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THRIPLOW - Roll of Honour

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Ann Thompson


Photograph from a postcard kindly supplied by
Thomas Whitehead of Shannon, Mississippi

The war memorial is opposite the village green. There are further links for Thriplow include those for
78th Fighter Group USAF
Thriplow Hospital
Cambridge American Cemetery

THRIPLOW/ IN HONOUR OF THOSE
WHO FOUGHT AND IN MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

Allan SKILLINGS

Private 3/9262 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Thursday, 22nd April 1915. Age 31. Son of Thomas and Sarah Skillings, of Thriplow, Royston; husband of Edith Ruth Skillings, of Thriplow, Royston. Buried in WYTSCHAETE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave III. C. 14.

Leonard HAGGER

Private 10810 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Thursday, 22nd June 1916. Age 24. Son of Walter and Jane Hagger, of Thriplow, nr. Royston, Herts. Buried in BOISGUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave I. E. 7.

Leonard FLACK

Private 16690 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 24. Son of Mrs. Charlotte Flack, of 13, Church St., Thriplow, Royston, Herts. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A

Richard UNWIN

Lance Serjeant 15783 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Buried in BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY, ALBERT, Somme, France. Grave I. A. 25.

Arthur Walter CARTER

Private 3884 4th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 30th August 1916. Age 19. Son of Alfred William and Sophia Carter, of Thriplow Heath, Cambs. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A

Henry John HALL

Private 43099 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Thursday, 12th October 1916. Age 23. Son of Walter and Mary Hall, of Thriplow Heath, Cambridge. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A

Horace GAMBIE

Private 15607 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 7th February 1917. Age 23. Son of Caroline and the late John Gambie, of Thriplow, Cambs. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave II. C. 16A.

Clement Peter SOFTLY

Rifleman 393689 "B" Coy. 1st/9th Bn., London Regt (Queen Victoria's Rifles) who died on Saturday, 14th April 1917. Age 33. Son of John and Martha Freeman Softly, of Thriplow, Cambridge. Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10.

Harold ISON

Private 328071, 1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday 31st July 1917. Age 22. Born Quy, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Josiah Ison, of Stowcum, Quy, Camblidge. Commeorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIALIeper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52

Henry MOULE

Private 16358 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Friday, 5th April 1918. Commemorated on the POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 25

Leslie MILLER

Lance Corporal 15621 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Tuesday, 9th April 1918. Age 22. Adopted son of Mary Ann Moule, of Lower St., Thriplow, Royston, Herts. Commemorated on the PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3

Berthram Freeman NEEVES

Private 69999 7th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) who died on Sunday, 18th August 1918. Age 19. Son of John and Elizabeth Neeves, of Thriplow, Cambridgeshire. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Grave II. D. 12.

William Alfred FULLER

Private 320693 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Monday, 21st October 1918. Age 21. Son of Alfred Robert Fuller, of Church St., Thriplow, Royston, Herts. Buried in ARRAS ROAD CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Grave III. O. 6.

AND IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

Reginald MARSHALL

Sergeant 1295549 44 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on Saturday, 29th July 1944. Son of Mrs. A. Marshall, of Thriplow, Cambridge. Buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Bayern, Germany. Grave 8. A. 27.

Harry Arthur SMITH

Sergeant 1466653 51 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on Saturday, 9th January 1943. Age 21. Son of Adolphus Mortimer Smith and Alice Mabel Smith, of Thriplow, Cambridgeshire. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 165.

William EDWARDS

possibly William Owen (Bill) Edwards, Lieutenant 125261 Royal Engineers who died on Friday, 25th July 1941. Age 46. Son of Owen and Josephine Edwards; husband of Sybil Julia Edwards, of Cambridge, England. Buried in MAALA CEMETERY, Yemen. Grave H. 45.

John SYMONDS

[William Edward John in Ely Cathedral] Pte. 5th Bt. Royal Norfolk Reg., d 22/1/1942, age 29, buried: KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, Singapore.

31 May 2002

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