
ELY,
PRICKWILLOW WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 and 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Martin Edwards & Cliff Brown
The
memorial stands outside what was once the Prickwillow Post Office. It
is an obelisk surrounded by a low link fence just off the main road
through the High Street, close to the River Lark.
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Photographs
Copyright © Martin Edwards - 2000 |
1914-18
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BAULK |
James |
Private 41699, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly 34987, Suffolk
Regiment. Killed in action 15 June 1918. Aged 23. Born Maldon, Essex,
enlisted Ely. Son of Samuel and Susan Baulk, of Shippea Hill Farm,
Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Special Memorial at Plot II Memorial Row. Chocques
is 4 kilometres north-west of Bethune on the road to Lillers. See
also Maldon, Essex. |
BONNETT |
Bertram [Bertie] |
Lance Bombardier 40381, 352nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
who was killed in action on Sunday, 21st April 1918. Born and resident
Prickwillow, enlisted Norwich. LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium V. D. II. 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. |
BUTCHER |
Walter |
Private TF/203353, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 16th August 1917, age 26. Born Welney,
Norfolk, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, resident Prickwillow,
Cambridgeshire. Son of Phillip and Frances Jane Butcher, of "The
Limes," Prickwillow Rd., Ely, Cambs. Buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
BUTLER |
George |
Private 15948, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in
action on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Born Mildenhall, enlisted Ely.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 2 A. The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off
the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). |
CROSS |
Francis James |
Private 15949 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds
on Tuesday, 13th June 1916. Age 19, born 1897. Son of Fred and Rachel
Cross, of Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY,
ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France A. 18. 49. 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. |
CROSS |
George Albert |
Gunner 622319, "B" Battery, 298th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
who died of wounds on Monday, 7th May 1917. Age 25, born in Prickwillow
in 1893. Enlisted Ely. Husband of Mrs. E. Cross, of Annesdale, Ely,
Cambs. Born Prickwillow, Ely. VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium VI. L. 4. Vlamertinge Military Cemetery
is located 5 Km west of Ieper town centre, on the Hospitaalstraat,
which is a road leading from the Poperingseweg. |
CRUNKHORN |
Arthur |
Private 17899, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in
action on Monday, 18th June 1917. Born Frampton, Lincolsnhire, enlisted
Ely. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
4. 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. |
DAY |
John William |
Private 326630 1/1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment who died of wounds
on Monday, 28th May 1917, France & Flanders. Age 20, born 1897.
Son of James and Lee Hannah Day, of Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely.
Enlisted at Cambridge, formerly 4154 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried
in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot XII. Row B. Grave 26A. 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. |
FLETCHER |
William |
Private 3/9573, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds
on Monday, 24th January 1916. Born Prickwillow, enlisted Ely. Buried
in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot II. Row B. Grave 32. 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. Son
of Mr & Mrs Fletcher, Prickwillow. Age 20. |
FULLER |
James C |
Private, 17217, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th
April 1916, aged 30. Born and resident Burnt Fen, enlisted Ely.
Son of Charles and Sophia Brand, Railway Cottages, Shippea Hill
Station, Burnt Fen, Ely. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres,
Panels 31/33. |
GAGE |
Albert |
Sergeant 34809, 1st Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
16th October 1917. Born and enlisted Mildenhall. Brother of Sidney
below. Buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France.
See also Ely and Little
Thetford. |
GAGE |
Sidney |
Private 17515, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds
on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 33, born 1883. Born Mildenhall,
enlisted Ely. Son of Mrs. S. Gage, of 5, Little Thetford, Isle of
Ely, Cambs. Buried in SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. 1, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row BB. Grave 3. The village of Serre is 11 kilometres
north-north-east of Albert. Brother of Albert above. See also Ely
and Little Thetford. |
LAMBERT |
Stanley |
Private 16256, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in
action on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Born March, enlisted Ely. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A The
Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume
to Albert road (D929). |
LEE |
James Henry Sydney |
[SDGW & CWGC use Henry James Lee] Private, 24875, 2nd Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Division. Born and enlisted Ely. Killed in
action on the Somme 16th August 1916. Commemorated on The Thiepval
Memorial MR. 21. |
MANN |
Robert |
Private 3/6523, 1/1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed
in action on Monday, 9th November 1914. Age 22. Born West Row Fen,
Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge, resident Mildenhall. Son of William
and Elizabeth Mann, of Kenny Hill, Mildenhall, Suffolk. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France Panel 10 and 11 Le
Touret Memorial is located at the east end of Le Touret Military
Cemetery, on the south side of the Bethune-Armentieres main road.
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PALMER |
Lancelot |
Private 5477 15th (County of London) Battalion, (Prince of Wales'
Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment who died on Friday, 15th
September 1916. Age 22, born 1894. Enlisted Somerset House, resident
Peckham Rye. Son of Jonas and Emily Jane Palmer, of Cherry Tree
House, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. Jonas was still farming in Prickwillow
in 1929. Buried in CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme,
France. Plot IX. Row C. Grave 7. Longueval is a village approximately
13 kilometres east of Albert and 10 kilometres south of Bapaume.
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PASK(E)
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Arthur Claud |
Private 20078, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 3rd
March 1916, age 29. Born Chedburgh, Suffolk, enlisted Ely. Son of
Georgiana Pask; husband of Susan Pask, Tower House, Cambridge Rd,
Ely. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium.
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PAYNE |
George |
Private 3679, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards. Killed in action on 15th
September 1918. Born Little Ouse Bank, enlisted Newmarket. Lived
Prickwillow. Buried in Lagnicourt Hedge Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. |
PEACHEY |
Russell A |
Private 10999 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment who was killed
in action on Saturday, 7th April 1917. Born Cambridge, enlisted
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, resident Ely. Buried in DICKEBUSCH NEW
MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Row AA. Grave
46. |
POWELL |
Samuel William |
Rifleman R/38070, 8th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 14th Light
Division. Killed in action at Ypres 24th Augus 1917. Born and enlisted
in Ely. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial MR. 30. |
SADLER |
John Thomas |
Sergeant 15889, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was, wounded
on 11th May 1917 and died of those wounds on Monday, 28th May 1917
at No 11 General Hospital, Etaples. Age 23, born 1894. Born Stretham,
enlisted Ely. Son of John and Clara Sadler, of Lark Bank, Prickwillow,
nr. Ely, Cambs. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot XXV. Row E. Grave 5A. Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres
south of Boulogne. |
SAUNDERS |
George Reginald |
Private 42179, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 29th August
1919, age 19. Son of George & Hannah Saunders, Long Street,
Great Ellingham. Buried in Combles Communal Cemetery Extension,
Somme, France. |
THORPE |
Ernest Edward |
Private 24547 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action
on Wednesday, 11th April 1917. Born Prickwillow, enlisted Ely. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. 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. |
WATTS |
Sidney |
Private 328080, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment who was
killed in action on Saturday, 5th May 1917. Born Littleport, elisted
in Ely, formerly 6758 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE
MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row
L. Grave 1. Vlamertinge Military Cemetery is located 5 Km west of
Ieper town centre, on the Hospitaalstraat, which is a road leading
from the Poperingseweg. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London |
WHITE |
Herbert George |
Private 18051 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in
action on Saturday, 24th April 1915. Age 28, born 1887 in Ely, enlisted
Ely. Son of John and Grace White, of The Shell, Prickwillow Rd.,
Ely; husband of Lilian Elizabeth Julian Day (formerly White), of
12A, Puckwillow Rd., Ely, Camb. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. Ypres (now
Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. |
WILDING |
Sam |
Private 16254, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds
on Friday, 31st March 1916. Age 17, born 1899 in Littleport, enlisted
Ely. Son of Elijah and Rebecca Wilding, of Redmere Farm, Brandon
Bank, Norfolk. Native of Brandon Bank. ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France VI. E. 9. Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres
south of Boulogne. |
WISE |
George |
No further information currently available |
Not
on Memorial |
CROSS |
George Harry |
Private 1633, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment who was killed in action
on 11th September 1915, age 19. Pre-war Territorial in H (Ely) company,
1st Cambs Regiment. Born Prickwillow, enlisted at Ely. Son of George
P & Emma Cross, 9 New Barnes Rd, Ely.Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, Belgium. |
DAY |
George William |
Private 26443 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment who died on Monday,
25th March 1918. Son of Walter and Rose Day, of Shippea Hill, Prickwillow,
Ely, Cambs. 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. |
1939-45
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BROWN |
Arthur William |
Private 5932903 2nd Bn. The Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment
who died on Thursday, 21st September 1944. Age 23, born 1921. Prisoner
of War. Died at sea. Son of Herbert Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Brown,
of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore Column
58. The Memorial stands in Kranji War Cemetery. Brother of Francis
Brown below. See also Ely WW2 memorial. |
BROWN |
Elmer Alexander |
Private 5889427 1 st Bn ., The King's Regiment (Liverpool) who died
on Sunday, 2nd April 1944. Age 24. Son of William and Lydia Brown;
husband of Phyllis Brown, of Beck Row, Suffolk. GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY,
India 1.E.30. 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. See also Ely WW2 memorial.
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BROWN |
Francis |
Private 14506366 2nd Bn., Monmouthshire Regiment who died on Tuesday,
24th October 1944. Age 20. Son of Herbert Joseph and Annie Elizabeth
Brown, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. UDEN WAR CEMETERY, Netherlands
Grave 3. G. 3. 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. Brother of Arthur William Brown above. See also Ely WW2
memorial. |
COLE |
Leslie William |
Private 295900 1st Bn., East Surrey Regiment who died on Wednesday,
27th October 1943. Age 21, born 1922. Son of James William and Jessie
Amelia Cole, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY,
Italy II. C. 44. The Sangro River War Cemetery lies in the Contrada
Sentinelle in the Commune of Torino di Sangro, Province of Chieti.
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COLE |
James William Albert |
Private 14631001 1st Bn., Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.)
who died on Sunday, 2nd April 1944, born 1921. Age 23. Son of Albert
and Elizabeth Lily Cole, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. BEACH HEAD
WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO, Italy VIII. E. 8. Anzio is a coastal town 70
kilometres south of Rome. |
DEW |
Thomas George William |
Flight Sergeant 1892018 W.Op./Air 49 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, based Fulbeck, Lincs, flew Lancasters, who died on Thursday,
15th March 1945. Age 20, born 1925. Son of George William and Florence
May Dew, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY,
Brandenburg, Germany Coll. grave 6. Z. 18-27. The Cemetery is in
the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre,
on the south side of the Heerstrasse. |
GIPP |
William Robert |
Lance Corporal 14533777 1st Bn., Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
who died on Thursday, 6th July 1944. Age 20, born 1924. Son of George
and Daisy May Gipp, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. FOIANO DELLA
CHIANA WAR CEMETERY, Italy I. B. 3. Foiano Della Chiana lies 31
kilometres south of Arezzo. |
LEE |
James |
James
LEE, Private, 5827546, 4th Bn., Suffolk Regiment, who died on Tuesday
12 October 1943, age 24. Buried: CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY Thailand.
Born and resident Cambridgeshire. |
PEARCE |
John Thomas |
Private 14545278 2/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment who died on Friday,
12th May 1944. Age 21, born 1923. Son of Ernest and Emma Pearce;
husband of Elsie Maud Pearce, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. CASSINO
WAR CEMETERY, Italy XI. D. 2. Cassino War Cemetery lies in the Commune
of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of
Rome. |
ROLLINGS |
Thomas Maurice |
Private 5827561 2nd Bn. The Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment
who died on Sunday, 18th July 1943. Age 24, born 1919. Prisoner
of War. Died of cholera at Chunkai.Son of John and Ethel Rollings,
of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand
7. A. 7. Chungkai War Cemetery is approximately 5 kilometres west
of Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. |
SKIPPER |
Edward Wilfred |
Sergeant 1880467 Flt. Engr. 106 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve, based Metheringham, Lincs, flew Lancasters, who died on
Monday, 18th December 1944. Age 24, born 1920. Son of Arthur Edward
and Annie Elizabeth Skipper, of Isleham, Cambridgeshire. MALBORK
COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, Poland 3. A. 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. |
WILLINGHAM |
Claude Robert Martin |
Gunner 11 (Honourable Artillery Coy.) Reg., Royal Horse Artillery,
d 14/11/1942, age 22, commemorated: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. b.
17th May 1920, only son of Robert and Ida Willingham of Prickwillow.
Captured in North Africa by Italians. Lost at sea when the ship
the prisoners were being taken in to Germany was bombed. He had
married Lily May Braybrooke on his embarkation leave. See also Ely
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4 December, 2018
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