Roll of Honour - Huntingdonshire

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

FENSTANTON - Roll of Honour

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

A white marble obelisk replicating the shape and height of the church spire.

To the glory of God and in memory of our glorious dead.
Their name liveth for evermore

1914 - 1918

Pte

Edward BYATT

Private 496458, 13th (County of London Battalion (Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion), London Regiment. Killed in action Monday, 2nd September 1918. Aged 18. Born St Ives, Hunts. Enlisted Whitehall. Resident St Ives, Hunt. Buried Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension. Grave I. C. 49.

Pte

John Willie CLIFF

Private 29465, 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 27th May 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Wragby, Lincs, enlisted Hull. Formerly 118095, Training Reserve Battalion. Commemorated on Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France

Pte

Henry John COLE

Private G/86147, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died at sea Sunday 30th December 1917. Born Hunstanton (Fenstanton), Huntingdon, enlisted Newmarket, Cambs, resident St Ives, Cornwall (probaly St Ives, Huntingdon). Commemorated on Chatby Memorial, Egypt

Pte

R N COLE

Gunner, 163508, 10th Armoured Bty., Machine Gun Corps (Motors) who died on Sunday, 5th January 1919. Commemorated on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India. Face 11.

Pte

Frank JEFFS

Private 1847, 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday, 29th July 1917. Born Hemingford Grey. Enlisted Bedford. Resident Fenstanton. Buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XXXIV. C. 9.

Sgt

Robert KIDDLE

Sergeant 952, 1/7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action 25th September 1915, age 20. Born, resident and enlisted St Ives. Son of Edward and Eleanor O Kiddle of River View, St Ives. Formerly 44, 5th Battalion, Bedford T.F. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Pte

H MARTIN

Either Harry Martin, Private 17663, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 2nd May 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Needingworth, Hunts, enlisted Chatteris or Harry Martin, Private G/10567, 11th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 21st September 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Hilton, Hunts, enlisted St Ives, Hunts, resident Somersham, Hunts. Buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XI. D. 15.

Pte

T MASON

probably Thomas MASON, Private 307706, 1/8th Territorial Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th August 1916 in France & Flanders. Enlisted Huntngdon, resident St Ives. Formerly 1563 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9A, 9B and 10B

Cpl

Edward or Edwin George PAGE

[Edwin on CWGC and Edward on SDGW] Corporal 307653, 1/8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 5th November 1918, age 22. Son of Samuel & Ellen M J Payne, Red Hill Cottages, Fenstanton. Buried in Premont British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Grave II. D. 15. Brother of below.

Lc Cpl

John James PAGE

Lance Corporal 307677, 1/8thTerritorial Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th August 1917, age 25. Son of Samuel & Ellen M J Payne, Red Hill Cottages, Fenstanton. Born Hemingford Grey, enlisted Huntingdon, resident Somersham, Hunts. Formerly 624, Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium. Grave X. B. 9. Brother of above.

Pte

Alfred Robert SMITH

Private 682832, 22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's), London Regiment. Killed in action 30th March 1918 in with E.E.F. Enlisted Huntingdon, resident Fenstanton. Formerly 922, 1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion. Buried in Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria. Grave F. 52.

Pte

William Robert TASKER

Private 242348, 2nd/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday, 4th December 1917. Brother in Law of G.W. Enoch of 9 Upper Bath St, Cheltenham. Born Fenstanton. Enlisted Cheltenham. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord, France. Panel 6

Pte

Tom Cecil TEBBS

[TIBBS on the memorial] Private 20479, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th July 1917 in France & Flanders.Born and enlisted St Ives, resident Fenstanton. commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2C

1939 - 1945

Lc Cpl

Leslie Albert GALBALLY

Lance Corporal, 7628531, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, died Thursday, 7th September 1944, age 24. Son of Albert Edward & Ethel Rosina Galbally; husband of Eva May Galbally, Haffenden Quarter, Kent. Buried in Gradara War Cemetery, Italy. Grave II, F, 46.

Gnr

Ronald William KNIGHTS

Gunner, 6897800, 7/4 Maritime Rgt, Royal Artillery. Died Sunday, 29th June 1941, age 19. Son of Victor Thomas & Maud Mary Knights, Hemingford Grey. Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 62, Column 3.

Gnr

Harold Fred LANDER

Gunner, 14310827, 70 Anti-Tank Rgt, Royal Artillery. Died in Friday, 27th August 1943, age 19. Son of Gladys Rose Lander, Fenstanton. Buried in Fenstanton Cemetery, Cambs. Grave 61.

Pte

H T ALLEN