Ernest

4214 Pte, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 13-2-17, age 19. Son of Thompson & Emma Brown, of Happy Row, Euximoor. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium.

Frances

107368 Cpl, Third Army Headquarters Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds (gas) 5-8-18, age 30. Youngest son of Mr & Mrs A Chapman. Husband of Elsie Chapman. Lived White House. Formerly 11417 Royal Fusiliers. St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.

Charles

4790 Pte, 51st Australian Imperial Force. Died of wounds 17-7-17 (admitted 2nd Australian CCS 15-7-17), age 25. To Australia in 1913. Second son of Mr & Mrs S Few. Enlisted Perth, Western Australia. Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steanwerck, France. Born in Methwold, Norfolk, the son of Sylvanus Few of Christchurch, Cambridgeshire. He was educated in Christchurch and was unmarried. Before emigrating to Australia at the age of 19, he was employed as an agricultural labourer. In Australia he was employed as a railway plateworker. On December 8, 1915, he enlisted in the A.I.F. in Wickepin, Western Australia. Died of wounds in Steenwerck, France, on July 17, 1917, aged 25 years.

Herbert

759, Pte, 44th Australian Imperial Force. Killed in action 9-6-17, age 25. To Australia in 1913. son of Joseph & Maria Fisher, Christchurch. Enlisted Perth, Western Australia. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Born in Christchurch, Cambridgeshire, the son of Joseph Fisher of Christchurch. He was educated in Christchurch and was unmarried. In civil life he was employed as a labourer in Perth, Western Australia, and at the age of 20 he emigrated to Australia. On February 1, 1916, he enlisted in the A.I.F. in Blackboy Hill, Western Australia. Killed in action in the Ypres salient, Belgium, on June 9, 1917, aged 25 years.

Dick

10291 Pte, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 31-7-17, age 22. Son of Mary Ann Giddens (formerly Goodger), of Ash Tree Farm, Wisbech, and the late William Goodger. Brother of Walter below. Born Euximoor. Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium.

Cambridgeshire Times, 28-5-1926: Christchurch soldier's fate.
A reburial party working at an isolated cemetery in the vicinity of Westhoek discovered a silver watch in the clothing of an unknown soldier, beleived to be 2nd Lincolnshire, who fell on 31-7-17. The watch bore the name J C Heald, Wisbech. The watch was sent to Mr Heald, who had a shop in High St, Wisbech, who identified it as belonging to Pte Dick Goodger, 2nd Lincs. Goodger's body was re-interred at Poelcapelle British Cemetery.

Percival George

Private 29244 10th Battalionn, Essex Regiment who died on Tuesday, 27th March 1917. Born Upwell, Cambs, enlisted Wisbech, resident Christchurch. Son of George & Harriet Goodger, Euximoor Drove. St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.

Walter Willie

26371 Pte, 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9-4-17, age 23. Son of Mary Ann Giddens (formerly Goodger), of Ash Tree Farm, Welney, and the late William Goodger. Horsetender, Euximoor Drove. Borther of Dick above. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Brother of Dick.

Bernard

242685 L/Cpl, 2/5th East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 9th October 1917, age 28. Son of Henry Hutchinson, of Post Office, Christchurch. Formerly 4432 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Enlisted Wisbech. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Also listed on Wisbech Post Office memorial.

Stanley

202243 Sgt Berry Frederick Hyde, 2/4th Gloucestershire Regiment. 5-7-16, age 20. Son of Frederick and Sarah Jane Hyde, of Christchurch. Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Bert

13731 Pte, 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 10-3-16 (accident), age 23. Son of Daniel and Charlotte Lowe, Hole in the Wall Farm. Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension Cemetery, Nord, France. (Brother of below).

Frank

Photograph Copyright © Chris Harley 2008

15443 Cpl, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 14-6-17. Son of Daniel and Charlotte Lowe, Hole in the Wall Farm. Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, France. (Brother of above).

Ernest Owen

R/17353 Cpl, 17th (British Empire League) King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds 4-9-16, age 29. Policeman in March, parents lived Christchurch. Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1, Somme, France.

Walter

15450 Pte, C company, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 23-4-15. Son of Mr William & Mrs Jane Poole, Euximoor Drove. Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France.

William

24961 Pte, 7th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 12-10-16. Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. (Listed as William Rofe in SDGW and CWGC).

Isaac

26395 Pte 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9-4-17. Lived Lots Bridge. Son of George & Sarah Russell, Poulter's Drove. Arras Memorial, France.

William George

2852 Pte, CCompany, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 30-6-15. Merville Communal Cemetery, France.

Alfred

20586 L/Cpl, 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Died pneumonia after influenza 19-11-18, at 34th CCS, age 20. Youngest son of Stephen and Ann Smith, of Tips End. Solesmes British Cemetery, Nord, France. Brother of below.

Harry

20596 L/Cpl, 12th Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 21-10-17. Second son of Stephen and Ann Smith, of Tips End. St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Brother of above.

Walter Steward

4139 Pte, 3/5th Suffolk Regiment. Died home 1-5-16. Son of William Smith, Euximoor Drove. Upwell Christchurch churchyard.

John

40722 Pte, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 30-8-18, age 28. Son of George and Eliza Sparrow, of Christchurch. Awarded Military Medal. Formerly 4584 Suffolk Regiment. Buried Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Edward Oakes

44001 Cpl, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 8-10-18, age 23. Son of Jane Elizabeth Stimson, 39 Cypress Place, New Beckton, East Ham, & late George William Stimson. Lived Three Holes. Naves Communal Cemetery Extension.

Ernest Albert

35869 Pte, 124th coy Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 16-9-16, age 21. Formerly 24646 Suffolk Regiment. Son of George and Mary Jane Swann, of Christchurch. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Albert

RMA/862(S) Gnr, Royal Marine Artillery, Anti-Aircraft Btn, HMS Crescent. Died pneumonia 21-10-18 (Scotland), age 32. Son of John and Mary Ann Trower of Tip's End. Upwell churchyard. (Brother of below).

John

2597 Pte, 1/7th Middlesex Regiment. 21-11-16, age 33. Son of John and Mary Ann Trower of Tip's End. (Brother of above). Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France.