King’s Cliffe War Memorials – St James & All Saints Church
There are a number of “Rolls of Honour” recording those men of King’s Cliffe who died during WWI (1914-1918), WWII (1939-1945), and the UK-involved (US-led) invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan (fought initially between 2001-2003). Four King’s Cliffe men were added in 2003 – but I have a vague memory that “F Wyles” was recorded as being killed in Afghanistan when I first visited this Church in 2009. Visiting today (27.7.2025) – there is no mention of these conflicts by name. There are five wooden plaques in total (with all names clearly engraved) situated in a neat cluster on the North interior wall of St James and All Saints Church of King’s Cliffe – immediately opposite the South Entrance:
1) WWI (1914-1918)
Upper Inscription: In Grateful Memory Of
Lower Inscription: Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Great War 1914-1918
Names:
E Beal TE Green A Saunders
H Blake H Green W Sharpe
A Burge J Harker A Sharpe
T Cave C Healey J Sharpe
L Coles D Kingston J Shrive
G Dixon A Latimore J Smith
A Edgson E Latimore L Smith
F Fitzhugh T Little E Smith
J Giddings R Miles F Walpole
T Goodwin TG Powell C Wootton
H Green C Roberts F Stanger
HV Green F Saddington
There are “35” men named on this plaque (“1”) killed during WWI.
Upper Inscription: In Grateful Memory Of
Lower Inscription: Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Great War 1914-1918
Names:
E Beal TE Green A Saunders
H Blake H Green W Sharpe
A Burge J Harker A Sharpe
T Cave C Healey J Sharpe
L Coles D Kingston J Shrive
G Dixon A Latimore J Smith
A Edgson E Latimore L Smith
F Fitzhugh T Little E Smith
J Giddings R Miles F Walpole
T Goodwin TG Powell C Wootton
H Green C Roberts F Stanger
HV Green F Saddington
There are “35” men named on this plaque (“1”) killed during WWI.
2) WWI (1914-1918)
Inscription: The Great War 1914-1918
Names:
AM Everton JH Rhodes H Sharpe
MG Mould TH Roberts JW Sharpe
GW Mountny F Rothwell WH Sharpe
CE Pestell CJ Sharpe AW Trayford
EL Weatherington
There are “13” men named on this plaque (“2”) killed during WWI.
3) WWII (1939-1945)
Inscription: 1939-1945
C Barrett M Kirby
I Broughton JW Lattimore
R Chapman TWJ Pollard
JW Giddings E Wright
There are “8” men named on this plaque (“3”) killed during WWII.
4) WWII (1939-1945)
AWS Green
There is “1” man named on this plaque (“4”) killed during WWII.
5) Iraq and Afghanistan (2001-2003)
Inscription: In Memory Of
Names:
D Pollard J Downey
F Wyles S Wakely
There are “4” men named on this plaque (“4”) killed during the Iraq-Afghanistan Conflicts.
We visited the King's Cliffe Heritage Centre on 27th July 2025 (Sunday) - and we purchased a copy of the below book, which features John William Wyles (1897-1971) of Duddington, who migrated to King's Cliffe where he was living when he joined the British Army for service during WWI.
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