Tydd St Giles - The War Memorial

The War Memorial

The War Memorial for the parish of Tydd St. Giles and Foul Anchor records the details of 15 men who fell in the Great War (12), the Second World War (3), and in Northern Ireland (1).

The Great War

The men are recorded as "Fallen from this parish in the Great Wars 1914–18 and 1939–1945"

• Sidney Aubin - Of the King's Royal Rifles (A/200552 - Rifleman), died of his wounds on 25 March 1918. His remains lie in the Roye New British Cemetery, Somme, France.
• Hugh Clark - Of the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment (26310 - Private), killed in action 25th OCtober 1917. His remains were never recovered and he is remembered on the memorial wall in Tyne Cot.
• Richard Herbert Clarke - Of the 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales) (36544 - Private), died of his wounds on 11 March 1917. His remains lie in the Pozieres British Cemetery, Somme, France the site of the Pozieres Memorial.
• Harry Cragg - Of the 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment (15760 - Private), killed in action on 28 November 1915, at Kirtech Tepe Sirt, in the Suvla sector at the Battle of Gallipoli. His remains lie in the Azmack Cemetery, Suvla, Gallipoli, Turkey.
• John William Fincham - Of the 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (20755 - Lance-Corporal), killed in action on 1 July 1916. His remains lie in Ovillers Military Cemetery, France.
• Arthur Godfrey - Of the 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment (15325 - Private), killed in action on 1 July 1916. His remains were never recovered and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
• Frederick Godfrey - Of the 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (25064 - Private), killed in action on 12 November 1916. His remains lie in Regina Trench Cemetery, Somme, France.
• William Harry Godfrey - Of the 5th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (148824 - Private), killed in action on 29 May 1918, he was awarded the Military Medal. His remains lie in the Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes.
• Arthur George Groves - Of the 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (26746 - Private), killed in action on 9 August 1918. His remains were never recovered, he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
• Amos Hill - Of the 10th Battalion, Canadians (886424 - Private), killed in action on 11 November 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele. His remains lie in the Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Belgium.
• Alfred William Monkton - Of the 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (L/7158 - Private), he died on 22 March 1915. His remains were never recovered, he is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium.
• Harry Smith - Of the 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment (15272 - Private), killed in action on 1 July 1916. his remains were never recovered and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
• Arthur Biss - Of the D Company, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment (14568 - Private), killed in action on 26 September 1915. His remains were never recovered and he is remembered on the Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France.
• Herbert F. Brown - Of the 4th Suffolk Regiment (Private), Gassed.
• Walter James Green - Of the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment (9452 - Private), killed in action on 14 September 1914. His remains were never recovered, he is remembered on the La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial.
• Jesse T. Holmes - Of the 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (24068 - Private), died of his wounds on 30 November 1916. His remains lie in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Belgium.
• Reuben Charles Kettle - Of the SS (MPS) Westergate, Royal Navy (LZ5581 - Gunner), ship torpedoed on 21 April 1918. His remains lie in Gefossen Churchyard.
• Harry Rowell - Of the 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment (15272 - Private), killed in action on 15 September 1916. His remains were never recovered and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
• Fred Wells - Of the 21st Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers (256806 - Sapper), killed in action on 20 October 1917. His remains lie in the Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

The Second World War

• Charles T. Clfton - Details unsure, died 1942.
• Bernard Raymond Pentelow - Of the 287 Field Company, Royal Engineers (2090367 - Sapper), died as Prisoner of War on 9 October 1943. His remains lie in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma). He is also remembered in the church on a plaque on the eastern wall.
• R. Henry Wright - Details unsure, died 1943.

Northern Ireland

• Michael John Gay - Of the 18/20 Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport (Driver), died as the result of an IRA bomb on 17 March 1973