Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. JNO.XV.13

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. JNO.XV.13

1914-18 Roll of Honour Parish of Duxford This is a transcription of the Roll of Honour held in the United Reformed Church, Duxford, CAMBRIDGE.

The names included here are those of men who hazarded their lives in the Great War to maintain the sacred ideals of Christian Civilisation The ninety six names have been rearranged into alphabetical order and those who did not come home are marked with an * The 1901 and the 1911 census returns have provided approximate addresses and years of birth. The Archives column notes those mentioned in the Chapel records and Philip Wade (833560) can give further details. The School and St Peter s records have been provided by Phyll Longstaff (832000) who can provide further details. Thanks are due to those who have offered corrections to the first edition. Further comments will be welcomed. second edition; June 2016 ------------------------------------------------ The Roll of Honour was framed for the Revd Page Hogben by JW RANSOM S and is numbered by them as 29816 (it appears from the Chapel Minutes that the Roll was compiled as the War progressed and presumably preceded the War Memorial)

Below are the names on the Duxford War Memorial in the order in which the dreaded news reached Duxford. The two men marked # are not listed on the Roll of Honour. 1914 Aug 26 Rfn George Flack. Rifle Brigade. Seine-et-Marne, France 1915 Dec 28 Pte (Harry) Basil Wick. Royal Fusiliers. Cuinchy. France 1916 Mar 2 Pte George E Richardson. Suffolk Regt. Flanders, France July 1 Pte Horace Everard Brand. Suffolk Regt. Somme, France Aug 2 Pte Victor H C Sayer. Suffolk Regt. Somme, France. 1917 July 23 Spr John Mynott. Royal Engineers. Iraq July 31 Capt Frank Charlton Jonas. Cambs Regt. St Julien, Belgium Sept 12 Pte James Arnold MM. Suffolk Regt. Aisne, France Nov 23 Pte Horace Rowlinson. Northants Regt. Tyne Cot, Belgium Dec 27 Pte John Carter. Royal West Surrey Regt. Egypt. 1918 Mar 21 Rfn Horace Blackwell MM. King s Royal Rifle Corps. Somme Apl 19 Pte Owen Edgar Bowman# London Regt. Mons, Belgium (Green Street. born 1887) Oct 8 2Lt Charles Albert Woodley. KOYLI. Aisne, France Nov 6 Cpl Allen Blackwell. British Columbia Regt. Quievan. Belgium 1919 Feb 4 Spr Edward John Brand# Royal Engineers. Sangatte, France (Heath Cottages, The Grange, born 1898)

On the Whittlesford War Memorial are listed:- 1916 May 31 Stkr Fred Nunn. Royal Navy. The North Sea July 1 L/Cpl Charles Speed. Suffolk Regt. Somme, France No Name Had lived at Born Archive Records 22. Victor Sayer* Station Road 1895 67. Charles Skeates Butchers Arms 1899 School 72. Charles Skeates (probable duplication?) 66. George James Skeates Butchers Arms 1901 St Peter s/school 69. Charles Smith St John s Street 1894 59. Leonard Smith St John s Street 1897 School 21. Charles Speed* Whittlesford Bridge 1895 54. Alfred Spicer Station Road 1894 Chapel 20. Herbert Spicer Chalk Pit 1894 School 96. George Stigwood Manger s Lane 1899 School 56. Walter H Stigwood Manger s Lane 1896 School 80. George Thompson Station Road 1898 90. Harry Thompson Ickleton Road 1895 91. Leonard Thompson Ickleton Road 1892 School 89. Fred W Ward Chapel Street 1899 76. Sidney T Ward Chapel Street 1886 Chapel 46. Basil Wick Barker s Farm 1889 79. Fred Wick Barker s Farm 1897 Chapel/School 45. Harry Wick* Barker s Farm 1893 38. Charles Wilson Manger s Lane 1892 Chapel/School 71. Herbert Wilson Manger s Lane 1899 87. Cecil Winders Station Cottages 1894 Chapel/School 24. Charles Woodley* Chapel Street 1892 23. Harry Woodley Castle Camps? 1898

No Name Had lived at Born Archive Records 44. James Arnold* St John's Street 1881 Chapel/St Peter s C 35. Fred Billett College Farm 1891 70. Allen Blackwell* Chalk Pit 1888 47. Horace Blackwell* St Peter s Street 1881 39. James Bosworth Hinxton Road 1885 41. William Bradford Ickleton 1889 5. Lionel W Bradnam The Green 1896 Chapel/School C 2. Charles Brand The Wheatsheaf 1894 School 3. Horace E Brand* The Wheatsheaf 1897 School 43. Jesse Brand The Wheatsheaf 1900 School 1. Thomas Brand 1870 St Peter s 4. Ronald Buer 48. John Carter* College Farm 1893 37. James Challis The Green 1881 6. Alfred Chandler St John's Street 1894 School 8. Fred Chandler St John's Street 1896 School 7. John Chandler St John's Street 1891 School 95. Arthur Dimes Chalk Pit 1899 9. Fred Dockerill Heath Cottages 1882 53. Herbert Dockerill Heath Cottages 1885 29. Herbert H Dodkin St John s Street 1885 Chapel 10. Thomas Earey 1887 St Peter s 85. Charles Eley St Peter's Street 1899 School 13. John Facer College Farm 1897 Chapel

No Name Had lived at Born Archive Records 11. George Flack* St John s Street?11888 Chapel 27. Reuben Flack St John's Street 1879 Chapel/St Peter s 32. Joseph Flitton. Manger's Lane 1878 St Peter s 12. Sidney Flute 30. Fred Godwin Station Hill 1896 60. Edward D Green Manger's Lane 1879 Chapel 14. George Griffiths Royston? 62. Joseph Hagger Manger's Lane. 1887 64. Robert Halls St Peter's Street 1894 School 49. Clifton Harding St John's Street 1894 St Peter s/school 77. Hugh Harding St Peter's Street 1888 Chapel 57. Leonard J Harding St Peter's Street 1887 Chapel/School 93. Llewellyn C Harding St John's Street 1889 St Peter s/school 83. Albert Haylock Manger's Lane 1878 St Peter s 15. Frank Haylock The Green 1896 School 81. John Haylock The Green 1885 82. Herbert Haylock Hunt's Road 1884 52. Walter Haylock Sawston?/W ford? 1891 42. Albert Hills St John s Street 1897 School 31.George Hopwood Chapel Street 1890 Chapel 84. Walter Howell Chapel Street 1885 16. Frank C Jonas* The Old Vicarage 1882 75. Edward S Knott St John's Street 1883 Chapel

No Name Had lived at Born Archive Records 58. Leonard Langridge. Petersfield House 1891 65. Ernest Matthews Whittlesford 1885 34. William Mean 63. Frank Merton 1899 68. Harry Miller Duxford Grange 1895 School 86. Leonard Minns Ickleton Road 1895 55. Albert Mynott St Peter s Street 1893 School 61. John Mynott* Green Street 1890 36. Thomas C Mynott St Peter s Street 1889 78. Frank P Negus Green Street 1889 73. Jack Cyril Negus Green Street 1894 17. Fred Nunn* Chapel Street 1890 Chapel 28. George H Pike Cambridge? 1892 33. W Gervase Pike Whittlesford Bridge 1876 51. Ernest Reeve 25. George R Reeve 92. Walter Reeve 19. George Richardson St John s Street 1894 School 26. Henry S Rockall 74. Horace Rowlinson* Station Road 1897 School 88. John Rowlinson Station Road 1895 50. Henry J Runham Whittlesford 1900 40. Benjamin Ryder Ickleton Road 1894 94. George Ryder St Peter s Street 1892 18. Richard J Ryder Ickleton Road 1883