Robert [William] BATTERBEE

Pte. 2^nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry, died 26/4/1917, age 22, buried: Ste. Catherine British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Robert & Harriett Jane Batterbee, Park Farm, Thorney. Native of West Winch, Norfolk.

Walter [Henry] BATTERBEE

Pte. 2^nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry, died 13/11/1916, age 19, buried: Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France. Son of Robert & Harriett Jane Batterbee, 5 Council Houses, Thorney.

Frederick [James] BENTON

Pte. 1^st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, died 5/5/1915 age 20, buried: NKG. Son of Mr & Mrs J Benton, Gas Lane, Thorney.

Edward BERRIDGE

Pte. Suffolk Regiment, Labour Corps., died 2/1/1918, buried: Thorney Abbey churchyard.

Bertram Reginald BROWN

Pte. 56^th Battalion Machine Gun Corps., died 27/9/1918, buried: Chapel Corner Cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree, Pas de Calais, France

Charles E BRIGGS

Lnc./ Bombadier, Royal Field Artillery, died pneumonia in India 4/11/1918, buried: NKG

George [E] CARTER

Pte. 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment), killed in action 28/7/1915, buried: Special memorial in Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, Turkey. Born Thorney.

Graham Windyer CLAPHAM

2^nd Lt. 71^st Brg., Royal Field Artillery, (formerly 2^nd King Edward’s Horse), died 10/5/1917, age 36, buried: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France. Son of the late Lawrence Clapham MRCS, LSA & Mrs Mary Frederica Clapham, Thorney. There is a family memorial in Thorney Abbey church.

Charles Henry CLARKE

Pte. 12^th Battalion East Surrey Regiment, died 22/10/1918, age 19, buried: Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Harelbeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of George William & Ada Louisa Clarke, Corner Farm, Thorney Fen.

William COLE

John COOK[E]

Pte. 3^rd Bt Suffolk Regiment, died 17/6/1918, buried: Thorney Abbey churchyard.

Harry Johnson CRAYTHORN(E)

L/Cpl. G/18886, 2^nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in action on 10th July 1918, age 20, born Crayland, Lincs, enlisted Northampton. Buried: Cambrin Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Robert and Florence Johnson Craythorn, 24 French Drove, Thorney

Charles Henry FENN

Pte. 3068, 2^nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment, died 2/5/1915, age 21, buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Born Nassington, Northants, enlisted Peterborough, resident Whittlesey. Son of John Elijah and Mary Elizabeth Fenn, of 21, Orchard St., Whittlesey, Peterborough, Northants.

Harry Clarke FOREMAN

[Spelt FORMAN on CWGC] Gunner, 166315, 215th Heavy Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 11-9-17, age 36. Son of Martha Oliver, of 18, Elsley Rd., Lavender Hill, Battersea, London; husband of Harriet Rose Ann Osborne Forman, of 2, Littlesea Rd., Thorney, Peterborough. WIELTJE FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

W FENTON

Possibly: Pte. Walter Fenton, 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales), formerly 4632 Cambridgeshire Regiment, who died of wounds 30/3/1918, age 23, buried: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France. Son of Mrs. M. A. Fenton, of 16, Holdforth St., Wellington Rd., New Wortley, Leeds. Born Caister, Lincs, enlisted Bury St Edmunds (Leeds, York).

Sidney GALL

Henry E GEDNEY

Pte. 8^th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, died pneumonia at Ripon 2/11/1918, buried: Thorney Abbey churchyard.

James [William] GEDNEY

Pte. 11^th Battalion Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), died 21/4/1918, age 38, buried: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany. Son of Emma Gedney, The Checkers, Thorney.

Frederick Robert HADNAM

Pte. 1^st/1^st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 6/5/1915, age 23, buried: NKG. Son of Alfred and Betsy, Station Rd, Thorney.

Samuel HALES

L/Cpl. 3^rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, died 14/9/1916, age 20, buried: NKG. Son of Elizabeth Redhead (formerly Hales), of Hodney Bridge, Eye, and late Samuel Hales.

Harry JOHNSON

Pte. 11^th Battalion Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), died of wounds 21/4/1918, buried: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Emma Johnson, of "The Checkers," Thorney, Cambs.

Thomas Arthur LILLEY

Pte. 1^st/5^th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts. And Derby) Regiment, died 1/7/1917, age 22, buried: NKG. Son of Robert & Sarah Frances Lilley, 18 Park Side, Thorney.

George Ernest LILLEY

Pte. 9^th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, died 6/8/1917, age 23, buried: NKG. Son of Thomas & Esther Lilley, 59 Wisbech Rd, Thorney.

Joseph LUESBY [LEUSBY]

Pte. 8^th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, died 28/4/1917, buried: Chile Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle, Pas de Calais, France

Frederick Levi MERCHANT

Pte. 22^nd (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers, died 21/3/1918, buried: NKG.

George William MORRIS

L/Sgt. 2^nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died 28/5/1917, age 27, buried: Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc, Pas de Calais, France. Son of John & Elizabeth Rose Morris, 79 Wisbech Rd, Thorney.

John William OLIVER

Pte. 4^th Battalion Grenadier Guards, died 9/2/1917, buried: Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France

John Edward PEACH

Pte. 1^st/5^th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died 2/11/1917, buried: Gaza War Cemetery, Israel.

John PIPE

Pte. 8^th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, died 3/10/1915, age 26, buried: Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of Edward John & Maria May Pipe.

Edward RUFF

Pte. 1^st/5^th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, died of malaria 5/10/1918, buried: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.]

Charles William SCOTT

Pte. 5^th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, died 13/11/1916, age 19, buried: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Son of Walter Alexander & Ada Anne Scott, Oakham, Rutland. Nephew of Mr & Mrs Miles, Thorney Station.

H SCOTT

Pte. 11th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), d 24/6/1917, age 25, buried: Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Walter and Annie Scott, of Little Knoll Farm, Thorney, Cambs.

J E SEWELL

Possibly: Rfm. Ernest Joseph Sewell, 1^st Battalion Rifle Brigade, died 9/8/1916, age 19, buried: Ferme-Oliverier Cemetery, Elverdinghe, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Frederick and Sarah Jane Sewell, of Crowland.

H SHIRLEY

possibly William Henry Shirley, Pte, 40028, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment 27-11-17. Born Padbury, Oxfordshire, enlisted Northampton. Buried: NKG, listed Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

E STUBBINS

Charles STAPLETON

Pte. 11^th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, Missing June 1918, Died of wounds 27-7-18 as a Prisoner of War, age 24, buried: Leuze Communal Cemetery, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Hainaut, Belgium. Son of Isaac and Sarah Ann Stapleton, 60 Wisbech Rd, Thorney.

Albert William SKIPP

Pte, 3/10084, 1st Bn Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 20-1-15. LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

H THACKER

Possibly: 2^nd Lt. Herbert Lowe Thacker, Army Service Corps., died 15/4/1917, buried: NKG

James Alexander Moncrief TOPHAM

Pte. 4th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), d 12/6/1916, age 23, commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Only surviving son of Alexander J. Topham, of Te Puna, Tauranga, New Zealand. Grandson of late Mr Joseph Topham & Mrs Topham, of Thorney Park.

Percy [William] TOMPKINS

Pte. 50^th Canadian Inf., (Alberta Regiment), died 7/1/1918, age 21, buried: Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Son of William James & Emily Tompkins, of Gladys, Alberta. Native of Thorney. Parents formerly lived at English Rd, Thorney.

George William THOMPSON

Pte. 1^st/1^st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, died 14/10/1918, buried: Point-Du-Jour Military Cemetery, Athies, Pas de Calais, France

Silas James THOMPSON

157808, Pte, 41st btn Machine Gun Corps. Died 1-11-18. Born Peterborough, enlisted Whittlesey. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium.

William Harlock WOOD

Pte. 2^nd Northamptonshire Regiment, died 14/3/1915, buried: NKG

C WRIGHT

H WRIGHT

1939 - 1945

Henry Hugh LILLEY

Acting Sub Lt., Fleet Air Arm, HMS Saker, R.N.V.R., Died in plane crash in Plymouth, Massachusettes, 7-12-1943, age 21, buried: NKG. Son of Hugh & Elsie Lilley, of 12 Wisbech Rd, Thorney.

Lawrence Victor RYCROFT

Died 20th October 1946. Death certificate 319, March Registration District. Buried Thorney Abbey.

Percy Reginald CONSTABLE

Cpl. 211 Sqd. Royal Air Force, based Chiringa & Ranchi, Italy, using Beaufighters, died 13/11/1944, age 25, buried: Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia. Son of Percy and Daisy Annie Constable, of Thorney, Cambridgeshire.

Freeman Cecil JACKSON

John Charles Wilfred SMITH

Sgt. 51 Sqd. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, based Snaith, Yorks, using Halifax bombers, died 18/11/1944, age 19, buried: Crowland Abbey churchyard. Son of Walter Wilfred and Hannah Charlotte Smith, of Thorney, Cambridgeshire.

Also listed for this parish in the Ely Cathedral Second World War Book of Remembrance:

A W CLAPHAM

W DAVIS

James Albert SMITH

Anthony Arthur WHITTOME