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"Erected to the memory of the men of Reach who died in the Great War 1914 - 1919"
1914-1919
| CAMPS | Charles |
Private 33341, 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own
(Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 18 January 1917. Aged 22.
Born Swaffham fen, Cambs, enlisted Nerwmarket, resident Burwell.
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. Camps, of Reach, Cambs; husband
of Eliza Ethel Camps, of Crown Hall Farm, Burwell, Cambs. Formerly
4449, Suffolk Regiment. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, unmarried,
Boy on farm, born Swaffham Prior, resident Little Lane, Reach, with
his widowed father Sam. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D. See also Burwell.
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| CREEK | Charles Richard |
Corporal 201401, 1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of
wounds 2 May 1917. Born Sheffield, enlisted Bourne, Lincolnshire,
resident Dyke, Lincolnshire. Qualified to go to France 27 October
1915. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, single, Farm Labourer,
born Sheffield, resident The Laburnmuns, Swaffham Fen, with his
parents Richard and Elizabeth Creek. Formerly 4162, Lincolnshire
Regiment. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot I. Row O. Grave 15. |
| COOK | [Warren] Ivan |
[Listed as Ivan Warren on 1911 census] Private 17266, 11th Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Born Burwell, enlisted
Cambridge. Son of Adah Cook, of High St., Reach, Cambridge, and
the late Robert Henry Cook. In the 1911 census he is listed as aged
20, unmarried, Farm Labourer, born Burwell, resident Church Farm,
Reach with his parents Robert Henry and Adah Cook. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 2 A. See also Burwell. |
| HATLEY | Frederick James |
Private 3677, 35th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of
wounds 17 October 1916. Aged 21. Born and resident Reach, enlisted
Newmarket. Son of John William Hatley, of Bull Cottage, Reach, Cambs.
Formerly 20737, Suffolk Regiment. In the 1911 census he was a son,
aged 16, Farmer's Son Working on Farm, born Swaffham Prior, resident
Chewtree Inn, Swaffham Fen, with his parents John William and Mary
Ann Hatley. Buried in DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme,
France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 6. See also Swaffham
Prior. |
| LONG | Fred |
Private 17905, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action
7 August 1918. Aged 23. Born Soham, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son
of Mrs. Emily Ann Long, of Blue House Farm, Prior Fen, Ely, Cambs.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, Farm Labourer, born Waterbeach,
resident Mill House, Lode Fen, with his widowed mother Emily Ann
Long. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 44 and 45. See also Swaffham
Prior. |
| MILLARD | Percy [Harold] |
Private 15211, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds
11 July 1916. Aged 20. Born Bottisham, enlisted Cambridge.
Son of Saunders and Charlotte Millard, of Reach, Cambridge. In the
1911 census he is listed as Percy Harold Millard, aged 15, Farm
Labourer, born Bottisham, resident The Green, Reach, son of Saunders
and Charlotte Millard. Buried in ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot V. Row E. Grave 12. See also Burwell.
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| MILLER | Arthur James |  Lance
Corporal 9405, 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 10 March 1915. Born Swaffham Prior,
enlisted Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 9 and 10. See also Burwell.
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| WHITMORE | Alfred |
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R.I.P.
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Private
15210, "C" Company, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 24. Born Reach, enlisted Cambridge.
Son of Mrs. B. Whitmore, of Alms Houses, Swaffham Prior, Cambs.
In the 1911 census he was a son, aged 19, Farm Labourer, born Reach,
resident Main Street, Reach, with his widowed mother Betsey Whitmore.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also