
CHATTERIS
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Cliff Brown
additional RFC/RNAS/RAF information David Manning
The memorial is located
in front of St. Peter's church in the form of a lantern cross made from
Clipsham stone on a pillar of Hopton Wood stone with St George, St Michael,
the Vine and the Rose embalzened around the faces of the canopy head.
There are 158 names listed for World War 1 by name and rank and 38 for
World War 2 by name. The memorial
was uneviled by the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
on 6th October 1920. The memorial cost £1,700 raised by public
subscription. The sculptors were Messs. A Robinson & Son, the builder
was Messrs. Streather and Winn, the architect was W Samuel Weatherley.
|
Photograph
Copyright © Martyn Smith 2002 |
 |
Unveiling
6 October 1920 from an old postcard |
TO
THE UNDYING MEMORY
OF THE CHATTERIS MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914-18
1939-45
ALDRIDGE |
Charles
Malcolm |
81080
Private 1/7th Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 27-5-1918. Formerly
84295 Royal Engineers. Lived Tithe Farm. Soissons Memorial, Aisne,
France. |
ALLEN |
Herbert
|
43837
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Died home 23-5-19, age 37. Husband
of A Rickwood (formerly Allen), 33 Huntingdon Road. Died at Colchester.
Enlisted 21-3-16. Served in France 7-9-16 to 10-10-18. To England
with pleurisy 26-10-18. Chatteris Parochial (New Road) Cemetery.
|
AMBROSE |
Percy
Jonah |
57793
Private 16th (2nd Birkenhead) Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 22-10-17,
age 24. Formerly 1546 Royal Engineers. Son of Jonah & Sarah
Jane Ambrose, 3 Ambrose's Yard, Bridge Street. Tyne Cot Memorial,
Belgium. |
ANDREW |
Herbert
Leonard |
267628
Private 1st Hertfordshire Regiment. Died home (fever, Cambridge) 29-5-17.
Formerly 25988 Middlesex Regiment. Lived West Park Street. Cambridge
City Cemetery, Cambs. |
ANGOOD |
Montague
A |
48181
Private 12th (Bermondsey) Btn East Surrey Regiment. Dow 26-10-18. Lived
Byal Farm. Vichte Military Cemetery, Anzegem, Belgium. |
ANGOOD |
Percival
George |
2nd
Lt, Royal Flying Corps. Killed (flying accident, England) 11-9-17,
age 23. Only son of George & Mary Ann Angood, 48 New Rd; husband
of Grace Annetta Angood (nee Buck), married July 1917. Formerly
Honourable Artillery Company. Chatteris General (Meaks) Cemetery.
At the time of his death he was serving as a pilot with No. 7 Aircraft
Acceptance Park, Kenley, Surrey, a unit which flight-tested new
aircraft from local manufacturers. Killed flying a RE.8. Had previously
served with 2nd Battalion, HAC. |
ARNOLD |
John
|
9092
Private 1st Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 24-4-15, age 23. Youngest
son of Frederick J Arnold, 5 East Park Street, and the late Elizabeth
Ann Arnold. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. |
AUSTIN |
Arthur
|
16294
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16, age
29. Son of Mr & Mrs Austin, Benson's Farm. Ovillers Military
Cemetery, France. Brother of below. |
AUSTIN |
George
|
9953
Private 1st Northumberland Fusiliers. Dow 2-11-14, age 29. Reservist.
Son of Arthur & Sarah Austin, of Benson's Farm, Horseway. Husband
of Lizzie Austin, Mill Green, Warboys. South African veteran. Reservist.
Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Elder brother of above.
Also listed on the Warboys,
Hunts memorial. |
BAGSHAW |
Henry
Kenyon |
T/Lt,
197 HT Coy, Royal Army Service Corps, att 1/7th West Riding Regiment.
Killed in action 13-4-18, age 26. Only son of the Rev Henry Fosbery
Bagshaw & Margaret Bagshaw, The Vicarage. Tyne Cot Memorial,
Belgium. Educated Oundle School. Enlisted in Public School Corps
and commissioned in Army Service Corps in January 1915. To France
September 1915. Invalided with typhoid in August 1916, spent four
months sick then returned to front, being attached to West Riding
Regiment. |
BARBER |
Charles
Henry |
203196
Private 2/5th Notts & Derby Regiment. Killed in action 4-4-17,
age 19, at Le Verguier. Second son of Charles H Barber, 16 Southampton
Place. Formerly 30678 Bedfordshire Regiment. Vadencourt British
Cemetery, Moissemy, Aisne, France. Brother of below. |
BARBER |
Ernest
|
G/14400
Private 7th Btn The Buffs (East Kent Rgt). Killed in action 18-9-18,
age 18. Son of Charles H Barber, 16 Southampton Place. Unicorn Cemetery,
Aisne, France. Brother of above. |
BARNES |
Ernest
|
353230
Cpl, 9th Royal Scots, bomb instructor 195th Brigade Bombing School.
Killed 19-9-17, accident with rifle grenade in Ireland, age 26.
Formerly 13877 8th Suffolks (invalided home, gassed) and TR/9/4147
Training Reserve Btn. Husband of Louie Barnes, 111 New Rd. Son of
Mr & Mrs A Barnes, High St. Chatteris General (Meaks) Cemetery.
|
BARRETT,
MC |
Reginald
James |
A/Captain,
6th (Rifle) Btn, King's Liverpool Regiment. Killed in action 21-8-18,
age 26. Awarded Military Cross late 1917. Warry Copse Cemetery,
Courcelles, France. Son of Mr & Mrs S T Barrett, of Cambridge,
formerly Chatteris. Educated at King Edward School with scholarship
to March Grammar School in 1905. Became teacher, being a master
at Ascham College, Clacton and then Crossley Schools, Harrogate.
Enlisted Inns of Court OTC in September 1915. Citation
- Lt (A/Capt) Reginald James Barrett: "For conspicuous gallantry
and devotion to duty. He led a counter attack with great dash
and determination and drove out the enemy from a post they had
taken. He did fine service."
Lieutenant,
Reginald James Barrett, 6th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool
Regiment) Killed in action 21 August 1918. Born in June 1892 in
Chatteris. Reginald’s father, John, was a tailor and lived
at 27 Victoria Street in Chatteris. By 1911 Reginald was an assistant
master at a secondary school in Clacton and was boarding at “Clonmel”,
Thoroughgood Road in Clacton. The Cambridgeshire Times of 6 September
1918 describes his route into the Army: “The young officer
whose parents now reside at Cambridge was a native of Chatteris.
He attended King Edward School from which in 1905 he gained an
Isle of Ely Scholarship tenable at the March Grammar School. There
under the Rev J T Ford he proved himself a pupil of more than
usual ability, passing the Cambridge Senior Examination with distinction.
Adopting teaching as his profession he held appointments as a
master at a College, Clacton on Sea and the Crossley School Halifax.
It was whilst at Halifax he joined the Inns of Courts OTC in September
1915. He was gazetted and soon promoted to first Lieutenant. Towards
the end of 1917 he gained the Military Cross for bravery on the
field and shortly afterwards attained the rank of Captain. He
was a member of West Park Street Baptist Church where he was highly
esteemed and at the time of his death was in the membership of
the Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax.” The citation
for his military cross gained in 1917 reads “For conspicuous
gallantry and devotion to duty. He led a counter attack with great
dash and determination and drove out the enemy from a post they
had taken. He did fine service”.
|
BARRS |
James
Arthur |
26578
Private 14th (1st Portsmouth) Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action
18-10-16. Husband of Mrs Barrs, West Park Street. Formerly 17260
Suffolk Regiment. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
BAYS |
Charles
|
12484
Private 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 2-3-16, age 19. Son
of Charles Bays, Bridge Street. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper,
Belgium. |
BAYS |
Harry
|
3/6753
Private 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27-7-16, age 22.
Second son of William & Sarah Bays, Doddington Road; husband
of Kitty Bays. Earlier wounded in 1914. Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. |
BEDFORD |
George
William |
47870
Private 19th (3rd City of Liverpool) Lancashire Fusiliers. Died (PoW
Tournai) 2-10-18. Lived London Road. Tournai Communal Cemetery Extension,
Tournai, Belgium. |
BEEBY |
Arthur
Albert |
17674
L/Cpl, 6th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27-3-18, age 25. Son
of Alfred & Mary Ann Beeby, 9 Wenny Road. Pozieres Memorial,
Somme, France. |
BEHAGG |
John
William |
209008
Dvr, C Battery, 78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
28-9-18, age 20. Son of Mrs M Seekings, Block Fen Drove. Formerly
16553 Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand,
France. |
BRECKON,
MM |
Harry
Walter |
533358
Pte (machine gnr), 1/15th London Rgt (Civil Service Rifles). Died
of wounds 27-7-17, age 39. Awarded Military Medal at Messines, June
1917. Youngest son of George & Sarah Jane Breckon, 4 High Street.
Godewaesvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France. |
BREWER |
Charles
|
S/15335
Private 7th Cameron Highlanders. Dow 6-5-16, age 23. Son of William
& Susie Brewer, 6 East Park Street. He had been working in Glasgow
for a year when enlisted. St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime,
France. |
BROOKS |
Robert
|
20258
Private 2nd Suffolk Regiment. 30-3-16. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, Belgium. |
BULL |
Charles
Albert |
G/42186
L/Cpl, 11th Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action 9-4-17, age 22.
Son of Charles & Caroline Bull, 14 Wenny Road. Faubourg D'Amiens
Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. |
BUSH |
Stanley
V T |
3/9328
L/Cpl, 7th Suffolk Regiment. Missing, Killed in action 3-7-16, age
28. Fifth son of Mrs James Bush, Huntingdon Road. National Reservist
(ex Cambs Militia), who re-enlisted. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
|
CHAPMAN |
George
|
T/200815
Private 3/4th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds 30-12-17,
age 20. Younger son of Mr & Mrs Chapman, St Martin's Road. Formerly
26942 Middlesex Regiment. Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Somme, France.
|
CHILDS |
Robert
E |
Lt,
7th Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 26-9-1918 (wounded
25-9-1918 Salonika). Formerly Spr, Royal Engineers. Lived Grove
House. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. |
CLARE,
VC |
George
William Burdett |
6657
Tpr, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers. Killed in action 28-11-17 at Bourlon
Wood. 12 Burnsfield Street. Known as Billy Clare. Awarded
posthumous Victoria Cross. Formerly
Bedfordshire Yeomanry for eight years, registered for National Reserve
29-1-1914. Re-enlisted and sent to Remounts dept. Cambrai Memorial,
Louverval, France.
His
parents lived in Plumstead, London, but he lived with his grandparents
in Anchor St, Chatteris (which was renamed Clare St in his honour).
His VC is held by the 16/5th Lancers, at Aliwal Barracks, Hampshire.
A stained glass window was placed in the south side of Chatteris
parish church in his honour, depicting Christ rewarding a faithful
soldier; it was dedicated in Sept 1918. Clare had served in the
Beds Imperial Yeomanry for eight years, then registered for the
National Reserve in January 1914. As a result he was called up when
war was declared and placed in the Remount Dept, before going into
the 5th Lancers. |
CLARKE |
Jesse
|
3/9648
Sgt, 8th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 28-9-16, age 27. Son
of Frederick Clarke, Wenny Farm. Served two years in Dragoon Guards,
registered for National Reserve, re-enlisted at outbreak of war.
Mill Road Cemetery, Somme, France. |
CLARKE |
John
William |
S/11798
Private 1st Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 18-7-16, age 20. Eldest
son of Mr William Clarke, Anchor Street. Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. |
CLARKE |
Joseph
William |
[Also
listed as CLARK] 41231 Private 2nd Essex Regiment. Killed in action
22nd December 1916, age 32. Enlisted and resident Chatteris. Son
of Mrs R Clark(e). Husband of Mrs Lily Clark(e), Wenny Road. Formerly
35133 Suffolk Regiment. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Also listed
on Witcham memorial. |
CLIFTON |
Josiah
|
85979
Private 87th Coy Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 16-8-17, age 23.
Third son of Mr & Mrs Thomas Clifton, 15 Wenny Road. He lived
in Margate. Formerly DM2/163369 RASC. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
|
COOPER |
Edmond
|
Private
11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 21-5-20 (from wounds
received 1-7-16, spent four days in shell hole), age 27. Son of
George Thomas Cooper, 19 West Street. Brother of below.
|
COOPER |
George
|
40279
Private 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 15-8-17, age 27.
Son of George Thomas Cooper, 19 West Street. Husband of Bertha Cooper.
Formerly 4754 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Belgium. Brother of above. |
CORNEY |
Frank
|
12595
Private 1st Suffolk Regiment. Died 1-9-18 (Salonika), age 23. Salonika
(Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece. |
DEIGHTON |
Frank
|
34581
Private 1/5th Suffolk Regiment. Drowned at sea 30-12-17 (transport
ship torpedoed on way to Egypt), aged 27. Wife lived Anchor Street.
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. |
DEIGHTON |
John
|
102198
Gnr, 223rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action
20-7-17, aged 36. Reservist. Son of John & Martha Deighton;
husband of Ada Maria Deighton, 2 Chapel Lane. Father of seven children.
Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. |
DRING |
Gadsby
|
18636
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 21-6-16. Lived
West Street. Becourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France. |
EDGLEY
|
John
|
[Also
listed as EDGELEY] 40129 Private 9th Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds
20-11-17, age 33. Eldest son of John Edg(e)ley, Pound Road. Formerly
Cambs Regiment. Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt,
Somme, France. |
ELSDEN |
Alfred
James |
88892
Private 22nd Coy Machine Gun Corps. Killed 26-10-17, age 20. Formerly
27397 Norfolk Regiment. Third son of Alfred Cook Elsden & Eliza
Elsden, 20 Market Hill. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Brother of below.
|
ELSDEN |
Percy
George |
90024
Gnr, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 7-7-18, age 25. Second
son of Alfred Cook Elsden & Eliza Elsden, 20 Market Hill. Husband
of Maria Elsden, 136 High St. Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de
Calais, France. Brother of above. |
FARRAR |
Sir
George Herbert DSO, Bart |
Colonel,
Assistant Quarter Master General to Centre Division of Union of
South Africa Forces. Active Citizen Force. Died of wounds 18-5-15,
age 56, motor trolley collided with a train at Knibis, near Gibeon,
German South West Africa, on 17-5-15. Third son (born 17-6-1859
at Chatteris) of the late Charles Farrar MD, of Chatteris, and Mrs
Helen Farrar, of Bedford. Educated Bedford Modern School (1870-75).
An engineer, he went to South Africa in 1879 and lived in the Transvaal.
Founder and chairman of East Rand Proprietary Mines Ltd. Took part
in Jameson Raid of 1895 and sentenced to death for treason by the
Afrikaners, but remitted on payment of £25,000 fine. Awarded DSO
(London Gazette 19-4-01) for services during Boer War. Knighted
in 1902. MP for Georgetown in the first parliament of Union of South
Africa in 1910-11. Created Baronet on 2-2-11. Married Ella Mabel
Waylen on 3-6-1893, had six daughters. Bedford Farm Cemetery, Gauteng,
South Africa. See also Bedford
Modern School
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
Volume
1,
Part 1, Page 129, the following:
FARRAR,
Sir George Herbert
1st Bart D.S.O. Colonel and assistant Q.M General - Central Force,
Union Defence Forces, late Hon. Col South African Light Horse.
Son
of the late Charles Farrar, of Chatteris, co Cambridge, M.D. , by
his wife Helen, ( The Crescent Lodge , Bedford ) , sister of Sir
Frederick Howard and dau of John Howard. Born Chatteris 17-6-1859,
educated Bedford Modern School and on leaving there entered the
engineering business of his Uncle Sir Frederick Howard going in
1879 to South Africa to the Port Elizabeth and East London branches.
Eight years later he and his brothers established themsleves at
Johannesburg, where in a few years he became one of the leading
men in the mining industry of the Witwatersrand. His cheif enterprise
was the formation of the East Rand Proprietary Mines, of which he
was chairman from its inception to the day of his death. He was
for some time a member of the Legislative assembly of the Transvaal
and Leadre of the opposition. For his share in the Jameson raid
he was tried for treason and sentenced to death, but the sentence
was remitted on payment of a fine of £25000.
When
the South African war broke out he raised two Regiments of South
African Horse, and was appointed Major , Kaffrarian Rifles, 1-12-1900
and served in this campaign as major on the staff of the Colonial
Division 1899-1900. He took part in the operations in the Orange
Free State, including the defence of Wepener, operations in the
Transvaal, west of Pretoria, aug to sep 1900, operations in the
Orange River Colony 1900 including actions at Wittebergen 1-29 July)
and in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River. His services were
mentioned in despatches ( London Gazette 16th April 1901 ) and he
was awarded the Queens medal with 4 clasps and the D.S.O (1900).
After
the conclusion of peace in 1902 he took an active part in the work
of re-organisation, and when responsible government was granted
to the Transvaal , he was unanimously elected leader of the progressive
party in the house of assembly, in opposition to the inistry of
General Botha. In 1903 he was elected president of the Witwatersrand
Chamber of mines , and took a leading part in the negotiations which
led up to formation of The Union of South Africa.
He
had been knighted in 1902 and on 2-2-1911 was created a Baronet
for his services on this occasion.He was M.P. for Georgetown in
the first parliament of the Union of South Africa 1910-11 but in
dec 1911 business demands in connection with the east rand co compelled
him to retire from political work in order to devote his whole energies
to the re-organisation of that enterprise.
When
the European war broke out he was in England on a visit and was
about to join General Sir Hubert Hamiltons staff with the army in
Belgium , but the day before he was to have left he was ordered
by the authorities to South Africa. On arrival he was appointed
to General McKenzies Force with the rank of Colonel and was despatched
to German South West Africa as Assistant Q.M-General.
Proceeding
to Luderitz Bay in advance of the main force he was engaged in the
organisation of the base camp , and subsequently had charge of the
restoration of the railway and of providing the water supply to
the force, an operation of primary importance in that country.
On
19th May 1915, he was returning from a tour of inspection when the
motor trolley in which he was travelling collided with a construction
train at Kuibis , near Gidson, German South West Africa, and Sir
George succumbed to his injuries early next morning.
Sir
George Farrar was one of the best known men in South Africa to whose
advancement he had, by legislative work, by attention to mining
process, and to practical sympathy with agricultural, powerfully
contributed.
He
married at Johannesburg 2-6-1893 , Ella Mabel ( Chicheley Hall,
Newport Pagnell,Bucks & Bedford Farm , near Johannesburg , Transvaal),
dau of the late Charles William Waylen, I.M.S. and had six daus
, Helen Mabel b 2-10-1894, Muriel Frances b 6-4-1896, Gwendeline
b 14-7-1897, Georgina Marjorie b 17-8-1901, Kathleen Elizabeth b
9-5-1907 and Ella Marguerite b 28-4-1911. |
FLATT |
William
Alfred |
17058
Private 1st Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 16-6-15. Lived
Burnsfield Street. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium.
|
FLETCHER |
Harold
Clarke |
1442
Tpr, 2/1st Bedfordshire Imperial Yeomanry. Died 28-7-15 (Turvey,
Bedford), age 27. Son of Daniel & Lydia Fletcher, 4 Church Lane.
Chatteris Parochial (New Road) Cemetery. |
FRANCIS |
Hugh
|
200728
L/Cpl, 1/5th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 10-3-18, age
26. Seventh son of Alexander & M E Francis, 18 High St. Husband
of Edith Francis, Swindeshead, Lincs. Buried in Cambrin Military
Cemetery, Pas de Calais. Brother of below. |
FRANCIS |
Vere
|
2nd
Lt/Temp Capt, 3rd btn attached 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Dow 20-4-17,
age 31. Commissioned from West Kent Yeomanry, having served in Gallipoli.
Fifth son of Alexander (deceased) & M E Francis, 18 High St.
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Brother of above.
|
FRANKLIN |
Albert
|
G/14947
Private 12th (2nd South Downs) Royal Sussex Regiment. Killied in action
31-7-1917. Enlisted Doddington. Son of Mrs Susannah Canham, High
Street, Doddington. Lived with grandmother in Crane's Yard, Chatteris.
Formerly 4210 3/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. New Irish Farm Cemetery,
Belgium |
FREEMAN |
Frederick
William |
5896
Rfn, 9th London Rgt (Queen Victoria's Rifles). Killed in action
25-9-16. Son of Mr & Mrs A Freeman, Ivydene. Combles Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. |
GOWLER |
Alfred
[A] |
40555
Private 12th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 25-3-18. Born Chatteris,
enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Lived West Street. Formerly 4401, Suffolk
Regiment. In the 1891 census he was aged 5, scholar, son of George
and Ann Golwer, born Chatteris, resident Bridge Street, Chatteris.
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
GOWLER |
Arthur
Thomas |
245582
Gnr, B Battery, 3rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
22-3-18, age 25. Son of Thomas and Emma Gowler, 24 Anchor Street.
In the 1911 census he was aged 18, son of Emma Golwer, Farm Labourer,
born Chatteris, resident Anchor Street, Chatteris. In the 1901 census
he was aged 7, son of Thomas and Emma Gowler, born Chatteris, resident
Anchor Street, Chatteris. Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. |
GOWLER |
James
Brazabridge |
G/30571
Private 1st Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 7-11-18,
age 20. Only in France five weeks. Son of Arthur & Minnie Gowler,
17 Station Rd. Father Arthur died of influenza on same day. In the
1911 census he is aged 11, son of Arthur and Minnie Gowler, at school,
born Chatteris, resident Boars Head, Chatteris. Cross Roads Cemetery,
Nord, France. |
GOWLETT |
Arthur
Edward |
A/200577
Rifleman, 18th (Arts & Crafts) King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died
of wounds 28-3-18. Lived Horsemoor Drove. Formerly 6211 Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
GRAINGER |
Herbert
William |
12600
Private 1st Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 25-11-15 (wounded at Loos,
died at Saffron Walden), age 19. Son of Tom & Ida Grainger,
93 Huntingdon Rd. Chatteris General (Meaks) Cemetery. |
GRAVES |
Arthur
|
20116
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16, age
19. Son of Henry & Esther Graves, of 10 West Street. Gordon
Dump Cemetery, Somme, France. |
GRAVES |
George
William |
16381
L/Cpl, 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 7-7-16, age
20. Son of Henry & Mary Ann Graves, Huntingdon Road. Le Treport
Military Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France. |
GRAVES |
William
|
G/63273
Private 19th (2nd Public Works Pioneers) Btn, Middlesex Regiment. Killed
in action 1-9-18, age 33. Formerly 15535 Suffolk Regiment. Husband
of Esther Graves, 50 Huntingdon Rd. Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. |
GREEN |
Christopher
|
5881
Private 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 19-6-15, age 35. Lived
Farmer's Boy, New Road. Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium.
|
GREEN |
Robert
|
12739
L/Cpl, 7th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 3-7-16, aged 24. Third
son of Robert & Elizabeth Green, New Road. Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. |
GREEN |
Thomas
|
H/10895
Cpl, 15th (The King's) Hussars. Died 14-12-18, age 23. Son of Mrs
Harriet Green, 41 High St. Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Belgium.
Brother of below. |
GREEN |
William
|
1034
Private 1st Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 30-5-15 (Gallipoli).
Son of Mrs Harriet Green, 41 High St. Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery,
Turkey. Brother of above. |
GUNTON |
Arthur
|
68320
Gnr/Siglr, 162nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died pneumonia
29-10-18, age 27. Lived 43 West Street. Douai British Cemetery,
Cuinchy, Nord, France. |
GUNTON |
Matthew
|
201695
Private 4th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27-9-17. Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, Belgium. |
HALL |
Robert
|
18637
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 1-6-16, age 20.
Son of Pte Herbert Hall & Mrs Hall, West Street. Heilly Station
Cemetery, Mericourt L'Abbe. |
HARLOW |
Henry
(Harry) |
235145
Private 8th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4-10-17, aged 34.
Husband of Ada Harlow, 23A London Road. Formerly 7926 Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium. |
HEADING |
William
Henry |
Chaplain
4th Class (Captain), Army Chaplains Dept. Died 21-11-18 at Tidworth
Barracks, age 29. Lived West View. Formerly pastor of Leckhampton
Baptist Church, Cheltenham. Chatteris General (Meaks) Cemetery,
Cambs. |
HILLS |
Charles
|
17052
L/Cpl, 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16, age
23. Son of Mrs Naomi Harding (formerly Hills), Delve House, New
Rd, & late George Hills. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Brother
of George and Horace, below. |
HILLS,
MM |
George
|
8937
Private 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 12-11-17, age 31.
Son of Mrs L Harding (formerly Hills), Delve House, New Rd, &
late George Hills. Reservist. Won Military Medal. Bailleul Communal
Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Brother of Charles, above, and
Horace, below. |
HILLS |
Horace
|
15321
L/Cpl, 7th Suffolk Rgt. Labourer, enlisted 9-9-14, age 19. Served
on Western Front with 9th btn Suffolk Rgt 31-8-15 to 2-10-15 when
wounded. Posted to 10th btn 12-12-15. Appointed L/Cpl 14-1-16. Posted
to 7th btn 9-2-16. Missing 3-7-16, wounded in right arm and shoulder.
PoW. Invalided PoW, repatriated 28-12-17 and admitted to Bagthorpe
Military Hospital. Discharged no longer fit 1-4-18. Died 9-11-18,
age 20, at Chatteris. Son of Mrs Naomi Harding (formerly Hills),
Delve House, New Rd, Chatteris, and the late George Hills. Chatteris
Parochial Cemetery. Brother of Charles & George, above.
|
HIPWELL |
Wilfred
Edgar |
15758
Cpl (sanitary cpl), D company, 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 1-7-16, age 21. Third son of Golden & Emma Jane Hipwell,
19 New Road. Jeweller's assistant in Cambridge. Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. |
HOPKINS |
Arthur
|
42130
Private 28th Coy, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 18-10-16. Youngest
son of Mr & Mrs William Hopkins, 68 Bridge Street. Formerly
2521 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Brother of John. |
HOPKINS |
Henry
|
17046
Private E company, 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Died home 12-2-15,
age 36 or 40. Lived West Street. Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambs.
|
HOPKINS |
John
|
326961
Private 1/1st Cambridgeshire Rgt, att 177th Coy, Royal Engineers. Killed
in action 12-6-17, age 22. Fourth son of Mr & Mrs W Hopkins,
68 Bridge Street. Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium. Brother
of Arthur. |
KIGHTLY |
George
William |
19737
Private 10th Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 7-12-15, Balkans,
age 39. Son of Mr & Mrs J Kightly, March. Husband of the late
Charlotte Kightly. Formerly 18427 Bedfordshire. Doiran Memorial,
Greece. |
KIRBY |
William
B |
3/7191
Private 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 25-1-15 (wounded
16-1-15), age 19. Reservist. Second son of William & Jane Kirby,
16 Chapel Lane. Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
|
KIRBY |
William
Jubilee |
G/13488
Private 6th Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed in action 27-8-18, age
32. Lived Huntingdon Road. Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, Somme,
France. |
KNOWLES |
John
Norman |
43369
Private 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27-9-16. Formerly
17333 Northamptonshire Regiment. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
|
LAMBE |
Charles
|
326280
Private 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 14-10-16, age
29. Youngest son of Frederick & Elizabeth Lambe, 91 New Rd.
Connaught Cemetery, Somme, France. Brother of Joseph, below.
|
LAMBE |
Joseph
|
3/9709
Cpl, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 17-8-16, age 32. Eldest
son of Frederick & Elizabeth Lambe, 91 New Rd. National Reservist,
re-enlisted at outbreak ofwar. Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension,
Somme, France. Brother of Charles, above. |
LARKINSON |
Albert
Gazeley |
17904
Private 9th East Surrey Regiment. K 1-1-17, age 28. Son of James &
Rebecca Larkinson, 14 South Park Street. Philosophe British Cemetery,
Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France. |
LAVENDER |
Henry
(Harry) Foster |
27151
Private ACompany, 1st King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in
action 23-10-16, age 29. Eldest son of Mrs Priscilla F Lavender,
2 St Martin's Rd. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
LAWRENCE |
George
|
51712
Dvr, 153rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died pneumonia
10-10-18, age 26. Taranto Town Cemetery Extension, Italy. Brother
of William, below. |
LAWRENCE |
William
Coldham |
63303
Gnr, 14th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
16-7-16, age 28. Son of Mr & Mrs Lawrence, New Road. Etaples
Military Cemetery, France. Brother of George, above. |
LOVELL |
Cyril
Thomas |
2nd
Lt/Temp Lt, 9th Btn Machine Gun Corps & Royal Flying Corps.
Killed in action 14-6-18, age 22. Only son of Samuel Marchant Lovell
JP, & Elizabeth Emily Lovell, High Street. Caestre Military
Cemetery, Nord, France. Killed in flying accident 15/6/1918, aged
22, while serving on Western Front.. |
MARSHALL |
Roger
C |
Lt,
Royal Field Artillery. Died pleurisy & pneumonia 7-1-18, Chatteris.
Only son of the late Rev F C Marshall, rector of Doddington. Doddington
(St Mary) Churchyard, Cambs. |
MARTIN |
F Harry
|
17663
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 2-5-18 (44th
CCS, France), age 27. Husband of E Martin, 31 Anchor Street. Arneke
British Cemetery, Nord, France.
|
McGILL |
George
|
M/11123/Ch,
Engine Room Artificer, 4th Class, Royal Navy, HMS General Cranford
(Lord Clive class Monitor). Accidentally drowned 24-8-17, age 26.
Son of John & Julia McGill, 93 New Road. Due on leave to be
married on 16-9-17. Chatteris Parochial (New Road) Cemetery. Brother
of James, below. |
McGILL,
DCM |
James |
2488
Sgt, D Bty, 79th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
3-8-16, age 38. Married living in Leeds. Second son of John &
Julia McGill, 93 New Road. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal (London
Gazette 22-9-16). Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme,
France. Brother of George, above. |
MILLER |
Ernest
Robert |
3/8176
L/Cpl, 2nd Suffolk Rgt (bomb company). Died of wounds 2-8-16 (wounded
20-7-16, Trones Wood), age 23. Eldest son of Mr Joseph Miller, Pound
Road. St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
|
MILLER |
John
(Jack) |
203572
Private 9th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died malaria 4-10-18, Mesopotamia,
age 32. Son of Joseph & Sarah Miller, 46 Bridge Street. Teheran
War Cemetery, Iran. Brother of below. |
MILLER |
William
|
242514
Private 2/6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died of wounds 25-8-17,
age 38. Eldest son of Joseph & Sarah Miller, Bridge Street.
Husband of Nellie Miller, later of 11 Long St, Dordon, Warks. Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery, Belgium. Brother of above. |
MORRELL |
Thomas
|
16920
Private 8th Suffolk Regiment. Died 25-12-16. Abbeville Communal Cemetery
Extension, Somme, France. |
MOTTRAM |
Frederick
Jubilee |
26744
Private 7th Suffolk Rgt. Son of Mrs Julia Mottram (later Miller), 7
East Park St, Chatteris. Mobilised 24-3-16, posted to 10th Suffolk,
then 3rd Suffolk. Drafted to Western Front 4-7-16 and posted to
7th Suffolk 15-7-16. Wounded in left thigh 18-11-16. Discharged
no longer fit, 6-12-17. Died 9-11-18, age 31, in Chatteris.
|
MOULD |
Herbert
William |
3/8604
Private 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 4-9-16, age 32.
Third son of Mr & Mrs Robert Mould, Red Lion Inn. Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. |
MOULD |
Herbert
S |
3/8202
Private 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 15-7-15. Lived Moxon's
Passage. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. |
MOXON |
Herbert
David |
G3/17263
Private 8th East Surrey Regiment. Dow 6-8-16 (wounded 1-7-16), age
29. Son of Shem Moxon, High Street. Chatteris Parochial (New Road)
Cemetery, Chatteris. |
MUNNS |
George
|
16342
Private 1st Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 24-4-15, age 30. Eldest
son of William & Eliza Munns, 3 Bridge Street. Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Brother of below. |
MUNNS |
William
|
G/14981
Private 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 27-9-1918,
age 24. Born Chatteris, enlisted March. Son of William & Eliza
Munns, 3 Bridge Street. Buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension,
Ste Radegonde, Somme, France. Brother of above. |
NEGUS |
Ernest
Albert |
G/21058
Private 8th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 21-3-18,
age 25. Eldest son of William Negus, 7 Black Horse Lane. Husband
of Mrs Negus, Southampton Row. Formerly 27875 Suffolk Regiment.
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Brother of Percy, below. |
NEGUS |
John
|
900
Private 22nd (Kensington) Btn Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 25-7-16,
age 23. Lived Southampton Row. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
|
NEGUS |
Percy
Archibald |
30269
Private 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed
in action 26-10-17, age 22. Second son of William Negus, 7 Black
Horse Lane. Formerly 961 Huntingdonshire Cyclists. Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, Belgium. Brother of Ernest, above. |
NIX |
Percival
Kent |
Fleet
Surgeon, HMS Bulwark, Royal Navy. Killed in action 26-11-14 (HMS
Bulwark explosion in Sheerness harbour), age 45. MB, BA. Younger
son of the late John Nix JP, & Mrs Caroline Nix, The Limes.
Lived Weymouth. Promoted Fleet Surgeon, Nov 1912. Ashes interred
Somersham (St John the Baptist) Churchyard. |
OLDFIELD |
James
|
Sgt.
Died 4-11-18, age 37. Had served eight years in Northants Rgt, then
registered for National Reserve. Re-enlisted at outbreak of war,
Suffolk Regiment. Chatteris Parochial (New Road) Cemetery.
|
PALMER |
George
|
15505
Private 1st Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 26-10-14, age 19. Son
of Walter & Hannah Palmer, Doddington Rd. Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Belgium. Brother of below. |
PALMER |
Thomas
|
201443
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 3-9-17, age 19.
Second son of Walter & Hannah Palmer, Doddington Rd. Husband
of Mrs Palmer, Peck's Yard. Tincourt New British Cemetery. Brother
of above. |
PAMBY |
George
|
97456
Private 35th Btn Machine Gun Corps. Died 9-6-18 (PoW), age 22. Formerly
8453 Norfolk Regiment. Son of Mr & Mrs George Pamby, 6 Lyons
Yard, West Park St. Conde-Sur-L'Escaut Communal Cemetery, Nord,
France. Prisoner of war 30-11-17 at Cambrai. |
PAPWORTH |
Arthur
|
Reservist,
Suffolk Rgt, re-enlisted September 1914. Invalided home July 1916,
discharged from army as medically unfit. Died after long illness,
26-3-17, age 42. Married, lived West Street. Chatteris General Cemetery.
Brother of below. |
PAPWORTH |
Fred
|
18737
Private 1st Suffolk Rgt (D company). Killed in action 27-3-15. Husband
of H Papworth, Moxon's Lane. Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery,
Belgium. Brother of above. |
PAPWORTH |
Fred
|
9123
Private 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Died influenza 5-1-19 (aboard HM
Hospital Ship Formosa, at Copenhagen, had been PoW for four years).
Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Papworth, Honey Hill, Chatteris. Copenhagen
Western Cemetery, Denmark. |
PAPWORTH |
Leonard
|
G/14994
Private 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 3-7-1918.
Formerly 12th battalion and 2766 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Born St.
Peter's, Cambridge, enlisted Whittlesea. Pozieres Memorial, Somme,
France. |
PARISH |
John
Smith |
40161
Private 8th Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 28-12-16, age 29.
Husband of Ada Parish, 131 High Street. Second son of Mr Alfred
Parish, Chapel Lane. Salvation Army bandmaster. Formerly 28273 Essex
Regiment. Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. |
PARKINSON |
Arthur
Henry |
41508
Private 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 21-8-18, age 18. Son
of Harry Joseph Parkinson & Maria Parkinson, 20 York Road. Adanac
Military Cemetery, Somme, France. |
PEACOCK |
Arthur
T |
326906
L/Cpl, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 8-8-18. Lived
South Park Street. Beacon Cemetery, Sailly Laurette, France. Only
son of Mr & Mrs A Peacock, of 10 South Park Street. |
PEAKS |
William
E |
G/50925
L/Cpl, 23rd (2nd Football) Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action
9-5-18, age 21. Eldest son of William Edward Peaks & Sarah Ann
Peaks, 105 New Road. Formerly G/13201 Royal West Kent Regiment.
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. |
POOLE |
Edward
John |
245814
Private 1/2nd (City of London) Btn London Rgt (Royal Fusiliers). Killed
in action 13-10-18. In France two weeks. Son of Thomas & Kate
Maria Poole, 34 Wellington Rd, Stoke Newington Rd, London, formerly
Chatteris. Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Brother
of Thomas, below. |
POOLE |
Thomas
Charlie |
97712
Spr, 123rd Field Coy, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 31-7-17,
age 23. Eldest son of Thomas & Kate Maria Poole, 34 Wellington
Road, Stoke Newington Rd, London, formerly Chatteris. Artillery
Wood Cemetery, Boezinge, Belgium. Brother of Edward, above.
|
POWELL |
Edwin
|
3140
Private Training Depot, Canadian Army Service Corps. 8-4-16, age 41.
Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Powell. Chatteris Parochial (New Road)
Cemetery. |
RANSOM |
Sidney
|
49215
Sgt, 80th Coy Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 22-8-18 (Salonika),
age 30. Son of John & Amelia Ransom, 28 Bridge Street. Formerly
1431 Rifle Brigade. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. An old
soldier serving in Army when war declared. |
RAYMENT |
George
|
22800
Pte 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 17-6-17. Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. |
REVELL |
Walter
Charles |
50743
Cpl, 16th Lancashire Fusiliers (2nd Salford Pals). Died of wounds
28-5-18, age 22. Youngest son of John & Jane Revell, 58 Huntingdon
Road. Formerly 51403 Suffolk Regiment. Doullens Communal Cemetery
Extension No 2, Somme, France. |
RHODES |
Oakey
|
65755
Private 1/5th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 10-4-18. Ploegsteert
Memorial, Belgium. |
RICHARDSON |
John
W |
57511
Private 11th Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 22-3-18. Lived Blunts
Farm. Son of John & Mary Richardson, Oxlode, Pymoor, Cambs.
Formerly 21222 East Kent Regiment. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Also listed on the Warboys,
Hunts memorial. |
RICHARDSON |
Thomas
William |
242491
Private 1/5th Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 1-11-17, age 21.
Second son of Matthew & Annie Elizabeth Richardson, 4 Burnsfield
Street. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. |
ROSE,
MM |
Frederick
|
12676
Private 9th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26-4-17. Lived Chapel
Lane. Won Military Medal, stretcher bearer. St Patrick's Cemetery,
Loos, Pas de Calais, France. |
ROWE,
MM |
Frederick
Arthur |
44244
Cpl, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 29-9-18, age
22. Lived West Street. Won Military Medal on June 19/20th 1918.
Pigeon Ravine Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France. Son of Mr & Mrs Edward
Rowe, 24 West Street, Chatteris. Enlisted 21-2-16 in Suffolk Regiment.
Went to France August 1916, slightly wounded. Transferred to Hampshire
Rgt then to Worcestershire Regiment. Awarded MM for action on 19/20
June 1918. |
RUSTON |
Cecil
Harold Sowerby |
2nd
Lt, 4th East Kent Rgt, attached 7th Btn. Killed in action 4-4-18,
age 31. Solicitor. Elder son of Alfred Harold Sowerby Ruston, Aylesbury
House. Mentioned in Despatches. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
In partnership with father as a solicitor. Husband of Winifred Grace
Ruston, daughter of the late Rev F C Marshall, former rector of
Doddington. |
SALISBURY |
John
('Jack') |
2851
L/Cpl, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died nephritis 22-11-15, Rouen,
age 26. Husband of Eliza Salisbury. Lived Chapel Lane. St Sever
Cemetery, Rouen, France. |
SAVAGE |
Arthur
John |
8792
Cpl, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26-4-17, age 23. Son
of Charles
& Selina Savage, 30 Bridge Street. Previously wounded
in 9/14. Commemorated on his mother's grave "Arthur John Savage
1st Suffolk Regiment killed in action in France April 24th 1917
age 23 years". Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais,
France. Brother of Edward and William, below. |
SAVAGE |
Edward
|
26350
Private 9th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-5-17, age 24. Second
son of Charles & Selina Savage, 30 Bridge Street. Loos Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Brother of William, below and Arthur, above).
|
SAVAGE |
William
|
17430
Private 1st Suffolk Regiment. Missing, Killed in action 8-5-15. Eldest
son of Charles & Selina Savage, 30 Bridge Street. Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Brother of Edward and Arthur, above.
|
SAUNDERS |
Ernest
Belshaw |
23488
L/Cpl, 7th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 10-4-17, age 22. Youngest
son of Mr & Mrs Charles Saunders, Willey Farm. Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. |
SEAMAN |
Arthur
|
15435
Private 3rd Lincolnshire Regiment. Died home (pneumonia) 22-3-15, age
19. Eldest son of Charles & Hannah Seaman, 4 Southampton Place.
Chatteris General (Meaks) Cemetery. |
SEEKINGS |
Tom
|
8665
Private 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Missing, Killed in action 26-8-14, age
21. Nephew of Mrs Golden, Wood Street. La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial,
Seine-Maritime, France. |
SKEELS |
Arthur
|
36618
L/Cpl, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action 30-7-17, (shell
hit No 1 platoon when going up to trenches), age 21. Youngest son
of Mr & Mrs Matthew Skeels, 128 High Street. Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Belgium. |
SKEELS |
Ernest
|
174400
Gnr, Royal Field Artillery. Drowned at sea (HT Cameronia) 15-4-17,
age 24. Formerly 15112 Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Son of Arthur
Skeels, 15 Pound Rd. Chatby Memorial, Egypt. |
SMART |
Edward
William |
36321
Private 10th (Hull Commercials) East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in
action 27-2-17, age 18. Son of William Smart, Park Street. Formerly
10845 Dorsetshire Regiment. Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme,
France. |
SMART |
John
Ernest |
20149
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16. Son
of Mrs Smart, West Street. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
|
SMITH |
Arthur
|
7934
Private 9th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 16-9-16, age 25. Son
of Mrs M Smith, Southampton Row. |
SMITH |
Arthur
|
G/13492
Private 1st Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed in action 3-9-16, age
29. Youngest son of Mrs A Smith, High Street. |
SMITH |
Charles
Robert |
329158
Private 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 31-7-17, age
26. Husband of Martha Smith, 18 New Rd. Poelcapelle British Cemetery,
Belgium. |
SMITH |
Frederick
William |
326798
Private 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 8-7-17, age
22. Son of Harry & Hannah Smith, of 1 Southampton Place, London
Rd. Brandhoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. |
SNEESBY |
George
|
12292
L/Cpl (lewis gnr), 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 9-4-17,
age 23. Second son of Mary Ann Sneesby, and the late John Sneesby,
Southampton Row; husband of Ellen Elizabeth Sneesby, Peterborough.
Tilloy British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
SNEESBY |
George
|
17497
Private 7th Suffolk Rgt, attached 35th Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds
at King George Hospital, 28-12-17, age 21. Eldest son of James and
Alice Sneesby, 14 New Rd. Chatteris General (Meaks) Cemetery.
|
SOLE |
Percy
|
14286
Private 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 24-9-18. Lived
London Road. Berthaucourt Communal Cemetery, Pontru, Aisne, France.
|
SQUIRES |
Fred
|
65364
Private 59th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action
15-6-18, age 22. Youngest son of Arthur & Lydia Squires, 112
High Street. Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France. |
STALLAN |
Donovan
Edward |
43147
Pte (Signaller), 31st Btn Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds shock
26-3-18, age 20. Son of the Rev and Mrs Stallan, The Manse, Titchfield,
Hants; formerly of the Congregational Manse, Wenny Rd, Chatteris.
Formerly 859, 2/1st Hunts Cyclists. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. |
STEPHENSON |
Robert
Ernest |
23467
Private 4th Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 25-9-16. Son of Mrs
R Stephenson, Topham's Yard, East Park Street. Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. |
TATE |
Percy
Thornelow |
G/14883
Lance Corporal, 13th Battalion (3rd South Downs) Royal Sussex Regiment.
Killed in action 31-7-1917, age 25. Youngest son of Mr & Mrs
H Tate, Bridge Street. Born and enlisted March, Cambs. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. |
TAYLOR |
William
Henry |
16848
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Rgt (D company). Killed in action 11-6-17,
age 38. Husband of Elizabeth Taylor, 21 Southampton Place. Arras
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
THOMAS |
James
Harold Lavender |
7400
Private 1st Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 5-11-14. Reservist.
Living London. Son of Mrs Thomas, Victoria Street. |
THOMAS |
John
Leonard |
possibly
Leonard John Thomas, L/Cpl, 321034, 6th (City of London Btn) The
London Rgt (Rifles), 26-5-17. Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle, Pas
de Calais, France. |
WARTH |
Bernard
|
Sprts/2143
Private 24th (2nd Sportsmen's) Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 23-8-16.
Younger son of John & Louie C Warth, Brook House; husband of
Elsie Mary Warth. Left a farm at Selukwe, Rhodesia, to volunteer
for active service, Dec 1914. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de
Calais. |
WARTH |
Thomas
|
7070
Staff-Sgt, Pay Dept, King's African Rifles. Died 12-1-18. Nairobi
South Cemetery, Kenya. |
WEEDON |
William
Otway |
2536
Rfn, 9th London Rgt (Queen Victoria's Rifles). Killed in action
24-4-15, age 22. Son of Thomas Firman Weedon, grocer, & Hariette
Anne Weedon, 7 Park St. William worked for a jeweller in Oxford
Street, London. White House Cemetery, Belgium. |
WELFARE |
Ernest
|
23027
L/Cpl, 1st South Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 28-10-18
(Italy), age 24. Son of James Thomas Welfare & Lydia Welfare,
51 Huntingdon Rd. Giavera British Cemetery, Italy. |
WHEATON |
Frederick
John |
18839
Private 7th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 15-3-17. Husband of
Mrs Wheaton, South Park Street. Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras,
Pas de Calais, France. |
WHEELER |
Frank
|
L/7766
L/Cpl, 1st East Kent Regiment. Killed in action 15-9-16, age 29.
Youngest son of Mr & Mrs William Wheeler, High Street. Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. |
WHITNEY |
Charles
William |
A/3092
Cpl, signal section, "A" Company, 7th King's Royal Rifle
Corps. Killed in action 15-9-16, age 26. Eldest son of Charles
& Elizabeth Whitney, 4 Station Rd; husband of Alice Whitney.
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Brother of below.
Corporal
A/3092 Charles William Whitney, "A" Company, 7th Battalion,
King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died 15 September 1916. He was
born in around 1890 in Bury, Huntingdonshire. In 1901 he lived
with his parents Charles and Mary Elizabeth Whitney and his brother
Laurie Stonecliffe (who also died in the war - see below) in Station
Road, Chatteris. His father was a mining engineer by trade. In
1911 Charles boarded at 15 Church Road, Erith, and was a school
teacher at Dartford Elementary School. Before the war Charles
had been an assistant master at King Edwards School. By the time
of his death Charles was married to Alice and lived at 24 Topsfield
Parade in Crouch End, London, his parents still lived in Chatteris.
Charles enlisted in Hammersmith in August 1914, having only held
his current teaching post for 3 months, and joined the 7th Attalion,
King’s Royal Rifles Corps, going out to the front on 1 May
1915. A letter in the Cambridgeshire Times, 6 October 1916, records
a letter from his Captain stating that Charles was "instantly
killed by a shell. He was a signaller. "
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WHITNEY |
Laurie
Stonecliffe |
290018
CQMS, ACompany, 1/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclists. Died 11-7-17, at
the Military Hospital, Scarborough, due to Consumption where he
was treated for 14 weeks before passing away, age 24. Second son
of Charles & Elizabeth Whitney, 4 Station Rd; husband of Emma
Whitney (nee Fear - born 31st October 1891) and father of Rosemary
Browning Whitney. Railway worker, GER at Godmanchester. Chatteris
General (Meaks) Cemetery. Brother of above.
During his funeral, six brother non-commissioned officers acted
as bearers of his coffin which was covered in the Union Jack. He
was a “bright and willing soldier held in great esteem by
his comrades of all ranks as evidenced by the number of beautiful
wreaths including one from his Colonel and Officers. “ This
quote comes from a clipping. |
WOODBINE |
Frederick
|
4995
Pte (lewis gnr), DCompany, 4th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
28-2-17, age 30. Nephew & adopted son of Mr & Mrs F H Boulten,
New Road. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
YOUNG |
Alfred
Cyril |
16672
L/Cpl, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 28-3-18. Nephew &
adopted son of Mrs S Furnell, Burnsfield Street. Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. |
Also
buried in Chatteris |
PEGGS |
James
|
RME/5045(S)
Private Royal Marine Engineers. Died pneumonia 31-1-19, age 43 (at
home, York Road, Chatteris). Son of Nathen & Betsy Peggs; husband
of Charlotte Peggs, who obtained free passage to Canada Oct 1919.
Chatteris Parochial (New Road) Cemetery. |
Photograph
Copyright © Martyn Smith 2002
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Inside
the church is w ooden plaue to the men who died in the Second World
War
1939-45
|
ARNOLD |
Donald
Smith |
Private
5831135, 4th Suffolk Regiment. 26-5-43, age 24, Prisoner of War.
Son of Mr & Mrs Herbert Arnold, of West Park Street, Chatteris;
husband of Mrs Arnold, 14 West Park St, Chatteris. Kranji War Cemetery,
Singapore. |
ASH |
Frederick
John |
Private
5783986, 5th Northamptonshire Regiment. 26-2-43, age 20. Son of
Ebenezer & Minnie Ash, of 43 Huntingdon Rd, Chatteris. Medjez-El-Bab
War Cemetery, Tunisia. |
BARNES |
Francis
Herbert |
Sgt
(Drill instructor), 5826144, 70th Suffolk Regiment. Died at Ipswich
6-4-41, age 27. Son of Mrs & MRs F W Barnes, 27 Burnsfield Estate,
Chatteris; husband of Mrs Barnes. Chatteris Parochial Cemetery,
Cambs. |
BEEBY |
Cyril
Eric |
Private
5783546, 7th Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds 9-7-44, age
21. Son of Sidney & Daisy Elizabeth Beeby, of 22 Burnsfield
Estate, Chatteris. Cambes-En-Plaine War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
|
BULL |
Victor
Charles Frederick |
Ord
Seaman, P/JX 296532, HMS Airedale, Royal Navy. 15-6-42, age 18.
Son of Charles & Caroline Bull, of 1 Willey Terrace, Chatteris.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. |
BURKETT |
George
Alfred |
L/Sgt,
5933705, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. Died of beri-beri
4-9-43, age 40, Prisoner of War. Son of Harry & Katherine; husband
of Bessie Louiza Burkett, of 21 High St, Chatteris. Chungkai War
Cemetery, Thailand. |
CARLEY |
Leonard
|
Dvr,
T/274379, Royal Army Service Corps. 5-6-42, age 21. Son of Cecil
& Ethel Carley, of 105 Huntingdon Rd, Chatteris. Knightsbridge
War Cemetery, Libya. |
CAVANAGH |
Peter
|
[Kavanagh
in CWGC] Stoker 2nd Class, HMS Cabot, Royal Navy, d 28/5/1940, age
33. Son of James and Mary Kavanagh, of Kilmacow. Lived High St,
Chatteris. Buried: KILMACOW CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD, County Kilkenny,
Ireland, Republic of. |
CLARK |
William Henry |
2nd
Lt, 197126, ACompany, 9 platoon, 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed
in action 13-2-42, age 21. Born 18-12-20, admitted to school 17-9-20,
left 26-7-38. Son of John William & Annie Clark, of The Gables,
Chatteris. Attended March Grammar School and studied architecture
at Liverpool University. Buried in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
Also listed March Grammar School.
|
COLE |
Margaret
Roseanna |
Third
Officer, HMS Braganza, Women's Royal Naval Service. 19-1-46, age
30. Daughter of Charles & Catherine Cole, of Chatteris. Chatham
Naval Memorial, Kent. The Cambs Times of Friday, 1/2/1946 carried
a small front page story which says that Margaret Cole had been
found dead in a locked hotel room in Karachi on the day that she
was due to return to England after 3½ years in India. She
had been in the WRNS for five years. It also mentions that the story
was reported by the national press the previous Saturday. Some of
her things had already been sent home to her parents ahead of her
expected return. |
COOPER |
Frederick
William |
Pte
5780790, 7th Royal Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 8-7-44, age
29. Son of Mrs F Cooper, 19 West St, Chatteris; husband of Mrs Joyce
Cooper, Smeeth Rd, near Wisbech. Cambes-en-Plaine War Cemetery,
Calvados, France. |
CURTIS |
George
Arthur |
Private
5933072, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 18-1-42, age
21. Singapore Memorial, Singapore. |
DALE |
John
Thomas |
Private
5933042, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. Died of cholera
16-7-43, age 34, Prisoner of War. Son of the late Mr & Mrs W J Dale,
Swing Brow, Chatteris. Kanchanburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
|
DESBOROUGH
|
Ernest
Jack |
Petty
Officer, Airman, L/FX 523614, HMS Natcatcher, Royal Navy. 1-3-46,
age 20. Son of Ernest William & Clara Desborough, of Chatteris.
Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire. |
FISHER |
Donald
|
Private
5933486, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. Died at sea 12-9-44,
age 23, Prisoner of War. Son of Mr & Mrs Frank Fisher, of 24 Willey
Terrace, Chatteris. Singapore Memorial, Singapore. |
GRAVES |
Reginald
|
L/Bdr
1107461, 11 (Honourable Artillery Coy) Rgt, Royal Horse Artillery.
22-11-42. Son of Mr & Mrs H Graves, Marina Villa, Wood St, Chatteris.
Naples War Cemetery, Italy. |
HAYLETT |
Joseph
Aaron |
Leading
Aircraftman, 1256573, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died of
illness 23-1-44, age 23. Son of Aubrey & Florence Haylett, of
New Rd, Chatteris. Imphal War Cemetery, India. |
LAWS |
Douglas
Charles |
Flight
Sgt, Pilot, 1260997, 18 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
12-10-41, age 23. Son of Charles & Lily Laws, of 16 Railway
Lane, Chatteris. Chatteris Parochial Cemetery, Cambs. |
MARRITT,
DFM |
William
Arthur |
Pilot
Officer, Flight Engineer, Instructor. 182843, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. 16-1-45, age 23. Son of Fred John & Mildred Florence
Marritt, of Horseway, Chatteris. Awarded DFM in June 1944 after
45 operational flights. Chatteris Parochial Cemetery, Cambs.
|
MINETT |
Matthew
Henry |
Bdr,
1142787, 64 (The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Rgt,
Royal Artillery. 22-11-42, age 27. Son of Matthew Henry & Mary
Ann Minett, of Chatteris; husband of Winnie, of Chatteris. Tabarka
Ras Rajol War Cemetery, Tunisia. |
PALMER |
George
Frederick |
Private
5779628, 5th Norfolk Regiment. Died of dysentery 3-1-44, age 31.
Son of Mr & Mrs H Palmer, 46 Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris. Yokohama
War Cemetery, Japan. |
PAUL |
Alfred
Russell |
Private
5827869, 1st Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. Missing in action,
13 February 1942, aged 23. Son of Mr & Mrs W Paul, 72 High St, Chatteris.
Singapore Memorial, Singapore. |
PAYNE |
William
James |
Private
14592039, 1st East Lancashire Regiment. 2-3-45, age 22. Son of William
& Caroline Payne, of Stocking Drove, Chatteris. Reichswald Forest
War Cemetery, Germany. |
PETTIT |
Roger
Gordon |
L/Cpl,
5831024, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. 19-5-44, age 24. Son of Celia Maria
Pettit (later Mrs D Brown, 34 Wenny Estate, Chatteris) of Chatteris.
Imphal War Cemetery, India. |
PORTER |
Charles
Alec 'Jack' |
Sgt,
5933070, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. Died at sea 21-9-44,
age 24, Prisoner of War. Son of Archie & Louisa Porter, of 17
New Rd, Chatteris. Singapore Memorial, Singapore. |
PRITCHARD |
Desmond
Stanley |
Gnr,
1127976, 112 Medium Rgt, Royal Artillery. 8-2-45, age 23. Son of
Mr & Mrs R Pritchard, of 17 Wenny Estate, Chatteris. Jenkerbos War
Cemetery, Netherlands. |
RICHARDSON |
John
Francis |
Private
5933399, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. Died at sea 21-9-44,
age 23, Prisoner of War. Son of William George & Rose Hepzibah
Richardson, of 1 Edward St, Grantham (formerly New Rd, Chatteris).
Singapore Memorial, Singapore. |
RUSTON |
John
Chatten |
Flight
Sgt, Wireless operator air, 1337246, 48 Squadron Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve, flew Dakotas. Missing on flight between Meilktila
& Chittagong 5-9-45, age 23. Son of Walter & Elizabeth Ann Ruston,
of of 13 Delve Terrace, Chatteris. Had previously escaped from Holland
after being shot down. Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmur. |
RUTTER |
Dudley
Leicester |
Lt,
74455, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 18-1-42, age 33.
Son of James A & Helen Rutter, Gaywood, King's Lynn. Employed
at Barclay's Bank, Chatteris. Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
|
SALISBURY |
Henry
Stephen |
Private
5826522, Signal Section, 1st Suffolk Regiment. Wounded in retreat
to Dunkirk, died of wounds at Bruges 18-6-40, age 23. Son of Robert
& Margarite Salisbury, of Ryebury, Rosemary Lane, Chatteris.
Bruges General Cemetery, Belgium. |
SCALLY |
Dennis
Frederick Joseph |
Writer,
P/MX 80371 HMS Tamar, Royal Navy. Died of pneumonia 11-4-43, age
29, Prisoner of War since January 1942. PoW at Osaka, Japan. Son
of Vincent Joseph & Jane Scally, of Chatteris. Yokohama War
Cemetery, Japan. |
SHILLING |
William
|
Private
5833647, 4th Suffolk Regiment. 15-2-42, age 21. Son of Mrs A Parfrey,
of Syler's Farm, Somersham; lived with his grandmother at 3 Moxon's
Passage, Chatteris. Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
|
SINDEN |
Charles
Frederick |
Private
5933397, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 30-5-43, age
23, Prisoner of War. Died of cholera at Takanun. Son of Charles
Henry & Ella Blanche Sinden, of 21 New Rd, Chatteris. Kanchanaburi
War Cemetery, Thailand. |
SMITH |
James
Albert |
L/Cpl
5832248, HQ 242 Provost Coy, Corps of Military Police. Died of wounds
18-6-44, age 31. Son of George William & Mary Ann Smith; husband
of Mrs Elsie Smith, of Willow Hall, Thorney. Bayeux War Cemetery,
Calvados, France. |
SNEESBY |
Sidney
|
Private
5830929, 5th Suffolk Regiment. 15-2-42, age 22. Son of Sidney &
Sarah Elizabeth Sinden, of 13 Willey Terrace, Chatteris. Singapore
Memorial, Singapore. |
STEADMAN |
Edward
|
Private
5959719, 1/6 The Queen's Royal Rgt (West Surrey). 8-12-44, age 38.
Son of Joseph & Sarah Steadman, of Bow, London: husband of Grace
Steadman, of 110 High St, Chatteris. Sittard General Cemetery, Netherlands.
|
VINCENT |
Roger
John |
Flight
Sgt, Air gunner, 1604859, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
in flying accident 10-1-45, age 22. Son of Frederick & Annie
Margaret Vincent, of Mill House, Chatteris. Chatteris Parochial
Cemetery, Cambs. |
WHITNEY |
Dennis
Ivor |
Sgt
Pilot, 1468381, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 13-5-44, age
22. Son of Philip Moore Whitney & Florence Olive Whitney, of
Station St, Chatteris. Chatteris Parochial Cemetery, Cambs.
|
Also
listed for this parish in the Ely Cathedral Second World War Book
of Remembrance: |
BROOKS
|
James
William |
[Also
listed as BROOKES] 5932917, Private CCompany, 2nd Btn. Cambridgeshire
Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. , died at sea, 21 September 1944, age 33.
Husband of Prudence Brooks, Russell Square, Wimblington. Singapore
Memorial, Singapore. Listed on the Wimblington
memorial |
ROSE |
J L
|
Possibly:
Pte. Joseph Leonard Rose, 2nd Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., d 15/2/1942,
age 23, commemorated: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore. Son of William
Rose, and of Annie Rose, of Dudley, Worcestershire. |
SQUIRES |
A E |
Officially evacuated [from Singapore] on 13 February
1942 but included in the list of
missing. In a report in the Cambridgeshire Times 27 March 1942 it
is stated that Pte Albert Ernest Squires Cambs Regiment of Chatteris
had sent a telegram to his wife stating that he had escaped from
Singapore and was now safe in Ceylon. Mr Squires died in
Chatteris in 1983!
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Inside
the church of Saints Peter and Paul is a stained glass window dedicated
to the world war.
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Photographs
Copyright © Martyn Smith 2002 |
Last updated
26 March, 2022
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