Private 6937, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 19 August 1916. Aged 28. Born and enlisted Whittlesea. Son of George Allen, of 16, Delph, Whittlesey; husband of Annie Allen, of 5, Claygate, Whittlesey, Cambs. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Private 22649, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 16 June 1917. Brother of Bertie Anker above and Fred Anker below. Sons of Robert and Alice Anker. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Whittlesey, son of Robert and Alice Anker, resident Briggate, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Whittlesey, a Pressboy, son of Alice Anker (a widow), resident 29, Horsegate, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45.

Private 325231, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Born and enlisted Whittlesea. Son of Alice Anker, 29 Horsegate, Whittlesey. Brother of Ernest and Bertie Anker above. Sons of Robert and Alice Anker. Formerly 1529, Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52.

Private 21876, 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Born Littleport, Cambridgeshre, enlisted Sheffield. Son of John and Eliza Barber, 30 All Saints Road, Peterborough. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B.

Private 26803, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 28 March 1918. Aged 27. Born and enlisted Whittlesea. Son of Fred and Carry Bellamy, King's Delph. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.

Private 16247, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1917. Born Fletters (sic), Hunts, and enlisted Whittlesea. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Lance Sergeant 10/910, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Son of Mrs E A Bingham, Delph. Killed in action 29 October 1914. Aged 32. Born Whittlesea, enlisted Nottingham. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9 and 11.

Private 26198, 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 19 August 1917. Aged 27. Born Northampton, enlisted Nottigham, resident Whittlesea. Son of George and Kezia Blank. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private 20435, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 19 July 1916. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Whittlesea. Son of Mrs Broughton, 72 Church Street. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Private G/9879, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 7 October 1916. Born 14 May 1889. Born, resident and enlisted Whittlesea. Only son of William and Eliza Brown, Stonald Road. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D.

Private 325208, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Whittlesea. Son of Mr Elizabeth Burdock, of 57 Stonald Road. Formerly 1495 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52.

Private 63675, 50th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died of wounds 5 December 1917. Born and enlisted Whittlesea, resident Thorney. Husband of Nellie (nee Oliver) Cheshire, married January to March Quarter 1916 in Whittlesey Registration District. Formerly 27295, Lincolnshire Regiment. In the 1891 census he was aged 9, born Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, a scholar, son of Robert and Hannah Cheshire, resident Crofts Yard, Whitmore Street, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 30, born Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, a Farm Labourer, boarding at 16, Crow Tree Farm Cottages, Thorney, Cambridgeshire. Buried in Solferino Farm Cemetery, Brielen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row C. Grave 8.

[Listed as CLARK on memorial] Private G/2182, 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Killed in action 18 August 1916. Aged 31. Born Bourne, Lincolsnhire, enlisted Marylebone, Middlesex, resident Whittlesea. Son of Walter and Eliza Clarke, of 95, Station Rd., Whittlesey, Peterborough. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D.

Private 3/9500, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 15 March 1915. Born Whittlesea and enlisted Peterborough. Son of Daniel and Mary Jane Coles, Nag's Head Cottages, Factory Road. Brother of Herbert and Walter. Buried in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot A. Row 5. Grave 20.

Private 41005, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 3 May 1917. Aged 38. Enlisted Whittlesea, resident Whittlesea. Son of David Coles, of Princess Christian Home, 6, Grand Parade, Portsmouth; husband of Mercy Coles, 16 King's Dyke, Whittlesey, Peterborough. Formerly 34357 Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.

Private 16555, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action at La Boiselle 1 July 1916. Aged 23. Born and enlisted in Whittlesey. Son of Daniel and Mary Jane Coles, of Nag's Head Cottages, Factory Road, Whittlesey. Brother of Arthur and Walter. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born Ely, Cambridgeshire, a scholar, son of John and Fanny Cooper, resident Third Drove, Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born Ely, Cambridgeshire, an Ordinary agricultural labourer, son of Joh and Fanny Cooper, resident Private House, Turves, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Originally attested 18 November 1902 in Northampton, as Private 6781, 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, born Ely, resident Whittlesey, aged 18 years 1 month, a Labourer, height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 113 lbs, chest 31½-33½ inches, fresh complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination Baptist, discharged by purchase 28 June 1904, son of John and Fanny Cooper, of Three Horse Shoes, Whittlesey. In the 1911 census he was aged 26, born Whittlesea, an Agricultural labourer, married to Alice Cooper with two sons, resident 38, Mill Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire.

Could be Oliver Cooper, Private 7499, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 15 October 1914. Born Helpston, Northants, enlisted Peterborough. Mother Dogsthorpe Road, Peterborough. No known grave. Commemorated on La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine et Maritime, France.

Private 26387, "C" Company, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 12 October 1916. Aged 33. Born Glassmore, Cambridgeshire and enlisted Whittlesey. Son of George and Eliza Cowling, of Chapel Bridge, Glassmore, Whittlesey, Peterborough. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Private 2448, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 May 1915. Born and enlisted Whittlesea. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52.

[Listed as DICKENSON on SDGW] Driver 72764, 24th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 27. Born St. Mary's Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Whittlesea. Son of the late Thomas and Eliza Dickerson. Formerly 9133, Northamptonshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 56.

Private 9009, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 28. Born and enlisted Peterborough. Son of Fred and Eliza Elsom, of 5, Council Street, Eye, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 19 and 33.

Private 34120, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action 7 December 1916 (Balkans). Resident and enlisted Whittlesea. Husband of Alice (nee Kisby) Garton, of 39, Inhams Road, Whittlesey, married April to June Quarter 1903 in Whittlesey Registration District, Cambrdgeshire. Formerly 205222, Norfolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Doiran Memorial, Greece.

[Also listed as GILSON] Private 12036, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 July 1916. Born and resident Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Spalding, Lincolnshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C.

Private 3/10225, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 17 August 1916. Aged 39. Born Whittlesea, enlisted Northampton. Son of John and Alice Goodley, of Gracious Street, Whittlesea, Cambs; husband of Nora Elizabeth (nee Chambers) Goodley, of 48, Wimbourne Rd., Nottingham, originally 15, Beaconsfield Road, Hethorp, Doncaster, married 13 July 1899 in Nottingham; brother of William (below). In the 1891 census he was aged 13, born Whittlesey, an Agricultural labourer, son of John and Alice Goodley, resident Gracious Street, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Originally enlisted 1 March 1901 in Doncaster as 32327, Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry, aged 24 years, a Contractor checker, born Whittlesea, married with one child, height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 11 stone 8lbs, chest 35½-37 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, religious denomination Church of England, Corporal 28 June 1902, served in South Africa 1901-1902, severely wounded at Sutherland 24 January 1902, discharged at Aldershot 30 August 1902, aged 30. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D.

Guardsman 15312, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 7 November 1914. Aged 22. Born Whittlesea, enlisted Fletton. Son of Thomas and Kate Goodwin, of 37, King's Dyke, Whittlesey. Policeman in Blackpool. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9 and 11.

Private 10211, 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died on service in United Kingdom 29 March 1915. Aged 18. Born 9 February 1897 Whittlesea,, baptised 14 September 1902 in Thorney (resident The Gores, Thorney), enlisted Thorney. Son of Charles and Rebecca Green. In the 1901 ensus he was aged 4, born Cambridgeshire, son of Charles and rebecca Green, resident Eastrea Brickyard, Eastrea, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Whittlesey, a Labourer, son of Charles Green (a widower), resident Northside, Thorney, Whittelsey, Cambridgeshire. Buried in Weymouth Cemetery, Dorset. Grave reference B. "C." 2170.

Rifleman A/200643, 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 4 May 1917. Aged 20. Enlisted Whittlesea. Son of Oliver and Emma Hailstone, of 28, Claygate, Whittlesey, Peterborough. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Whittlesey, son of Oliver and Emma Hailstone, resident Craf End, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Whittlesey, a Farm worker, son of Oliver and Emma Hailstone, resident 28 Claygate Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.

Private 16964, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 10 August 1917. Aged 24. Born Whittlesea, enlisted Hollinwood, Lancashire. Son of Mrs J Hurry, 46 Station Road, Whittlesey; husband of Flora Hurry, of 37, New Road, Whittlesey, married 1 September 1914, one son Frederick Charles Hurry, born 30 May 1915. Attested 9 May 1915, aged 22 years 90 days. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Stamford, Lincolnshire, son of James and Eliza Hurry, resident Lattersey Field, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45.

Private 17232, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 21. Born Cambridge, enlisted Whittlesey. Son of Rose Smith, Thorney Dyke Bungalow, Thorney. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Whittlesey, grandson of Hames and Mary F Jakins, resident North Side, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire,. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.

Private 4045 [listed as 4095 on SDGW], 4th Battalion, Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 25 December 1916. Aged 28. Born Woodford, Northants, enlisted Whittlesey. Son of Thomas and Martha Lewis, 4 Orchard Street. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Cambridgeshire, son of Martha Lewis (a widow), resident London Street, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Woodford, Northampton, a Farm labourer, son of Martha Ann Lewis (a widow), resident 82 West End Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshir. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Private 307680, 1st/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 29 August 1916. Enlisted Peterborough. Formerly 780, Hunts Cyclists Battalion posted to 1st/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, compulsorily transferred Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7 August 1916. Resident with Mrs Louisa Ling at 46, London Road, Peterborough. In the 1891 census he was aged 13, born Whittlesey, an Agricultural labourer, son of Horace and Emma Ling, resident East Gate, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 22, born Whittlesey, a General labourer, single, brother of Elizabeth Harwin, resident Dartford Road, March, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 32, born Whittlesea, formerly a general labourer, an inmate in H.M. Prison, Castle Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 A 9 B and 10 B.

Private 4298, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 13 November 1916. Enlisted Whittlesey, Cambs. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Whittlesey, son of Harry and Lucy Ann Lutkin, resident Plough Street, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Whittlesea, a Baker's Assistant, son of Harry and Lucy Ann Lutkin, resident 7, Plough Road, Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B.

Corporal 16718, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 34. Born and enlisted Whittlesey, Cambs. Husband of Edith Annie (nee Ruff) Lutkin, of 16, Delph Street, Whittlesey, married April to June Quarter 1904 in Whittlesey Registration District. In the 1891 census he was aged 8, born Whittlesey, a scholar, grandson of William and Alice Lutkin, resident Eighth Private Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 18, born Whittlesey, a Brick yard labourer, grandson of William and Alice Lutkin, resident Town Road, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 28, born Whittlesea, a Brickyard labourer drawer, married to Annie with three sons, resident Stonald Field, Whittlesey, Whittesley Rural, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Private 9537, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 November 1914. Aged 22. Born Sheffield, Yorkshire, enlisted Northampton. Son of Robert Parker, of 7, Setchfield's Yard, Church Street, Whittlesey. Brother of Charles, George and Samuel. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Sheffield, Yorkshire, son of Robert and Maria Parker, resident Claygate, Wittlesey, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, a Brickyard labourer, son of Robert Parker (a widower), resident 29 Scaldgate Whittlesey Peterborough, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45.

Private 325602, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 31 July 1917. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Whittlesea. Son of Samuel and Mary Ann Parker, of 2, West View, Stenald Rd., Whittlesey, Peterborough. Brother of Samuel and Walter (below). In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Whittlesey, son of Samuel and Mary A Parker, resident Peterboro End, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Whittlesea, a Grocer's assistant, son of Samuel and Mary Ann Parker, resident 10, Hallcroft Road, Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52.

Private 28243, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action on Sunday, 15 October 1916. Born Long Sutton, Lincs, enlisted and resident Whittlesea.In the 1911 census he was aged 18, birth place uknown, a horse worker on farm, a servant at Glassmoor Whittlesey Peterborough, Whittesley, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 D.

Private 4623, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 12 October 1916. Born Ramsey, Hunts, enlisted Whittlesey. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Ramsey, Hunts, son of William and Eliza Plummer, resident Ramsey Road, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Ramsey, Hunts, a General farm labourer, son of William Plummer (a widowr), resident Blackbush, Whittesley, Cambridgeshire,. Buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France. Special memorial Row B. Grave 9. Also Pondersbridge

Private 17007, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 August 1917. Aged 28. Born Whittlesea, Cambs, enlisted Peterborough. Husband of Annie Hawkins (formerly Randall, nee Hawkins), of 4 Eyebury Road, Eye, married October to December Quarter 1913 in Peterborough Registration District. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45.

Corporal 915, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Accidentally killed 9 August 1914. Aged 26. Born and enlisted Whittlesey, Cambs. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Whittlesea, Cambs, Assisting in his father's Grocery business, son of Charles and Sarah Jane Rawson, resident 6, Almshouse Street, Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. Buried 12 August 1914 in Whittlesey Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. Grave reference A. 23. 3.

Extract from The Halesworth Times and East Suffolk Advertiser - Tuesday 18 August 1914, page 2:

TERRITORIAL SHOT DEAD

Arthur Cecil Rawson, aged twenty-six, a corporal in F Company of the 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Territorials, was shot while at rest after coming off guard duty at Salisburv-road Schools, Romford, on Sunday night. He had unloaded a rifle for a private, and evidently omitted to remove the cartridge from the breech. During the night the rifle was accidentally touched, and Rawson was fatally shot.

The jury at the Inquest on Monday returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

Extract from Western Chronicle - Friday 14 August 1914, page 3:

Corporal Arthur Cecil Rawson, of the Cambridgeshire Territorials, was accidentally shot dead at Salisbury-road Schools, Romford. A rfile which had been left loaded went off when it was touched during the night.

Private 16895, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 21. Born Benwick, Cambs, enlisted Whittlesey. Son of William and Emma Richards, of Ponders Bridge, Whittlesey, Peterborough. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born benwick, Cambridgeshire, son of William and Emma Richards, resident Worlick, Ramsey, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire & Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born benwick, Cambs, a Labourer horseman on farm, son of Charles William and Emma Richards, resident Ponders Bridge, Whittesley, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Also Pondersbridge

Private 325738, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Born and enlisted Whittlesey, Cambs. Formerly 2463, Cambridgeshire Regiment. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Whittlesey, son of Henry and Susan Richardson, resident New Road, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Whittlesey, son of Henry and Susan Ellen Richardson, resident New Common Marsh, Terrington St Clement, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52.

Private 201283, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 18 August 1916. Born and enlisted Whittlesey, Cambs. Formerly 3910, Suffolk Regiment. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Whittlesey, an Errand boy for draper, son of Calara Eliza Richardson (a widow), resident 46, Mill Road, Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Private 26444, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 25 March 1918. Aged 19. Born Wittlesea, Cambs, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Frederick E. and Sarah Lizzie Roberts, of 14, Lilly Terrace, Kings Dyke, Whittlesea, Cambs. Formerly 24387, Royal Sussex Regiment. In the 1901 census he was aged 2, born Cambridgeshire, son of Frederick Eastaugh and Sarah Lizzie Roberts, resident Kings Dyke, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Kings Dyke, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, at school, son of Frederick Eastaugh and Sarah Lizzie Roberts, resident 14, Kings Dyke, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.

Private 925277, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (C.E.F.). Died of pnuemonia 16 July 1918. Aged 28. Born 1 April 1889 in Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire. Son of Sarah Ann Rudd, of 2, Market Place, Whittlesea, and the late Edward Saunt Rudd. Carpenter by trade. Attested 25 January 1916 in Estevan, Saskatewan, Canada, aged 26 years 9 months, height 5 feet 7½ inches, chest 36-39 inches, dark cmplexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination Presbyterian. Sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada aboard S.S. Missanabil 3 October 1916. Admitted to No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station with shrapnel wounds to chest, hip and right knee, transferred to 1st Western General Hospital, Liverpool, 13 August 1917, transferred Canadian Military Hospital, Kirkdale, 27 September 1917, invalid to Canada 16 December 1917, arrived aboard Braemer Castle 23 December 1917, admitted to Saskatewan Military Hospital, Moose Jaw, 18 January 1918 with original wouds plus diabetes, died 16 July 1918, his right knee had limited movement. Buried in Estevan Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada. Grave reference P. 44. S. 6. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8535 - 23

Extract from Canadian Disability Report:

Cause of disability        Scars on left hip and stiff right knee shrapnel

Condition in detail which prevents the soldier from earning a full livelihood

Has two scars around left hip joint. Movement in hip normal. No pain. Bullet entering anterior to great trochanler and taken out just behind the great trochanler. Scar in inner side of right knee. No discharge. X-Ray plate shows piece of shrapnel in knee. Very slight movement in right knee joiny. Mal shape chest with ligeon breast. Heart and lungs O.K. no other organs affected.
Went to France March 1917 and returned to Calais in July 6th,1917 thence to Chester, Eng. Aug 13/17, Liverpool, Sept.26th,1917.

Lieutenant, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 May 1915. Aged 22. Elder son of Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders, of Glassmore House, Whittlesea, Peterborough, and the late Walter Shepperson Saunders. Educated at Oundle School, admitted in September 1906 entering Crosby House; left in April 1910, and later took up farming. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Whittlesey, son of Walter Shepperson and Elizabeth Saunders, resident Glassmoor Bank, Whittlesey Rural (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born GLassmoor, Whittlesea, a Farmer's son managing farm, son of Elizabeth Saunders (a widow), resident Glassmoor, Whittesley, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52. Also Pondersbridge

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

SAUNDERS Edwin Walter of Glasmoor House Whittlesey Ely Cambridgeshire died 5 May 1915 at Ypres in Belgium on active service Probate London 23 February to Elizabeth Saunders widow and Alec Bertram Saunders farmers.
Effects £3621 1s. 4d.

Private 16570, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 36. Born and enlisted Whittlesey, Cambs. Son of Samuel and Mary Scotney, of Gracious Street, Whittlesey. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Lieutenant, "D" Company, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 13 March 1915. Aged 20. Son of Skelton and Annie Smalley, Turntree. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, son of Skelton andAnnie Smalley, resident Else's Farm, Hern Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, at school, born Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, a boarder at Uppingham School, resident Farleigh, Uppingham, Rutland, Leicestershire. Buried in Voormezeele Enclosure No 3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIII. Row C. Grave 1.

Extract from Bond Of Sacrifice: Officers Died In The Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 430:

LIEUTENANT JOHN DOUGLAS SMALLEY, 1st BATTN. CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT, T.F., about whose fate there was some doubt for a considerable time, was eventually reported officially as having been killed in action on the 15th March, 1915, at St. Eloi, near Ypres.

He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Smalley, of Whittlesea, and was twenty years of age at the time of his death. He was educated at Uppingham School, and his chief recreations were football, cricket, and shooting.

In March, 1913, he joined his Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in August, 1914. In Writing of him his Commanding Officer said that the whole Regiment deplored his loss, for he had endeared himself to officers and men alike and was most popular.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

SMALLEY John Douglas of Twin Tree House Whittlesey Cambridgeshire lieutenant in the Cambridgeshire Regiment died 15 March 1915 in France in action Administration Peterborough 10 December to Miriam Annie Smalley (wife of John Smalley).
Effects £346 18s. 9d.

Extract from Peterborough Standard - Saturday 1 January 1916, page 5:

A beautiful new carved oaken pulpit, given by Mr. and Mrs. John Smalley, ot Turntree House. Whittlesey, in memory of their son, has been placed in St. Andrew's Church, Whittlesey, and dedicated. The pulpit bears the following inscription:—“To the glory of God, in loving memory of John Douglas Smalley, Lieutenant 1st Cambs. Regiment, killed in action at St. Eloi, March 14th, 1915. aged 20 years.”

Battery Sergeant Major 280210, 12th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on service in the United Kingdom 29 May 1917. Aged 44. Born Holme, Hunts, resident Whittlesea, Cambs, enlisted Peterborough. In the 1881 census he was aged 7, born Holme, Hunts, a scholar, son of Stephen J Smith (a widower), resident Holme, Huntingdonshire. Buried in Whittlesey Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. Grave reference A. 27. 18.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

SMITH Percy Edward of 49 Melton Villa West End Whittlesey Cambridgeshire sergeant-major Siege School battery died 29 May 1917 at Aldershot Hampshire Probate Peterborough 7 December to Harry Tingle lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery. Effects £257 5s. 6d.

Private 3/10333, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 13 November 1916. Born and resident Whittlesey, Cambs. In the 1901 census he was aged 15, born Whittlesey, an Agricultural labourer, son of George and Frances A Templeman, resident Stonald Field, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 25, born Whittlesey, a Threshing machine labourer, son of George and Frances Ann Templeman, resident 38 Cross Road Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Private 17666, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 20 July 1916. Aged 21. Born Grimsby, Lincs, enlisted Whittlesea, Cambs. Son of Mrs. Laura Biggadike, of 64, Gracious St., Whittlesey. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

Private 31270, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. (Lewis Gun section). Killed in action 10 August 1917. Aged 21. Resident Coates, Cambs, enlisted Whittlesea, Cambs. Son of Mr and Mrs Peter Tinkler, of Field Terrace, Farcet. Lived Poplar Hall Farm. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Farcet, Hunts, son of Peter and Susan Tinkler, resident Rutland Cottages, Lane, Farcet, Huntingdonshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Farcet, Hunts, a Farm labourer, son of Peter and Susan Tinkler, resident 48, Gracious Street, Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33.

Private CH/8670 (Naval Reserve service number RMR/B/1550), H.M.S. Hawke, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Killed in action when his ship was torpedoed in the North Sea 15 October 1914. Aged 40. Born 1 August 1874 in Somersham, Hunts. Son of Benjamin Walton, of Whittlesea, Cambs; husband of Alice (barton) Walton, of 9, Bedford Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, also listed as 38, Asprey Street, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, London S.E.; married October to December Quarter 1902 in Tunbridge Wells Registration District. Brother of William George Walton (below). In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Somersham, Hunts, a scholar, son of Denny B and Ann Walton, resident Main Street, Somersham, St Ives, Huntingdonshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Somersham, Hunts, an Agricultural labourer, son of Denny B and Annie Walton, resident Oldeamere, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel 7.

Private L/16947, 21st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's OWn (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 10 April 1917. Born Whittlesea, enlisted Bedford. Husband of Lillian Agnes Ward, with two sons, of 65, Waghorn Road, Upton Park, London E., married 18 March 1914. Formerly T/31549, Royal Army Service Corps. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Whittlesey, son of John and catherine, resident Mill Road, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B.

Private TF/325297, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. 39th. Division. Killed in action at St. Julian on the opening day of the Third Battle of Ypres 31 July 1917. Aged 27. Born and enlisted in Whittlesey. Husband of Florence Edith Ward, of 17, Holme. Formerly 1663 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Whittlesey, an Assistant butcher, son of John Thomas and Lydia Ward, resident 18, Whitmore Street, Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52.

Sergeant 8486, 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 30 July 1916. Born Coates, Cambs, enlisted Peterborough, Northants. In the 1891 census he was aged 1, born Coates, Cambridgeshire, son of Alice Watford, resident Delph, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born Cambridgeshire, son of William and Alice Ann Watford, resident Gracious Street, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Awarded Military Medal (M.M.). Originally attested 8 November 1906 at Whittlesey, aged 18 years 1 month, as 3336, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, born Coates, Whittlesey, Cambs, a Brickyard labourer, single, height 5 feet 4¾ inches, weight 121½lbs, chest 35½-38½, fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of England, son of W. Watford, of King's HeadInn, Gracious Street, Whittlesey; purchased discharge 20 November 1906. Buried in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 26.

Extract from Army Witness Statement, Summary of evidence related to Private Sands:

(2)	No 8486 Sergeant Watford, 5th Northamptonshire Regt (Pioneers) States: Sir on the night of 27th Dec on arriving at trenches about 5 p.m the Stretcher bearer brought the accused to me who showed me his finger which had been bandaged & said that he was unable to work as he had cut his finger on a jam tin. I left orders with Cpl Gammons that the accused was to do no work at all.
28/12/15	(S/d) W Watford Sgt 5th Northamptonshire Regt (Pioneers).

possibly Herbert Watson, Sergeant 15433, 10th Battaion, Royalo Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 11 April 1917. Born Isle of Ely, Cambs, resident Farcet, enlisted Bala, Merioneth. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.

Private 2455, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 13 April 1915. Aged 23. Born and enlisted Whittlesey, Cambs. Son of Christopher and Lizzie White, of 16, Orchard Street, Whittlesey. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, son of Christopher and Lizzie White, resident High Causeway, Wittlesey, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Bishop's Stortford, Herts, a Bricklayer's labourer presswork, son of Christopher and Lizzie White, resident 16, Orchard Street, Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52.

** Note differences in birth place ***

Private 41427, 13th (West Ham) Essex Regiment. who was killed in action on Thursday, 3 May 1917. Aged 28. Born and resident Whittlesea, enlisted Bury St Edmund's. Son of Isaac and Mary Wildbore; husband of Jessie E (nee Brown) Wildbore, married Octber to December Quarter 1913 in Whittlesey Reistration District. Formerly 6664 Cambridgeshire Regiment. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Whittlesey, son of Isaac and Mary Wildbore, resident Windmill Street, Whittlesey Urban (Isle of Ely), Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Whittlesea, a Farm Labourer, son of Isaac and Mary Wilodbore, resident 26, Windmill Street, Whittlesey, Whittesley Urban, Cambridgeshire. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.

Private 3/5267, 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 5 May 1915. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Hull. Husband of Genesta Wildbore, of 12, Emily Grove, Brighton Street, Hessle Road, Hull. In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born Hull, a Fish Dock labourer, husband of Genesta, Wildbore, son in law of Mary Ann Wilson (a widow), resident 3 Emily Grov, Brighton Street, Sculcoates, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (East Riding). No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21 and 31.

** This is the only Joseph Wildbore available although connection not established **

Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 549647, H.M.S. Allington Castle, Royal Navy. Washed overboard in heavy seas on convoy duty 18 October 1944. Aged 19. Born 6 April 1925 in Whittlesey. Son of John Alfred and Edith Barnes, of 64 Mill Road, Whittlesey. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel 76, Column 2.

Private 5933926, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Missing believed killed in action 14 February 1942 during the Japanese Invasion of Singapore. Born and resident Northamptonshire. Son of Harry and Mary Ann Burgess, of Castle House, Whittlesey. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 54.

Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 518575, H.M.S. Collingwood, Royal Navy. Died in Fareham, Hampshire, 18 June 1943. Aged 18. Born 29 May 1925 in Brightside, Yorkshire. Son of George and Jenny Clifton, of Whittlesey. Buried in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire. Plot E. Row 63. Grave 18.

Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 317670, H.M.S. Martin, Royal Navy. Died at sea 10 November 1942. Aged 20. Born 4 October 1922 in Whittlesey. Son of Walter and Mahalah Curtis, of 18, Coronation Avenue, Whittlesey. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel 57, Column 2.

Private 5832979, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of cholera as a Japanese Prisoner of War working on the Thailand-Burma Railway 10 July 1943, captured 15 February 1942 at Singapore. Aged 23. Born Norfolk, resident Northamptonshire. Son of Mr and Mrs Percy Alfred English, of 32 Cemetery Road, Whittlesey. Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot 10. Collective grave F. 2 - L. 4.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

ENGLISH Nevil Percy of 32 Cemetery-road Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 10 July 1943 on war service Probate Peterborough 10 May to Elsie Hilda English (wife of Percy Alfred English).
Effects £173 12s.

Leading Aircraftman 1157084, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died from malaria as a Japanese Prisoner of War, since the fall of Java, while being transported from Ambon Island to Java in the ship Maros Maru 12 November 1944. Aged 22. Born 18 May 1922. Son of Thomas and Lydia Garner, of 29, Inham's Road, Whittlesey. Buried as sea. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 438.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

GARNER John Harold of 29 Inhams-road Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 12 November 1944 on war service Administration Peterborough 20 September to Thomas Garner lorry driver.
Effects £483 1s. 10d.

Stoker 1st Class, C/KX 105304, H.M.S. Gloucester, Royal Navy. Died 22 May 1941, at the Battle of Crete. Aged 20. Son of Aaron and Alice Hallam, of 7 Orchard St, Whittlesey. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel 47, Column 43.

Able Seaman, P/JX 335263, H.M.S. President III (lost in M.V. Abosso), Royal Navy. Died at sea 29 October 1942. Born 8 June 1923 in Whittlesey, Cambs. Son of John Thomas Eyat Hargrave and Elsie Hendra Hargrave, of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 64, Column 1.

Gunner 1626516, HQ 48th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War from amoebic dysentery at Pakan Baros, Sumatra, 4 April 1945. Aged 34. Born 15 December 1910 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, resident Peterborough, Nothamptonshire. Son of James and Emily Jane Hart, of Reach Farm, Black Bush, Whittlesey; husband of Gladys Eveline Hart, of Wigan, Lancashire formerly Church Villa, Eye, Peterborough. Insurance Agent. In the 1911 census he was nerwborn, born Willow Hall, Whittlesey, Cambs, son of James and E,ily Jane Hart, resident Willow Hall, Thorney, Whittesley, Cambridgeshire. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, an Insurance Agent Inustrial, resident Bowbury Road, Eye, Peterborough R.D., Northamptonshire. Buried in Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 18.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

HART Christopher James of Church Villa Eye Northamptonshire died 4 April 1945 on war service Probate Peterborough 6 March to Gladys Eveline Hart widow.
Effects £1771 1s. 1d.

Driver T/190222, Royal Army Service Corps. Died when his tank transporter caught fire in Wiltshire 24 April 1942. Aged 26. Born 6 September 1915. Son of George and Clara Henson, of Whittlesey. In the 1939 Register he was single, a Motor Lorry Driver, resident with his parents at 46, Church Street, Whittlesey, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried 30 April 1942 in Whittlesey Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. Grave reference Division E. Row 11. Grave 2.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1942:

HENSON Ralph of 46 London-street Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 23 April 1942 On war service Administration Peterborough 26 May to George Henson horse slaughterer.
Effects £289 18s. 7d.

Trooper 305554, 2nd Battalion, Household Cavalry Regiment, Royal Horse Guards. Died of wounds 1 March 1945, wounded 24 February 1945 in Western Europe. Aged 25. Born 17 August 1920. Son of John and Florence Sarah Housden, of 2, Bassenhally Road, Whittlesey. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, a Beet Factory (Pulp) Heavy Worker, resident with his parents at 2, Bassenhally Road, Whittlesey, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire. First wounded 31 July 1944 in North est Europe. Buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 19. Row C. Grave 7.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

HOUSDEN Raymond Thomas otherwise Raymond of 2 Bassenhally-road Whittlesey Cambridge died 1 March 1945 on war service Probate Peterborough 11 July to John Housden kiln drawer. Effects £198 12s. 9d.

Private 5828945, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died at sea while a Japanese Prisoner of War when the ship he was being transported on, Hofuku Maru, was sunk 2by planes from an American Aircraft Carrier, 80 miles north of Corregidor, 1 September 1944, captured 15 February 1942 in Singapore. Aged 27. Born 29 August 1917. Son of Harry and Harriet Lakey, of 16, Briggate East, Whittlesey. In the 1939 Registerhe was single, a General Labourer Brickyard, resident with his parents at Briggate, Briggate East, Whittlesey, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 59.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

LAKEY Ernest Edward of 16 Briggate East Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died on or since 21 September 1944 on war service Administration Peterborough 3 May to Harriett Lakey (wife of Harry Lakey). Effects £266 12s. 8d.

Private 5777121, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Accidentally killed in United Kingdom 16 July 1940. Aged 24. Born 25 January 1916. Son of Thomas and Agnes Leeson, of Coates. In the 1939 Register he was single, a Labourer, resident with his parents at 44, London Street, Whittlesey, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in Salthouse (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Norfolk. No reference.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1942:

LEESON George Alec of 44 London-street Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 16 July 1940 on war service Administration Peterborough 16 January to Agnes Leeson widow.
Effects £384 5s. 7d.

Private 7619209, 2nd/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died of dysentery during forced march from Poland to Germany as a Prisoner of War (P.O.W. No. 14040) 7 March 1945, captured 9 June 1940 (retreat to Dunkirk); impridoned in Stalag 20A Podgorz (Thorn). Aged 25. Born 20 November 1919. Son of George and Esther Lilley, of 3 Common Road, Whittlesey. In the 1939 Register he was single, a Brickworks Labourer Heavy Worker, resident with his parents at 3, Commons Road, Whittlesey, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany.Plot 11. Row C, Grave 10.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

LILLEY Roland Clarence of 6 Commons-road Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 7 March 1945 on war service Administration Peterborough 5 July to George Lilley stoker gas works.
Effects £244 7s. 7d.

Private 5933921, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died at sea 12 September 1944, as a Japanese Prisoner of War, aboard Hofuku Maru that was sunk by planes from an American Aircraft Carrier, 80 miles north of Corregidor; originallycaptured 15 February 1942 in Singapore. Aged 32. Son of Mr H Lutkin, of Hallcroft Road, Whittlesey. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 59.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

LUTKIN Percy of St. Edmund Halcroft-road Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 21 September 1944 on war service Administration (with Will) Peterborough 28 January to Dorothy Irene Lutkin widow. Effects £264 10s. 7d.

Lance Corporal 7520726, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died on service in the United Kingdom 5 September 1940. Born Kent. Buried in St Peter-in-Thanet Churchyard, Kent. Row 43. Grave 43.

** Association with Whittlesey unnown **

Private 5775731, 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died of malaria as a Japanese Prisoner of War 17 October 1943, orginally taken prisoner 15 February 1942 in Singapore. Aged 26. Born 5 April 1917. Son of Albert Edward and Mary Ann Mills, of 256, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey; husband of Joyce Millicent (nee Henson) Mills, of 15, St Paul's Road, New England, Peterborough, married October to December Quarter 1939 in Peterborough Registration District. In the 1939 Register he was single, a Railway Wagon Repairer Heavy Worker, resident with his parents at 2, Star Collage, King's Dyke, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot 4. Row C. Grave 3.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

MILLS Albert William of 15 St. PauIs-road Peterborough died 17 October 1943 on war service Administration Peterborough 12 January to Joyce Millicent Mills widow.
Effects £124 2s. 8d.

Sergeant (Pilot) 741381, 102 (Ceylon) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Took off from Topcliffe on night operations over Bloulogne flying a Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V serial number T4260 when his aircraft was hit by flak and crashed at Bourthes, Pas-de-Calais, France, killing him 15 April 1941. Son of the late Mr and Mrs A J Norris, of Whittlesey. Buried in Bouthes Churchyard, Pas de Calais, France. Collective grave 3.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1942:

NORRIS James Arthur of 35 Broad-street Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died on or since 15 April 1941 on war service Administration Peterborough 19 January to Ethel Ruby Beaton (wife of George Albert Beaton) and Margery Pearl Norris spinster. Effects £2482 8s. 3d.

Private 5932343, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died in captivity from blood poisoning as a Japanese Prisoner of War 6 July 1943. Aged 35. Born and resident Cambridgeshire. Son of Mrs A. Pearson, and stepson of Mr. J. F. Holman, of 9 Council Houses, Stonald Ave, Whittlesey. Formerly resident 9, Stowald Avenue, Whittlesea. Buried in Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan. British Section. PLot H. Row B. Grave 5.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1947:

PEARSON William David of 9 Stonald-avenue Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 6 July 1943 on war service Probate Peterborough 30 January to Angelina Holman (wife of John Frederick Holman). Effects £150 19s. 4d.

Private 5932347, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Missing presumed killed in action during the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore in Batu Pahat, North Johore, Malaya, 23 January 1942. Aged 30. Born and resident Cambridgeshire. Son of Charles Wesley Pikett and Mary Elizabeth Pikett of Windmill St, Whittlesey. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 60.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

PIKETT Herbert Alfred of 15 Windmill-street Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 23 January 1942 on war service Probate Peterborough 25 June to Mary Elizabeth Pikett widow.
Effects £330 10s. 9d.

Gunner 5932363, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of wounds 25 January 1942. Aged 30. Born nd resident Whittlesey. Son of Alfred and Mary Popely, of Whittlesey. Buried in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Plot 17. Row E. Grave 5.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

POPELY Alfred Edward of 24 Stonald-avenue Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 25 January 1942 on war service Probate Peterborough 26 July to Alfred Popely builders labourer.
Effects £217 11s. 8d.
Former Grant D.R. Peterborough 29 May 1946 Revoked.

Driver 1890017, 251 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers. Died of malaria and colitis as a Japanese Prisoner of War at Tarso 18 September 1943, captured 15 February 1942 at Singapore. Aged 24. Born 10 January 1919. Son of Herbert and Ada Mary Reynolds, of Black Bush Inn, Market Street, Whittlesey. In the 1939 Register he was single, a Motor Mechanic, resident 67, Coronation Avenue, Whittlesey, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire. Cremated. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 42.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

REYNOLDS Herbert of The Black Bull Market-street Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 18 September 1943 on war service Probate Peterborough 20 March to Ada Mary Reynolds widow.
Effects £226 18s. 6d.

Private 5832811, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of dysentery at Tanakan as a Japanese Prisoner of War 28 July 1943, captured 15 February 1942 at Singapore. Aged 30. Born 30 April 1913, and resident, Cambridgeshire. Son of John and Alice Ann Sneesby, of 13, West Delph, Whittlesey. In the 1939 Register he was single, a Heavy Worker Refuse, resident with his parents at 13 West Delph, Whittlesey, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in Kanchanburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot 2. Row H. Grave 36.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

SNEESBY John Anthony of 13 West Delph Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 28 July 1943 on war service Administration Peterborough 1 February to Alice Ann Sneesby (wife of John Sneesby). Effects £140 11s. 8d.

Lance Corporal 5884117, 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died at Stalag VIIIA, 13 January 1945, as a Prisoner of War (captured in Libya 14 April 1943), prisoner number 7289, camp 18A. Aged 26. Born Huntingdonshire, resident Cambridgeshire. Buried in Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria. Plot 6. Row D. Grave 14.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

STEPHENS Sydney Arthur of 26 Coronation-avenue Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 13 January 1945 on war service Probate Peterborough 19 September to Thomas Owen motor driver.
Effects £137 16s. 1d.

Private 5889129, 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action in Sicily 1 August 1943. Aged 27. Born 25 June 1916. Son of William Henry and Florence Timms, of Railway House, New Road, Whittlesey. In the 1939 register he was single, a Tile Factory Hand, resident with his parents at Railway Cottage, New Road, Whittlesey, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire. Previously wounded 14 April 1943 in North Africa. Buried in Catania War Cemetery, Scilly, Italy. Plot I. Row J. Grave 50.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

TIMMS Edmund William of Railway House New-road Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 1 August 1943 on war service Administration Peterborough 24 March to Gladys Curran (wife of James Francis Curran). Effects £296 8s. 4d.

Private 5828774, Motor Transport, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment. Died of beriberi at Chunkai as a Japanese Prisoner of War 5 December 1943, captured 15 February 1942 in Singapore. Aged 25. Born 15 January 1918 in Ramsey, Hunts. Son of Percy James and Alice Mabel Wulbern, of 68, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey. In the 1939 Register he was single, a Clerk to Farm of Miller and Agricultural Merchant, resident with his parents at 68, Peterborough Road, King's Dyke, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot 3. Row O Grave 6.

Able Seaman, C/SSX 23008, H.M.S. Walney, Royal Navy. Died at sea 8 November 1942. Aged 23. Born 5 January 1920 in Whittlesey. Son of Richard and Nellie Maria Weston, of 2, Council Houses, Stonald Road, Whittlesey. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel 56, Column 3.

Note: H.M.S. Walney was selected for Operation Reservist as part of the Allied invasion of French North Africa. Walney, together with H.M.S. Hartland were to break into Oran harbour, 8 November 1942, and land troops that would take control of key facilities before they could be destroyed. She got into the harbour but was hit repeatedly by French guns. She just made it to the jetty and the survivors were able to get off but were subsequently captured, Walney then sank. Her captain, Frederick Thornton Peters was awarded the Victoria Cross "for valour in taking H.M.S. Walney, in an enterprise of desperate hazard into the harbour of Oran..."

Engineer, Auxiliary Fire Service. Died in collision between two cars on Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, during an air raid warning 7 June 1940. Aged 47. Born 25 May 1893. In the 1939 Register he was a Haulage Engineer married to Elizabeth (nee Eason) Smith, resident 17 Easgate, Whittlesey, Whittlesey U.D., Cambridgeshire, married October to December 1916 in Whittlesey Registration District. Lived Jubilee Garage, Eastgate, Whittlesey. He was awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) serving with the 1/1st Cambs Regiment in World War One. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Whittlesey, a Farm labourer, son of John and Susan Ann Smith, resident Glassmoor, Whittesley, Cambridgeshire.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1940:

SMITH William Hollis of 17 Eastgate Whittlesey Cambridgeshire died 7 June 1940 at Eastrea-road Whittlesey Administration Peterborough 26 July to Elizabeth Smith widow and Arthur Miller Sewter insurance agent. Effects £1182 4s. 2d.