A weekend to remember
Eltisley’s Weekend of Remembrance was certainly a weekend to remember. From the celebratory ‘Street Party’, which harked back to the relief and joy of November 11th 1918, to the lighting of the village beacon and candlelit procession to the Peace Tree, members of the village and their families turned out in force to mark the […]
Merchant Navy Day
3rd September is Merchant Navy Day. While this date is most remembered as the day that WW2 commenced it is less known that, within hours of the declaration of war, the merchant vessel SS Athenia was torpedoed and with the loss of 128 lives. In the years that followed many more hundreds of merchant ships […]
Cambridgeshire Regiment Remembered
‘Cambs 876 Remembered’ is a commemorative project devised and being conducted by Eastern Region members of the Riders Branch, Royal British Legion. Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) records show that 876 Officers and Soldiers of The Cambridgeshire Regiment, who were killed during WW1, have memorials at home and abroad. The fallen are named in 208 […]
Lest We Forget DVD available!
Our Remembrance Day Concert held last November was greatly enjoyed and raised nearly £800 for the church and for the Royal British Legion. Our DVD of the evening is now available and is being similarly well received. It is in three parts: a ten minute documentary about the evening with interviews and the re-dedication of […]
Another Mystery
We were recently contacted by the Ransom family who had found among some papers this Order of Service dated June 6th, 1948. As you can see, the service was for the unveiling of the War Memorial and the Dedication of the Thanksgiving Organ, and was conducted by the Bishop of Ely, Edward Wynn. The new […]
Lest We Forget
Our Remembrance concert, organised jointly with Eltisley Parochial Church Council, was a great success with nearly 100 people – including the Cambridge University Brass Band – packed into Eltisley’s Parish Church of St Pandionia and St John the Baptist. The first part of the evening ended with a simple but moving re-dedication of the recently-restored […]
Battlefield Tour: Remembering Eltisley’s fallen 1914-1918
This 36 min documentary is a collection of readings and tributes to the men from the village of Eltisley, who went to France and Belgium and fought on the battlefields during WW1. Most of the soldiers were from the Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Suffolk and Lincolnshire Regiments. 21 members of the Eltisley History Society, including some of […]
A Mystery
A few weeks ago we were told of a really interesting discovery in someone’s family papers. Robert Kyte was looking through some documents when he came across three postcards addressed to the Hayden family at ‘The Green, Eltisley’. Robert knew nothing of Eltisley and knows of no connection between his family and the Haydens so […]
‘Remembering Eltisley’s Fallen’ wins award!
UPDATE! We have recently received an email from The Cambridgeshire Association for Local History which reads: Each year the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History makes a small number of Book Awards to the authors of the most outstanding books on the county’s history published in the preceding twelve months. I am delighted to tell you […]
Battlefield Tour May 2015
Twentyone of us – members of Eltisley History Society and friends – left on Monday 15th for a 5 day tour of the battlefields, graves and memorials where the men from Eltisley fought and in some cases died and are remembered. Staying at Arras and Ypres it was a real journey of discovery. Our expert […]