CAXTON
- Roll of Honour
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and
copyright © 2000 Martin Edwards
The memorial
stands at the cross roads of Ermine Street, Bourn Road and Gransden
Road.

Copyright
© Martin Edwards 2000
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IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
KING AND COUNTRY
1914-1918
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Arthur
AMBROSE
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Private
51663 1st Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 16th
October 1918. Age 24. Son of Mrs E. Ambrose, of High St., Caxton,
Cambs. NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, Germany. VI. M. 3. The cemetery
is located 10 kilometres south of Kassel and 2 kilometres from
the main road from Kassel to Marburg.
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Walter Fred
BARTON
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Private
17512 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, attached to the 101st
T.M. Battery who died on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 18. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gore Barton, of Hardwick Wood Farm, Toft,
Cambridge. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France Pier and Face 1 C
and 2 A. The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the
main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
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Thomas William
CROSS
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Private
16708 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment who died on Monday, 18th September
1916. Age 25. As known as William Thomas CROSS. Son of Mrs. Sewell,
of Caxton, Cambs. ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme,
France I. A. 26. The town of Abbeville is on the main road from
Paris to Boulogne (N1), about 80 kilometres south of Boulogne.
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Clifford Skemp
HAYNES
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Second
Lieutenant 15th Bn., Durham Light Infantry who died on Saturday,
1st July 1916. Age 25. Son of the Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Haynes;
husband of L. Abbie Haynes, of The Cabin, Grimsby Rd., Louth,
Lincs. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France Pier and Face 14 A and
15 C. The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the
main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
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Harry Hillas
HAYNES
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Corporal
240764 1st/5th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
on Sunday, 17th June 1917. Age 27. Son of the Rev. W. B. Haynes;
husband of Edith M. Haynes, of 121, Forest Rd., Nottingham. Native
of Caxton, Cambs. VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium I. B. 23. Vlamertinge New Military Cemetery is located
5 Km west of Ieper town centre and to the south of the village
of Vlamertinge.
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George B.
LUNDY
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Private
G/61715 4th Bn., Royal Fusiliers who died on Thursday, 19th September
1918. FLESQUIERES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France III. B.
19. Flesquieres is a village at the junction of the D92 and D89
roads, about 5 kilometres south-west of the main road from Cambrai
to Bapaume.
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Arthur Lenton
PENTELOW
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Second
Lieutenant 62nd Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Inf) who died on Sunday,
28th July 1918. Age 34. Son of Job Wells Pentelow and Polly Pentelow,
of Caxton, Cambridge. Enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regt., Nov.,1914.
MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Marne, France V. H. 10. Marfaux is 18.5
kilometres from Reims and 16 kilometres from Epernay.
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George SCOTT
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No
information
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1939-1945
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Warren
Vyvyan Hamilton GAPE, MC
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Lieutenant 74587
11th, 11th Hussars, R.A.C. who died on Tuesday, 29th April 1941.
Age 23. Son of Capt. William Nugent Walter Gape, and of Sibyl
Marion Geraldine Gape, of Caxton, Cambridgeshire. HALFAYA SOLLUM
WAR CEMETERY, Egypt 1. E. 10. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery is on
the main coast road from Mersa Matruh through to Libya, and is
on the east side of Halfaya Sollum, approximately 12 kilometres
from the Egypt/Libya border.
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Arthur W. KIDMAN
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No information
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Sailor Mitchell KIDMAN
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Private 14724256
2nd Bn., Essex Regiment
who died on Saturday, 4th November 1944. Age 19. Son of Arthur
and Kate Kidman, of Caxton, Cambridgeshire. BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR
CEMETERY, Netherlands 9.C.18. Bergen-op-Zoom is a town in the
Dutch province of Noord-Brabant, 40 kilometres north-west of Antwerp
(Belgium).
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Jeanne OCKLESTON
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No information
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John Martin WATTS
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Sergeant 1874534
199 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, based North Creake,
flew Stirling bombers, who died on Saturday, 17th June 1944. Age
19. Son of John and Ethel Rosetta Watts, of Caxton, Cambridgeshire.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey, United Kingdom Panel 240. This Memorial
overlooks the River Thames on Cooper's Hill at Englefield Green
between Windsor and Egham on the A308, 4 miles from Windsor.
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3 June 2000
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