Lest we forget.

In memory of the men
of Haddenham
who made the supreme sacrifice
during the Great War 1914 – 1918

Ernest Charles ACRED

Drv. "A" Btr., 307^th Bde., Royal Field Artillery, d 21/3/1918, age 34, commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Martha Jane Acred, of Hop Row, Haddenham, Ely, Cambs., and the late William Acred.

Archibald AINGER

Pte. 8^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., killed in action 13/5/1917, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Edward Ainger of West End, Haddenham, brother of Herbert below.

Herbert AINGER

Pte. 1^st Bt. East Surrey Reg., d 25/9/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Edward Ainger of West End, Haddenham, brother of Archibald above.

Harry ALLEBONE

Pte. 2^nd Bt. Bedfordshire Reg., d 29/1/1917, age 28, buried: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France. Son of John and Jane Allebone, of Aldreth, Haddenham; husband of Nellie Allebone, of Hillrow, Haddenham, Cambs.

Robert William AMBROSE

Pte. 2^nd Bt. Bedfordshire Reg., d 28/7/1917, age 22, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Herbert and Annie G. Ambrose, of Hillrow, Causeway, Cambs.

Sidney Marcus BRISTOW

Pte. 4^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., killed in action 26/9/1917, commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

[Walter] Leonard BURGESS

Pte. 1^st Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., Killed in action 14/10/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Labourer from Haddenham.

Alfred BURTON, M.M.

Cpl. 2^nd Bt. Suffolk Reg., Killed in action 30/8/1918, age 35, commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of John and Harriet Burton, of High St., Haddenham, Ely; husband of Ellen Augusta Burton, of 14, St. Margaret's Place, Old Fletton, Peterborough.

Arthur Ernest CARMAN

Pte. 1^st R.M. Bt. Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry, d 22/11/1916, age 19, buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mrs. R. Carman, of Haddenham, Ely, Cambs.

Sidney Arthur CHAPMAN

Pte. 15^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., killed in action 5/9/1918, age 20, buried: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Ste Radegonde, Somme, France. Born at Haddenham, Cambs.

Arthur CHARLES

Pte. 1^st Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., Killed in action 26/9/1917, age 27, commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Charles, of West End, Haddenham, Ely.

Clem[ent Claude] DRIVER

John (B) GRANGER

Pte. 1^st Bt. Lincolnshire Reg., d 16/4/1918, age 36, commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of George Granger, of Grange Farm, Hackwold, Brandon, Suffolk; husband of Hannah E. Granger, of Ely Rd., Littleport, Ely, Cambs. Born Haddenham.

Thomas GRANGER

Pte. 2^nd Bt. The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), d 2/11/1918, age 35, buried: Tezze British Cemetery, Italy. Born Haddenham.

Henry [Harry] HALL

Pte. 1^st Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., killed in action 31/7/1917, age 24, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Hall; husband of Florence Mabel Carter (formerly Hall), of 32, Prospect Row, King's Rd., Bury St. Edmund's. Lived Mill End, Haddenham.

William [H] HART

Pte. 5th Batt, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. kia France and Flanders 16/10/17 no. 32514 formerly 575 Hunts Cycle Batt. Buried: Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Charles HAYDEN

Pte. 6^th Bt. Northamptonshire Reg., d 4/11/1918, age 20, buried: Preux-Au-Bois Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Son of Smith Hayden and Mary Ann Hayden, of Aldreth, Ely, Cambs.

Arthur [Cuttriss] HOSTLER

Gnr. 111^th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery, d 12/6/1919, age 37, buried: Paddington Cemetery, Middlesex, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Sarah Hostler, of Aldreth, Haddenham, Ely, Cambs.; husband of Nellie Elizabeth Hostler, of 38, Fermoy Rd., Harrow Rd., Paddington.]

Arthur Cuttriss HOSTLER

Pte. 1^st/1^st South Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps., d 3/7/1916, buried: Special memorial in Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

John O’ROURKE

No information currently.

Leopold OAKEY

Private 41277 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment who died of wounds on Wednesday, 27th December 1916. Age 34. Born, resident and enlisted Haddenham. Husband of A. Oakey, of "Black Horse," Hilhon, Haddenham, Cambs. Formerly 34787, Suffolk Regiment. Buried: Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France. Grave II. J. 11

Thomas PATTERSON

Pte. 12^th Bt. The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), d 18/9/1916, age 24, buried: Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Son of William and Alice Patterson, of Hillrow, Haddenham; husband of Ann Beeton Patterson, of Hillrow, Haddenham, Ely, Cambs.

William PATTERSON

Pte. 1^st/5^th Bt. Bedfordshire Reg., d 30/10/1917, age 24, Commemorated: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. Son of William and Alice Patterson, of 9, Newtown, Haddenham, Ely, Cambs.

William Curtis PETTENGELL

Pte. 1^st/24^th Bt. London Reg., d 15/9/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Marsden Everard PORTER

Lt. Royal Air Force, (formerly Royal Naval Air Service), d 6/8/1918, buried: Suda Bay War Cemetery, Greece.

Joseph RANSOME

Pte. ACompany, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Reg., d 9/5/1915, age 30, buried: Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Rebecca Ransome, of Linden End, Haddenham, Isle of Ely, Cambs. Lived in Fridaybridge for 15 years.

William ROBINSON

No information currently.

George J RUSSELL

 

[GE Russell inside church] Pte. 240069. 11th Bt. Suffolk Reg., d 19/4/1918, age 34, buried: Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St. Jans-Cappel, Nord, France. Son of George and Elizabeth Russell, of Haddenham, Cambs; husband of Agnes Annie Russell, of Moulton, Newmarket. Reservist, enlisted on 4 August 1914. Served in France, returned to England with trench fever, then sent back to France, where he served in the Medical Corps, killed when recovering wounded in April 1918. Married local girl Agnes Moss, on 27th February 1911, moved to Newmarket. The family moved back to Moulton when war started to live at the thatched cottage, No 20 the Street.

Harry SMITH

Possibly: Private, 1st Bt. King's Own Scottish Borderers, d 11/4/1918. on of Reg Sgt Maj H. SMITH of The Manse Haddenham. Commemorated: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. See also Wilburton.

Ebenezer Edward SOUTHGATE

Sgt. Middlesex Hussars, d 14/8/1918, buried: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.

James THAXTER

Pte. 7^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., died of wounds 9/8/1916, buried: Varrennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France

Robert William Webster (Bob) TOATES

Pte. 11^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., who died of wounds 8/5/1917 age 25, buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of William and Hannah Amelia Toates, of Haddenham, Cambs.

Frederick WATTS

probably Petty Officer 298514 H.M.S. PEMBROKE. died Sunday 14th April 1918 37yrs. Buried at Wallsend (Church Bank) Cemetery, Northumberland. Husband of Mary Ann WILLIAMS (formerly WATTS) of 155, Finnis St., Bethnal Green, London.

Albert WOLFE [WOOLF]

Pte. 7^th Bt. Suffolk Reg., killed in action 30/11/1917, commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France

The following additional First World War names
are recorded inside the church:

[Hugh] Anthony [Rupert] CROOKHAM

Lt., 1^st Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., d 3/8/1915, age 22, buried: Le Treport Military Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France. Son of Rev. W. T. R. Crookham, C.B.E., T.D., (formerly vicar of Haddenham), and Beatrice Crookham, of The Vicarage, Wisbech. Scholar of Jesus College, Cambridge, B.A. 1915. Born 30/4/1893, educated Felsted School, Essex. Scholarship to Jesus College, Cambridge in 1912. Commissioned 1914 in 2/1st Cambs. Regiment. BA in 1915. To BCompany, 1/1st Cambs. on 19/6/1915, severely wounded by rifle grenade 3/7/1915 causing a wound to the skull. Died from an attack of menigitis. [See Also Wisbech]

Thomas GREEN

Pte. 6^th Bt. The Buffs (East Kent Reg.), d 8/10/1916, commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Born Haddenham.

Edward [Castray] GUINEY

[Capt., 2^nd Reg. South African Infantry, d 12/2/1918, age 39, commemorated: Mombasa British Memorial, Kenya. Husband of Lucy Christian Guiney, of Haddenham Rectory, Ely, Cambs., England.

Joseph PARDOE, D.C.M.

Company Serjeant Major, 11^th Bt. Worcestershire Reg., d 4/9/1918, age 32, buried: Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. Son of Alfred Pardoe, of Chaddesley Corbett, Kidderminster; husband of Mabel Helen Pardoe, of West End, Haddenham, Ely. DCM London Gazette 16/1/1915.

Vincent [Robert] WORDINGHAM

2^nd Lt. New Army List, attc. Worcestershire Reg., d 16/8/1917, age 27, buried: Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boezinge, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Samuel Francis and Elizabeth Wordingham, Hill House, Stiffkey. Former assistant master South District School, March; husband of Annie Wordingham, of 1822, Morgan Place, Hollywood, California, U.S.A. Formerly kite balloon observer with Royal Flying Corps, then attached as intelligence officer, Worcestershire Regiment. [See also March.]

In memory of the men of Haddenham
who made the supreme sacrifice
during the War 1939 – 1945

Clarence William AINGER

Pte. Pioneer Corps, d 28/2/1941, age 25, buried: Haddenham Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Son of Charles and Lily Ainger, of Haddenham.

Arthur Ernest CARMAN

Pte. 5^th Bt. Royal Norfolk Reg., d 7/2/1942, age 25, commemorated: Singapore Memorial, Singapore. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Carmen; husband of A. E. Carmen, of Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire.

Edward Montague CLARK

Probably: Sgm. Royal Corps of Signals, d 30/8/1944, buried: AREZZO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Born and resident Cambridgeshire.

Bertie CLEMENTS

[A Clements inside church] Pte. 1^st Bt. Suffolk Reg., d 29/5/1940, age 25, commemorated: Dunkirk Memorial, Nord, France. Son of John Herbert and Polly Clements; stepson of Mrs. J. E. Clements, of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire.

George Edmund LEES

Lnc/Sgt. 6^th Bt. Grenadier Guards, d 30/1/1944, age 34, buried: Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of William Bernard Lees and of Isabella Lees (nee Fardon); husband of Marjorie Lees (nee Howard), of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire.

Harry Jack Thomas MANSFIELD

Pte. 2nd Bt. The Cambridgeshire Reg., Suffolk Reg., Prisoner of war. Died at sea 21/9/1944 age 25, commemorated: Singapore Memorial, Singapore. Husband of C. M. Mansfield, of Cambridge.

John Bedford NORMAN

Flt. Sgt., 27 Sqd., R.A.F.V.R., d 17/5/1943, age 23, buried: Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh. Son of Arthur and Marjorie A. Norman, of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire. 27 Squadron flew Beaufighters and Mosquitos from Agartala, India.

Arthur James PALMER

[Listed as A A PALMER on CWGC] Lance Bombardier, 14249912, Royal Artillery, who died on Monday 1 February 1943. Buried: HADDENHAM CEMETERY Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Son of Arthur and Alice Louise Palmer, of Haddenham.

Walter James PETERS

Possibly: Gdm. Walter James Peters, 1^st Bt. Irish Guards d 4/4/1944, age 29, commemorated: Cassino Memorial, Italy. Son of Ernest and Maria Peters. Born and residetn Cambridgeshire.

Alec John STRINGER

Trp. ‘A’ Sqd., 9^th Queen’s Royal Lancers, R.A.C., d 16/6/1942, age 23, commemorated: Aalmein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Ernest Stringer, and of Eva Gladys Stringer, of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire.

William George WEBSTER

[List on memorial as George William Webster] Aircraftman 1^st Class, R.A.F.V.R., d 5/7/1941, age 21, commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom. Son of William Webster, and of Sarah Webster, of Wilburton, Cambridgeshire.

Claude Albert James WOODBRIDGE

Pte. 2nd Bt. The Cambridgeshire Reg., Suffolk Reg., Prisoner of war, Died of cholera at Takanun 6/1943, age 30, buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Son of Luke and Ethel Woodbridge; husband of Gwendoline Joan Woodbridge, of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire.