GRAVELEY
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 Detailed Roll of Honour
Copyright © Mandy Manning and Martin Edwards 2000
This
memorials appear inside the church.
|
This
memorial inside the church at
Graveley seen here left and below reads:
"WE
GUIDE TO STRIKE"
THIS TABLET IS PLACED
IN MEMORY OF
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT C. H. PETTIT
D.F.C. R.A.F.V.R. 171788
AND IN TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO SERVED
WITH THE PATH FINDER FORCE
AT R.A.F. GRAVELEY 1942-1945
THEY
SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN
Photographs
Copyright © Mandy Manning- 2000
|
Below
left and right is the memroial inside the church to
those who died in World War 1 and 2. The upper section
is dedicated to those who died in World War 1 while the
plaque below is dedicated to those who died in World War 2.
|
|
|
|
1914-1918
BAXTER |
George
Abraham |
Private
22036 8th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Sunday, 24th December
1916. Age 25. Son of George and Janet Baxter, of Graveley, Cambs.
Buried in GRAVELEY (ST. BOTOLPH) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire. Grave
in North-West half. |
MILES |
Frank
|
Private
43074 1st Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Sunday, 3rd September
1916. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C.
Photograph
Copyright © Christine Yaxley 2017
|
REED |
Frank
|
Private.
30227, aged 23, 14th Batt.The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 5th Division.
Killed in action at Arras 24th April 1917. Son of Jesse & Sarah
Reed of Cotton Farm, Offord D`Arcy. Born Yelling, and enlisted in
Huntingdon. Formerly with The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Batt.(1225)
Commemorated on The Arras Memorial MR.20. |
SANFORD |
Walter
|
Private
43058 4th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment who died on Monday, 23rd April
1917. Age 32. Son of Samuel and Sally Sanford, of Graveley, Huntingdon;
husband of Lucy Margaret Sanford, of 2, Hanley Place, Datchet, Windsor.
Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
TACK |
James
Edward |
Private
25069 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Wednesday, 9th August
1916. Age 31. Son of William and Elizabeth Tack, of Graveley, Huntingdon.
Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
1 C and 2 A. |
1939-45 |
PAWLEY |
William
Philip Arthur |
Private
10567728 Royal Army Ordnance Corps who died on Monday, 9th February
1942. Age 31. Son of William James Pawley and Grace Marion Pawley,
of Graveley. Buried in PAPWORTH ST. AGNES (ST.JOHN THE BAPTIST)
CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire. |
PETTIT,
DFC |
C
H |
Flight
Lieutenant 171788 35 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who
died on Wednesday, 22nd May 1946. Age 23. Son of George James Pettit
and Frances Mary Pettit, of Leigh-on-Sea. Buried in SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
(SUTTON ROAD) CEMETERY, Essex. Plot R. Grave 12361. |
PICKING |
Stanley
H |
Gunner
1104637 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regt., Royal Artillery
who died on Saturday, 14th February 1942. Age 22. Son of Mrs. F.
S. Peake, of Graveley, Cambridgeshire. Commemorated on the SINGAPORE
MEMORIAL, Singapore. Column 36. |
R.A.F.
Memorial
|
GRAVELEY
AIRFIELD
|
|
1942
|
8
GROUP BOMBER COMMAND
|
1945
|
35
SQUADRON
PATHFINDER
FORCE
|
692
SQUADRON
LIGHT NIGHT
STRIKING FORCE
|
|
R.A.F.
|
|
TO
COMMEMORATE THIS AIRFIELD IN HONOUR
OF THOSE WHO SERVED THE NATION
AIRCREW, GROUNDSTAFF & WAAF OF UNITED KINGDOM,
DOMINIONS, COLONIAL ALLIED AIR FORCES
|
|
35/635
|
ASSN.
1991
|
Photographs Copyright
© Martyn Smith - 2002
|
|
|
Last updated
14 November, 2017
|