Virtual Books of Remembrance
Alex Chilvers was killed in the early hours of Sunday, (June 22, 2008) in the centre of March. Alex was knocked down by a car in front of the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society in Broad Street at around 12.30am. He was taken to Peterborough District Hospital with serious injuries but died later that day.
Tributes for Alex can be read or left here »
Openly gay journalist and broadcaster David Self - who famously wrote the questions for ITV's Sale of the Century and who took part in one of the country's first civil ceremonies for gay couples - has died. Mr Self, 67, had been battling liver disease and cancer for sometime: his partner Majid Jawad described it as "not a nice death".
Tributes for David can be read or left here »
Kevin Young, 54, was killed whilst taking part in a regatta organised by a fellowship of flying Rotarians when the Tampico single engine plane plunged into a ravine on Sunday June 1, 2008.
Tributes for Kevin can be read or left here »
Beverly Owen, wife of the former Mayor of March Councillor Kit Owen, died in hospital on Thursday, May 22, 2008. It is believed Mrs Owen had been on a life support machine in Peterborough Hospital after collapsing on Wednesday while shopping in Tesco.
Tributes for Beverly can be read or left here »
On February 20, 2008 Charlotte Walker, aged 9, died after the car she was travelling in with her mother, plunged down the steep banks of a Fenland drain
Tributes for Charlotte can be read or left here »
Young mum Stephanie Ward, of Leverington, and her four-year-old daughter Samantha Ford were killed when they were hit by a car whilst out trick or treating in 2007 with a friend and her daughter riding a horse.
Tributes for Stephanie and Samantha can be viewed or posted online here »
On August 13, 2007 Jacqueline Jane Fletcher, 39, and daughter Danielle Louise, 13, from Murrow, died when they were hit in a two-vehicle collision whilst walking their dog.
Tributes for Jackie and Danielle can be viewed or posted online here »
The Fallen Heroes pictured below represent the tragic human cost of the British Forces campaign in Afghanistan
since October 2001 and the conflict in Iraq since March 2003.
Servicemen from Cambridgeshire who have given their lives in active service in Afghanistan include Flight Sergeant Gerard Bell
from Ely who died in September, 2006, aged 48. Click on Gerard's photo to add your memories or messages of support to his tribute page.
In Iraq the fallen heroes include:
Fusilier Kelan Turrington, from Haslingfield, who became one of the youngest soldiers to die in the
conflict when he was killed in April, 2003, aged 18. Click on Kelan's photo to add your memories or messages of support to his tribute page.
Trooper Lee Fitzsimmons, from Peterborough, who was one of two SAS soldiers killed when a Puma helicopter crashed in Iraq on 20 November, 2007. Click on Lee's photo to add your memories or messages of support to his tribute page.
To discover more about the lives behind the statistics, add your own memories or messages of support, simply
click on any of the photos below or visit Lasting Tribute.