LODE
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 and 2 Roll of Honour - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Phil Curme
The
memorial is to be found in the grounds of St James church, Lode. It
takes the form of a small Celtic style wheel cross on a tapering plinth
with a two-stepped base the whole been backed by a low curving wall.
There are fourteen names for World War 1 and five for World War 2. There
is also a glazed, framed, Roll of Honour for World War 1 and 2 within
the church. Details appeared in the Cambridgeshire Chronicle 14th March
1923 (page 9).
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Photographs
Copyright © Phil Curme - 2000 |
From
an old postcard |
Inscription
on the cross
THIS
MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW
PARISHIONERS TO THE REVERED MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THE PARISH OF LODE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
Inscription
of the wall
TO
THE REVERED MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THE PARISH OF LODE WHO
FELL IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945
1914-18
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AVES |
Harry Nelson |
L/Cpl 41438, 13th Royal Inniskilling Rifles, killed in action 16-8-17,
age 30. Born Bottisham, enlisted Cambridge. Son of John & Henrietta
Aves, of Millside, Lode; husband of the late MaryAnn Elizabeth Aves,
(nee Nolan). Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium. Formerly 24395,
Suffolk Regiment. |
AYRES |
Charles Edward |
Pte, 3/9636, 2nd Suffolk Rgt, killed in action 13-11-16. Born Bottisham,
enlisted Woolwich. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
AYRES |
John Alfred |
Pte 10678, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, 5th Division. Killed
in action at Arras 8th May 1917. Born Bottisham, enlisted Bury St
Edmunds. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
MR.21 |
CORNWELL |
Owen Harvey |
Private
241671 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment who was killed in action
on Monday, 9th April 1917. Age 20. Born Bottisham Lode, enlisted
Bury St Edmunds, resident Bottisham. Son of John and Mary Ann Cornwell,
of Qay Rd., Lode, Cambridge. Buried in ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY,
ACHICOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 3. [Also
spelt CORNWELL on SDGW]
See also Bottisham Memorial
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FISON |
William James |
Pte 40318, Northamptonshire Rgt, died of wounds 28-8-18. Born Lode,
enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 47754, Suffolk Regiment. Ennemeau Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. |
HINER |
Herbert Victor Charles |
Pte, 9757, 2nd Suffolk Rgt, 28-3-18, age 19. Son of Herbert &
Lucy Gertrude Knighton Hiner, of Station Rd, Lode. Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. |
HOWARD |
Thomas |
No further information currently. |
LAWRENCE |
Herbert |
Pte, TF5918 1st/8th (T.F.) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, 56th London
Division, killed in action on the Somme 8th October 1916, age 22.
Born Lode, enlisted Cambridge, resident Longmeadow, Lode. Son of
William and Emily Lawrence, of Longmeadow, Lode, Cambs. Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Mr. 21 |
LEE |
Claude C J |
Essex Regiment - No further information currently. |
MARSHMAN |
Samuel William |
Pte,
614304, 1st Btn Canterbury Rgt, NZEF, 17-6-17. Son of Samuel George
& Alioce Marshman, of Cambridgeshire; husband of Clara L Marshman,
Jackson Terrace, Lyttleton, New Zealand. Prowse Point Military Cemetery,
Comines-Warneton, Belgium. |
MORGAN |
Walter James |
Dvr, 9387, 368th Battery, Royal field Artillery. Wounded on Gallipoli
and evacuated to military hospital in Alexandria, where he died
on the 10th July 1915, age 21. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident
Lode. Son of Mrs. Boadicea Morgan, of Longmeadow, Lode, Cambridge.
Buried in Alexandriam (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery,
Egypt. |
PETTIT |
Harry |
probably Pte, 17060, 2nd Bt.,
Northumberland Fusiliers, died 1/10/1915 age 27. Son of the late
Frederick and Caroline Pettit. Commemorated on Loos Memorial. |
SAUNDERS |
Percy Reuben |
Pte, 203957, 1st The Buffs (East Kent Rgt), killed in action 27-6-18.
Born and resident Lode, enlisted Enfield, Middlesex. Son of William
& Lois Saunders, of Lode; husband of Rose, 48 Sydenham Park,
London. Formerly 203059, 5th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Nine
Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium. |
WHITEHEAD |
Milo |
Pte, 6096, 2nd Batt The Australian Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Australian
Division. Killed in action during the attack on Hermies on 9th April
1917, aged 25. Son of Harry and H. Whitehead, of Lode Fen, Cambridge.
Hermies British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
1939-45 |
AYRES |
Leonard Reuben |
Flight Sgt, 1623324, Wireless operator/Air gunner, 166 Squadron
RAFVR, 24-12-44, age 27. Son of Reuben Charles & Mabel Eliza
Ayres, of Lode. Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. |
HATLEY |
Harry Morris |
Sergeant, 1616368, Navigator, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Desert Air Force. Died in military hospital at Cairo 21st September
1944. Buried in Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt. |
HOWARD |
Norman Leslie |
Pte, 14523429, 5th Wiltshire Rgt, 22-7-44, age 21. Son of Susan
Howard, of Lode. Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados,
France. |
PERRY |
Sidney James |
Pte 5955828, 1st Hertfordshire Rgt, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire
Rgt, 5-2-43, age 23. Son of James & Hilda Maud Perry, of Lode.
Imphal War Cemetery, India. |
SHIPP |
David Herbert |
Sgt, 1808711, Glider Pilot Rgt, AAC, 25-9-44, age 23. Son of Fred
& Rhoda Shipp, of Lode. Mook War Cemetery, Netherlands. |
Also
listed for this parish in the Ely Cathedral Second World War Book
of Remembrance: |
FROST |
Douglas Jeremiah John |
W.O. W. Op (Air), 40 Sqdn., R.A.F.V.R., d 19/9/1946, age 21, buried:
TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Son of George Robert and Annie Frost,
of Nordelph, Norfolk. |
Last updated
24 February, 2022
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