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GAZELEY WAR MEMORIAL

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Copyright © 2005 - Transcribed Dave Male; researched Martin Edwards

The War Memorial can be found inside the parish church All Saints in the village of Gazeley

Photograph copyright © David Male 2005

IN MEMORIAM
this Tablet was erected
by the Parishioners
of GAZELEY to
perpetuate the glorious
self-sacrifice of their
fellow-parishioners
who gave their lives
in response to their
Country's call during
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919

CARLTON

Albert "Bertie"

Private 16296, 11th Battalion, Sufflk Regiment. Died of wounds 8th June 1916. Born Gazeley, enlisted Luton. Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 3.

CARLTON

Victor [George]

Private 14606, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 7th October 1918. Aged 21. Born Gazeley, enlisted Newmarket. Son of Rachel and Gabriel Carlton, of Gazeley, Newmarket. Buried in ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row K. Grave 16.

COCKERTON

Ernest [Edward]

Private 1663, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooter Hussars). Died in United Kingdom 28th November 1915. Aged 45. Enlisted London, resident Bradfield St George. Son of Frederick William and Ann Cockerton. Buried near North-West corner of ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, GAZELEY, Suffolk.

HUSON

Sidney Walpole

Lance Corporal 430856, 123rd Battalion, Canadian Pioneers. Died 21st October 1917. Aged 33. Born 11th November 1883 in Newmarket. Son of William Walter Walpole Huson, of Gazeley, Suffolk; husband of Catherine Eliza Huson, of 54, Windsor Rd., West Finchley, London. Educated at East Anglian School, Bury St. Edmund's. Electrical Engineer by trade. Unmarried. Enlisted and passed fit 31st March 1915 at Victoria, British Columbia, aged 31 years 4 months, height 5 feet 7 inches, girth 42 inches, complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair brown; religion Church of England. Buried in DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row E. Grave 13. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4651 - 23

JOHNSON

Arthur [John]

Private 15708, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 27th August 1917. Aged 32. Born Kentford, enlisted Cambridge. Son of William and Ellen Johnson, of Church Hill, Gazeley, Newmarket. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 18.

KEMP

Charles [Ammon]

Stoker 1st Class K/15865, H.M.S. Firely, Royal Navy. Died 1st December 1915. Aged 22. Son of Alfred and Ellen Kemp, of Gazeley, Newmarket, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 1 and 60.

Note: H.M.S. Firely was a Fly Class River Gunboat. Launched in 1915. Built in Abadan. Taken over by the Turks while participating in the Baghdad advance on 1st December 1915. Recaptured on 26th February 1917 but was sunk on 14th June 1924 while on the Euphrates river.

MOSS

Alfred

Private 41495, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 22nd April 1917. Born and resident Gazeley, enlisted Newmarket. Formerly 23315, Suffolk Regiment.

MOSS

Isaac

Privat 14794, 8th Battalion [CWGC states 2nd Battalion], Suffolk Regiment. Died of owunds 24th July 1916. Born Madingley, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

NEAL

Frederick John

Private 23314, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 18th October 1916. Aged 19. Born Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Newmarket. Son of George and Emma Neal, of Gazeley. Buried near North West corner of ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, GAZELEY, Suffolk.

PENDRICK

Percy

Private 16054, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27th September 1917. Aged 26. Born Kentford, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Harry and Alice S. Pendrick, of Moulton Rd., Gazeley. Buried in MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row M. Grave 6.

ROLFE

Thomas

Private 2130140, 1st Depot Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died 12th August 1918. Born 27th August 1895 in Suffolk, England. Resident Regent, Manitoba, Canada. Unmarried. Religion Church of England. Farm labourer by trade. Brother of Mrs Annie Stebbings (nee Rofle( of Hyde Cottages, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Enlisted 22nd December 1917 at Brandon, Manitoba, aged 22 years 4 months, height 5 feet 11 inches, giurth 36 inches, complexion afir, eyes brown, hair dark brown; accepted for sevice 10th MAy 1918. No known grave. Commemorated on HALIFAX MEMORIAL, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel 2. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8439 - 37

SORE

Ezekiel [Thomas]

[Listed as Ezekial and as a Lance Corporal on memorial] Drummer 4487, 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 30th June 1916. Aged 40. Born Hartest, Suffolk, enlisted Thetford, Norfolk. Son of Charles Ezekiel and Ann Sore, of Gazeley, Newmarket. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 10.

SUTTLE

Walter [Edward]

[Listed as a Lance Corporal on memorial] Private 3/8559, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 7th May 1915. Born Lackford, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Samuel and Ellen Suttle, of Breighton, Selby, Yorks. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 3A.

VALIANT

Harry

Lance Corproal 12763, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 2nd March 1916. BornBury St Edmunds, enlisted Newmarket. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21.

TALBOT

Ernest

[Listed as Canadian Light Horse on memorial] Private 151938, 43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died 6th March 1918. Born 6th June 1895 at Gazeley. Son of Mr and Mrs John Talbot, 26 Long Brackland, Suffolk. Farm labourer by trade. Unmarried. Enlisted and passed fit 6th August 1915 at Brandon, Manitoba, aged 20 years 2 months, oath taken 17th September 1915, height 5 feet 3½ inches, girth 33½ inches, complexion dark, eyes brown, hair dark brown; religion Church of England. Buried in MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 13. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9490 - 66

7 September 2005

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