Roll of Honour - Huntingdonshire

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ST IVES, ALL SAINTS CHURCH AND PUBLIC CEMETERIES

World War 1 & 2 - Burials with detailed information
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There are 8 burials for World War 1 and 2 within the graveyard of All Saints Church, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. There are 11 burials in St Ives Public Cemetery.

Photographs from an old postcard

ST. IVES ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD

CLARIDGE	Ernest William	Private 153007, Labour Corps. Died in United Kingdom 6 November 1918. Aged 31. Born Chatteris, enlisted St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. Son of Samuel Harry and Kate Claridge; husband of Mrs Grace Claridge, of Oliver Rd., St. Ives, Hunts. Formerly Private 80727, 29th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Buried near the left boundary in ST. IVES CHURCH CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. See also St Ives
ELSDEN	Sidney John Arthur	Guardsman 2724850, Irish Guards. Died 25 January 1945. Buried in ST. IVES CHURCH CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. See also St Ives
FAVELL	William Arthur	Private 5827940, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 8 October 1944. Aged 26. Son of William Henry and Margaret Favell, of St. Ives. His brother Ronald Percy John also died on service. Buried in ST. IVES CHURCH CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. See also St Ives
KNIGHTS	William Osborne	Serjeant PO/790(S), 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died 7 May 1917. Aged 27. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Knights, of St. Ives. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried left of the entrance in ST. IVES CHURCH CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. See also St Ives
MASTERSON	Frank	Private 5836693 Pioneer Corps. Died 29 October 1943. Aged 41. Son of James and Eliza Ann Masterson, of St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES CHURCH CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. See also St Ives
RULE	Alfred James	Aircraftman 1st Class 770830, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 23 January 1940. Buried in ST. IVES CHURCH CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. See also St Ives
SMITH	Dennis Whitlock	Ordinary Seaman C/JX 658181, H.M.S. Ganges, Royal Navy. Died 26 April 1944. Aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin David Smith, of St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES CHURCH CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. See also St Ives
WOODS	Archibald Dennis	Corporal 16931, 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds in United Kingdom 10 July 1916. Aged 27. Born Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, resident Dunstable, Beds, enlisted London. Son of Mrs. Bainbridge, of Bury St. Edmunds; husband of Millicent A. Osborne (formerly Woods), of 17A, Vaughan Rd., Harrow, Middlesex. Buried near the left boundary in ST. IVES CHURCH CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. See also St Ives

ST IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY

BIGGS	Matthew	Driver 1252, 2nd/1st Renfrew Fortress Company, Royal Engineers. Died 5 December 1915. Aged 23. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. B. 752.
DAY	Dennis Ivor	Second Lieutenant,, Royal Field Artillery. Died 7 October 1915. Aged 23. Son of George Dennis Day and Margaret Jade (Meta) Day, of Rheola, St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. Left pathway. See also St Ives
DELLAR	George Housden	Private 43109, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 4 December 1916. Aged 29. Son of George and Ellen Mary Dellar, of North Lynne, Tenter Leys Rd., St. Ives, husband of Grace Pilborough (formerly Dellar). Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. B. 739. See also St Ives
FLACK	Leslie Alan	Leading Radio Mechanic P/MX712158, H.M.S. Mercury, Royal Navy. Died 30 June 1946. Aged 18. Son of Herbert and Grace Elizabeth Flack, of St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. Grave 1331.
GATES	Eric	Sergeant 1446136, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 13 September 1943. Aged 21. Son of Harry Gates, D.C.M., and Gertrude L. Gates, of St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. Grave 61. See also St Ives
HEWITT	Arthur	Private 5831794, Army Catering Corps. Died 23 February 1945. Aged 31. Son of Harry and Maud Hewitt, of St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. Grave 4. See also St Ives
JONES	Walter George Cotterill	Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Died 17 March 1918. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. 3726
KIRBY	Harold	Private 23518, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Died 6 May 1917. Aged 34. Son of Fredrick William and Emily Kirby, of St. Ives; husband of Mary Ann Peggs (formerly Kirby), of London Rd., St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. B. 727. See also St Ives
MAIN	Iris Hannah Isabel	Sister 213955, Territorial Army Nursing Service. Died 29 August 1943. Aged 27. Daughter of James Stewart Main and Mary Elizabeth Main, of St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. Sec. A. Grave 58. See also St Ives
MILLER	John Fredrick Charles	ble Seaman 188565, H.M.S. "Illustrious", Royal Navy. Died 18 November 1917. Aged 38. Husband of Blanche Miller, of 17, Ramsey Rd., St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. B. 499. See also St Ives
WRIGHT	Charlie	Aircraftman 1st Class 909460, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 25 February 1941. Aged 23. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Wright; husband of Olive Constance Wright, of St. Ives. Buried in ST. IVES PUBLIC CEMETERY, Huntingdonshire. Grave 896. See also St Ives

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