Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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Ministry of Defence |
Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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The
memorial tablet is in the front porch of Beechurst, which became the
Soham Grammar School in 1925. The memorial would have been moved from
the former premises in the centre of Soham.
It is grey marble on a black marble background. The Grammar School crest
is carved at the top.
The Old Boys' who died in the Second World War are
commemorated in a Book of Remembrance.
The
sad footnote is that Beechurst was built by Charles and Annie Morbey
in 1900. It is their son, Charles Frederick William Morbey, whose name
is recorded on the memorial in what was his former home.
For more details about Soham Grammar School see the Soham Grammarians website.
"To
the Glorious Memory
of the Old Soham Grammarians
who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1919"
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Harry Montague BOON |
Private 92303 3rd Bn., Royal Fusiliers posted to 3rd Bn., London Regt (Royal Fusiliers) who died of wounds on Friday, 6th September 1918. Age 18. Born and resident Fordham, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Harry and Emma Boon, of Croft House, Fordham, Cambs. Formerly TR/13/61122, 53rd Grad. Bn., Kings Royal Rifles. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave R. III. K. 3. See also Fordham Memorial. |
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Fred[rick Alfred] BROWN |
Private 11000, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds 14th March 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Soham, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, resident Newmarket, Cambs. Husband of Mrs. R. D. Brown, of 23, Park St., Walsoken, Wisbech, Cambs. Buried in GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave VII E 1. See also Soham Memorial. |
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James Robert CULLIN |
Corporal 22/1118, 22nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action Monday 23rd October 1916 in France and Flanders. Age 25. Born Fulham, London, enlisted Seahm Harbour, resident Newcastle-on-Tyne. Son of Isaac James and Frances Mary Cullin, of 72, Cherryhinton Rd., Cambridge. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 14A and 15C, |
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Reginald Walton CUTCH[E]Y |
Corporal 43366, 19th Amb. Train, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died Sunday 16th June 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 26. Entered school 1905. Born Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, enlisted London. Son of A. E. and Florence Cutchey, of 67, St. Agnes Place, Kennington, London, formerly 2, Courtenay St., Kennington. Buried in WAVANS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave B. 1. |
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Jack DENNIS |
Lance Corporal 12232, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 30th october 1915 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born Exning, Suffolk, enlisted Newmarket. Son of Fiarry and Kate Clara Dennis, of Oxford St., Exning, Newmarket. Father was a butcher in Exning. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38 |
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Percy A DENNIS |
Private, 18695, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry who died on Thursday, 24th May 1917. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dennis, of Devon Cottage, Market St., Fordham, Cambs. Buried in MINDEL TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France. C 25. See also Soham Memorial. |
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Robert Alfred EASTER |
Private, 9533, Depot, Suffolk Regiment who died on Monday, 2nd July 1917. Age 19. Son of Alfred and Sarah Elizabeth Easter, of St. John's Square, Soham. buried in SOHAM CEMETERY, Soham, Cambridgeshire. Grave E. 495. |
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Cecil Harry EDMUNDS |
Lieutenant 21st Battalion, London Regt (First Surrey Rifles) who died on Saturday, 23rd March 1918. Age 28. Son of Alfred and Marian Edmunds, of Soham, Cambs.; husband of Constance Ada Edmunds, of "St. Olaf," Swinburne Avenue, Broadstairs, Kent. Buried in FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND, Somme, France. IV. E. 6. See also Soham Memorial. |
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Guy Victor EDMUNDS |
Second Lieutenant, 21st Battalion, London Regt (First Surrey Rifles), who died on Tuesday, 23rd May 1916. Age 19. Son of Alfred and Marion Edmunds, of Sussex House, Soham, Cambridgeshire. Commermorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10. See also Soham Memorial. |
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George JARROLD |
Private 2000, 1st/2nd East Anglian Field Amb, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died of wounds on Tuseday 26th October 1915. Age 23. Son of Sansam and Lucy Ann Jarrold, of St. Bernards, Soham, Cambs. Enlisted Norwich. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 199 and 200 or 236 to 239 and 328 |
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Charles Frederick William MORBEY |
Captain, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died on Thursday, 9th August 1917. Age 28. Son of Charles and Annie Morbey, of "Beechurst," Soham, Cambs. Buried in MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I.K.8. See also Soham Memorial. |
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Edward Bertram OSBORNE |
Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion attached 5th Battalion, Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds on Monday 1st April 1918 in German hands. Science teacher at school in 1905. Buried in LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Grave III. D. 1. |
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R J PRICE |
No further information currently - there was a R W F PRICE at Fordham School. |
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William RUMBELOW |
Either William Ernest RUMBELOW, Private 20557, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 16th August 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 25. Born and enlisted DOwnham Market, Norfolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rumbelow, of Lynn Rd., Downham; husband of Valentine Silveys Rumbelow, of Bridge St., Downham, Norfolk. Formerly 27864, Essex Regiment. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 88 to 90 and 162. or William RUMBELOW, Private 240221, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Saturday 5th May 1917 in Egypt. Buried in KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Grave F. 289. William RUMBELOW was in the school in 1908. |
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Harry Gordon TOWNSEND |
Lance Corporal, 2444, City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) who died on Friday, 12th July 1918. Age 22. Son of Harry Warwick Townsend and Constance Townsend, of "Sunnyside," Soham, Cambs. Buried in FORDHAM (SS. PETER AND MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire in North-East part. See also Soham Memorial. |
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George E VARROW |
Sapper 164966, Gen. Base Depot, Royal Engineers. Died on Sunday 18th February 1917. Age 29. Born Sudbury, Suffolk, enlisted Chatham, Kent, resident Wivenhoe, Essex. George Varrow was the son of William & Elizabeth Varrow, born b. 1888. George was educated at Soham Grammar School, Soham Cambridgeshire. Husband of Beatrice E. Varrow, of "The Firs," High St., Wivenhoe, Essex. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France. Grave O. V. I. 5 |
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