Frank William

Chaplain 4th Class, Royal Army Chaplains Department. Died 5 December 1918. Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, France.

W

possibly George William Baker, Sapper 121102, 200th (County Palatine) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Born Wisbech, enlisted Ashton under Lyne. Killed in action 6 June 1917. Buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Herbert

Sapper 91601, No 9 Depot Company, Royal Engineers. Died Mesopotamia 2 July 1916. Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Sidney George

Sapper 306815, 46th Broad Gauge Company, Royal Engineers. Died 26 October 1917. Aged 22. Son of Benjamin & Annie Buck, King's Lynn. Native of Tydd St Mary. Buried in Buckquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.

Robert William

Private 20677, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Born Long Sutton, enlisted Wisbech. Lived Rectory Road, Tydd St Mary. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Stanley

Private TR6/13799, 14th Training Reserve Battalion. Died home 19 February 1917. Aged 24. Son of Thomas & Josephine Burrell. Buried in Tydd St Mary (St Mary) Churchyard.

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John Samuel

Private 40241, 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Died of wounds 18 April 1917. Formerly 20737 Norfolk Regiment. Awarded Military Medal. Son of John Samuel Carter, of Bristol. Husband of Grace Carter, 64 Colville Road, Wisbech. Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais.

Robert

Lance Corporal 40272, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 14 August 1917. Born Gedney Marsh, enlisted Wisbech. Buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium.

Walter

Private 18864, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 23 June 1918 or 23 October 1918. Born Walsoken, enlisted Wisbech. Buried in Romieres Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Also listed Wisbech.

B

No further information currently available

H

possibly Horace Luke Cooper, Private 463810, Labour Corps. Born 1893. Labourer of Tydd St Mary. Called up; 23 January 1917. Aged 22, posted to 14th Training Reserve Battalion, then 82nd TR Battalion. Classified category B2 and transferred to 477 Agricultural Company, Labour Corps on 8 January 1917. Discharged 18 March 1918, no longer fit (tubercule of lung). Husband of Florence May Cooper (married 18 February 1915 at Holbeach Register Office). Died 18 April 1918.

William

Private 20808, 1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 19 December 1917. Aged 26. Son of Adam Joseph and Sophia Dack, of Tydd St Mary. Husband of Rosetta Annie Dack, Tydd St Mary. Buried in Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium.

William

Private 9818, 165th Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed 55th West Lancs Div, 26 February 1916). Killed in action 20 September 1917. Aged 23. Formerly 16984, Suffolk Regiment. Son of Mr R and Mrs E Eason, of Tydd St Mary. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

John

Private 12508, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Died of wounds 30 October 1918. Aged 21. Son of Stephen & Jennie Fovargue, Tydd. Formerly 3064 Household Battalion. Buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport.

Stephen

Corporal 69810, 74th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died 2 February 1918. Dinapore No 3 Cemetery, No known grave. Commemorated on Madras 1914-18 War Memorial, Chennat, India.

William Henry

Private 15700, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

James B

Private 24907, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 16 May 1917. Born Gorefield, enlisted Norwich. 35th Brigade, 12th Division. (possibly Pte G/17087 John Bernard Hicks, 12th Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action 25 September 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.)

Walter Edward

Private 325359, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16 October 1918. Born Tydd, enlisted Tydd. Walpole. Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, France. 35th Brigade, 12th Division.

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George Henry

PrivatePO1226-S, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 190th Brigade Machine Gun Corps, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. 10 February 1917. Buried in Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, France.

William Linnington

Second Lieutenant, 18th (1st Tyneside Pioneers) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, attached 1st Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 5 November 1918. Buried in Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine au Bois.

Herbert Sidney

Corporal 1581, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16 May 1915 (wounded 6 May 1915), No 2 General Hospital, Le Havre, aged 18. Born Wisbech, enlisted Tydd. Lived with his grandmother in Tydd. Son of Mrs Annie Buckingham, 12 World's End, Wisbech. Buried in Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. Also listed Wisbech.

George Edward

Private 42586, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 14 April 1918. Aged 18. Son of Mr and Mrs R W Painter, Tydd St Mary. Lived Tydd Gote. Formerly 203646 Lincolnshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Harry

Private 1975, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 25 July 1917. Born Sutton Bridge, enlisted Lincolnm, living Wisbech. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe. Also listed Wisbech.

Emery Austin

65678 Private, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 7 August 1917. Aged 41. Buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.

George

Lance Corporal 1469, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died of wounds home 23 May 1915.

Arthur

Private 12293, 2nd Battalion, Yorks & Lancs Regiment. Killed in action 12 October 1916. Brother of Mr H Wright, Pitsmoor, Sheffield. Buried in Bancourt British Cemetery, France.

Leonard

Private 4808798, 141 Company Pioneer Corps. Died 14 August 1943. Aged 36. Son of Arthur & Lily Burton; husband of Mabel Burton, Tydd. Buried in Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia.

Edward William

News has been received that L/Sergt. Edward W. Cox, Royal Armoured Corps, only son of Mrs. Cox and of the late Mr. R. Cox, of Sunpatch, Tydd Gote, has been reported missing while fighting in 'Normandy.

L/ Sergt. Cox, who has been in the Army since the outbreak of War, is 25 years of age and was a member of the same tank crew as Trooper M. E. Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. A, Cook, of 10, Artillery-street, Wisbech, who is also missing.

After receiving his education a Gorefield School, L/Sergt. Co-worked for the late Mr. W. S. Hoyle at Ferry Farm, Newton.

Victor Arthur

Ordinary Seaman C/JX405101, H.M.S. Boadicea, Royal Navy. Presumed dead 13 June 1944. Aged 19. Son of Arthur Edward & Grace Fox, Tydd St Mary. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.

Extract from a local newspaper:

MISSING SAILOR
PRESUMED DEAD
Further News for Tydd St.
Mary Mother

Mrs. G. Fox, of 3, Council House, Church-lane, Tydd St. Mary, has heard that her 19-year-old son, Ord. Seaman Victor Arthur Fox, formerly reported missing, is now presumed to have been killed on June 13th, during operations connected with the liberation of Europe.

Ord. Seaman Fox was formerly employed by Mr. R Flint, butcher, of Tydd. A keen sportsman, he was particularly fond of football, cricket and swimming and he was very much liked by all who knew him.

Alan

Private 14708562, 5th Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Died 23 June 1944. Aged 22. Son of George & Leath Sims, Spalding, Lincs. Buried in Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, France.

Alistair Murray

Wing Commander (Pilot) 77612, 47 Squadron (Officer In-charge), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Protville II, Tunisia, in a Bristol beaufighter TFX, serial number LX796, when his aircraft was shot down during a torpedo attack on a convoy off the east coast of Sardinia 11 July 1943. Aged 30. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Taylor; husband of Joy L. Taylor, of Alverstoke, Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Malta Memorial, Malta. Panel 6, Column 1. See also Malta Memorial