Fred Burdakin

Dvr, 93891, D Battery, 62nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. 29-1-18, age 23. Son of David Bicheno Askew & Millicent Askew, Westfield, Station Rd, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs. Brother of below.

Harvey

Pte, 14419, B company, 11th Suffolk Regiment. 28-4-17, age 25. Son of David Bicheno Askew & Millicent Askew, Westfield, Station Rd, Willingham. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Brother of above.

Thomas

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Rgt). Pte G/18083. Enlisted BSE. Resident Willingham. Died 14/11/16. DOW. Formerly 2533, Suffolk Yeomanry. Aged 25. Son of William Thomas and Charlotte Barker of Willingham. Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine - Maritime.

Ernest E.

James

Pte, 202179, 1/4th Suffolk Regiment. 23-4-17, age 21. Son of Harry & Minnie Ellwood, Lordship Terrace, Willingham. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Frederick C.

Pte, 36563, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment. (Princess Charlotte of Wales) killed in action on 11-8-1917, age 27. Son of Papworth Lingo Few & Harriet Few, Church St, Willingham. Born Histon, Cambs and enlisted Cambridge, resident Willingham. Formerly 4590, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium.

Frederick W.

Able Seaman, R/1507, Hawke Btn, Royal Naval Division. 25-5-18. Son of Fred Few, Tower Cottages, Station Rd, Willingham. Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Peter

Gnr, 111943, 47th Company, Royal Garrison Artillery. 24-2-17, age 32. So of Elijah & Elizabeth Few, of Willingham. Husband of Clara Elizabeth Jeaps (formerly Few) 21 Council Houses, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Richard

Pte, 2543, 4th Grenadier Guards. 27-4-18, age 34. Son of the late William Few, of Willingham. Husband of Ellen Pratt (formerly Few), of 9 Riley St, King's Rd, Chelsea, London. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Frederick William

Pte. 10th Bt. Canadian Infantry (Alberta Reg.), d 27/9/1918, age 34, buried: HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Son of Mrs Amelia Gadsby, Willingham , Cambs.

John William

Gnr, 204939, Royal Garrison Artillery. 20-4-19, age 19. Son of James Garner, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Ernest O.

Pte, 40326, 12th Suffolk Regiment. 22-3-18, age 31. Son of Edwin & Martha Gleaves, Vine House Willingham. Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Ronald Cecil

Private 644, 3rd Regiment, The South African Infantry, South African Brigade. Attached to the 9th Scottish Division Killed in action at Delville Wood 19th July 1916, aged 25. Next of kin unknown. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR 21

Alfred

7th Bn, Beds Regiment. Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. Resident Willingham. Died 27/9/16. KIA. Sergeant 43261. Formerly 8361, Suffolk Regiment. Aged 23. Son of Mary Elizabeth Hart of Silver St, Willingham. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval.

[B] Manoah

L/Cpl 10/714 Wellington Reg., New Zealand E.F., d 18/8/1915, age 31. buried: EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY, Lemnos, Greece. Son of William and Alice Hayden, of Willingham, Cambridge.

John W.

Pte, T/203047, 6th The Buffs (East Kent Rgt). 27-8-18, age 34. Nephew of Mrs S Bowen, Wisbech Rd, Littleport. Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Walter William

Pte, 15702, 11th Suffolk Regiment. 17-7-16, age 22. Son of William & Mary Ann Huckell, Whites Path, Willingham. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Albert George

Pte, 265548, 14th Hampshire Regiment. 24-10-16, age 32. Son of George & Louisa Ingle, Church St, Willingham. Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France.

William H.

possibly Pte, 202195, 1/4th Suffolk Regiment. 24-4-17. Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas de Calais, France.

Frank

4th Bn Suffolk Regiment. Pte 202197. Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. KIA 23/4/17. Arras Memorial.

Charles

L/Cpl, 12593, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment. 9-5-15, age 25. Son of Mrs Lois Jane King, Rampton Road, Willingham. Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Borther of below.

Ernest Edwin

Pte, 13542, 11th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16, age 18. Son of Lois Jane King (formerly Pridham), Rampton Rd, Willingham, & late Charles Pridham. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Brother of above.

Smith Stevens

Sgt, 13573, 11th Suffolk Rgt, Killed in action 1-7-16. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Charles

1st Bn, Queen's Own (Royal West Surrey Rgt). Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. KIA 3/11/16. Pte G/13260. Thiepval Memorial.

Cornelius

Pte, 26481, 8th Suffolk Regiment. 12-7-18, age 35. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

John G.

Gunner 212029, No 4 Depot, Royal Field Artillery transferred to 601st Agricultural Company, The Labour Corps (523867). Died at home on the 16th March 1919, aged 30. Son of Frederick & Esther Rigby. Husband of Dorothy May Rigby, 3, Lordship Terrace, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Alan Edward

Capt, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 53rd Sikhs, 22-4-17, age 21. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Charles Harry

7th Bn, Suffolk Regiment. Pte 47755. KIA 9/8/17. Arras Memorial.

George

2nd Bn, Suffolk Regiment. Pte 15627. DOW 18/6/17. Aged 21. Son of Charles Smith of Schole Rd, Willingham. Husband of Susan Ann Winnup (Formerly Smith) of Tea Garden, Elm Low Rd, Wisbech. Faubourg D'Amiens Cametery, Arras.

George

2nd Bn, Suffolk Regiment. Sergeant 8356. KIA 18/6/17. Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. Aged 24. Son of the late Mrs Rosina Smith. Arras Memorial.

George

possibly Pte 41915, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Born Horley, enlisted Newmarket. 2-9-18. Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Albert Eric

2nd Lt, 4th Royal Fusiliers, 3-5-127, age 27. Son of Ingle Few Thoday, The Vineyards, Willingham. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Brother of Redvers.

Leban

L/Cpl, 3rd Regt, South African Infantry. 15-7-16. Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France.

Redvers V.

Pte, 79881, 9th Royal Fusiliers. 24-11-181, age 18. Son of Ingle Few Thoday, The Vineyards, Willingham. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. Brother of Eric.

Barker

L/Cpl, 13653, 11th Suffolk Regiment. 9-11-17. St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Brother of James Edward TIBBITT below.

James Edward

Private, 18038, 2nd Bn, Suffolk Reg. d: Mar. 2, 1916 buried: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Eiper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 21. Brother of Barker TIBBITT above.

Spencer Tate

Pte, 97019, 23rd Middlesex Regiment. 6-12-19, age 20. Son of William Spencer Turner, & Annie Turner, Church St, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Fisher G.

1st Bn, Welsh Guards. Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. Pte 3377. Died 1/12/17. Son of James Webster of Willingham. Husband of Emily Webster, of 28 Victoria Street, Ely. Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Nord, France.

Added to the memorial later

Not on memorial but buried in the churchyard

1939-45

Victor Pearce

Bdr, 940897, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Rgt, Royal Artillery. 23-6-43, age 24, Prisoner of War. Son of William John & Kate Bolton, of Willingham. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.

Dermot Ezra Read

Fredereick James

Able Seaman, D/JX 172000, HMS Landrail, Royal Navy. 26-9-45, age 26. Son of Arthur Crane Ellwood & Alice Maud Ellwood, of Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Derek Stuart

Trooper, 7931704, 27th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps. Died on 12-4-45, age 24. Son of Arthur George and Katherine Emily Granger, of Willingham, Cambridgeshire; husband of Ruth Eveline Granger, of Willingham. Faenza War Cemetery, Italy.

Muriel Christine

Sister, 274079, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. 12-2-44. Brookwood Memorial, Surrey.

Laurence

Pte, 5933761, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 8-9-45, age 24, Prisoner of War. Son of Hubert & Clara Elizabeth Jeeps, of Willingham. Singapore Memorial, Singapore.

Frederick Oswald

Pte, 5832412, 5th Suffolk Regiment. 26-7-43, age 30, Prisoner of War. Singapore Memorial, Singapore.

Dorothy Mary June Dorrie

Leading Aircraftwoman, 2107562, Women's Aux. Air Force, died on Tuesday, 9th July 1946. Age 21. Daughter of Harold Ernest and Kate Willis, of Leicester. LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

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

Maurice

Drv. Royal Army Service Corps, d 23/10/1946, age 35, buried: MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY, Germany. Son of Ezra and Anne Jane Gautrey; husband of Doris Gautrey, of Willingham, Cambridgeshire.

Pte. 2nd Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., d 10/6/1943, age 25, buried: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand.