
DODDINGTON
WAR MEMORIAL
The
Doddington War Memorial is in the grounds of St Mary's Church, Church
Lane, Doddington and takes the form of a Fleury cross on a spire mounted
ona plinth. The plinth has a shield on each face with the Tudor Rose
on the top corner of each face and laurel wreaths at the bottom corners.
There are 36 names listed for World War 1 and 5 for World War 2. Monies
were raised by public subscription and the mason and builder was Mr
R Wade; the memorial was unveiled on 23rd December 1920.
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From
an old postcard |
The
Doddington War Memorial was dedicated by the Rev. A.F. Smith, (Rector
in charge), on 23rd September, 1920. It was unveiled by Mrs.
C.E. Stephens, wife of the village Doctor. The monument was designed and
built by Mr. Robert Wade of Doddington. On the same day the plaques inside
the church and the Methodist Chapel were also unveiled.
Source: Cambridgeshire Times 1st October, 1920.
The
WW2 names were added and plaque’s were produced for Church and Chapel
by Robert Cox & Son’s of Peterborough. The Chapel plaque and War Memorial
were unveiled by Dr C. Thomas, the village Doctor, on 10th
November 1946.
Source: Cambridgeshire Times 16th August & 15th
November 1946.
This
information was kindly compiled by David H. Edwards from CWGC records,
contemporary editions of the Cambridgeshire Times and inscriptions on
family graves in Doddington churchyard. Where indicated please refer to
the notes at the end of the list. The inscriptions read:
"Erected
by the inhabitants of this parish
in grateful memory of the men of Doddington
who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1919.
There name liveth for evermore"
"To the glory of God and in grateful memory of
the men of this parish who fell in the Second Great War
1939 - 1945"
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World
War I |
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1914
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LONG |
Arthur |
Private
3/6477, 1st
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 17 November 1914.
Aged 23. Born Doddington, enlisted March, resident Whittlesea. Son
of George & Emma Jane Long of Doddington and later Benwick.
Went to France 19 September 1914. Buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 8. Also listed Pondersbridge. |
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1915 |
SOUTHON |
Edward
John |
Sergeant
7472, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
24 April 1915. Aged 26. Born Doddington, enlisted Chatteris. Husband
of Edith Annie Miller (formerly Southon) of London; son of John
& Sarah Ann Southon, Park Field, Doddington. Went to France
16 January 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. |
FISHER |
Frederick
James |
Private
18293, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
21 July 1915. Aged 18. Born Doddington, enlisted March. Son of William
& Mary Ann Fisher of Doddington. Went to France 1 June 1915.
Buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 35. |
OSBORN |
Samuel
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[Spelt
OSBORNE on CWGC and SDGW] Private 9315,
7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. 12th Division. Killed in
action at Hulluch 13 October 1915. Born Ramsey Mere, enlisted March.
Went to France 30 May 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on Loos
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38. See also Benwick. |
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1916 |
HEAPS |
Joseph
Moses |
Private
17351, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
1 July 1916. Aged 24. Born Doddington. enlisted March. Son of Joe
& Sarah Elizabeth Heaps, Newgate St., Doddington. No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 2 A. |
MILLER |
Albert
Edward |
Private
23301, "B" Company, 11th Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Died 3 August 1916 [4 August 1916 SDGW]. Aged 19. Enlisted
March. Son of William & Emma Miller of Weavers Farm, Church
Lane, Doddington; brother of Mrs. M. A. Veley of 32 Sixth Cross
Rd., Twickenham, Middlesex.. Buried in London Cemetery and Extension,
Longueval, Somme, France. Plot &. Row H. Grave 5 |
WOODBINE |
William
Osborne |
[Listed
as William Osburn Woodbine on Canadian Archives] Private 426892,
58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 18 August 1916
Aged 28. Born 29 November 1886 in Doddington. Son of Samuel &
Sarah Woodbine of Doddington. Labourer by trade. Enlisted and passed
fit 21 April 1915 at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Height 5 feet
5½ inches, girth 39 inches, complexion fresh, eyes blue,
hair medium; religion Church of England. Buried in Poelcapelle British
Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
LVI. Row C. Grave 4. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference:
RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10547 - 5 |
WILLMOTT |
James
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[Spelt
WILMOTT in CWGC records] Lance Corporal 9790, 1st
Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 19 August
1916. Born raunds, Northants, enlisted Northampton. Grandson of
Mrs J. Reid of Silver Lea, Doddington.
Went to France 13 August 1914. Buried in Flatiron Copse Cemetery,
Mametz, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 8. |
CROOTE |
Walter
Edwin |
Private
2192, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of
wounds 25 August 1916 Aged 21. Born Smeeth Road, Norfolk, enlisted
March. Son of Mrs J Croote of Angle Bridge, Whittlesey. Formerly
of Doddington. Buried
in Couin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D.
Grave 17.
From
the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour Volume 1, Part 2, Page
86. the following:
CROOTE, Walter Edwin. Private, 2192, 1st battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment (T.F). Son of George Croote, Yardman on farm, by his
wife Emma, dau. of Henry Croote; born Walsoken co. Norfolk 25-6-1895;
educated Christ Church near Wisbech, Cambs, was employed on a
farm at Doddington, co Cambs and voluntarily enlisted 2-9-1914.
Went to France with his battalion 14-2-1915, was trained as a
bomber, scout and stretcher-bearer, and for the few months before
his death was cheif orderly to his commanding officer; was present
at the second Battle of Ypres in may 1915, and also at actions
at Armentieres and Frise. Died 29-8-1916 in an operating station,
of wounds received in action in France. Buried in the British
cemetery eight miles east of Doullens.Captain Strickland, commanding
his company, wrote of him "He was wounded on the morning
of the 28th August, 1916. He was my cheif orderly, and was sleeping
in a little shelter he had erected for himself, just outside my
dug out. A shell hit the parapet just where he was and knocked
it in , burying your son underneath the debris. We dug him out,
but found his right leg badly broken, as well as his right arm.
He was badly hurt but wonderfully brave, and i hoped he would
have pulled through, though he would have lost both legs and an
arm. The doctor gave me hope that he would not die, and I was
very cut up to hear of his death. He was in every way a fine fellow,
being a trained bomber, scout and stretcher bearer, everybody
liked him, and he is badly missed. He did some grand work out
here, especially in one attack, where he was continually running
for me , and obtained news under very heavy shell fire".
Unm
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EDWARDS |
Albert
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Lance
Corporal 2324 [2321 SDGW], 1st/1st Battalion,
Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 September 1916. Aged
25. Born Oldham, enlisted March. Son of late Mr Thomas C. &
Mrs Sarah Jane Edwards, Newgate St., Doddington. Went to France
14 February 1915. Buried in Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart,
Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section E. Grave 21. |
CHAPMAN |
James
Victor |
[Listed
as John Victor Chapman on SDGW] Private 17883, 9th Battalion
[5th Battalion on CWGC], East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action
14 October 1916 Aged 20. Born Woodhurst, Hunts, enlisted Bury St
Edmunds, resident Benwick. Son of John & Victoria Chapman of
72 Great Whyte, Ramsey. Formerly of Doddington. Buried in Villers
Station Cemetery, Viller-au-Bois, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II.
Row B. Grave 2. |
MILLER |
David
Watling |
Private
26669, "D" Company, 14th (Service) Battalion,
Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 20 October 1916. Aged 21 Born
and resident Doddington, enlisted March. Son of William & Emma
Miller, Weavers Farm, Church Lane, Doddington. Formerly 23281, Suffolk
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 7 C and 7 B. |
KINGHAM |
Herbert
Charles |
Private
201707, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds
1 November 1916. Aged 23. Enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Mr &
Mrs Herbert Kingham of Doddington. Son of Herbert & Annie Kingham
of the Wheatsheaf Inn, Doddington. Formerly 4145, Suffolk Regiment.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. |
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1917 |
MASON |
William
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Private
70010, 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
& Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 6 February 1917. Aged
23. Born Doddington, enlisted Boston, Lincs. Son of James T &
Emma Jane Mason, Ransonmoor, Doddington. Formerly 5385, Lincolnshire
Regiment. Buried in Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row R. Grave 16. |
FISHER |
Herbert
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Private
G/34346, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 17 February 1917. Born Doddington, resident
Warboys, enlisted Bedford. Son of Mr & Mrs H. Fisher, Doddington.
Buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France. Plot
I. Row E. Grave 30. Also listed Warboys. |
EDGELEY |
Benjamin
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Private
G/43056, 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action 28 April 1917 Aged 20. Born and resident
Doddington, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Mr George & Mrs
Mary Ann Edgeley, Newgate St., Doddington. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
NEWELL |
Edward
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Private
P.W.6112, 1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 3 May 1917. Aged 26.
Born and resident Doddington, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of William
& Elizabeth Newell of Doddington. Formerly G/10071, The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment). No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Addenda Panel.. |
HEAPS |
John
Robert |
Private
838961, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Died 13 July 1917
Aged 29. Born 8 November 1887 in Upwell. Son of Joe & Sarah
Elizabeth Heaps, Newgate St., Doddington. Farmer by trade. Enlisted
and passed fit 14 March 1916 at Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. Height
5 feet 5¾ inches, girth 36 inches, complexion fair, eyes
light blue, hair fair; religion methodist. Buried in La Chaudiere
Military Cemetery, Vimy, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C.
Grave 15. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4212 - 8 |
CRESSWELL |
William
Frank |
Private
31268, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of
wounds 22 July 1917. Aged 22. Born Bildeston, Suffolk, resident
Wisbech, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of Mrs Marinda Jackson of
Glebe House, Doddington. Buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground,
Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Special Memorial Plot/Row/Section
F. Grave 24. See also Guyhirn. |
FRANKLIN |
Albert
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Private,
G/14947, 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed
in action 31 July 1917. Aged 28. Enlisted Doddington. Son of Mrs.
Susannah Canham, High St., Doddington. In the 1911 census he was
a boarder at Bedlam Farm, Christchurch, Wisbech, aged 21, a farm
Waggoner, born Doddington. Formerly Private 4210, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot IX. Row B. Grave 12. See also Chatteris. |
HATCH |
Ernest
William |
Private
GS/53238, 32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment). Killed in action 7 August 1917 Aged 35. Born Putney,
enlisted Wisbech, resident Doddington. Husband of Mrs Hatch of Doddington.
Formerly S/4/199444, Army Service Corps. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 6 and 8. |
BEARD |
Bertie
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Gunner
46889, 94th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds
30 September 1917. Aged 27. Enlisted London, resident Doddington.
Son of William & late Lucy Beard, Newgate St., Doddington. Went
to France 10 September 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne
Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 4 to 6
and 162. |
GREEN |
George
Arthur |
Corporal
285009, 1st/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Died 9 October 1917. Aged 23. Born Huntingdon, enlisted
March. Son of Mr Arthur & Mrs K. Green, Newgate St., Doddington.
Formerly Private 325951, Cambridgeshire Regiment and 2806, 1st Battalion,
Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot
Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 72 to 75. |
LENTON |
Percy
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Private
23300, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action
17 October 1917. Aged 21. Born Doddington, enlisted March. Son of
Mr John Edward & Mrs Betsy Lenton, Ascot House, Doddington.
Buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V.,
Belgium. Plot XLII. Row B. Grave 16.
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BLOTT |
John
William Mason |
[J
W MASON in CWGC & SDGW records] Private 18950, 11th
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 20 October 1917. Born
Doddington, enlisted Chatteris. Son of Mrs Harriet Blott, (formerly
Mason), Dykemoor Drove, Doddington.
Buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot VI. Row D. Grave
26. |
SHARWOOD |
Herbert
Hearn |
Private
202415, 4th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of
wounds 12 December 1917 Aged 33. Born and resident Doddington, enlisted
March. Son of John Herbert & Isabella Sharwood, Doddington.
Formerly 26321, Bedfordshire Regiment and 10850, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
X. Row B. Grave 11. |
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1918 |
EDGELEY |
Frederick
Garner |
Private
G/48828, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment). Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 34. Born and resident
Doddington, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Husband of Lois Edgeley, High
St., Doddington. Son of Mr George & Mrs Mary Ann Edgeley, Newgate
St., Doddington. Buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot VII. Row D. Grave 29. |
MILLER |
John
William |
Private,
242680, 2nd/5th Battalion, East Lancashire
Regiment. Killed in action on 31st March 1918. Aged 26. Enlisted
Cambridge, resident Doddington. Eldest son of William & Emma
Miller, Weavers Farm, Church Lane, Doddington. Formerly 2935, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Panel 42 and 43 |
MINETT |
Fred
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Private
51167, 4th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment).
Killed in action 11 April 1918 Aged 19. Born and resident Doddington,
enlisted Wisbech. Son of Francis (or Frank) & Emily Minett,
Newgate St., Doddington. Formerly 45809, Suffolk Regiment. Buried
in Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row
A. Grave 32. |
CURTIS |
John
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Corporal
55308, 111th Railway Company, Royal Engineers. Died of
wounds 6 May 1918. Enlisted London aged 28, November 1914, resident
111 Peabody Cottage, Rosendale Road, Herne Hill. Husband of Mrs
Emma May Curtis (nee Bishop, married 22 January 1918 at Lambeth
Registry Office) of 3 Courtfield Road, Kensington, London. Son of
late William Curtis (of Doddington); in the 1901 census John was
an agricultural labourer, aged 14, born Doddington, reesident with
his widowed father, William, at High Street, Ingles Lane, Doddington.
Platelayer by trade. Served in the 4th Suffolk Militia No. 2919.
Buried in Pernes British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II.
Row B. Grave 2. |
LENTON |
William
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Private
43952, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 10 August 1918. Aged 29. Born Doddington, enlisted March . Son of William & Louisa Lenton of Doddington. Formerly
4582, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois,
Somme, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 7. |
HAWKINS |
Albert
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Gunner
234644, "A" Battery, 86th Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery. Died of wounds 25 August 1918. Aged 20. Enlisted Wisbech,
resident Doddington. Son of Robert William & Alice Hawkins,
of Primrose Hill, Doddington. Buried in Daours Communal Cemetery
Extension, Somme, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 14. |
ROWELL |
Albert
Edward |
Private
693292, 43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died 27 August
1918. Aged 21. Born 31 December 1896 in Oddington.Son of Jabez Jefferson
and Sarah Jane Rowell of Copalder Road, Doddington. Farmer by trade.
Enlisted and passed fit 18 December 1916 at Winnipeg. Canada, aged
19 years 11 months. Geight 5 feet 6 inches. girth 34½ inches,
complexion dark, eyes blue, hair black; religion Church of England.
Buried in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot V. Row H. Grave 11. National Archives of Canada Accession
Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8512 - 31 See also Benwick.
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FEW |
Horace
Arthur |
Corporal
270087, 1st/6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Killed in action 20 October 1918 Aged 21. Born and enlisted Chatteris,
resident Ramsey, Hunts. Son of David Leeden & Mary Elizabeth
Few, Forty Foot Bank, Ramsey. Formerly 202946, Norfolk Regiment.
Buried in Romeries Communual Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Plot
II. Row D. Grave 9. |
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1919 |
DACK |
Thomas
William |
Private
235326, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment.
Died 19 February 1919. Aged 24. Husband of Martha Elizabeth Dack
of Newgate St., Doddington. Son of Thomas William & Harriet
Dack of High Street, Doddington. In the 1911 census he was aged
17, son of Thomas William and Harriet Dack, a bricklayer, born Doddington,
resident High Street Doddington. Buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery,
Germany. Plot II. Row E. Grave 12. |
MASON |
George
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Private,
3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 9 March 1919. Aged
21.Eldest son of Mr Harry & Mrs Lydia Mason of Wimblington Road,
Doddington. Formerly 3rd Suffolk Regiment, discharged 3 December
1918, invalided to hospital on 15 December 1918. Died at 1st Eastern
General Hospital, Cambridge, 9 March 1919. In the 1911 census he
was aged 13, son of Harry and Lydia Mason, working on farm, born
Doddington, resident Wibmblington Road, Doddington. Not a CWGC grave.
His death was registered in the Cambridge Registration District
in the January to March Quarter 1919, he was aged 21. Buried in
St. Mary's Churchyard, Doddington. |
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buried in the Churchyard: |
FREEMAN |
Ernest
Edward |
Private
441609, Labour Corps formerly 5808, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey)
Regiment. Died 4 November 1918. Aged 39. Born Chelsea, Middlesex,
enlisted Battersea, Surrey. Buried in North-East part. |
OLIVER |
Matthew William |
Private,
2nd/6th Cyclist (Cambridgeshire & Suffolk Reserve) Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment,. Died 7 November 1918. Aged 21, from influenza.
Son of John Sutton Oliver and Hannah Oliver of Doddington. Husband
of Ethel Oliver, Ingle's Lane, Doddington. Reported in the Cambridgeshire
Times 15 November 1918. Buried in South-East part. |
MARSHALL |
Roger
Charles |
Lieutenant,
Royal Field Artillery. Died 7 January 1918. Aged 28. Only son of
late Rev. Frederick Charles Marshall, (Rector of Doddington 1887-1914),
and Mrs Grace Marshall. (Not a CWGC grave). Buried East of church.
See also Chatteris. |
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World
War II |
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1941 |
BUTCHER |
Rodney
Victor |
Sergeant,
10 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, based at Leeming,
Yorks, flying Whitley bombers. Died 8 July 1941. Aged 21. Son of
George Thomas & Edith Maud Butcher, Doddington. No known grave.
Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 40. |
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1943 |
HUDSON |
Thomas
William |
Gunner
11406526, 532 Battery 156 Heavy Anit-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 4 March 1943. Aged 33 Husband of Mrs F.F. Hudson of Doddington.
Son of Mr & Mrs Joseph Hudson of Doddington. Buried in St Mary's
Churchyard, Doddington. |
FISHER |
Frank
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Sapper
1922099, 256 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 27 October 1943.
Aged 24. Son of Frank & May Fisher, High Street, Doddington.
Buried in Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy. Plot XV. Row A. Grave
44. |
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1944 |
CLARKE |
Stanley
James |
[Gnr.
James Stanley CLARKE in CWGC records.] Gunner 1504658, 94
(The Dorset and Hampshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 22 July 1944 Aged 26. Son of James & Annie Clarke of New
World, Doddington.
Buried in Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Plot XXVI. Row
A. Grave 17. |
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1945 |
PAMBY |
Gordon
William |
Private
14746050, 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City
of Glasgow Regiment). Died 8 February 1945. Aged 18. Son of Horace
& Ida Pamby of 1 Council Houses, Doddington. Buried in Jonkerbos
War Cemetery, Netherlands. Plot 14. Row B. Grave 1. |
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Other
Actions
1900 |
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Also
commemorated within the church: |
FROST |
Arthur |
Private,,
Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, killed in action Spion Kop, South
Africa 24January 1900 Aged 22. Son of Stephen & Jane Frost of Benwick.
This memorial was formerly in the church at Benwick before it was
demolished. Also commemorated on the Ely
Boer War Memorial. |
Last updated
21 May, 2020
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