1914 - 1918

To the glory of God
and to the memory
of those who fell in
the Great War.

Frederick Bowman ANGOOD

Pte. 19th Bt. Middlesex Reg., d 23/7/1918, age 35, buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Husband of L. A. Angood, of High St., Thrapston, Northants. Son of Frederick and Jane Angood of Mepal.

Herbert ATKIN

Pte. 1^st Bt. Suffolk Reg. d 15/2/1915. Buried: NKG. Commemorated on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium MR.29 See also Witcham

Leonard Douglas CONSTABLE

Walter CONSTABLE

Pte. Brother of Leonard above.

William HALL

Pte. 1st Bt. Northamptonshire Reg., d 10/12/1916, age 24. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Son of Mr & Mrs Harry Hall of Mepal.

L/cpl Walter William Hensby, 12^th Bt. Suffolk Reg. d 25/3/1918. Buried: NKG. Commemorated on The Arras memorial MR.20. See also Sutton

Charles Alexander LEE, RD

Capt., Commander, Royal Indian Marine, formerly Royal Naval Reserve. Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan). D 6/2/1918 age 63. Buried: Taranto Town Cemetery Extension, Italy. Son of the late Rev. William and Mary Lee; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Lee, of The Cottage, Mepal, Ely, Cambs.

Amos Charles PEARSON

R.N.A.S., Private 1^st Class, 47^th Wing, R.A.F. d 2/11/1918 age 30. Buried: Mepal churchyard. Son of Jonas James Pearson; husband of Florence Cronk (formerly Pearson), of 95, Downton Avenue, Streatham Hill, London. Service No. 237984. Died of pneumonia.

Ephraim George PALMER

Pte. 6^th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 12th Division. Died 21/9/1918. Born in Sutton and enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds. Buried in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France.

William Seth ROWELL

Able Seaman, R/1803, Hood Btn, Royal Naval Divison. Born 24-6-1898. Son of William Rowell, of The Green, Mepal. Mobilized 15-6-17 to 3rd Reserve Btn, at Blandford. Joined Hood Btn, RND, 29-10-17 at Passchendaele. Posted Missing 24-3-18 (retreat from Cambrai to Hamel), later reported PoW. Died while POW Lazarette War Hospital, Lehrerseminar A.27 D.F.35. No cause of death stated, but very likely pneumonia / influenza. Buried: Mons Communal Cemetery, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. See also Witcham

Alfred William SYKES

Lance Corporal 7^th Battalion, Norfolk Reg. 12th.Division. Died 30/11/1917. Born in Mepal and enlisted in Ely. Buried NKG. Commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial MR.17.

John M. WOLLASTON

Pte. [Listed as Oscar Mott WOLLASTO] Private 13854, 9th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. 6th Division. Killed in action near Ypres 19th December 1915. Born in Tottenham and enlisted in Ely. Next of kin not known. Buried in White House Cemetery, St.Jean les Ypres, Belgium. Grave B.101

Nellie WATERS

d 16/2/1919, age 22, of pneumonia at Bury St Edmunds hospital, buried: Mepal. Daughter of Mr Charles Waters, Ferry House, Mepal. She worked for the Navy and Army Canteen Board at Thetford Military Camp, the forerunner of the NAAFI.

Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends

1939 - 1945

Donald Arthur LADSON

Private, 2^nd Bt. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, d 30/6/1945 age 19. Buried: Ranchi War Cemetery, India. Son of Alfred Ferdinand and Emily May Ladson, of Mepal, Cambridgeshire.

Amos William BAKER

Aircraftman 2^nd Class, R.A.F.V.R., d 19/1/1942 age 19. Buried: Mepal churchyard. Son of Charles and Maude Baker, of Mepal.

John Thomas HENSBY

Private, Royal Norfolk Reg., d 16/10/1944 age 19. Buried Overloon War Cemetery, Netherlands. Son of Thomas H. and Laura Hensby, of Mepal, Cambridgeshire.

William Percy NORMAN

Fusilier, 2^nd Bt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Reg.), d 2/8/1944 age 23. Buried: Florence War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Charles Percy and Rosina S. E. Norman, of Mepal, Cambridgeshire.

Leslie Walter PEPPER

Rifleman, 1^st Bt. Rifle Brigade, d 14/11/1942 age 23. Buried: NKG. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ladson Pepper, of Witchford, Cambridgeshire.

Frank WHITEHEAD

No information. Appears in World War 2 section on village memorial, but is listed as World War 1 inside church. No further information.