Castle Camps Roll Of Honour

 


 


Pte. Barrett, Walter                    No. G/7579

6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Enlisted: Shoreham, Sussex

Born Castle Camps. Son of William and Harriet Barrett of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire.

Killed in Action 9th April 1917                                          Age 21

Commemorated: Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt.    III.    I.    9.

 

L/Cpl. Carter, Maurice MM        No. 180597

2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery
Canadian Field Artillery

Died 24th October 1918

Commemorated: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille.  VI.   C.  24

 

Pte. Cowell, Charles                      No. 13042

2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Linton, Cambridgeshire.

Born Castle Camps. Son of Charles and Sarah Cowell of Castle Camps.

Killed in Action 30th September 1915                                Age 22

Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.  Panel    21.

 

Pte. Cowell, Clement                   No. 622394

27th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Died 18th June 1916

Commemorated: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Poperinghe, Belgium.    VIII.    A.    36A.

 

Pte. Cowell, Walter G          No. 622395

27th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Died 11th June 1916

Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel  24  26  28  30.

 

Pte. Dockrill, Walter                      No. 20886

7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Haverhill, Suffolk.

Born Little Wratting. Son of Alfred and Mary Dockrill of Bartlow, Cambridgeshire.

Died of Wounds 22nd  August 1916        Age 20

Commemorated: Chichester Cemetery, Sussex. 126.    40.

 

AB. Egan, Frederick                              No. 8844

H.M. S/M. “E 24” Royal Navy

Son of the late William and Martha Egan; stepson of William and Lizzie Rayner, of Castle Camps.

Killed in Action 27th March 1916                                       Age 21

Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial.    16.

 

Pte. Free, Alexander                   No. 201572

4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Cambridge.

Born Castle Camps. Son of Walter and Eliza Free of Castle Camps. Husband of Ethel Free of Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

Killed in Action 22nd November 1917                                Age 32

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Cemetery.   I.    H.    7.

 

Pte. Free, William                            No. 7466

1st  Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Born: Castle Camps.

Killed in Action 18th February 1915

Commemorated: Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck, Belgium.    XVI.    B.    49

 

Pte. Greengrass, Frank                 No. 45591

(also known as)  Gorley, Frank              No. 73423

15th Bn. The Queens Regiment

Enlisted: Mill Hill.

Lived Tottenham.

Died 17th October 1917                                                  Age 40

Commemorated: Castle Camps (All Saints) Churchyard.      S. W. end of Church.

 

Pte. Leonard, William              No. 6478

1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment

Enlisted: Lichfield, Staffs.

Born Castle Camps. Son of the late Charles and Emma Leonard. Husband of Annie Ethel Hawkes (formerly Leonard) of Bishop Auckland.

Killed in Action 14th June 1916                                        Age 30

Commemorated: Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium.  II.   C.   12.

 

Middleditch, Alfred                                            NO INFORMATION

 

Pte. Middleditch, Joseph               No. 23778

7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Linton, Cambridgeshire

Born Castle Camps. Son of Rosetta Middleditch of Castle Camps.

Killed in Action 9th August 1916                                       Age 20

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme. Pier and Face   1    C  and   2   A.

 

Pte. Pearl, Frank                          No. 26634

14th Bn. Hampshire Regiment

Enlisted: Linton, Cambridgeshire.

Born Castle Camps. Son of Bennett and Julia Pearl of Castle Camps.

Died of Wounds 18th October 1916                                                    Age 25

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme.  Pier and Face    7   C   and 7   B

 

Pte. Pettitt, Arthur                        No. 17982

10th Bn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Enlisted: Doncaster.

Born Castle Camps.

Killed in Action 1st July 1916

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme.  Pier and Face    11    C   and   12    A

 

Pte. Pettitt, Walter                     No. 131984

35th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Enlisted: Cambridge.

Born Castle Camps. Son of William Pettitt of Castle Camps.

Killed in Action 17th April 1918                                        Age 19

Commemorated: Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme.    I.    F.    50.

 

Pte. Prentice, Bertie                     No. 41039

12th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Bury St Edmunds.

Born Sharchie (sic) Camps, Cambridgeshire.

Died of Wounds 22nd March 1918

Commemorated: Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval.  I.  A. 16.

 

Pte. Rawlinson, Richard                                   No. 26740

7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Linton, Cambridgeshire.

Born Castle Camps.

Killed in Action 9th August 1916

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme. Pier and Face    1    C    and    2    A.

 

Pte. Reader, Joseph Thomas          No. 78525

89th Training Reserve Bn. Suffolk Regiment. Labour Corps.

Enlisted: Sudbury, Suffolk.

Born Nottingham, lived Castle Camps.

Died 27th June 1918

Commemorated: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.  Q.  II.  C.  5.

 

Pte. Rooks, Joseph                   No. G/67705

Attd. 2/3rd Bn. London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers)

Son of Mrs Emily Rooks of Castle Camps.

Killed in Action 26th October 1917                                    Age 19

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial.   Panel  150

 

Stock, Frederick                          NO INFORMATION

 

L/Cpl. Wenham, Frank                  No. 14754

8th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Enlisted: Haverhill.

Born Castle Camps. Son of John and Jeanetta Wenham of Castle Camps.

Died of Wounds 12th March 1917                                     Age 20

Commemorated: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.  O.  VI.  K.  2.

 

Pte. Wenham, Fred                     No. 722966

24th (County of London) Bn. (The Queen’s)

Enlisted: Haverhill, Suffolk.

Born Castle Camps. Son of Albert and Ellen Wenham of Castle Camps.

Killed in Action 5th December 1917                                   Age 25

Commemorated: Orival Wood Cemetery, Flesquieres.    II.    B.    44.

 

White, Thomas                                NO INFORMATION

 

Bdr. Woodley, Ellis                        No. 14450

‘C’ Bty. 163rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Enlisted: Hackney, Middlesex.

Born Clapton, Middlesex. Son of Barnard and Kate Woodley of Castle Camps. Brother of William.

Died of Wounds 7th March 1916                                       Age 22

Commemorated: Bethune Town Cemetery.         V.     A.     86.

 

Pte. Woodley, William            No. 40732

1st Bn. Essex Regiment

Enlisted: linton, Cambridgeshire.

Born Castle Camps. Son of Barnard and Kate Woodley of Castle Camps. Brother of Ellis.

Killed in Action 14th April 1917                                        Age 25

Commemorated: Arras Memorial.    Bay    7.

 

Wright, Fred                                              NO INFORMATION

 

 

1939 — 1945

 

 

Drv. Atherton, Eric Leslie                      No. T/10697778

18th Water Tank Coy. Royal Army Service Corps

Son of Geoffrey and Nellie Atherton of Horseheath.

Died 7th January 1943                                                    Age 20

Commemorated: Brookwood Memorial, Surrey. Panel  16.  Column 1.

 

Pte. Dockerill, Oliver          No. 5837259

1st Bn. The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)

Nephew of Mrs E. Bowers of Old Chesterton, Cambs

Died 12th March 1944                                                     Age 20

Commemorated: Naples War Cemetery. Italy    II.     H.      3.

 

Pte. Mynott, Henry                   No. 5834724

4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

Died 5th February 1942                                                   Age 28

Commemorated: Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.     11.    D.    13.