Sapper 230572, 126th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 24 March 1918. Aged 35. Born crica 1882 in Manton, Rutlandshire, enlisted Wisbech 1917. Lived at The New Inn, Wisbech. Husband of Mary Brown (nee Figg). Buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 5. See also Wisbech

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 16 October 1917. Aged 32. Baptised 1 November 1885 in Docking, Norfolk, son of Richard and Eleanor Jane Burgis, resident Docking, Norfolk. Married Grace Wilson 14 April 1910 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Lived 58 Lynn Road, Wisbech. In the 1911 census he was married to Grace (nee Wilson) Burgis. aged 25, born Docking, Norfolk, a Timber Merchant's Saw Mill Manager, resident 85 Lynn Road, Wisbech, Wisbech St Peter, Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 120 to 124. See also Wisbech and Wisbech St Augustine

Private G/11193, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment formerly Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 24 April 1918. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Wisbech. Son of James and Ann E Bushell, of 4 Chapel Rd, North Brink, Wisbech. Buried in Mailly Wood Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave 5. See also Wisbech

Private 326941, "C" Company, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment formerly 4802, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 14 October 1916. Aged 39. Born Wisbech, enlisted Cambridge. Lived Tinkers Drove, Wisbech. Son of late James and Mary Gill. Youngest brother in firm Gill Bros, of Tinkers Drove, Wisbech. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 16 B. See also Wisbech St Augustines and Wisbech

Private G/14957, 12th Battalion, (2nd South Downs) Royal Sussex Regiment Formerly Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th September 1917. Aged 36. Born Manchester, enlisted Wisbech. Lived Old Bell, Nene Quay, Wisbech. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium See also Wisbech

Private 16273, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 17 February 1917. Aged 24. Born Redcar, enlisted Wisbech. Son of James and Adeline Ogden; brother of William Walter Ogden. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Wisbech St Augustines and also Wisbech

Rifleman 471888, 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers), London Regiment. Killed in action 15 April 1918. Aged 23. Born Wisbech, resident Holloway, London, enlisted London. Son of Mr and Mrs G E Ogle, of 4 Lynn Rd, Wisbech. Husband of Mrs M Ogle; brother of Claude (below). Buried in Glisy Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave lost. Special Memorial in South-West corner. See also Wisbech St Augustines and also Wisbech

Private 235204, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment formerly 4224, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Wounded 3 October 1917, died of those wounds 4 October 1917. Aged 20. Resident Wisbech, enlisted Cambridge. Son of Mr and Mrs G E Ogle, of 4 Lynn Rd, Wisbech; brother of Bertie (above). Buried in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 55. See also Wisbech St Augustines and also Wisbech

Private 24647, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 6 December 1916. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Wisbech. Son of G. W. and M. A. Oldroyd, of Crooked Bank, South Brink, Wisbech, Cambs. Buried in Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 6. See also Wisbech

Lance Corporal 650, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 18 May 1918. Born Wisbech, resident Norfolk Street, Wisbech, enlisted Peterborough. Buried in Le Vertannoy British Cemetery, Hinges, Pas de Calais, France. Row B. Grave 21. See also Wisbech and Wisbech Old Bartonians

Private SD/5614, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 4 September 1916. Aged 26. Born Stanningley, Yorkshire, enlisted Wisbech. Son of Harry and Hannah Stages, of Wisbech; husband of Florence May Stagles. Buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 63. See also Wisbech

Second Lieutenant, 11th (2nd Hull) Battalion. East Yorkshire Regiment. Died of paralysis 6 December 1918. Aged 26. Born 13 July 1892, baptised 4 August 1892 in Wisbech, St Peter, resident 8 Cannon Street, Wisbech. Son of George and Ellen Hannah Thorpe, of Wisbech; husband of Dora (nee Benton) Thorpe, of 30 Milner Road, Wisbech, married April to June Quarter 1917 (28 May 1917) in Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911 census he was the son of George and Ellen Hannah Thorpe, aged 18, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, a Surveyors Assistant, resident 20A, Lynn Road, Wisbech, Wisbech St Peter, Cambridgeshire. Buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. PlotV. Row E. Grave 74. See also Wisbech and Wisbech Old Bartonians

Private G/14886, 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment formerly 4197 3/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 14 December 1917 (wounded 21 November 1917). Aged 20. Son of William and Alice Tooke, of 30, Mount Terrace, Wisbech. Enlisted Cambridgeshire. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 14. See also Wisbech St Augustines and also Wisbech

Sergeant (Flight Engineer) 1116625, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Bomber Command). Killed in action flying out of Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, in a Avro Lancaster I, serial nmber W4919, when the aircraft, on a night raid to Dortmund, was shot down by a night fighter at Bergen (on the Dutch-German border) 4 miles southeast of Boxmeer 24 May 1943. Aged 31. Native of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Son of Harry and Rosemond Cook, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; husband of Winifred Maud Cook, of Lowestoft. Buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 16. Row C. Collective grave 4-7.

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Sergeant 2091253, Royal Engineers attached H.Q. 18th Division. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War of cerebal malaria at at Sankra Camp,Thailand 26 August 1943. Aged 28. Born 14 June 1915, admitted to March Grammar school 17 September 1925, left 30 July 1929. After leaving March Grammar School, he went to Wisbech Grammar School. Son of Thomas William and Mary Ann Jude, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Employed as sorting office clerk and telegraphist at Wisbech Post Office. Buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma). Plot B4. Row G. Grave 17. See also Wisbech St Mary and also Guyhirn and Rings End and also March Grammar School

Sapper 2092138, 287 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of Avitaminosis as a Japanese Prisoner of War 6 September 1943. Aged 32 [discrepancy in age between records age should be 35]. Born 18 July 1908, and resident, Cambridgeshire. Son of Frank Jabez Taylor and Florence Taylor, of Wisbech; husband of Elsie Phyllis (nee Goode) Taylor, of 15, Orchard Drive, Wisbech, married June-September Quarter 1934 in Wisbech egistration District, Cambridgeshire. Enlisted 21 June 1939 in Wisbech. Cabinet Maker by trade. In the 1911 census he was aged 2, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, son of Frank J and Florence Taylor, resident 5 East Place Wisbech, Wisbech St Peter, Cambridgeshire. In the 1921 census he was aged 12, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, son of Frank and Florrie Taylor, resident 49, Cannon Street, Wisbech, Wisbech St Peter, Cambridgeshire. Buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 68. See also Wisbech

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