[Harry] Henry Robert Augustus ADEANE

Captain 1st Bn., Coldstream Guards who died on Monday, 2nd November 1914. Age 32. Son of Admiral Edward and Lady Edith Adeane; husband of Victoria Eugenie Adeane, of 1, Dean Trench St., Westminster, London. Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11

William CROW

Gunner 36484 1st Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery who died on Monday, 1st March 1915. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. D. 17.

George DAY

Private 326516 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who was killed in action on Wednesday, 26th September 1917. Age 21. Son of Stephen John and Mary Jane Day, of 29, Brick Row, Babraham, Cambs.Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. Formerly 3906 Cambridgeshire Regiment. nlisted Cambridge.

Thomas Frederick GRAINGER

Private 26991 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Friday, 22nd March 1918. Age 21. Son of Thomas and Annie Grainger, of 14, Reed Farm, Babraham, Cambs. Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4

Harry Walter HILLS

Rifle Brigade (The Prnce Consort's Own). 1st Bn. Born Babraham. Enlisted Camberwell, Surrey. Resident Peckham, Surrey. Died 17/4/17. France & Flanders. Rifleman S/25755. Place of burial/commemoration unknown.

Arthur JOHNSON

Pte - possibly Arthur John Johnston, Private 71974 1st Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) who was killed in action on Tuesday, 31st July 1917. Born in Swaffham, Cambs, enlisted Newmarket and resident Islington, Middlesex. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave III. K. 17.

William Cupit RASH

Private 13811 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Saturday, 12th August 1916. Age 25. Son of Cupit and A. Rash, of Babraham, Carnbridge; husband of Dora Patman (formerly Rash), of Fulbourn Rd., Cherryhinton, Caunbridge. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A

Edward James KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH

Born March 15th 1890, married December 5th 1914 to Sibell Eleanor Maud, 2nd. daughter of Charles Adeane of Babraham, Cambridge. Educated atEton & Bailliol; Captain 7th Rifle Brigade, Staff Captain 218th Infantry. Served in France & Belgium. Accidentally killed while returning to duty, July 10th 1917. He was the son of Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (Lord Kay-Shuttleworth), MP, Parliamentary Secretary of the Admiralty, etc. (1844-1939) and grandson of Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth (1804-1877), the educational and social reformer. His home was Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire (now a National Trust property). There's a family tree in Frank Smith The "Life And Work Of Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth" (Cedric Chivers, Bath,1974 a reprint of the 1932 original). This biography has been supplanted by R. J. W. Selleck James Kay-Shuttleworth: "Journey Of An Outsider" Woburn Press, Ilford, 1994. (Extra information kindly supplied by Frank Emmett).

Bertram E SARJENT

Private 3903 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 7th June 1916. Son of Mrs. E. A. Sargent, of Almhouses, Babraham, Cambs. Buried in GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. C. 20.

Frank SEARD

Lce Cpl - no further information currently

Alfred J SCOTCHER

Private 328344 1st/4th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Saturday, 7th September 1918. Age 27. Son of William and Martha Scotcher, of Babraham, Cambs; husband of Agnes Scotcher, of "The Greyhound," Sawston, Cambs. Buried in DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave IV. E. 4.

Sidney SIMPSON

Private 3876 3rd/5th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 3rd May 1916. Age 26. Son of Edward and Emma Simpson, of 7, Cambridge Rd., Babraham. Buried in BABRAHAM (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire. In the south-west part.

[Joseph] Arthur SMITH

Private 4635, "B" Company, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. He was wounded in October 1916 and died of his wounds 12th February 1917 at home. Age 21. Born Abington, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Joseph and Medina Mara Smith, of Babraham. Buried in BABRAHAM (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire.

William George STEBBIN[GS]

L/Cpl.G.14900 age 21 13th.Batt. The Royal Sussex Reg.39th.Div. Missing in action during the German Spring Offensive. 23.3.18. Born Babraham and enlisted in Cambridge. Son of Mr & Mrs John Stebbings of Trinity Cottages
Cheveley. Commemorated on MR.27 Pozieres Memorial. Chichester Cathedral Panels

Charles James VEAL

Private G/1539 4th Bn., Middlesex Regiment who died on Saturday, 25th September 1915. Buried in SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, ZILLEBEKE, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Special Memorial

George Wlliam WHITTAKER

Lance Corporal 13813 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 25. Son of George and Susan Whittaker, of Chalk Hill Farm, Babraham, Cambs. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Balsham memorial.

Reginald GRAINGER

Guardsman 2656148 5th Bn., Coldstream Guards who died on Thursday, 20th July 1944. Age 30. Son of Thomas and Annie Grainger; husband of Ella Grainger, of Tiverton, Devon. Buried in LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES, Calvados, France. Grave VI. A. 10.

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