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Samuel Norman |
2nd Life Guards |
St Neots |
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Arthur Ayres |
5th Dragoon Guards |
Huntingdon |
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Lionel Howard Gilliat |
Lt. 16th Lancers. Died of enteric at Barberton. 23rd Sept. 1900. Aged 19. Born October 1880. |
Abbots Ripton |
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Hon. Charles William Hugh Cavendish |
2nd Lieutenant - 17th Lancers - Killed in action at Diamond Hill, near Pretoria. 11th June 1900. Aged 21. Son of Lord Chesham. Born Sept. 1878. Memorial in Northampton Cathedral - "To the Glory of God and in memory of Brave Men, inhabitants of this County and neighbourhood, who gave their lives for their Sovereign and Country during the War in South Africa 1899-1902, the Western Window of this Cathedral was filled with stained glass, AD 1903........ 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, 2nd Lieut. The Hon. C.W.H. Cavendish ........" |
Unknown |
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Henry Hardwick |
19th Hussars |
St Neots |
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William Goodlife |
Imperial Yeomanry |
Huntingdon |
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Mark Slade |
Imperial Yeomanry |
Huntingdon |
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James W Nunns |
Royal Artillery 7th Batt. R.F.A. |
Earith |
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Reuben Butler |
Royal Engineers |
St Ives |
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Arthur Hubbard |
Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion |
Ramsey |
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Simon Wells |
Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion |
Godmanchester |
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William Easton |
Northumberland Fusiliers |
Needingworth |
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John Ashpole |
Bedfordshire Reg. 2nd Battalion |
Great Paxton |
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Arthur James Elmer |
Bedfordshire Reg. 2nd Battalion |
Great Staughton |
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Benjamin Feary |
Bedfordshire Reg. 2nd Battalion |
Woodhurst |
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James John Sandifer |
Bedfordshire Reg. 2nd Battalion |
Godmanchester |
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Henry Flowers |
4th Hunts. Volunteer Battalion |
Ramsey |
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Arthur James Trolley |
Welsh Reg. |
Eynesbury |
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Thomas Hill |
Northamptonshire Reg. 2nd Battalion |
Sawtry |
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Arthur Henry Jeffs |
Northamptonshire Reg. 2nd Battalion |
Huntingdon |
| King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion Killed in action 31st October 1901. His story can be found on another page. |
Offord Cluney |
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Isaac Slack |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion |
Bury |
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George Eli Brown |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Battalion |
Huntingdon |
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George Saunders |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Battalion |
Little Stukeley |
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Albert Henry Cooke |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion |
St Ives |
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William Evans |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion |
Great Staughton |
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Edward Holmes |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion |
Somersham |
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George Smith |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion |
Stanground |
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Alfred Wiggins |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion died from wounds received at Spion Kop. |
Huntingdon |
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Arthur Strachan Way |
Lt. 2nd Durham Light Infantry D.S.O. Killed in action at Tabaksberg 29th January 1901. Aged 24. Son of Rev. W.H. Bromley Way, late rector of Warboys, Hunts. Born 5th March 1876. He was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and joined the 2nd. Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, at Poona, in January 1896. He served in South Africa from January 1900 to 29th January 1901 with the Mounted Infantry, and was killed in action on 29th January 1901. He was created a companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette, 27th September 1901): "Arthur Strachan Way, Lieut., Durham Light Infantry (deceased). In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa." The Insignia, Warrant and Statutes were sent to his father. His brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Bromley Way, Sherwood Foresters, writes of Lieutenant Way: "He went to South Africa with the Durham Light Infantry Company of the Burmah Mounted Infantry in January 1990; was mentioned for gallantry at Sanna's Post, and on subsequent occasions, and was killed in action 29th January 1901." Awarded DSO 1901 and QSA and 5 bars. |
Warboys |
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John Ray |
The Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion |
Woodstone |
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Arthur George Hensman |
The Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion. Arthur was the son of George and Sarah (nee Fisher) Hensman, married 1864 in Godmanchester. He was born at Sutton, Cambridgeshire and in 1881 he was living with his family in St Neots. Corporal 4438, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, died of enteric fever at Ladysmith, 18th February 1900. Buried Intombi Cemetery, Ladysmith, South Africa. |
St Neots |
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Thomas James McCrow |
Army Service Corps |
St Ives |
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Edward Cowley |
Army Medical Service |
Grafham |
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Charles Langford |
Army Medical Service |
Yaxley |
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Charles Nixon |
City Imperial Volunteers |
Abbots Ripton |
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Daniel William Hopkins |
Damantis Horse |
Fenstanton |
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Arthur Ringrow |
Kimberly Light Horse |
Alconbury |
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brass plaque in Huntingdon All Saints church commemorates the following
who are also listed above. |
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| William GOODLIFE | Imperial Yeomanry |
Huntingdon |
| Mark SLADE | Imperial Yeomanry |
Huntingdon |
| Arthur Henry JEFFS | Northamptonshire Reg. 2nd Battalion |
Huntingdon |
6 August 2002
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