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The War Memorial for Newmarket (Suffolk)
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Boaden and licensed for reuse under this Creative
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The War Memorial for Newmarket is located in a memorial garden located at the cross-roads of Bury Road and Fordham Road in Newmarket.
The memorial is a pillar on a stepped base surmounted by an urn. A sword and wreath are on the East and West faces. The names of those who lost their lives in the First World War are commemorated on stone plaques on the four sides of the base. Those who lost their lives in the Second World War, together with several civilians, are commemorated on four stone books arranged at the base of the memorial.
218 names are commemorated with respect to the First World War and 82 for the Second World War. 13 civilians are also commemorated as having lost their lives in the Second World War.
Of the names of those who lost their lives in the First World War, 4 are those of soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
Details of the names commemorated may be found on the Roll
of Honour website, as well as on Newmarket's
Local History Society website.
Photos of the commemorative plaques may be viewed on Newmarket's
Local History Society website.
An example of one of these plaques is shown below.
Private Philip John Brown. 242071. 2nd/6th Battalion
Durham Light Infantry transferred to (602326) 701st Coy Labour Corps, formerly
4734 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Eliza Brown, of Newmarket;
husband of Mildred Athena Brown, of 7, Rook Grove, Over Rd., Willingham, Cambs.
Killed 2 October 1918. Aged 42.
Born Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk), Enlisted Newmarket (Suffolk).
Buried BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT.
Private Edward James Bye. 10170. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James and Alice M. Bye, of 3, Exeter Rd., Newmarket, Suffolk.
Killed 23 October 1914. Aged 22.
Born Newmarket, Enlisted London, Resided Newmarket.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Charles E Friedlander. 33143. 5th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 48046 the Yorkshire
Regiment.
Born Bethnal Green. Died 9 October 1920. Aged 25.
Buried NEWMARKET CEMETERY.
(The only other facts known about Charles Friedlander is that in 1911 he was
a Groom at a Racing Establishment, Abingdon Place, in Newmarket. He is shown
on the Newmarket War Memorial as "Charles E", but there is no indication
as to what the "E" stands for.)
Private Harry Charles Pond. 33319. 6th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4215 Suffolk Regt. Son of Charles and Elizabeth
Pond, of 5, Foulden Terrace, Exning Rd., Newmarket. Killed 27 September 1917.
Aged 41.
Born Exning (Suffolk), Enlisted Newmarket.
Buried DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.
Plaque for WW1 Names "P" - "W" on the War Memorial for
Newmarket (Suffolk)
Photo © Copyright Bill
Boaden and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
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