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FULBOURN, ST. VIGOR WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Complete Roll of Honour with some detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000-2003 Ann Thompson & Norman Osborne

The memorial is in the form of a framed wall plaque in the parish church of St. Vigor.

Photograph Copyright © Ann Thompson 2000

 

( - Killed or died of wounds)

TO THE MEN OF FULBOURN WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW SERVED GOD,
THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR
1914 —1919

ANDERSON Arthur William
Private. Joined Army 1915. 2nd Son of Mr & Mrs William Anderson of Teversham Road, Fulbourn.

ANDERSON Bertie Charles
Private. Joined Army 1915. Eldest son of Mr & Mrs William Anderson of Teversham Road, Fulbourn.

AUSTIN Samuel A
No further information

BAKER Edward Abbot
No further information

BAKER Joseph
No further information

BANYARD Frederick Henry
Private 26277, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed in action on Sunday, 6th January 1918. Age 27. Born and resident Fulbourn, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Second son of Abraham Henry Banyard, of Hawthorne Cottage, Doggett Lane, Fulbourn; husband of Harriet Banyard, of Fulbourn, Cambs. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row A. Grave 2.

BANYARD Harry George
No further information

BANYARD John
No further information

BANYARD Leonard C
No further information
BIRMINGHAM Thomas
Private 9175, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment who was killed in action on Sunday, 25th April 1915. Born Ballyhooley, Co. Cork, Ireland, enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34.

BISHOP Walter
No further information

BOND Herbert Charles
No further information

BRAND Charles Ed
No further information

BRASHER William David
No further information

BRIDGE Arthur
No further information

BRIDGE Edward J
Private. Joined Army in 1915. Served in North Staffordshire Regiment.
BRIDGE Victor
Rifleman S/654, 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade who was killed in action on Monday, 18th September 1916. Age 25. Born Hawkedon, Suffolk, enlisted East Ham, Essex, resident Fulbourn. Son of George David and Emma Bridge, of High St., Fulbourne, Cambridge. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. GRave X. C. 5.

BROAD Alfred
No further information

BROWN Harry
No further information

BROWN Neville George
No further information

BURRELL William
Private. Joined Army in 1914. Served in the Duke of Wellington’s Regt and was a prisoner of war.

BUTLER Arthur James
No further information

BUTLER Herbert John
Lance Corporal. Joined Army in 1917. Served in the 2nd Suffolks. Son of Mr & Mrs John Butler of Home End, Fulbourn. Wounded in 1917. P.O.W. in Germany in 1917. Returned Home in 1919.

BUTTRESS Arthur
Private. Joined Army in 1917.

CHAPLIN Harry D
Private. Joined Army in 1914. 2nd Son of Basil J. Chaplin, J. P. of Fulbourn. Husband of Edith Maude Chaplin.

CHAPLIN S Kenneth
Lieutenant. Joined Navy in 1914. Served on H.M.S. New Zealand.

CHAPMAN William R
No further information

CLAYDON George B
No further information

COAD Arthur
No further information

COE Ernest M
Private. Joined Army in 1917.
COE George Maris
[CWGC and Soldiers Died CD read George Morris] Company Serjeant Major G/6771, 10th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) who was killed in action on Wednesday, 13th September 1916. Age 37. Born Cambridge, enlisted Dover, resident Lyminge, Kent. Son of M. Coe, of Hinton Rd., Fulbourne, Cambs, and the late Elijah Coe; husband of Annie May Coe, of 158, High St., Shoeburyness, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C.

COMPTON Edward
No further information

COPPEN Fredrick L
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DARE George
No further information

DARNELL Samuel
Private. Joined Army in October 1914.

DURELL C Clement
Royal Canadian Regiment. Joined Army in September 1914.
DURELL David C V
Private 2094, 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment who was killed in action on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 36. Born Fulbourn, enlisted Cockspur Street, resident Cambridge. Son of the Rev. John Vavasour Durell and Ellen A. Durell, of Tower Hill, Much Hadham, Herts. Native of Fulbourn, Cambridge.Buried in HAWTHORN RIDGE CEMETERY No.1, AUCHONVILLERS, Somme, France. Grave A. 7.

DURELL Roland
No further information

DURELL Thomas
No further information
EDWARDS William
Returned home in 1935 with amnesia, although on the war memorial he did not die. This was reported in the Cambridgeshire Times 15th February 1935.
ELLIS Stanley Gladstone
Private 33813, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action Wednesday, 10th April 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Cottenham, enlisted Cambridge, resident Fulbourn. Formerly 178617, Royal Field Artillery. His brother was the baker in Fulbourn, but NO relatives left alive. Formerly 178617, Royal Field Artillery. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 6

ENDERSBY Herbert
Private. Joined Army in September 1914.

FABB Alfred
Private. Joined Army in June 1917.

FOREMAN Alfred
Private.

FOREMAN Arthur S
Private. Served in the R.A.M.C. Son of Mr & Mrs R Foreman of Hay Street, Fulbourn.

FOREMAN Arthur T
Lance Corporal. Son of Mr & Mrs R Foreman of Hay Street, Fulbourn.
FOREMAN Ernest W
Lance Corporal 70337, 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. (Notts & Derby Regt.) who died aged 34 on Monday 30th July 1917. Born and resident Fulbourn, enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Son of Richard & Harriet Foreman, of Manor Gardens, Fulbourn,Cambs. Formerly 6048, Leicestershire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Valaanderen, Belguim.
FOREMAN Percy Charles
Private 36562, 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales) who died of wounds on Saturday, 18th August 1917. Age 22. Born Fulbourn, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident of Fulbourn. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foreman, of Town Close, Fulbourn, Cambs. Formerly 4634, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XVII. H. 16.

FOREMAN Thomas E.
Private. Fourth son of Mr & Mrs Charles Foreman of Town Close, Fulbourn.

FOREMAN William John
Sergeant. Second son of Mr & Mrs Charles Foreman of Town Close, Fulbourn.

FROST Frank
No further information

GARNER John
Trooper. Served in the Suffolk Yeomanry.
GILLSON Charles
Private 318557, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who killed in action on Thursday, 2nd March 1916. Born Fulbourn, enlisted Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21
GILLSON David
Private 3/6691, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed in action on Friday, 14th January 1916. Age 23. Born and resident Fulbourn, enlisted Cambridge. Son of John and Emma Gillson. Buried in CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave 9. Brother of Sidney below.
GILLSON Sidney
Private 203021 (7611), 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment who killed in action on Monday, 23rd April 1917. Age 19. Born and resident Fulbourn, enlisted Cambridge. Son of the late John and Emma Gillson. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. Brother of David above.

GOOD Arthur
No further information

HALL Albert
No further information

HALL Arthur S
No further information

HALL James F
No further information

HALL John
No further information

HALL Reg Arthur
Private. Joined Army in 1915. Wounded in 1916.
HANCOCK Arthur

Private 20445, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 30. Born Fulbourn, enlisted Cambridge. Husband of Lucy Whylin Hancock, of Home End, Fulbourn, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

It is believed he was the brother of Private Harry Hancock (below). They joined together and fell together.

HANCOCK Charles William
Private CH/7691 (RMR/B/1050). R.M.L.I. H.M.S. "Cressy", Royal Marine Light Infantry who was killed in action, vessel torpedoed by U-9 in the North Sea, on Tuesday, 22nd September 1914. Age 40. Born Fulbourn 25 May 1875. Son of Mrs. Hancock, of 15, Marshall Rd., Hills Rd., Cambridge; husband of Julia Hancock, of 59, Constitution Rd., Luton, Chatham. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, United Kingdom. Panel 7.
HANCOCK Harry

Private 20444, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action on Saturday 1st July 1916. Born Fulbourn, enlisted Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.

It is believed he was the brother of Private Arthur Hancock (above). They joined together and fell together.

HARDING George
Private. Joined Army in 1916. Lived in Church Lane, Fulbourn.

HARDWICK Charles H
No further information

HARDWICK Percy J
No further information

HARLEY Reuben
No further information

HARRIS Herbert
Private Herbert Harris. Joined Army in 1916.

HARRIS Thomas
No further information

HART Arthur [James]

Private 23762, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 12th August 1916. Aged 20. Born Longstowe, Cambridgeshire, enlisted Tebworth Hall, Cambridgeshire. Son of Mrs. J. Hart, of Long Stow, Cambs. No known grave. Commemorated THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Longstowe

Not marked as killed but listed in the Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 22 December 1916, page 6, as killed.

HART Bertram C

Bertram Charles Hart, eldest son of Arthur Charles Hart married Miss Ellen Beeton, third daughter of Mr & Mrs James Beeton, of Hinton Road, Fulbourn, in August 1918 in Fulbourn, but died later at war in 1918 (aged 27?). He was the brother of both, Leslie Herbert Hart and Arthur Charles Hart.

Extract from Fulbourn Chronicles 22 June 1917 reads:

Mr & Mrs A Hart, Pierce-Lane, have been informed that their son, Pte. B. Hart, of the Suffolk Regt., was wounded in the foot by a bomb explosion.

HART Charles Albert

[Charles Albert on SDGW] Private 24988, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died aged 30 on Sunday 17th March 1918. Son of Charles and Maria Hart, of Hay Street, Fulbourne. Charles A Hart is on the memorial scroll in church. He is uncle to Leslie Herbert Hart (below). Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France.

Extract from Fulbourn Chronicles 27 March 1918 reads:

“Much sympathy is felt for Mrs C Hart in the news of her son, Pte A.C.Hart, Suffolk Regiment, who has been lying dangerously ill in hospital in France suffering from gunshot in the head and left arm, passed away on 17th inst.

The following letter has been received from the Rev. Plowden Wardlaw, late Vicar of St Edward’s Church, Cambridge: Dear Mrs Hart, I am very sorry to tell you that your son died about 10pm last night. I am very disappointed, because I thought he was mending a little. I don’t think he suffered much. I buried him this afternoon at 2pm. As his dear mother you have made the greatest sacrifice you can, and by his sacrifice England lives.

A Lieut. At the Casualty Clearing Station: Dear Mrs Hart, I suppose you have heard of the death of your poor boy, Pte. C.Hart. He was badly wounded in the head and arm. He was very brave, and said he wanted to get home. He died a noble death, and was a brave boy. He will be buried beside his comrades in a nice little cemetery.”

HART Leslie Herbert
Private G/63279 Middlesex Regiment posted to 19th Battalion, London Regiment who died was killed in action on Sunday, 1st September 1918. Born Fulbourn, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Mill Road, Cambridge. Formerly 203344, Essex Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 8-9. See also Liverpool Street Station, London

HARVEY Ernest R
No further information

HAWKINS Harry F
Private. Joined Army in August 20th 1917.
HOWARD George
Private G/15842, 6th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action Monday 3rd July 1916. Age 19. Born Edmonton, Essex, enlisted Cambridge, resident Fulbourn. Son of Mrs. Harriett Haynes, of 14, Priory St., Huntingdon Rd., Cambridge. Formerly 12439 Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D and 6 D

HOWARD William
Private William Howard. Served in the Royal Artillery. Joined Army in 1914.
HOWLETT Charles S.
possibly Charles Sidney Howlett, Private 26644 14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment who died of wounds on Monday, 25th December 1916. Born Framlingham, Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge, resident Yoxburgh, Suffolk. Formerly 16852, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave I. B. 12.

HUMAN Reginald B.
No further information

ISON George
No further information

JACKSON G.W.
No further information

JACKSON John S.
Private. Served in the Suffolk Regiment.

JOBSON George
Private. Son of Mrs Jobson of Home End, Fulbourn.

KEMP James F.
No further information

KING William
Private. Husband of Mrs King, Croft Cottage, Fulbourn.

KNIGHTS Leonard W.
Private. Son of Mr & Mrs Knights, Highfield House, Fulbourn.

KNOWLES Albert
Private. Joined Army in January 1917.

LAWRENCE Richard
No further information

LEGGE George W.
Private. Joined Army in 1916. Husband of Mrs Legge, Lime Tree house, Fulbourn.

LEIST George E.
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LONG Richard S.
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MANNING Arthur H.
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MANNING Harold S.
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MANNING Sidney E.
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MASON C.E.
No further information

MASON Bertram G
No further information

MASON Ernest
Sergeant, M.M. Served in the Cambridgeshires Regiment. Awarded the Millitary Medal in January 1917 for Bravery in the Field. Son of Mr & Mrs William Mason of Church Street, Fulbourn.

MASON Frederick
No further information
MASON William
Private. Served in the Suffolk Regiment. In the 1911 census the only William Mason that appears to fit is Willie Mason, married for 14 years to Hannah, aged 44, Publican Farmer, born Fulbourn and resident The Mangle Inn, Fulbourn. No further information currently available
MATTHEWS Arthur
Private. Joined Army in April 1917. Birth recorded June 1899 Chesterton RD. In the 1911 census he is the son of Sidney James and ALice Matthews, aged 12, at school, born Fulbourn, resident Ships Yard, Fulbourn. No further information currently available

MATTHEWS Charles E.
Private. Joined Army in January 1917.

MATTHEWS Charles M.
Private. Joined Army in April 1917.

MATTHEWS Henry
No further information

MATTHEWS George
No further information

MATTHEWS William H.
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MILLER Charles M.
Private. Joined Army in 1917.

MISSING Alfred W.
No further information

MISSING Alfred W.
No further information

MISSING Stephen
Lance Corporal. Joined Army in September 1914.
MOULE Cyril
Private 25th Battalion, Australian Infantry,A.I.F. who died aged 24 on Thursday, 3rd May 1917, was the son of George Newling Moule and Sophie Moule, of Hawthorne Cottage, Fulbourne, Cambs,England. (He was the cousin of Norman Osborne's mother, immigrated to Australia.)

MOULE Sidney C.
No further information

NICHOLLS Guy Sid.
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NICHOLLS Lucius
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NOBLE Reginald E.
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OAKEY Owen
No further information

OATES John
No further information

OLIVER Wm. Thos.
No further information
OSBORNE Frederick S.
Joined the Suffolk Regt with his brother George.He was married to Cissy and had one daughter. His name is on the Fulbourn War Memorial, but when and where he was killed we do not know. His widow remarried before the end of WW1 to a Mr Buttress from Teversham and went to live in Manor Farm Cottage Teversham. As he lived in Teversham at the time he was killed his name is also on the War Memorial in Teversham Church yard.

OSBORNE George
Private 7948, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Joined Army in 1909. Served in Ireland, France, Belgium 1914-19 18. Cousin of Richard Osborne. (Norman Osbornes father). Brother of Frederick Osborne who was killed somewhere in France in W.W.1

OSBORNE Harry
Lance Corporal. Wounded in 1916. Son of Mr. & Mrs Samuel Osborne of Highfield Gate Fulbourn, who was the Grandfather of Norman Osborne.

OSBORNE Samuel
Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Captured in April 1915. Son of Mr & Mrs Samuel Osborne of Highfield Gate, Fulbourn. Brother of Richard Osborne, father of Norman Osborne.

OUTLAW James
Private. Joined Army in 1914. Wounded in 1915.

OUTLAW John Chas.
No further information

OUTLAW Joseph
Private. P.O.W.

OWEN Samuel
No further information

PAGE Joseph
No further information

PAIGE Sidney
No further information

PATEMAN Harry
No further information
PATTEN Arthur Charles
Private 127198 8th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) who died of wounds on Sunday, 18th August 1918. Age 19. Born and resident Fulbourn, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Patten, of Rose Cottage, Cow lane, Fulbourne, Cambs. Buried in BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, Brandenburg, Germany. Plot V. Row C. Grave 1.

PATTEN Frederick
No further information
PATTEN Harry
Private 202384, 4th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. who died Wednesday, 27th November 1918. Buried in LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 2.

PATTEN Jesse E.
No further information
PEACOCK Victor
Private 15906 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on Monday, 9th April 1917. Age 27. Born Landbeach, enlisted Cambridge. Husband of H. Peacock. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4

PEACHEY Albert
Private. Hampshire Regiment. Wounded in 1917. Had his foot amputated.

PEACHEY Arthur
No further information

PEACHEY Frederick
No further information
PEACHEY George William
[Spelt PEACHY on SDGW] Private G/87619, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment who was killed in action on Thursday, 28th March 1918. Age 19. Born and resident Fulbourn, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son of William and Emma Peachey, of Grange-Farm Cottage, Fulbourn, Cambs. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 60 and 61

PEACHEY Henry George
Private. Joined Army in 1915.

PEACHEY Wilfred
Private. Joined Army in 1916.

PEARL Arthur
Private. Joined Army in 1915.

PEARL Charles
Private. Joined Army in 1914.

PEARL Edward
Private. Joined Army in 1914.

PEARL PEARL George
Private. Joined Army in i 915.

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PEARL PEARL Robert
Private. Joined Army in 1915.

PETTITT Ernest
Private. Served in the R.G.A.
PETTITT James R.
possibly James Pettit, Private 9565 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who died on Saturday, 8th May 1915. Age 27. Son of Ephraim and Harriet Pettit, of Milton Rd., Impington, Cambs. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 47

PILSWORTH Frederick
Private. Eldest son of Mr & Mrs Of Fulbourn. Wounded and lost his right arm. Discharged 1919.

PILGRIM George
Corporal. Youngest son of Mr & Mrs William Pilgrim, Springside, Teversham Road, Fulbourn.

PILGRIM Maurice H.
2nd Lieutenant. M.C. 4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous Gallantry on August 26th 1918, during the attack on the Montauban Maricourt Road. When the attack was held up by Machine-gun fire, he with his Stokes’ mortar team crawled up an old trench, which was enfiladed by machine-gun fire and also heavily shelled. He succeeded in getting his gun into action at 340 yards range, and silenced the machine gun, thereby enabling the advance to continue. During the whole operation he showed great gallantry and initiative.

PLUMB Henry Frank
Lieutenant.

PLUMB John Stephen
Trooper. Suffolk Yeomanry. Wounded in the Dardenelles.

PLUMB Walter C.
Private. Joined the Army in 1914. Son of Mrs H. Claydon of Old Shadelows Fulbourn. Badly wounded in July 1916.
PULFER Bertie Alf.
Private 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment who was killed in action on Thursday,21st March 1918. was the husband of Mrs.M.A Pulfer, of Highfield, Fulbourn, Cambridge. Born Stanton, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, enlisted Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk. No known grave. Commemorated CHAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, HOLNON,Aisne,France. Mrs Pulfer remarried to Norman Osborne's father Mr Richard Osborne.
RICHMOND Charles Rule
Private 7819, 1st Battalion, North Staffordshires who died of wounds aged 30 on Monday, 26th April 1915. Son of George and Matilda Richmond of Fulbourn. Born and resident Fulbourn, enlisted Cambridge. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 19.

RICHMOND Charles
Private. Cambridgeshires. Joined Army in 1915.

RICHMOND Henry Alexander AKA Harry
Acting Bombadier 36674, "C" Battery, 78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action on Thursday, 2nd September 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper West-Vlaanderen, Belguim. Panel 5 and 9.

RICHMOND Arthur
Private. Son of Mr & Mrs George Richmond, Babraham Road, Fulbourn.

RICHMOND Walter R
Private. Husband of Mrs W. R. Richmond, Broad Green, Fulbourn, Badly wounded.

ROGERS Herbert A.
Lance Corporal. Son of Mrs Rogers. The Mangle Inn, Fuibourn. Severely wounded in the head.

ROGERS John Thos.
No further information

ROBINSON Kenneth
No further information

ROBINSON Victor R.
No further information

ROLPH Alec Ward
No further information
ROLPH Arthur Louis
Boy 2nd Class J/47831 H.M.S. "Ganges.", Royal Navy who died on Saturday, 17th June 1916. Age 16. Son of Stephen Rolph, of Pierce Lane, Fulbourn, Cambs. Buried in SHOTLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk. R.N. Plot. 96. Note: There is a HMS Ganges Association

ROLPH Elijah
No further information

ROLPH Ernest Fred.
Private. Joined the Army in 1917.

ROLPH Henry George
Trooper. Served in the Suffolk Yeomanry.

ROLPH Reginald J.
No further information
ROLPH Richard
possibly Richard George Rolph, Private 28415 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Monday, 4th September 1916. Age 25. Son of Matthew and Emma Rolph, of Bower Heath, Harpenden, Herts; husband of Edith Ellen Rolph, of 78, Linton Rd., Great Abington, Cambs. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C

RULE Richard
Private. Son of Mr Richard Rule of the Asylum Lodge, Fulbourn, has been mentioned in Despatches for his Gallantry and Bravery on the battle field whilst under fire.
RULE Robert Frank
Gunner 101996, 244th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery who was killed in action on Wednesday, 18th September 1918. Age 34. Born and resident Fulbourn, enlisted Cambridge. Husband of Susannah Rule, of Church St., Fulbourn, Cambs. Buried in HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 12.

RULE William A.
No further information

SALLOWS Jonas
No further information
SALMON Percy
Corporal 33896 37th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Labour Corps who was killed in actioin on Thursday, 21st March 1918. Age 33. Son of Henry Salmon, of Cambridge; husband of Louisa Alice Salmon, of 303, Newmarket Rd., Cambridge. Born and enlisted Cambridge, resident Fulbourn. Formerly 33896, Royal Fusiliers. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row B. Grave 28.
SAXBY Walter
Private 15792 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on Wednesday, 24th May 1916. Born Ore, Sussex, enlisted Hastings. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row M. Grave 10.

SHIPP Win. James
Gunner, R.G.A. Son of Mrs W. Richmond of Fulbourn.

SMITH Hy. Gordon
No further information

SMITH John
No further information

SOUTHORN Harry
Trooper. Served in the Suffolk Yeomanry.

SOUTHORN Reginald
Private. Return P.O.W. January 1919.

SOUTHORN Robert R.
No further information

SOUTHORN William
No further information
STANFORD Frederick
Private G/52546 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers who died of wounds on Sunday, 15th April 1917. Age 42. Born Teversham, enlisted Bury St Edmunds, resident Cambridgeshire. Husband of Ada Stanford, of Hinton Rd., Fulbourn, Cambridge. Formerly F/3696, Middlesex Regiment. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Grave II. J. 6.
STANFORD Walter G.
Private 326658 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment who was killed in action on Wednesday, 26th September 1917. Age 35. Enlisted Cambridge. Son of John and Frances Stanford, of Highfield Gate, Fulbourn; husband of G. D. J. Stanford, of Highfield Gate, Fulbourn, Cambridge. Formerly 4227 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried in PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL), ZILLEBEKE, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave III. B. 10.

STEARN Maxie G.
No further information
SWANN George
Private 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment who died on Monday, 9th April 1917. No known grave. Commemorated COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST.MARTIN-SUR -COJEUL, Pas de Calais, France.

SWANN Louis M.
No further information

TAYLOR Ernest D.
No further information

TAYLOR George 0.
Private. Joined the Army in 1915.

TAYLOR Herbert V.
Gunner. Served in the R.G.A. P.O.W. returned Home January 1919.

TAYLOR James
Private.

TAYLOR Sidney M
Private. Served in the M.G.C. P.O.W. returned home January 1919.

TEVERSHAM Reginald
No further information

TEVERSHAM Robert
No further information

TOWNLEY Charles E.
Private. Joined the Army in 1914.

TURNER Francis E.
No further information

TURNER James Tyrrell
Signalman. Joined the Navy in October 1914. Served on the Minesweeper H.M.S. St ELVIES. Awarded the D.S.M. Eldest son of Mr & Mrs Charles Turner of Fulbourn.

TUNWELL John
No further information

UPCHURCH Charles
Private. Joined the Army in 1915

WAKELEY Herbert C.
Private. Joined the Army in 1917.

WALLACE Richard
No further information

WARD Cecil
Private. Joined the Army in 1915.

WARD Frank
No further information

WARD Walter
No further information

WATSON William
No further information

WATSON Frank [Francis]
Private. P.O.W. returned home January 1919.

WEBB William J.
Cadet. R.F.C. Past all examinations as a Fighter pilot.
WEBSTER Lawrence
Lieutenant, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regt.) who died aged 31 on Tuesday, 30th October 1917. Was the son of Harris and Martha Ellen Webster of Fulbourn, Cambridge, England. Lieutenant Webster emigrated to Canada. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West Vlaanderen Belgium.

WHITE Cecil
Trooper. Served in the Suffolk Yeomanry

WHITE Edwin
Private. Son of Mrs A White, 8 Church Street, Fulbourn. Severely wounded and gassed.

WHITE Frank
Trooper. Served in the Suffolk Yeomanry.

WHITE George B.
Private. Cambridgeshire Regiment. Joined Army in 1915, aged 16. Saw active service in Belguim and France, found to be under age. Taken out of the Army and sent home. Rejoined the Army in1918. Son of Mr & Mrs George White, Barnsbury Farm, Fulbourn.

WHITE Harry
Trooper. Served in the Suffolk Yeomanry.

WHITE Harry W.
No further information

WHITE Percy
Private. Joined the Army in July 1917.

WHITEHOUSE H.H.
No further information

WHITMORE Herbert (1)
No further information

WHITMORE Herbert (2)
No further information

WILLERS Charles
Signaller. Served in the R. G. A.

WILSON Thomas
No further information

WRIGHT Arthur
Trooper. Served in the Suffolk Yeomanry. Joined the Army in 1914.

WRIGHT Charles George
Trooper. Served in the Suffolk Yeomanry.

WRIGHT John Frederick or John Fred
Sergeant. Joined the Suffolk Yeomanry in 1914. Son of Mr & Mrs John Wright of Hall Farm, Fulbourn.

YARD Thomas
Private.

Also a marble memorial in the bell tower.
To the Glory of God
and in Memory of
Those who laid down their lives
In the Great War A.D. 1914 - 1918
Two Treble Bells were placed in the tower
of this Church
By Reuben Moore
Churchwarden from 1887

CANTEMUS DOMINO. GLORIOSE ENIM
MAGNIFICATUS EST
Also ; on August 23rd 1923.
Lych Gate to St Vigors Church,
Dedicated by the Bishop of Ely.
in memory of those who fell from Fulbourn in the Great War 1914 - 1918.

Also a Green Marble stone engraved;
1945 - 1995
V.E Day & V.J. Day
Jubilee Celebration
with gratitude
to all who served
their Country

Last updated 6 December, 2022

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