CAVENDISH
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll
of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2003 Lynda Smith
Grave
transcriptions & photographs copyight © David Male 2008.
The
War Memorial stands on The Village Green at Cavendish. There is also
a hand-written Roll of Honour in the Parish Church and a plaque in the
Memorial Hall. In the Memorial Hall is also a ships bell from HMS Cavendish.
Article
extract:
The
Foxearth and District Local History Society
September 30th 1916
There was a Memorial service in Cavendish Church for soldiers who have
fallen in the war. Eight Cavendish soldiers have been killed:-John and
William Ballard, H.C.Clarke, William Parmenter, Charles Slater, Albert
Staff, in addition two Cavendish men who have left the village for some
time have been killed in action, viz the brothers William and Harry
Maxim. Thomas Bullock and Fred Wells have been missing for sometime
and are presumed dead. During the week news has reached Cavendish that
four soldiers have been wounded: viz A.Finch- P.Clark and J.Johnson
of the Suffolks and W.R.Page of the London Scottish
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Photographs
above Copyright © Lynda Smith 2003
and below Martin Edwards 2005 |
Bell
reads:
H.M.S.
CAVENDISH
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IN
THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST
AND OF
THE MEN OF CAVENDISH
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR BRETHREN
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 1918
ADAMS |
Otto |
Gunner
80990. 56th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action
Monday 23 April 1917. Age 34. Son of the late Walter and Elizabeth
Adams, of Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried in MINDEL TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY,
ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France. PLot/Row/Section B. Grave
45. |
ARGENT |
George
William |
Private
13216. "D" Company 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
9 May 1917. Age 29. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Son of Mrs.
Mary Ann Argent, of Ramally Lane, Cavendish. Buried in CAVENDISH CEMETERY,
Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
ARGENT |
Stephen
Henry |
Private
805207, 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt.).
Died Thursday 1 March 1917. Age 24. Husband of Nellie Argent, of
Rumburgh Lane, Spexhall, Halesworth, Suffolk, England. Buried in VILLERS
STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII.
Row D. Grave 7.
From
the National Archives of Canada - Accession Reference RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 216 - 9: Stephen Henry Argent
was born 11 December 1892 in Cavendish, Suffolk. He emigrated
to Canada where he worked as a labourer in Bowmanville, Ontario.
14 January 1916 he enlisted in the army in Bowmanville.
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BALLARD |
John |
Private
13202. 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
5 August 1915. Age 25. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Son of
Ada Ballard, of Cavendish, Suffolk, and the late Charles Ballard.
Buried in SPOILBANK CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
I. Row E. Grave II. |
BALLARD |
William |
Lance
Corporal 8191. 1st Bn, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday
18 February 1915. Age 23. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Son
of Charles and Eliza Ballard, of The Church, Cavendish, Suffolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West- Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 21. |
BROWN |
John
Felix |
Lance
Corporal 13212. 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Tuesday
20 November 1917. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. No known grave. Commemorated on
RIBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Ref. Sp. Mem. A. 6. |
BULLOCK |
Victor
William |
Private
20653. 5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Formerly
25060 Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Monday 9 April 1917. Age
21. Born and enlisted Cavendish. Son of Arthur and Jane Bullock,
of Poole St., Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried in TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY,
TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave
32. |
CLARK |
Hugh
Cuthbert |
Lance
Corporal 24048. "B" Company 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
Wednesday 9 August 1916. Age 23. Born and enlisted Cavendish. Son
of Hugh and Ellen Clark, of Cavendish, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
CLARRY |
Sidney
Basil |
Private
6704. 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died Wednesday 24 July 1918.
Age 32. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Son of Mrs. Phoebe Clarry,
of High St., Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried in BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY,
Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany. Plot II. Row H. Grave 3. |
FITCH |
Fred |
Lance
Corporal 14304. "C" Company 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action Thursday 20 September 1917. Age 29. Born Cavendish. Enlisted
Sudbury. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fitch, of Houghton Hall, Cavendish;
husband of Mrs. B. M. Fitch of Poole St., Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried in
MAZINGARBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
III. Row A. Grave 4. |
HALE |
Osborne |
Private
30016. 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action Sunday 14 October
1917. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Halstead. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
HARTLEY |
Trafalgar
Percy |
Private
TF/203367. 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
1 August 1917. Age 33. Born and enlisted Cavendish. Son of the late
Edward James and Mary Ann Hartley, of Cavendish, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
49 and 51. |
HUTCHINSON |
Charles
Neville |
Private
2296. 1st Battalion, London Regt (Royal Fusiliers). Killed in action Saturday
7 October 1916. Age 23. Lived Walthamstow. Enlisted Handel Street.
Son of John and Rachel Hutchinson, of School House, Cavendish, Suffolk.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9
D and 16 B. |
INCE |
Claud
E S |
Private
146535. 34th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Killed in action
Thursday 25 July 1918. Age 18. Born and lived Cavendish. Enlisted
Colchester. Son of the late John Ince and of Emma Ince, of Lower
St., Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried in RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE,
Aisne, France. Section I. Plot A. Row D. Grave 7. |
JOHNSON |
Richard
aka Dick |
Private
59484. 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
29 September 1918. Age 20. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Son
of Charles and Eliza Johnson, of Cavendish, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 7. |
JOHNSON |
Jack |
Private
13205. 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Friday
4 May 1917. Age 21. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Son of Charles
and Eliza Johnson, of Near Hall Gates, Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried in
HAPPY VALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section
B. Grave 10. |
JOHNSON |
Frank |
Private
784905. "C" Company, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
(Eastern Ontario Regt.) Died Sunday 26 August 1917. Age 29. Son
of Walter and Elizabeth Johnson, of Hardys Yard, Cavendish, Suffolk,
England. No known grave. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
From
the National Archives of Canada - Accession Reference RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4864 - 44: Frank Johnson was
born 12 February 1887 in Cavendish. He emigrated to Canada where
he worked as a farm labourer in Winona, Ontario. He enlisted on
29 January 1916.
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KING |
Arthur |
Sapper
WR/290327. 96th Light Rly. Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Died
Wednesday 4 December 1918. Age 28. Husband of Florence Kate King,
of Lower St., Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Section Q. Grave 149. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London |
MAXIM |
Harry |
Private
3163. 1st Company, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Killed in actiion
Wednesday 19 July 1916. Buried in BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY,
ALBERT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 4.
From
the Australian
War Memorial Roll of Honour Website: Harry Maxim was born
in Cavendish. He joined the Bury St Edmunds Militia, before emigrating
to Australia when he was 23, where he worked as a butcher. He
enlisted in the army in Hay, New South Wales, and was 29 when
he died.
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MAXIM |
William |
Service
no. 4312, 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Enlisted 1st
July 1895, aged 18 years 8 months. Born Cavendish. Labourer by trade.
Served in the militia, 3/Suffolk Regiment. Height 5 feet 4¾
inches, weight 114lbs, chest 35 inches, complexion fair, eyes blue,
hair fair. Religious denomination Wesleyan Methodist. Son of Robert
and Caroline Maxim, of Cavendish. In the 1891 census he was aged
14, a maltster, son of Robert and Caroline, born Cavendish, resident
86 Chapel Street, Cavendish. Death recorded March to April Quarter
1922, aged 36, in the Sudbury Registration District, Suffolk. |
PARMENTER |
[William]
James |
Corporal
17437. 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 28 April
1917. Age 21. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Son of Mr. G. W.
and Mrs. S. A. Parmenter, of The Wash, Cavendish, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
PARMENTER |
Samuel
Alderson |
Private
40564. 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Formerly 4249 Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action Friday 13 October 1916. Born and enlisted Sudbury.
Birth registered in the October to December Quarter 1877 in the
Sudbury Registration District, Suffolk. Born 13 November 1877, baptised
25 December 1877 in Cavendish. In the 1881 census he was aged 3,
born Cavendish, son of Henry John and Olivia Caroline (nee Thompson)
Parmenter, resident 12, East Street, Sudbury St Peter, Sudbury,
Suffolk. In the 1901 census he was aged 23, born Cavendish, Suffolk,
a Miller's Carman, grandson of Sarah H Thompson, a widow, resident
Peacocks Road, Village, Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 2 A. |
PARMENTER |
William
H |
Private
7307. 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday
26 August 1914. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Buried in LE CATEAU
MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 2. |
SAVAGE |
Robert |
Lance
Corporal 14415. 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Saturday
16 September 1916. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. No known grave. Commemorated on
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
SKEEMER |
Walter
Arthur |
Corporal
34708, D/182nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 14 December
1915 in Motting Hill, London W. (UK, Army Registers of Soldiers'
Effects, 1901-1929) Death registered in the October to December
Quarter 1915, aged 36, in the Kensington Residtration District,
London. (Volume 1a, page 216). Birth registered in the January to
March Quarter 1880 in the Sudbury Registration District, Suffolk.
In the 1881 census he was the son of Thomas and Jane Skeemer, aged
1, born Cavendish, resident Chapel Street, Cavendish. In the 1891
census he was the son of Thomas and Jane Skeemer, aged 11, scholar,
born Cavendish, resident Church Corner, Peacocks Road, Cavendish. |
SLATER |
Charles |
Private
13209. 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Sunday
24 October 1915. Age 23. Born Glemsford. Enlisted Sudbury. Son of
Charles and Elizabeth Wells, of The Green, Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried
in LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY No.2, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row O. Grave 26. |
STAFF |
Albert |
Lance
Corporal 26/1102, 4th Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
Died of wounds 15 August 1917. Aged 29. Son of Elijah and Harriett
Staff, of 67, Helmingham, Stowmarket. Buried in TROIS ARBRES CEMETERY,
STEENWERCK, Nord, France. Plot I. Row W. Grave 5. |
UNDERWOOD |
Frank
William |
Private
13213. 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday 25 September
1918. Age 32. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Son of Frank Henry
and E. Underwood, of Poole St., Cavendish. Buried in CAVENDISH CEMETERY,
Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
WELLS |
Arthur |
Private
13215. 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
13 September 1916. Age 22. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Sudbury. Son
of Charles and Elizabeth Wells, of High St., Cavendish, Suffolk.
Buried in GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT, Somme, France. Plot
VIII. Row C. Grave 3. |
WELLS |
Edward
Thomas |
Private
20374. 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds Wednesday
11 October 1916. Age 25. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Colchester. Son
of Cepha Thomas Wells, of Clogg Villa, Cavendish, Suffolk. Buried
in RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES, Nord,
France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 6. |
WELLS |
Frederick |
Private
20373. 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action Thursday 20 July
1916. Age 24. Born Cavendish. Enlisted Colchester. Son of George
Cornelious Wells, of Houghton Hall, Cavendish, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
WORLDEY |
Charles
Albert |
Private
59064. 18th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly 26366
Norfolk Regiment. Died of wounds Tuesday 4 December 1917. Born and
enlisted Cavendish. Buried in ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH
CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 13. |
WORLDEY |
William
John |
Private
282543. 2nd/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action Wednesday
10 October 1917. Age 27. Enlisted Cavendish. Son of Mrs. Margaret
Worldey, of High St., Cavendish, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 to 60 and
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1939
1945 |
ANDREWS |
Peter
Frederick |
Sapper
2092046. 209 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action Thursday
3 September 1942. Son of John Charles Andrews and of Alice Marie
Andrews (nee Smith), of Cavendish, Suffolk; nephew of Ethel Andrews,
of Cavendish. Buried in EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot XXI.
Row B. Grave 22.
Extract
from Suffolk and Essex Free Press - Thursday 11 November
1943, page 11:
KILLED
IN ACTION. - The sympathy of the village goes out to
Mr. John Andrews, of Peacocks Road, who has received official
intimation that his son. Peter Frederick Andrews R.E.. who was
reported missing September 4th. 1942, at the Battle of Alamein,
must now be regarded having been killed in action.
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BROWN |
Victor |
No
further information available at present. |
FRENCH |
Reginald |
No
further information available at present. |
JOHNSON |
Eleanor |
Sergeant
891600. Women's Aux. Air Force. Died Wednesday 18 March 1942. Age
22. Daughter of Arthur and Millicent Eleanor Johnson, of Cavendish.
Buried in CAVENDISH CEMETERY, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
TAYLOR |
Cyril
Arthur |
Able
Seaman C/JX 301391. H.M.S. Curacoa,
Royal Navy. Died Friday 2 October 1942. Age 20. Son of Harry and
Muriel G. R. Taylor, of Cavendish, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, United Kingdom. Panel 56, Column
2. |
THARBY |
William |
Gunner
14370835. 75 Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Artillery. Died Tuesday 24 July
1945. Age 38. Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Tharby, of Cavendish,
Suffolk; husband of Daisy Ellen Tharby, of Cavendish. Buried in
OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot IV. Row
A. Grave 9. |
Cyprus
1956 |
DOE |
William
Rpbert |
Gunner
23159758, 50 Medium Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery. Killed
20th October 1956 when the vehicle he was travelling in struck an
electronically operated landmine on the Polis to Ktima road. Aged
19. Born 17 January 1937. Buried in Wayne's Keep Military Cemetery,
Nicosia. Section 23. Row C. Grave 4.
HQ
Cyprus District:
We
regret to report the deaths yesterday of:
L/Bmdr.
E B Morgan,
50 Medium Regiment,
Royal
Regiment of Artillery
~and~
Gnr.
W R Doe,
50 Medium Regiment,
Royal
Regiment of Artillery
L/Bmdr.
Edward Morgan, 23, and Gnr. William Doe, 19, were killed when their
vehicle struck an electronically
operated landmine on the Polis to Ktima road. Both men are to be
buried
in Wayne's Keep Military Cemetery, Nicosia. Tracker dogs were deployed
as soon as the authorities became aware of the incident. The dogs
led their handlers to the village of Polemi, where a terrorist,
evidently thinking he had been surrounded, attempted to flee. Marksmen
immediately opened fire on the fugitive, who was subsequently captured.
Unfortunately, an eleven-year-old Greek Cypriot male was accidentally
shot by one of the soldiers. The child was evacuated by helicopter
to Nicosia General Hospital, where he is beleived to be in a stable
condition. |
Buried
in the cemetery but not on the memorial |
CHESHIRE,
VC, OM, DSO, DFC |
(Sir)
Leonard |
Group
Captain. Born 7th September 1917. Died 31st July 1992. Also buried
in the same grave Sue Ryder (Baroness Ryder of Warsaw), CMG, OBE.
Born 3rd July 1924. Died 2nd November 200. |
HART |
L
E O T (Pat) |
Lieutenant
Colonel. Born 4th April 1914. Died 30th September 1990. |
KENNETT |
William |
Major.
Retired. Died 18th January 1986. Aged 79. Husband of Clare Bennett. |
ORROCK,
DFC |
Roy |
Air
Commodore. Royal Air Force. |
ZAREMBSKI |
Wincesty |
Colonel.
Polish Army. Listed as having been decorated with (.C.) Cross for
Valour, Gold Cross Merit, D.S.O., Defence Medal, Legionad Honneur,
Croix de Guerre. Born 8th March 1897.Died 7th September 1966 at
Sue Ryder Home. |
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21 November, 2019
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