Roll of Honour - Cambridgeshire

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BARRINGTON WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Ann Thompson & Martin Edwards

The War memorial is on the green outside the parish church of All Saints and takes the form of a three-stepped octagonal base surmounted by an octagonal plinth with a tapered octagonal shaft attached to a crucifix cross. The inscriptions are on the sides of the plinth. Details for the memorial can be found in the Cambridge Independent Press 21st January 1921. There are 10 names for World War 1 and 5 names for World War 2 plus one name for Belize 1983. A further memorial exists inside the church of All Saints and takes the form of a wooden with inscriptions for World War 1 in black and red lettering, under this an additional plaque made from wood with gold lettering naming those who gave their lives in World War 2..

On the green:

Photograph Copyright © Martyn Smith 2002

IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR FROM 1914
TO 1918 IN GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SACRIFICE.
R.I.P.

BENDYSHE	Richard Nelson	See entry inside church.
COOTE	Arthur John	See entry inside church.
COOTE	George	See entry inside church.
NEAVES	John	See entry inside church.
NEWMAN	Frank	See entry inside church.
PRIME	Frank	See entry inside church.
TAYLOR	Ernest	See entry inside church.
WEBB	Arthur James	See entry inside church.
WILKERSON	Wilfred	See entry inside church.
WRIGHT	Arthur	See entry inside church.
THE WORLD WAR
DEIGHTON	Ernest G	See entry inside church.
READ	John T	See entry inside church.
SIMPSON	Hugh D L	See entry inside church.
WORLAND	Dennis W	See entry inside church.
WRIGHT	Joseph	See entry inside church.

DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE
SERVICE 1939-1945

Inside the church:

Photograph Copyright © Ann Thompson 2000

Photographs Courtesy and Copyright © Martyn Smith 2002

REMEMBER BEFORE GOD
THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US
IN THE GREAT WAR

		1914-1918
COOTE	George Charles	Stoker 1st Class K/23071 H.M.S. "Formidable.", Royal Navy who died on Friday, 1st January 1915. Age 27. Son of William and Caroline Coote, of Barrington, Cambs; husband of Laura Coote (nee Adams). Commemorated on the CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel Number 11.
COOTE	Arthur John	Private 2240 1st Bn., Hertfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France Saturday, 1st May 1915. Born Barrington. Enlisted Royston, Herts, resident of Barrington. Buried in GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. G. II. See also Foxton University Tutorial Press.
BENDYSHE	Richard Nelson	Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, Deal Bn. R.N. Div, Royal Marine Light Infantry who died on Saturday, 1st May 1915. Age 49. Son of Nelson and Charlotte Bendyshe; husband of Eleanor Margaret Bendyshe, of Barrington Hall, Cambs. Buired in LONE PINE CEMETERY, ANZAC, Turkey. Grave III. D. 6. Also commemorated in the family chapel inside Barrington church.
RENDALL, D.S.O.	Francis Holden Shuttleworth	Lieutenant Colonel Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attd. 5th Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment who died on Sunday, 9th July 1916. Age 37. Son of the late Francis Shuttleworth Rendall and Mrs. Rendall, of Brigmerston House, Salisbury; husband of Muriel Durett Edward-Collins (formerly Rendall), of Polgwin, Bodmin, Cornwall. Buried in LEBUCQUIERE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Il. B. 21.
NEWMAN	Frank	Private, 326592, 1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on Saturday, 14th October 1916. Age 32. Enlisted Cambridge, formerly 4068, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Harriett Newman, of The Green, Barrington, Cambridge. Buried in CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL, Somme, France. Grave IX. H. 4.
NEAVES	John Wallis	Private 20870 5th Bn., King's Shropshire Light Infantry who died on Monday, 12th February 1917. Age 35. Husband of Emma Neaves, of Wimpole, Royston, Herts. Buried AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Grave IV. B. 6.
TAYLOR	Ernest W	Private 32161 1st/4th Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment who died on Friday, 4th May 1917. Husband of Lydia Jane Taylor, of 62, Thoday St., Mill Rd., Cambridge. Buried in SAVONA TOWN CEMETERY, Italy. Grave C. 13.
PRIME	Frank	Private. 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Reg.). According to the memorial he died 30th April 1917 but CWGC states 28th April 1917. Buried: ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE, Pas de Calais, France.
WEBB	Arthur James	Private 68607 22nd Bn., Royal Fusiliers who died on Thursday, 29th November 1917. Age 25. Son of Gharles and Mary Webb, of Barrington, Cambs; husband of Lilian Margaret Haynes (formerly Webb), of Harlton, Cambs. Buried in ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, Somme, France. Grave V. B. 5.
WILKERSON	Wilfred Edward	Private. 1st/7th Bt. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died 3rd May 1918, age 24, buried: HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Son of the late George and Alice Wilkerson, of Barrington, Cambs. Youngest but one of five brothers who joined the Service during the Great War.
WRIGHT	Arthur	Private G/44210 1st/7th Bn., Middlesex Regiment who died on Monday, 26th August 1918. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VII. A. 19.
TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
1939-1945
DASH	[John] Jack Sidney	Seaman LT/JX 261349 H.M. Trawler Lord Stonehaven., Royal Naval Patrol Service who died on Friday, 2nd October 1942. Age 24. Son of Nellie Dash; husband of Hilda O. Dash, of Foxton, Cambridgeshire. Commemorated on LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL, Suffolk, Panel 8, Column 3.
DEIGHTON	Ernest George	Gunner 1131325 Royal Artillery who died on Tuesday, 29th October 1946. Age 37. Son of Ernest and Mary Deighton, of Godmanchester; husband of Grace Deighton, of Barrington, Cambridgeshire. Buried in GODMANCHESTER (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Huntingdonshire.
READ	John Thornton	Flt. Sgt. Air Bomber, 207 Sqdn, R.A.F.V.R., d 6/4/1944, age 21, buried: TOULOUSE (LA FOURGUETTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Haute-Garonne, France. Son of John Thornton Read and of Inez Elizabeth Read, of Wembley Park, Middlesex; husband of Margaret Bradbury Read, of Barrington, Cambridgeshire.
SIMPSON	Hugh David Livingstone	Drv. , 135 Petrol Depot, Royal Army Service Corps, d 5/4/1945, age 33, buried: HASSELT (KRUISVELD) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium. Son of Hugh and Elezebeth Simpson; husband of Bridget Simpson, of Barrington, Cambridgeshire.
WORLAND	Dennis William	Trooper 7934923 'A' Sqn., 16th/5th Lancers, R.A.C. who died on Friday, 7th May 1943. Age 22. Son of William G. N. and May Elizabeth Worland, of Barrington, Cambridgeshire. Buried in OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Grave 1. F. 10.
WRIGHT	Joseph	No further information currently
Also
COBB	Leslie	[Lance] Sergeant. Born 1955. Killed in action in Belize 1983.

Last updated 24 January, 2009

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