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Anchitel Edward Fletcher

Lt. 8^th Bt. Rifle Brigade, died 10/10/1918, age 26, buried: GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY County Dublin, Ireland, Republic of. Son of the Rev. A. H. F. Boughey (Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge) and Katharine A. Boughey, of 4, Cranmer Rd., Cambridge.

Christopher Arthur Gresham

Midshipman HMS "Vanguard", Royal Navy, died 9/7/1917, age 18, commemorated: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Kent, United Kingdom. Son of Arthur Cooke, F.R.C.S., and Lucy Vivien Cooke, of Grove Lodge, Cambridge.

Cecil Edward

Pte. 13^th Bt. Middlesex Reg., died 21/3/1918, commemorated: POZIERES MEMORIAL Somme, France.

James Michael

Capt. 7^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., died 28/3/1918, age 39, buried: GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France. Son of William Cunningham, D.D., and Adele Rebecca Cunningham; husband of Bertha M. Cunningham, of 2, St. Paul's Rd., Cambridge.

Frederick George

Probably: Pte. 11^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., died 7/9/1918, buried: ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mrs. Louisa Darling, of go, Tring St., Cambridge.

John Stanley

Pte. Suffolk Yeomanry, died 29/11/1915, commemorated: HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey.

Gilbert Neville

L/Cpl. 2^nd Bt. Royal Fusiliers, died 6/6/1915, commemorated: HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey.

Bertie Archibald Blinkhorn

Pte. 1^st Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., died 4/9/1917, age 31, buried: VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES No.1 and No. 2 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Thomas William Harris, of 34, Glisson Rd., Cambridge; husband of Eleanor Annie Harris, of 15, Malcolm St., Cambridge.

Edward Favill George

2^nd Lt. 181^st Bde. Royal Field Artillery, died 30/3/1917, age 19, buried: AIZECOURT-LE-BAS CHURCHYARD Somme, France. Son of Mr. E. J. Hopkins, of 15, Hills Rd., Cambridge.

Alfred William

Cpl. 1^st Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., died 26/9/1917, age 27, commemorated: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Alfred and Alice Kirkup, of 75, King St., Cambridge.

Charles Singleton

2^nd Lt. 11^th Bt. Royal Fusiliers, died 23/3/1918, age 19, commemorated: POZIERES MEMORIAL Somme, France. 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.

George Henry

Probably: Sgt. 2^nd Bt. South Staffordshire Reg., died 1/10/1918, age 28, buried: ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France. Son of Henry John Mann, of 177, Victoria Rd., Chesterton, Cambridge.

Fothergill Lewis

2^nd Lt. 1^st/7^th Bt. London Reg., died 3/12/1917, age 28, buried: ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT Somme, France. Son of Lewis James and Ellen Morgan, of Abergavenny, Mon.; husband of Ethel B. Morgan, of "Langstone," Milton Rd., Cambridge.

Henry John

Lt. Attd. 14^th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 17/10/1917, age 28, buried: ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY De Panne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mr. H. H. Phear, of Salisbury, Rhodesia. Born in Cape Province.

Norman Carlyon

2^nd Lt. 27 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 20/11/1917, age 19, buried: LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Son of Henry Herbert and Alice Mary Phear, of Salisbury, Rhodesia. Observer with 27 Sqn. RFC. Killed in flying accident in a DH.4, with pilot Lt. Harold Edgar Darrington (ex-9th Battn., Middx.Regt. and 5th Battn., London Regt.; from Wanstead ,Essex, aged 24 - also killed).

John Carrick

Capt. Attd. 10^th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse), died 7/3/1920, age 22, buried: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY Iraq. Son of Jessie Platts, of 38, Harcourt Terrace, Earl's Court, London, and the late Rev. Charles Platts. Formerly (Transport Officer) 11th Bn. Suffolk Regt.

Edgar Lovell [Filmer]

Lt. 1^st Royal Marine Bt., Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry, died 28/4/1917, age 17, commemorated: ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mrs. Jessie Platts, of 38, Harcourt Terrace, Earl's Court, London, and the late Rev. C. Platts. Gazetted Sept., 1915.

Donald

Lt. 1^st Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., died 8/8/1918, age 25, buried: RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France. Son of George Green Raynor and Flora G. Raynor, of "Glebelands," Grange Rd., Cambridge.

Charles Hamilton

Capt. 7^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., died 13/10/1915, age 20, commemorated: LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. 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. His verse was first published posthumously in "Marlborough and Other Poems" (Cambridge University Press) and an account of his service, with a photo, appeared in "For Remembrance - ed. A. St. J. Adcock - Hodder & Stoughton, 1918 ; repub. by Naval & Military Press, 2002. He has been anthologised in "Men Who March Away" - ed. I. M. Parsons, Hogarth Press, 1987, & "The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry" - ed. Jon Silkin, Penguin, 1979. Sorley had studied in Germany pre-war and had a close attachment to the country and its people, which gives his war poetry a particular irony.

Patrick Bryan Sandford

Lt. 67^th Wing, Royal Air Force, died 24/5/1918, age 19, buried: TARANTO TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION Italy. Son of Charles Wood (Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge), and Charlotte Georgina Wood, of 17, Cranmer Rd., Cambridge.

Ernest

Probably: Pte. Ernest Albert Witt, 1^st Bt. Suffolk Reg., died 8/5/1915, commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

William

Possibly: Pte. William Hugh Witt, 2^nd Bt. Suffolk Reg., died 26/8/1914, commemorated: LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL Seine-et-Marne, France.

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1939 - 1945

Nicholas Gresham

Flt. Lt., 264 Sqdn., R.A.F., died 31/5/1940, age 26, commemorated: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom. Son of Arthur Cooke, and of Lucy Vivien Cooke, of Cambridge.

John Mowbray

Pte. 5^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., died 11/10/1943, age 22, buried: CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY Thailand. Son of Harold Hicks Goodchild, and Agnes Joyce Wharton Goodchild, of Cambridge.

Leonard

Sub-Lt. HMS Ringtail, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 9/7/1945, age 25, commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Hampshire, United Kingdom. Son of William Alfred and Florence Hardy, of Cambridge.

Leonard Vincent

L/Cpl. 2^nd Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., died 21/9/1944, age 35, commemorated: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore. Son of Frank Osborn Nice and Eliza Nice, of Cambridge.

Alan

Kenneth Randolph

Sgt. Observer, 35 Sqdn., R.A.F.V.R., died 15/8/1941, age 25, buried: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Son of Alfred Randolph and Margaret Sewell; husband of Marjorie Sewell, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire.

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