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CAMBRIDGE ST. GILES WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards
2000
additional RFC/RNAS/RAF information David Manning

The St. Giles' War Memorial for 1914-18 war stands in the grounds of the church at the bottom of Castle Hill. The memorial takes the form of a stone crucifix mounted on a square plinth that bears the inscription and names on metal plaques affixed to it, the whole is mounted on a two-stepped base. There are 74 names for World War 1. The memorial was unveiled and dedicated by the Bishop of Ely 17th November 1920. There are 6 burials in the chuirchyard for the 1914-1918 war and 1 for the 1939-1945 war.

IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST THIS CROSS
KEPT UP AS A MEMORIAL
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
REMEMBER THEM IN YOUR
PRAYERS AND YOUR LIVES
Photographs Copyright © Martin Edwards 2000
ADAMS

Bertie T

Bertie Thomas ADAMS, Private 40077 8th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Monday, 25th September 1916. Age 41. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Northampton. Resident Kettering. Formerly 3717 Essex Regiment. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C.

ADAMS

Frederick William

Private 36523 6th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment who was killed in action Friday, 29th September 1916. Age 33. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 4577 Cambs Regiment. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams. Buried in MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL, Somme, France. Grave VIII. A. 7.

ALLENSBY

Charles

On memorial. No information on either the CWGC or SDGW. Probably son of Charles and Harriet Allensby and born in Ely in 1876.

BELL

Thomas

Private 31409 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Sunday, 29th April 1917. Age 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bell, of 60, Castle St., Cambridge; husband of Anastasia Mabel Bailey (formerly Bell), of 63, Lower Addiscombe Rd., East Croydon, Surrey.Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.

BENSTEAD

Frederick Charles

Private 202086 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 20th June 1917. Age 34. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Benstead, of 28, Shelley Row, St. Peter's St., Cambridge; husband of Olive May Benstead, of 66, Histon Rd., Cambridge. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Grave III. L. 29.

BIRD, M.M.

William

Private, 14228, 7th (Service) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment who died of wounds on Wednesday, 26th July 1916. Age 23. Born Cambridge, enlisted Egham, Surrey. Husband of A. Lovejoy (formerly Bird), of 16, Alexandra Rd., Pooley Green, Egham, Surrey. Awarded the Military medal (m.M.). Buried in Histon Road Cemetery, Cambridge. Grave 15. A. 25.

From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour the following:

Volume 2, Part 3, Page 25.

BIRD, William James. Private, 14228, 7th (Service) battalion, The East Surrey Regiment. Son of Herbert Bird, Porter, by his wife, Maggie Elizabeth, dau. of William Fordham.

Born Cambridge 14-10-1892; educated St. Giles, Cambridge, was a gardener, and enlisted voluntarily in Oct 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 1-6-1915, and died at the Northern Hospital, co. York 26-7-1916, of wounds received in action. Buried at Cambridge.

He married at Egham Church 3-6-1916, Adelaide (64 Hythe Park Rd, Staines, co. Middlesex) dau of William Henry Aspland; s.p

BOUGHEY

Anchitel Edward Fletcher

Lieutenant 8th Bn., Rifle Brigade who died on Thursday, 10th October 1918. Age 26. Son of the Rev. A. H. F. Boughey (Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge) and Katharine A. Boughey, of 4, Cranmer Rd., Cambridge. CE. Officers. Buried in GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, County Dublin, Ireland. Grace 26.

From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour the following:

Volume 2, Part 5, Page 18

BOUGHEY, Anchitel Edward Fletcher - Lieutenant, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own)

Youngest son of the Rev.Anchitel Harry Fletcher Boughey, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, by his wife,Katharine Annie, dau. of I. S. Lovell of Thornby, co.Northampton; born Cambridge 6th Nov1891; educated Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment, 5th Feb. 1910; resigned his commission in 1913; went to Canada in that year, and settled at Montreal, where he was on the staff of the Bank of Montreal; returned to England immediately on the outbreak of war, and volunteering for active service, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8th Rifle Brigade 14th Sept. 1914; served with The Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May 1915; was wounded at Hooge the following July, and invalided home; on recovery, not being passed as fit for active service, was appointed Instructor to an Officers Cadet Battn., and was subsequently given a post at the War Office; proceeded to Ireland in Sept.1918, on special recruiting work, and, returning to England on the S.S. Leinster, was drowned when that ship was torpedoed in the Irish Sea, 10th Oct. 1918. Buried in Dublin Military Cemetery. His General ( in Ireland) wrote: "His sad fate has cast a gloom over all those here who knew him. For myself I feel that I have lost a true friend." A few days before his death his appointment as staff captain was recommended and approved. Unm.

BURTON

Charles

Listed on family gravestone in churchyard. Grave 4E38/9. Died 1918. No further information currently available.

BUTTON

Hurbert William

Private 404999 26th Bn., Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regt.) who died on Saturday, 5th August 1916. Age 24. Son of Dan and Louis Button, of 83, Castle St., Cambridge, England. Buried in RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VOORMEZEELE, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave III. D. 3. Also listed on family gravestone in churchyard.

CALDECOAT

Percy

Private 35101 1st/4th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment who died on Sunday, 13th October 1918. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Formerly TR/5/3471, 9th T.R.Bn. Buried in WORMS (HOCHEIM HILL) CEMETERY, Germany. Also listed on family gravestone in churchyard. Grave 5D43.

CALTON

Alfred

possibly Alfred Ernest CALTON, Corporal 9147 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 9th August 1916. Born Whittlesey, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A

CAREY

Albert Edward

Private 35946 8th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment who died on Friday, 30th May 1919. Age 19. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Son of the late Edward and Sarah Ann Carey. Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.

CHAPMAN

Albert Edward

L/Cpl. 51st Coy., Machine Gun Corps, killed in action 8th July 1916. Born Chesterton, enlisted Cambridge. Commemorated: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C

CHAPMAN

Leonard

Private 17544 1st Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Saturday, 12th January 1918. Born Chesterton. Enlisted Cambridge. Buried in SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON, Greece. Grave C. 491.

CHRISTIAN

Fredrick John

Lance Corporal 24817 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 9th August 1916. Age 22. Son of George and Ellen Christian, of 9, Castle St., Cambridge. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A

CLARK

Frederick 'Fred'

Lance Corporal 8944 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 10th October 1917. Age 29. Son of Elizabeth Clark, of 10, St. Peter's Court, Cambridge, and the late Frederick Clark. Commeorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A

CLARK

George Reginal

Serjeant 325376 "C" Coy. 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who was killed in action on Wednesday, 26th September 1917. Age 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Clark, of 78, Castle St., Cambridge. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. Formerly 1812, Cambridgeshire Regiment.

COWLEY

Eric William

Rifleman 535012 15th Bn., London Regt (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) attd. 12th Bn., London Regt (The Rangers) who died on Saturday, 10th August 1918. Age 21. Son of William Henry and Lucy Frances Cowley, of 37, Cam Rd., Chesterton, Cambridge. Buried in PERNOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HALLOY-LES-PERNOIS, Somme, France. Grave IV. C. 6.

DAISLEY

Ernest W

Private, 2151, 1st/1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment . Died of wounds on Thursday, 28th September 1916. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Husband of G. M. Daisley, of 2, Gloster Terrace, Castle St., Cambridge. Buried in VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave I. B. 19.

DAISLEY

Leslie

possibly either Albert Daisley, Private 326591 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Saturday, 14th October 1916. Commeorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B
OR
S Dailsey, Lance Corporal 84232 101st Field Coy., Royal Engineers who died on Monday, 13th August 1917. Age 26. Husband of Ivy Mabel Daisley, of 10, Scarletts Rd., Colchester. Born at Cambridge. Buried in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave I. C. 26.

DARWIN

Erasmus

Second Lieutenant 4th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment who died on Saturday, 24th April 1915. Age 33. Son of Horace and Ida Darwin, of The Orchard, Cambridge. Employed Cambridge Scientific Instrument Coy Ltd. Commeorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 33 Also listed on family gravestone in churchyard.

From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour the following:

Volume 1, Part 1, Page 106

DARWIN, Erasmus, 2nd Lieut 4th battalion, Aleaxandra, Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment (T.F) Only son of Horace Darwin, F.R.S. Chairman of Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co, by his wife, the Hon Emma Cecilla (Ida) nee Farrer, only daughter of Thomas Henry, 1st Lord Farrer and grandson of Charles Darwin.

Born Cambridge 7-12-1881, educated at Horris Hill and Marlborough (Cotton House) and gained an exhibition for Mathematics at Trinity College,Cambridge. He went up to Trinity in October 1901 and took the mathematical Tripos in his second year being placed among the senior Optimes. Afterwards he took the mechanical sciences Tripos and was placed in the second class in 1905.

On leaving Cambridge he went through the shops at Messrs Mather and Platts at Manchester. After this he worked for some little while with the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., of which he was a director, and then became assistant secretary of Bocklow Vaughan and Co Ltd at Middlesborough. Here he stayed for seven years and at the outbreak of war occupied the postion of secretary to the company.

As soon as war broke out he decided to join the army and on 12-9-14 was gazetted 2nd Lieut in the 4th (Territorial) battalion of the Yorkshires, which after training at Darlington and Newcastle crossed to France, as part of the Northumbria division on 17-4-15 and was within a week called upon to take part in the second battle of Ypres. Here these Territorial troops fresh from home and tried at the very outset almost as highly as men could be tried, behaved with a steadiness and coolness which gained for them the congratulations of the generals commanding their division and their army corps.

Early on the morning of the 24-4-15 the battalion was ordered to attack the village of Fortuin, close to St Julien where the Germans had broken through. This attack they successfully carried out in the face of terrific shellfire, being ordered to retire at dusk.

By driving the enemy back a mile or more they had attained their object which was to prevent a breach in the line, and they hade made good their front with the Canadians and Royal Irish on their right.

It was during this advance that Darwin fell, killed instantaneously. His Commanding Officer, Colonel Bell wrote of him "Loyalty, Courage and Devotion to duty - he had them all .... He died in an attack which gained many compliments to the battalion. He was right in front. It was a mans death". Corporal Wearmouth, who was in his platoon wrote "I am a section leader in his platoon and when we got the order to advance he proved himself a hero. He nursed us men, in fact the comment was, you would say we were on a field day. We had got to within twenty yards of our halting place when he turned to our platoon to say something. As he turned he fell, and I am sure he never spoke. As soon as I could I went to him but he was beyond human aid. Our platoon sadly miss him, as he could not do enough for us, and we are all extremely sorry for you, in your great loss".

Private Wood wrote to a friend in Middlesborough "I would expect you would know poor Mr. Darwin .... I was in his platoon and I can tell you he died a hero. He led us absolutely regardless of the bullets from the German Maxim guns and snipers that whistled all around him".

Just before he left England, when his battalion was under orders for the front, he was summoned to the war office and offered a staff appointment at home in connection with munitions of war. This would have given great scope to his capabilities. "It would have been interesting and important work" he wrote "but of course there are plenty of older men who can do it just as well as I can".

He felt that at the moment his place should be with his Regiment and made, in the words of one present at the interview, a fine appeal to be allowed to go with his men. It was granted and he went gladly with no looking back.

The Times (30-4-15) said of him "Erasmus Darwin would, if he had lived, have added fresh distinction to the name of his familyin a walk of life in which it has never before figured. Between Cambridge and a great iron works in the north there is something of a gulf fixed and one who knew Darwin only in his Cambridge home cannot say anything more than that all that met him in business conceived a very high opinion of his grasp of the subject, his acuteness and administrative ability. It was indeed impossibe to know him without realising that he combined with intellectual ability a calm, sound and practical judgement, and a general capacity for doing things well and thoroughly. He had, too, what must have been invaluable to him in his work, a most genuine sympathy with and affection for working men, and this quality, which, amongst so many other things, had made him love his work at Middlesborough, gave him intense pleasure when soldiering came to him as a wholly new and unlooked for esperience. He delighted in the men, and especially in long expeditions across the moors with his scouts. There is one more quality as to which all his friends would agree, namely a conscientiousness that was eminently sane and wide minded and completely unswerving. No one in the world was more certain what to do what he believd to be right.

DEAR

Leonard P

Lance Corporal 350129 4th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Thursday, 18th April 1918. Enlisted Cambridge. Resident Cambridge. Formerly 3161, Cambs Regiment. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave X. A. 43.

DEATH

Charles

Rifleman 5225 1st/12th Bn., London Regt (The Rangers) who died on Saturday, 7th October 1916. Born Bracknell. Enlisted London. Resident Cambridge. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 C

DEATH

Clarence

Private 4305 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Tuesday, 17th October 1916. Age 21. Son of John and J. Susan Death, of St. John's Cottage, Queen's Rd., Cambridge. Buried in CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY, Somme, France. Grave III. C. 25.

DRAKE

Samuel

Lance Corporal 10314 "D" Coy. 7th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment who died on Tuesday, 4th December 1917. Age 36. Son of Louisa Mary and the late Samuel Drake, of Cambridge. Buried in BOISGUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave B. 12A.

EZARD

Herbert Henry

Second Lieutenant 24th Sqdn., Royal Flying Corps who died on Wednesday, 30th May 1917. Age 25. Born 11th June 1891 at Deptford, London. Son of Dr. E. H. and Mrs. Mary Ezard, of Clare Cottage, Castle St., Cambridge formerly of 12, Huntingdon Rd., Cambridge. Late Canadian Army Service Corps. Buried in FIGHELDEAN (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD, Wiltshire. Enlisted 22.1.15 in Canadian Army Service Corps at Toronto. Trade : auto mechanic. His Canadian Army Services Corps No. was 2714. Came to England 10th May 1915 on SS Megantic. Sent to Canadian Army Service Corps Training Depot, Shorncliffe, Kent. Promoted to Lance Corporal 1st Spetember 1915, Corporal 15th January 1916 and Sergeant 6th March 1916. Served as driver. Sent to No.1 Officer Cadet Battalion, RFC at Denham 1st February 1917. Transferred to RFC 9th May 1917 and commissioned as 2/Lt. wef 10th May 1917 (gazetted 29th May 1917). Trained as pilot at No. 23 (Reserve) Sqn.,Netheravon. Killed at 8pm on 30th May 1917 at Netheravon,while flying Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7081; Court of Enquiry found that "Pilot, in correcting a bump, pulled the machine up too much, causing it to stall." He had accumulated 2hrs. 15mins. solo flying at the time of his death.

FISHPOOL

Frederick

Private M2/222497 648th M.T. Coy., Army Service Corps who died on Thursday, 7th March 1918. Born Wickham. Enlisted Cambridge. Resident Cambridge. Buried in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania. Grave 6. E. 19.

GAME

Robert

Cambridgeshire Reg. [from Cambridge newspaper, not on CWGC or SDGW] No futher information currently

GAWTHROP

Edward [H]

Stoker, HMS Princess Irene, Royal Navy, died 27th May 1915 at Colchester Military Hospital. [Not on CWGC, information from Cambridge newspaper]

GEDGE

Arthur George

Private 17518 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Saturday, 28th April 1917. Born Chesterton. Enlisted Cambridge. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4

GOULD

George James

Private 21368 2nd Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Saturday, 28th July 1917. Commeorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33

GRAY

Anthony Frederick

Lieutenant 1st/1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Monday, 26th August 1918. Age 26. Son of Arthur and Alice Honora Gray, of Masters' Lodge, Jesus College, Cambridge. Buried in RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave I. K. 7.

HANKIN

Philip

Private 36576 6th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment who died on Saturday, 10th March 1917. Age 22. Son of John and M. A. Hankin, of 127, Richmond Rd., Cambridge. Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Grave VII. K. 13.

HARTLEY

William Ernest

Naval Instructor H.M.S. "Vanguard.", Royal Navy who died on Monday, 9th July 1917. Age 40. Husband of Norah W. Hartley, of 151, Yardley Fields Rd., Yardley, Birmingham. M.A. Chief Assistant, Cambridge Observatory. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 20.

HAYLOCK

Albert

Private 5421 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Monday, 13th November 1916. Born Cambridge, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Buried in LUKE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave 4.

HAYLOCK

[Percy] Edward

possibly: Percy Edward HAYLOCK, Private, 326863, 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who was killed in action on Monday, 26th March 1917. Age 25. Born and enlisted Waterbeach. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Haylock, of Waterbeach. Formerly 4670, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave VII. K. 7.

HOPKINSON, MA, BSc, FRS, M.Inst.CE, CMG

Bertram

Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Air Force. Killed in flying accident in crash of a Bristol F.2b. Monday, 26th August 1918. Age 44. Son of Dr. John Hopkinson, F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., and Mrs. E. Hopkinson, of "Ellerslie", Adams Rd., Cambridge; husband of Mariana Hopkinson (nee Siemens), of 10, Adams Rd., Cambridge. Buried in St Giles & St Peter church cemetery, Cambridge. Grave 2D51/2. Right half, near chapel. The RAF List 1st April 1918 lists him as Major serving under Ministry of Munitions (Aircraft Production).

Born 11 January 1874, Birmingham ; eldest son of Dr.John Hopkinson (1849-1898) (later Professor of Electrical Engineering, King's College, London) & Evelyn Hopkinson (nee Oldenburg). Educated at St.Paul's,London,Trinity College, Cambridge (MA Mathematics), & King's College,London (BSc Experimental Physics). Called to the Bar, 1897, & practised patent law. Consultant electrical engineer, 1898-1903. In 1903, married Mariana, eldest daughter of Alexander Siemens; in same year, appointed Professor of Mechanisms & Applied Mechanics, Cambridge University, & elected Professorial Fellow at King's College,Cambridge. Research into electronic measurement techniques, efficiency of internal combustion engines,& effects of projectiles & explosives on armour plate. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society,1910. Also served as Major on London Electrical Volunteers (TF) & commanded RE Section of Cambridge University OTC, 1908-14. On outbreak of war, taught at School of Military Engineering, Chatham, then worked at Admiralty, 1915, on protection of warships from mines and torpedoes, developing "bulge" protection system. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps November 1915, as Technical Staff Officer. 1916-18, directed research into aircraft bombing and armament development at Experimental Station, Orfordness. Companion of the Order of St.Michael & St.George (gaz. 24th January 1917) ; prom.to Lt.Col. (RAF) (gaz. 23rd July 1918). Killed in flying accident 26/8/1918, piloting Bristol F.2b C4885; flying solo, crashed in bad weather at Paston, Essex, en route from Martlesham Heath to Hendon. Buried at St.Giles' Cemetery, Cambridge, 30th August 1918, after funeral service at King's College Chapel. Survived by widow & six daughters.

HOPKINSON

[Rudolph] Cecil

Lieutenant Royal Engineers who died on Friday, 9th February 1917. Age 25. Son of Dr. John Hopkinson, F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., and Mrs. E. Hopkinson, of "Ellerslie", Adams Rd, Cambridge. Buried in St Giles & St Peter church cemetery, Cambridge. Right half, near chapel.

HOWLETT

Harry

Either Harold Charles HOWLETT, Private 43878 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment killed in action on Friday, 19th April 1918. Age 21. Enlisted Cambridge. Also commemorated on Swavesey War Memorial. Son of William and Elizabeth Howlett, of Swavesey, Cambs. Formerly 4378, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in SUFFOLK CEMETERY, LA ROLANDERIE FARM, ERQUINGHEM-LYS, Nord, France. Grave I. A. 6.
or
Henry Thomas HOWLETT, Serjeant 11395, 9th Bn., Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) killed in action on 8th April 1916. Age 36. Born and resident Cambridge, enlisted Halifax. Son of William Edward and Mary Ann Howlett, of Cambridge. Buried in CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, Nord, France. Grave IX. G. 71.

HUDDLESTON

Purefoy Gauntlet[t]

Captain 84th Field Coy., Royal Engineers who died on Saturday, 25th March 1916. Age 39. Son of T. F. C. Huddleston (M.A., King'S), and of Bessie Drinkwater Huddleston, of 11, Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge. Appointed to the Survey of India, 1909. Buried in FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY, ELVERDINGHE, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave Plot 2. Row B. Grave 4. Also listed on family gravestone in churchyard.

HUNT

James Cecil

Private 15775 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 24th May 1916. Age 37. Husband of Minnie Hunt, of 8, Jordan's Yard, Bridge St., Cambridge. Buried in MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave I. D. 8.

KEMP

Robert Oscar

Corporal 6657 1st/9th Bn., London Regt (Queen Victoria's Rifles) who died on Thursday, 28th September 1916. Age 19. Son of John and Frances Kemp, of 35, King Stephen Rd., Colchester; husband of Ethel May Kemp, of 21, Gloucester Terrace, Castle St., Cambridge. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France. Grave I. G. 23.

KNOTT

Charles Singleton

Second Lieutenant "C" Coy. 11th Bn., Royal Fusiliers who died on Saturday, 23rd March 1918. Age 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs Hammett C. Knott, of 8, Cranmer Rd., Cambridge. Head boy of the Perse School, Cambridge, and Scholar-elect of St. Peter's College, Cambridge. Commeorated on the POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 19 to 21 Also listed on family gravestone in churchyard. Grave 1A24.)

LARKINS

Arthur

Rifleman A/200590 12th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps who died on Wednesday, 13th December 1916. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B

LEACH

Albert F

No further information currently.

LONG-INNES

Selwyn

Lieutenant 2nd Bn., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.) who died on Wednesday, 4th August 1915. Son of Emma Grace Long-Innes, of 23, Chesterton Rd., Cambridge, and the late Rev. Reginald Gipps Long-Innes. Buried in DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave I. A. 18.

MARKS

Alfred William

Corporal L/7234 1st Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) who died on Monday, 17th May 1915. Age 29. Son of Alfred and E. Marks, of 4, Haymarket Rd., Cambridge. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VIII. D. 18.

METCALFE-SMITH

Bertram Cecil

Lieutenant 4th attd. 21st Bn., West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own) who died on Monday, 22nd April 1918. Age 24. Son of Reginald and Kate Frances Metcalfe-Smith, of Nunirons, Olney, Bucks. Bruied in PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. D. 13.

NEWMAN

Jesse

Private 9280 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Thursday, 20th July 1916. Son of Alfred John and Maria Newman, of 12, Honey Hill, Northampton St., Cambridge. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

NEWTON

Wilfred

Captain, 1st Bt. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment.), Bde. Maj. 165th Inf. Bde., died of wounds 28th September 1916, age 27, Only son of AW and Julia L Newton; husband of Dorothy H Newton, of Cambridge. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.

ORPEN

Walter Selwyn [E]

Second Lieutenant 2nd Bn. attd. 10th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers who died on Thursday, 6th July 1916. Age 22. Youngest son of the late Rev. T. H. Orpen and Mrs. Amy 0. G. Orpen of 5, Herschel Rd., Cambridge. Commeorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D Also listed on family gravestone in churchyard. Grave 4G1.

PARSONS

William

Possibly: Sapper. Peter W Parsons, 203rd Field Company, Royal Engineers, killed in action 12th July 1916. Born Chesterton, enlisted Cambridge. Buried in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
PENTON

Arthur [Hubert] W

Second Lieutenant 14th Bn., Hampshire Regiment attd. 1st/5th Bn., Manchester Regiment who died on Tuesday, 16th April 1918. Age 24. Son of Ellenor Penton, of 48, New Square, Cambridge, and the late Henry Penton. Buried in COUIN NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave A. 28.

POTTER

Frederick [Fred]

Private 9218 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Thursday, 12th October 1916. Born Weston Colville. Enlisted Cambridge. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A

POTTER

William

Lance Sergeant 5447 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Saturday, 12th May 1917. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Buried in FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. F. 33.

RANDALL

Ernest

Gunner 284834 355th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery who died on Tuesday, 2nd April 1918. Age 35. Son of George and Sarah Randall, of 6, Gloucester Place, Gloucester St., Cambridge. Buried in BLANGY-TRONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave 33.

RAYNER

Donald

Lieutenant "C" Coy. 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Thursday, 8th August 1918. Age 25. Son of George Green Raynor and Flora G. Raynor, of "Glebelands," Grange Rd., Cambridge. Buried in RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Grave I. D. 2.

REYNOLDS

Ernest [Robert]

Private, TF. 242488, 1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. 50th. Northumbrian Division (TF). Died of wounds 19th July 1917. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mrs Sarah Whitehead, of 20, St. Peters Street, Castle End, Cambridge. Territorial. Buried Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension F. 538
RICH

Arthur Frederick

[Frederick Arthur on CWGC and SDWG] Private, G/24034, 7th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment who was killed in action on Wednesday, 18th September 1918. Age 18. Born Cambridge, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Frederick Robert and Charlotte Jane Rich, of 84, Castle St., Cambridge. Buried in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France. Grave I. B. 23.
RICH

William Albert

Lance Corporal D/279 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) who died on Thursday, 12th December 1918. Age 30. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Ric.H; husband of Mary E. Rich, of 94, Bath Villas, Twickenham Rd., Isleworth, Middx. Born at Cambridge. Buried in BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK (NEW BRENTFORD) CEMETERY, Middlesex. Grave F. D. 70.

SHAW

William

Lieutenant 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 27th September 1916. Age 27, mentioned in Dispatches. Son of William and Alice Shaw, of 2, Tanner's Lane, Soham, Cambs. Buried in PORTE-DE-PARIS CEMETERY, CAMBRAI, Nord, France. Grave II. A. 33.

SORLEY

Charles Hamilton

Captain 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 13th October 1915. Age 20. Son of Mr. W. R. and Mrs. J. C. Sorley, of St. Giles', Chesterton Lane, Cambridge. 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. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38

SMITH

Hugh Francis Russell

Captain, 1st Battalion Rife Brigade, 4th. Division attached to 6th Battalion. Died of wounds in military hospital, Rouen, 5th July 1916. Aged 28. Son of Helen & Mary Russell-Smith,of London. Fellow of St.Johns College, Cambridge. Buried St.Sever Cemetery, Rouen F.145.

TAYLOR

Ernest James

Private 10091, 1st Batt., The Bedfordshire Regiment. 5th Division. Killed in action near Bethune 20th October 1914, aged 20. Born Chesterton. Enlisted Bedford. Resident Cambridge. Son of Mr & Mrs J Taylor of 10, Gloucester Street, Castle Street, Cambridge. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR 22.
TILLEY

John

Captain 7th Bn., Norfolk Regiment who died on Tuesday, 28th November 1916. Age 21. Son of Arthur Augustus and Margaret Tilley, of 2, Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge. Born at Cambridge. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. J. 30.

From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour the following:

Volume 2, Part 4, Page 212 -

TILLEY, John - Captain, 7th (Service) Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment. Only son of Arthur Tilley, of 2, Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge, Fellow and lecturer of Kings College, Cambridge, by his wife, Margaret, dau.of John Alan Chutton-Brock; Born Cambridge 5th Oct. 1895; educated at Fonthill School and Marlborough College, and had entered Kings College, Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 26th Aug. 1914; promoted Lieutenant the following Dec, and Captain in Aug.1915; served with The Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was wounded on 3rd July, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, and sent home to England on sick leave, on his recovery rejoined his Regiment 6th Nov, and was killed in action near Arras, 28th Nov. 1916. Buried there. His Commanding Officer wrote: "We shall all miss him most terribly, and personally, in addition to losing in him , my best Company Commander, I am also losing a very dear friend." And the Adjutant: " Ever since he joined the Battalion he was beloved by both officers and men." A brother officer also wrote: "He was one of the best fellows that ever stepped, and one of the bravest." Unm.

THORPE

Robert I

Listed on family gravestone in churchyard. Grave 4F10. Died 1918. No further information currently.

TREZISE

John W

Lance Corporal 6634 3rd Bn., Royal Fusiliers who died on Tuesday, 18th May 1915. Born Cornwall, Enlisted Hounslow. Resident Cambridge. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Germany. Grave XIV. C. 14.

WEHRLE

Alfred

Serjeant 763712 28th Bn., London Regt (Artists' Rifles) who died on Monday, 4th November 1918. Son of Alfred Wehrle of 19, Storey's Way, Cambridge. Buried in St Giles churchyard, Cambridge. Grave 5I18. Left half.

WILSON

Victor Thomas James

Private, 326147, 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 16th October 1918. Age 32. orn Saxmundham, Suffolk. Enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 3136, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Son of James Wilson, of 6 Gloucester Terrace, Cambridge. Buried in HAUTMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave IV. B. 13.

WING

Stanley E

Private 326828 1st/4th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Tuesday, 2nd October 1917. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 4596 Cambs Regiment. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XX. C. 20.

WOLFE

Frederick W [William Frederick]

Private, G/51693, 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 6240, Midd'x Regiment. Born St Giles. Killed in action 11/8/1917. Aged 22. Enlisted & resident Cambridge. Son of James William & Mary Ann Wolfe of 1,Collins Buildings, Castle Street, Cambridge. Commemorated on The Loos Memorial MR.19.
WOOD

Patrick Bryan Sandford

Lieutenant 67th Wing, Royal Air Force who died on Friday, 24th May 1918. Age 19. Son of Charles Wood (Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge), and Charlotte Georgina Wood, of 17, Cranmer Rd., Cambridge. Buried in TARANTO TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION, Italy. Grave III. A. 2. Killed in a flying accident while serving as pilot with 226 Sqn., Pizzone, Italy; killed flying a DH.4, with observer AM 1 Frederick Johnstone (226106), ad 21, from Inverallen, Kincardinshire - also killed.

WRIGHT

John A

Private 26372 9th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 13th September 1916. Born Cambridge. Enlisted Aylesbury. Buried in GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT, Somme, France. Grave VI. J. 2.

WRIGHT

William [Aldis]

Listed on family gravestone in churchyard. Grave 4I7. Died 1914. No further information currently.

Buried in the churchyard but not on the memorial
COBBOLD

Charles Albert

Private 25416, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 6th October 1917. Aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Cobbold, of 2, North St., Histon Rd., Cambridge. Buried in the right half at the back of the cemetery.

MATTHEW, CBE, DSO

Arthur Gordon

Brigadier, Commands and Staff, general Staff formerly Royal Horse Artillery. Died 6th October 1947. Son of Arthur Matthew and of Maude Matthew, of Eastbourne. Sussex. CBE, DSO, 5 times Mentioned in Despatches.
MICHELL

Robert Williams

Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 20th July 1916. Aged 57. Husband of E. S. Michell, of "Birtley," Cranmer Rd., Cambridge. M.D., F.R.C.S. Mentioned in Despatches. Buried in the right half, near the chapel.

TANNER, MC

Gerald Russell

Second Lieutenant, Wiltshire Regiment. Died 8th April 1918. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried in the right half, at the back of the churchyard.

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