Roll of Honour - Huntingdonshire

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Lest We Forget

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OFFORD D'ARCY- Roll of Honour

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Dave Edwards 2003

This memorial is a brass plaque inside the church.

To the Glory of God and in memory of
the men from this parish
who gave their lives for their country
in the Great War
1914 – 1918

Oliver COLBERT	Private 19645 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment, who died on Tuesday 17 April 1917, age 38. Buried: NESLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Somme, France. Husband of Sarah Colbert, of Offord D'Arcy, Hunts.
Frederick Stanley COLBERT	Private 203392 1st/5th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who died on Wednesday 15 August 1917. Buried: TYNE COT CEMETERY Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. See also Offord Cluny.
Harold Victor COLLINS	Private 43047 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment, who died on Wednesday 13 March 1918, age 20. Buried: OFFORD DARCY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD Huntingdonshire. Son of Christopher and Louisa Collins, of Offord Cluny. See also Offord Cluny.
Frank Charles CURRINGTON	Private 39251 1st Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment formerly (584), Huntingdon Cyclist Bn, who died on Thursday 23 November 1916, age 21. Buried: OFFORD DARCY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD Huntingdonshire. Son of David and Louisa Currington, of Manor Farm, Offord D'Arcy, Hunts.
John George HAYNES	No further information currently
Horace Frederick HOOK	Private 307676 1st/8th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who died on Sunday 27 August 1916, age 24. Commemorated: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Son of Isaac and Sarah Ann Hook, of Offord D'Arcy, Hunts.
William LAWRENCE	No further information currently
John Arthur MARSHALL	Lance Corporal 30497 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, who died on Thursday 8 August 1918, age 27. Commemorated: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Son of John and Isabella Marshall, of Offord D'Arcy, Huntingdon.
Edwin Henry Colby PARTRIDGE	Driver 48028 "V" 2nd Trench Mortar Bty., Royal Field Artillery, who died on Thursday 1 November 1917, age 27. Buried: NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Edwin Colby Partridge and Harriet Anne Partridge, of Offord D'Arcy, Huntingdon.
Frank [Arthur] REED	Private 30227 14th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who died on Tuesday 24 April 1917, age 23. Commemorated: ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Son of Jesse and Sarah Reed, of Cotton Farm, Offord D'Arcy, Hunts.
Walter SANFORD	Probably: Private 43058 4th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment, who died on Monday 23 April 1917, age 32. Commemorated: ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Son of Samuel and Sally Sanford, of Graveley, Huntingdon; husband of Lucy Margaret Sanford, of 2, Hanley Place, Datchet, Windsor. See also Graveley, Cambs.
Isaac Arthur SHELTON	Private 27588 6th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment, who died on Sunday 12 May 1918, age 37. Buried: BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Son of William and Louisa Shelton, of Offord D'Arcy, Hunts.
Arthur William YEARRELL	Sergeant 12368 4th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment, who died on Saturday 28 April 1917. Buried: POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES Pas de Calais, France.
Their name liveth for evermore 1939 – 1945
Desmond (M) LEADEN	Fusilier 14522767 2nd Bn., Royal Scots Fusiliers, who died on Saturday 1 January 1944, age 20. Buried: BARI WAR CEMETERY Italy. Son of Jesse and Ethel Leaden, of Offord D'Arcy, Huntingdonshire.
William A FULLER	No further information currently
Also buried in Offord D'arcy cemetery:
Joseph Afford, MC DCM	Captain 139285 Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C., who died on Monday 16 February 1942, age 53. Son of Charles and James Afford; husband of Constance Ellen Afford, of Hopwas Staffordshire. Also served in 1914-18 War.

23 April 2003

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