The Guildhall and Roll of Honour
In the entrance of the Guildhall on Market Square there is a Roll of Honour to remember those who died on the battlefields in World War I. When the war ended in 1918 the bells of Great St Mary’s on Market Square rang out across the city and local citizens rejoiced. The Roll of Honour at Cambridge Guildhall names the 1,414 local men who lost their lives in battle, a sacrifice that the city has never forgotten. The residents of Cambridge experienced violence and hunger during the First World War, whilst local women and children had to take on lots of new responsibilities.