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ELY - World War 1 - Roll of Honour

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 David Edwards
additional information Chris Comber & Les Oakey

From an old postcard
Photograph Copyright © Martin Edwards 2004

The City of Ely War Memorial was unveiled 30th April 1922.

1914-18

Remember with gratitude
the men who laid down their lives
in the Great War
1914 – 1918

Herbert Palmer ADCOCK

Pte. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 28/4/1917, age 28, commemorated: Arras Memorial. Son of Mr & Mrs W Adcock, Willow Walk, Ely.

Herbert (Bert) ARMSBY

Pte. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 19/7/1915, age 20, buried: Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Son of Mr F Armsby, Newnham St, Ely.

Stanley Richard ASPLAND

2nd Lt. 61st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, died 3/10/1918, age 27, buried: Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France. Son of Richard and Fanny Aspland; husband of Eva C. Aspland, of "Hardcroft," Fordham Rd., Soham, Cambs.

John (T) ATKIN(S)

11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 7/9/1917, age 23, buried: Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France. Son of John and Georgina Atkin, of 83, Cambridge Rd., Ely, Cambs.

Frank BAKER

Private G/67219, Royal Fusiliers, transferred to 402nd Home Service Company, Labour Corps, died 1st December 1918, age 20. Son of James and Eleanor Baker, of 79, Lynan Rd., Ely. Buried in Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.

See also Ely Cemetery.

Thomas BARNARD

[BARNARD-MODEN on the CWGC] Pte 2nd or 11th Suffolk Regiment. Gas worker in civilian life of Back Hill, Ely. Killed by mine explosion 22.1.1916, aged 29. Son of Mrs T. Barnard Moden, Back Hill, Ely. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Bertram Leeds Thomas BARNETT

Capt., Army Service Corp, died 18/4/1915, age 39, buried: Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Sarah Barnett, of "Holm Leas," Worthing, Sussex. B.A., M.B., Camb. M.R.C.S., M.R.C.P., Solicitor.

Norman Henry BARNETT

Pte. 1st/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, died 4/11/1918, age 29, buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of James Samuel and Priscilla Ann Barnett, of 24, Back Hill, Ely, Cambs. Enlisted Aug., 1914.

Rex BARWICK

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 16/8/1915, buried: Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Nord, France.

James BAULK

Pte. 41699, 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Division, died 15/6/1918, age 23, buried: Special Memorial at Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Samuel and Susan Baulk, of Shippea Hill Farm, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. Born in Maldon,Essex and enlisted in Ely. See also Prickwillow.

Herbert BEAMISS

Pte. 5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, died 30/12/1917, age 19, commemorated: Chatby Memorial, Egypt. Son of Mr & Mrs Beamiss, Hills Lane, Ely. Aboard troopship Aragon when torpedoed.

Victor Louis Sydney BECKETT

Maj. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Reg. wounded 1/7/1916, died of wounds 14/7/1916, age 34, buried: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France. Son of the late Dr. Francis Mears Beckett and Harriet Elizabeth Beckett, of St. Audrey's, Ely, Cambs.

Harry BEEDEN

Pte. 325841, 1st/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died of wounds 24/9/1917, age 23, born Marlesford, Suffolk, enlisted Ely. Formerly 2625 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried: Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

David Stanley BEER

Rfm. 16th Battalion London Reg. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), died 1/7/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Henry and Mary Beer, of St. Mary's, Ely, Cambs.

William Newton BEER

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 3/9/1917, age 23, buried: Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No. 2, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Beer, of 52, St. Mary's St., Ely, Cambs. Born Newport, Mon. Enlisted Sept., 1914.

George [Henry] BENTON

R.S.M. 1st/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 7/8/1918, age 41, buried: Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-Les-Pernois, Somme, France. Son of William and Elizabeth Benton; husband of Emily Benton, of 180, Herbert Rd., Plumstead. Served in the South African Campaign. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

Leonard (E) BENTON

1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 28/10/1915, age 19, buried: Corbie Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Son of Henry and Mary Benton, of Station Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Brother of William.

Sidney (E) BENTON

Rfm. 16th Battalion Rifle Brigade, died 3/9/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Mr Mark Benton of Ely.

William (E) BENTON

Cpl. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 14/10/1916, buried: Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France. Son of Henry and Mary Benton, Station Road, Ely. Brother of Len above.

Percy Thomas BIDWELL

Cpl. 15th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 10/10/1918, buried: Aubers Ridge British Cemetery, Aubers, Nord, France.

Arthur John BIDWELL, MM

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 21/8/1918, age 24, buried: Railway Cutting Cemetery, Courcelles-Le-Comte, Pas de Calais, France. Son of J. Bidwell, of 50, Water Side, Ely, Cambs, and the late Annie Bidwell.

David William BIRD

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 14/3/1915, age 24, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Eliza Ann Bird, of High St., Horningsea, Cambs.

Walter BLACK

C.S.M. 2nd Battalion King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Reg.), died 8/5/1915, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Bertie BONNETT

L/Bdr. 49381, 352nd Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery, killed in action 21/4/1918. Born and resident Prickwillow, enlisted Norwich. Buried: La Clytte Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. See also Prickwillow.

George BOWLES

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 28/4/1917, age 20, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mrs. K. Bowles, of 28, Back Hill, Ely, Cambs.

Matthew BRINKLEY

Private 42875, 1st Garrison Battalion. Suffolk Regiment. Died at home 8th May 1917, age 29. Son of Rueben and Eliza Brinkley; husband of Clara Williams (formerly Brinkley), of Sluice Outwell, Wisbech. Born at Waterside. Buried in Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.

See also Ely Cemetery.

Maurice Victor BROWN

Pte. 8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 27/6/1916, age 18, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Arthur and Fanny Brown, of 80, Archery Cottage, Fieldside, Ely, Cambs.

Sydney James BUTCHER

Pte. 76th Sanitary Sect., Royal Army Medical Corps, died 22/1/1916, age 26, buried: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Son of John and Hannah Butcher, of The Limes, Market Square, Ely, Cambs.

Walter BUTCHER

Pte. TF.2033532nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 8th Division, died 16/8/1917, age 26, buried: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Phillip and Frances Jane Butcher, of "The Limes," Prickwillow Rd., Ely, Cambs. Born in Welney,Norfolk and enlisted Bury St.Edmunds, residence, Prickwillow. See also Prickwillow?

George BUTLER

Pte. 15948, 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 1/7/1916, born Mildenhall, enlisted Ely. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. See also Prickwillow.

Arthur CANHAM

Pte. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Reg.), killed in action 8/12/1916, age 26, buried: Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr & Mrs HJ Canham, Ouse Terrace, Annesdale, Ely. Born and enlisted in Ely.

George William CANHAM

Private, 276312, 1st Battalion Essex Regiment, killed in action Wednesday, 14th August 1918, age 29. Born and resident Ely, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Harry and Louisa Canham, of Ely, Cambs.; husband of Lizzie Canham. Formerly 24549, Suffolk Regiment. Buried: St. Amand British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave V. B. 16.

John Henry CHAPMAN

Private 9527, 1st Batt The Bedfordshire Regiment, 5th Division. Killed in action near Bethune 22nd October 1914, aged 24. Son of Mr & Mrs William Chapman of 5, Nutholt Lane, Ely. Born and enlisted in Ely. Commemorated on The Le Touret Memorial MR 22.

Charles Bertram CHARD

1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, wounded 29th September 1916, died of wounds 4th October 1916, born Devonport, enlisted Ely. Buried: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France.

William John CHENEY

L/Cpl. 8287, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, killed in action 14/11/1914, born and enlisted Birmingham, resident Littleport. Buried: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Ernest Richard CLARK

Pte. 22nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, died 13/11/1916, age 26, buried: Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Son of William and Susan Clark, of West Fen Road, Ely, Cambs.

Frederick Lewis CLARK

L/Cpl. 1st/15th Battalion London Reg. (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles), died 22/3/1918, age 20, commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Susan Clarke, of 20, Nutholt Lane, Ely, Cambs., and the late Lewis Clarke.

William CLARK(E)

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 25/10/1918, buried: Awoingt British Cemetery, Nord, France. Son of Mr. G. Clark, of Back Hill, Ely, Cambs.

James Thomas CLARK[E]

Gnr. "B" Btry., 298th Bde., Royal Field Artillery, died 12/7/1917, age 23, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Sarah Clarke, of 2, Potter's Lane, Ely, Cambs.

Rowland Archer CLARKE

Pte. 2nd/4th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Reg.), died at home 2/2/1916, born and resident Ely, enlisted Cantebury, Kent. Buried: Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire

WF CLAYDON

possibly William Frederick CLAYDON,Pte. 296293, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 5th February 1917 in France & Flanders. From Holy Trinity Parish, Ely. Born and resident Haverhill, enlisted Bury St Edmunds.

William COLE

Pte. 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, died 22/3/1918, age 22, commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Charles Henry and Georgehannah Cole, of Willow Walk, Ely, Cambs.

John Thomas COOK

Private 325637, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died at home 21st July 1917, age 21. Son of Robert Preston Cook and Elizabeth Ann Cook, of 21, Back Hill, Ely, Cambs. Born in Brixton, Surrey and enlisted in Ely. Formerly 2306, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried in Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.

See also Ely Cemetery.

Arthur William CORNWELL

Sgt. 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, died 1/12/1917, age 22, commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France.

Christopher COTTAM

possibly Pte 9th Battn Sussex Regt. Died of wounds 22.4.1916. Link with Ely uncertain.

Leslie [C] COVILL

Pte. 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, died 3/9/1916, age 27, buried: Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Covill, of Ely, Cambridgeshire.

A COVILL, MM

probably, Pte. Herbert Covill (M.M.) 3/7582, 2nd.Batt., The Suffolk Regiment, 3rd. Division. Killed in action on the Somme 16/8/1916. Aged 26. Son of Mrs Hannah Atkin of 22,Cambridge Road, Eley. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR.21

Albert Edward COWLEY

Gnr. 29th Siege Btry., Royal Garrison Artillery, died 5/7/1917, age 21, buried: Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Joseph and Jane Cowley, of 44, Fore Hill, Ely, Cambs.

Edward COX

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 10/4/1915, age 27, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Samuel and Sarah Ann Cox, of 44, Broad St., Ely, Cambs.

Robert Charles COX

Pte. 1st Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Reg.), died 1/9/1916, age 24, buried: Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Somme, France. Son of Charles Henry Cox, of 39, Waterside, Ely.

John Thomas CRANFIELD

Chief Stoker, HMS Vanguard, RN, d 9/7/1917, buried: Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney, United Kingdom.

HMS Vanguard sank 9th July 1917. The reason for her sinking was an explosion. Unstable cordite had exploded and set off the ships main magazine. She went down at her moorings with the loss of more than 700 lives. Only one officer and two ratings survived out of the whole ships compliment. The Vanguard was totally devastated by the explosion and now lies in 34m of water. Only 60 feet of her stern remains intact. In recent years she was declared a war grave therefore no diving is permitted. When visiting the Naval base museum on Hoy take the time to visit the Naval Cemetery. Here lies the men of the Battle of Jutland: HMS Hampshire & HMS Vanguard. Also HMS Royal Oak.

Newspaper cuttings state: "The dreadnaught battleship Vanguard explodes at anchor in Scapa Flow on July 9th 1917"

"Then, a colossal numbing explosion extinguished the flame, and Vanguard was lost to sight in a black cloud of smoke, and bits of her began to rain down on the Fleet. A complete 12 inch gun turret, weighing over 400 tons, landed on Flotta over a mile away from the ship, and burning debris set fire to the moorland"

804 men lost their lives in the inferno, only two survived.

St. Amand CREAK

Pte. 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 18/2/1915, age 25, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Charles Napier Creak and Mary Ann Creak, of 25, Fore Hill, Ely, Cambs.

John Claud Parry CROSBY

2nd Lt. 1st Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Reg.), died 21/1/1918, age 37, buried: Estaires Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Only son of Rev. John Hawke Crosby, Precantor of Ely Cathedral, and Frances Anne Crosby; husband of Jane Frances Caroline Crosby, of The College, Ely, Cambs. Born at Cowbridge, Glam.

Arthur [Cecil] CROSS

Pte. 1st Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), died 21/9/1918, age 18, buried: Meath Cemetery, Villiers-Guislain, Nord, France. Son of George Peter and Emma Cross, of 9, Council Cottages, Mirbarn's Rd., Ely.

Francis James CROSS

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 13/6/1916, age 19, buried: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Son of Fred and Rachel Cross, of Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. See also Prickwillow.

George A CROSS

Gnr. "B" Btry., 298th Bde., Royal Horse Artillery, died 7/5/1917, age 25, buried: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Husband of Mrs. E. Cross, of Annesdale, Ely, Cambs. Born Prickwillow, Ely. See also Prickwillow.

George Harry CROSS

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 11/5/1915, age 19, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of George P. and Emma Cross, of 9, New Barnes Rd., Ely, Cambs.

Herbert C CROSS

Pte. 1st/5th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 18/10/1917, buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Son of Mr & Mrs Cross, Potters Lane, Ely.

Arthur CRUNKHORN

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 18/6/1917, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. See also Prickwillow.

James DALTON

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, 39th Div., died 31/1/1917, age 28, buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Husband of Mrs Dalton, Bull Lane, Ely. Born in Shipdham, Norfolk and enlisted in Ely.

Thomas Charles DANN

Pte. 40th Battalion Machine Gun Corps, died 12/4/1918, age 23, commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Alice Rebecca Dann, of 56, Cambridge Rd., Ely, Cambs.

John William DAY

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, wounded 27/5/1917, died of wounds 28/5/1917, age 20, buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of James and Lee Hannah Day, of Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely. See also Prickwillow.

E DENNIS

No further information currently.

Horace DENNIS[S]

L/Cpl. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 11/4/1917, age 25, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mrs. E. Denniss, of Portley Hill, Littleport, Ely, Cambs.

George Samuel DEXTER

Pte. 1st/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 22/8/1918, age 21, buried: Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Bert DORLING

Pte. 2nd/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Reg.), died 25/8/1918, age 21, commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of John Dorling and Ruth Victoria Dorling (Step mother), of 22, West Fen Rd., Ely, Cambs.

Arthur DRAKE

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 1/7/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

James ELSDEN

Pte. 8th Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), died 12/10/1918, commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

James ELSEGOOD

Pte. 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Reg.), died 17/2/1917, age 27, buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. See also Chettisham.

Edward William EVERITT

[CWGC lists him as EVERETT] Private 7605, 1/4th Yorkshire Regiment, died at home 19th January 1917, age 22., Son of Arthur William & Rose Everett of 54, Barton Road, Ely. Buried in Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.

See also Ely Cemetery.

Jethro EVERITT

Pte., TF329451, 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, 39th Division. Killed in action at Ypres 26/9/1917, commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Enlisted in Bury St Edmunds.

Herbert Scott EVERSON

Spr. Royal Engineers, died 6/11/1917, age 22, buried: Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Son of Herbert and Susannah Elizabeth Everson, of Aylsham House, 28, Barton Rd., Ely.

William [Edward] FENDICK

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 3/3/1915, age 42, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of the late William and Elizabeth Fendick; husband of Harriet Fendick, of 41, Water Side, Ely, Cambs.

James William FITCH

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 26/9/17, commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. See also Stuntney and Littleport.

William FLETCHER

Pte. 2nd Suffolk Regiment, died 24/1/1916, buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. See also Prickwillow.

Percy [E.C.] FOX

Cpl. 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 8/12/1917, age 21, buried: Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel. Son of Sarah Fox, of 64, Broad St., Ely, Cambs., and the late E. G. Fox.

John FRUIN

C.S.M. No. 4 Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 17/9/1914, age 54, buried: Great Yarmouth (Caister) Cemetery, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Husband of Mary Fruin, of 154, Villiers Rd., Willesden Green, London.

James Claud FULLER

Possibly: Pte. 12th Battalion, Suffolk Reg. died 26/9/1917, age 20. Buried: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France. Son of Ernest Alfred and Sarah Ann Fuller, of 4, Wickerwood Cottages, Horeham Road, Sussex. See also Prickwillow.

Albert GAGE

Sgt. 1st Bty., Royal Field Artillery, died 16/10/1917, buried: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France. See also Little Thetford and Prickwillow.

Sidney GAGE

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 1/7/1916 age 33, buried: Serre Road Cemetery No. 1, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mrs. S. Gage, of 5, Little Thetford, Isle of Ely, Cambs. See also Little Thetford and Prickwillow.

Francis [Walter] GATHERCOLE

Private 28508, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 30th December 1916, age 25. Husband of Emma Bidwell (formerly Gathercole), of Witchford, Ely. Enlisted in Norwich. Buried in Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.

See also Ely Cemetery.

George [Mansfield] GATHERCOLE

Pte. 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, died 31/8/1916, buried: Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France. See also Adelaide.

James Pate GENT

Sgt. 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade, died 3/5/1917, age 21, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Barford and Hannah Gent, of Blackwing Drove, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. See also Little Thetford.

Bertram Julias GENTRY

RQMS 26th Training Reserve Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 2/8/1918, age 40, buried: Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Son of G. and Emily Gentry; husband of L. E. Gentry (now Sadler), of 16, Riverside, Cambridge. Born at Cambridge.

Alfred GIDDENS

L/Cpl. Royal Defence Corps, died 6/4/1918, age 50, buried: Sutton (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Son of Samuel and Mary Ann Giddens; husband of Ruth Giddens, of 42, Cambridge Rd., Ely. Born at Sutton.

Herbert GRAY

Pte Essex Regiment, died 1917.

William GRAY

Lance Corporal 31550 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment who was killed in action on Thursday, 16th August 1917. Born Sawston. Enlisted and resident Ely. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

RAJ HALL

Believed to be: Gunner, 82642, Reginald Jonathan Hall, 145th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 16th May 1918, aged 24. Born Mildenhall, enlisted Lakenheath. Son of Jonathan and Caroline Hall, Burnt Fen, near Ely. Buried: Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Grave D.11.

James Thomas HAMEY

Pte. 13th Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Reg.), died 1/9/1918, age 30, buried: H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, Pas de Calais, France. Husband of Olive E. Hamey, of 3, Prickwillow Rd., Ely Cambs.

Markham HAMMOND

Pte. 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9/12/1914, age 39, buried: Dranouter Churchyard, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Herbert Reginald Spencer HARRIS

Pte. 45th Battalion Australian Infantry, died 15/8/1916, age 31, buried: Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval., Somme, France. Son of Dr Spencer Clabon Harris and Annie Harris, of Sunningdale, Forest Rd., Broadwater, Sussex, England. Native of Ely, Cambs, England. Formerly 13th Battalion A.I.F.

Sidney HARRIS

Sergeant Manitoba Regt Canadian forces died 26.9.1916. On Vimy Memorial - son of Doctor Harris, brother of Herbert Spencer Harris.

Zachariah HARRISON

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 28/3/1918, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. See also Adelaide.

Charles HAYLOCK

Pte. 11th Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), died 23/3/1918, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Charles HILLS

Gnr. 4th Special Coy., Royal Engineers, died 13/12/1916, age 37, buried: A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France. Husband of Susan Hills (nee Pope), of 13, Hills Lane, Ely, Cambs.

Albert Mathew HITCH

Pte. 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, died 8/4/1918, age 19, buried: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Matthew and Eliza Hitch, of Ely, Cambs.

Herbert James HOL[L]IDAY

Pte. Machine Gun Corps, died 31/12/1917, age 19, buried: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Herbert Gibson Holliday and Annie Elizabeth Holliday, of The Gravel Farm, Stretham, Ely, Cambs. See also Stuntney.

George Nixon HOWLETT

Pte. 15th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 31/10/1917, age 23, buried: Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel. Son of John Nixon Howlett and Ellen Howlett, of Bull Lane, Ely, Cambs.

Henry James HUDSON

Private 23089, 2nd Border Regiment 7th Division. Killed in action at Ypres, 7th October 1917. Born in Boughton, Norfolk and enlisted in Ely. Formerly with The Norfolks (18792). Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. MR 30

Albert ILETT

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 22/3/1918, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

C JONES

No further information currently.

George Henry JUGG, DCM

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 24/9/1916, age 18, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. According to official records he was awarded the MM for his part in a raid on 19/7/1916 at the Red Dragon Crater. There is no record of the award of a DCM.

Cecil Alexander Headlam KEENLYSIDE

Capt. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 20/7/1915, age 34, buried: Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Nord, France. Husband of Gladys M. Watkins (formerly Keenlyside).

Joseph KIRBY

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 28/4/1917, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Harry Catchpole KNOWLES

Pte. 25th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf.), died 18/4/1918, age 19, commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of May Ann Knowles.

Frank Ewart LAMBERT

Sgt. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 26/9/1917, age 23, buried: Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of John and Rebecca Lambert.

Stanley LAMBERT

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 1/7/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. See also Prickwillow.

William LAVENDER

Pte. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 27/3/1918, age 30, commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Son of John Lavender, of Ely; husband of Florence E. Lavender, of 3, Barton Rd., Ely, Cambs.

Geoffrey LAWRENCE

Sgt. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, attd. 6th Depot, King’s African Rifles, died 24/11/1918, age 25, buried: Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania. Son of Mrs. L. Hobbs, of 48, Childebert Rd., Balham, London, England. Born at Ely, Cambs., England. Nephew of Mr & Mrs W Lawrence, Plough Inn, Ely. See also Adelaide.

Harry LAWRENCE

L/Cpl. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, died 23/10/1917, age 20, buried: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Westvleteren, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Joseph and Mary Lawrence, of Harrison Farm, East Tuddenham, East Dereham, Norfolk. Native of Ely, Cambs.

Walter LAWRENCE

Pte. 612th M.T. Coy., Royal Army Service Corps, died 13/2/1919, age 27 at Newark Military Hospital, buried: Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Son of Abraham and Anna Lawrence; husband of Mary Elizabeth Lawrence, of 42, Hatton Gardens, Newark. Born at Ely. See also Adelaide.

Alfred LAYTON

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 8/2/1915, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Thomas LAYTON

Pte. 1st Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), died 21/9/1918, age 19, buried: Meath Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, Nord, France. Son of Thomas and Ann Layton, of Field Side, Ely.

Benjamin LEE

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Reg. died 10/4/1915, age 20, buried: La Clytte Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of George Lee and Eliza Lee, of Short Drove, Adelaide, Ely. See also Adelaide.

Ernest LEE

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Reg, died 4/8/1916, age 21, buried: Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France.

George William LEE

Pte. 6032 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Division, died 13/11/1916, age 31, buried: Luke Copse British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Husband of Mrs Lee, Lynton Terrace, Deacon’s Lane, Ely. Born Littleport, enlisted in Ely.

James Henry Sydney LEE

[HJS Lee in CWGC] Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 16/8/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. See also Prickwillow.

Thomas LEE

L/Cpl. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Reg.), died 23/3/1918, commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.

William LEE

Cpl. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Reg.), died 3/5/1917, age 28, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of William and Caroline Lee, of 29, Silver St., Ely, Cambs.

Reuben Jonathan (James) LEM(M)ON

Pte. 1st/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, died 19/7/1917, age 20, buried: Rookery British Cemetery, Heninel, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr & Mrs R Lemmon, Cambridge Road, Ely.

Arnold Percival LEMMON

Pte. 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, died 29/9/1918, age 20, buried: Unicorn Cemetery, Vend'Huile, Aisne, France. Son of Herbert E. and Rhoda E. Lemmon, of 24, Newnham St., Ely, Cambs.

T LEMMON

Possibly: Pte. F. Lemmon, 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment, died 5/5/1915, buried: Special Memorial, Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. See also Stuntney.

David Edward LOWE

Private 41436 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment who was killed in action on Saturday, 28th April 1917. Born Stretham, enlisted Newmarket, resident Ely. Formerly 6714, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Sydney LOWN

Pte. 1st/6th Battalion Manchester Regiment, died 28/3/1918, age 26, buried: Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Robert and Mary Ann Lown, of 10, Broad St., Ely, Cambs.

Charles William LUCAS

[WC in CWGC] Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 15/7/1915, age 45, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Husband of Cecilia Elizabeth Lucas, of 14, Silver St., Ely, Cambs.

John Herbert LUPSON

Pte. 3rd Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Reg.), 1st Canadian Division, 1st Brigade, killed in action on the Somme 9/9/1916, age 33, buried: Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, Somme, France. Son of Mr & Mrs Richard Lupson.

Robert MANN

Pte. 1/1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9/11/1914, age 22, commemorated: Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of William and Elizabeth Mann of Kenny Hill, Mildenhall, Suffolk. See also Prickwillow.

CW MANNING

On Ely Holy Trinity Church list as 11th Battn Suffolk Regt, but not in regimental list of dead..

E MARTIN

Shown on the regimental list as Royal Garrison Artillery, died 1.10.1918..

William John MAYLE

[JW in CWGC] Pte. 26650 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, 12th Division, died 9/8/1916, buried: Courcelette British Cemetery, Somme, France. Born Stuntney and enlisted in Ely. See also Stuntney.

Bert Parker MCGEE

Pte. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 12/10/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Thomas and Sarah McGee, of Stuntney, Ely, Cambs. See also Stuntney.

Edward Parker MCGEE

Pte. 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, died 9/8/1917, age 25, buried: Adinkerke Military Cemetery, Furnes, De Panne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Husband of Sarah Jane Parker McGee, of Alderforth Farm, Witchford, Ely, Cambs. See also Stuntney.

James Parker MCGEE

Pte. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 12/10/1916, buried: Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Thomas and Sarah McGee, of Stuntney, Ely, Cambs. See also Stuntney.

Thomas Parker MCGEE

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 12/10/1916, age 23, buried: Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France. Son of Thomas and Sarah McGee, of Stuntney, Ely, Cambs. See also Stuntney. NB. Three of the four McGee brothers, above, died on the same day.

Harold Thomas MODEN

L/Cpl. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 27/3/1918, age 24, commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Moden, of 14, West Fen Rd., Ely, Cambs.

John Henry MODEN

L/Cpl. R.14430 9th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 14th Division, died 20/6/1916, buried: Agny Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Moden, of 6, St. John's Place, Ely, Cambs. Born in Bloomsbury, Birmingham and enlisted in Ely.

Roland Ethelbert MORRISS

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, 39th Division. Died of wounds 7/4/1916, buried: Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Son of Mr. H. Y. Morriss, of 2, West End, Ely, Cambs. Born and enlisted in Ely.

Thomas Arthur William MORRISS

L/Cpl. 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment, died 22/11/1915, commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Henry MORTISS

Pte. 3/9020, 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 18/6/1917, born Ely, enlisted Ely, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

George Albert NEAL

Pte. 10th Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Reg.), 41st Division, died 19/3/1917, age 21, buried: Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born in Littleport and enlisted in Newmarket. Next of kin, Prickwillow.

Herbert John NEGUS

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 20/7/1916, age 26, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. on of Mrs. Melinda Negus, of 11, Waterside, Ely, Cambs.

Arthur James NEWELL

Pte. 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers, died 10/11/1917, commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mr. W. Newell, of 7, St. John's Rd., Mill Cottage, Ely, Cambs.

Charles [Henry] NEWMAN

Pte. 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, died 12/9/1917, age 28, buried: Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Annie Fisher (formerly Newman), of 48, Fore Hill, Ely, Cambs., and the late Joseph Newman.

George Alfred NICHOLAS

Pte. 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, died 15/2/1917, buried: Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France.

Harry Arthur NORDE(R)N

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 19/9/1916 of cerbro-spinal mengitis, age 23, buried: Hem Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Son of William James and Susan Norden, of Stuntney, Ely, Cambs. See also Stuntney, Norden on Stuntney.

Walter NORMAN

Pte. 1st Bt Welsh Guards, died 1/12/1917, age 22, commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Son of George and Anna Norman, of 25, Station Rd., Ely.

John Charles OSBOURNE

Pte. 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 4/5/1915, age 27, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Charles and Charlotte Osborne, of 14, West Fen Rd., Ely, Cambs. See also Stuntney.

Arthur PAGE

Sgt. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 20/7/1916, buried: Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Son of Harry Page anf brother of Herbert, below.

Herbe[r]t PAGE

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 2/3/1916, age 30, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Harry Page; husband of Eliza Page, of 9, Spring Head Lane, Ely, Cambs. Brother of above.

From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour the following:

Volume 2, Part 3, Page 211 - PAGE, Herbert - Drummer, No 9432, 2nd Battalion (12th Foot) The Suffolk Regiment

Son of Harry Page, by his wife Alice, born Ely co Cambridge 1885; educated Boys National School there; joined the Militia of his county in 1898, and served in the Reserve until his time expired; called up at the outbreak of war; went to France in August 1914, was wounded in the foot at the First Battle of Ypres the following Oct, and sent to England for six months, when he joined the 1st Battalion band, and was killed in action 2nd March 1916 at St. Eloi, buried there. He was a bomb thrower and is believed to have been killed whilst engaged in the duty. He married at Ely co. Cambridge, Eliza (Springhead Lane, Ely), dau of Charles Woodbine, and had five children: Herbert, born 13th Dec 1908, Charles, born 29th May 1910, Harry, born 14th June 1912, Felixstowe, born (posthumus) 1st Sept 1916, and Alice, born 5th May 1914.

Lancelot PALMER

Pte. 15th Battalion London Reg. (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles), died 15/9/1916, age 22, buried: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Son of Jonas and Emily Jane Palmer, of Cherry Tree House, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. See also Prickwillow.

ET PAMMENT

Sick Berth Attendant, HMS Victory, Royal Naval Aux. Sick Berth Reserve, died 9/2/1916, age 23, buried: Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Victor Frederick PAMMENT, DCM

L/Cpl. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 9/4/1917, age 22, buried: Bailleul Road East Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pamment, of "Cherryvale," Back Hill, Ely, Cambs.

Arthur Claud PASKE

Pte. 2nd Suffolk Regiment, died 3/3/1916, age 29, buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. Son of Georgiana Pask; husband of Susan Pask, Tower House, Cambridge Rd, Ely. See also Prickwillow.

J Leslie PATE

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 2/3/1916, age 19, buried: Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Nord, France. Son of Thomas and Charlotte Pate, of The Junction, Adelaide, Ely. See also Adelaide.

James PATE

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 18/6/1917, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.]

George PAYNE

Pte. 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died 15/9/1918, buried: Lagnicourt Hedge Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Lived Prickwillow. See also Prickwillow and Little Ouse.

Russell A PEACHEY

Pte. 12th Battalion East Surrey Regiment, died 7/4/1917, buried: Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mr & Mrs E. Peachey. See also Prickwillow.

Sidney Alfred PEACHEY

Drv. 33rd Div. Ammunition Col., Royal Field Artillery, died 17/4/1917, buried: Faubourg died 'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr & Mrs Alfred Peachey, Three Blackbirds Yard, Broad St, Ely.

Arnold PEACOCK

Sgt. 298th Bde., Royal Field Artillery, died 13/7/1917, age 22, buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Native of Littleport, Cambs. Son of Walter William and Alice Peacock, of 32, West End, Ely.

Percy Eaton PLEDGER

Pte. 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, died 12/7/1916, age 23, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Arthur Deer Pledger and Louisa Pledger, of "Koumala", 50, New Barn's Rd., Ely, Cambs.

Maurice Bertram PLUMB

Pte. 2nd/4th Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Reg.), killed in action 17/12/1917, age 22, buried: Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Plumb, of 19, Annesdale Terrace, Ely, Cambs. Born and enlisted in Ely.

Herbert POPE

Pte. 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, died 3/9/1916, age 30, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Mary Ann Pope, of 17, Hills Lane, Ely, Cambs., and the late John Pope.

Samuel William POWELL

Rifleman R/38070, 8th Batt., The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 14th Light Division. Killed in action at Ypres 24th August 1917. Born and enlisted in Ely. Commemorated on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, MR 30. See also Prickwillow

Alfred (E) PRICE

Pte. 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Reg.), died 14/7/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Mr M. Price, Broad St, Ely.

Albert Edward PRIOR

(Although in some places spelt Pryor the actual name is Prior) 1st Battn Cambs Regt died 26.9.1917 aged 20. Buried Tyne Cot. Son of Mr and Mrs Prior, Bull Lane, Ely..

Alfred PUNCHARD

Maj. 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, died 29/3/1917, age 29, commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Canon Elgood George Punchard, DD, Vicar of Ely St Mary’s 1902-1915 and Catherine Mary Punchard. Born 22/1/1886. Family memorial in Ely St Mary’s church. Previously wounded on the North West Frontier of India, in 1915.

Edmund Elgood PUNCHARD

Lt. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, 31/10/1914, age 24, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Canon Elgood George Punchard, DD, Vicar of Ely St Mary’s 1902-1915 and Catherine Mary Punchard. Born 21/10/1890. Family memorial in Ely St Mary’s church.

From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour the following:

Volume 1, Part 1, Page 298. PUNCHARD, Edmund Elgood. Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, (21st Brigade, 7th Division).

2nd son of the Rev. Elgood George Punchard, D.D., Honorary Canon of Ely, by his wife, Catherine May, dau of Joseph Johnson. Born Luton co. Beds 21-10-1890, educated Haileybury (1902-08) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1909-10), gazetted 2nd Lieut Bedfordshire Regiment 5-10-1910 and promoted Lieutenant 11-6-1912. Left Southampton 4-10-1914, returned to Dover because of submarines, 6-10-1914, left again and arrived at Zeebrugge 7-8th Oct. Bruge (St Criox), marched from 4 to 8 pm, 8 Oct, left for Coq Sur Mer, arriving at 2.30pm, bivouac at Uytkirke 9th Oct, left for Ostend at 5am, 4pm ordered back to Bruges arriving at 8pm 10 Oct. Retreated to Beernem 4 to 8 pm, 11th Oct, to Coolscamp 7.30 am 12th Oct to Roulers 13th Oct, to Ypres 9.30am to 6.30pm 14th Oct, entrenched at Halte on the Menin-Ypres road 15th Oct, skirmish with Uhlans at Gheluvelt 16th Oct, Battle of Yprs begun 17th Oct, left at 4.30am for Baecleare, arriving at 7.30pm, advanced to Terhand 18th Oct, retired to Gheluvelt 19th Oct, under heavy fire until dusk, move out towards Baecleare and entrenched 20th Oct, returned to Gheluvelt, in trenches 21st Oct, under heavy fire, worst at 3.30pm 22nd Oct, shelled from 8pm, two Bedford officers killed, first army corps expected 23rd Oct, fusilade 6am, seventh day of battle, third in trenches (night and day, unrelieved 24th Oct, reinforced by Highland L.I. and Kings Own Scottish Borderers 25th Oct, brigade hard pressed retired to Hooge 26th Oct, advanced again toward Gheluvelt, bivouac at Kruiseck 27th Oct, shelled all day in trenches from 9am, opposed by three German Army Corps 28th Oct, shelled at dawn, Yorks and Gordons retreated on Zandvorde-Gheluvelt road, trenches recovered 29th Oct, fight on Menin-Gheluvelt road and in the woods 30th Oct, trenches shelled from 2am to 1pm ordered out of the trenches at 4pm, advanced up the hill, over turnip field, by wood of Zandvorde, then ridge won 31st Oct.

He was killed in this attack, being shot at the head of his platoon, was unmarried.

The following day 300 survivors from the battalion mustered under the one officer left, Lieut Punchard was buried at Kruiseck, near Gheluvelt. He was mentioned in Field Marshall Sir John (now Lord) Frenchs Despatch of 14th Jan (London Gazette 18th Feb) 1915, for distinguished service in the field.

William RAY

Pte. 10988, 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers, 24th Division, died 29/5/1916, age 29, buried: Berks Cemetery Extension, Ploegsteert, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Mary Ray, of 32, Cambridge Rd., Ely, Cambs. Born in Wandsworth. Enlisted in Hounslow. Resident of Kensal Rise London.

Ernest REED

Pte. 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, died 20/9/1917, age 43, buried: Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Walter and Mary Jane Reed, of Woodville, Derbyshire; husband of Minnie Eliza Edwards (formerly Reed), of Tring, Herts.

John William RICE

Pioneer, ‘C’ Special Coy., Royal Engineers, died 19/8/1917, age 36, buried: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of James and Nellie Rice, of Impington Farm, Histon, Cambridge. Native of Ely, Cambs. Born in Prickwillow, enlisted in Littleport. Formerly with the RFA.

Percy RICHARDS

Pte. 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 16/9/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

George Henry ROLFE

[Spelt ROLPH elsewhere] Private 12823, 2nd Batt., The Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Division. Killed in action at `The Bluff` near Zillebeke, Ypres on 5th February 1916Born, Burnt Fen, Cambs and enlisted in Ely. Bur Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium B 131.

George Frederick ROYAL

Pte. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 20/11/1918, age 20, buried: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Son of John J. and Esther Royal, of Peterborough Crossing, Queen Adelaide, Ely, Cambs.

Ernest (A) ROYAL, MM

L/Cpl. 5301, 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment, 18th Division, died 1/7/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Born in Norwich and enlisted in Wisbech

Harold Thomas ROYSTON

Private 15980, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 1st August 1916, age 18. Son of John Thomas Royston and his wife Rose Marshall, of Station Rd., Great Wilbraham, Cambs. Born at Ely. Buried in Ely Cemetery, Cambridgeshire.

See also Ely Cemetery.

Frederick RUMBELOW

Pte. 12th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, died 3/5/1917, age 27, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of the late John and Sarah Rumbelow; husband of Hilda Rumbelow, of 43, New Barns Rd., Ely, Cambs.

Henry William SABERTON

Pte. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 8/11/1915 age 35, commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Henry William and Sally Saberton, of Witcham, Ely; husband of Ada Saberton, of 65, Newnham St., Ely, Cambs. See also Stuntney.

John SABERTON

Cpl. 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, died 19/4/1916, age 24, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of the late John and Naomi Saberton. Native of Ely, Cambs.

John SADLER

Sgt. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, 12th Division, died 8/8/1918, buried: Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Born Bures, Suffolk, enlisted Sudbury, Suffolk.

John Thomas SADLER

Sgt. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died of wounds 28/5/1917, age 23, buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of John and Clara Sadler, of Lark Bank, Prickwillow, nr. Ely, Cambs. Born Stretham, enlisted Ely. See also Prickwillow.

George Reginald SAUNDERS

Pte. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, died 29/8/1918, age 19, buried: Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Son of George & Hannah Saunders, Long Street, Great Ellingham, Attleborough, Norfolk. See also Prickwillow.

Oliver Edward SCOTT

Pte. 1st Battalion King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Reg.), died 26/4/1914, age 27, commemorated: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France. Son of Robert Scott, of 61, Churchgate St., Bury St. Edmund's; husband of Emily Buzley (formerly Scott), of 52, Newnham St., Ely, Cambs.

Reginald SEEKINGS

Pte. 1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, died 20/11/1916, buried: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. See also Adelaide.

Charles SHELTON

Pte. 2415, 1st/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, 39th Division, attd. 3rd Australian Mining Coy., died 4/7/1916, age 20, buried: Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Shelton, of 6, Chiefs Lane, Ely, Cambs. Born and enlisted in Ely.

Fred SHELTON

Private 312834 "D" Coy. 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment who died of wounds on Thursday, 2nd November 1916. Age 24. Born Ely, enlisted Lodon, resiodent East Finchley, Middlesex. Buried: Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France. Husband of Constance Shelton (nee Longland), of 3, Park Hall Rd., Fortis Green, London.

Thomas SHELTON

Pte. 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 12/10/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

James SIMPKINS

Pte. 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards, died 1/11/1914, buried: Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension, Boezinge, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

John H SINDLE

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died of wounds, 20/6/1915, buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Born and enlisted in Ely.

James Charles SMITH

Pte. 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 6/4/1918, age 33, commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Alexander Thomson Smith and Elizabeth Brownlee Smith; husband of Minnie Mabel Smith, of 27, Waterside, Ely, Cambs.

[Owen] William SMITH

163881 Gnr, 1st/1st (Highland) Heavy Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 28/3/1918, age 42. Born Ramsey, living Ely. Buried: ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERYPas de Calais, France. Husband of Gertrude Smith, of Wood Hall, Hemel Hempstead. Also listed Ramsey.

Abraham SMITH, MM

Pte. 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 19/4/1918, age 20, buried: Suffolk Cemetery, La Rolanderie Farm, Erquinghem-Lys, Nord, France. Son of J. W. and E. A. Smith, of 13 Chiefs St., Ely, Cambs.

Edward Leslie Johnson STOCKDALE

Lt. 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, died 7/7/1916 age 22, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of William Edward and Rose Ellen Stockdale, of The Tower, Ely, Cambs. See also Little Downham.

Frank Le [Fevre] STRAPPS

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 28/3/1917, age 28, buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of John and Maria Jane Strapps, of Cambridge Rd., Ely.

Sidney STRAWSON

1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 31/7/1917, age 21, buried: New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of William and Rachel Strawson, of 3, The Almshouses, St. Mary's St., Ely.

George SUTTON

Pte. 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, 39th