George

Private 6457, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 20 November 1914. Aged 29. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of George and Harriet Ashby, of 2, Heath Cottages, Exning, Suffolk. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Carol

No further information currently

Harry

Private 8368, 3rd Battalion, Lincolsnhire Regiment. Died in England 19 February 1916. Buried in GRIMSBY (SCARTHO ROAD) CEMETERY, Lincolnshire. Born and enlisted Newmarket, Suffolk, resident Fordham, Cambridgeshire.

Frank

Private 54814, 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment, killed in action 13 October 1918. Aged 31. Buried in LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Son of Frederick Charles and Louisa Elizabeth Benstead, of Exning, Suffolk; husband of Bertha Hilda Sirett (formerly Benstead), of High Wych, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. Born Newmarket, enlisted Westminster, Middlesex, resident Greenwich, Kent.

William [Henry]

Private 43392, 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, killed in action 20/09/1917. Aged 25. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born Exning, enlisted Crook, Co. Durham. Son of Alfred Bond, of Exning, Newmarket; husband of Esther Roddam (formerly Bond), of 6, Dawson St., Crook, Durham.

Walter [Walter]

Private G/14533, 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), killed in action 2 November 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Born Exning, enlisted Camberwell, Surrey, resident Battaersea, Surrey. Formerly 18185, Rifle Brigade.

Norris

Lance Corporal 320064, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 3 September 1918. Aged 28. Buried in DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France. Son of Thomas and S. Brown, of Morleys Cottage, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk. Born Swaffham, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Newmarket. Formerly 12222, Suffolk Regiment.

Frederick George

Private 13952, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died at home 8 June 1915. Aged 33. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Brother of Thomas, below. Born Snailwell, enlisted Newmarket.

Thomas Clarence

Private 16214, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 8 May 1915. Aged 38. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Brother of Mrs. Maud Taylor, of 10, Eleanor Terrace, Exning, Suffolk. Served in the Boer War. Brother of Frederick, above. Born Snailwell, enlisted Newmarket.

Sidney

Private, Suffolk Regiment. Died 23 February 1918. Aged 35. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Son of John and Sarah Butcher, of Exning.

Oliver

Private, 1st /5th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment, ). Died 19 April 1917. Aged 38. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Reuben and Ellen Carter, of Exning, nr. Newmarket. Husband of Beatrice Carter.

Alfred Thomas

Private, 11th Battalion (Service), Hampshire Regiment, killed in actio 22 March 1918. Aged 35. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL Somme, France. Son of James and Emma Chapman, of Red Berry Cottage, Exning, Newmarket; husband of Nellie Blanche Taylor (formerly Chapman), of 36, Norwich St., Cambridge. Born Exning, residetn Great Shelford. Formerly G/20332, Middlesex Regiment.

Harry [Sidney]

Private 24880, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 3 April 1917, buried ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Born Little Wilbraham, enlisted Newmarket.

Alfred Stephen

Private 12460, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 18 August 1915. Aged 21. Buried in GUNNERS FARM MILITARY CEMETERY Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Son of George and Mary Cobbold, of 6, Roley Terrace, Exning, Suffolk. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

John Richard

Private 12177, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 9 October 1917. Aged 27. Buried in CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V., Belgium. Son of John and Emma Collen, of 7, Bradmore Terrace, Landwade Rd., Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk. Brother of Arthur below. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Arthur James

Private 77697, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died 25 October 1918. Aged 19. Buried in GHISSIGNIES BRITISH CEMETERY Nord, France. Son of John and Emma Honour Collen, of 7, Bradmore Terrace, Landwade Rd., Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk. Brother of John above. Born Exning, enlisted Ipswich, resident Newmarket. Formerly 63880, 53rd Y.S. Battalion.

Arthur James

Private 12226, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 3 October 1915. Aged 21. Buried in SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr. W. C. Cornwell, of Lagrange Place, Oxford St., Exning, Newmarket. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

George [William]

Rifleman 2133, 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), killed in action 4 April 1918. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Born Bury St Edmunds, enlisted Newmarket, resident Ashley, Suffolk.

Walter [James]

Private 21501, 12th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), killed in action 24 December 1915, aged 17, buried in; DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born Exning, enlisted York, resident Newmarket. Son of George and Susannah Davey, of 48 Cottage, Cheveley, Newmarket, Cambs.

Jack

Corporal 12232, [L/Cpl on CWGC and SDGW] 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 30 October 1915. Aged 23. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Son of Fiarry and Kate Clara Dennis, of Oxford St., Exning, Newmarket. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Edward (Percy)

Sergeant 12231, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 3 July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Arthur Rayment

Able Seaman, HM Submarine "K/7", Royal Navy. Died 31 January 1918. Aged 28. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Kent. Son of Mr. H. Drake, of 16, St. Philip's Rd., Newmarket, Suffolk.

Lawrence G

Corporal, Suffolk Regiment. Died 13 February 1921. Aged 46. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Son of George and Mary Ann Earith; husband of Gertrude Earith, of 6, Vine Terrace, Exning, Newmarket.

George William

Driver, 3rd Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Died 19 September 1920. Aged 37. Born July 1883 in Sutton, Cambridgeshire, son of William and Sarah Jane Edwards (nee Allington). baptised in St. Andrew's Church Sutton on 12th August 1883. By 1891 the family had moved to Witchford and by 1911, George was working in Exning, Newmarket as a Stableman of Racing Establishment. He married Beatrice Webber on 28th January 1911, Exning and had a daughter, Iris. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk.

Herbert [Alfred]

Private 7646, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 4 September 1916 in Mesopotamia. Aged 25. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Born Higham, Newmarket and enlisted Newmarket. Son of Sophia Gilbert (formerly Edwards), of 3, Idare Cottages, Exning, Newmarket, and the late Alfred Edwards.

Henry

[Spelt EVERITT on SDGW and CWGC] Private G/1863, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 21 [20 on CWGC]. Buried in NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France . Born and resident Exning, enlisted Redhill, Surrey. Son of Henry and Emma Everitt, of 5, Windsor Terrace, Church St., Exning, Newmarket.

(Vicars) Jack

Private 12588, 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derby Regiment, ), killed in action 9 August 1915. Aged 26. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL Turkey. Son of Reuben Everett, of 7, Hillside Terrace, Exning, Newmarket. Born and resident Exning, enlisted Welbeck, Notinghamshire.

Robert Henry

Private 41713, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 35. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Silas and Mary Fallick, of The Post Office, Aldingbourne, Chichester, Sussex; husband of Annie Lavinia Fallick, of Council Houses, Soulbury, Leighton Buzzard, Bucks. Born Ardingbourne, Sussex, enlisted Halton, Hampshire, resident Exning. Formerly 144965, R.S.P.D., Royal Army Service Corps.

Allan

Private 74995, 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, killed in action 12 October 1918. Aged 29. Buried in MONTAY-NEUVILLY ROAD CEMETERY, MONTAY Nord, France. Husband of Mrs. M. M. Farr, of Frogmore, Exning, Newmarket. Born Hereford, enlisted Newmarket, resident Exning. Formerly RX4/199000, Royal Army Service Corps.

Albert

Lance Corporal 12164, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 26 September 1916 or 1917. Aged 19. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mr. W. Fenn, of King's Yard, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk. Brother of Leonard below. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Leonard

Corporal 9806, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, killed in action 8 November 1914. Aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Annie Fenn, of King's Yard, Exning, Newmarket. Brother of Albert above. Born and resident Exning, enlisted Cambridge.

Fred

Fr./Sergeant 9668, "A" Battery, 71st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 7 July 1918. Aged 28. Buried in AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Fenn, of 4, York Terrace, Exning, Newmarket. Born Newmarket, Suffolk, enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey.

Bertram

Private 14000, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 36. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mr. Joseph Finch, of Burwell, Cambs.; husband of Ethel May Finch, of 2, Church St., Exning, Newmarket. Born Burwell, enlisted Newmarket.

William James

Corporal 12058, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 26 September 1916. Aged 25. Buried in BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France. Son of James and Frances Foreman, of Exning, nr. Newmarket. Born Exning, enlisted Cockspur St, London, resident Dorking.

Robert

Corporal 320923, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 5 November 1917 [SDGW states 6 November 1917]. Aged 39. Buried in BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY Israel. Husband of Alice M. Fuller, of 6, Field Terrace Rd., Newmarket, Suffolk. Served in the Boer War. Brother of Frederick below. Born Chippenham, enlisted Newmarket. Formerly 3/9551, Suffolk Regiment.

Frederick

Private, Suffolk Regiment. Died 2 April 1919. Aged 35. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Son of Mrs. H. Fuller, of Laceys Lane, Exning. Brother of Robert above.

William [Edward]

Sergeant L/7768, 8th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment, ), killed in action 23 May 1917. Aged 32. Buried in RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Robert and Priscilla Goodchild, of Newmarket, Cambs.; husband of Hilda Emily Collier (formerly Goodchild), of 37, Mitchell Rd., Woodseats, Sheffield. Born Exning, enlisted Wollwich, Kent.

Charles James

[Listed as CROSS-HEFFER on SDGW and CWGC- Lance Corporal] Corporal 2093, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, [memorial states died 18 September 1915] killed in action 20 September 1915 at Gallipoli, aged 22, buried; HILL 60 CEMETERY, Turkey. Son of Mrs. B. Cross, of Park Cottage, Exning, Newmarket. Born Exning, enlisted Bury St Edmunds.

Ernest William

Private 12179, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 3 July 1916. Aged 19. Buried in OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France. Son of George Hobbs, of Southfield Farm, Newmarket. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Arthur James Charles

Private 400720, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, killed in action 22 November 1917. Aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL Nord, France. Son of Mary Howe, of 48, Natflatman St., Newmarket, and the late Arthur Howe; husband of Ada Ethel Akerman (formerly Howe), of Oxford St., Exning, Newmarket. Born Balsham, enlisted and resident Newmarket.

Abel

Private 29048, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, killed in action 23 April 1917. Aged 36. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Born and resident Exning, enlisted Bury St Edmunds.

Thomas J

Private 3/9740, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died at home 20 April 1917. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Not on SDGW.

William

Private 12217, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 13 October 1915. Aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Robert George

Private 320747, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 6 November 1917. Aged 40. Buried in BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY Israel. Husband of Alice E. Jaggard, of 14, Malting Yard, Exning, Newmarket. Born Swaffham Prior, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Formerly 19819, Suffolk Regiment. See also Burwell.

Reuben

Lance Corporal G/13095, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment, ), killed in action 3 May 1917. Aged 23. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Son of Frederick William and Thurza Jeffery, of 4, Iolare Cottages, Exning, Newmarket. Born Newmarket, enlisted Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, resident Epsom, Surrey. Formerly 14590, 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.

Dermod Patrick

2nd Lieutenant, Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcestershire Yeomanry), killed in action 23 April 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Israel.

William Charles

Private G/1207, 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, killed in action 8 January 1916. Aged 17. Buried in MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France. Son of the late Mrs. Kate Elizabeth Jones of Fulham, London. Grandson of Mrs. Woods, The Telephone Office, Oxford St, Exning. Born Chelsea, Middlesex, enlisted London.

George

Rifleman B/200827, 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, killed in action 28 September 1917. Aged 38. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of James and Mary E. Judd, of The Yews, Grove Rd., Atherstone, Warwickshire. Born at Exning, Newmarket on CWGC, SDGW states born Atherstone, Warwickshire, enlisted and resident Newmarket. Formerly T4/186059, Royal Army Service Corps.

Alec Pearman

Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 12 October 1916. Aged 23. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Died in a shooting accident, whilst at home recovering from illness.

George Thomas

Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment, ). Died 8 May 1915. Aged 22. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of George and Harriett Ellen King, of 2, Windsor Terrace, Exning, Suffolk, England. Went to live in Canada in 1913.

Selwyn Vernon

2nd Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died of wounds 25 April 1918. Aged 26. Buried in AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Son of Edward and Avis Laws, of Newmarket.

George William

Private 41512, 18th (Glasgow Yeomanry) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, formerly, 14665, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 25 March 1918. Aged 30. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL Somme, France. Parents lived at Chalk Farm, Landwade. Born Fordham, Cambridgeshire, enlisted and resident Newmarket.

Mark Allen

Private 24994, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 26 September 1916. Aged 31. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Lived at Landwade with his sister Mrs Wilson. Also brother of Mrs Hazzard of Oxford st. Exning. Born Hundon, Suffolk, enlisted Newmarket.

Maurice Charles Humphrey

Sub-Lieutenant, Maurice Charles Humphrey Lloyd, HMS Hindustan, Royal Navy. Died 24-04-18, aged 20. Born Exning. Son of Lieut.-Colonel Charles Patterson Lloyd (late of The Buffs) and Mrs. Aileen Rosa Lloyd, 28, Church Square, Rye, Sussex. Buried in Dover (St. James's) Cemetery, Kent, Grave N.V.18.

Arthur Robert

Private, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 28 January 1918. Aged 24. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk.

Albert

Private, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 29 April 1917. Aged 26. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France.

Harry

Private, 3rd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Died 2 April 1919. Aged 28. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Husband of Rose Osborn. Born Bodmin, Cornwall, 1896.

Biography kindly supplied by Chris Wickett:

Harry Osborn was born in Bodmin on the 21 of September 1896, baptised at St Petroc's church on the 13 December 1897. Harry attended the Bodmin Church School and was later a pupil at the Bodmin Secondary School, he was heavily involved with the Bodmin Scout movement until his family moved out of Bodmin at the end of 1910. Harry was a boy who looked like a man from a young age and he enlisted with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (Territorials) in 1909 when he was only 12 years of age. In 1911 the family returned to Bodmin. Harry was one of 12 children of Henry Osborn and Priscilla Jane Heal. Harry moved to Exning in June 1913 and was employed as a footman by Lord St Davids.

Harry Osborn enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry on the 29 August 1914 giving his age as 22, the following year he was sent to the fighting in France.He went through severe fighting on the Somme and also the Cambrai fighting, and was slightly gassed on the Merville Front. At St. Quentin his battalion was completely cut off for four days, and he was the only man left in his platoon, he had survived by drinking dirty water. In April 1918 he had a severe attack of influenza and afterwards developed dysentery caused by drinking polluted water and finally he was invailided home on the 6 july 1918, and sent to Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, where he began to make progress. On 27 September 1918 he married Rosetta Alice Whitaker, daughter of Alfred and Sarah Whitaker, school teachers of School House, Exning. At Christmas however he developed lung trouble and was sent to the 2nd Eastern Hospital, Dyke Road, Brighton. His wife Rosetta was with him until he sadly passed away 2 April 1919. He was interred at Exning Cemetery. He was esteemed by his officers, and was offered promotion three times, however he refused promotion. The chaplain writes; "he was ready to go and had no fear of death;and I thank God for giving me the privilege of being called to help such a brave and gallant soldier." Harry Osborn has his name engraved on a memorial plaque in st Petroc's church in Bodmin alongside six other Bodmin Scouts who lost there lifes in World War One.

His family deatisl are as folows:

Father; Henry Osborn (born 1855)
Mother; Priscilla jane heal (born 1860)
Sister; Maud Isabel Osborn (born 1879)
Sister; Laura kate Osborn (born 1881)
Brother; James henry heal Osborn (born 1882)
Sister; Annie marie Osborn (born 1884)
Brother; William james Osborn (born 1886)
Brother; Fred Osborn (born 1888)
Sister; Margaret e. Osborn (born 1889)
Brother; Robert j Osborn (born 1890)
Brother; Jack Osborn (born 1892)
Sister; Freda bella Osborn (born 1894)
Brother;Horace Osborn (born 1899)

Below are photographs of the Bodmin Scouts Memorial:

Photographs copyright © Chris Wickett 2017

Robert Ernest

Private 42077, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, killed in action 29 September 1918. Aged 19. Buried in UNICORN CEMETERY, VEND'HUILE Aisne, France. Son of Robert and Eliza Parr, of 8, Victoria Terrace, Lacey's Lane, Exning, Newmarket. Born and resident Exning, enlisted Bury St Edmunds.

William

Private 12204, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 23 March 1916. Buried in SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mr. W. Pattle, of 5, Vine Terrace, Exning, Newmarket. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Kenneth George

2nd Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 1 November 1916. Aged 33. Buried in PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France. Son of Charles A. and Caroline Perry, of Hazelglen, Horley, Surrey; husband of Dorothy Perry, of Harraton Lodge, Exning, Suffolk.

Harry

Pioneer "J", Special Company, Royal Engineers. Died 20 December 1917. Aged 23. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX Pas de Calais, France. Son of Harry and M. A. Pitches, of Causeway, Burwell, Cambs. See also Burwell.

William

Lance Corporal 18969, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 3 July 1916. Aged 27. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Pitches, of Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk; husband of Mabel E. Pitches, of 38, Thornton St., Hertford. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Frederick

Lance Corporal 12752, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 3 October 1915. Aged 19. Buried in QUARRY CEMETERY, VERMELLES Pas de Calais, France. Son of George and Sarah Prewer, of Ness Rd., Burwell, Cambs. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket. See also Burwell.

George

Private, Suffolk Regiment. Died 16 May 1919. Aged 18. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Son of Mrs. E. Rosbrook, of 2, Rowley Terrace, Laceys Lane, Exning.

(Frederick) George

Private 12183, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 2 April 1917. Aged 20. Buried in STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Husband of Rosina May Rose. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

William (Francis)

Sergeant 12864, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 24. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Ann Scott, of 5, Bradmore Terrace, Exning, Newmarket, and the late George Scott. Born Exning, enlisted Northamtpon, Awarded Military Medal.

Charles

Private, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 9 April 1918. Aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Son of Mrs. E. Setchell, of 2, Victoria Terrace, Lacey's Lane, Exning, Newmarket. Born Stetchworth.

William

No further information currently

Ernest Edward

Private, 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 21 December 1915. Aged 19. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Son of Frederick J. and Sarah Stevens, of Manor Farm Dairy, Grantchester, Cambridge, formerly of Exning.

Jack [John]

[Listed on SDGW as J and CWGC as John] Private 3/7150, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, killed in action 9 April 1917, buried BUNYANS CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINESPas de Calais, France. Born Exning, enlisted Norwich.

Harold Newman

[Listed as THURLBOURNE in some records] Corporal 14097, [Private, on CWGC and SDGW] 99th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), killed in action 18 February 1917. Aged 23. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Son of Lemuel and Mary Elizabeth Thurlbourn, of Gate House, Exning, Newmarket. Born Fordham, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Wisbech, resident Exning. Formerly 18752, Suffolk Regiment.

Albert J

[AI in CWGC] Private, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 26 August 1917. Aged 19. Buried in HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Aisne, France. Son of Reburn and Ann Tilley, of 1, Victoria, Cottages, Newmarket, Cambs.

Joseph [Ernest]

Private 42555, 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 11 April 1918. Aged 18. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Son of John Arthur and Alice (nee Robinson) Trowsdale, of 3, Villas-on-Heath, The Vale, Hampstead, London. Born Dalby Parva, Nottinghamshire, enlisted Bournemouth. Joseph Ernest was born in September Quarter 1899 at Little Dalby Leicestershire where his father was a butler in 1901.

James (Robert)

Gunner, 150th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 28 June 1917. Aged 23. Buried in LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. See also Snailwell. Parents lived at Exning.

Lawrence Edward Stuart

Second Lieutenant (Pilot), General List and 50 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Killed while flying as an instructor in an Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8., serial number B219, when turning into a climb, aircraft crashed, 29 August 1917; 2Lt J J Bennett who was flying with him was injured. Aged 24. Born Exning, Suffolk. Son of Jeannette Stuart Vaile, of West House, Seaford, Sussex, and the late Arthur Vaile. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Exning, Suffolk, son of Arthur and Jeanette Vaile, resident Vicarage, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Exning, Suffolk, pupil at school, boarding at The College, Ely, Cambs. Buried at NARBOROUGH (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Norfolk. See also King's School, Ely and Cambridge, St Faith's School

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

VAILE Laurence Edward Stuart of West House Seaford Sussex died 29 August 1917 at Narborough Norfolk Administration Lewes 24 June to Arthur Vaile gentleman.
Effects £61 2s. 1d.

Herbert Charles

Private 24813, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 11 May 1917. Buried in TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. Born 1885. Died of wounds, whilst a PoW although SDGW lists him as killed in action. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Oliver James

Lance Corporal 17870, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died in England 30 May 1918. Aged 27. Buried in BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wiseman, of 2, Belgrade Villas, Exning, Newmarket; husband of Minnie Hilda Wiseman, of 2, Fern Villas, Exning Rd., Newmarket. Enlisted Warley, Essex, resident Exning.

William

Gunner, 121st Bty., Royal Field Artillery. Died 14 September 1914. Aged 31. Buried in CIRY-SALSOGNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Aisne, France. Son of Harry and Emily Woods, of Chapel Yard, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk. Born Woodditton. Served in the Boer War. Brother of Bertram below.

Bertram

Private, 9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died 25 September 1916. Aged 36. Buried in A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS Somme, France. Son of Harry and Emily Woods, of Oxford St., Exning, Suffolk. Native of Newmarket, Cambs. Brother of William above.

Eric

Private, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 13 October 1915. Aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France.

1939 – 1945

James W

Bombardier, 143 (The Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 9 February 1945. Aged 31. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Son of John and Kate Barrett, of Exning; husband of Elizabeth Barrett, of Exning.

Jack

No further information currently

Stanley George

Able Seaman, HMS Barham, Royal Navy. Died 25 November 1941. Aged 31. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Kent. Son of William and Laura J. Clover, of Exning, Suffolk.

Frederick Leslie

Civilian. Died 28 June 1942. Aged 50. No known grave. Commemorated on MUNICIPAL BOROUGH OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE Civilian War Dead. Of Hilltop, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk. Husband of Ethel L. Danner. at 16 Malvern Road.

Reginald

Private, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 29 January 1943. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY Thailand. Son of Julia A. Fuller, and stepson of William McKenna, of Exning, Suffolk.

Charles Gilbert

Sergeant, 356 Sqdn., R.A.F.V.R.. Died 16 September 1944. Aged 19. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY Myanmar. Son of Gilbert Griffiths, and of Dorothy May Griffiths, of Newmarket, Suffolk.

Arthur William

Private, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 13 August 1943. Aged 26. Buried in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY Myanmar. Son of Arthur Howe, and of Ada Howe, of Exning, Suffolk.

Frederick Russell

Private, 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 13 February 1943. Aged 25. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY Thailand. Son of Russell Urvin Jarvis and Lillian Jarvis; husband of Mary Elizabeth Jarvis, of Newmarket, Suffolk.

Russell Stanley

Private, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 12 September 1944. Aged 28. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore. Son of George and Lily Laura Lambert, of Exning, Suffolk.

Arthur

Sergeant, Pilot R.A.F.. Died 2 May 1944. Aged 24. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Son of John Wright Lister and Ada Lister, of Exning; husband of Nora Lister, of Dudley, Worcestershire.

Douglas

Probably: Corporal, Douglas George Miles, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 20 July 1943. Aged 23. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY Thailand.

Walter Frederick

Private, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 17 September 1943. Aged 26. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Singapore. Son of Walter and Annie Parr, of Exning, Suffolk.

Edwin Thomas

Private, 13th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool). Died 23 February 1944. Aged 28. Buried in RANGOON WAR CEMETERY Myanmar. Son of Alfred and Amy Alice Poulter, of Exning, Suffolk.

Sidney

Gunner, 73 Anti-Tank reg., Royal Artillery. Died 25 October 1942. Aged 35. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL Egypt. Son of Tom and Susan Mary Roys; husband of Evelyn G. Roys, of Exning, Suffolk.

Frederick James

Private, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Died 16 May 1944. Aged 27. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY Italy. Son of Frederick and Ethel Talbot, of Exning, Suffolk.

Percy

No further information currently

Gerald

No further information currently

John [Thomas]

Gunner 1398003. ''B'' Bty., 11 (Honourable Artillery Company) Regt., Royal Horse Artillery. Died 2nd July 1942 as result of injuries received during El Alamein campaign. Age 26yrs. Buried in Tel-El-Kebir Memorial War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of William & Matilda WEBB, Jockey Club Cottages, Laceys Lane, Exning and wife of Catherine Louise WEBB.

Bryan James

Private, 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 11 October 1943. Aged 24. Buried in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY Myanmar. Son of Benjamin James Wilson and Louisa Wilson, of Exning, Suffolk.

Russell [Arthur]

Private, 5776883, 2nd Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment, who died on Thursday 4 May 1944 . Age 27. Buried: KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY India. Son of William Thomas Wilson and Rosa Wilson, of Exning, Suffolk. Brother of William Wilson (Below).

William

Private 5932641, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of tropical ulcers as a prisoner of war of the Japanese 15 December 1943. Age 28. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 4. Row D. Grave 73. Son of William Thomas Wilson and Rosa Wilson, of Exning, Suffolk. Brother of Russell Arthur Wilson (above).

Robert Henry

Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 26 January 1944. Aged 21. Buried in MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY Italy. Son of Bertram Robert and Ruby May Woollard, of Exning, Suffolk.

Civilians killed by enemy action

Leslie Arthur

Died 18 February 1941. Aged 31. Buried in Exning Cemetery. Of Elm Cottage, Exning Road. Husband of Janet Mildred Fuller. at White Hart Hotel.

William James

Died 28 June 1942. Aged 74. Commemorated: MUNICIPAL BOROUGH OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE Civilian War Dead. 1st Baron Glanely of St. Fagan's. Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Glamorgan; LL.D.; of Exning House, Newmarket, Suffolk. Son of the late Thomas and Louisa Tatem, of Appledore, North Devon; husband of the late Ada Mary, Baroness Glanely. [See also Landwade, Cambridgeshire]

Also buried in Exning Cemetery:

Alexander Bruce

Formerly Sergeant, 2nd Dorset Regiment. Died 9th August 1948. Born 8th May 1876 at Dagshai, India. Husabnd of Elsie Mortimer Cole.

N

Lieutenant, Russian Forces. Died 24 January 1920. Gravestone in the style of CWGC, but not found on their website.

J A

Rifleman, 7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, t/f to Labour Corps. Died 1 May 1920

Colin Hamilton

Flying Officer (Pilot) 55013, 691 Squadron, R.A.F. Died 13 December 1943. Aged 27. Son of Horace and Elizabeth Lillian Campbell; husband of Gladys Marguerite Campbell, of Newmarket. It is quite likley that he met his death flying in Boulton Paul Defiant Target Tug I; DR927, operating from RAF Roborough which crashed killing one and injuring one at Blarrick Antony, Cornwall (near Torpoint) on 13th December 1943. Section Z. Grave 128.

James

Aircraftman 1st Class, R.A.F.. Died 15 April 1940. Aged 21. Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hay, of Long Framlington, Northumberland.

Duglas Oscar

Squadron Leader, R.A.F.V.R.. Died 17 January 1943. Aged 31. Son of Oscar and Emily Linton Rohde; husband of Jeanetta Mary Rohde, of Egham, Surrey.

All the following men are mentioned in the book "Our Exning Heroes", but are not on the War memorial:

Frank

Private, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 3 July 1916. Aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Aley, of 71, St. Philip's Rd., Newmarket.

Walter John

Private 41429, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment, killed in action 28 April 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Born 1884, Cowlinge, Newmarket, enlisted and resident Newmarket, Formerly 6668, Cambridgeshire Regiment.

Albert Edward

Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 26 October 1918. Aged 28. Buried in NEWMARKET (EXNING) CEMETERY Suffolk. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Cole; husband of Emma Rose Balls, of 2, Fern Cottages, Exning Rd., Newmarket.

Percy William

Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 13 October 1915. Aged 22. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Son of J. H. and Lizzie Bowman, of 3, Foulden Terrace, Exning Rd., Newmarket.

Harry James

Private, 9th Battalion, Tank Corps. Died 26 August 1918. Aged 19. Buried in WINDMILL BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX Pas de Calais, France.

Henry

Private, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 5 August 1917. Aged 23. Buried in OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL Nord, France. Son of James William and Martha Sarah Chambers, of Newmarket, Suffolk.

Ernest Cecil

Private, 1st /15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles). Died 7 October 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Son of William Herbert and Alice Maude Chenery, of 2, Gordon Cottages, Exning Rd., Newmarket. Born 1894.

Harry Robert

[RH on CWGC] Private, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died 9 October 1917. Aged 19. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of the late Amos and Emma Clow.

Bert Turner

Private 17816, 14th Battalion, Warwickshire Regiment, killed in action 30 July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Born 1881, Exning. Enlisted Atherstaone, Warwickshire.

Henry James

Private 44501, 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 4 September 1918. Aged 20. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Cole, of 2, Outfall Works, Exning Rd., Newmarket. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

Joseph

Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 2 October 1918. Buried in GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. [MM not shown on CWGC]

Ernest William

[EVANS on CWGC] Private, 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Died 22 March 1918. Aged 32. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL Somme, France. Son of Emily Edith Evans, of 1, Fern Cottages, Exning Rd., Newmarket, and the late John Evans.

Edward [Sidney]

[Private on memorial] Lance Corporal 35419, 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 29 September 1916. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France. Formerly 2596, Suffolk Regiment. Born newmarket, enlisted Bury St Edmunds.

William

Private 14850, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 18 June 1917. Aged 28. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Haylock. [CWGC says Born Snailwell.] Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket.

John William

[WJ in CWGC] Private, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 13 September 1918. Aged 36. Buried in VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France. Son of Frederick Henry Hewish and Mary Ann Hewish; husband of Ethel Maud Hewish, of 5, Foulden Terrace, Exning Rd., Newmarket. Born at Cambridge. Went to USA in 1912, but returned to England in 1914.

Victor

Private, 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 1 August 1917. Buried in BUFFS ROAD CEMETERY Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mrs. A. M. Human, of 2, Field Terrace, Exning Rd., Newmarket, Cambs. See also Isleham.

George Sidney

Rifleman 652576, 1st/21st Battalion, London Rifle Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), killed in action 15 September 1916. Aged 21. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France. Son of Frank and Bertha Milne, of King Edward Rd., Newmarket. Born Exning, enlisted Hertford, resident Newmarket. Formerly 21316, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. See also Liverpool Street Station, London and Newmarket

Ernest George

Sergeant, Army Veterinary Corps, attd. 170th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 5 June 1917. Aged 50. Buried in ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France. Husband of Rose Pask, of 10, Field Terrace Rd., Newmarket. Died in a riding accident during military sports.

Joseph (Cecil)

Private, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 18 September 1917. Aged 31. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France. Husband of Matilda Maud Perry, of Brickfield Cottages, Exning, Newmarket.

Harry Charles

Private 33319, 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 27 September 1917. Aged 41. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Pond, of 5, Foulden Terrace, Exning Rd., Newmarket. Born Exning, enlisted Newmarket. Formerly 4215, Suffolk Regiment.

Gregory

Private 59344, 1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 4/11/18. Buried in LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Born Exning 1899 [SDGW states born Newmarket], enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Newmarket.

William James

Private, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment, ). Died 25 September 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Son of Mrs Alice Sharpe, 67 Saxon Rd, Newmarket. Born 1895, Wood Ditton. See also Saxon Street and Woodditton.

Harold Geoffrey

Corporal, [Lance Corporal, on CWGC] 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died 31 July 1917. Aged 22. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Son of Mrs. A. L. Smithson, of 5, Fern Villas, Exning Rd., Newmarket.

Harry [or Henry] Robinson

Lance Corporal, 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Died 21 March 1918. Aged 25. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL Somme, France. Son of Mrs. A. L. Smithson, of 5, Fern Villas, Exning Rd., Newmarket.

Frederick William

431st Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Died 9 January 1919. Aged 25. Buried in LITTLE STONHAM (OR STONHAM PARVA) (ST.MARY) CHURCHYARD Suffolk. Husband of Florence Phoebe Steward, of Oxford St., Exning, Suffolk.

Private, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died 31 July 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Born 1886, Isleham.

James Vickers

Private 202817, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 28 April 1917. Aged 42. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France. Husband of Kate Willis, of 3, Oxborough Terrace, King Edward Rd., Newmarket, Suffolk. Son of James Vickers Willis and Mary Ann Willis. Born Exning, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Formerly 22844, Suffolk Regiment.