This page is a work in Progress

This page is based on a document prepared by Jane King,
containing the results of her research into the war memorials in Longthorpe Church.
A copy of Jane's original document can be downloaded by clicking here

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Longthorpe St Botolph’s Church
War Memorials & War Graves

(c) Jane King 2018

St Botolph’s Church, Longthorpe, Peterborough, PE3 6LU
Ordnance Survey reference: TL 16304 98389

St Botolph’s Church has several memorials commemorating those who died serving in the armed forces. They incorporate the Second Boer War, both World Wars and also two non-combat deaths on active service. Most of those memorials are within St Botolph’s Church, but its graveyard also contains three actual War Graves as well as two further war memorials in the form of commemorative inscriptions on family headstones. The Church also contains a First World War Roll of Honour of men connected to the village who served in the armed forces, listing both survivors and casualties.

(Longthorpe’s communal World War 1 Memorial commemorating those who died is the communion rail in St Botolph’s Church. The Parish’s World War 2 Memorial comprised the Village Hall that was opened by Captain T.W. Fitzwilliam on 6/3/1947. That structure was demolished in 2008 and replaced by the current Village Hall that officially opened on 3/4/2009).

Details of the war memorials and a brief biography of each of the casualties named upon them are outlined in the following pages. The data has been drawn from numerous sources, including the General Register Office’s birth/marriage/death indices; census records (and 1939 Register); Probate records; the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Casualty Registers; Medal Index Cards; service records; War Diaries; newspaper archives; etc.

Whilst care has been taken to transcribe the information accurately, the details are subject to the reader’s own verification from original records. I apologise sincerely for any error this booklet may contain.

Jane King
August 2018

BOER WAR MEMORIALS

COMMUNION RAIL MEMORIALS

FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS

FIRST WORLD WAR CASUALTIES' BIOGRAPHIES

FIRST WORLD WAR NON-COMBAT MEMORIALS

SECOND WORLD WAR MEMORIALS

SECOND WORLD WAR CASUALTIES' BIOGRAPHIES