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Surname
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Forename(s)
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Award
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Details
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Memorial/Place
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When
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McCARTHY
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Roy
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AFC
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Squadron Leader RAF flying instructor. Head teacher
of Turves School. Son of the late Mr J P McCarthy, former head of
Broad Street School, Whittlesey, & Mrs McCarthy, of Whittlesey.
His brothers Neil and Ivor were both killed in 1941. CT 22-12-44.
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Turves
Whittlesey
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WW2
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MALLAM
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Paul
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M.C.
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2nd Lieutenant, former head of Barton School, Wisbech.
Coldstream Guards, Wisbech Standard 28 August 1918.
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Wisbech
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WW1
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MANN
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Charles
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M.M.
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Private. Suffolk Regiment Cambridgeshire Times
3 November 1916.
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Soham
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WW1
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MARKILLIE
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Ernest
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Certificate/cards of recognition for gallantry
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Private. Royal Fusiliers, for 1 April 1918, out
of trench to get wounded officer. Wisbech Standard 24 May 1918.
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Parson Drove
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WW1
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MARRITT
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W A
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DFM
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Flt-Sgt RAF. Son of Mr & Mrs J Marritt, of Horseway,
Chatteris. DFM in June 1944 for 45 operational flights; became flying
instructor. CT Jan 1945.
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Chatteris
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WW2
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MARSHALL
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G
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M.M.
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Private, 13 Stafford Street, Walsoken, 118th Brigade
Machine Gun Corps. Wisbech Standard 20 April 1917.
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Walsoken
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WW1
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MARSHALL
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Henry
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M.C.
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Lieutenant. Cambridgeshire Times 22 November 1918.
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Sutton
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WW1
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MARTIN
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C S
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D.C.M. & M.M.
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Sergeant, son of Mr G Martin, GER driver. Formerly
Creek Road, March, now Leyton. A/2096, King's Royal Rifle Corps,
for rallying company at Vimy Ridge, Citation: LG 18 June 1917. Cambridgeshire
Times 27 July 1917. Military Medal (MM) for Sept 1916 at Delville
Wood.
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March & Leyton
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WW1
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MARTIN
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Richard
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M.M.
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Corporal. Cambridgeshire Times 22 November 1918.
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Upware
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WW1
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MASON
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Josiah
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MM
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7336 Sergeant, 8th Suffolk Regiment Killed in action
31 July 1917. Awarded Military Medal in 1916 for work at Delville
Wood, Longueval, Somme, on 18/19th July, 1916. Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Belgium.
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Manea
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WW 1
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MAWBY
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A W M
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OBE
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Major, Royal Engineers. Son of Dr Mawby, Littleport.
OBE & Mentioned in Despatches. Cambridgeshire Times 24 January
1919.
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Littleport
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WW1
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MAYNARD
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F H
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M.C.
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Captain, 125th Napja Rifles, Military Cross (MC)
in Mesopotamia. Cambridgeshire Times 29 December 1916.
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Cambs
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WW1
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MCGILL
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James
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DCM
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2488 Sergeant, D Battery, 79th Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery. Died of Wounds 3 August 1916, age 38. Married living
in Leeds. Second son of John & Julia McGill, 93 New Road. Awarded
Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette 22 September 1916).
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Brother
of George, above.
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Chatteris
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WW 1
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MEADS
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A L
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M.S.M.
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Company Sergeant-Major, Creek Road, March, Intelligence
Corps, Birthday Honours 1919. promoted Regimental Sergeant Major
.
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March
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WW1
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MEE
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Charles Montague
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Certificate/cards of recognition for gallantry
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Corporal, Lynn Road, Wisbech. Royal Horse Artillery,
attached Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, Ypres 15 December 1917, moving
18-pounder guns under heavy shell fire. Wisbech Standard 11 January
1918.
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Wisbech
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WW1
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MEEKS
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William
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M.M. & Bar
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Private, New Road. Suffolk Regiment, Military Medal
(MM) in 1917, Bar, runner, 28 March 1918. Cambridgeshire Times 19
July 1918.
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Chatteris
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WW1
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MILLS
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P W
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M.C.
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2nd Lieutenant, worked March. Cambridgeshire Times
29 November 1918.
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March
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WW1
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MISSIN
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A
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Certificate/cards of recognition for gallantry
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Private, 12th TMB, 2nd Essex Regiment 4th Division.
Cambridgeshire Times 7 February 1919.
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Cambs
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WW1
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MOURPHY
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John Owen
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DCM
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7359 Private, 2nd Norfolk Regiment , Station Road,
Coldham. Died entritis 23 January 1916 (Mesopotamia). Lived Westry.
Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal when 7359 Pte J O Mourphy, DCM
(LG 5-8-15), Mesopotamia. Possibly received Bar, 7359, Pte O J Mourphy,
(LG 12-12-17). Basra Memorial, Iraq. DCM for staying with his machine
gun after being wounded.
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1. Coldham
2. March |
WW 1
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MOYSES
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Joseph
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MM
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4191 Private, D section, 55th Coy, Machine Gun
Corps. Killed in action 1 March 1917. Son of Mr H C Moyses, Bunkers
Hill. Awarded Military Medal for 1-4 October 1916. Formerly East
Surrey Regiment. Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt. Brother of
Frank.
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Wisbech St Mary
Guyhirn
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WW 1
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MULLINGER
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F
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M.S.M.
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Company Sergeant-Major, 1st Cyclist Corps. Cambridgeshire
Times 7 February 1919.
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Haddenham
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WW1
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MUNNS
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Arthur
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M.M.
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Private. Lincolnshire Regiment Cambridgeshire Times
19 April 1918.
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Soham
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WW1
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