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WOODDITTON WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Dave Edwards
2001
Additional photographs & information David Male

This memorial is to be found inside the parish church of St. Mary's. It takes the form of a marblke plaque, with names on either side of a figure which appears to be St George. An addition below holds the names for World War 2. There are 29 names for World War 1 and 3 for World War 2.


Photograph Copyright © Rod Vincent 2001
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These went forth from us and died for England.

AVIS

Victor

Private 139522, 3rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died of wounds 28th October 1918. Aged 21. Born Woodditton, enlisted Newmarket. Son of Walter and Alice Avis, of 11, Vinery Road, Romsey Town, Cambridge. Buried in ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. See also Saxon Street.

CHAMBERS

Christopher

possibly Company Sergeant Major, 320135, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, formerly 1718, Suffolk Yeomanry. Killed in action Wednesday, 18th September 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 38. Born Sudbourne, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of William and Alice Chambers, of Marlesford, Suffolk. Buried in Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 39.

DAY

William Chapman

Private, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 14 February 1917. Born 10th June 1896 in Hendringham, Norfolk (Hedingham on SDGW), enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Newmarket. Son of Mr & Mrs Harry Day of Crockfords Farm, Woodditton, Newmarket. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

DEAN

George Lazarus

Private, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Aged 36. Born Disby Wood, Cambs, enlisted Newmarket. Son of James Dean. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

DRAKE

Richard

Private 12463, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 12th September 1917. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. See also Saxon Street.

GENT

Norman

Lance Corporal, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 14th October 1916. Aged 32. Born and enlisted Newmarket. Son of Joseph Gent, of Rose Villa, Saxon Street, Newmarket, Cambs. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. See also Saxon Street.

HOWE

Percy William

Lance Corporal 52328, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 8th Divsion. Killed in action 13th October 1918. Born in Woodditton and enlisted in Newmarket. Formerly with the Suffolk Regiment (23684). Commemorated on The Vis En Artois Memorial MR.16. See also Saxon Street.

HUBBARD

Charles

Private, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Aged 32. Born Saxon Street, enlisted Newmarket. Son of James Hubbard, of Saxon Street, Newmarket; husband of Hilda May Hubbard, of Laburnum Terrace, Grantchester, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. See also Grantchester and Saxon Street.

JAGGARD

David

Gunner 50512, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died at home 7th May 1917. Aged 22. Born Woodditton, enlisted Newmarket. Husband of Alice Catherine Jaggard, of Vine Cottage, Stetchworth, Newmarket, Cambs. Commemorated in WOODDITTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire. Special Memorial (North-West part, near wall)

MILLS

Frederick [A J] John Alfred

[FJA Mills on CWGC], Private 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of wounds 20th March 1918. Aged 23. Born Bradley, Suffolk, enlisted Newmarket, resident Wooditton. Son of Alfred and Annie Mills, of Stetchworth Road, Woodditton, Newmarket. Formerly 28086, Norfolk Regiment. Buried in HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

NUNN

George Albert

Private 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 15th October 1915. Aged 21. Born Wooditton, enlisted Newmarket. Son of John and Sarah Nunn, of 80, Woodditton, Newmarket. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.

PEACHEY

Frederick [Charles]

Private, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regiment). Died 15th September 1916. Aged 24. Son of Edward and Susannah Peachey, of Rose Cottage, Saxon Street, Newmarket. Buried in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. See also Saxon Street.

PEACHEY

Joseph [William]

Private, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 13th October 1915. Aged 20. Born Wooditton, enlisted Newmarket. Son of the late James Peachey. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. See also Saxon Street.

PETTITT

Charles Samuel

Sergeant, 12th Labour Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Died 3rd December 1917. Aged 35. Born Wooditton, enlisted Leicester, resident Somerby, Leicestershire. Husband of Mrs. N. Pettitt, of 54, Saxon Street, nr. Newmarket. Buried in NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

PETTITT

Claude

[Probably incorrectly recorded as 'G' Pettitt in CWGC] Rifleman B/200971, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade, formerly 13/5775, 17th Battalion, Training Reserve. Killed in action 1st November 1918. Aged 20. Born and resident Wooditton, enlisted Newmarket. Buried in PRESEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France.

PETTITT

Frederick

Private 14025, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday, 17th February 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born Woodditton, enlisted Newmarket. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.

PETTITT

Stephen

Private, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died at home 7th June 1915. Aged 19. Born Wooditton, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mrs. S. Pettitt, of 97, Church Cottage, Wood Ditton. Buried in WOOD DITTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

PLUME

Percy

Private, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 20th July 1916. Aged 20. Born Cheveley, enlisted Newmarket. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Plume, of Woodditton, Newmarket. Born Cheveley, Newmarket. Buried in QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN, Somme, France.

SHARPE

William

Private, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment,). Died 25/9/1916. Son of Mrs Alice Sharpe, 67 Saxon Rd, Newmarket. Born 1895, Wood Ditton. No known grave. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. See also Saxon Street and Exning.

SMITH

George Henry

Private, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 27th April 1915. Aged 29. Son of William Henry and Jane Elizabeth Smith, of 79, Wood Ditton, Newmarket. Native of Bury St. Edmunds. Buried in FORT PITT MILITARY CEMETERY, Kent, United Kingdom.

STARVIS

William

Private, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 10th April 1917. Aged 23. Son of William and Mary Starvis, of 96, Church Cottages, Woodditton, Newmarket, Cambs. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

STONE

James

possibly James William Stone, Private 17869, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday, 2nd August 1916. Born West Row, Suffolk, enlisted Newmarket. Age 25. Son of George and Emma Stone; husband of Nellie Stone, of West Row, Ely, Cambs. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A

SWANN

Robert

Private, East Anglian Divison Veterinary Hospital, Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Died at home 12th March 1917. Aged 21, enlisted Huntingdon. Son of James and Sarah Swann, of 60, Knock Hall Road, Greenhithe, Kent. Born at Wood Ditton. Buried in WOOD DITTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire.

THOMPSON

Edward Romaine

Trooper, Household Battalion. Died 22nd February 1917. Aged 29. Son of Sam and Martha Thompson, of 20, London Road, Newmarket, Suffolk. Buried in BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France.

THOMPSON

Hilary

Lance Corporal 41964, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment formerly 27263, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday, 9th August 1917. Aged 25. Born Newmarket, enlisted Westminster, Middlesex, resident Marylebone, Middlesex. Son of Sam and Martha Thompson, of 20, London Road, Newmarket, Suffolk. Commmemorated YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 39.

WALLAGE

John

Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 4th March 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

WILLIAMSON

Thomas

Sergeant 14049, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Thursday, 20th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 31. Born Shouldham, Thorpe, enlisted Newmarket. Son of Thomas and Fanny Williamson, of Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk. Buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 3.

WISEMAN

Charles

Private 202238, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment formerly 3080, Hertfordshire, Yeomanry. Killed in action 22nd August 1918. Born Woodditton, enlisted Hitchin, Herts. Buried in RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.

WOOLLARD

Frederick

Private 16704, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th May 1915. Aged 23. Born Woodditton, enlisted Northampton. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

1939 – 1945
CLAYDON

George William

Civilian. Died 29th October 1940. Aged 69. Of 13 Wood Ditton Road, Wood Ditton. Commemorated by RURAL DISTRICT OF NEWMARKET, Section of the Civilian War Dead Register.

LAW

Alexander

Possibly: W.O. Class 2, CSM Scots Guards. Died 12th September 1944. Aged 32. Son of Alexander Watson Law and Marion Noble Law; husband of Ada Laura Law, of Newmarket, Suffolk. Buried in LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY, Leopoldsburg, Limburg, Belgium.

LEVETT

Kenneth Gordon

Aircraftman 1st Class, R.A.F.V.R.. Died 3rd October 1942. Aged 22. Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Son of Harry S. Levett and Annie L. Levett, of Saxon Street, Cambridgeshire.

 Additional Churchyard burials and inscriptions
PLEDGER

William Alfred

Aircraftman 2nd Class 1101719, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 18th September 1940. Buried in WOODDITTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire.
SMITH

James

Died 24th June 1917 age 22. Son of James & Eliza Smith. (The only James Smith killed on that day was James Smith, Private 30937, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 24th June 1917. Born and enlisted Darlington.)

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