ELTISLEY
- Roll of Honour
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Martin Edwards
The
World War 1 memorial consists of two plaques inside the lych gate entrance
to the church.
Pictured in
the lych gate memorial is Vic Smith-Chappell a relative of both
Chappell's recorded here.
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2000
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TO
THE EVER GLORIOUS MEMORY OF
ELTISLEY MEN WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
1914-1919
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Albert
John SMITH-CHAPPELL
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Private.
122988, 59th.Batt.The Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action on the
first day of the German Spring Offensive 21st March 1918. Aged
20. Born in Eltisley and enlisted in Cambridge. Next of kin, residents
of Eltisley. Buried Ontario Cemetery, Sains les Marquion. Grave
F.481
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William George
SMITH-CHAPPELL
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Pte,
328240, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. killed in action (gassed) 29th
October 1917. Voormezeele Enclosures No 1 & 2, Ieper, West-Vlanderen,
Belgium. Aged 21, enlisted Huntingdon, formerly 1536, Huntingdonshire
Cyclist Battalion. Eldest son of Mrs Smith-Chappell, of Eltisley.
Married, wife living St Neots. Lewis gun section, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment.
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George CHILDERLEY
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Gunner
1905 "A" Bty. 235th Bde., Royal Field Artillery who died on Tuesday,
15th August 1916. Aged 32, died 1916. DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY,
MAMETZ, Somme, France VII. N. 2. Mametz is a village about 8 kilometres
east of the town of Albert.
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Harry CRANFIELD
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Lance
Corporal 681454, 58th.Battalion The Canadian Infantry (Central
Ontario Reg.) 9th. Brigade. 3rd.Canadian Division. Killed in action
at Ypres 26th.October 1917 . Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial,
Ypres, Belgium MR.29 (Canadian Section). No next of kin details.
[Aged 36, died 1917.]
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Harry Edward
HAYDEN
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Private
17752 6th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Monday, 21st
August 1916. Pte (Signaller), 1/1st Cambridgeshire. Age 20. Son
of Alfred C. and Ellen Hayden, of The Green, Eltisley, St. Neots,
Hunts. BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France VIII.
B. 150. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery is one of the Town Cemeteries
and stands on high ground on the eastern side of Boulogne, on
the road to St. Omer.
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Sidney George
HAYDEN
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326847
Private, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment, killed in action, France
and Flanders 25th March 1918. Formerly 4630, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Aged 23, born Eltisley, Cambridgeshire, enlisted St. Neots, Huntingdonshire.
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Arthur KIDMAN
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Private
16782 8th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Sunday, 19th
December 1915. Aged 27. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province
of West Flanders.
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Walter KIDMAN
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Private
47709 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Monday, 26th November
1917. Aged 29. CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France Panel
4. The small village of Louverval is on the north side of the
N30, Bapaume to Cambrai road, 13 kilometres north-east of Bapaume
and 16 kilometres south-west of Cambrai.
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Henry KING
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Private
8912 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 1st
December 1915. Aged 26. CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT,
Somme, France V. A. 8. Fricourt is a village about 5 kilometres
east of Albert and Citadel New Military Cemetery is approximately
2.5 kilometres south of Fricourt on the east side of the road
to Bray-sur-Somme.
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James PAYNE
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Corporal
16791. 2nd.Batt., The Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th.Division. Killed
in action at Ypres. 4th.October 1917. Aged 35, died 1917. Born
in Eltisley and enlisted in Lincoln. Next of kin Peterborough.
Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial. Belgium. MR.30.
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Frank RISELEY
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Private
326846, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment, killed in action, France
and Flanders, 26th September 1917. Formerly 4629, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Aged 22, born Eltisley, Cambridgeshire, enlisted St.
Neots, Huntingdonshire. Gardener employed by Countess of Dysart,
at Eltisley. ACompany, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Son of William and
Annie Riseley, of Eltisley, St. Neots, Hunts. TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. The Tyne Cot Memorial
to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery,
which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre,
on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332).
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Mark RISELEY
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L/Cpl
201890, 95th Btn Canadian Infantry. 31-7-16, age 39. Son of Henry
& Elisabeth Riseley, Eltisley. Husband of Mary Ann Riseley, 1212
King St, Toronto. Eltisley (SS Pandionia & John the Baptist) Churchyard
Extension.
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Henry George
SEWELL
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[Also
known as George Henry] Private 40818, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Died
in France of Spotted Fever (Cerebro-spinal meningitis)
Tuesday
15th May 1917.
Aged 33. Born Eltisley, Hunts, enlisted Croxton, Cambs. Formerly
4175, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave IV. B. 82.
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Enlisted
22nd March 1916. A private in the 8th Suffolks army number
given as 40418. Employed at the time of enlistment as labourer
by Fowler of Great Gransden, was single earning 17 shillings.
His address is given as Eltisley St Neots. Died in France
of Spotted Fever (Cerebro-spinal meningitis) 14th May 1917
aged about 30. - Source Local War Committee paper
Found in Eltisley Church.
Friday 20th
April 1917. - Mr G.SEWELL of Eltisley has received news
from a hospital in France that his eldest son Henry is seriously
ill. Source - St Neots Advertiser.
Friday
18th May 1917 - Death of Pte Henry of Eltisley SEWELL. Mr
G.SEWELL of Eltisley has received the sad news that his
son Henry has died in a Hospital in France, after several
weeks illness from Spotted Fever, he was highly regarded
in the village. Source - St Neots Advertiser.
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Herbert TOPHAM
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Private
560 2nd/1st, Bedfordshire Yeomanry who died on Friday, 7th January
1916. Aged 35. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George How Topham, of College
Farm, Eltisley. ELTISLEY (SS. PANDIONIA AND JOHN THE BAPTIST)
CHURCHYARD EXTENSION., Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, near North
boundary.
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1939-1945
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Charles John HALL
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Private 5956297, 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died as a POW 2nd September 1943.
Buried in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Grave B1. F. 8.
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Ronald Harry MITCHELL
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Leading Seaman, HMS Abel Tasman, Royal Navy,
d 13/6/1940, age 20, commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire, United Kingdom. Son of Walter and Beatrice Mary Mitchell,
of Northampton.
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29 September
2003
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