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CAMBRIDGE WESLEYAN METHODIST WAR MEMORIAL

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The memorial were located within Cambridge, Sturton Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, until it closed in 2014 and are now in the Castle Street Methodist Church in Cambridge. The Methodist Church is now used by the Islamic College.

1914
1919
IN MEMORY OF OUT LOVED ONES

EARL	Frederick George aka Fred	Private G/67712, 6th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey regiment). Killed in action 13 May 1918. Aged 19. Born, resident and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Geo. and Mrs. E. M. Earl, of 84, Guyder Street (sic), Cambridge. Formerly 3402, 8th Yeomanry Cyclists. Buried in ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 29. See also Cambridge Guildhall and Cambridge St Matthews
ENDERSBY	Arthur William	[Listed as ENDERSLEY on SDGW] Private 20443, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 18 April 1917. Born Romsey Town, Cambridge, enlisted Cambridge. In the 1911 census he is aged 20, son of Louisa Endersby (a widow), a Blacksmith's Labourer, born Cambridge, resident 86 Hertford Street, Chesterton. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot X. Row G. Grave 10. See also Cambridge St Lukes and Cambridge Guildhall
HARDING	Conrad Neville	Private 75810 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment), formerly 24745, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 6 April 1918. Aged 24. Born St. Andrews-The-Less, Cambs, 20 January 1894, resident and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Arthur and Agnes Harding, of 150, Gwydir St., Cambridge. Admitted to Cambridge Romsey Junior Middle School 4 September 1905, son of Arthur Harding, resident 150, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, left 6 May 1908 having attained maximum age. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Cambridge, a Law Clerk, son of Arthur and Agnes Harding, 150 Gwydir Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 19 to 21. See also Cambridge St Barnabas and Cambridge Guildhall
HUTCHINSON	Sidney George	Private 56552, 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 28 September 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson, of 8, Wetenhall Road, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 1, born Cambridgeshire, resident with his parents, George and Sarah Rebacca Hutchinson, at 32, Stockwell Street, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was aged 11, born Cambridge, at school, resident with his parents at 32, Stockwell Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 to 60 and 163A. See also Cambridge St Philips and Cambridge Guildhall
THURSTON	Arthur	Sapper 217779, 98th Light Railway Train Crew Company, Royal Engineers. Died at sea 31 December 1917. Aged 22. Born Cambridge. Son of Frederick and Minnie Thurston, of 3, Bridge St., Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1916, Porter, Cambridge. Enlisted December 1916 in Cambridge. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section E. Grave 182. See also Liverpool Street Station, London and Cambridge Guildhall
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
ANDREWS	Douglas Percy Ronald	Private No. 2 Training Company. Died in Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, 27 April 1943. Aged 30. Married Lilian Barber in the July-September Quarter 1942 in Cambridge Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In the 1939 Register he was the son of James and Fanny Andrews, born 5 April 1913, a Motor Engineer HW, single, resident 131 Thoday Street, Cambridge, Cambridge M.B., Cambridgeshire. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943: ANDREWS Douglas Percy Ronald otherwise Douglas Ronald of 131 Thoday-street Cambridge died 27 April 1943 at Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge Administration Peterborough 16 June to Lilian Andrews widow. Effects £303 1s. 3d.
CLOVER	Jack Samuel	Sergeant (Air Gunner) 959158, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Alconbury, Huntingdonshire, in a Vickers Wellington IC, seril number R1406, when the aircraft crashed at St Laureins near Eeklo, Belgium during a raid on Cologne 27 June 1941. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 41.
LAMB	Dennis Charles	Sergeant (Pilot) 741579, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed on active service flying out of Bicester, Oxon, in a Bristol Blenheim I, serial number L1213, when the aircraft flew into the ground when overshooting from Bicester, Oxon on a solo night training flight 19 October 1939. Aged 26. Native of Impington, Cambridgeshire. Son of Sidney Charles and Alice Lamb, of Impington. Resident of R A F Station Bicester. Buried 23 Oct 1939 in CHERRY HINTON (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire. See also Histon and Impington Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1940: LAMB Dennis Charles of Impington Cambridge died 19 October 1939 at Bicester Oxford on war service Administration London 20 January 1940 to Sidney Charles Lamb general manager. Effects £528 3s. 3d.
PECK	Arthur William	Private 5825767, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 14 June 1944 sustained in North West Europe. Aged 30. Born Cambridgeshire, resident Suffolk. Husband of Doris Maud Peck, of Cambridge. Buried in CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. Grave 7844.
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945 FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

Last updated 11 January, 2026

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