Private 41699, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly 34987, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 15 June 1918. Aged 23. Born Maldon, Essex, enlisted Ely. Baptised 28 January 1894 in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire. Son of Samuel and Susan Baulk, of Shippea Hill Farm, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Morden, Cambridgeshire, son of Samuel and Susan Baulk, resident Barley Road, Little Chishall, Royston, Essex & Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, a Farm Labourer, son of Samuel and Susannah Baulk, resident Branch Bank, Prickwillow Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave lost. Special Memorial at Plot II Memorial Row. See also Maldon, Essex and Ely World War 1 memorial

Chocques is 4 kilometres north-west of Bethune on the road to Lillers.

Lance Bombardier 40381, 352nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action Sunday, 21 April 1918. Born and resident Prickwillow, enlisted Norwich. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of James and Hannah Bonnett, resident Mile End, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, a Farm Labourer, son of James and Elizabeth Bonnett (Note new mother), resident Mile End, Prickwillow, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row D. Grave II. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

La Clytte Military Cemetery is located 8 Km west of Ieper town centre on the N304 Klijtseweg, a road leading from the N375 Dikkebuseweg, connecting Ieper to Dikkebus, Klijte and on to Loker.

Private TF/203353, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 26. Born 8 October 1891 in Welney, Norfolk, enlisted 16 December 1916 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, resident "The Limes," Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. Baptised 25 May 1892 in Littleport, St Matthew, resident of Welney. Son of Phillip and Frances Jane Butcher, of "The Limes," Prickwillow Road, Ely, Cambs. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Welney, Norfolk, a scholar, son of Philip M and Frances J Butcher, resident Hale Fen, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, son of Farmer, a Labourer on farm, son of Philip and Jane Butcher, resident Padnal, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Attested aged 25 years 2 months, a Farmer by trade, height 5 feet 4½ inches, weight 125 lbs, chest 34-36½ inches. Posted to 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 12 June 1917 then 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 28 June 1917. Joined battalion 30 June 1917, wounded nad mssing in action 16 August 1917. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXIX. Row A. Grave 8. . See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Private 15948, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on Saturday, 1 July 1916. Born Mildenhall, enlisted Ely. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Mildenhall, Suffolk, son of George and Eliza Butler, resident Shippea Hill, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Lakenheath, Suffolk, son of George and Eliza Butler, resident Shippea Hill, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Reported missing in the Evening Star - Tuesday 29 August 1916, page 4.

The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).

Private 15949 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regimen. Died of wounds on Tuesday, 13 June 1916. Aged 19. Born 1897 in Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Ely. Son of Fred and Rachel Cross, of Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of Fred and Rachel Cross, resident Prickwillow Road, Prickwillow, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, a Farm Labourer, son of Fred and Rachel Cross, resident Short Drove, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot A. Row 18. Grave 49. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

St. Sever Cemetery and Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf.

Gunner 622319, "B" Battery, 298th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Died of wounds on Monday, 7 May 1917. Aged 25. Born in Prickwillow in 1893. Enlisted Ely. Husband of Mrs. Eliza (nee Brown) Cross, of Annesdale, Ely, Cambs, married October to December Quarter 1910 in Ely Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of James and Amelia Cross, resident Swaisdale, Prickwillow, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Ely, Cambridgeshire, a Horseman on farm, married to Eliza Cross, resident Adelaide near Ely, Ely Trinity, Cambridgeshire. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row L. Grave 4. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Vlamertinge Military Cemetery is located 5 Km west of Ieper town centre, on the Hospitaalstraat, which is a road leading from the Poperingseweg.

Private 17899, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on Monday, 18 June 1917. Born Frampton, Lincolnshire, enlisted Ely. Husband of Mary Jane (nee Redshaw) Crunkhorn, married January to March Quarter 1905 in Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire. In the 1891 census he was aged 7, born Frampton, Lincolnshire, a scholar, son of Mark and Harriett Cruckhorn, resident Blows Lane, Sutterton, Boston, Lincolnshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 18, born Frampton, Lincolnshire, a servant, waggoner on farm, resident Creasey Plot, Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 27, born Frampton, Lincolnshire, a Farm Labourer, married to Mary Jane Crunkhorn with two sons and a daughter, resident Great Shell Farm, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. Also commemorated on Sutterton St Mary War Memorial, Lincolnshire. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Extract from the Boston Guardian - Saturday 14 July 1917, page 11:

The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras.

Private 326630 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, formerly 4154 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds on Monday, 28 May 1917, France & Flanders. Aged 20. Born 1897. Enlisted at Cambridge. Son of James and Lee Hannah Day, of Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Ely, Cambridgeshire, son of James and Lee Hannah Day, resident White Wing, Prickwillow, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Ely, Cambridgeshire, a Farm Labourer, son of James and Lee Hannah Day, resident Middle Fen Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XII. Row B. Grave 26A. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Note of his enlistment to be found in Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 24 September 1915, page 3.

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 11.5 kilometres west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge.

Private 3/9573, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds on Monday, 24 January 1916. Aged 20. Born Prickwillow, enlisted Ely. Son of Mr & Mrs Fletcher, of Prickwillow, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 32. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 11.5 kilometres west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge.

Private 17217, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20 April 1916. Aged 30. Born and resident Burnt Fen, Mildenhall, Suffolk, enlisted Ely, Cambridgeshire. Son of Charles and Sophia Brand, of Railway Cottages, Shippea Hill Station, Burnt Fen, Ely. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 33. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Private 17515, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds on Saturday, 1 July 1916. Aged 33. Born 1883 in Mildenhall, enlisted Ely. Son of Mrs. S. Gage, of 5, Little Thetford, Isle of Ely, Cambs. Brother of Albert (above). In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Mildenhall, Suffolk, a worker on far, son of Herbert G and Sarah Gage, resident Burnt Fen, Soham, Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Buried in SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. 1, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row BB. Grave 3. See also Ely and Little Thetford.

The village of Serre is 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert. Brother of Albert above.

Private 16256, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on Saturday, 1 July 1916. Born March, enlisted Ely. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born March, Cambridgeshire, a Farmer's Laburer, boarding at Burnt Fen, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Reported killed in East Anglian Daily Times - Monday 11 September 1916, page 7.

The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).

[SDGW & CWGC use Henry James Lee] Private 24875, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Division. Killed in action on the Somme 16 August 1916. Born and enlisted Ely. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of James and Sarah Lee, resident Padnal Bank, Ely St Mary (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Branch Bank, Cambridgeshire, son working on his father's farm, son of James and Sarah Lee, resident River Bend, Padnal, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Private 3/6523, 1/1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action on Monday, 9 November 1914. Aged 22. Born West Row Fen, Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge, resident Mildenhall. Son of William and Elizabeth Mann, of Kenny Hill, Mildenhall, Suffolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Mildenhall, Suffolk, a general Labourer, boarding at Mile End, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10 and 11. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Le Touret Memorial is located at the east end of Le Touret Military Cemetery, on the south side of the Bethune-Armentieres main road.

Private 5477 15th (County of London) Battalion, (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action on Friday, 15 September 1916. Aged 22. Born 1894. Enlisted Somerset House, resident Peckham Rye. Son of Jonas and Emily Jane Palmer, of Cherry Tree House, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of Jonas and Emily Palmer, resident Prickwillow Road, Prickwillow, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, at school, son of Jonas and Emily Palmer, resident Padnal, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Jonas was still farming in Prickwillow in 1929. Buried in CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot IX. Row C. Grave 7. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Longueval is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Albert and 10 kilometres south of Bapaume.

[Listed as PASKE on some records] Private 20078, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 3 March 1916. Aged 29. Born Chedburgh, Suffolk, enlisted Ely. Son of Georgiana Pask; husband of Susan (nee Murfitt) Pask, Tower House, Cambridge Road, Ely, married January to March Quarter 1910 in Ely Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 24, born Bury, Suffolk, a Blackmsith, married to Susan Pask with one son, boarding at Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 46A. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Extract from Downham Market Gazette - Saturday 5 February 1916, page 4:

LAKENHEATH.

Rifleman R/38070, 8th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 14th Light Division. Killed in action at Ypres 24 August 1917. Born and enlisted in Ely. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of William and Tabitha Powell, resident Mildenhall Road, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 115 to 119. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Sergeant 15889, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Wounded on 11 May 1917 and died of those wounds on Monday, 28th May 1917 at No 11 General Hospital, Etaples. Aged 23. Born 1894, in Stretham, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Ely. Son of John and Clara Sadler, of Lark Bank, Prickwillow, nr. Ely, Cambs. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Stretham, Cambridgeshire, a Horseman, son of John and Calara adler, resident Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXV. Row E. Grave 5A. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne.

Private 24547 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on Wednesday, 11 April 1917. Born Prickwillow, enlisted Ely. In the 1891 census he was aged 2, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of Harry H and Mary Thorpe, resident Middle Fen Old Bank, Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, attending school, son of Harry H and Mary Thorpe, resident Prickwillow, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Ely Trinity, Cambridgeshire, a Farm Labourer, son of Harry and Mary Thorpe, resident Prickwillow Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras.

Private 328080, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, formerly 6758 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action on Saturday, 5 May 1917. Born Littleport, elisted in Ely. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Littleport, Cambridgeshire, son of Carter and Mercy Watts, resident High Street, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Littleport, Cambridgeshire, a Farm Worker, son of Carter and Mercy Watts, resident Great Shell Farm, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row L. Grave 1. See also Liverpool Street Station, London and also Ely World War 1 memorial

Vlamertinge Military Cemetery is located 5 Km west of Ieper town centre, on the Hospitaalstraat, which is a road leading from the Poperingseweg.

Private 18051 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on Saturday, 24 April 1915. Aged 28. Born 1887 in Ely, enlisted Ely. Baptised 7 January 1887 in Coton, Cambridgeshire, son of John and Susannah Grace White, residents of Ely Trinity. Son of John and Susannah Grace White, of The Shell, Prickwillow Road, Ely; husband of Lilian Elizabeth Julian (nee Tomblinson) Day (formerly White), of 12A, Prickwillow Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, married October to December Quarter 1911 in Ely Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In the 1891 census he was aged 4. born Ely Cambridgeshire, son of John and Susannah White, resident Shippea Hill, Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born Cambridgeshire, an Ordinary Agricultural Labourer, son of John and Susannah G White, resident Drove, Mile End, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1914 and 1915 Electoral Registers he is listed as being resident Old Bank, Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, his father is listed as being resident Miles End, Prickwillow. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. See also Ely World War 1 memorial

Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders.

Private 16254, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds on Friday, 31 March 1916. Aged 17. Born 1899 in Littleport, enlisted Ely. Native of Brandon Bank. Son of Elijah and Rebecca Wilding, of Redmere Farm, Brandon Bank, Norfolk. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 9. See also Ely World War 1 memorial, Littleport, and Redmere.

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne.

Private 1633, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action on 11 September 1915. Aged 19. Pre-war Territorial in H (Ely) Company, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Born Prickwillow, enlisted at Ely. Son of George P & Emma Cross, 9 New Barnes Road, Ely. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50.

Private 26443, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment formerly 12046, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action on Monday, 25 March 1918. Born Ten Mile Bank, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Son of Walter and Rose Day, of Shippea Hill, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. No known grave. Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.

The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras.

Private 5932903 2nd Battalion (Cambridgeshire Regiment), Suffolk Regiment Died at sea as a Japanese Prisoner of War on Thursday, 21 September 1944 when the Hofuku Marua Japanese ship he was being transported on was sunk by planes from an American Aircraft Carrier; originally captured 15 february 1942 at the Surrender of Singapore. Aged 23. Born 1921 in the Isle of Ely, resident Cambridgeshire. Son of Herbert Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Brown, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. Brother of Francis Brown (below). No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 58. See also Ely WW2 memorial.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index, 1946:

The Memorial stands in Kranji War Cemetery.

Private 5889427, 1st Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool). Died of wounds received in Burma on Sunday, 2 April 1944. Aged 24. Born 20 January 1920. Baptised 10 October 1920 in Little Ouse, Cambridgeshire. Son of William and Lydia Brown; husband of Phyllis Brown (nee Greenacre), of Beck Row, Suffolk, married October to December Quarter 1938 in Ely Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In the 1921 census he was aged 1, born Littleport, Cambridgeshire, son of William and Lydia Brown, resident Plantation Farm, Lynn Road, Littleport, Cambridgeshire. In the 1939 Register he was a Land Worker, married to Phyllis Brown, resident Mile End, Prickwillow, Ely U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY, India. PLot 1. Row E. Grave 30. See also Ely WW2 memorial.

Gauhati, the capital city of the state of Assam in North East India is on the Eastern side of the River Brahmaputra some 600 kilometres east of Calcutta.

Private 14506366, 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment. Killed in action in Western Europe on Tuesday, 24 October 1944. Aged 20. Born Cambridgeshire. Son of Herbert Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Brown, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. Brother of Arthur William Brown (above). Buried in UDEN WAR CEMETERY, Netherlands. Plot 3. Row G. Grave 3. See also Ely WW2 memorial.

Uden is a town on the main road between Eindhoven and Nijmegen. The War Cemetery is 350 metres from the centre of the town, on the Nijmegen road at the junction with the road to Zeeland.

Private 295900, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in Italy on Wednesday, 27 October 1943. Aged 21. Born 25 December 1921 in Cambridgeshire, resident Cambridgeshire. Son of James William and Jessie Amelia Cole, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. In the 1939 Register he was a Second Horsekeeper on Farm (Heavy Worker), resident with his parents James W and Lessie A Cole at Lark Engine Farm, Prickwillow, Ely U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II. Row C. Grave 44.

The Sangro River War Cemetery lies in the Contrada Sentinelle in the Commune of Torino di Sangro, Province of Chieti.

Private 14631001, 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Died of wounds in Italy on Sunday, 2 April 1944. Aged 23. Born 30 September 1921, and resident, in Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Son of Albert and Elizabeth Lily Cole, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. In the 1939 Register he was an Agricutural Horse Keeper, single, resident with his parents, Albert and Elizabeth L Cole, at Shell Farm, Soham, Newmarket R.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO, Ital. Plot VIII. Row E. Grave 8.

Anzio is a coastal town 70 kilometres south of Rome.

Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1892018, 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 9Bomber Command). Flying out of Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, in a Lancaster I, serial number RF153,he was killed in actio when his aircraft was shot down at Braunsbedra during a raid on the Wintershall synthetic oil plant at Lutzkendorf, 1 of the crew survived and evaded capture, on Thursday, 15 March 1945. Aged 20. Born 1925 in Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. Son of George William and Florence May Dew, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Brandenburg, Germany. Plot 6. Row Z. Collective grave 18-27.

The Cemetery is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse.

Lance Corporal 14533777, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed in action in Italy on Thursday, 6 July 1944. Aged 20. Born 1924, and resident, Isle of Ely. Son of George and Daisy May Gipp, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. Buried in FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row B. Grave 3.

Foiano Della Chiana lies 31 kilometres south of Arezzo.

Private 5827546, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of malaria as a Japanese Prisoner of War on Tuesday 12 October 1943. Aged 24. Born 30 March 1919, and resident, Cambridgeshire. In the 1921 census he was a grandchild, aged 2, born Ely Holy Trinity, Cambridgeshire, son of James and Daisy Lee, grandson of Sarah Lee, resident Padnal Bank, Prickwillow, Ely College, Cambridgeshire. In the 1949 Register he was a Heavy Tractor Driver On Farm, single, resident The Branch, Branch Bank, Prickwillow, Ely U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 9. Row E. Grave 11.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

Chungkai War Cemetery is approximately 5 kilometres west of Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.

Private 14545278, 2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action in Italy on Friday, 12 May 1944. Aged 21. Born 20 March 1923 in Isle of Ely, resident Cambridgeshire. Son of Ernest and Emma Pearce; husband of Elsie Maud (nee Sizer) Pearce, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, married January to March Quarter 1942 in Cambridge Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In the 1939 Register he was a Horseman On Farm, single, resident Bed Bank,Adelaide, Stuntney, Ely U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XI. Row D. Grave 2.

Cassino War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome.

Private 5827561, 2nd Battalion (Cambridgeshire Regiment), Suffolk Regiment. Died of cholera at Chunkai as a Prisoner of War on Sunday, 18 July 1943. Aged 24. Born 23 February 1919. Son of John Maurice and Ethel Maud Rollings, of Mile End, Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. In the 1921 census he was aged 2, born Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, son of John and Ethel Rollings, resident Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridgeshire. Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 7. Row A. Grave 7.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index, 1944:

Chungkai War Cemetery is approximately 5 kilometres west of Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.

Sergeant (Flight Engineerr) 1880467, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Bomber Command). Flying out of Metheringham, Lincolnshire, in a Lancaster I, serial number NN726, he was killed in action he was shot down near Putzig during a raid on Gdynia, 2 of the crew survived and were captured on Monday, 18 December 1944. Aged 24. Born 15 May 1920. Native of Isleham, Cambridgeshire. Son of Arthur Edward and Annie Elizabeth Skipper, of Isleham, Cambridgeshire. Based at Metheringham, Lincs, flew Lancasters. In the 1921 census he was aged 1, born Norfolk, son of Arthur Edward and Annie Elizabeth Skipper, resident Inhwood, Intwood, Norwich, Cringleford, Norfolk. In the 1939 Register he was a Horseman on Farm, single, resident with his parents, Arthur E and Annie E Skipper, at 2 Council Houses, Prickwillow, Ely U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in MALBORK COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, Poland. Plot 3. Row A. Grave 12.

The town of Malbork is located in the north of Poland to the south-east of the city of Gdansk, on the main road 50, and the cemetery is located to the west of the town.