
HISTON
METHODIST WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 and 2 - Rolls of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Ann Thompson
The
Histon Methodist War memorial is to be found within the church and takes
the form of a stone tablet with a triangular pediment with the inscription
in black lettering in the centre flanked by two columns with names.
There is a crown within a wreath carved in relief at the top centre
of the pediment. There are nine names for World War 1 and three for
World War 2.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914
- 1919
BIGGS |
James |
Gunner 198356, 78th Bdge, Royal Field Artillery.
Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery. Born Histon. Enlisted
Cambridge. Died 26/10/1918. Number 198356. Employed Chivers & Sons
Ltd, Histon. Buried in Vendegies-Au-Bois Churchyard, Nord, France.
See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
FROST |
John |
Private John FROST, 28901, 1st Bn., Grenadier Guards,
who died on Monday 14th October 1918; husband of Rose FROST, of
Water Lane. Histon. He is buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetery,
Sangatte, Pas de Calais, France; grave no. V.G.7. His grandson Bruce
Frost of Littleport adds: " I visited the grave with my father,
Robert, in 1957, and have photographs that we took on that occasion.
I also have the photograph originally supplied to my grand mother,
of a wooden cross said to mark grandad's grave. The irony is that
this cemetery is so near to the coast, that it was flattened during
the Second World War, and it is anybodys guess as to what exactly
is now under the present white marble gravestones. I have both the
original telegrams, sent to my grandmother, the first saying that
grandad had been wounded in the back, and was in hospital in the
35th General Hospital, Calais. The telegram "regrets that permission
to visit cannot be granted". As if my grandmother, with three small
children, could have afforded it anyway! The second telegram says
that grandad had died, and Family legend says that he was already
on the boat to be brought home, but they removed his body, and buried
him in "La belle France". I also have the statement of accounts
of his pay as a soldier, which concludes that the sum of £1.5s.11d.
was found on the deceased! I understand that he was a "Jam Factory
Hand" at Chivers & Sons Limited, before he enlisted. He was certainly
born at Gislingham, Suffolk, on 23 February 1886."
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also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
GAWTHROP |
George |
Gunner, 200205, "C" Bty. 223rd Bde., Royal Field
Artillery who died on Sunday, 22nd September 1918. Age 38. Son of
Jacob and Hannah Gawthrop; husband of Phaebe Gawthrop, of Impington
Lane, Histon, Cambridge. Employed Chivers & Sons Ltd, Histon. Buried
in LEBUCQUIERE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave Panel Number: III. C. 20. See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
KNIGHTLEY,
DCM |
Arthur E |
Serjeant, 15701, 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who
died on Sunday, 26th August 1917. Husband of G. M. Knightley, of
The Mill, Histon, Cambs. Buried in HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY,
Aisne, France. Grave I. C. 33. See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
LEET |
Arthur R |
Royal Field Artillery. Husband of Lily Maude Leet
Father of three children - Violet, Gladys and Maude Died of gas
poisoning 9th July 1919 aged 37 years. Buried Glebe Way cemetery,
Histon. See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
MANSFIELD |
Bertie |
Private, G/17657, 9th Battalionn, Royal Sussex
Regiment who was killed in action on Monday, 11th June 1917. Born
Impington, enlisted Bury St Edmunds. Employed Chivers & Sons Ltd,
Histon. No known grave. Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 20. See also Impington
St. Andrew dead. See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
MANSFIELD |
John |
Private, 328074, 1/1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment,
formerly 6752, Cambridgeshire Regt. who was killed in action, France
and Flanders, on Friday, 23rd November 1917. Born Impington, enlisted
Bury St Edmunds. No known grave. Commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. See also Impington
St. Andrew dead. See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
WILDERSPIN |
Albert G |
Private, 15818, 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Thursday,
3rd August 1916. Employed Chivers & Sons Ltd, Histon. No known grave. Commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2
A. See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
WILDERSPIN |
William J |
Private, 15901, "B" Coy. 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
who died on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 18. Son of Mrs. F. Wilderspin,
of High St., Histon, Cambridge. Employed Chivers & Sons Ltd, Histon.
Buried in GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme, France.
Grave VI. H. 1.
See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
1939
- 1945 |
BENNETT |
Franklin
James |
Private,
5932687, 1st Bn. The Cambridgeshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment who
died on Tuesday, 19th October 1943. Age 24. Prisoner of War. Cause
and place of death unknown. Son of Laurie and Alice Bennett; husband
of Edna Bennett, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham. Buried in CHUNGKAI
WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Grave 9.K. 13. See also Histon
and Impington War Memorial
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PARKER |
Charles Robert George |
Lieutenant, 204309, 6th Bn., Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regt who died on Monday, 26th October 1942. Age 21. Son of Herbert
and Maud Parker, of Histon, Cambridgeshire. Buried in EL ALAMEIN
WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Grave XXVII. G. 14. See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial |
TOLLIDAY |
Jack
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Trooper,
7956546, 'C' Sqn., Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), R.A.C. who
died on Thursday, 16th September 1943. Age 36. Son of George and
Elsie Tolliday; husband of Marguerite L. S. Tolliday, of Histon,
Cambridgeshire. No known grave. Commemorated on the CASSINO MEMORIAL, Italy. Panel
1. See
also Histon and Impington War
Memorial
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Last updated
29 January, 2022
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