They did not come home
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Note: the stories of the soldiers on the Ely Memorials are grouped together alphabetically on pdfs. Clicking on the name of the soldier in which you are interested will bring up the whole group. At the bottom of the page you will find the stories of another thirty-seven young Ely men who do not appear on the Ely Market Place memorial, although a handful are commemorated elsewhere in the city. Men who were boarding pupils at King's School Ely can be found at the very bottom of the page.
Please be aware that It is also often impossible to say for definite if a soldier fought at a certain battle, especially if there are no service papers available for him. Some men served in the UK for years after enlisting, others went out weeks after finishing training. Also at the times of certain battles a man could have been injured, on leave, or in the reserve trenches. It is also difficult to say with certainty when men were transferred between battalions. On some of the individuals' pages you will find their battalion's movements are shown, but this should not be taken as a guarantee that the soldier himself was then currently with his battalion on the Front.
Herbert Palmer Adcock / Bert Armsby / Stanley Richard Aspland / John Thomas Atkin
Frank Baker / Thomas Barnard-Moden / Bertram Leeds Thomas Barnett / Norman Henry Barnett / Rex Barwick / James Baulk / Herbert Beamiss / Victor Louis Sydney Beckett / Harry Beeden / David Stanley Beer & William Newton Beer / George Henry Benton
Leonard Ernest Benton & William Edward Benton / Sidney Harold Benton / Arthur John Bidwell / Percy Thomas Bidwell / David William Bird / Walter Black / Bertie Bonnett / George Bowles / Matthew Brinkley / Maurice Victor Brown / Sydney James Butcher / Walter Butcher / George Butler
Arthur Edward Canham & George William Canham / John Henry Chapman / Charles Bertram Chard / William John Cheney / Ernest Richard Clark / Frederick Lewis Clarke / James Thomas Clarke / Rowland Archer Clarke / William Clark / William Frederick Claydon / William Cole
John Thomas Cook / Arthur William Cornwell / Horace Charles Bowman Cottam / Leslie Charles Covill / Albert Edward Cowley / Edward Cox / Robert Charles Cox / St Arnand Creak / John Claud Parry Crosby
Arthur Cecil Cross & George Harry Cross / Francis James Cross / George Albert Cross / Herbert Chapman Cross / Arthur Crunkhorn
James Dalton / Thomas Charles Dann / John William Day / Edward Henry Dennis / Horace Denniss / George Samuel Dexter / Bert Dorling / Arthur Drake
James Elsden / James Elsegood / Edward William Everett / James Everitt / Herbert Scott Everson
William Edward Fendick / James William Fitch / William Fletcher / Percy Ernest Cecil Fox / John Fruin / James Claud Fuller
Albert Ernest Gage & Sydney Charles Gage / Francis Walter Gathercole & George Mansfield Gathercole / Jim Pate Gent / Bertie Julius Gentry / Alfred Giddens / John Thomas Granfield / Herbert Gray & William Gray
Reginald Jonathan Hall / James Thomas Hamey / Markham Hammond / Herbert Reginald Spencer Harris & Sydney Harris / Zachariah Harrison / Charles Haylock / Charles Hills / Albert Matthew Hitch / Herbert James Holliday / George Dixon Howlett / Henry James Hudson
Albert Illett / Charles Jones / George Henry Jugg / Cecil Alexander Headlam Keenlyside / Joseph Kirby / Harry Catchpole Knowles
Frank Ewart Lambert / Stanley Diver Lambert / William Lavender / Geoffrey Lawrence / Harry Lawrence / Walter Lawrence / Alfred Layton / Thomas Layton / Benjamin Lee / Ernest Lee / George William Lee / Henry James Sydney Lee/ Thomas Richard Lee & William Lee
Arnold Percival Lemmon / Reuben Jonathan James Lemmon / Thomas Francis Lemmon / David Edward Lowe / Sydney Lown / Charles William Lucas / John Herbert Lupson
Robert Mann / Reginald Charles Manning / Edward Martin / William John Mayle / Bertie Parker McGee & Edward Parker McGee & James Parker McGee & Thomas Parker McGee / Harold Thomas Moden / John Henry Moden / Roland Ethelbert Morriss & Thomas Arthur William Morriss / Henry Mortiss
George Albert Neal / Herbert John Negus / Arthur James Newell / Charles Henry Newman / George Alfred Nicholas / Harry Arthur Norden / Walter Norman / John Charles Osborne
Arthur Page & Herbert Page / Lancelot Palmer / Edgar Thomas Pamment & Victor Frederick Pamment / Arthur Claud Pask / James Pate / John Leslie Pate / Russell Albert Peachey / Sydney Alfred Peachey
Arnold Peacock / Percy Eaton Pledger / Maurice Bertram Plumb / Herbert Pope / Samuel William Powell / Albert aka Alfred Edgar Price / Albert Benjamin Prior / Alfred Elgood Punchard & Edmund Elgood Punchard
William Ray / Ernest Reed / John William Rice / Percy Richards / George Henry Rolfe / George Frederick Royal / Ernest Abner Royal / Harold Thomas Royston / Frederick Rumbelow
Henry William Saberton / John Saberton / John Philip Sadler / John Thomas Sadler / George Reginald Saunders / Oliver Edward Scott / Reginald Seekings / Charles Shelton & Fred Shelton & Thomas Shelton / James Simpkins / John William Sindle / Abraham Smith / James Charles Smith
William Smith / Edward Leslie John Stockdale / Frank LeFevre Strapps / Sidney Strawson / George Sutton / Edward Henry Sykes & Fred Sykes
Albert James Taylor / James Victor Thompson / Ernest Robert Thorby / Ernest Edward Thorpe / Reginald Toombs / Emery Austin Topping / Arthur George Tyndall / Herbert Charles Vail
Ralph Watson / Sydney Watts / Alfred Walter Wayman & George Thomas Wayman / Frederick Charles Wayman / James Wayman / Joseph Webb / Fisher Gifford Webster / John William West
Herbert George White / Samuel Wilding / Edward Wilkin / George Wise / Alfred Woodbine / Thomas Edward Tasman Woodroffe / Eric Charles Woodrow / Percy Bond Woods / William Wright / Thomas Owen Yarrow
Ely Casualties not named on the Ely Market Place Memorial
The families of Ely soldiers who were killed in World War One put forward the names of their husbands, sons and brothers for the Market Place Memorial, but the records of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission show that there were a number of casualties who were born in Ely, or resided in the city, but whose names have not been included. At this distance it is not possible to explain why these soldiers were not listed; in some cases it was simply because they had no living relatives left in the city, as was often the case with those who were sons of former militia officers. The names of some of those who were born in Ely have been “recovered” and are included below, although it is possible, even probable, that there were others. The Ely Standard has also been the source of casualty information, as it reported the deaths of men who worked in Ely at the time they enlisted, although they were not natives of the city. Even here care must be taken, e.g. the Ely Standard of 29th September 1916 informed its readers of the death of a native of Ely, Albert Henry Purbrick of the Welsh Regiment, whose name had been taken from the official casualty lists - its readers would have struggled to identify Albert as he actually came from Ely in Cardiff!
Many of the soldiers listed on the Ely Market Place Memorial are also commemorated on the memorial in their parish church or village green, however, there are some soldiers who are named only on a church memorial in the city, but not on Ely Market Place. The decision on where a beloved son, brother or husband was to be commemorated remained with their family and friends, but the names of this handful of soldiers also deserve to be remembered as they were known in Ely. The names are as follows:
The additional names of those born or working in Ely and the surrounding villages are:
Robert Allsop / William George Barnes / Albert Edwin Bell / William James Blane / Ralph James Boness / Charles Arthur Hugh Brett / Thomas Harold Bruce / Robert Victor Buckenham / H K Cook / Robert William Cross / George William Day / Cyril George Pople Durrant
John Henry Garner / William Garner / Horace Gilbert / Frederick Maxwell Hawes / Henry Eric Haylock / John Thomas Gordon Higginson & William Clifton Vernon Higginson / Herbert Quey Howard / John Allan Howard / Joseph Claude Hoxley / William Arthur Hoxley / Leonard Hunt / Sydney Robert Jackson / Thomas Spencer James / George King / William King / Benjamin Langford
Ernest Leonard / George Battley Ling / W Newton / Theodore Palmer / Sidney Pate / George Payne / Frederick Peacock / Albert Julian Pell / Everard Marsden Porter / Thomas Rich / Francis (Frank) Sellars / Vernon Shelton / Harry Clarke Smith / John Ellis Taylor / John William Taylor / Edward Charles Vale
Boarders at the King's School in Ely and not named elsewhere in the city or district:
Reginald Norman Balding / Arthur Elsdale Boultbee / William Beaumont Burns / Robert William Clements /Alfred Melbourne Coate / Edgar Francis Wanklyn Cobbold / Richard Christopher Gorges Foote / Kenneth Rowley Forde / William Orr Hampton / Roland George Ingle / Harold Alfred Ivatt / Frank Aubrey Jones / Lawrence Langdon / Hugh Cecil Moxon / Arthur Hilliard Williams Temple / Gilbert Bernard Owen Tuck / Lawrence Edward Stuart Vaile / Charles Royston Verrall / Walter Gordon Woodroffe
Please be aware that It is also often impossible to say for definite if a soldier fought at a certain battle, especially if there are no service papers available for him. Some men served in the UK for years after enlisting, others went out weeks after finishing training. Also at the times of certain battles a man could have been injured, on leave, or in the reserve trenches. It is also difficult to say with certainty when men were transferred between battalions. On some of the individuals' pages you will find their battalion's movements are shown, but this should not be taken as a guarantee that the soldier himself was then currently with his battalion on the Front.
Herbert Palmer Adcock / Bert Armsby / Stanley Richard Aspland / John Thomas Atkin
Frank Baker / Thomas Barnard-Moden / Bertram Leeds Thomas Barnett / Norman Henry Barnett / Rex Barwick / James Baulk / Herbert Beamiss / Victor Louis Sydney Beckett / Harry Beeden / David Stanley Beer & William Newton Beer / George Henry Benton
Leonard Ernest Benton & William Edward Benton / Sidney Harold Benton / Arthur John Bidwell / Percy Thomas Bidwell / David William Bird / Walter Black / Bertie Bonnett / George Bowles / Matthew Brinkley / Maurice Victor Brown / Sydney James Butcher / Walter Butcher / George Butler
Arthur Edward Canham & George William Canham / John Henry Chapman / Charles Bertram Chard / William John Cheney / Ernest Richard Clark / Frederick Lewis Clarke / James Thomas Clarke / Rowland Archer Clarke / William Clark / William Frederick Claydon / William Cole
John Thomas Cook / Arthur William Cornwell / Horace Charles Bowman Cottam / Leslie Charles Covill / Albert Edward Cowley / Edward Cox / Robert Charles Cox / St Arnand Creak / John Claud Parry Crosby
Arthur Cecil Cross & George Harry Cross / Francis James Cross / George Albert Cross / Herbert Chapman Cross / Arthur Crunkhorn
James Dalton / Thomas Charles Dann / John William Day / Edward Henry Dennis / Horace Denniss / George Samuel Dexter / Bert Dorling / Arthur Drake
James Elsden / James Elsegood / Edward William Everett / James Everitt / Herbert Scott Everson
William Edward Fendick / James William Fitch / William Fletcher / Percy Ernest Cecil Fox / John Fruin / James Claud Fuller
Albert Ernest Gage & Sydney Charles Gage / Francis Walter Gathercole & George Mansfield Gathercole / Jim Pate Gent / Bertie Julius Gentry / Alfred Giddens / John Thomas Granfield / Herbert Gray & William Gray
Reginald Jonathan Hall / James Thomas Hamey / Markham Hammond / Herbert Reginald Spencer Harris & Sydney Harris / Zachariah Harrison / Charles Haylock / Charles Hills / Albert Matthew Hitch / Herbert James Holliday / George Dixon Howlett / Henry James Hudson
Albert Illett / Charles Jones / George Henry Jugg / Cecil Alexander Headlam Keenlyside / Joseph Kirby / Harry Catchpole Knowles
Frank Ewart Lambert / Stanley Diver Lambert / William Lavender / Geoffrey Lawrence / Harry Lawrence / Walter Lawrence / Alfred Layton / Thomas Layton / Benjamin Lee / Ernest Lee / George William Lee / Henry James Sydney Lee/ Thomas Richard Lee & William Lee
Arnold Percival Lemmon / Reuben Jonathan James Lemmon / Thomas Francis Lemmon / David Edward Lowe / Sydney Lown / Charles William Lucas / John Herbert Lupson
Robert Mann / Reginald Charles Manning / Edward Martin / William John Mayle / Bertie Parker McGee & Edward Parker McGee & James Parker McGee & Thomas Parker McGee / Harold Thomas Moden / John Henry Moden / Roland Ethelbert Morriss & Thomas Arthur William Morriss / Henry Mortiss
George Albert Neal / Herbert John Negus / Arthur James Newell / Charles Henry Newman / George Alfred Nicholas / Harry Arthur Norden / Walter Norman / John Charles Osborne
Arthur Page & Herbert Page / Lancelot Palmer / Edgar Thomas Pamment & Victor Frederick Pamment / Arthur Claud Pask / James Pate / John Leslie Pate / Russell Albert Peachey / Sydney Alfred Peachey
Arnold Peacock / Percy Eaton Pledger / Maurice Bertram Plumb / Herbert Pope / Samuel William Powell / Albert aka Alfred Edgar Price / Albert Benjamin Prior / Alfred Elgood Punchard & Edmund Elgood Punchard
William Ray / Ernest Reed / John William Rice / Percy Richards / George Henry Rolfe / George Frederick Royal / Ernest Abner Royal / Harold Thomas Royston / Frederick Rumbelow
Henry William Saberton / John Saberton / John Philip Sadler / John Thomas Sadler / George Reginald Saunders / Oliver Edward Scott / Reginald Seekings / Charles Shelton & Fred Shelton & Thomas Shelton / James Simpkins / John William Sindle / Abraham Smith / James Charles Smith
William Smith / Edward Leslie John Stockdale / Frank LeFevre Strapps / Sidney Strawson / George Sutton / Edward Henry Sykes & Fred Sykes
Albert James Taylor / James Victor Thompson / Ernest Robert Thorby / Ernest Edward Thorpe / Reginald Toombs / Emery Austin Topping / Arthur George Tyndall / Herbert Charles Vail
Ralph Watson / Sydney Watts / Alfred Walter Wayman & George Thomas Wayman / Frederick Charles Wayman / James Wayman / Joseph Webb / Fisher Gifford Webster / John William West
Herbert George White / Samuel Wilding / Edward Wilkin / George Wise / Alfred Woodbine / Thomas Edward Tasman Woodroffe / Eric Charles Woodrow / Percy Bond Woods / William Wright / Thomas Owen Yarrow
Ely Casualties not named on the Ely Market Place Memorial
The families of Ely soldiers who were killed in World War One put forward the names of their husbands, sons and brothers for the Market Place Memorial, but the records of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission show that there were a number of casualties who were born in Ely, or resided in the city, but whose names have not been included. At this distance it is not possible to explain why these soldiers were not listed; in some cases it was simply because they had no living relatives left in the city, as was often the case with those who were sons of former militia officers. The names of some of those who were born in Ely have been “recovered” and are included below, although it is possible, even probable, that there were others. The Ely Standard has also been the source of casualty information, as it reported the deaths of men who worked in Ely at the time they enlisted, although they were not natives of the city. Even here care must be taken, e.g. the Ely Standard of 29th September 1916 informed its readers of the death of a native of Ely, Albert Henry Purbrick of the Welsh Regiment, whose name had been taken from the official casualty lists - its readers would have struggled to identify Albert as he actually came from Ely in Cardiff!
Many of the soldiers listed on the Ely Market Place Memorial are also commemorated on the memorial in their parish church or village green, however, there are some soldiers who are named only on a church memorial in the city, but not on Ely Market Place. The decision on where a beloved son, brother or husband was to be commemorated remained with their family and friends, but the names of this handful of soldiers also deserve to be remembered as they were known in Ely. The names are as follows:
- On the memorial in St Mary’s Church in Ely; M Porter and T Rich
- On the Holy Trinity Memorial at the cathedral; H K Cook
- On the Methodist Memorial; Private Thomas H Bruce of the 14th Warwickshire Regiment
- On the memorial in the Countess of Huntingdon’s Church; Ben Langford
- On the choristers’ memorial in Ely Cathedral; J W Blane and W. Newton
- South aisle memorial in Ely Cathedral; Albert Julian Pell of Wilburton Manor
- On the catechism class memorial in St Peter’s Church you can also find; Bertram Downing of Lynn Road and Victor Shelton of Back Hill but these names can be discounted as the first should read Bert Dorling (see main memorial) and the second actually survived the War.
- On the Stuntney Memorial there is one name which does not also appear on the main Ely memorial; John Ellis Taylor
- The majority of soldiers on the memorial in the King’s School at Ely do not figure on the main city memorial. Their details can be found as a separate list.
The additional names of those born or working in Ely and the surrounding villages are:
Robert Allsop / William George Barnes / Albert Edwin Bell / William James Blane / Ralph James Boness / Charles Arthur Hugh Brett / Thomas Harold Bruce / Robert Victor Buckenham / H K Cook / Robert William Cross / George William Day / Cyril George Pople Durrant
John Henry Garner / William Garner / Horace Gilbert / Frederick Maxwell Hawes / Henry Eric Haylock / John Thomas Gordon Higginson & William Clifton Vernon Higginson / Herbert Quey Howard / John Allan Howard / Joseph Claude Hoxley / William Arthur Hoxley / Leonard Hunt / Sydney Robert Jackson / Thomas Spencer James / George King / William King / Benjamin Langford
Ernest Leonard / George Battley Ling / W Newton / Theodore Palmer / Sidney Pate / George Payne / Frederick Peacock / Albert Julian Pell / Everard Marsden Porter / Thomas Rich / Francis (Frank) Sellars / Vernon Shelton / Harry Clarke Smith / John Ellis Taylor / John William Taylor / Edward Charles Vale
Boarders at the King's School in Ely and not named elsewhere in the city or district:
Reginald Norman Balding / Arthur Elsdale Boultbee / William Beaumont Burns / Robert William Clements /Alfred Melbourne Coate / Edgar Francis Wanklyn Cobbold / Richard Christopher Gorges Foote / Kenneth Rowley Forde / William Orr Hampton / Roland George Ingle / Harold Alfred Ivatt / Frank Aubrey Jones / Lawrence Langdon / Hugh Cecil Moxon / Arthur Hilliard Williams Temple / Gilbert Bernard Owen Tuck / Lawrence Edward Stuart Vaile / Charles Royston Verrall / Walter Gordon Woodroffe
