1914-1918

Albert Fordham

42120, Pte, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 4-9-16, age 21. Son of Mr & Mrs J Abbott, of East End, Bluntisham. Born & residing in Bluntisham, enlisted Huntingdon. Listed Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Also listed Bluntisham Baptist Chapel memorial.

Charles Russel

17571, Pte, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 16-6-15, age 19. Son of Mr & Mrs J Abbott, of East End, Bluntisham. Born & residing in Bluntisham, enlisted Huntingdon. Listed Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Also listed Bluntisham Baptist Chapel memorial.

Frank

41299, Pte, 8th North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 16-4-18, age 19. Son of James & Margaret Allgood, of West End Farm, Bluntisham. Listed Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

[Alexander] Thomas

33329, Pte, A coy 6th Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28-7-17, age 20. Son of James & Margaret Allgood, of West End Farm, Bluntisham. Buried Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France.

Robert Wiliam (Ronald)

18459, Pte, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 28-7-17, age 22. Son of Herbert & Annie G Ambrose, Hillrow, Causeway, Cambs. Born & residing Earith, enlisted Bedford. Listed Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. Also listed Haddenham.

[George] Arthur

7524, Pte, 1st East Surrey Regiment. Died 31-8-18. Buried Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Also listed Bluntisham Baptist Chapel memorial.

Henry George

43435, Pte, 11th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 22-3-18. Born Earith, enlisted St Ives. Formerly 25242 Bedfordshire Regiment. Listed Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Arthur Edward

CH/19336, Pte, 1st Royal Marine Btn, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died 22-11-16, age 19. Son of Mrs R Carman, of Haddenham. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Also listed Haddenham, Cambs.

Alfred

371850, Pte, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30-10-17, age 29. Son of James & Jane Chapman, of Bluntisham; husband of Ada E Chapman, of Bridge End, Somersham. Listed Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. Also listed Somersham and Bluntisham Baptist Chapel memorial.

Edward

2317, Pte, 9th East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 5-8-17. Born Woodhurst, living Somersham. Husband of Mrs C L Jeeps (formerly Chapman), of Berrycroft, Willingham. Listed Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium. Also listed Somersham.

Sidney

14984, Cpl, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15-5-15. Born & residing Earith, enlisted Huntingdon. Listed Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Archibald (Archie) Jim

33593, Pte, 3rd (Reserve) Essex Regiment. Died in at home 16-2-17. Born and resident Bluntisham, enlisted Huntingdon. Son of Betsy Fox & the late James Fox. Born & residing Bluntisham, enlisted Huntingdon. Buried Bluntisham (St Mary) Churchyard, Cambs.

Vivian

15170, Pte, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27-7-16. Born & residing Sutton, enlisted Huntingdon. Listed Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Also listed Sutton, Cambs.

Mander

24475, Pte, 5th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 12-5-17. Son of William Hadder, of The Jolly Bankers, Sutton, Cambs. Listed Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Also listed Sutton, Cambs.

Frank

12816, L/Cpl, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16, age 28. Son of John Richard & Jane Hewitt, 493 Seven Sisters Rd, South Tottenham, London. Born Tottenham, enlisted Huntingdon, residing Derby. Buried Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France. Also listed Bluntisham Baptist Chapel memorial.

Herbert

43488, Pte, 11th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26-8-17, age 23. Son of Mr & Mrs John Hills, High St, Earith. Born Earith, enlisted Huntingdon. Buried Hargicourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne, France.

Walter

19714, Pte, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 14-9-17, age 30. Son of Josiah Hudson, High St, Earith; husband of Mrs Ethel Ginn (formerly Hudson), 2 New Town, Earith. Born & residing Earith, enlisted Bedford. Listed Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

William James

7284, Pte, 2nd East Surrey Regiment. Died 25-04-15, age 19. Son of Frank and Margaret Johnson, of Bluntisham, Hunts. Lived in Wood End, Bluntisham. Listed Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium.

Ernest

269786, 2/7th Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 26-9-17. Listed Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

George Ernest

51227, L/Cpl, 13th Royal Fusiliers. Died 18-5-17, age 25. Son of Martha Ann Leach, Bluntisham & the late Arthur Leach. Buried Bluntisham (St Mary) Churchyard, Cambs.

Frank James

307664, Sgt, 1/8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 27-8-16, age 21. Son of James & Alice Neal, Colne Rd, Bluntisham. Formerly Hunts Cyclists Btn. Listed Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Also listed Bluntisham Baptist Chapel memorial.

[Edward] Alfred

S/18434, Rfn, 9th Rifle Brigade. Died 3-5-17, age 34. Son of John & Mary Charter Phillips, of Bluntisham. Listed Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Also listed Bluntisham Baptist Chapel memorial.

Oliver George

23219, Pte, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 23-4-17, age 21. Son of George Seymour Rawlings & Mary Ann Rawlings, Church End, Earith. Born & residing Earith, enlisted Ampthill. Buried Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France.

George

William

G/18755, Pte, 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Rrgiment. Died of wounds 25th August 1918, age 19. Son of William & Mary Secker, School Lane, Earith. Born St Martin's, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Buried Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Thomas

32610, Pte, 197th coy Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 11-10-17. Son of the late Thomas & Sarah Stokes. Born and resident Earith, enlisted Ampthill. Listed Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Ernest Henry

Acting-Bombadier, 25011, 83rd Bde, Royal Field Artillery. Died 30-10-17, age 21. Son of Jesse & Ellen Symonds, of Earith. Buried Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium.

Frederick

possibly 235082, Corporal, 8th, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 8-10-18, age 23. Son of Sam Thomas Symonds and Kezia Symonds, of 5, Pretoria Cottages, Ditton Walk, Cambridge. Listed Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Bertie

269410, Pte, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 21-9-17, age 20. Son of Martha Wales, High St, Earith. Listed Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

John Thomas

235258, Pte, 17th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of wounds 29-8-17, age 40. Husband of Sabina Wales, of Earith. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Thomas

[Arthur] Ernest

G/24707, 6th The Buffs (East Kent Rgt). Died 9-8-18, age 19. Son of Arthur & Annie Ward, Little London, Bluntisham. Buried Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Also listed Bluntisham Baptist Chapel memorial.

Charles Henry

23234, Pte, 8th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 15-9-16, age 23. Son of John & Rosetta Wilson, School Lane, Earith. Born Longstanton, enlisted Ampthill, residing Earith. Listed Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Walter

20436, Pte, 4th Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 29-5-17, age 21. Son of John & Rosetta Wilson, School Lane, Earith. Born Longstanton, enlisted Somersham, residing Earith. Listed Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

1939-1945

Peter Lawrence

5885521, Pte, 5th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 24-12-42, age 19. Son of Thomas & Sarah Ann Coulson, of Earith. Buried Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia.

Arthur James

5886245, Pte, 5th Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 24-5-40, age 21. Son of Arthur & Elizabeth Dearman, of Earith. Buried Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France.

[Arthur] James

Boy 1st Class, HMS Curacoa, Royal Navy. Died 27-4-40. Son of Natt & Margaret Flack, of Colne. Buried Kirkwall (St Olaf's) Cemetery, Orkney.

Derek

No further information currently.

Ernest Goerge Rex

CH/X 501, Sgt, Royal Marines. Died 30-12-42, age 32. Son of William & Elizabeth Hinkins; husband of Winifred W Hinkins, of Warboys. Listed Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.

Frederick

Army driver, killed in car accident in 1945. Possibly: Gnr 6094606, Royal Artillery, died 4-12-45, age 27. Son of Henry John & Amelia Moore. Buried Udine War Cemetery, Italy.

Eric Oliver

Pte, 2nd Huntingdonshire Btn Home Guard. Drowned at Hemingford Grey 28-6-42, age 17. Son of Oliver & Phyllis Moore, of Back Lane, Earith. Buried Bluntisham (St Mary) Churchyard, Cambs. See also L J Barson, Somersham.

Maurice Lovat

1868893, Cpl, Royal Engineers. Died 17-1-142, age 27. Son of Arthur William & Anne Vinter, of Earith. Buried Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya.

[Alan] Kenneth

1607007, Sgt, Flight Engineer, 100 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 26-11-43, age 20. Son of Joseph & Eliza Ward, of Bluntisham. Buried Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany.

Note: A wooden memorial screen in the parish church lists the names of those killed in both world wars. A separate plaque includes the name of James W Nunn, South Africa, 1899-1902.

BLUNTISHAM BAPTIST CHAPEL

Compiled and copyright © 2000 John Prior

Memorial plaque commemorating men associated with the chapel.

Albert Fordham

See above.

Charles Russel

See above.

George Arthur

See above.

Alfred

See above.

Frank

See above.

Edward

See above.

Harold Bernard

267571, Pte, 1/1st Bucks Btn, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 15-8-16, age 21. Son of Jonathan & Martha Topper. Born Colne, enlisted Huntingdon. Formerly Hunts Cyclists Btn. Listed Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Also listed Colne.

Ernest

See above.

A plaque to K A Ward, who died 26-11-1942, is also located in the chapel. See above.