PARSON DROVE WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © 2000 Cliff Brown
The
memorial can be found on the village green. It takes the form of a plain,
grey, granite obelisk in railed enclosure. The World War 2 inscriptions
can be found on two free standing "book" style white marble
tablets in front of the main memorial.
THIS
MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY
THE INHABITANTS OF PARSON DROVE
IN MEMORY OF THE LADS
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
ADAMS |
Arthur
John |
17331
Private 1st Northamptonshire Rgt (B company, 5 platoon). Killed in
action 25-9-15, age 28. Lived Harold's Bridge, Gorefield. Loos
Memorial, France. See also Gorefield
memorial
Photograph
copyright © Nigel Lowe 2017
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BAINES |
Francis
(Frank) Herbert |
20141
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16,
age 19. Son of John & Ada Baines, Alley Road, Murrow. Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. See also Liverpool
Street Station, London |
BRIGHTON |
Harry
|
22051
Private 11th (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-7-16, age
19. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
EMERY |
Alfred
William |
201483
Private 4th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 23-4-17, age 19. Arras
Memorial, France. |
FLOWERS |
Len
|
201824
Private 4th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 2-6-17, age 22. Sunken
Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St Marc, Pas de Calais, France.
|
JACOBS |
James
E |
26749
Private 6th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 22-3-18, age 24. Croix-due-Bac
British Cemetery, Steenwerck, Belgium. |
KNOWLES |
Horace
|
44690
Private, 23rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 29-6-18,
age 23. Formerly 5310 Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Rgt).
Son of Mrs E Knowles, Murrow. Barenthal Military Cemetery, Italy.
|
MASON |
James
Christopher |
18566,
Private A Company, 7th Suffolk Rgt, Killed in action 3-7-16, age
17. Son of Mrs E A Smith, 3 Clarke's Yard, High St, Chatteris.
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
MEWS |
Percy
John |
3677
Private 1/1st Cambridgeshire Rgt, A company. Killed in action 14-10-16,
age 18. Son of George & Sarah Low Mews, 2 Station Road, Parson
Drove. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
ROWE |
Joseph
|
5415
Private 1st Coldstream Guards Killed in action 25-10-14 (not 16-8-14
as memorial), age 37. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium.
|
ROWELL |
Charles
|
29767
Corporal, 7th Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 9-4-17, age 26. Formerly
1st Norfolk Yeomanry. Arras Memorial, France. |
SHAW |
William
George |
13194
Lance Corporal , 3rd Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 4-10-15, age 18.
Son of William and Louisa Shaw, Parson Drove. Loos Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. |
TAYLOR |
William
|
6033
Private 4th Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1-11-16, age 35. Son
of William Henry & Mary Emma Taylor, The Five Bells, Parson
Drove. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
VIALLS |
Frederick
|
SS/281
Corporal, 8th Div M. T. Coy, Army Service Corps. Died of wounds 29-5-18,
age 27. Son of Mr & Mrs A J Vialls, Parson Drove. City of
Paris Cemetery, Pantin, Seine-St-Denis, France. |
WRIGHT |
Walter
|
36009
Private 2nd btn Machine Gun Corps. Died appendicitis 21-6-18, age
25. Formerly 18635 East Surrey Regiment. Son of Fanny Wright,
Murrow. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
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TO
THE FALLEN
1939 - 1945
TO
THE MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ON THE
WESTERN FRONT
TO
THE MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO DIED AS PRISONERS OF WAR
IN JAPANESE HANDS
|
BRITTON |
Arnold
|
Private
5933727, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 25-8-43, age
22, Prisoner of War. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
|
CROWSON |
Christopher
William |
Private
5933728, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. Died at sea
21-9-44, age 25, Prisoner of War. Son of Christopher & Lottie
Crowson, of Parson Drove. Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
|
CROWSON |
Ronald
|
Private
5933738, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 11-6-43, age
22, Prisoner of War. Son of Fred & Ethel Maud Crowson, of
Parson Drove. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
|
HALL |
Cecil
Victor |
Lance Corporal ,
5933730, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 3-9-44, age
25, Prisoner of War. Son of Mr & Mrs A J Hall, of Parson Drove.
Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong.
Photograph
Courtesy & Copright © Richard E Hinkle 2002
|
HUNT |
Sidney
Charles |
Lance Sergeant,
6020415, 4th Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. 24-10-44, age
27. Son of Frederick William & Mary Elizabeth Hunt; husband
of Bessie May Hunt, of Parson Drove. Imphal War Cemetery, India.
|
MEWS |
Sidney |
Private
5933741, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 15-10-42, age
30, Prisoner of War. Son of Tom & Eliza Mews, of Wisbech.
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. |
MARKILLIE |
Edward
|
[Arthur
Edward on CWGC] Private 7388707, 212 Field Ambulance, Royal Army
Medical Corps. 1-7-44, age 34. Son of Arthur & Ethel Markillie,
of Parson Drove; husband of Mildred Lizzie Markillie, of Wisbech.
Brother of below. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, Calvados, France.
|
MARKILLIE |
Roy
|
Private
5933731, 2nd Cambridgeshire Rgt, Suffolk Regiment. 10-4-40, age
20. Son of Arthur & Ethel Markillie, of Parson Drove. Southea
(Emmanuel) Churchyard, Cambs. Brother of above. |
PLOWRIGHT |
Leonard
William |
Sapper,
1874049, 7 Bomb Disposal Coy, Royal Engineers. 5-7-43, age 25.
Son of Robert William & Ivy Louisa Plowright, of Parson Drove;
husband of Winifred Maud Plowright. Southea (Emmanuel) Churchyard,
Cambs. |
SPRIGGS |
Ronald
|
Private
14734624, 1st East Lancashire Regiment. 9-2-45, age 18. Son of
Arthur & Grace E Sapperiggs, of Parson Drove. Jonkerbos War Cemetery,
Netherlands. |
STEVENS |
Herbert
|
Lance
Corporal, 5825290, 1st Suffolk Regiment. 9-6-44, age 33. La Delivrande
Cemetery, Douvres, Calvados, France. |
WARREN |
Arthur
William |
Gunner,
11416656, 474 Battery, 138 HAA Rgt, Royal Artillery. 17-7-42,
age 21. Son of John William & Alice Warren, of Wisbech St
Mary. Wisbech (St Mary) Cemetery, Cambs. |
WINTER |
Robert
Charles |
Sapper,
2156546, 585 Corps Field Park Coy, Royal Engineers. 7-1-43, age
30. Son of Mr & Mrs Robert Winter, of Parson Drove; husband
of Annie Winter, of Gorefield. Brookwood Memorial, Surrey.
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Last
updated
27 January, 2018
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