Samuel C

3/9044 Pte, D coy 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 4-3-15, age 18, Vierstraat sector. Born Islington, enlisted Wisbech. Horseman for Messrs Clayton & Young, Walton. Parents Mr & Mrs R C Andrews, lived Terrington St John Fen End. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.

William Silk

135763 Gunner, B Battery, 70th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 12-5-17, age 26. Formerly West Walton. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy les Mofflaines. Also listed Wisbech.

Tom

6234 Pte, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. 26-8-14, age 29, Le Cateau. Born Walsoken, enlisted Wisbech. Son of the late Harvey and Jane Bedford, of Old Walsoken. Husband of May Bedford, West Walton. La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-Maritime, France.

Page Ernest

Pte, 6th Royal Fusiliers. Husband of Ethel Jane Crane (nee Vincent, married 21-11-10 at Sutton Bridge). Labourer, attested 6-12-15, mobilised 31-5-16, posted to 7th Royal Fusiliers 1-6-16. To 6th btn 13-9-16. Discharged sick 18-5-17, no longer fit, aggravated by normal military service. Aged 15, he was a farm boy, living Langham, Norfolk, in 1901 census. Also listed Langham memorial, aged 31. Died 2-9-17, age 31 at Blakeney, of chlorosis and heart failure. He had a wife and two small children and was discharged without a pension. He died less than 4 months later. See also Langham Memorial

Ernest William

37299 Pte, BCompany, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 31-7-16, age 23. Born West Walton, enlisted King's Lynn. Son of William & Mary Jane Coe, Station Rd, Clenchwarton. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Also listed Walpole St Peter.

Frederick

7159 Sgt, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 24-9-16. Born West Walton, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Husband of M E Lock (formerly Day) of The Wroe, Emneth. Born at West Walton. West Walton Cemetery, Norfolk. Also listed Emneth.

Stanton Charles

307662 Pte (Rfn), 1/8th West Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 20-8-17, at No 5 General Hospital, Exeter, (gassed 25-7-17 & admitted to 7th General Hospital). In France one year. Eldest son of Mr Stanton Edgoose, Lyndhurst, West Walton. Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery, Lincs.

James Henry

G/14949 Pte, 12th (2nd South Downs) Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 31-1-16, age 41. Formerly 4171 3/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France.

William

2777 Cpl, CCompany, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 4-9-16. Born Walsoken, enlisted Wisbech. Son of Mr & Mrs Joseph Halstead, Grassgate Farm, Walsoken. Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France.Brother of Arthur, below.

R Arthur

48402 Pte, 8th East Surrey. Killed in action 25-10-18, age 23. Husband of Edith Florence Halstead, West Walton. Lived Grassgate Farm, Walsoken. Preux-au-Bois Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Brother of William (above).

Walter John

Pte 6050, Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action 26-8-16. Son of Mr & Mrs John Harnwell. Age 24. In France two weeks when killed in action 26-8-16. Enlisted Middlesex Regiment. the grave stone that marks his grave does not contain his body. It was put there by his parents so that they had somewhere to go to remember him. It is close to his cousins grave Frank Moules, no. TF/6053 who died at home 1-10-16. They were both in the Middlesex Regiment.

William

40999 Pte, 2/6th North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 30-11-17. Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.

Charles Robert

40245 L/Cpl, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4-3-17, age 22. Born King's Lynn, enlisted Wisbech, living West Walton. Son of James & Martha Hubbard, Harrolds Cottages, West Walton. Lived Church End, West Walton. Formerly 1319, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Benjamin Harold

203030 Pte, W coy. 1/4th Yorkshire Regiment. Died 4-9-18, age 20. Formerly Cambridgeshire Regiment. Son of Benjamin and Edith Ellen Jackson, The Clippers Arms, Walton Highway. Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

George William

3/9095 Cpl, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 13-11-16. Born Littleport, enlisted Wisbech. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Geoffrey

2nd Lt, 1/4th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Gaza 19-4-17. Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.

Frank

TF/6053 Pte, 1/7th Middlesex Regiment. Dow (home) 1-10-16, age 22. West Walton Cemetery, Norfolk.

Arthur

2257 Pte, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 14-10-16, age 19. Born Wisbech, enlisted March. Eldest son of Frederick & Arabella Plumb, Tilney All Saints. Had worked for Hickman & Marshall, West Walton, then as horseman for J E Morton, Bedlam Farm, Coldham. Wife Mrs A J Plumb, later lived Mill End, Cherryhinton. Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France. Also listed Coldham.

Ernest Roland

G/15280 Sgt, CCompany, 7th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 23-3-18, age 26. Formerly 14309 Norfolk Regiment. Son of George & Francis Thompson, of Hickman's Farm, Leverington. Also listed Wisbech. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Brother of George & John . Also listed Wisbech.

George

8907 Pte, 2nd East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 4-3-17. Son of George & Francis Thompson, of Hickman's Farm, Leverington. Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, France. Brother of Ernest & John. Also listed Wisbech.

John

3/8485 Pte, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 16-8-16. Born West Walton, enlisted Wisbech. Son of George & Frances Thompson, of Hickman's Farm, Leverington. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Brother of Ernest & George, above. Also listed Wisbech.

William

9204 L/Sgt, 2nd Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 13-11-16. Born & enlisted Wisbech. Luke Copse British Cemetery, Serre, Somme, France.

Thomas William

8707 Pte, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 15-8-15, age 25. Born Walpole, enlisted Wisbech. Son of James & Annie West, River Road, West Walton. Norfolk Cemetery, Somme, France.

Alfred

G/15283 L/Cpl, 8th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. Died of wounds 18-10-18, age 26. Formerly 14310 Norfolk Regiment. Son of Mr W J Webb, Walton Highway. Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Charles Edward

172644 Gunner, 481st Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 7-4-18, age 22. Son of William Webb, Homeleigh, St Paul's Rd, Walton Highway. Lillers Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Albert Henry

510014 Cpl, Labour Corps. Died (home) 23-4-18, age 28. Son of Charles H Woodin, 54 Cardigan Road, Reading. Husband of Mary Woodin, Lyveden, Norwich Road, Wisbech. Lived Walton Highway. Formerly 5107 East Surrey Regiment. Husband of May Woodin, Norwich Road, Wisbech. Wisbech Borough Cemetery, Cambs.