57358, 19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died whilst a Prisoner
of War 17 October 1918. Aged 37. Husband of Amy (nee Simpson)
Tingey, of 14, Argyle Street, Cambridge, married July to September
Quarter 1909 in Chesterton Registration District, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1891 census he was aged 11, born Sheffield, Yorkshire,
son of Edward and Sophia Tingey, resident Primrose Street, Chesterton,
Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 21, born Sheffield,
Yorkshire, a Miller's Labourer, son of Sophia Tingey (a widow),
resident 23, Willow Place, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911
census he was aged 31, born Sheffield, Yorkshire, a Riding School
Groom, married to Amy with one daughter, resident 18, Little St.
Mary's Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. A letter describing his
last days in captivity was printed in the Cambridge Daily News
2 January 1919 pg4. Buried NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen,
Germany. Plot VII. Row D. Grave 12. See also