3726 Pte, 4/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment, Battalion police, wounded in air raid, died (home) 1-4-16, age 21. Lived Pingle Bridge. Upwell (St Peter) Churchyard, UK. See also Upwell St Peter

Death detailed in an article from the Wisbech Standard 1916.

Able Seaman. Joined Nelson Bn. BEF 28/4/17-6/5/17 wounded, Invalided to UK 19/5/17 DOW at 2 a.m. in 1st London Gen. Hosp. Camberwell (GSW Arm & L.Thigh, Comp. Frac. 6/5/17) Born Emneth, Norfolk 5/10/1885. A Licensed Victualler. Husband of Ursula R. Shepherd, of Stanley Stores, Newmarket. (wife re-married: Mrs. Ursula R. Evans).

2617112, L/Cpl, 6th Grenadier Guards. 8-11-45, age 25. Youngest son of Mrs. E. Gooch, of 2, Bull Lane, Wisbech; husband of Dorthy May Gooch, formerly of Three Holes. Before enlisting he worked at Lode Hall Farm, Three Holes. Buried in Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. See also Upwell St Peter

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149621, Pilot Officer, 57 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, based East Kirkby, Lincs, flying Lancasters. 28-9-43, age 22. Son of James Scouler Hargrave & Mabel Annie Hargrave., of Upwell. Upwell Baptist Chapelyard, Norfolk. See also Upwell St Peter

Extract from local newspaper:

DEATH OF P/O. "TIM" HARGRAVE.
Victim of a Flying
Accident.

The sad death of Pilot-Officer George Melton "Tim" Hargrave, of the R.A.F., occurred on Tuesday afternoon in a flying accident. This notification came as a shock to his many friends in the Upwell and March districts, especially so soon after his recent leave which he spent in Upwell. It was since that leave that he was promoted to the rank of Pilot-Officer, a rank which he un-doubtedly had merited through his skill and daring on operational flights. Of a quiet and reserved disposition, Tim. as he was popularly called, had a promising future before him, which has been cut short by the tragic circumstances of Tuesday. He was 22 years of age.

He was educated at St. Peter's Council School, Upwell, and later at Downham Market Secondary School, becoming a student architect in the Architect's Department at the County Hall, March. With such an aptitude for architecture he accepted the chance to visit Italy before the war to increase his knowledge of the finer arts of architecture. When war broke out he joined the R.A.F. and spent 12 months training in Canada. On his return to England he was quickly recognised as a first-class pilot. The Union Jack was flown at half-mast at the County Hall as a tribute to his memory.

Tim will be brought home to Upwell where the funeral will take place at the Baptist Church tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 2-30 p.m. A memorial service will be held at the Baptist Church on Sunday evening, Oct. 10th.

Corporal 5825180, 4th Suffolk Regiment. Died of beri-beri 11-12-43, age 30, Prisoner of War. Son of Arthur & Lucy Plumb, of Town St, Upwell; husband of Joyce Marion Plumb, of Felixstowe. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar. See also Upwell St Peter

Extract from Wisbech Standard 1945:

DIED WHILE A
PRISONER IN 1943
Sad News of Cpl. Harry
Plumb

Major, 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment, attached 5th King's African Rifles. 9-5-45, age 34. Son of the Rev Alexander Peregrine Townley MA & R L Townley, Upwell Rectory, Norfolk. Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh. See also Upwell St Peter

Extract from Wisbech Standard in 1945:

DEATH OF MAJOR
R. P. TOWNLEY
Tragic News for Upwell
Rector and His Wife

Extract from local newspaper:

DEATH OF UPWELL
AIRMAN.

Sergt.-Gnr. Derek Ward
Presumed Killed.

Official notification from the Red Cross that her husband, Sgt.-Gnr. Derek Ward, must now be presumed killed in action, has been received by Mrs. D. Ward, of Lister's-drove, Up well.

Sgt.-Gnr. Ward, who had been on operational duties for over six months, was previously reported missing when he did not return from a raid on the night of Oct. 16th.

In the first letter which Mrs. Ward received on the subject, she was informed that, when three members of the crew of the bomber in which her husband was flying lost their lives, and three were captured, the remaining member was also believed to have been taken prisoner. She has since heard that the whole crew have been accounted for, and that two of the three who lost their lives had not at first been identified. It has now been ascertained that one of them was Sgt. Ward.

Inquiries are being made as to his place of burial.

Corporal 5345494, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Missing while being transported to freedom by plane 10 September 1945. Aged 33. Son of Robert and Lilian Wooll; husband of Ella M. Wooll, of Great Totham, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 53. See also Upwell St Peter

Extract from a local newspaper:

FAR EAST MAN FREE
—NOW MISSING
Tragedy Follows Joy for
Upwell Family

Sgt 580854, 211 Squadron RAFVR. 31-12-40, age 22. Son of Leslie William & Dorothy France, of March. He lived at Townley School House, Christchurch. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. See also Christchurch.

Extract from local newspaper:

REPORTED MISSING.
Sergt. L. W. France,
R.A.F., of Christchurch.