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MADINGLEY ST MARY MAGDELENE - War Memorial

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Phil Curme

The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene in Madingley contains the following memorials and military inscriptions.

Photograph Copyright © Martin Edwards 2000

The Great War

"In proud and grateful memory
of the men of this village who
gave their lives for their
country in the Great War."

1915

Charles SAXBY

Private 9993 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died of wounds on Saturday, 8th May 1915. Age 25. Son of William and Caroline Saxby, of Madingly, Cambs. Born Fressingfield, Suffolk, enlisted Haverhill, Suffolk, resident Madingley. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VIII. C. 8.

Joseph POULTER

Private 7518 "B" Coy. 1st Bn., Suffolk Regiment killed in action on Tuesday, 25th May 1915. Age 25. Born Conington, enlisted Elsworth. Son of Benjamin and Sophia Poulter, of The Poplars, Hardwick, Cambridge. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. See also Elsworth

Fred[erick] KING

Rifleman Y/1374 9th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps who died of wounds on Saturday, 25th September 1915. Born Cambridge, enlisted Edinburgh, resident Madingley. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 51 and 53

1916

William SAXBY

Private 15792 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment killed in action on Wednesday, 24th May 1916. Born Setchfield, Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Grave I. M. 10.

Frederick Albert SAXBY

Private 15586 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment killed in action on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Born Hedingham, Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A

Isaac Alfred JOHNSON

Private 14794 8th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds on Monday, 24th July 1916. Born Madingley, enlisted Cambridge. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave VI. A. 10.

1917

George BARLOW

Private 20736 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 6th June 1917. Age 24. Born Girton, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Thomas and Emma Barlow, of Madingley, nr. Cambridge. Buried in CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot G. Row 4. Grave 3.

Frederick John BRAND

Rifleman S/26950 12th Bn., Rifle Brigade killed in action on Friday, 17th August 1917. Born Knapwell, enlisted Bexley Heath, Kent, resident Hardwick. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 145 to 147

Lasford KING

Private 12249 7th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment who died on Saturday, 20th October 1917 in Mesopotamia. Born Cambridge, enlisted Cheltenham. Buried in Bolarum Cavalry Barracks Cemetery. Commemorated on MADRAS 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, CHENNAI, India. Face 14.

William W BANNISTER

Private 17144 ro 17141, 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died at home on Tuesday, 4th December 1917. Born Barnardiston, Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge. Buried in HILDERSHAM (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire. At West end of Church.

1918

William BARLOW

Lance Corporal 24220 11th Bn, The Suffolk Regiment killed in action on 28th April 1917. Son of Charles and Emma Barlow, of Madingley, Cambs. Born Girton, enlisted Cambridge. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial. One of 6 Barlow brothers all of whom who served. Frank, Bill, Charles, Harry, Tom & Fred.

Thomas [Tom] BARLOW

Private 13965 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment killed in action on Thursday, 4th April 1918. Born Girton, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Charles and Emma Barlow, of Madingley, Cambs. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 25.

Francis [Frank] Barnett BARLOW

Private 76947 1st/7th Bn., Durham Light Infantry who died of wounds on Monday, 22nd April 1918. Age 20. Born and resident Madingley, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Charles and Emma Barlow, of Madingley, Cambs. Formerly 176339, Royal Engineers. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave XI. E. 3A.

Edgar BARRETT

Royal Welsh Fusiliers possibly Edgar I BARRETT,DCM, Corporal 10390 2nd Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died of wounds on Sunday, 15th September 1918. Born St Andrew's, Colyton, Devon, enlisted Shrewsbury, resident High Barnet. Buried in VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Grave IV. A. 21.

James ROWNEY

Lance Corporal 12510 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Friday, 8th November 1918. Age 34. Born Madingley, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Thomas and Eliza Rowney, of The Lodge, Madingley, Cambridge. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, Germany. Grave V. D. II.

1919

Frederick BARLOW

11th Suffolk Regiment. Son of Charles and Emma Barlow, of Madingley, Cambs. No further details currently - nothing on SDGW or CWGC.

"Faithful unto death".

World War 2

"And in the War 1939 - 1945."

Charles Henry CARLTON

Private 5775725 6th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment who died on Tuesday, 13th July 1943. Age 26. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Collective grave 10. F. 2-10. L. 4.

27 October 2001 

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