
ELY,
PRICKWILLOW WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 and 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Martin Edwards & Cliff Brown
The
memorial stands outside what was once the Prickwillow Post Office. It
is an obelisk surrounded by a low link fence just off the main road
through the High Street, close to the River Lark.
|
|
|
Photographs
Copyright © Martin Edwards - 2000 |
1914-18
BAULK |
James |
Private
41699, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment formerly 34987, Suffolk
Regiment. Killed in action 15 June 1918. Aged 23. Born Maldon,
Essex, enlisted Ely. Baptised 28 January 1894 in Guilden Morden,
Cambridgeshire. Son of Samuel and Susan Baulk, of Shippea Hill
Farm, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. In the 1901 census he was aged
7, born Morden, Cambridgeshire, son of Samuel and Susan Baulk,
resident Barley Road, Little Chishall, Royston, Essex & Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire,
a Farm Labourer, son of Samuel and Susannah Baulk, resident Branch
Bank, Prickwillow Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in
CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Grave lost.
Special Memorial at Plot II Memorial Row. See also Maldon,
Essex and Ely World War 1 memorial
Chocques
is 4 kilometres north-west of Bethune on the road to Lillers.
|
BONNETT |
Bertram aka Bertie |
Lance
Bombardier 40381, 352nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Killed in action Sunday, 21 April 1918. Born and resident Prickwillow,
enlisted Norwich. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Prickwillow,
Cambridgeshire, son of James and Hannah Bonnett, resident Mile
End, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911
census he was aged 17, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, a Farm
Labourer, son of James and Elizabeth Bonnett (Note new mother),
resident Mile End, Prickwillow, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried
in LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot V. Row D. Grave II. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial
La
Clytte Military Cemetery is located 8 Km west of Ieper town centre
on the N304 Klijtseweg, a road leading from the N375 Dikkebuseweg,
connecting Ieper to Dikkebus, Klijte and on to Loker.
|
BUTCHER |
Walter |
Private
TF/203353, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 26. Born 8 October 1891
in Welney, Norfolk, enlisted 16 December 1916 in Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk, resident "The Limes," Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire.
Baptised 25 May 1892 in Littleport, St Matthew, resident of Welney.
Son of Phillip and Frances Jane Butcher, of "The Limes," Prickwillow
Road, Ely, Cambs. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Welney,
Norfolk, a scholar, son of Philip M and Frances J Butcher, resident
Hale Fen, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census
he was aged 19, son of Farmer, a Labourer on farm, son of Philip
and Jane Butcher, resident Padnal, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary,
Cambridgeshire. Attested aged 25 years 2 months, a Farmer by trade,
height 5 feet 4½ inches, weight 125 lbs, chest 34-36½
inches. Posted to 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 12 June 1917
then 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 28 June 1917. Joined battalion
30 June 1917, wounded nad mssing in action 16 August 1917. Buried
in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
XXIX. Row A. Grave 8. . See also Ely
World War 1 memorial

|
BUTLER |
George |
Private
15948, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action
on Saturday, 1 July 1916. Born Mildenhall, enlisted Ely. In the
1901 census he was aged 7, born Mildenhall, Suffolk, son of George
and Eliza Butler, resident Shippea Hill, Ely Trinity (Isle of
Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17,
born Lakenheath, Suffolk, son of George and Eliza Butler, resident
Shippea Hill, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial
Reported
missing in the Evening Star - Tuesday 29 August 1916,
page 4.
The
Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume
to Albert road (D929).

|
CROSS |
Francis James |
Private
15949 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regimen. Died of wounds on Tuesday,
13 June 1916. Aged 19. Born 1897 in Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire,
enlisted Ely. Son of Fred and Rachel Cross, of Prickwillow, Ely,
Cambs. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire,
son of Fred and Rachel Cross, resident Prickwillow Road, Prickwillow,
Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census
he was aged 13, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, a Farm Labourer,
son of Fred and Rachel Cross, resident Short Drove, Prickwillow,
Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY,
ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot A. Row 18. Grave 49. See also
Ely World War 1 memorial
St.
Sever Cemetery and Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south
of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from
Rouen to Elbeuf.
|
CROSS |
George Albert |
Gunner
622319, "B" Battery, 298th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Died
of wounds on Monday, 7 May 1917. Aged 25. Born in Prickwillow
in 1893. Enlisted Ely. Husband of Mrs. Eliza (nee Brown) Cross,
of Annesdale, Ely, Cambs, married October to December Quarter
1910 in Ely Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901
census he was aged 9, born Cambridgeshire, son of William and
Susan Cross, resident Padnal Back Drove, Adelaide Bridge, Ely
Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census
he was aged 19, born Ely, Cambridgeshire, a Horseman on farm,
married to Eliza Cross, resident Adelaide near Ely, Ely Trinity,
Cambridgeshire. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row L. Grave 4. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial
Vlamertinge
Military Cemetery is located 5 Km west of Ieper town centre, on
the Hospitaalstraat, which is a road leading from the Poperingseweg.
|
CRUNKHORN |
Arthur |
Private
17899, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on Monday,
18 June 1917. Born Frampton, Lincolnshire, enlisted Ely. Husband
of Mary Jane (nee Redshaw) Crunkhorn, married January to March
Quarter 1905 in Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire. In
the 1891 census he was aged 7, born Frampton, Lincolnshire, a
scholar, son of Mark and Harriett Cruckhorn, resident Blows Lane,
Sutterton, Boston, Lincolnshire. In the 1901 census he was aged
18, born Frampton, Lincolnshire, a servant, waggoner on farm,
resident Creasey Plot, Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire. In the
1911 census he was aged 27, born Frampton, Lincolnshire, a Farm
Labourer, married to Mary Jane Crunkhorn with two sons and a daughter,
resident Great Shell Farm, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Bay 4. Also commemorated on Sutterton St Mary War Memorial,
Lincolnshire. See also Ely World War
1 memorial
Extract
from the Boston Guardian - Saturday 14 July 1917, page
11:
PTE.
CRUNKHORN, OF SUTTERTON.
Mr. and Mrs. Crunkhorn, of Sutterton, have received official
information that their son, Pte. Arthur Crunkhorn, of the Suffolk
Regiment, was killed in action in France on June 10th. This
makes the second bereavement in the family, another son, Fred,
being killed in January last. Another son, James, has been discharged,
owing to wounds, thus leaving only one son, George, in the Army
out of four who were serving their country.
The
Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is
in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the
town of Arras.

|
DAY |
John William |
Private
326630 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, formerly 4154
Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds on Monday, 28 May 1917,
France & Flanders. Aged 20. Born 1897. Enlisted at Cambridge.
Son of James and Lee Hannah Day, of Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely.
In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Ely, Cambridgeshire, son
of James and Lee Hannah Day, resident White Wing, Prickwillow,
Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census
he was aged 13, born Ely, Cambridgeshire, a Farm Labourer, son
of James and Lee Hannah Day, resident Middle Fen Bank, Prickwillow,
Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY
CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XII. Row B.
Grave 26A. See also Ely World War
1 memorial
Note
of his enlistment to be found in Cambridge Independent Press
- Friday 24 September 1915, page 3.
Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery is located 11.5 kilometres west of Ieper town
centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting
Ieper to Poperinge.
|
FLETCHER |
William |
Private
3/9573, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds on Monday,
24 January 1916. Aged 20. Born Prickwillow, enlisted Ely. Son
of Mr & Mrs Fletcher, of Prickwillow, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Buried
in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 32. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial
Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery is located 11.5 kilometres west of Ieper town
centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting
Ieper to Poperinge.
|
FULLER |
James C |
Private
17217, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
20 April 1916. Aged 30. Born and resident Burnt Fen, Mildenhall,
Suffolk, enlisted Ely, Cambridgeshire. Son of Charles and Sophia
Brand, of Railway Cottages, Shippea Hill Station, Burnt Fen, Ely.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West
Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 33. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial

|
GAGE |
Albert aka Bert |
Sergeant 34809, 1st Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
16 October 1917. Born and enlisted Mildenhall. Brother of Sidney
(below). In the 1911 census he was aged 11, born Mildenhall, Suffolk,
at school, son of Herbert G and Sarah Gage, resident Burnt Fen,
Soham, Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Buried in TROIS ARBRES CEMETERY,
STEENWERCK, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 26. See also Ely
and Little Thetford. |
GAGE |
Sidney |
Private
17515, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds on Saturday,
1 July 1916. Aged 33. Born 1883 in Mildenhall, enlisted Ely. Son
of Mrs. S. Gage, of 5, Little Thetford, Isle of Ely, Cambs. Brother
of Albert (above). In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Mildenhall,
Suffolk, a worker on far, son of Herbert G and Sarah Gage, resident
Burnt Fen, Soham, Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Buried in SERRE
ROAD CEMETERY No. 1, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row BB. Grave
3. See also Ely and Little
Thetford.
The
village of Serre is 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert.
Brother of Albert above.
|
LAMBERT |
Stanley |
Private
16256, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on Saturday,
1 July 1916. Born March, enlisted Ely. In the 1911 census he was
aged 16, born March, Cambridgeshire, a Farmer's Laburer, boarding
at Burnt Fen, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
See also Ely World War 1 memorial
Reported
killed in East Anglian Daily Times - Monday 11 September
1916, page 7.
The
Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume
to Albert road (D929).

|
LEE |
James Henry Sydney |
[SDGW
& CWGC use Henry James Lee] Private 24875, 2nd Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Division. Killed in action on the Somme
16 August 1916. Born and enlisted Ely. In the 1901 census he was
aged 6, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of James and Sarah
Lee, resident Padnal Bank, Ely St Mary (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Branch Bank, Cambridgeshire,
son working on his father's farm, son of James and Sarah Lee,
resident River Bend, Padnal, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial

|
MANN |
Robert |
Private
3/6523, 1/1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
on Monday, 9 November 1914. Aged 22. Born West Row Fen, Suffolk,
enlisted Cambridge, resident Mildenhall. Son of William and Elizabeth
Mann, of Kenny Hill, Mildenhall, Suffolk. In the 1911 census he
was aged 20, born Mildenhall, Suffolk, a general Labourer, boarding
at Mile End, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No
known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 10 and 11. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial
Le
Touret Memorial is located at the east end of Le Touret Military
Cemetery, on the south side of the Bethune-Armentieres main road.
|
PALMER |
Lancelot |
Private
5477 15th (County of London) Battalion, (Prince of Wales' Own
Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action on Friday,
15 September 1916. Aged 22. Born 1894. Enlisted Somerset House,
resident Peckham Rye. Son of Jonas and Emily Jane Palmer, of Cherry
Tree House, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. In the 1901 census he was
aged 6, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of Jonas and Emily
Palmer, resident Prickwillow Road, Prickwillow, Ely Trinity (Isle
of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16,
born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, at school, son of Jonas and
Emily Palmer, resident Padnal, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary,
Cambridgeshire. Jonas was still farming in Prickwillow in 1929.
Buried in CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France.
Plot IX. Row C. Grave 7. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial
Longueval
is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Albert and 10
kilometres south of Bapaume.
|
PASK |
Arthur Claud |
[Listed
as PASKE on some records] Private 20078, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Died of wounds 3 March 1916. Aged 29. Born Chedburgh,
Suffolk, enlisted Ely. Son of Georgiana Pask; husband of Susan
(nee Murfitt) Pask, Tower House, Cambridge Road, Ely, married
January to March Quarter 1910 in Ely Registration District, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 24, born Bury, Suffolk, a Blackmsith,
married to Susan Pask with one son, boarding at Prickwillow, Ely,
Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 46A.
See also Ely World War 1 memorial
Extract
from Downham Market Gazette - Saturday 5 February 1916,
page 4:
LAKENHEATH.
KILLED IN ACTION.—Mrs. Pask has received the sad intelligence
that her husband, Private Arthur Pask, has been killed in action
in France. He was apprenticed to Messrs. G. Parson and Son,
blacksmiths, Lakenheath, but had married, and lived at Prickwillow.
He was in the Suffolk Regiment.
Extract
from Stowmarket Weekly Post - Thursday 10 February 1916,
page 6:
LAKENHEATH.
KILLED
IN ACTION
Another
young man, Private Arthur Pask, well known in Lakenheath has
been killed in action, and this sad intelligence has been received
by his wife. He was in the Suffolk Regiment, being formerly
apprenticed to Messrs. G. Parsons and Son as a blacksmith. He
married a Miss Palmer, from Lakenheath Fen, and settled at Prickwillow,
only a few miles, distant. He leaves a widow and familyto mourn
their loss.
|
PAYNE |
George |
Private 3679, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards. Killed in action on 15
September 1918. Born Little Ouse Bank, enlisted Newmarket. Lived
Prickwillow. In the 1911 census George W Payne was aged 23, born
Littleport, Cambridgeshire, a worker on the land, son George and
Hannah Payne, resident Brandon Bank, Downham Market, Littleport,
Cambridgeshire. Buried in LAGNICOURT HEDGE CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 7. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial
and Little Ouse. |
PEACHEY |
Russell A |
Private 10999 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action
on Saturday, 7 April 1917. Born Cambridge, enlisted Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk, resident Ely. Buried in DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row AA. Grave 46. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial |
POWELL |
Samuel William |
Rifleman
R/38070, 8th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 14th Light Division.
Killed in action at Ypres 24 August 1917. Born and enlisted in
Ely. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire,
son of William and Tabitha Powell, resident Mildenhall Road, Littleport,
Ely, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL,West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 115 to 119. See also
Ely World War 1 memorial

|
SADLER |
John Thomas |
Sergeant
15889, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Wounded on 11 May 1917
and died of those wounds on Monday, 28th May 1917 at No 11 General
Hospital, Etaples. Aged 23. Born 1894, in Stretham, Cambridgeshire,
enlisted Ely. Son of John and Clara Sadler, of Lark Bank, Prickwillow,
nr. Ely, Cambs. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Stretham,
Cambridgeshire, a Horseman, son of John and Calara adler, resident
Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in ETAPLES
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXV. Row E. Grave
5A. See also Ely World War 1 memorial
Etaples
is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne.
|
SAUNDERS |
George Reginald |
Private 42179, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
29 August 1919. Aged 19. Born Great Ellingham, Norfolk, resident
Prickwillow, Ely, enlisted Newmarket, Cambs. Son of George &
Hannah Saunders, Long Street, Great Ellingham. In the 1901 census
he was aged 1. born Norfolk, son of George and Hannah Saunders,
resident Church Street, Village, Great Ellingham, Wayland, Norfolk.
In the 1911 census he was aged 11. born Norfolk, at school, son
of George and Hannah Saunders, resident The Street, Great Ellingham,
Norfolk. Buried in COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
Plot VI. Row F. Grave 15. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial |
THORPE |
Ernest Edward |
Private
24547 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on Wednesday,
11 April 1917. Born Prickwillow, enlisted Ely. In the 1891 census
he was aged 2, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son of Harry
H and Mary Thorpe, resident Middle Fen Old Bank, Holy Trinity,
Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Prickwillow,
Cambridgeshire, attending school, son of Harry H and Mary Thorpe,
resident Prickwillow, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Ely Trinity, Cambridgeshire,
a Farm Labourer, son of Harry and Mary Thorpe, resident Prickwillow
Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial
The
Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is
in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the
town of Arras.

|
WATTS |
Sidney |
Private
328080, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, formerly 6758
Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action on Saturday, 5 May 1917.
Born Littleport, elisted in Ely. In the 1901 census he was aged
3, born Littleport, Cambridgeshire, son of Carter and Mercy Watts,
resident High Street, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the
1911 census he was aged 13, born Littleport, Cambridgeshire, a
Farm Worker, son of Carter and Mercy Watts, resident Great Shell
Farm, Prickwillow, Ely, Ely St Mary, Cambridgeshire. Buried in
VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot VI. Row L. Grave 1. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London and also Ely
World War 1 memorial
Vlamertinge
Military Cemetery is located 5 Km west of Ieper town centre, on
the Hospitaalstraat, which is a road leading from the Poperingseweg.
|
WHITE |
Herbert George |
Private
18051 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action on Saturday,
24 April 1915. Aged 28. Born 1887 in Ely, enlisted Ely. Baptised
7 January 1887 in Coton, Cambridgeshire, son of John and Susannah
Grace White, residents of Ely Trinity. Son of John and Susannah
Grace White, of The Shell, Prickwillow Road, Ely; husband of Lilian
Elizabeth Julian (nee Tomblinson) Day (formerly White), of 12A,
Prickwillow Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, married October to December
Quarter 1911 in Ely Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In
the 1891 census he was aged 4. born Ely Cambridgeshire, son of
John and Susannah White, resident Shippea Hill, Holy Trinity,
Ely, Cambridgeshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born Cambridgeshire,
an Ordinary Agricultural Labourer, son of John and Susannah G
White, resident Drove, Mile End, Ely Trinity (Isle of Ely), Ely,
Cambridgeshire. In the 1914 and 1915 Electoral Registers he is
listed as being resident Old Bank, Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire,
his father is listed as being resident Miles End, Prickwillow.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. See also Ely
World War 1 memorial
Ypres
(now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders.

|
WILDING |
Sam |
Private
16254, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds on Friday,
31 March 1916. Aged 17. Born 1899 in Littleport, enlisted Ely.
Native of Brandon Bank. Son of Elijah and Rebecca Wilding, of
Redmere Farm, Brandon Bank, Norfolk. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 9. See
also Ely World War 1 memorial,
Littleport,
and Redmere.
Etaples
is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne.
|
WISE |
George |
|
Not
on Memorial |
CROSS |
George Harry |
Private
1633, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action
on 11 September 1915. Aged 19. Pre-war Territorial in H (Ely)
Company, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Born Prickwillow,
enlisted at Ely. Son of George P & Emma Cross, 9 New Barnes Road,
Ely. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50.

|
DAY |
George William |
Private
26443, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment formerly 12046, Royal
Sussex Regiment. Killed in action on Monday, 25 March 1918. Born
Ten Mile Bank, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich. Son of Walter and Rose
Day, of Shippea Hill, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambs. No known grave.
Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
6.
The
Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is
in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the
town of Arras.

|
1939-45
|
BROWN |
Arthur William |
Private
5932903 2nd Battalion (Cambridgeshire Regiment), Suffolk Regiment
Died at sea as a Japanese Prisoner of War on Thursday, 21 September
1944 when the Hofuku Marua Japanese ship he was being transported
on was sunk by planes from an American Aircraft Carrier; originally
captured 15 february 1942 at the Surrender of Singapore. Aged
23. Born 1921 in the Isle of Ely, resident Cambridgeshire. Son
of Herbert Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Brown, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire.
Brother of Francis Brown (below). No known grave. Commemorated
on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column
58. See also Ely WW2 memorial.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index,
1946:
BROWN
Arthur William of River Bank Prickwillow Cambridgeshire
died on or since 21 September 1944 on war service Administration
(with Will) Peterborough 6 July to Annie Elizabeth
Brown (wife of Herbert Joseph Brown).
Effects £231 Is. 7d.
The
Memorial stands in Kranji War Cemetery.

|
BROWN |
Elmer Alexander |
Private
5889427, 1st Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool). Died
of wounds received in Burma on Sunday, 2 April 1944. Aged 24.
Born 20 January 1920. Baptised 10 October 1920 in Little Ouse,
Cambridgeshire. Son of William and Lydia Brown; husband of Phyllis
Brown (nee Greenacre), of Beck Row, Suffolk, married October to
December Quarter 1938 in Ely Registration District, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1921 census he was aged 1, born Littleport, Cambridgeshire,
son of William and Lydia Brown, resident Plantation Farm, Lynn
Road, Littleport, Cambridgeshire. In the 1939 Register he was
a Land Worker, married to Phyllis Brown, resident Mile End, Prickwillow,
Ely U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY, India.
PLot 1. Row E. Grave 30. See also Ely
WW2 memorial.
Gauhati,
the capital city of the state of Assam in North East India is
on the Eastern side of the River Brahmaputra some 600 kilometres
east of Calcutta.
|
BROWN |
Francis |
Private
14506366, 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment. Killed in action
in Western Europe on Tuesday, 24 October 1944. Aged 20. Born Cambridgeshire.
Son of Herbert Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Brown, of Prickwillow,
Cambridgeshire. Brother of Arthur William Brown (above). Buried
in UDEN WAR CEMETERY, Netherlands. Plot 3. Row G. Grave 3. See
also Ely WW2 memorial.
Uden
is a town on the main road between Eindhoven and Nijmegen. The
War Cemetery is 350 metres from the centre of the town, on the
Nijmegen road at the junction with the road to Zeeland.
|
COLE |
Leslie William |
Private
295900, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action
in Italy on Wednesday, 27 October 1943. Aged 21. Born 25 December
1921 in Cambridgeshire, resident Cambridgeshire. Son of James
William and Jessie Amelia Cole, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1939 Register he was a Second Horsekeeper on Farm (Heavy
Worker), resident with his parents James W and Lessie A Cole at
Lark Engine Farm, Prickwillow, Ely U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried
in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II. Row C. Grave 44.
The
Sangro River War Cemetery lies in the Contrada Sentinelle in the
Commune of Torino di Sangro, Province of Chieti.
|
COLE |
James William Albert |
Private
14631001, 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Died of wounds in Italy on Sunday, 2 April 1944. Aged 23. Born
30 September 1921, and resident, in Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire.
Son of Albert and Elizabeth Lily Cole, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1939 Register he was an Agricutural Horse Keeper, single,
resident with his parents, Albert and Elizabeth L Cole, at Shell
Farm, Soham, Newmarket R.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in BEACH HEAD
WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO, Ital. Plot VIII. Row E. Grave 8.
Anzio
is a coastal town 70 kilometres south of Rome.
|
DEW |
Thomas George William |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1892018, 49 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 9Bomber Command). Flying out
of Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, in a Lancaster I, serial number RF153,he
was killed in actio when his aircraft was shot down at Braunsbedra
during a raid on the Wintershall synthetic oil plant at Lutzkendorf,
1 of the crew survived and evaded capture, on Thursday, 15 March
1945. Aged 20. Born 1925 in Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. Son of
George William and Florence May Dew, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire.
Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Brandenburg, Germany.
Plot 6. Row Z. Collective grave 18-27.
The
Cemetery is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west
of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse.
|
GIPP |
William Robert |
Lance
Corporal 14533777, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Regiment. Killed in action in Italy on Thursday, 6 July 1944.
Aged 20. Born 1924, and resident, Isle of Ely. Son of George and
Daisy May Gipp, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire. Buried in FOIANO
DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row B. Grave 3.
Foiano
Della Chiana lies 31 kilometres south of Arezzo.
|
LEE |
James |
Private
5827546, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of malaria as a
Japanese Prisoner of War on Tuesday 12 October 1943. Aged 24.
Born 30 March 1919, and resident, Cambridgeshire. In the 1921
census he was a grandchild, aged 2, born Ely Holy Trinity, Cambridgeshire,
son of James and Daisy Lee, grandson of Sarah Lee, resident Padnal
Bank, Prickwillow, Ely College, Cambridgeshire. In the 1949 Register
he was a Heavy Tractor Driver On Farm, single, resident The Branch,
Branch Bank, Prickwillow, Ely U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in
CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 9. Row E. Grave 11.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
LEE
James of Padnal Bank Prickwillow Ely Cambridgeshire
died 12 October 1943 on war service Administration (with Will)
Peterborough 24 October to Daisy Kathleen Lee
(wife of James Lee). Effects £199 15s. 9d.
Chungkai
War Cemetery is approximately 5 kilometres west of Kanchanaburi
War Cemetery.

|
PEARCE |
John Thomas |
Private
14545278, 2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action
in Italy on Friday, 12 May 1944. Aged 21. Born 20 March 1923 in
Isle of Ely, resident Cambridgeshire. Son of Ernest and Emma Pearce;
husband of Elsie Maud (nee Sizer) Pearce, of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire,
married January to March Quarter 1942 in Cambridge Registration
District, Cambridgeshire. In the 1939 Register he was a Horseman
On Farm, single, resident Bed Bank,Adelaide, Stuntney, Ely U.D.,
Cambridgeshire. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XI.
Row D. Grave 2.
Cassino
War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone,
139 kilometres south-east of Rome.

|
ROLLINGS |
Thomas Maurice |
Private
5827561, 2nd Battalion (Cambridgeshire Regiment), Suffolk Regiment.
Died of cholera at Chunkai as a Prisoner of War on Sunday, 18
July 1943. Aged 24. Born 23 February 1919. Son of John Maurice
and Ethel Maud Rollings, of Mile End, Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire.
In the 1921 census he was aged 2, born Bottisham, Cambridgeshire,
son of John and Ethel Rollings, resident Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridgeshire.
Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 7. Row A. Grave
7.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index,
1944:
ROLLINGS
Thomas Maurice of Shippea Hill Farm Prickwillow Ely Cambridgeshire
died 18 July 1943 on war service Probate Peterborough
9 March to Frank William Rollings agricultural worker. Effects
£148 1s.
Chungkai
War Cemetery is approximately 5 kilometres west of Kanchanaburi
War Cemetery.

|
SKIPPER |
Edward Wilfred |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineerr) 1880467, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve (Bomber Command). Flying out of Metheringham, Lincolnshire,
in a Lancaster I, serial number NN726, he was killed in action
he was shot down near Putzig during a raid on Gdynia, 2 of the
crew survived and were captured on Monday, 18 December 1944. Aged
24. Born 15 May 1920. Native of Isleham, Cambridgeshire. Son of
Arthur Edward and Annie Elizabeth Skipper, of Isleham, Cambridgeshire.
Based at Metheringham, Lincs, flew Lancasters. In the 1921 census
he was aged 1, born Norfolk, son of Arthur Edward and Annie Elizabeth
Skipper, resident Inhwood, Intwood, Norwich, Cringleford, Norfolk.
In the 1939 Register he was a Horseman on Farm, single, resident
with his parents, Arthur E and Annie E Skipper, at 2 Council Houses,
Prickwillow, Ely U.D., Cambridgeshire. Buried in MALBORK COMMONWEALTH
WAR CEMETERY, Poland. Plot 3. Row A. Grave 12.
The
town of Malbork is located in the north of Poland to the south-east
of the city of Gdansk, on the main road 50, and the cemetery is
located to the west of the town.
|
WILLINGHAM |
Claude Robert Martin |
Gunner 1120025, 11 (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal
Horse Artillery. Captured in North Africa by Italians, lost at sea
when the ship the prisoners were being transported in, en route
to Germany, was bombed 14 November 1942. Aged 22. Born 17 May 1920.
Only son of Robert and Ida Willingham of Prickwillow. He had married
Lily May Braybrooke on his embarkation leave. In the 1921 census
he was a grandchild, aged 1, born Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, son
of Robert and Ida Willingham, grandson of Hezebiah and Hannah Willingham,
resident Padnal Bank, Prickwillow, Ely College, Cambridgeshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column
14. See also Ely World War 2 Memorial
|
Last updated
14 November, 2024
|