To read the young men's story click on their underlined names
WORLD WAR 1
EDWARD FELGATE 2ND DRAGOON GUARDS 1 SEPTEMBER 1914
CLAUDE SAWKINS H.M.S. HAWKE 15 OCTOBER 1914
PERCY MORTLOCK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 14 MARCH 1915
LEONARD MINNS SUFFOLK REGIMENT 18 APRIL 1915
ARTHUR RADFORD ESSEX REGIMENT 7 MAY 1915
ERNEST FRYER H.M.S VENGEANCE 15 JUNE 1915
EDWARD HUGHES DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY 16 SEPTEMBER 1916
CLIFFORD WYNCOLL ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 3 NOVEMBER 1916
CLIFFORD GREENLEAF ROYAL WEST KENT 26 NOVEMBER 1916
DAVID BROOKS KING'S (LIVERPOOL) 5 MARCH 1917
ROWLAND RADFORD NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 10 MAY 1917
GEORGE WRIGHT ESSEX REGIMENT 7 JULY 1917
BENJAMIN WENDON ESSEX REGIMENT 24 JULY 1917
ARTHUR BROOKS ROYAL FUSILIERS 16 AUGUST 1917
JAMES THOMSON ROYAL FUSILIERS 28 MARCH 1918
DAVID BAWTREE BLACK WATCH 29 JUNE 1918
OSWALD THEOBALD ROYAL ENGINEERS 23 NOVEMBER 1919
WORLD WAR 2
CLARENCE WHITFIELD RAFVR 13 AUGUST 1941
ROBERT COPPIN RAFVR 21 OCTOBER 1941
ALPHA WILKIN H.M.S. JUPITER 10 MARCH 1942
ROLAND BEHN H.M.S. ULSTER 4 OCTOBER 1943
PETER ROGERS EAST SURREY REGIMENT 6 OCTOBER 1943
EDGAR WHITTON GENERAL SERVICE CORPS 24 APRIL 1943
JOHN GELDARD ROYAL ENGINEERS 13 FEBRUARY 1944
STANLEY NEVILLE ESSEX REGIMENT 25 DECEMBER 1944
HENRY MARSHALL LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT 23 MAY 1952
Whilst we remember with pride our own young men, who lost their lives; we remember as well those other young men, who also failed to return to their homes and loved ones from these most terrible wars. These were the airmen, who fought over our villages and crashed nearby.
PERCY STEVENSON WEAVER DFC RAF 31 AUGUST 1940
DAVID HANSON RAF 3 SEPTEMBER 1940
Also the Germans, who died over our villages:-
ERWIN GLEISSNER LUFTWAFFE 24 AUGUST 1940
ALFRED KRAMER LUFTWAFFE 24 AUGUST 1940
KARL RITSCHERLE LUFTWAFFE 24 AUGUST 1940
Iron Cross 1st & 2nd Class, Baden’s Silver Verdeirist-Medaille,
Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Order of the Zahringer Lion
ERICH SALOMO LUFTWAFFE 24 AUGUST 1940
PAUL NIEGISCH LUFTWAFFE 3 SEPTEMBER 1940
HEINZ SCHILDT LUFTWAFFE 3 SEPTEMBER 1940
EMIL SWINDEK LUFTWAFFE 3 SEPTEMBER 1940
02/05/03 last updated
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These pages are dedicated to the memory of the Fallen from the two World Wars, who lived in Abberton & Langenhoe.. Prepared by Saint Andrew's Parochial Church Council. November 11th 2000