Roll of Honour - Cambridgeshire - Wisbech, Isle of Ely Constabulary

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WISBECH ISLE OF ELY CONSTABULARY WAR MEMORIAL

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

The Isle of Ely Constabulary Memorials for both World War 1 and 2 are located in Wisbech Police Station, Nene Parade, Wisbech. The World War 1 plaque takes the form of a nowy-headed brass plaque on a wooden backboard with the Isle of Ely Constabulary crest engraved at the top centre, beneath which the incised inscription is in black lettering. There are three names listed. The World War 2 plaque takes the form of a nowy-headed brass plaque on an oak backboard with the Isle of Ely Constabulary crest at the top centre, beneath which is the enamelled inscription. Once again there are three names listed.

Isle of Ely Constabulary WW1 © (WMR-3505)

Isle of Ely Constabulary WW2 © Police Remembrance Trust (WMR-3506)

TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE ISLE OF ELY CONSTABULARY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918
CHENEY	William John	L/Cpl, 8287, 2nd Coldstream Guards. 14-11-14. Buried Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium. Also listed Ely.
MCKANNA-MAULKIN	Albert	Lance Corporal 14417, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 25 September 1916. Aged 28. Born St. Lukes, London, enlisted London. Policeman with Isle of Ely Constabulary. Husband of Nellie McKanna-Maulkin. Buried in Serre Road No 2 Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot XVI. Row G. Grave 10. Also listed Whittlesey.
PEEL	Ernest Owen	Cpl, R/17353, 17th King's Royal Rifle Corps, age 29. Buried Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1, Somme, France. Also listed Christchurch.
THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES SERVING IN THIS FORCE IN THE YEAR 1922 "LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED" TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE ISLE OF ELY CONSTABULARY WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
LEES	George Edmund	2613094, L/Sergeant, 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards. Died 30th January 1944, age 34. Son of William Bernard & Isabella Lees; husband of Marjorie Lees, of Haddenham. Buried Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. See also Haddenham
CLAY	George Frederick	2514197, Sergeant, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Died 27th September 1944, age 28. Son of Frederick & Sarah Clay; husband of Joyce Lilian Clay, of Welwyn Garden City, Herts. Buried Heesch Roman Catholic Cemterey, Netherlands. Extract from Wisbech Standard 1944:
SIMPSON	John	350068, Lieutenant, Royal Norfolk Regiment (police memorial says Corps of Military Police). Died 30th May 1945, age 33. Son of Edmund Wallace Simpson & Harriett Simpson, of Nottingham; husband of Doris Kathleen Simpson, of 31 Downham Rd, Ely. Served in Grenadier Guards 1931-35, joined Isle police in 1935, being stationed at Ely until called up as a reservist in 1939. Buried Delhi War Cemetery, India. See also Ely WW2
THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES SERVING IN THIS FORCE IN THE YEAR 1945 "LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED"

Last updated 2 May, 2025

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