Albert V

Lance Sergeant 16315, 11^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action on 26/8/1917, buried: Hargicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 34. Born Stretham, enlisted Ely. Son of Mr. J. Baxter, of Top St., Stretham, Cambs.

Frank [Coulson]

Corporal 15483, 8^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action on 19/7/1916, age 27, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on THiepval memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Born Stretham, enlisted Ely. Son of James and Hannah Baxter, of Top St., Stretham, Ely, Cambs.

Percy William

Private 26579, 14^th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, killed in action on 17/8/1917, aged 25, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Born and resident Stretham, enlisted Ely. Formerly 26952, Suffolk Regiment.

Benjamin "Ben"

[Also spelt BULMAN] Private, 2^nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died on 16/8/1916, age 25, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on THiepval memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Brother of Mr. Charles Bullman of Stretham.

Abel

Private 3/6916, 1^st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, died of wounds on 28/3/1915 age 19, buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 67. Born and resident Stretha, enlisted Ely. Son of Abel and Mary Ann Clark, of Wilburton Rd., Stretham, Ely.

William Henry

Private 26319, 2^nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action on 18/8/1916, age 30, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on THiepval memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Born Stretham, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Mr & Mrs H. Constable of Stretham.

Bertram "Bert"

Private 253665, 3^rd Battalion attached 1^st/4^th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), killed in action on 28/3/1918, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9. Born Stretham, enlisted Stratford, resident Dalston.

Heber

Private G/12314, 1^st Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Reg.), killed in action on 13/4/1918, age 23, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 1 and 2. Born Stretham, enlisted Newmarket, resident Isle of Ely. Son of Harry and Bertha Hazel, of Tilehouse Farm, Stretham, Ely, Cambs.

George William

Private 326000, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, killed in action on 14/10/1916, buried: Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France. Plot XVII. Row F. Grave 7. Enlisted Ely. Formerly 2883, Cambridgeshire Regiment.

Herbert

Lance Corporal G/5862, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in action on 9th September 1916. Born Stretham, enlisted Ely. Buried: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Plot IX. Row D. Grave 14. Born Stretham. Boer War veteran, served with RAMC.

Benjamin "Ben"

Lance Corporal 9921, 2^nd Battalion. Bedfordshire Regiment, killed in action on 31/10/1914, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. Born and resident Stretham, enlisted Bedford.

Joseph William

Private 30702, 9^th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died of pneumonia on 9/1/1917, age 24, buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXI Row A Grave 9A. Born Stretham, enlisted Ely. Son of Daniel and Ada Ann Lowe; husband of E. M. Lowe, of Cage Lane, Stretham, nr. Ely, Cambs.

Walter

Sergeant 11272, 2^nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts. and Derby Reg.), killed in action on 5/10/1915 age 27, buried: Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born and resident Stretham, enlisted Derby. Son of Joseph and Amelia Murfitt, of Pump Lane, Stretham, Isle of Ely, Cambs.

Ernest [Gordon]

Private G/14267, 7^th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, was killed in action on 30th November 1917, age 19, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 7. Born Stretham, enlisted Newmarket. Son of Alfred R. and Emily J. Routledge, of The Manse, Stretham, Cambs.

Private, No 2. Company, 2^nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), died on 17/6/1915 age 32, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Vimy Memorial, pas de Calais, France. Son of Frederic Oliver and Hannah Sennitt, of Red Lion St., Stretham, Ely, Cambs, England. Born September 26, 1884, in London, the son of Hannah Sennitt of Red Line Street, Stretham, Cambs. He was unmarried and in civil life was employed as a carpenter. On the outbreak of war he was a member of the 101st Regiment, Canadian Militia. On September 23, 1914, he enlisted in the C.E.F. in At the time of his enlistment he was described as being 5’ 7½” tall with fair complexion, brown hair and brown eyes. National Archives of Caada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8778 - 35

Innes D’Auvergne Stewart

Second Lieutenant, 1/16^th London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), killed in action on 28/3/1918 age 19, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10. Son of Rev. Samuel Stewart Stitt and Mary his wife, Rector of Stretham. There is a family memorial to Lt. Stitt within the church. His poem "The Last Leave" can also be read in the church.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
INNES D'AUVERGNE STEWART STITT.
2ND LIEUT 1/16TH LONDON REGT. (QUEEN'S WESTMINSTER RIFLES.)
DEARLY LOVED SON OF REVD. S. STEWART STITT, M.A.
RECTOR OF THIS PARISH AND MARY HIS WIFE.
REPORTED MISSING IN THE GREAT WAR AT TOWY POST, NEAR ARRAS, FRANCE
MARCH 28TH 1918 AGED 19 YEARS
"THINK NOT THAT WE MADE FINE SACRIFICE, HEROIC WITH SACRIFICIAL SIGHS:
BUT MOVED TO AN END APPOINTED MEET, AND THE INCOMPLETE THAT WE MADE COMPLETE
INNIS STITT

Herbert Law

[Rifleman on SDGW] Sergeant 44675, 19^th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, died on 2/12/1917, age 35, buried: Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XI. Row A. Grave 12. Born and resident Stretham, enlisted Fulham, London SW. Son of Thomas and Rachel Swan. Born at Stretham, Ely, Cambs. Formerly 3531, London Regiment.

Edward John

Private 22208, 7th Battalion. Suffolk Regiment, killed in action on 9/8/1916, age 22, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Born Stretham, enlisted Cambridge. Son of John and Susan Taylor, of Brooks Lane, Stretham, Isle of Ely.

Edward

possibly Private, 22006 Depot, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 9/10/1917. Formerly G/3650 Royal Fusiliers. Buried Chevithorne (St Thomas) Churchyard, Devon or Edward George Vail: Able Seaman, J/16455, HMS Queen Mary, Royal Navy. Died on 31/5/16. Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.

Albert George

Private 22584, 7^th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action on 8/8/1916 age 20, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Born Streham, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Albert and Rosa Wesley, of Stretham Ferry, Stretham, Ely, Cambs.

Horace

Private 20831, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, died of wounds on 24/8/1917, age 29, buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XVIII. Row D. Grave 16A. Born and enlisted Stretham. Son of George and Jane Wesley, of Green End, Stretham, Ely, Cambs. Formerly 34990, Suffolk Regiment.

Jack Douglas

Second Lieutenant, 5^th Battalion (Territorial), Suffolk Regiment, killed in action on 31/7/1917, age 28, buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. Son of Alfred G. and Harriet Eliza Wheeler, of Stretham, Ely, Cambs.

Russell Mervyn

Lieutenant, 9^th Battalion attached 1^st/7^th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, killed in action on 30/11/1916 age 35, buried: Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 17. Son of Alfred G. and Harriet Eliza Wheeler, of Stretham, Ely, Cambs. BA & MA Cambridge. Teacher at Cambridge and Harrow.

John Phillip

[Philip John on SDGW and P.J. on CWGC] Private 18136, "C" Company, 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, killed in action on 8/5/1915, age 27. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. Born Stretham, enlisted Ely. Son of John and Mary Ann Winter; husband of Dora F. Winter, of Barton Bendish, King's Lynn.

Matthew William

Private 5884188, 1^st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died on 24/5/1940, age 22, buried: Cretinier Cemetery, Wattrelos, Nord, France. Grave 16. Son of Matthew William and Emma Bidwell, of Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Richard Geoffrey

[Also spelt CLARKE] Leading Aircraftman 1234258, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died on 15/5/1945, age 23, buried: Padua War Cemetery, Italy. Plot III. Row G. Grave 2. Son of Geoffrey Best Clark and Dorothy Elizabeth Clark; husband of Olive Maud Clark, of Stretham, Cambridgeshire.

Albert

Douglas [Albert]

John

[Robert] John

Bombardier 1531760, 212 Battery, 70 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery, who died on Monday 18 December 1944, age 26. Buried in Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India. Plot 1. Row K. Grave 9. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Jarman, of Stretham, Cambridgeshire.

[George] Andrew

Driver T/225559, Royal Army Service Corps., died on 26/10/1941, age 33, buried: Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanese Republic. Plot I. Row C. Grave 3. Son of George and Edith Murfitt, of Stretham, Cambridgeshire; husband of Hazel Murfitt, of Stretham.

Kenneth [Harry Glover]

Gunner 966073, 64 (The Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on 10/4/1942, age 24, buried: Stretham Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Grave C. 196. Son of Algernon and Mabel Neville, of Stretham.

Tom

Alec [George]

[John] Edward [Creek]

Private 5830912, John Edward Creek Wesley, 4^th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died on 21/9/1944 age 25. Buried: No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 60. Son of Mrs M Wesley, Reed St., Stretham.