Armistice banners

Lest we forget. Today, being Armistice Day I was reminded of these Ely men who didn't make it back home. 

Last year Ouse Life did an installation in Ely Cathedral - 'To End all Wars' .  Here are some of the banners I worked on as a tribute to some of the men and indeed boys who were sadly killed in action.

Jim Pate Gent age 21 from Little Thetford

Frank Lambert age 23 painter and plumber from Waterside and a member of Ely Band

Herbet James Holiday age 19 worked as an assistant shepherd in Stuntney

William John Cheney age 26 Ely policeman

George Sutton  Bus conductor age 32

Edward Wilken, farmworker Age 22

Walter Black - Barton Road, age 29

And finally, the beautiful, optimistic face of John Leslie Pate, a bakers roundsman from Queen Adelaide who was killed in action at the age of 19

All research was from this excellent website:
From Fenland farms to Flanders Fields,  Ely and World War 1. Worth a read for the personal stories of these men and many others.