
CAMBRIDGE
HOLY TRINITY WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Dave Edwards
This
unusual memorial takes the form of a wooden shelter in the Churchyard.
The names are engraved on the roof beams inside. There is no sign of
a Second World War memorial.
Remember
members of the Holy Trinity Church
who gave their lives in the Great War
1914 – 1918.
AGGER |
Frank Howard
|
Cpl.
4th Bt. Middlesex Reg., d 23/4/1914, buried: ST.-SYMPHORIEN
MILITARY CEMETERY, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:
Volume 1, Part 2, Page 2. AGGER, Frank Howard. Corporal, 12880,
4th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridges Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Eldest son of Harry Agger of 4 Market Hill, Cambridge, Hairdresser
and Tobacconist, died 13-11-1903, by his wife Elizabeth Sarah ,
died 16-5-1896, dau of Robert Holder.
Born Cambridge 14-4-1892, educated Farningham and in the Higher
Education class , Aldershot (Sept 1913 - Feb 1914). Enlisted 1-1-1910,
formed one of the bodyguard at Hyde Park at the coronation of King
George V, 22-6-1911. Served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and was killed in actionduring the retreat from Mons 23-8-1914.
At the time of his death he was in charge of a squad of men guarding
a railway bridge, at the small village of Oburg near Mons, they
were compelled to retire, and on reaching their lines, Corporal
Agger, who had been wounded, was found to be missing. Two of his
comrades went out and endeavoured to bring him in, but were wounded
and taken prisoners, a shell bursting as they were lifting him from
the ground.
He was a good athlete, playing football for Middlesex, and ran in
the marathon race from Windsor to London in 1913, which race the
king started himself. Unm. |
AGGER |
Ralph
|
Pte.
46th Bt. Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regt.), d 29/9/1917,
age 23, commemorated: VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Son
of Wm. Agger, of 1117, Sherburn St., Winnipeg; husband of Cecile
Agger. Born Grantchester. |
AGGER |
Thomas
|
Drv.
158th Bde. Ammunition Col., Royal Field Artillery, d
19/4/1919, buried: STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime,
France. Son of Mrs. E. Agger, of 30, Greens Rd., Victoria Rd., Cambridge.
|
BAILEY |
Frederick P
|
Possibly:
Cpl. Frank Predam Bailey, 11th Bt. Suffolk Reg., d 2/5/1918,
age 21, buried: WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Son of William N. Bailey, of 10, Maids Causeway, Cambridge.
|
BOWERS |
Henry
|
Possibly:
Pte. Henry Mark Bowers, 2nd Bt. Suffolk Reg., d 20/7/1916,
commemorated: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. |
BRAND |
Charles H
|
Probably:
Pte. C. Brand, 15th Bt. Lancashire Fusiliers, d 10/8/1918,
age 26, buried: BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Son
of Edward and Alice Brand, of Cambridge; husband of Letitia Brand,
of 14, Petworth St., Cambridge. |
BURBAGE |
George William
|
Private
2292, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 14
October 1916. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mrs.
M. A. Burbage, of 5, Manor St., Cambridge. In
the 1911 census he is the son of Mary Ann Burbage, a widow, he is
aged 23, a Grocers Porter, born Cambridge and resident with his
mother at 11 Manor Street, Cambridge. Buried in CONNAUGHT
CEMETERY, THIEPVAL, Somme, France. Plot X. Row A. Grave 1. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
CLEMENTS |
Albert Christopher
|
Cpl.
165th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf.), d 23/9/1917, age
21, commemorated: TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of George and Cecilia Clements, of 6, Occupation Rd.,
Cambridge. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
and
also Cambridge, Christ Church
|
CLEMENTS |
Arthur
|
No
further information currently. |
COOPER |
Maurice
|
Probably:
2nd Lt. Maurice Stanley Charles Cooper, 9th
attd. 6th Bt. Bedfordshire Reg., d 9/8/1916, age 19,
buried: MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Son of Jonathan and Emma Emily Cooper, of 8, Market St., Cambridge.
|
COX |
Bernard Cyril
|
Pte.
17th Bt. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, d 4/11/1918, age 23,
buried: ENGLEFONTAINE BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Son of Herbert
Tunstall Cox, and Lilla Cox, of 17, Warkworth St., Cambridge. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
and
also Cambridge, Christ Church
|
CRANE |
Frank Miller
|
Pte.
2nd Bt. Bedfordshire Reg., d 10/3/1915, age 28, commemorated:
LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Robert Crane,
of 13, Trinity Place, Cambridge; husband of Sarah Crane, of 23,
Adam and Eve Row, Cambridge. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
CURZON |
Arthur William
Harry |
Private
325644, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
8 July 1917. Aged 34. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mr. A.
G. Curzon, of 10, Willow Walk, Cambridge. Formerly 2315, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Buried in BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. PLot
I. Row L. Grave 60. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
and Cambridge
University Press |
CURZON |
Frederick Barton
|
Rfm.
18th Bt. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, d 12/2/1917, age 33,
buried: CAMBRIDGE (MILL ROAD) CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Son of Arthur George and Sarah Elizabeth Curzon, of 10, Willow Walk,
Cambridge. Trinity Parish. See
also Cambridge Guildhall |
DARLING |
Fred G
|
Probably:
Pte. Fred Darling, 11th Bt. Suffolk Reg., d 7/9/1918,
buried: ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE, Pas de Calais, France.
Son of Mrs. Louisa Darling, of go, Tring St., Cambridge.
|
de
CANDOLE |
Alec [Corry Vully]
|
Lt.,
4th Bt. Wiltshire Reg., attd. 49th Machine
Gun Corps, d 3/9/1918, age 21, buried: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Son of H. L. C. V. and Helen Edith
de Candole, of 6, Little Cloisters, Westminster, London. Native
of Cheltenham. See also Wikipedia,
Alec
de Candole Tribute and Marlborough
College |
ELLIS |
Henry George
|
Pte.
2nd Bt. Suffolk Reg., d 11/4/1917, age 34, commemorated:
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Vincent and Clara
Ellis, of 12, Victoria St., Cambridge; husband of Hetty, Gertrude
Ellis, of 47, Castle St., Cambridge. Employed W Eaden Lilley &
Co Ltd. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
and Cambridge St Andrew the Great
and also Cambridge, Christ
Church |
FROST |
George Edward
|
Pte., 1st Bt Cambridgeshire Reg., d 18/9/1918, age 25,
buried: EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY, Somme, France. Son of Frederick
Jeffrey Frost and Agnes Annie Frost, of 9, Willow Walk, Cambridge.
See
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
FROST |
Leonard Arthur
|
Rfm.
2nd/16th Bt. London Reg. (Queen’s Westminster
Rifles), d 20/2/1918, age 25, buried: JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel.
Son of Helen Frost, of "Rockbarton," 14, St. Barnabas Rd., Cambridge,
and the late Arthur Thomas Frost. See
also Cambridge Guildhall,
Perse School and
also Cambridge
St Barnabas
|
FROST |
Percy Causton
|
2nd
Lt. 10th (Shropshire & Cheshire Yeomanry) Bt., King’s
Shropshire Light Infantry, d 8/9/1918, age 19, buried: VILLERS-FAUCON
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Son of Arthur Thomas
and Helen Frost, of "Rockbarton," 14, St. Barnabas Rd., Cambridge.
See
also Cambridge St Barnabas
and Cambridge Guildhall
|
GATHERCOLE |
Herbert W
|
No
further information currently. |
GATHERCOLE |
Leonard Herbert
|
Pte.
5th Bt. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, d 12/9/1915, age
30, commemorated: HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Son of George and Amy
Gathercole, of 7, Manor St., Cambridge. See
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
HALL |
Frederick R
|
Probably:
L/Cpl., 12th Bt. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, d 6/8/1918,
age 22, buried: LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT,
Pas de Calais, France. Son of Robert and Ellen Hall, of 81, King
St., Cambridge; husband of Louise Hall, of Over Rd., Willingham,
Cambs. |
HOLLOWAY |
James
|
No
further information currently. |
JOHNSON |
Robert John
|
Private
40410, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 30 August
1918. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert J. Johnson, of 24, King St., Cambridge. Formerly 4397, Suffolk
Regiment. Buried in ECOUST-ST. MEIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France.See
also Cambridge Guildhall
|
KIRKUP |
Alfred William
|
Corporal
325671, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
26 September 1917. Aged 27. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of
Alfred and Alice Kirkup, of 75, King St., Cambridge. Employed Cambridge
& District Co-operative Society Ltd. Formerly 2354, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
148.
See
also Cambridge Guildhall
and Cambridge St Mary the
Great |
LAURENCE |
Dudley
|
Possibly:
2nd Lt. Dudley Sydney Laurence, 6th attd.
1st Bt. Rifle Brigade, d 23/10/1916, age 19, buried:
CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Son of the
Rev. Fred S. Laurence and Frances Alice Laurence, of Cranford House,
Moulsford, Berks. |
LEA |
Samuel Betts
aka Sam |
Lance
Corporal 325679, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed
in action 26 September 1917. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Ely. Son
of Rebecca Lea, of "Brookville," The Crescent, Filey, Yorks., and
the late Thomas George Lea. Formerly 2362, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. See
also Cambridge
Guildhall |
MANSFIELD |
Herbert
|
Private
9862, "A" Squadron, 20th Hussars. Killed in action 4 September
1914. Aged 20. Born, resident and enlisted Cambridge. Son of James
Walter and Sophia Mansfield, of Dove House, New Park St., Cambridge.
In the 1911 census he is aged 17, son of Walter James and Sophia
Mansfield, a Grocer's Errand Boy, born Cambridge and resident 4
Ram Yard, Cambridge. Buried in North-East part of ST. CYR SUR MORIN
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France.
See also
Cambridge
Guildhall |
MISSEN |
Edward Roland
Cecil |
[Listed
as MISSON School memorial] Second Lieutenant, 2nd (City of London)
Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment. Killed in action 4
October 1918. Aged 19. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Missen of Cambridge.
His birth was registered in the October to December Quarter 1898
in the Chesterton Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In the
1901 census he is listed as MISSON, aged 2, son of Robert Symond
and Elizabeth Misson, born Chesterton, resident 7 Holland Street,
Chesterton. In the 1911 census he is listed as MISSEN, aged 12,
son of Robert Symonds and Elizabeth Missen, at school, born New
Chesterton, resident 7 Holand Street, New Chesterton, Cambridge.
Buried in CAGNICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
I. Row D. Grave 1. See also Cambridge
County High School and Cambridge
Guildhall
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Edward Roland
Cecil Missen:
MISSEN
Edward Roland cecil of 7 Holland-street Cambridge second lieutenant
London egiment died 4 October 1918 in France Administration London
5 February (1919) to Elizabeth Missen widow. Effects £62
13s. 7d
|
MITCHLEY |
Jack
|
Probably:
L/Cpl. J H Mitchley, 7th Bt. North Staffordshire Reg.,
d 27/9/1918, buried: TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY, Iran. |
NEAL |
David
|
No
further information currently. |
NEAL |
William
|
Probably:
Pte. 6th Bt. Bedfordshire Reg., d 23/8/1917, age 31,
buried: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Husband
of W. Neal, of 11, Manor St., Cambridge. |
NEWELL |
John Charles
|
Serjeant
5572, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 12 October
1916, Born and enlisted Cambridge. In the 1911 census he is aged
29, married to Edith Ellen, Town Postman, born Cambridge, St Andrews,
resident 36 Springfield Road, New Chesterton. According to British
Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 in 1908 he was appointed
an Assistant Postman in Cambridge and again in 1909. According to
the Cambridge Independent Press he was a great temperance worjker,
He joined the Rechabites while on service in India, was Secretary
of the Carrodus Tent, Cambridge, and the Jubliee Juvenile Tents,
and was a Past District Chief Ruler. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 1 C and 2 A. See
also
Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
Post Office
Extract
from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 10 November
1916, page 5:
Sergt.
John Charles Newell, of Cambridge, whose death in action on October
12th has been briefly reported in our columns, was educated at
the British Schools, Cambridge, under the late Mr. F. H. Bird.
He enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment on 19th June, 1900, and had
served at Bury St. Edmund’s, Colchester, Alderney (Channel
Islands), Felixstowe, Shorncliffe, South Africa, Kararchi and
Madras (India), Aden (Arabia), and Parkhurst Isle of Wight). Sergt.
Newell was a lifelong abstainer, and did good work for yhe temperance
cause here and elsewhere. He joined the Rechabites in India, and
passed through many offices and committees in the Minden Rose
Tent, Dist. 150. In Cambridge he was always ready to assist the
fatherless and widows by raising funds and in other ways. He was
secretary of the Carrodus Trust (3431), Cambridge and Jubilee
Juvenile Tents, and being a good cyclist, was able to reach outlying
districts and members, helping very materially to form tents of
I.O.R. at Royston, etc. He was a Past District Chief Ruler. Sergt.
Newell leaves a widow and two daughters, aged 3 and 6. Two of
his brothers are serving with the Colours, viz., Cook-Sergt. G.
W. Newell (Suffolk Yeomanry), and Pte. Harry J. Newell (Army Service
Corps, M.T.).
|
NEWMAN |
J H |
No
further information currently. |
NEWMAN |
Richard [Arthur]
|
Sergeant
1335, "B" Company, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Killed in action 4 September 1916. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Cambridge.
Resident of Trinity Place, Cambridge. Son of Richard and Isabella
Newman, of Cambridge. Formerly employed by Messrs. Flack and Judge.
Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART, Somme, France.
Row D. Grave 9. See also
Cambridge
Guildhall |
NICHOLS |
Edgar
|
Lt.
35th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force, d 24/1/1919,
age 27, buried: CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire, United
Kingdom. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Nichols, of 18, Maids Causeway,
Cambridge; husband of Ruby Nichols, of 20, Burghley Rd., Kentish
Town, London. |
OAKMAN |
Harry
|
Possibly:
Pte. Henry William Oakman, 2nd Bt. Essex Reg., d 10/10/1917,
age 33, commemorated: TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of Joseph and Emily Oakman, of The Cabin, Cowper Rd.,
Cherry Hinton Rd., Cambridge; husband of Mary Ann Oakman, of Cherry
Hinton, Cambridge. |
RAYNER |
Arthur
|
No
further information currently. |
SMEE |
Cyril
|
Possibly:
Pte. CF Smee, 2nd Bt. Suffolk Reg., d 16/8/1916, buried:
GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT, Somme, France. |
SMITH |
Reginald Holt
|
Pte.
7th Bt. Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Reg), d 23/7/1917,
age 35, commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of William Henry Chappel Smith and Elizabeth Jane Smith,
of 13, Market St., Cambridge. See
also Cambridge
Guildhall |
SWANN |
Thomas W
|
Possibly:
Cpl. Thomas W Swann, 17th Bt. Middlesex Reg., d 28/4/1917,
commemorated: ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. |
WOLFE |
Frank Joseph
|
Pte.
10th Bt. West Yorkshire Reg., (Prince of Wales’s Own),
d 11/6/1918, age 22, buried: ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe, of Cambridge; husband of Annie Elizabeth
Wolfe, of 6, Trinity Place, King St., Cambridge. He was wounded
twice and was torpedoed when crossing from France with frozen feet.
See
also Cambridge
Guildhall
|
WOODCOCK |
William H
|
No
further information currently. |
WOOTTEN |
Herbert Ross
|
Sgt.,
2nd Bt. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Reg), d
9/8/1915, commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of Edwin Wootten, of 14, Willow Walk, Cambridge, and
the late Ellen Wootten.
See
also Cambridge
Guildhall and Cambridge
All Saints |
Last updated
20 September, 2023
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