Ernest Henry Chapman collection: Army Book 64. Soldier’s Service and Pay Book and Army Identity Certificate.
Wendy Roberts
Photographs of wartime activities of men and women of Trumpington during the Second World War, 1939-1945.
These photographs illustrate some of the wartime activities of the men and women of Trumpington during the Second World War, 1939-1945. They include photographs and reports from local Cambridge newspapers, such as ‘Independent Press and Chronicle’ [I.P.&C.]. For information about the stories behind the photographs, see the page Trumpington and World War 2: Text and the spreadsheet ‘ Trumpington Men and Women and World War 2 ‘.
1926
Crowson, George Albert.
I.P.&C. Friday 18 October 1940, p.15
Sheldrick, Ernest Reginald.
I.P.&C. 11 Oct 1940 p.2
Damaged Buildings, 17 & 19 Barrow Road.
I.P.&C. Friday 18 October 1940, p.14
First Aid Post Opening.
I.P.&C. 27 December 1940, p.10
1941
Ash, Stanley G., Headstone, Belfast City Cemetery.
Two crew members of H.M.S. La Malouine killed during the Belfast blitz.
https://www.ww2ni.com/greater-belfast-part-7
Creek, Jack Neville.
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/Trumpington.html
Pendlebury, John Devitt Stringfellow, in 1934.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pendlebury
Above: Wilson, Ernest. I.P.&C. 31 Jan 1941 p.9
Left: Poster 1941, source: Percy Seeby.
1942
Angell, Alexander.
I.P.&C. 17 April 1942, p.13
Chapman, Margaret.
I.P.&C. 14 August 1942, p.6
Clarke, Bertram James.
I.P.&C. 3 April 1942, p.7
Duke, Robert O. W.
I.P.&C. 3 April 1942, p.7
Harris, John Corbett.
I.P.&C. 13 November 1942, p.9
Kitson, Ronald.
I.P.&C. 17 April 1942, p.13
Marshall, Gilbert George.
I.P.&C. 7 August 1942, p.5
Mayle, Alfred William.
I.P.&C. 8 May 1942, p.5
Ward, Jack.
I.P.&C. 17 April 1942, p.13
Seekings, Charles Stanley.
I.P.&C. 10 April 1942, p.9
1943
Carter, Arthur Edward.
I.P.&C. 24 September 1943, p.9
Orr, Florence Mary.
I.P.&C. 5 Nov 1943 p.6
Robinson, Percy Robert.
I.P.&C. 10 Dec 1943 p.14
1944
Farrington, Brian Thomas.
Left: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56461788/brian-thomas-farrington
Right: Memorial on parent’s headstone at Trumpington Churchyard Extension
Harradine, Francis B.
I.P.&C. 9 June 1944 p.3
Medhurst, Marjorie Joan.
I.P.&C. 15 Sept 1944 p.9
Price, Sidney.
I.P.&C. 2 June 1944 p.9
Scott, Walter Mostyn.
I.P.&C. 11 Aug 1944 p.11
White, Victor Charles.
I.P.&C. 2 June 1944, p.9
Group of Italian prisoners, understood to be in Trumpington
Camp, including Vittorio Prati (second from right in the
front row) and Camp pass giving permission for Vittorio Prati to be absent from Trumpington Camp, 15 September 1944. Cristina Prati, 2013.
See Vittorio Prati page.
1945
Chapman, Ernest Henry and colleagues in Rangoon, 1945.
Chapman, Ernest Henry’s Invitation to Trumpington Homecoming Social and Trumpington Homecoming Fund Gift Card.
Goodwin, Stanley Harold.
I.P.&C. Friday 14 December 1945, p.7
Goodwin, Stanley Harold.
Left: Wooden cross marking the mass grave at Buddhist monastery in Mewaing, 1946. (https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/in-remembrance-wwii-descendants-seek-closure-in-yangon)
Above: Memorial at Taukkyan War Cemetery, 2016. (http://aircrewremembered.com/smith-harold.html)
1946
Hall, Elizabeth Rosemary.
I.P.&C. 29 March 1946 p.6
Spalding, Donald George.
I.P.&C. 28 June 1946 p.3
1948
German Prisoners of War, 1948.
Above: “A Cambridge University course for German Prisoners-of-war was being held at in 1948: listening to the opening lecture … at St John’s College. About 200 prisoners attended this six-week course organised by the Board of Extra Mural Studies in 1948 …”.
Left: “While the special course for German Prisoners-of-war was being held at Cambridge University in 1948, the prisoners were moved to a special camp at Trumpington”.
Cambridgeshire Collection, Cambridge Central Library. Reference Y.Tru.K48.
2014
Trumpington War Memorial, Remembrance Sunday, 9 November 2014.
Above: The original inscription to World War 2, unveiled on 9 November 1947.
Left: The wreath in memory of Lieutenant Jack Creek underneath the newly added inscription commemorating ‘Jack Creek’.
c. 1967
Remembrance Day c. 1967. British Legion Chairman, Stanley Newell, laying wreath at the War Memorial on Remembrance Day. Newell Family collection.
1949
Harry James and Ellen Newell in 1949. Harry in his Special Constable uniform. Newell Family collection.
Cambridge News, November 1962
Obituary extract – Harry James Newell, died 11 November 1962
“He commenced business in the Old Pound building in the High Street just about 40 years ago and his workshop in the rear was removed from the Royal Show site (now known as Barrow Road) in 1922.
Harry was born in Cambridge. He served in the Army Service Corps and was with the supply units at the Battle of the Somme. For something like 35 years he was a Special Constable and served in the War Reserve.
His generous nature and service to the community found its field in the local branch of the British Legion and here he was able to do good work in an assuming way without reward and with very little acknowledgement.”
1947
Unveiling of the new inscription on the Trumpington War Memorial by Major E. Saville Peck, D.L. (Cambridgeshire Regt. T.), with Rev. T. Young to his left, 9 November 1947. Newell Family collection.
Newell, Stanley James. Serving in R.E.M.E. in Kalyan, India, 1945. Newell Family collection.
Newell, Stanley James, R.A.O.C. In Durban, South Africa, en route to El Alamein, 1942. Newell Family collection.
Memorial to Captain John Pendlebury, on reverse of sign at entrance to Trumpington Parish Churchyard.
1929
Trumpington Church School, Group III, 1926. Boys: D. Freestone, G. Wilson, J. Gillingham, T. Green, B. Clarke, P. Wilson, B. Chamberlain, G. Marshall, H. Chamberlain//Girls: A. Benton, D. Howard, D. Frost, K. Green, I. Wilson, E. Wilson, N. Poole, B. Porter, M. Andrews//Boys: T. Mansfield, J. Darling, J. Shepherd, M. Kefford, S. Newell, B. Medhurst, E. Chapman, S. Price. Headmaster: Mr P.R. Robinson. Teacher: Miss Burgess.
A number of these boys appear in the WW2 notes, photographs and spreadsheet. Newell Family collection.
1940
Trumpington Church School. Gardening Class, 1929. Standing: E. King, M. Spiller, F. Seekings, A. Seekings, A. Dockerill, R. Sheldrick, R. Kitson, D. Darling, R. Mynott, J. Plummer. Seated: S. White, D. Benton, C. Spencer, F. Webb, H. Burbridge. A number of these boys appear in the WW2 notes, photographs and spreadsheet. Newell Family collection.
Angell, Alexander. Headstone at Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan. Photograph taken by Paul Murray, 2017.
Carter, Jack Rupert. Source:
https://www.myheritage.com/names/jack_carter
Image of the initial grave site of Lt Jack Creek at Sidi Barrani Italian military cemetery. Cambridge City Council, South Area Committee decision note, 23 June 2014.
https://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/documents/s24817/Trumpington_LT%20Jack%20Creek%20Decision%20Note.pdf
See separate page with a photograph of a g roup of Civil Defence Service men and women in the courtyard in front of the entrance to Anstey Hall, c. 1941.