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Copyright © Phil Curme 2000 |
"To
the memory of the men and women of this village
who gave their lives in the Great Wars 1914-18. 1939-45.
Their name liveth evermore".
1914-18
| ANDREWS | Bernard |
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| ANDREWS | Harry |
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| AYRE | Stanley Fawcett | Second Lieutenant, 170th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 30th November 1917. Aged 27. Son of Ella Hudson (formerly Ayre), Dial House, Great Shelford and the late A. Fawcett Ayre, M.I.C.E. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 1. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| BENSTEAD | Arthur | Private 16427, "B" Company, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 28th April 1917 in France. Aged 21. Son of Frederick and Fanny Benstead, of Station Rd., Long Stanton, Cambs. Born at Swaffham Prior, enlisted Cambridge. Buried in BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 19. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| BOREHAM | Noel Walter |
Private 12339 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment [confirmed by Petty Sessional Division of Cambridge, Roll of Service, July 1915] who was killed in action on Monday, 3rd July 1916. Aged 24. Born Brockley, Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Walter and Alice Boreham, of Mill Cottage, Brockley Green, Bury St. Edmund's. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| CHAPMAN | Alfred | Private 2039, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 20 July 1916 in France. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Great Shelford. Husband of Rosina Chapman, of 10, Staffordshire Gardens, Staffordshire St., Cambridge. Buried in BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 10. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| CHAPMAN | Henry William |
Private 15965, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 19/4/1918 in France. Born Great Shelford, enlisted Cambridge. Buried in SUFFOLK CEMETERY, LA ROLANDERIE FARM, ERQUINGHEM-LYS, Nord, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 8. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| CHAPMAN | Josiah |
Private 8434, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action
16/11/1914 in France. Aged 28. Born and resident in Great Shelford,
enlsited Cambridge. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, of Granhan's Rd.,
Great Shelford. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 and 33. Also on Village
Hall Memorial |
| CLARKE | Sidney |
possibly: Serjeant 21256 47th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf) who was killed in action on Saturday, 23rd March 1918. Born Moor Cross, cambridge, enlisted Blackheath. Formerly 3067, London Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| COLCHESTER | Bernard Valentine | 2nd Lieutenant, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 25/4/1917. Aged 27. Son of Marguerite Branford Colchester, of Great Shelford, Cambridge, and the late Edward Cromwell Colchester; his brother is listed below. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| COLCHESTER | Edward Cromwell |
Lieutenant,
H.M.S. Irresistible, Royal Navy. Lost during operations in the Dardenelles
18th March 1915. Aged 31. Born 21 October 1884. Son of Edward Cromwell
Colchester and Marguerite Branford Colchester, of Gt. Shelford,
Cambridge. His brother is listed above.
Midshipman from 5th September 1902, Sub-Lieutenant 29th April 1910.
No known grave. Commemorated on
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 7. Also on Village
Hall Memorial |
| CRAWLEY | Albert | possibly Albert Crawley, 2nd Lieutenant, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 19 May 1917. Aged 21. Son of Robert and Minnie Crawley, of 11, Wellington St., Luton, Beds. Native of March, Cambs. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVII. Row A. Grave 15. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| DAVIES | Albert Edward |
Private 6058 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment [confirmed by Petty Sessional Division of Cambridge, Roll of Service, July 1915] who was killed in action on Friday, 11th June 1915. Born Nunhead, Surrey, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| DEAN | Victor |
probably: Victor Dean, Private
G/21358, 7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action
25th march 191 in France. Born, enlisted and resident Sandy, Beds.
Formerly 21307, East Surrey Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 14 and 15. Also on Village
Hall Memorial |
| DEVEREUX | Edmund Bouchier |
Lieutenant "P2" Royal Naval Air Service was killed on Monday, 26th November 1917 piloting airship no. SSP2 (hence the "P2" reference) that came down in the North Sea. Both the other crew members were also lost, namely AM 1 Albert Edward Scott (F/5276) and Leading Mechanic Edgar James Wilson (F/4131), aged 22. He was aged 22. Son of Walter de Laci Devereux and Blanche Isobel Devereux, of Great Shelford. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 25. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| DEVEREUX | Humphrey William |
Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 7 July 1916, page 4: Lieut. H. W. Devereux, of Great Shelford, Killed. Lieut. Humphrey William Devereux, eldest son of Mr. Walter de Laci Devereux, of Great Shelford, Cambs., and grandson of the late Rear-Admiral the Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, R.N., was killed by a shell in the trenches on June 26th, aged 22 years. Lieut. Devereux was educated at Victoria College, Jersey, and the Perse School, Cambridge, and when war broke out was in his second year as a Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He received a commission in the South Staffs. Regiment (T.F.), went out to France in February, 1915, and was gazetted lieutenant the following May. Lieut. Devereux was wounded on October 13th, 1915, at the battle of Loos. He rejoined his regiment in January, 1916, and went abroad again in April. His colonel writes: “He was my best subaltern, and in a few weeks would have been recommended for promotion to captain. His loss is a great grief to all who served with him. I wish to Heaven I had more of his sort. His fearless resolution was an inspiration to his men.” And his company commander says of him: “It is impossible to tell you how much he will be missed by the whole battalion, particularly by those of us, and they are now very few, who were privileged to be in close contact with him since the regiment came to France. He has been in my company since he joined, and has earned the love and admiration of all.” Lieut. Devereux’s two brothers are serving in His Majesty’s Forces—Sub-Lieut. Edmund Bourchier Devereux. R.N., and Sec. Lieut. Robert de Bohun Devereux, 1st the Royal Scots. His father, Mr. W. de L. Devereux, has been working for some time in the Y.M.C.A. Hute in France. |
| FLACK | Christopher |
Private
4951, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 2nd Battalion, Seaforth
Highlanders. Died of wounds (gas) 15/5/1918. Aged 27. Born Cambridge,
enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Flack, of 3, Granta
Terrace, Stapleford, Cambs. Native of Great Shelford. Buried in
MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France.
Plot V. Row H. Grave 11A. Also on Village
Hall Memorial |
| FORDHAM | William [Nathan] | Private
35190, 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 17th February
1917. Born Stanstead, Essex, enlisted Cambridge. In the 1911 census
he was aged 31, born Stansted, Essex, a Domstic Gardenerr, married
to Alice with one daughters and two sons, resident High Green, Great
Shelford, Cambridgeshire. Buried in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT,
Somme, France. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 3. Also on Village
Hall Memorial |
| FREE | Alexander |
Private 201572, 4th battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 22/11/1917 in France. Aged 32. Born Castle Camps, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Walter and Eliza Free, of Castle Camps, Cambs; husband of Ethel Free, of Oakfield Cottage, Great Shelford. Formerly 4615, Suffolk Regiment. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row H. Grave 7. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| GEORGE (Crois de Guerre) | Victor Alfred | Pioneer 84511 No. 2 Special Coy., Royal Engineers who died of wounds on Wednesday, 14th November 1917. Aged 33. Awarded Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Born Great Shelford, enlisted Cambridge. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred George, of Great Shelford. Buried in STEENKERKE BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Veurne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row B. Grave 6. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| HARDY | Jack |
probably: Jack Hardy, Private
39820, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 8/5/1918
in France. Aged 34. Son of Mrs. Kate Marriott, of Barton. Born Great
Chesterfield, Essex, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, resident Cherry
Hinton. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. Also on Village
Hall Memorial |
| HARVEY | Herbert Sidney | Private 18306, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 20th July 1916. Aged 27. Born Newport, Essex, enlisted Cambridge. Son of William and Mary Ann Harvey, of Newport, Essex; husband of Ruth Harvey, of Mill Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridge.No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| HILL | Jack |
No further information currently. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| HODGE | George William | Second Lieutenant 2nd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment who was killed in action on Saturday, 27th April 1918. Aged 23. Son of William and Eliza Hodge, of Park Farm, Great Shelford. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| HOUSDEN | William John |
Private 327866 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds on Tuesday, 20th November 1917. Aged 33. Born and enlisted in Great Shelford. Husband of Edith May Housden, of Great Shelford. Formerly 6169, Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 40 to 41 and 162 to 162A. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| JONES | Gladys Maud | V.A.D. Nurse. Died on Tuesday, 21st August 1917. Aged 31. Daughter of Alfred and Adelaide Letitia Jones, of The Spinney, Great Shelford. Buried MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 89. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| KIDMAN | James |
possibly: James Kidman, Private 18369 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who died of wounds on Saturday, 22nd December 1917. Born and enlisted Linton. Buried in LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 6. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| KINSEY | Edward |
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| LAW | Bertie |
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| MARTIN | George A | Rifleman 2263 , 12th [County of London] Battalion [The Rangers], London Regiment [confirmed by Petty Sessional Division of Cambridge, Roll of Service, July 1915]. Killed in action Saturday 1st July 1916 in France & Flanders. Son of Mr. B. W. Martin and Mrs. R. Martin, of 99, Alpha House, Alpha Rd., Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 C. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| NUTTER | Hubert Charles |
[Herbert on SDGW] Captain 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on Saturday, 16th June 1917. Aged 33. Husband of Helen May Mann (formerly Nutter), of the Grove, Sapeston, Bury St. Edmund's. Buried in VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Plot VI. Row D. Grave 18. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| ORRIS | Ernest [Walter] | Private 2391, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, killed in action 3rd December 1916. Aged 23. Born Hundon, Suffolk, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Walter and Mary Ann Orriss, of Great Shelford, Cambs. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row D. Grave 7. See also Lolworth, Great Shelford St Mary and Great Shelford Memorial Hall. |
| ROSE | William Mark |
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| RUTTER | Hugh | probably: Hugh Marsh Rutter, Private 201445 7th Battalion, Tank Corps, formerlry 32435, Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action on Sunday, 14th April 1918. Aged 19. Born Cambridge, enlisted Warwick. Son of Augustus Emmanuel and Annie Elizabeth Rutter, of 20, Chesterton Hall Crescent, Cambridge. Buried in ST. VENANT-ROBECQ ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, ROBECQ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 21. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| SAUNDERS | William Harold |
Corporal 13476, King's Own Scottish Borderers [confirmed by Petty Sessional Division of Cambridge, Roll of Service, July 1915] attahced 4th/3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles. Died on Tuesday 31st December 1918. Aged 27. Son of William and Charlotte Saunders, of Rose Cottage, Great Shelford, Cambs. Buried in NAIROBI SOUTH CEMETERY, Kenya. Plot III. Row B. Grave 2. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| SCARR | Bertram William | Private 326815 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment who was killed in action on Wednesday, 26th September 1917. Born Shelford, enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 4568, Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| SILLITOE | Ada Florence Victoria |
Member 7201, Womens Royal Air Force. Died Friday, 8th November 1918. Buried St Mary's Church, Great Shelford. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| SINDALL | Richard Edward |  [Listed
as Richard Ernest ISNDALL elsewhere] Captain, 1/1st Battalion
(Territorial Force), Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 1st
July 1915. Aged 26. Son of William and Henzell Margeret Sindall,
of "The Elms," Great Shelford, Cambridge. In the 1911
census he was the son of William and Margaret Sindall, aged 21,
a Builder and Confectioner, born Cambridge, resident with his
parents at Wordsworth Grove, Newnham, Cambridge. Buried in BAILLEUL
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD), Nord, France. Plot I. Row
D. Grave 30.Extract from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour Volume 1, Part 1, Page 328 SINDALL, RICHARD ERNEST, Capt. (Shelford Detachment), 1st Battn. Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Sindall, of The Elms, Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Contractor, and a Member of the Cambridge Town Council, by his wife, Henzell Margaret, dau. of Thomas Usher Crass ; b. Cambridge, 11 April, 1889; educ. Perse School, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Cambridgeshire Regt., 1 Oct. 1908, promoted Lieut. 1 March, 1910, and Capt. 23 June, 1913 ; left for the Front with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, was seriously wounded by the bursting of a shell on 26 June near Armentièrcs, and died from his wounds, 1 July, 1915; buried at Bailleul; vnm. The 1st Battn. of the Cambridgeshire Regt. was warnily congratulated by Brig.-Gen. Longley for the part it took in the Battle of St. Eloi. He stated that the way that they advanced under very heavy shell and rifle fire towards St. Eloi was splendid and that they were of the greatest assistance in holding the village when the German attack was at its worst. Col. Copeman in a letter published by the Cambridge Daily News, said “We were in the thick of the great fight last Sunday, and I am proud to tell you that the regt. did very well, so the General told me, It was an unexpected attack, and we were hurled into the midst of terrific shell and rifle fire which lasted from 4.30 on Sunday to about 5 am. Monday” A special correspondent with the Cambridgeshire Regt. wrote: “The people of Camhridgeshire must not be allowed to forget that She 1st Cambridgeshires took part in what has been reported as the greatest engagement of the present war and the world’s history. At 10 p m. amid the dull boom of our artillery and the terrific, earsplitting explosions of the French 75’s, we went out ready to do our part. The officers in charge of the company were Capt. R. F. Sindall, Capt. Keenlyside, Lieut. Shaw, and Lieut. Bates., Lieut. Seaton and Lieut. Sir H. G. Butlin, also officers of the company, were already gaining experience in the trenches, and had a rough time of it, After drawing tools and sandbags, w e went forward. Ceaseless numbers of ‘flares’ were sent up, and when passing a gate, the man with the biggest laugh in our company, L.-Corpl. E. Vawser, was hit. He was promptly attended to, and hopes were expressed that he would soon be better. An R.E. officer took charge of us, and we were allotted our job. All the while bullets and shells were flying around us, and one could mark the passage of the shells through the air by a streak of light from them. It was rather a terrifying experience for us to be baptized with such a hail of bullets, and I must say that I iiever saw one case of funk in the whole company. The boys may be heartily congratulated on their sang froid, and the ‘Cambridgeshire people have good reason to be proud of them After our ‘spelt close up, we manned some reserved trenches, eventually arriving home’ at 8 a.m after a good hard night’s work.” His brother, Capt. H. T. Sindall, of the same regt., was invalided home from the Front on 6 April, 1916. See also Cambridge Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridge St Mark’s, Shelford Village Hall Memorial, Cambridge St Marks, Cambridge St Mary the Less and Perse School. |
| SPARROW | George |
No further information currently. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| SPEARING | Edward | Lieutenant 4th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.) who was killed in action on Monday, 11th September 1916. Aged 26. Son of James and Fanny Spearing, of Troodos, Great Shelford, Cambridge. B.A., LL.B. Emmanuel College, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D and 12 B. From Andy Pay's research into the Marquis de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour the following: Volume 2, Part 3, Page 254 - SPEARING, Edward - Lieutenant, 4th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Only son of James Spearing of Great Shelford, Cambridge, Solicitor, by his wife, Fanny Elizabeth, dau. of William Clayton. Born Cambridge 25th March 1890, educated Purse Grammar School, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge (scholar), where he took a first class in part 1 of the Historical Tripos in 1910, a second class in part 2 in 1911, and graduated LL.B in 1912, being subsequently articled as a Solicitor; volunteered for Foreign service; obtained a commission as a 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn, Royal Lancaster Regt. 22nd Aug 1914 and was promoted Lieutenant 12th June 1915; served with The Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 3rd May 1915; was wounded near Fricourt 30th Dec. and invalided home; returned to the front in April, 1916 and was killed in action near Delville Wood, 11th Sept following, while leading his company in an attack on the German trenches. Buried where he fell. His Commanding Officer wrote: " He was commanding the Company and pulling it together awfully well. He was a splendid fellow and had no idea of fear. We will all miss him greatly." Unm. Also on Great Shelford Village Hall Memorial, Cambridge Emmanuel College, Perse School and Cambridge Guildhall |
| TITCHMARSH | David |
[TITCHMARCH on SDGW] Private 325490 1st Bn Cambridgeshire Regiment, Cambridgeshire Regiment who was killed in action on Tuesday, 31st July 1917. Born St. Ives, Hunts, enlisted Great Shelford. Formerly 2038, Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 and 52. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| WILLIAMS | Edmund Herbert | Private 26129 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who was killed in action. on Friday, 14th July 1916. Aged 25. Born Cambridge, enlisted Great Shelford. Son of George Clay Williams and Mary Elizabeth Williams, of Station Rd., Gt. Shelford. Formerly 26293, Bedfordshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 A. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| WRIGHT | Ernest |
Private 14420 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on Friday, 8th June 1917. Born Great Shelford, enlisted Cambridge. Buried in BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row A. Grave 17. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
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| BATES | John | No further information currently. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| BETTS | Henry |
possibly: Henry Bartlett Betts, Private 5932623 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment who died on Saturday, 7th November 1942. Aged 25. Son of Ernest and Mabel Betts, of Cambridge. Buried in KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 4. Row K. Grave 14. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| BYE | Reginal Alderman |
Photograph taken while in India where he served for three years. |
| COOK | George Bertram |
Private 5837165 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry who died on Wednesday, 7th April 1943. Aged 20. Son of Bertram and Ada Cooke, of Great Shelford. Buried in TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Plot 6. Row E. Grave 2. Also on Village Hall Memorial and Sawston Village College |
| COOKE, DSC | Roger Henry | Lieutenant H.M.S. Formidable, Royal Navy who died on Friday, 28th March 1941. Aged 30. Husband of Edith Sheila Branwhite Cooke, of Little Shelford. No known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Bay 1, Panel 6. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| COOKE, DSC | John Michael |
probably: John Michael Cooke, Sub-Lieutenant H.M.M.L. 579., Royal Navy who died on Tuesday, 26th October 1943. Aged 21. Son of Arthur George and Kathleen Jessie Cooke, of Stanwick, Hampshire. Buried in RHODES WAR CEMETERY, Rhodes, Greece. Plot 6. Row B. Joint Grave 1. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| DAVEY | Renford Percy | Flying Officer 83993 Pilot Instr. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on Friday, 9th May 1941. Aged 25. Son of Percy Lionel and Bertha Ethel Davey, of Great Shelford; husband of Joy Davey. Buried in GREAT SHELFORD CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. Grave 1. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| DEAN | Alan |
Ordinary Seaman P/JX 261159 H.M.S. Culver, Royal Navy who died on Saturday, 31st January 1942. Aged 19. Son of Noel and Blanche Maude Dean, of Great Shelford. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 68, Column 2. Also on Village Hall Memorial and The Leys School |
| DOCKERILL | Jack | Private 5830035 5th Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regt.) who died on Monday, 1st June 1942. Aged 23. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Dockerill; husband of Florence May Dockerill. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 60. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| GLADWELL | Arthur John |
Extract from Cambridge Independent Press in 1945:
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| GOAT | Alfred Howell | Corporal 2588291 Royal Corps of Signals who died on Wednesday, 6th February 1946. Aged 39. Son of Frederick and Edith E. Goat; husband of Brenda Mary Goat, of Great Shelford. Buried in GREAT SHELFORD CEMETERY, Cambridgeshire. Grave 221. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| HOOKE | Francis Antony |
Second Lieutenant Indian Armoured Corps who died on Tuesday, 13th July 1943. Aged 19. Son of Francis Edward Yarborough Hooke, and of Madeline Hooke, of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Buried in KARACHI WAR CEMETERY, Pakistan. Plot 11. Row D. Grave 7. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| HORWOOD | Ray Arthur Richard | Private 10632566 2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment who died on Thursday, 22nd April 1943. Aged 22. Son of Richard and Eva Horwood, of Shelford. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 8. Row A. Grave 14. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| HOWARD | Thomas Nevill |
Driver 14836075 280 Field Company, Royal Engineers who died on Tuesday, 26th February 1946. Aged 19. Son of Albert Edward and Susannah Howard, of Great Shelford. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Germany. Plot 3. Row AA. Grave 22. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| MACSWEEN | Roderick [Campbell] | Ordinary Seaman C/JX301595 H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy who died on Saturday, 13th December 1941. Aged 34. Born 25 September 1907. Son of John and Catherine MacSween, of Glasgow; husband of Ellen MacSween, of Glasgow. In the 1939 Register he wasm married to Ellen C MacSween, employed as a Dispatch Manager Paper Trade, resident 38 London Road, Great Shelford, Chesterton R.D., Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on GLASGOW WESTERN NECROPOLIS, Glasgow. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| ROE | Valcourt Desmond Meredith |
Pilot Officer 42530 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force who died on Tuesday, 14th May 1940. Aged 28. Son of Capt. Charles Edward Meredith Roe and Marie Eveleen Roe, of Talawakele, Ceylon. Buried in CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Plot 2. Row J. Grave 8. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| ROLPH | David | Chief Petty Officer C/JX 135449 H.M. Submarine Sickle, Royal Navy who died at sea on Sunday, 18th June 1944. Aged 28. Born 4th November 1915 in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. Baptised 26 December 1915 in Great Shelford, son of Sam (a boot repairer) and Rose Rolph. Son of Samuel and Rose Ellen Rolph; husband of Eleanor May Rolph, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. In the 1921 census he was aged 5, born Great Shelford, son of Sam and Rose Helen Rolph, resident Tunnels Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 74, Column 3. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| STONE | John |
No further information currently available. Also on Village Hall Memorial |
| WALKER | Frederick William | Rifleman 1629755 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) who died on Thursday, 14th September 1944. Aged 24. Son of John Henry and Sarah Ann Walker, of Great Shelford. Buried in GEEL WAR CEMETERY, Geel, Antwerpen, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 7. Also on Village Hall Memorial and Sawston Village College |
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| JAMES | W |
No further information currently. |
| KENT | Robext [sic] Benjamin Lyon | Sergeant (Air Gunner) 700760. 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 28th July 1943. Aged 28. Son of Benjamin Thomas Kent and Barbara Florence Ann Kent. Buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany. Collective grave Plot 20. Row A. Grave 1-6. |
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Rifleman
44541, 1st Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
8/5/1918. Aged 18. Born Shelford, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Son
of Mrs. E. Andrews, of High St., Great Shelford. Formerly TR/13/58499,
20th T.R. Battalion. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row Q. Grave 34. Also on 
Private
4085 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment [confirmed by Petty Sessional
Division of Cambridge, Roll of Service, July 1915] who was killed
in action on Friday, 28th September 1917. Born Newton, Cambridge,
enlisted Cambridge. Commemorated in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY,
Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V., Belgium. Special Memorial. Grave
8. Also on 
Lieutenant,
5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment who was killed in action
on Monday, 26th June 1916. Aged 22. Son of Walter de Laci Devereux
and Blanche Isobel Devereux, of Middlewood, Worth, Sussex. Born
at Scarning, Dereham, Norfolk. IN the 1901 census he is listed as
the son of Walter De L and Blanche I Devereux, aged 6, born Scarning,
Norfolk, his brothers were born in Hoe, Norfolk and Great Cornard,
Suffolk, all were resident at 34, Rosemont Road, Acton, London.
Buried in HUMBERCAMPS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 1. Also on 
Sapper
546798, 218th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died on service on
Monday, 13th August 1917. Born Great Shelford, enlisted Sawston.
Buried in RAMSCAPPELLE ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, Nieuwpoort, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 17. Also on 
[Listed
as LAWS on CWGC and SDGW]. Private 2029 [CWGC] or 2020 [SDGW]. 1st
Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 3rd August
1915. Aged 27. Born and enlisted Great Shelford, Cambs. Buried in
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 9.
Also on 
Private
9059 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment who was killed in action on
Thursday, 9th August 1917. Aged 24. Born Great SHelford, enlisted
Cambridge. Son of Harry and Hannah Rose, of Station Rd., Great Shelford.
Buried in MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 11. Also on 
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 
Serjeant
5933322 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment who died on Wednesday,
14th July 1943. Aged 29. Son of Arthur John and Sarah Ann Gladwell;
husband of Minnie Jane Gladwell, of Great Shelford. Buried in KANCHANABURI
WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 2. Row N. Grave 15. Also on 