Fred Burdakin

Dvr, 93891, D Battery, 62nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. 29-1-18, age 23. Son of David Bicheno Askew & Millicent Askew, Westfield, Station Rd, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs. Brother of below.

Pte, 14419, B company, 11th Suffolk Regiment. 28-4-17, age 25. Son of David Bicheno Askew & Millicent Askew, Westfield, Station Rd, Willingham. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Brother of above.

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Rgt). Pte G/18083. Enlisted BSE. Resident Willingham. Died 14/11/16. DOW. Formerly 2533, Suffolk Yeomanry. Aged 25. Son of William Thomas and Charlotte Barker of Willingham. Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine - Maritime.

Pte, 202179, 1/4th Suffolk Regiment. 23-4-17, age 21. Son of Harry & Minnie Ellwood, Lordship Terrace, Willingham. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Pte, 36563, 6th Royal Berkshire Regiment. (Princess Charlotte of Wales) killed in action on 11-8-1917, age 27. Son of Papworth Lingo Few & Harriet Few, Church St, Willingham. Born Histon, Cambs and enlisted Cambridge, resident Willingham. Formerly 4590, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium.

Able Seaman, R/1507, Hawke Btn, Royal Naval Division. 25-5-18. Son of Fred Few, Tower Cottages, Station Rd, Willingham. Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Extract from Cambridge Daily News - Friday 7 September 1917, page 3:

LOCAL CASUALTIES

WILLINGHAM.

Mrs. H. Pew, of Church-street, Willingham, has recently received official news that her youngest son, Pte. Frederick Few, of the Royal Berkshire Regt., was killed in action on August 11th.

Gnr, 111943, 47th Company, Royal Garrison Artillery. died suddenly at Tynemouth 24-2-17, age 32. So of Elijah & Elizabeth Few, of Willingham. Husband of Clara Elizabeth Jeaps (formerly Few) 21 Council Houses, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Pte, 2543, 4th Grenadier Guards. 27-4-18, age 34. Son of the late William Few, of Willingham. Husband of Ellen Pratt (formerly Few), of 9 Riley St, King's Rd, Chelsea, London. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Pte. 10th Bt. Canadian Infantry (Alberta Reg.), d 27/9/1918, age 34, buried: HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Son of Mrs Amelia Gadsby, Willingham , Cambs.

Gnr, 204939, Royal Garrison Artillery. 20-4-19, age 19. Son of James Garner, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Pte, 40326, 12th Suffolk Regiment. 22-3-18, age 31. Son of Edwin & Martha Gleaves, Vine House Willingham. Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Private 644, 3rd Regiment, The South African Infantry, South African Brigade. Attached to the 9th Scottish Division Killed in action at Delville Wood 19th July 1916, aged 25. Next of kin unknown. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial MR 21

Sergeant 43261. 7th Bn, Beds Regiment. Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. Resident Willingham. Died 27/9/16. KIA. Formerly 8361, Suffolk Regiment. Aged 23. Son of Mary Elizabeth Hart of Silver St, Willingham. Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval.

L/Cpl 10/714 Wellington Reg., New Zealand E.F., d 18/8/1915, age 31. buried: EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY, Lemnos, Greece. Son of William and Alice Hayden, of Willingham, Cambridge.

Pte, T/203047, 6th The Buffs (East Kent Rgt). 27-8-18, age 34. Nephew of Mrs S Bowen, Wisbech Rd, Littleport. Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Listed as HUCKLE in Cambridge Independent Press] Pte, 15702, 11th Suffolk Regiment. 17-7-16, age 22. Son of William & Mary Ann Huckell, Whites Path, Willingham. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Pte, 265548, 14th Hampshire Regiment. 24-10-16, age 32. Son of George & Louisa Ingle, Church St, Willingham. Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France.

possibly Pte, 202195, 1/4th Suffolk Regiment. 24-4-17. Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas de Calais, France.

4th Bn Suffolk Regiment. Pte 202197. Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. KIA 23/4/17. Arras Memorial.

L/Cpl, 12593, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment. 9-5-15, age 25. Son of Mrs Lois Jane King, Rampton Road, Willingham. Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Borther of below.

Pte, 13542, 11th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16, age 18. Son of Lois Jane King (formerly Pridham), Rampton Rd, Willingham, & late Charles Pridham. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Brother of above.

Sgt, 13573, 11th Suffolk Rgt, Killed in action 1-7-16. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

1st Bn, Queen's Own (Royal West Surrey Rgt). Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. KIA 3/11/16. Pte G/13260. Thiepval Memorial.

Pte, 26481, 8th Suffolk Regiment. 12-7-18, age 35. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Gunner 212029, No 4 Depot, Royal Field Artillery transferred to 601st Agricultural Company, The Labour Corps (523867). Died at home on the 16th March 1919, aged 30. Son of Frederick & Esther Rigby. Husband of Dorothy May Rigby, 3, Lordship Terrace, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Capt, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 53rd Sikhs, 22-4-17, age 21. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

7th Bn, Suffolk Regiment. Pte 47755. KIA 9/8/17. Arras Memorial.

2nd Bn, Suffolk Regiment. Pte 15627. DOW 18/6/17. Aged 21. Son of Charles Smith of Schole Rd, Willingham. Husband of Susan Ann Winnup (Formerly Smith) of Tea Garden, Elm Low Rd, Wisbech. Faubourg D'Amiens Cametery, Arras.

2nd Bn, Suffolk Regiment. Sergeant 8356. KIA 18/6/17. Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. Aged 24. Son of the late Mrs Rosina Smith. Arras Memorial.

possibly Pte 41915, 1st Norfolk Regiment. Born Horley, enlisted Newmarket. 2-9-18. Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 3 May 1917. Aged 27. Son of Ingle Few Thoday, of The Vineyards, Willingham, Cambs. His brother Redvers Valentine Thoday also fell (see below). Birth register in the January to March Quarter 1891 in the Ware Registration Dsitrict, Hertfordshire. In the 1901 census he is aged 10, son of Ingle F and Emily Thoday, at School, born Ware, Hertfordshire, resident High Street, Willingham. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. See also Cambridge County High School and Cambridge Guildhall

Lance Corporal 6052, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry. Killed in action at Delville Wood 15 July 1916. Brother of Will and Louie Thoday. In the 1911 census he was aged 19. born Willingham.Cambridgeshire, a Railway Porter, boarding at The Jamb, Corby, Kettering, Northamptonshire. Also resident at Harston at one time. Buried in SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, Somme, France. Plot I. Row BB. Grave 36.

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - 20 July 1917, page 8:

WILLINGHAM.

THE LATE LCE.-CORPL. L. THODAY—A Willingingham correspondent writes: I noticed in your last issue the photo of Lce.-Corpl. Laban Thoday, South African Infantry, who was killed in action on July 15th. 1916. He is described as of Harston. We know he had acquired property there, a house and fruit garden, but Lce.-Corpl. Laban Thoday is a Willingham, being the youngest son of the late Mr. Ephraim Thoday. His widowed mother, to whom he had been a great stay, still lives in Willingham. We know how unselfishly patriotic he was in leaving a lucrative position in South Africa to fight for his country. Many brave men perished in Delvin [sic] Wood, but none more brave or true than Lce.-Corpl. Laban Thoday, of whom Willingham is justly proud

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

Private GS/79881, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) formerly TR/LON/136731 and 53rd (Y.S.), Royal Fusiliers. Died as a German Prisoner of War 24 November 1918. Aged 18. Born and resident Willingham, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Ingle Few Thoday, The Vineyards, Willingham. His brother Albert Eric Thoday also fell (see above). In the 1911 census he was aged 11, born Willingham, Cambridgeshire, at school, son of Ingle Few and Emily Thoday, resident The Elms, Willingham, Cambridgeshire. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot XIV. Row A. Grave 25.

Extract from Saffron Walden Weekly News, 21 November 1919, page 12:

THODAY.—In very loving memory of our dearly-loved youngest child, Redvere Valentine Thoday. 18 years of age, 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. reported "missing," September 25th. 1915, lately received official lnformation that he died on the 24th November, 1915, a prisoner of war, in a Military Hospital, at Coblentz.

"In God's keeping, so, safe and best."

—The above two are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Thodav, Willingham. Cambs.

[Spelt TIBBETT in Cambridge Independent Press and News] L/Cpl, 13653, 11th Suffolk Regiment. 9-11-17. St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Brother of James Edward TIBBITT below.

Private, 18038, 2nd Bn, Suffolk Reg. d: Mar. 2, 1916 buried: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Eiper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 21. Brother of Barker TIBBITT above.

Pte, 97019, 23rd Middlesex Regiment. 6-12-19, age 20. Son of William Spencer Turner, & Annie Turner, Church St, Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

1st Bn, Welsh Guards. Born Willingham. Enlisted BSE. Pte 3377. Died 1/12/17. Son of James Webster of Willingham. Husband of Emily Webster, of 28 Victoria Street, Ely. Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Nord, France.

Munition Worker. Died 7th July, 1916. Age 23. Daughter of George William and Mildred Hart, of High St., Willingham. Buried in Willingham Churchyard in the same grave as her sister Sarah Hart below.

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 25 August 1916

Not on memorial but buried in the churchyard

1939-45

Bdr, 940897, 135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Rgt, Royal Artillery. 23-6-43, age 24, Prisoner of War. Son of William John & Kate Bolton, of Willingham. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.

Sgt, 745448, Pilot, 217 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, based St Eval, Cornwall & Carew Cheriton, Pembs, flew Beauforts. 13-5-41, age 20. Son of Arthur & Laura Ellwood, of Willingham. Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France.

Able Seaman, D/JX 172000, HMS Landrail, Royal Navy. 26-9-45, age 26. Son of Arthur Crane Ellwood & Alice Maud Ellwood, of Willingham. Willingham Cemetery, Cambs.

Trooper, 7931704, 27th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps. Died on 12-4-45, age 24. Son of Arthur George and Katherine Emily Granger, of Willingham, Cambridgeshire; husband of Ruth Eveline Granger, of Willingham. Faenza War Cemetery, Italy.

Sister, 274079, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. 12-2-44. Brookwood Memorial, Surrey.

Pte, 5933761, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 8-9-45, age 24, Prisoner of War. Son of Hubert & Clara Elizabeth Jeeps, of Willingham. Singapore Memorial, Singapore.

Extract from Cambridge Independent Press in 1946:

Pte, 5832412, 5th Suffolk Regiment. 26-7-43, age 30, Prisoner of War. Singapore Memorial, Singapore.

Leading Aircraftwoman, 2107562, Women's Aux. Air Force, died on Tuesday, 9th July 1946. Age 21. Daughter of Harold Ernest and Kate Willis, of Leicester. LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

Drv. Royal Army Service Corps, d 23/10/1946, age 35, buried: MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY, Germany. Son of Ezra and Anne Jane Gautrey; husband of Doris Gautrey, of Willingham, Cambridgeshire.

Pte. 2nd Bt. Cambridgeshire Reg., d 10/6/1943, age 25, buried: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. See also Oakington

Extract from local paper:

Died in Japanese Hands. Mrs. A. Pluck, of Green Street, Willingham, has been informed that her husband, Pte. A. D. Pluck, of the 2nd Cambs. Regt., aged 25 years, died of avitamin osis on June 10th, 1943, whilst a prisoner of war in Thailand camp. Pte. Pluck was the third son of Mrs. Mary Pluck and the late Mr. F. Pluck, of Oakington. He was well known in the district as a keen footballer.