Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
| Ministry of Defence |
Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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In memory of Littleport men
who fell in the Great War
1914 – 1918;
the new Church Clock
with Chimes was erected by
voluntary subscriptions.
Inside St George's Church.
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| BACON | Harold |
Private 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 8/5/1915,age 26, commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son
of James Nickolson Bacon and Louisa Bacon, of 3, Elvie Cottages,
Littleport, Cambs. |
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| BELL | Percy Arthur |
Private 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Reg.), died
28/9/1917, age 34, buried: Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension,
Pas de Calais, France. Son of Arthur George and Elizabeth Ann Bell,
of The Red House, Victoria Street, Littleport, England. Born at
Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England. |
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| BIDWELL | John |
Lance Corporal 8th Battalion, London Regiment, (The Post Office
Rifles), died 19/3/1918, age 36, buried: Highgate Cemetery, London,
United Kingdom. Son of John and Annie Bidwell, 50 Waterside, Ely;
husband of Maggie Bidwell, of 6, Lismore Rd., Kentish Town, London.
Born at Kentish Town. |
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| BLUNT | Ellis Charles |
63657 Bombardier, 'C' Battery, 159th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds 23 July 1916. Aged 23. Son of Mrs H Blunt, The Wood
Farm, Burton, Shrewsbury. Lived in Benwick for a while, resident
Littleport, enlistd Littleport. Buried in LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY,
CORBIE, Corbie, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 48. See also
Benwick. |
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| BOWERS | Ernest |
Private 1st/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 31/10/1916, age
20, buried: Carnoy Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Son of Matthew
Bowers, of Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| BOWERS | Mark |
Private 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, died 11/10/1918,
age 31, buried: Littleport New Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United
Kingdom. Son of Matthew Bowers, of Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| BROOKS, D.C.M. | Claud |
Sergeant 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, died
12/8/1918, age 24, buried: Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil,
Pas de Calais, France. Son of William George and Rosina Brooks,
of Black Horse Drove, Littleport, Cambs. DCM London Gazette 3/10/1918.
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| BUCKINGHAM | David |
Private 41406 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment who died of wounds on
Sunday, 28th April 1918. Born Littleport, enlisted Newmarket, resident
Littleport. Formerly 6742, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried: Belgrade
Cemetery, Namur, Belgium. Grave III. B. II. |
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| BUTCHER | William Miller |
Lance Corporal 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 17/10/1917,
age 21, commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of William & Sarah Butcher. |
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| BUTCHER | Wm. Arthur |
Private 12th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, died 17/8/1918, age 18,
buried: Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord,
France. Son of Arthur and Alice Butcher, of 1, Coronation Terrace,
Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| BYE | Charles Ernest |
Private 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, died 26/5/1918, age 20,
buried: Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son
of Charles and Annie Bye, of Woodfen, Littleport, Cambs. |
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| CHAPMAN | George Henry |
Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 28/4/1917, age 23,
buried: Roeux British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of John
and Rebecca Chapman, of Modney Bridge, Downham, Norfolk. Born at
Black Horse Drove, Littleport, Cambs. |
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| CHENEY | William John |
Lance Corporal 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, died 14/11/1914,
buried: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Born Birmingham, resident in Littleport. See also Isle
of Ely Constabulary Memorial. |
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| CLIFT | Charles Jacob |
Private 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 26/12/1917, age 24,
buried: Littleport New Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
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| COATES | Ernest T. | No
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| COATES | Isaac Thompson |
Private 249th Coy., Machine Gun Corps., (Inf.), died 17/11/1918,
age 33, buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Husband
of Beatrice Ethel Coates, of 25, St. Pauls Rd., Luton. Son of William
and Rebecca Coates of Littleport. |
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| COLE | Ernest Thomas |
Private 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, died 23/4/1917, age 18,
commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Michael
& Caroline Cole, Westmoor, Littleport. Is also on the memorial
in St. Matthews Church, Littleport.
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| COOPER | Albert Henry |
Corporal 218th Coy., Machine Gun Corps., (Inf.), died 1/8/1917,
buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of Henry Cooper, of I, Beaconsfield Terrace. Littleport,
Cambs. |
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| COOPER | Walter William |
Private 2nd Batt. Middlesex Regiment, died 27/11/1917, commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
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| COULSON | Robert Henry |
Private 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 29/9/1917,
age 21, buried: Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul,
Nord, France. Son of John W. and Caroline Coulson, of 5, Coronation
Terrace, Littleport, Cambs. |
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| COX | Sidney Fincham |
Spr. 66th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, died 2/10/1916, age 21, buried:
Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece. Son of Isaac and
Mary Cox, of Station Rd., Littleport, Cambs. |
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| CRABB | Albert Edward |
Private 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, died 17/5/1917, age
20, buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son
of William and Eliza Crabb, of Black Horse Drove, Littleport, Cambs.
Native of Littleport. |
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| CRABB | Reginald Francis |
Private 1/4th Battalion, London Reg. (Royal Fusiliers), died 8/9/1916
,age 21, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of
Alice Crabb, of 34, Broadwater St. West, Worthing, Sussex, and the
late William Crabb. Resided in Littleport. |
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| CRABB | Wilfred Wenlock |
Private 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), died
14/3/1917, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Formerly
7th Reserve Cavalry. Son of William & Alice Crabb, and brother
of above. |
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| CROSS | R H |
Probably: Private
Harry Cross, 683rd Coy., Labour Corps, died 16/11/1918, age 21.
Buried Littleport Cemetery. Son of James William Cross, Head Fen,
Pymoor, Little Downham. Formerly 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Reg.
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| CROSS | Wilfred |
2nd Lt. 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, died 22/7/1916,
buried: Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son
of Mr & Mrs Jabez Cross, Victoria St., Littleport. |
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| DAY | Harry |
Private 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, died 11/4/1917, buried:
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France. Born Southery,
Norfolk. |
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| DAY | William |
Private 7th Battalion, Norfolk Reg. died 1/12/1917, commemorated:
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Born Southery, Norfolk.
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| DENNIS | John |
[Also spelt DENNISS in some places] Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment, died 22/3/1918, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais,
France. Born Littleport. |
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| FISHER | John William |
Private 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, died 10/5/1918, age 39,buried:
Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Nord, France. Husband of Mary Ann Fisher,
nee Sallis, of Wisbech Road, Littleport, Cambs. Son of John Fisher
of Portley Hill, Littleport. |
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| FITCH | James William |
Private 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 26/9/1917,
commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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| FORD | Sidney Herbert |
Corporal 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 30/8/1918, buried:
Ecoust-St. Mein British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Of Little
Ouse. |
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| FORDHAM | Morley William |
Private 21st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, died 23/8/1918, age 19,
buried: Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France. Son
of Frederick and Maude Fordham, of Victoria St., Littleport, Cambs.
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| FRANCIS | Albert Harry |
Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 1/7/1916, age 19,
commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Jacob and
Ruth Francis, of Littleport, Cambs. |
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| FREEZER | Stanley |
Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 1/7/1916, age 21,
commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Brother of Mrs.
Nellie Smart, of 17, Shaftesbury Avenue, Bedford. Born Shipton,
Norfolk. |
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| FROST | George Thomas |
Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 1/7/1916, age 22,
commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Arthur and
Rebecca Frost, of Ely Rd., Littleport, Cambs. Born Brandon Creek,
Norfolk. |
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| FYSON | Archer [Archie] |
Private Royal Army Medical Corps, died 4/5/1917, commemorated: Savona
Memorial, Italy. Son of John & Hannah Fyson. Born Littleport.
Drowned when the Troopship "Transylvania" was sunk off Cape Vado,
Italy. |
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| FYSON | Horace |
Private 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), died 2/7/1916,
buried: La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, Somme, France |
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| GLOVER | William Ernest |
Private 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, died 1/7/1916, age
21, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of John
and Eliza Glover, of 4, Station Rd., Littleport, Cambs. Was formerly
in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. |
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| GOODGE | John William |
Private 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, attd.
Military Foot Police, Military Police Corps., died 12/2/1917, buried:
Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Son
of Henry and Amelia Goodge, of Littleport, Cambs. Brother of below.
Was formerly in the Royal Fusiliers. See also Little
Downham. |
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| GOODGE | Robert |
Private 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 22/1/1916, age 21,
buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of Henry and Amelia Goodge, of Camel Rd., Littleport,
Cambs. Brother of the above. |
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| HANDLEY | Sidney Harold |
Private 13th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Reg.), died 23/10/1918,
age 26, commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Son of Alfred and Ruth Handley, of Lynn Rd., Littleport, Ely, Cambs.
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| HARLEY | Charles William |
Gunner 233rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 26/9/1917,
age 19. Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of Charles and Ruth Harley, of High St., Littleport,
Cambs. |
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| HARLEY | William |
Private 27742 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment who was killed in action
on Thursday, 3rd May 1917. Age 41. Son of William and Emily Harley.
Born Littleport, enlisted Newmarket, resident Stretham, Ely. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7 |
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| HARLOCK | Walter Warner |
Lance Corporal 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Reg. (Prince of Wales’s
Own), died 27/9/1917, age 30. Buried: Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of John Thomas and Sarah Harlock,
of Black Lake, Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| HART | Edward |
Private 1st/4th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, died
1/5/1918, age 34, buried: Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Kemmel,
Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Husband of Susannah Hart of
Littleport.] |
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| HARWOOD | George William |
Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery, died 18/3/1917, age 42, buried:
Littleport New Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Son of
John and Susan Harwood, of City Road. Littleport. |
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| HAWKINS | Herbert |
Private 8th Suffolk Regiment, died 17/2/1917, commemorated: Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Son of John William & Mary Elizabeth
Hawkins. |
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| HAZEL | John |
Private 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), died 27/8/1918,
age 34. Buried: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Nephew of Mrs. S. Bowen, of Wisbech Rd., Littleport, Cambs. |
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| HEYGATE | Reginald |
2nd Lt. 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, died 11/6/1918,
age 21, commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut,
Belgium. Son of James and Bessie Annette Heygate, of 30, St. Barnabas
Rd., Cambridge. |
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| HOWLETT | Fred James |
Private 1st/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 10/11/1916, age
20, buried: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime,
France. Son of James and Emma Howlett, of River Side, Littleport,
Cambs. |
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| HOWLETT | William |
Lance Corporal 1st/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, died 9/9/1918,
age 28, buried: Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Son of
James and Emma Howlett, of Littleport; husband of Annie Howlett,
of Granby St., Littleport, Cambs. |
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| HUDSON | William Henry Cross |
[W.C. In CWGC] Private 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment,
died 3/8/1917, age 22, buried: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery,
Vlamertinghe, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Thomas and
Alice Hudson, of Littleport, Cambs. |
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| JARMAN | George William |
Private 38525 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment who was killed in action
on Thursday, 22nd November 1917. Born Littleport, enlisted Newmarket,
resident, Littleport. Buried: Special memorial, Marcoing British
Cemetery, Nord, France. No 16. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London |
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| JOHNSON | Horace William |
Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 12/3/1916, age 19,
buried: Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Nord, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Johnson, of Hook St., Littleport, Ely, Cambs. Was in 'D' Coy
of the 11th Battalion the Suffolk Regt. |
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| JONES | Harry |
Private 2485, 8th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F., killed
at Pozieres 18/8/1916, age 24 years 8 months, commemorated: Villers-Bretonneux
Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Emma Jones, of The Laurels, Littleport,
and the late Charles Jones. Emigrated to Australia in April 1914
and enlisted in Australian Army 17/6/1915 at Springhurst, Victoria.
Harness maker by trade. Educated Littleport Public School. |
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| JORDAN | Charles Henry aka Harry | Born Charles Henry Jordan but often known and recorded as Harry Jordan. Corporal 40315, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, killed in action 21/4/1917, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Formerly 8654, Suffolk Regiment. Born and resident Littleport, Cambs, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Son of George H and Sarah Elizabeth Jordan, of Littleport. Baptised 20 October 1896 in Littleport, son of Sarah Elizabeth and george Henry Jordan. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Littleport, son of George H and Sarah E Jordan, resident Moors Road, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Littleport, a Farm Labourer, son of George Henry and Sarah Elizabeth Jordan, resident Mildenhall Road, Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| KEMP | Robert Walter |
Lance Corporal 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, died 20/5/1917,
age 23, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son
of Stephen and Ruth Kemp, of The Holmes, Littleport, Ely, Cambs.
Also on the memorial in St.
Matthews Church, Littleport. |
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| KEY | David |
Private 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, died 24/9/1916,
age 38, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of David
and Louisa Key, of Brandon Banks, Southery, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Brother of Jacob. |
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| KEY | Jacob |
Private 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 8/5/1915, age 30,
commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of David and Louisa Key; husband of Louisa Key, of
Brandon Bank, Southery, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Brother of David.
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| LAWRENCE | Joseph Ernest |
Private 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), died 18/11/1916,
buried: Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France. Son of Joseph
and Ellen Lawrence, of Westwoodside; husband of Catherine Annie
Lawrence, of Westwoodside, Doncaster. Born Littleport. |
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| LAWS | Eric Cecil |
Private 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, died 14/10/1918, buried:
Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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| LEE | Ernest Jas. William |
Private 30th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, died 20/4/1918, age 21,
buried: Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Was christened Ernest John LEE, 13th March 1900 son of
John Charles & Eliza Lee. |
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| LEVERINGTON | Harry |
Private 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, died 17/8/1917, buried:
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, Vlamertinghe, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. |
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| LEVETT | Joseph |
Private 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, died 28/6/1918, buried:
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany. Born Littleport. Believed to have
died as a P.O.W. Son of Ebenezer and Ann Levett. |
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| LEVETT | [John] William |
Private 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, died 10/8/1917, commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born
Littleport |
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| LOCK | Robert Leonard |
Private 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, died 7/10/1916, age
20, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of James
Leonard & Hannah Maria Lock, of Ely Rd., Littleport, Cambs.
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| LORD | Arthur Bertie |
Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s), died
31/10/1914, age 26, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
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| MALKIN | John Thomas |
Private 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, died 13/8/1916, age 34,
commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Mr &
Mrs. J. Malkin of Ten Mile Bank. Born in Whitechapel. |
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| NEAL | Nathaniel |
Corporal 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 28/4/1917, age 21,
commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Nathaniel
and Amelia Neal, of Hook St., Littleport, Ely, Cambs. Born Sedge
Fen, Suffolk. Also on memorial in St.
Matthews Church, Littleport. |
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| NEAL | William |
Private 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Reg.), died 26/10/1918,
buried: Premont British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Lived in Littleport.
Also on memorial in St. Matthews
Church, Littleport. |
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| NICHOLAS | Charles Henry |
Private Charles Henry Nicholas, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment,
died 3/7/1916, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Lived
Brandon Creek. |
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| NICHOLAS | Richard Rudland |
Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 1/7/1916, age 20,
commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Townsend, of Sandhill, Littleport, Cambs. |
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| NIGHTALL | Nehemiah |
[Also spelt KNIGHTALL in some places] Private 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire
Regiment, died 27/8/1915, buried: Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Clark and Sarah Knightall,
of The Holmes, Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| NIGHTALL | William |
Private 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 18/3/1916, age 21,
buried: Spoilbank Cemetery, Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Son of Thomas and Mary Nightall, of Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| PADGETT | Fred Charles |
Sergeant 2nd/4th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), died
29/7/1918. Age 26, son of John & Alice Padgett. Lived in Littleport.
Listed as Fred Charles PADDETT on CWGC (same details). Buried in
Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire, Grave III.C.9. |
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| PALMER | [James] William |
Private 24th. Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish),
died 1/7/1916, age 19, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Son of Mrs. E. Palmer, of Lynn Rd., Littleport, Cambs. |
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| PARKER | Henry George |
[G.H. In CWGC] Rifleman 4th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps,
died 4/5/1917, age 20, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.]
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| PECKETT | Archibald |
Private 11th Bt Suffolk Regiment, died 26/10/1918, age 27, buried:
Littleport New Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Son of
Benton James and Ann Peckett, of The Plough, 9, Lynn Rd., Littleport.
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| PETTIT | Charles |
Corporal 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, died 22/1/1918. Not in
CWGC records. Discharged soldier, buried in Littleport Cemetery.
Repatriated P.O.W., captured at Mons. |
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| PLEDGER | John Henry |  [Harry
In CWGC] Private 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, died
28/4/1915, commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Born Earith, Hunts.,
lived in Littleport. |
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| PLUMB | Harry |
Private 9th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), died
28/4/1916, age 20, buried: Littleport New Cemetery, Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom. Son of John and Harriet M. Plumb, of 63, Stewart
Rd., Stratford, Essex. Born at Littleport. Was in 'D' Coy of the
9th. Battalion. |
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| POND | James Burt |
Private, 21321, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
at Ypres 31 July 1917. Born Witchford, Cambridgeshire, enlisted
Newmarket. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. See also Witchford.
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| PORTER | Abraham |
Rifleman 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Reg. (Prince of Wales’s Own),
died 28/7/1918, buried: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas
de Calais, France. Lived in Littleport] |
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| PORTER | William | Either,
Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 28/4/1917, age 27,
buried: Bailleul Road East Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, Pas de
Calais, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Abraham Porter, of Ferry
Lane, Littleport, Cambs.
Or, Private 2nd Battalion, Suffolk
Reg. died 22/2/1915, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born Littleport. |
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| RICHARDSON | Arthur [James] |
Private TF/203385, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 6 December 1917. Born Witchford, enlisted
Newmarket, resident Littleport. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row J. Grave 2. See also Witchford.
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| RODWELL | George |
No information at present |
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| ROGERS | James Henry |
Corporal 41232 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment who died of wounds
on Sunday, 12th August 1917. Age 20. Son of Joseph William Rogers,
of Westlands Cottage, Littleport, Ely, and the late Sarah Ann Rogers.
Born and resident Littelport, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Formerly
9465, Suffolk Regiment. Buried: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave VI. B. 40. Also on memorial in St.
Matthews Church, Littleport. |
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| ROWELL | William |
Private 6th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Reg.), died
24/8/1916, buried: Meaulte Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Born
Littleport. CWGC website states he died 1916, but SDGW CD ROM states
1918. |
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| RUTTERFORD | Sidney |
Private 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 3/7/1916, age 27,
commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Isaac Rutterford,
of 14, Bannister Row, Wisbech, Cambs. |
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| SALLIS | James |
Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 6/7/1916, age 23,
buried: Le Treport Military Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France. |
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| SALLIS | Percy Little |
Corporal 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, died 17/8/1918, age
33, buried: Sarralbe Military Cemetery, Moselle, France. Son of
John R. Sallis, of Peters Cottage, Ely Rd., Littleport; husband
of Emma Elizabeth Sallis, nee Wythers, of "Wesvu," Ely Rd., Littleport,
Cambs. |
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| SALLIS | Sidney Herbert |
Private 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, died 16/8/1917, commemorated:
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born Littleport.
Formerly in the Royal Field Artillery. |
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| SALLIS, M.M. | Walter Sidney |
Sergeant 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 29/7/1917,
age 29, buried: Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of John Riches Sallis and Sarah Sallis, of Peter's
Cottage, Ely Rd., Littleport, Isle of Ely. Awarded MM 14-15/10/1916
at Schwaben Redoubt. |
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| SCOTTING | John William |
Private , Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario
Reg.), died 8/5/1915, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Enlisted at Montreal 5/11/1914,
went missing on 8/5/1915 and officially recorded as ‘died in the
field’ on 27/4/1916. |
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| SECKER | Reginald |
Corporal 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, died 29/4/1917, age
32, commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Born Littleport.
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| SIMPSON | James |
Private 33149 11th Bn., Essex Regiment who was killed in action
on Thursday, 21st March 1918. Age 25. Son of James Simpson, of 10,
Mile Bank, Littleport, Ely, Cambs. Born Littleport, enlisted Norwich,
resident Wells, Norfolk. Formerly 23635 Norfolk Regiment. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
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| SPARROW | Walter Samuel |
Private 41424 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment who was killed in action
on Saturday, 28th April 1917. Age 20. Born and resident Littleport,
enlisted Cambridge. Son of Simon and Alice Sparrow, of Victoria
St., Littleport, Ely, Cambs. Brother of the below. Commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
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| SPARROW | William |
Private 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, died 23/4/1917, age 24,
commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Simon
and Alice Sparrow, of Victoria St., Littleport, Ely, Cambs. Brother
of the above. |
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| STARLING | Harry |
Private 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 9/4/15, commemorated:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son
of Mr & Mrs John Starling of Coronation Terrace, Littleport.
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| STRAFFORD | George Henry L. |
Private 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 14/10/1916,
buried: Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France. Son of George
Henry & Alice (nee Cox) of 26 Silt Road, Littleport. |
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| TAYLOR | Cecil Gillett |
Private 9th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died
23/8/1918, age 21, commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de
Calais, France. Son of Edwin and Emily Sarah Taylor, of "Woodlyn,"
Wellington St., Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| TAYLOR | John |
Gunner "O" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, died 6/9/1915, age 19,
buried: Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Son of Thomas
Rhodes & Harriet (nee Cox) Taylor, of 10, Mile Bank, Littleport,
Ely, Cambs. |
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| TAYLOR | John William |
Lance Corporal 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Reg. died 15/8/1917,
buried: Dozinghem Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium. Son of John & Ellen
Taylor, of Whitehouse Drove, Mildenhall Road, Littleport, Cambs.
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| THEOBALD | William George Morley |
Private 792, 14th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F., killed
in action 27/4/1915, age 21, buried: Special Memorial, Quinn’s Post
Cemetery, ANZAC, Turkey. Emigrated to Australia April 1914. Son
of George and Hannah Jackson Theobald, of Station Rd., Littleport,
Cambridgeshire, England. Of Little Downham, Cambridgeshire. Enlisted
on 1st October 1914 at Londrigan, Victoria.  From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour
the following:Volume
1, Part 1 , Page 348 - Private , Number 792, number 2 Company, 14th
Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force.
Eldest son of John Thoebald, of Littleport co. Cambs, Superintendent
of Fen Drainage, by his wife Hannah Jackson , dau of James Hardwick,
of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.Born
Little Downham, Isle of Ely, 12-11-1894, educated March (Cambs)
Grammar school.Joined the Cambridgeshire territorials in 1913, went
to Australia 18-4-1914, and when war broke out volunteered and joined
The Commonwealth Expeditionary Force at the end of Oct 1914. Left
Melbourne for Egypt with the 2nd reinforcements 23-12-1914, took
part in the landing at Cape Helles, Gallipoli 25-4-1915 and was
killed in action at 10am the same morningwhile out sniping with
four others. He was unmarried.A
comrade wrote " He was not long out before he was shot, but
he did some good work before he was hit." Another comrade wrote
" Every one of us was grieved when poor Tommy was killed, for
all were agreed that Tommy was a gentleman."See
also March Grammar School |
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| THOMPSON | Horace [Franklin] |
Private 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 28/8/1916,
buried: Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France.
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| THORNHILL | Albert E. |
Private 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, died 9/4/1918, age 27,
buried: Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Son of Johnson Thornhill and Martha Thornhill, of Littleport; husband
of Lily Gray (formerly Thornhill), of Fodder Fen, Manea, March,
Cambs. |
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| THOROGOOD | Leonard James |
Private 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, died 27/8/1918, buried:
H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, Pas de Calais, France. |
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| TOWNSEND | Stanley Joseph [Elliot] |
Private 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 4/5/1917, buried:
Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of
Mrs. J. Townsend of Ely Rd., Littleport, Cambs. |
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| VIALLS | Frederick |
Corporal 8th Div M. T. Coy, Army Service Corps, died 29/5/1918,
age 27, buried: City of Paris Cemetery, Pantin, Seine-St-Denis,
France. Son of Mr Arthur Jordan and Mrs Emily Vialls, Parson Drove.
Born Ely. See also Parson Drove.
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| WARD | George [W] |
Private 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, died 16/11/1916,
buried: Munich Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France.
Born Littleport. Son of Mr. G. Ward, of 32, South St., Bacup, Lancs.
Brother of Harold and Herbert below |
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| WARD | Harold |
Private 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 13/9/1916, age 18,
buried: La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, Somme, France. Son
of late Mr William and Mrs Sarah Ann Ward of City Rd., Littleport.
Brother of the below. |
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| WARD | Herbert |
Private 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, died 8/10/1918,
buried: Montbrehain British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Son of Mrs.
Sarah Ann Ward, of 2, Gladstone Villas, Littleport, Cambs. Brother
of the above. |
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| WELDON | Sidney |
Private 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, died 11/4/1917, commemorated:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr John & Mary Ann
Weldon, Sedge Fen, Southery, formerly of Littleport. |
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| WELLS | Frederick |
Private 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 29/9/1916, buried:
Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France. Born Biggleswade,
enlisted Littleport.] |
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| WELLS | William |
Possibly: Gunner Royal
Garrison Artillery, died 20/6/1917. Not in CWGC records. |
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| WHITEMAN | George Mendham |
Corporal 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 31/7/1917,
age 23, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of Mrs. H. Whiteman, of Wisbech Rd., Littleport, Cambs.
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| WILDING | Samuel |
Private 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 31/3/1916, age 17,
buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of
Elijah and Rebecca Wilding, of Redmere Farm, Brandon Bank, Norfolk.
Native of Brandon Bank. See also Prickwillow
War Memorial |
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| WILLETT | William |
Corporal 7th Battalion, Suffolk died 3/7/1916, age 19, buried: Ovillers
Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Son of George Thomas and Jane
Willett of Littleport. |
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| WOODBINE | Harry |
Gunner 190th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 10/6/1918,
buried: Hagle Dump Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son
of John & Elizabeth Woodbine, Westmoor, Littleport. Also on
memorial in St. Matthews Church,
Littleport. |
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| WOODS | Frederick |
Lance Corporal 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 1/7/1916,
age 18, commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of G.
F. C. and Mary Ann Woods, of Hawkes Drove, Littleport, Ely, Cambs.
Also on memorial in St. Matthews
Church, Littleport. |
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| YOUNGS | William |
Private 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 8/5/1915, age 22,
commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Son of Harry & Isabella Youngs, of Black Lake, Littleport,
Cambs. |
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Additional
names added: |
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| BENTON | Alger |
Private 41015 2nd Bn., Essex Regiment who was killed in action on
Thursday, 3rd May 1917. Born and resident Littleport, enlisted Bury
St Edmund's. Formerly 34398, Suffolk Regiment. Buried: Sunken Road
Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. C. 20. |
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| CHAPMAN | James B |
Private 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxford. and Bucks Light Infantry, died
21/3/1918, age 23, commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Son of James and Florrie Chapman, of Pool's Farm, Littleport, Cambs.
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Name
not on war memorial: |
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| MARTIN | Horace James |
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"Their name liveth for evermore" |
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| ASH | Stanley George |  Steward,
HMS La Malouine, Royal Navy, died 5/5/1941, age 22, buried: Belfast
City Cemetery, County Antrim, United Kingdom. Son of Florence Hatch,
of Trumpington, Cambridge. Photograph
Copyright © Michael McRitchie 2005 |
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| BAKER | Hugh |
Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps., died 10/9/1943, age 33, commemorated
on: Singapore Memorial, in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Son of
Charles and Mary Baker, Littleport, Ely Cambs. Husband of Dorothy
May Baker and father of Rosalind, South Wootton, King's Lynn. |
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| BROWN | Norman Frank |
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| CHAMBERS | Douglas Charles |
Private 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment.,
prisoner of war died 2/9/1943, age 26, buried: Thanbyuzayat, Burma.
Son of Arthur & Florence Kate Chambers, Littleport, Ely, Cambs.
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| CLIFTON | Walter Percy |
Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps attd. General Transport Coy. West
African Service Corps., died 4/7/1943, age 28, buried: Freetown
(King Tom) War Cemetery, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Son of Percy
& Maud Clifton, Littleport. Ely, Cambs. Husband of Betty Clifton
and father of Percy & Brian (Hilgay Norfolk). |
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| COLE | Alan |
Guardsman 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, died 4/1/1945, age 18, buried:
Littleport New Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Son of
Joseph and Laura Blanche Cole, of Littleport. |
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| COLE | Ronald |
Private 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, killed in action
20 days prior to the fall of Singapore 26/1/1942, age 23, buried:
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Son of Francis James Cole and Beatrice
Alice Cole, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| CROSS | James Edward [Thomas Bert] |
Private 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment., died 20/5/1941, age 22,
buried: Karachi War Cemetery, India. Son of Edward & Edith Cross,
Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| FISHER | James [William] Edward |
Private 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, died 22/12/1944,
age 27, buried: Santerno Valley War Cemetery, Italy. Husband of
Doris Ada Violet Fisher, of Ely, Cambridgeshire. |
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| FYSON | Ernest |
Private 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, prisoner of war died 27/8/1943,
age 30, commemorated: Singapore Memorial. Son of Roseanna Fyson
(who died 1920) and lived with Aunt and Uncle Jack and Ellen Cadnum,
Littleport, Ely Cambs. |
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| GAYFER | John Abba |
Able Seaman HMS Holcombe, Royal Navy, died 12/12/1943, age 20, commemorated:
Portsmouth Memorial. Son of Frederick John & Eliza Florence
Gayfer, Littleport, Cambs.] |
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| ELSAGOOD | Joseph |
[Elsegood in CWGC] Private 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died
20/6/1940, age 24, buried: Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan. Son of
Joseph and Mary Ann Elsegood, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| HATCH | Albert William |
Cabin Boy, SS Pacific, Merchant Navy, died 1/3/1941, age 18, commemorated:
Tower Hill Memorial, London. Son of William Arthur and Charlotte
Jemima Hatch, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire; nephew of Mrs. M. A.
Partridge, of Littleport. |
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| HOCKLEY | Fred |  Sub-Lieutenant.(A).,
H.M.S. Indefatigable, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve., died 15/8/1945,
age 22, commemorated in: Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan. Son of George
& Hannah Rebecca Hockley, Littleport, Cambs. Photograph
Copyright © Les Wills 2004 |
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| JEFFERSON | Vernon Francis |
Private General Service Corps, died 8/5/1943, age 19, buried: Littleport
New Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Son of Frank and Bertha
Jefferson, of Littleport. |
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| JONES | Peter Charles |
Private 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, prisoner of war died
18/7/1943, age 23, buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
Son of Blanche Lilian Jones, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| KEY | Victor Sydney |
Sergeant 235 Sqd., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23/3/1941,
age 20, commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Son of Charles
and Fanny Key; husband of Renee Mary Key, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire.
235 Sqd. flew Blenheims from Bircham Newton, with detachments at
Thorney Island and Aldergrove. |
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| LUCAS | William Arthur |
Private 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 10 days
prior to the fall of Singapore 5/2/1942, age 31, buried: Kranji
War Cemetery, Singapore. Son of Arthur William and Agnes F. Lucas,
of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| MACKENDER | Stanley |
Private 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, killed in action
23 days prior to the fall of Singapore 23/1/1942, age 21, commemorated
on Singapore Memorial, in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Son of
Horace & Hilda Mackender, Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| MARTIN | Ernest Henry |
Private 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment.,
died 14/2/1942, age 23, commemorated on Singapore Memorial, in Kranji
War Cemetery, Singapore. Son of Joseph Henry & Mary Elizabeth
Martin, Littleport, Cambs. Husband of Anne Christina Martin. Father
of Michael and Percy. |
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| METSON | John Walter | Photograph Copyright © L S Robinson (Mrs) -Archivist/Assistant Librarian -Culford School - 2012
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| PORTER | Thomas Arthur |
Private 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment., prisoner of war died 27/7/1943,
age 25, buried: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma. Lived with his
Auntie, Miss Mary Porter, Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| ROGERS | Joseph William |
Marine, HMS Exeter, Royal Marines, died 24/3/1945, age 24, buried:
Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia. Son of Joseph and Daisy Victoria
Rogers, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| ROSE, DFC | Edward Brian Mortimer |
[Mortimer-Rose, DFC & Bar in CWGC] Fl. Lt. 111 Sqd., Royal Air
Force, died 28/1/1943, age 22, buried: Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery,
Tunisia. Son of Edward and Eelinn Mortimer-Rose, of Troon, Ayrshire.
111 Sqd. flew Spitfires from Souk el Khemis, ('Waterloo'). |
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| SANHAM | Neville |
Private 17 Army Ordnance Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died
31/1/1945, age 18, buried: Brussels Town Cemetery, Evere, Vlaams-Brabant,
Belgium. Adopted son of William and Doris Strafford, of Littleport,
Cambridgeshire. |
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| SEE | Jim |
Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23/2/1944,
age 23, buried: Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan. Son of George Abraham
and Eva Mary See, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| SELLS | James Simion |
W.O. Class II, 2nd Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk
Regiment, prisoner of war, died of malaria at Tamakan, 3/2/1945,
buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Son of George and Daisy
Sells; husband of Alice Lilian Sells, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire.
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| SHELTON | Cecil [Nathan] |
Stoker 1st Class, H.M. Submarine Unity, Royal Navy, died 29/4/1940,
age 21, commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK.
Son of Nathan & Minnie Shelton, Littleport, Ely, Cambs. |
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| SHIPP | Lawrence Walter |
Colour Sergeant , 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, died
3/9/1943, age 31, buried: Salerno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of John
and Jennie Shipp, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| SMITH | Cyril Frederick [Dennis] |
Able Seaman HMS President II, (Lost in SS Clan MacTavish), Royal
Navy, died 8/10/1942, age 25, commemorated; Portsmouth Memorial.
Son of Frederick Dennis Smith and Ada Smith, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire;
husband of Doris Irene Smith, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| SMITH | John [James] |
Private 2nd Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment,
prisoner of war died of malaria at Takanun, 29/6/1943, age 27, buried:
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Son of John James Smith and
Jane Elizabeth Smith, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| WHITEHAND | Stephen |
Private 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, died 19/5/1944, age 24,
buried: Imphal War Cemetery, India. Son of Stephen and Ruth Whitehand,
of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| WILSON | Edward |
Private 1st/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment, died 13/7/1944, age 19,
buried: Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Walter and Elizabeth
Wilson, of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. |
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| BETBEDER | Gaston Louis |
Pilot Officer 79300, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 19/9/1940.
Aged 54. Husband of Hilda Ruby Betbeder (nee Webber) of Widcot,
Culmhead, nr Taunton, Som. Born Brixton. Buried in Littleport New
Cemetery. Section E. Grave 594. |
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| NIGHTALL, GC | James William |
Son of Walter & Alice Susan Nightall, nee Barber. A Fireman
with the London & North Eastern Railway, who lost his life on
2/6/1944, age 22, while detaching a blazing wagon from an ammunition
train at Soham. His Driver Ben Gimbert of March, who was badly injured
in the incident, was also awarded the George Cross. A
full account of the incident can be found at http://www.demon.co.uk/ecoln/bfsmat.html
and also the George
Cross Database. |
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2nd
Lieutenant, Suffolk Regiment, attd. 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment, died 1/8/1943, age 19, buried: Catania War Cemetery,
Sicily, Italy. Son of Walter and Ethel Maude Metson, of Littleport,
Cambridgeshire.