BOWDEN

James Henry

Private 13835, 9^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 16th September 1916. Age 24. Born Mildenhall, Suffolk, enlisted Newmarket. Son of the late Mr. Henry and Mrs. Eliza Bowden, of Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.Buried in LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France.

CLAYDEN

Ernest

COLE

John R

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DOE

Alfred Edward

Rifleman 0/417, 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. 12th Division. Killed in action during the German Spring Offensive on the 24th March 1918. Born in Walthamstow and enlisted in Stratford. Next of kin, Chippenham. Commemorated on The Pozieres Memorial MR.27

DOWNING

Christopher

DOWNING

Frederick

Private 20447, 11^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 9th April 1917. Born Chippenham, enlisted Newmarket. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.

DRAKE

Frederick G

possibly Private TF/201963 Frederick Drake, aged 25, 1/4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (Pioneers) 58th London Division T.F. Killed in action on the 23rd March 1918 during the German Spring Offensive. Son of Fred & Eliza Drake of 52 Mulkern Road, Upper Holloway,London. Born in Fulbourne, Cambs enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds. Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR.20

DRAKE

Walter George

Private 1165, 1/5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. 54th Division. Died of wounds on the Gallipoli Peninsular on the 12th September 1915. Grave lost. Territorial. Born in Chippenham and enlisted in Newmarket. Commemorated on The Helles Memorial,Turkey. MR.4.

FITCHES

Neville

Private G/11916, 10^th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds 25th February 1917. Age 20. Born and resident Chippenham, enlisted Newmarket. Son of George and Emily Fitches, of Palace Farm, Chippenham, Ely, Cambs. Buried inLIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

FITCHES

William

Private 5371, 4^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 25th January 1917. Enlisted Cambridge. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

GOOD

Walter James

Private 16650, 11^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killedd in action 1st July 1916. Born Chippenham, enlisted Newmarket. Commemorated: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

KING

Arthur

Gunner 147014, X38th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 15th February 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 26. Born Chippenham (SDGW states Wiltshire), enlisted Newmarket. Son of John and Martha King, late of Fordham, Cambridgeshire. Buried in FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 3. Row A. Grave 14.

LANGLEY

Alfred

Captain, ‘D’ Company, 6^th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, d 20/9/1917, age 34, commemorated: TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Martha Langley, of Chippenham, Ely. Formerly 19th Royal Hussars. Field commissioned into the Wilts Regiment but with the 19th Hussars as a sergeant in 11th October 1909 where he won first and second prize (two different horses) at the Royal Military Tatoo in the horseriding competition..

MASON

Arthur James

Lance Corporal 15616, 11^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 29th April 1918. Born Chippenham, enlisted Newmarket. Buried in POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

MOSS

Cecil John

Lance Corporal 16614, 11^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Age 22. Born Chippenham, enlisted Newmarket. Son of Mrs. H. Moss, of 12, New Rd., Chippenham, Ely, Cambs. Buried in CERISY-GAILLY FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, Somme, France.

MOSS

Frederick Charles

NUNN

Sidney

Private 16615, 11^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 17th October 1917. Born Chippenham, enlisted Newmarket. Commemorated: TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

PARR

Frederick

Private 66401, 1/6th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers. 50th Northumbrian Division. Killed in action near Ypres 11th April 1918. Born in Chippenham and enlisted in Newmarket. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial MR.32

TAYLOR

Albert Arthur

TAYLOR

Alfred [Edward]

Private 16611, 11^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 19th June 1916. Age 24. Born Chippenham, enlisted Newmarket. Son of Alfred Taylor, of New St., Chippenham, Ely, Cambs. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France.

TAYLOR, M.M.

Frederick Christopher

Corporal S/15005, 12^th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 10th January 1918. Age 25. Born and resident Chippenham, enlisted Piccadilly, Middlesex. Son of Philip and Annie Taylor, of New Cottages, Chippenham, Ely, Cambs. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

CARTER

Raymond Charles

[Charles Raymond on CWGC] Pte. 1^st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, d 9/8/1943, age 28, buried: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Son of Henry and Helen Margaret Carter, of Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.

DOWNING

Robert Charles

[Charles Robert on CWGC] Gnr. 51 HAA Regiment, Royal Artillery, d 6/9/1945, age 36, buried: PADUA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Son of Benjimin and Melinda Downing, of Chippenham, Cambridgeshire; husband of Gertrude May Downing, of Chippenham.

FAULKNER

Oliver Ernest

[Ernest Oliver on CWGC] Pte. 6^th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, d 27/5/1940, age 25, buried: BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Arthur E. and Mary A. Faulkner, of Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.

HELY-HUTCHINSON

Patrick Walter Richard

Sgt. 8 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, d 17/3/1944, age 30, buried: IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. Of Chippenham Lodge. Son of John Walter and Sybil Katharine Hely-Hutchinson, of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Family memorial inside Chippenham church.

THARP

John David Annesley

F.O. 255 Sqdn. R.A.F.V.R., d 14/4/1943, commemorated: MALTA MEMORIAL, Malta. Son of Lt.-Col. Gerard Prideaux Tharp, The Rifle Brigade, and Dora Maryan Tharp. A chapel in Chippenham Church is dedicated to his memory.

Buried in the Churchyard:

JORDAN

Sidney Howard

L/Cpl. Sidney Howard Jordan, 24^th Lancers, d 8/1/1943 age 34. Son of William and Clara Jordan; husband of Anne Mary Jordan, of Brighton, Sussex.

Also listed for this parish in the Ely Cathedral Second World War Book of Remembrance:

LEWIS

G

Possibly: Pte. George Lewis, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, d 14/2/1942, age 22, buried: KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore. Son of Joseph and Ada Beatrice Lewis, of Chippenham, Wiltshire [sic].

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