No.5933481, Private, Willie George CORNWELL
Aged 40
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Born in Exning on 22nd July 1903 [Newmarket 3b:509], son of William and Mary Martha CORNWELL (née NEWMAN),of Chapel Yard, Exning. 1911 census...at 2 La Grange Place ( same house as 1901 census) were Willie [7] his father [45] a labourer in the cement works, born St Pauls Crey Kent; his mother [45] born in Bottisham and sisters Florence[14], Lily[11] and Gertrude [10], plus brothers Arthur [16], an apprentice butcher,and Bertie[4], all born in Exning. He married Winifred Mary GRIFFITHS in Newmarket in Q1-1932. Their daughter Pamela was born Q2-1933. He was once the Manager at the village Co-op Stores. It is unclear why he is not named on the Exning Memorial, but he had moved away just before the war, and they lived at 4a Fornham Road, Bury St.Edmunds. Before enlistment he was a grocer's assistant according to his Japanese PoW card. His widowed mother Mary M [17-9-1866] and invalid sister? Lily R [25-6-1899] were at 2 Grange Place, Oxford Street, Exning in the 1939 register. There are no closed records. His father apparently died in 1926. Presumably why he is named on the Bury St.Edmunds roll of honour and not on Exning War Memorial is due to his mother moving to Bury after 1939 His elder brother Arthur James CORNWELL was killed in action in WW1, see here |
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originally buried in Tamakan Main cemetery, he was re-buried on 29th January 1946 click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
