ORWELL ST ANDREW WAR MEMORIAL

There are two rolls of honour inside the parish church of St. Andrews. These rolls fo honour are glazed, one containing the names for World War 1 and them other the names for World War 2. There are 8 names of those who died in World War 1 and 66 wjho served and returned; for World War 2 there are the names of 35 who served and returned. The rolls were rededicated 8 January 1956,

Photograph Copyright © Ann Thompson 2000

ORWELL
ROLL OF HONOUR AND SERVICE
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY

DASH	Hubert	[Spelt Herbert on CWGC and other searchable sources] Able Seaman J/6403 H.M.S. "Black Prince", Royal Navy who was killed or died as a direct result of enemy action. Wednesday, 31st May 1916. Age 24. Born 11 February 1894 in Royston. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Dash, of Malton Cottages, Meldreth. In the 1911 census he is resident in Portsmouth, aged 17, Boy 1st Class, born 1894, Meldreth. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 12. Note: HMS "Black Prince" was sunk under fire from several German battleships at the Battle of Jutland. None of the 790 crew survived.
GILL	Edward	Private 5968, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 14 November 1916. Aged 31. Enlisted Hertford, resident London Colney. Husband of Sophia Maria Gill, of 7, Victoria Rd. Holloway, London. His birth was registered in the April to June Quarter 1886 in the Caxton Registration District. In the 1891 census he was aged 5, son of Daniel and Mary H Gill, a scholar, born Orwell, resident High Street, Orwell. In the 1901 census he was aged 14, son of Daiel and Mary A Gill, a balbourer at brickworks, born Orwell, resident High Street, Orwell. In the 1911 census he was aged 24, married Sophia Gill (24) with two children, Doris and Harold, he was a general labourer, born Orwell, Cambridgeshire, resident Fern Cottage, Shenley Road, Shenley Lane, White Lion Lane, London Colney. Buried in WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 1.
SMITH	Henry	[Listed as Harry Smith] Private 26703, 14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action near Ypres 26th September 1917. Aged 19. Born in Orwell and enlisted in Cambridge. Next of kin, Orwell. Son of George and Clara Smith, of High St., Orwell, Royston. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 88 to 90 and 162.
SCOTT	Harry John	Private PW/501 18th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment killed in action on Sunday, 29th October 1916. Age 41. Born and resident Orwell, enlisted Swansea, Glamorgan. Born 1876 in Orwell, at 62 Malton Road (1891 census), son of Joseph Bond and Decima (nee PEARCES) SCOTT of Orwell. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B.
PARCELL	Frank	Rifleman 532874 15th Battalion, London Regt (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) who died on Tuesday, 24th July 1917. Age 23. Enlisted Wood Green. Brother of Herbert Parcell, of 21, West Beech Rd., Noel Park, Wood Green, London. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XVI. C. 17. There was a Frank PARCELL born circa August 1890 in Orwell, son of George and Sarah (nee SIMSON) PARCELL but he would have been 24 at the outbreak of War.
SPACKSMAN, MM	George [Thomas]	Acting Corporal 96062, 222nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 27 April 1918. Aged 32. Born Islington, Middlesex (not according to census), enlisted Tottenham, Middlesex. Husband of Susan Spacksman, of 35, Napier Road, Philip Lane, South Tottenham, London. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). In the 1901 census he is the son of James and Bell (sic) Spacksman, aged 15, a Labourer (Navvy), born Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, resident 38 Camden Road, Walthamstow. Buried in CAESTRE MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 19.
SPACKSMAN	William Arthur	Private 18127, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 3rd July 1916 in France & Flanders. Born Clapham, Surrey, enlisted Melbourn. Son of Mrs. M. A. Chapman, of Field Barn, Orwell, Royston, Herts. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A
THOMPSON	Richard	Private 2992 "A" Coy. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) killed in action on Monday, 25th March 1918. Age 29. Born Boxowrth, enlisted Cambridge, resident Royston. Son of Richard Thompson, of High St., Orwell. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 52 to 54
NAMES OF THOSE WHO SERVED (Shown in six columns)
BAGSTAFF	Horace	No further information currently available
BREAD	Sidney	In the 1911 census there was a Sidney BREED, aged 19, son of John and Hephzibah Breed, aged 19, a carpenter, born Orwell, resident High Street, Orwell. In the 1901 censsu he is listed as Sidney J BREED son of ohn and Hephzibah Breed, aged 9, born Orwell, resident High Street, Orwell. His birth was registered as Sidney John BREED in the July to September Quarter 1891 in the Caxton Registration District.
BAILEY	Archibald	No further information currently available
DASH	John	No further information currently available
DASH	Walter	No further information currently available
DASH	Cornelius	No further information currently available
DASH	Percy Wilfred	No further information currently available
FLACK	George	No further information currently available
FREESTONE	Harry	No further information currently available
FULLER	Ernest	No further information currently available
GILL	Albert	Born 1873/4 in Orwell son of Daniel and Caroline (nee WILLMOT(T)) GILL, brother to Frank below.
GILL	Frank	Born Sep 1880 in Orwell son of Daniel and Caroline (nee WILLMOT(T)) GILL, brother to Albert above.
GIDDINGS	William	Born 1877, died 1945, lived throughout in Orwell son of Ebenezer and Emma (nee DELLER) GIDDINGS. Brother of Frederick below.
GIDDINGS	Frederick	Born 1886 in Orwell, son of Ebenezer and Emma (nee DELLER) GIDDINGS. Brother to William above.
COATES	John	No further information currently available
HAYES	Alfred	possibly: Born 1886, Orwell, son of Robert and Gertrude Isabel (nee GILL) HAYES. last known entry 1891 census residing at 50 High St, Orwell.
HUDDLESTONE	Clement	No further information currently available
HAINES	Charles	No further information currently available
HAINES	Ernest	No further information currently available
HAINES	Edward	No further information currently available
INGREY	Ellis	No further information currently available
JUDE	Herbert	No further information currently available
MERRY	Chandler	No further information currently available
MERRY	Fritz	No further information currently available
MARR	Norrison	No further information currently available
MARR	Charles	No further information currently available
MARR	Duncan	No further information currently available
MILLER	Ernest	No further information currently available
MILLER	William	No further information currently available
MILLER	Percy	No further information currently available
MILLER	Stanley	No further information currently available
MUNNS	Henry	No further information currently available
NEAVES	Leslie	No further information currently available
NEAVES	Sidney	No further information currently available
PEARCE	Wilfred Snr.	No further information currently available
PEARCE	Wilfred Jnr.	possibly Wilfred Ernest PEARCE. Born Orwell 1887, son of Charles and Elizabeth PEARCE. (This may be the entry for 'Snr.').
PEARCE	Charles	There was a Charles PEARCE, born Orwell 1868, son of Charles and Elizabeth PEARCE, who was living at 2 Town Green Road recorded in the 1881 census but this would make his age 56 at the start of the War. He was the brother of Wilfred (Jnr.) above.
PEARCE	Alfred	No further information currently available
PEARCE	Leonard	No further information currently available
PRIME	James	No further information currently available
PRIME	Joseph	No further information currently available
REED	David	possibly Born Orwell 1879, son of Arthur and Isabel Catherine (nee WILMOT(T)). Last known residence in Orwell is in the 1891 census at 41 High Street. Borther of Alfred below.
REED	Alfred	possibly Born Orwell 1883, son of Arthur and Isabel Catherine (nee WILMOT(T)). Last known residence in Orwell is in the 1891 census at 41 High Street. Borther of David above.
SCOTT	Frank W.	No further information currently available
SCOTT	George F.	No further information currently available
SCOTT	William J.	No further information currently available
SCOTT	Arthur	No further information currently available
SMITH	Charles	No further information currently available
WILMOTT	Thomas	possibly Baptised Orwell 1887, son of William and Eliza (nee SOUTH) WILMOTT.
WILKINS	Henry	No further information currently available
WILKINS	Stanley	No further information currently available
WILKINS	Frederick	No further information currently available
WELSH	Frederick	possibly Frederick WELCH born Orwell 1880, son of Samuel and Sarah (nee BREED (BREETE)) WELCH.
WATTS	Alfred	probably Alfred Bertram WATTS, born Orwell 1878, son of Alexander and Elizabeth WATTS. Brother of David below.
WATTS	David	probably David John WATTS, born Orwell 1877, son of Alexander and Elizabeth WATTS. Brother of Alfred above.
WILSHER	Herbert	No further information currently available
WILSHER	Ernest	No further information currently available
WEATHERLY	Walter	No further information currently available
The names of those men from the Village who served in the World War II are recorded separately, although they form part of the same Roll of Honour 1939 - 1945 NAMES OF THOSE WHO SERVED
BREED	Robert	No further information currently available
BROWN	Joseph	No further information currently available
BURLING	Dennis	No further information currently available
COULSON	Albert	No further information currently available
DASH	Reginald	No further information currently available
FREESTONE	Felix	No further information currently available
FREESTONE	Bernard	No further information currently available
HALL	Edward	No further information currently available
INGREY	Arthur	No further information currently available
INGREY	Edward	No further information currently available
JACOBS	William	No further information currently available
JUDE	Charles	No further information currently available
JUDE	Albert	No further information currently available
KING	Edward	No further information currently available
KNIGHT	Wilfred	No further information currently available
MATTHEWS	Albert	No further information currently available
MILLER	Bruce	No further information currently available
MILLER	Leonard	No further information currently available
MILLER	Norman	No further information currently available
MILLER	Alan	No further information currently available
NEAVES	Arthur	No further information currently available
NEAVES	Frank	No further information currently available
NEAVES	Eric	No further information currently available
PAGRAM	Albert	No further information currently available
PIGG	Leonard	No further information currently available
PRATER	Matthew	No further information currently available
POULSON	Russell	No further information currently available
PRIME	Charles	No further information currently available
SEARLE	Ansell	No further information currently available
THOMPSON	Henry	No further information currently available
WILKINS	Frederick	No further information currently available
WILKINS	Ronald	No further information currently available
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BREAD	Margaret	No further information currently available
FLACK	Hilda	No further information currently available
SUTTON	Ruth	No further information currently available

THIS ROLL OF HONOUR, RENEWED AND
REWRITTEN, WAS PRESENTED BY THE
ORWELL BRANCH OF THE BRITISH LEGION
RE-DEDICATED ON SUNDAY 8TH JANUARY 1956

(Signed) EVETTE SUMMERS

Last updated 31 July, 2025