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PAPWORTH EVERARD WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Phil Curme & Dave Edwards 2001
The
memorial is located within St Peters Church, Papworth. It takes the
form of a large wooden plaque and contains the various details and unusually
gives the place of death and burial but not date of death.
The CWGC grave of
G.A.Breed
in the churchyard. |
Above:
The church and churchyard of Papworth Everard.
Right:
Plaque inside church.
Photographs
Copyright © Phil Curme - 2000
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To
the glory of God and to the men of this parish who gave their lives in
the Great War 1914 - 1919.
| BREED |
Alfred
George |
 [Name
George Alfred everywhere else] Private 444310, 55th Battalion, Canadian
Infantry. Died at Bramshott Camp Friday, 10 December 1915. Aged
23. Born 14 February 1893 at Papworth Everard. Son of William and
Julia Breed, London St, Godmanchester. Labourer by trade. Unmarried.
Enlisted 14 May 1915 aged 22 years and 3 months, accepted 20 May
1915. Height 5 feet 9 inches, girth 39 inches. Complexion medium,
eyes hazel brown, hair dark brown, religion Church of England. Buried
St Peters, Papworth Everard. National Archives of Canada Accession
Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1034 - 3
From
Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny' s Roll of Honour,
Volume 1, part
1, page 49, the following:
BREED,
George Alfred, Private, number 444310, 55th battalion Canadian
Expeditionary Force. Son of the late William Breed, Farm Labourer,
by his wife Julia (Papworth Everard), daughter of James Paine
of Croydon, co Cambridge.
Born
Hatley St George county Cambridge 14-2-1892. Educated there and
at Papworth Everard. Went to Canada 1-3-1912, volunteered for
services overseas on the outbreak of war and died in the military
hospital at Bramshott, Liphook, Hants of Influenza contracted
while going through his course of training.
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| IRWIN |
Andrew
Herbert |
Second Lieutenant, 8th Rajputs, Indiam Army. Killed
in action 18 April 1915 at Shabkadar. Buried Shabkadr Cemetery,
Peshawar. Commemorated on Delhi Memorial (India Gate). Delhi, India.
Face 5 |
| MARTIN |
John
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Second Lieutenant, 229th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Killed in action at Giavera Wednesday, 19 December 1917.
Aged 25. Only son of Edith Lucy and the late John Martin of "The
Beacon" Abbots Kerswell, Nr Newton Abbot, S. Devon. Late of Papworth
Everard. Buried in Giavera British Cemetery, Arcade, Italy. Plot
2. Row A. Grave 8. |
| PRESTON |
Ernest
John |
Private 35255, 2nd Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment. Died Thursday, 3 October 1918 in India. Aged 34. Born
Kenton, Devon, enlisted Huntingdon, resident Papworth Everard. Son
of Henry and Diana Preston, of Farringdon, Exeter; husband of Helena
Preston, of 6, King St., Exmouth, Devon. Formerly 5209, Suffolk
Regiment. Buried in Karachi Cemetery, India. Plot A/E. Row B. Grave
4. Commemorated on Delhi Memorial (India Gate). Face 1. |
| RISELEY |
John
Crossford |
Private 17821, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in France on Sunday, 25 June 1916. Buried in BIENVILLERS
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave
9. |
Not
on Memorial |
| DING |
W
Rowland |
Not
on the Memorial probably because he was a civilian; but an interesting
character. Qualified as a pilot before the War, and, during it,
worked as a test pilot for the Blackburn Aircraft Co., at Brough,
Yorks., testing newly-built aircraft. He was killed flying a BE.2c
on 12th May 1917. Buried at Papworth St. Everard. |
God
proved them and found them worthy for himself.
Also
listed for this parish in the Ely Cathedral Second World War Book of Remembrance:
| BYE |
Reginal Alderman |
 Signalman
2588283 Royal Corps of Signals who died on active service Tuesday,
30th May 1944. Aged 30. Son of Thomas and Mary Bye, of 6, Graham's
Road, Great Shelford; husband of Eileen Mary Bye, of Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk. Educated Boxworth School, employed at Papworth Colony.
Buried in DELHI WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 2. Row H. Grave 14. Also
on Gt Shelford Village Hall
Memorial and Great Shelford
Photograph
taken while in India where he served for three years. |
| PEARL |
Albert
Henry James |
 Sapper
2162304, H.Q. 1 Port Construction and Repair Group, Royal Engineers.
Died of wounds (crushed head and leg) 25 December 1944. Aged 28.
Born in Bow, London 9 October 1916, resident Cambridgeshire, enlisted
25 June 1942 in Longmoor. Son of Albert Joseph and Alice Pearl,
of "Emlview," Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire. In the
1939 Register he was born 9 October 1916, single, a bricklayer.
resident 12 Albert Street, Cambridge, Cambridge M.B., Cambridgeshire.
Buried in SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY, Antwerpen, Belgium. Plot V. Row
C. Grave 61.
Extract
from Cambridge Independent Press in 1944:
Died
on Christmas Day.—Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Pearl, of
Elm View, Papworth Everard, have received the sad news that their
elder son, Sapper A. H. J. Pearl, aged 28, port construction and
repair group, Royal Engineers, died in Western Europe on Christmas
Day from head and leg wounds received on Dec. 16th. Sapper Pearl
held the Africa Star, and was a member of the Rob Roy Boat Club,
the Cambridge Cycling Club, and the Health and Strength League.
He was:educated at Papworth Village Sehool and joined the Forces
in June, 1942.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
in 1945:
PEARL
Albert Henry James of Elm View Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire
died 25 December 1944 on war service Administration Peterborough
9 August to Alice Pearl (wife of Albert Joseph Pearl). Effects
£541 17s. 6d.
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Also
buried in the Churchyard, assume large number due to presence of
Papworth Hospital:
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| BIGNELL |
Collyn
E D B |
Corporal
5731413, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 23 March 1944. Son of James
Edmund Christopher Bignell and of Edith Marie Bignell (nee Dupre),
of Bel Royal Jersey, Channel Islands. His brother Gordon Edmund
also died on service. |
| BLACKBURN |
Isaac
William |
Private
5769371, 50th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 7 July 1940.
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| CAIREY |
Charles
William |
Sapper
1412804, 661 Construction Company, Royal Engineers, Died 12 November
1940, age 44. Son of Charles and Katherine Cairey; husband of Annie
E. Cairey, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. Also served in 1914-18 War.
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| CLARK |
William |
Second
Lieutenant 156382, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 8 February 1941.
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| KERR |
Stanley |
Lance
Corporal 2610896, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 4 September
1941, age 33. Son of Thomas and Anne Kerr. |
| PIGGOTT |
Alfred
Anthony |
Aircraftman
1st Class 744474, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 5 December
1940. |
| STANLEY |
Arthur
Edward |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 906462, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 20 December
1939, age 27. Son of George and Hetty Stanley, of Streatham, London.
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| THORNTON |
Clarice
May |
Private
W/14376, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Died 16 January 1942, age
39. Daughter of Arthur E. Wood and Bessie Grace Wood, of Sutton
Coldfield, Warwickshire. |
There
is also one odd-ball memorial to
Captain
Edmund Williams of the Avalanche which sank in 1877.
Last updated
5 August, 2025
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