Roll of Honour - Huntingdonshire

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

OFFORD CLUNY WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2- Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Dave Edwards 2002
extra details supplied by Herbert Norris

This memorial is a marble column opposite the Swan Inn at the junction of Station Lane and High Street. Note: At the unveiling, reported April 2, 1920, Messrs A.T. & G Wagstaff were referred to as natives of the Parish, of The South African Contingence. The family and these brothers had emigrated to South Africa traveling from London on the 'Athenic', 12 January 1905

Sacred to the memory of the men
of Offord Cluny who gave their lives
for their country in the
Great War 1914 – 1919

COLBERT	W	Probably: Sgt. 7^th Bt. Bedfordshire Reg., d 26/3/1918, buried: ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France.
COLBERT, MM	Charles Thomas	Pte. Hertfordshire Reg, d 9/12/1918, age 26, buried: OFFORD CLUNY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Colbert, of Offord Cluny.
COLBERT	FS	Pte. 1^st/5^th Bt. Royal Warwickshire Reg., d 15/8/1917, buried: TYNE COT CEMETERY Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
COLLINS	Harold Victor	Pte. 1^st Bt. Bedfordshire Reg., d 13/8/1918, age 20, buried: OFFORD DARCY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom. Son of Christopher and Louisa Collins, of Offord Cluny.
FENSOME	Walter	L/Cpl. 62^nd Div. Supply Col., Army Service Corps, d 8/4/1917, age 32, buried: PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France. Son of Henry and Louise Fensome, of Offord, Cluny, Hunts; husband of Rosa Fensome, of 211, Oundle Rd., Woodstone, Peterborough. See also Ramsey.
SEARLE	W (E D)	L/Cpl. 1^st/1^st Huntingdon Cyclist Bt., d 31/8/1916, age 18, buried: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Son of John and Emma Searle, of New Rd., Offord Cluny, Huntingdon.
WAGSTAFF	Alfred Thomas	Lance Corporal 4981, 3rd. Regt., South African Infantry, died 14 June 1917. Aged 31. Buried POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES. Birth: 1886 Offord Cluny. Son of Alfred Thomas Wagstaff and Agnes Mary Wagstaff (nee Markham), of Offord Cluny. Surveyor?.
WAGSTAFF	Geoffrey	Private 16275, 2nd. Regt, (Inf.)., South African Infantry died 11 April 1918. Aged 27. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL. Birth June Quarter 1891 in Eynesbury, Son of Alfred Thomas Wagstaff and Agnes Mary Wagstaff (nee Markham) of Offord Cluny. Surveyor?.
HALL	John	Private 268720, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 12th. Battalion. Birthplace: Great Giddings, Hunts. Residence Offord Cluney, Hunts. Enlisted Godmanchester, Hunts. Died November 20, 1917. Killed in Action France and Flanders. Buried: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. 1901 census – born 1894, age at death 23. Parents - William and Hannah Hall, Police Constable. From Elton, Hunts. “Roll of Honour” Formerley 18328 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, commemorated on Cambria Memorial, Nord, France. Panel 4. John' name was not engraved until 1937 - 1938.
		1939 – 1945
PROUDLEY	A	Probably: Pte. Andrew Proudley, 5^th Bt. Northamptonshire Reg., d 13/5/1940, age 27, buried: HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.
WILSHIRE	Ralph Edward	2^nd Lt. Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Reg., d 15/8/1941, age 24,buried: OFFORD CLUNY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom. Son of Edward Charles and Agnes Mary Wilshire, of Offord Cluny.
From a MI on a grave in Offord Cluny Churchyard:
WAYMAN	Charles	Died 25th MAy 1893 age 51. Also Kezia, his widow d 7/12/1901 age 56. Also William Charles their son, killed at Brakenlaagte, South Africa 30/10/1901, age 29 [See also Huntingdon Boer War Memorial]

Last updated: 28 May, 2008

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