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For
Peterborough see David Gray's Peterborough
Memorial site.
For Lincolnshire see Lincolnshire
Village Memorials.
Throughout
Lincolnshire there are various memorials
and rolls of honour dedicated to those men and women
who fell in various wars. These memorials and rolls cover
many centuries in some cases, most World War One and Two.
During
any conflict there are certain acts of bravery or defiance
that are noticeable above others. For these acts citations
and medals have been awarded.
If
anybody has information for those of the Second World War,
Boer War, or the like similar to those supplied for the
First World War then I would gladly post these as well.
The
various memorials
and cemeteries maintained by the War Graves Commission
for the Western Front are described and pictured on the
Internet. There is also another site that describes
these memorials. Details of Kranji War Cemetery and
Taiping can be found on MyFarEast
website.
For
those of you with an interest in the World War 1 there is
The
British Army in the Great War, World
War 1 - Trenches on the Web, the Regimental
Warpath.
For
further reading when researching World War 1 relatives then
there is a book published by the Federation of Family History
Societies for family Historians entitled "World
War I Army Ancestry - Third Edition" by Norman Holding
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Note: Every attempt has been made to transcribe this information
accurately but there are occasions that the information
supplied is incorrect or errors occur during transcription.
We do not wish to cause offence to any families of the men
detailed here and will change the relevant information when
informed.
Also
note that places detailed on these memorials may appear
in the wrong county. This information has been transcribed
from the records given and, as the men were parochial, the
information supplied at enlistment was the view of the men
and the county they thought they resided in.
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These
pages are available for transcripts of these memorials
and rolls of honour. If you have a transcription of,
or you are willing to transcribe, a Lincolnshire memorial
or roll of honour for these pages then please contact
me, the email address is below.
Current
acknowledgements for assistance with these pages must
go to Cliff Brown, Dave Edwards, Bill Ball, Michael
Peck, Charles Anderson, Keith Wagstaff,
Alan Wilkinson and
many others - thank you all.
Thank
you,
Martin
Edwards
email:rollofhonour@fastfreenet.com |
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site is maintained solely by volunteers and is funded by them as private
individuals. This includes the purchase of photographs, books, rolls of
honour plus the running costs of the site. We have always intended to
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button. Thank you.
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you would like to donate but not on-line then cheques can be made payable
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To
gain an overview of all the towns and parishes covered
by this site, and those covered but awaiting uploading,
there is an alphabetical
index.
External
Site
Scotter
Five Beechey brothers who
were killed in the Great War who appear on
several memorials listed in hte Lincolnshire
section. Interesting to know that the Beechey
boys are the subject of a book, Brothers
In War. All eight sons of the Rev Prince
William Thomas Beechey, rector of Friesthorpe
with Snarford in Lincolnshire, served in 1914-18.
As
well as five being killed, a sixth, Christopher
Beechey, was wounded at Gallipoli and left
a virtual cripple. Samuel, the youngest of
the brothers, was sent out to face the guns
on the Western Front for the last weeks of
the war while still a teenager. He survived,
as did Eric Beechey, who was an army dentist,
although Spanish Flu almost did for him when
he returned to his wife and two young children
after more than three years in Malta and Salonika.
Strangely, the Roll of Honour in St Lawrence
Church, Snarford, omits Eric from the list
of Beechey boys who served.
Included
in the story of the Beechey sacrifice are
details from a relative who had a small brown
attaché case full of the letters they
wrote from the trenches. |
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 The
Suffolk Regiment during World War 1 contained many
men from Lincolnshire. A FAQ covering the 11th
Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment and a detailed
piece about the Battalion's ill conceived attack
on the Roeux
Chemical Works during the Arras offensive in
April 1917, the latter includes a map supplement,
can be found on Phil Curme's website. |
Some
of the cap badges
are laid out, on a separate page. |
NEWS
AND REVIEWS
This
section contains various news reports and cuttings,
old and new, with reference to the memorials in and
around Huntingdonshire. To view the section please click
here.
The
Maple Leaf Legacy Project
A Millennium Project in
Remembrance of Canada's War Dead
War
Memorials Trust
Friends
of War Memorials is a charity dedicated
to promoting awareness of the debt we owe
to those who gave their lives in the cause
of freedom, by ensuring that their memorials
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Royal
Lincolnshire Regiment Museum
The
museum, covering all aspects of Lincolnshire life, is
housed in a listed barracks built in 1857 for the Royal
Lincoln Militia and can be found as the Museum of Lincolnshire
Life, Old Bararcks, Burtonn Road, Lincoln, LN1 3LY.
A display is devoted to uniforms, medals and photographs
of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry. The collections of the
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment were moved to this museum
in 1985. The displays cover 300 years of the Regiment's
history and include sections on the American War of
Independence, the Sudan Campaign, the Boer War and the
First and Second World Wars. Other displays include
a World War 1 Tank built by William Foster & Co.
Ltd. of Lincoln. A new development at the museum recounts
the story of the Regiment through interactive displays,
computer, videos and an audio tour.
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50
and 61 Squadrons' Museum
This
museum is dedicated to Bomber command's 50 and 61 Squadrons
who operated from RAF Skellingthorpe. Items available
are photographs, memorablia and the Squadrons' Books of
Remembrance. The museum is to be found at The Lawn, Uion
Road, Lincoln.
RAF
Skellingthorpe Exhibition
The
RAF Skellingthorpe Exhibition is located in Skellingthorpe
Heritage Room, Community Centrem Lincoln Road, Skellingthorpe.
It contains an exhibition of photographs relating to the
history of this formaer World War 2 airfield and its
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Lincolnshire
Regiment Group December 1918 |
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information about soldiers who fell, were awarded medals
and more is to be found in old copies of the London
Gazette. Here is a brief resume:
The
London Gazette, first published in 1665, is the oldest,
continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom
and probably the world. The London Gazette and its sister
publications, the Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, have
a unique position in British publishing. They are official
newspapers of the Crown. The London Gazette contains
a wide range of office notices including State, Parliamentary
and Ecclesiastical notices, Transport and Planning notices
as well as Corporate and Personal Insolvency notices
to name a few. In addition, a number of Supplements
are published covering Honours and Awards, Premium Bonds,
Armed Forces Promotions and Re-gradings, Companies'
information, etc. and a Quarterly Index.
In
the 17th century, it was believed that National efficiency
depended on the intelligence received by the Crown and
that the reckless publishing of news might endanger
it. An embargo on the printing of news other than reports
of events abroad, natural disasters, Royal declarations
and sensational crime continued until 1640. This had
the effect of delaying the development of the press
in the UK. Censorship was introduced in 1643, followed
by licensing of news publications. The Gazette came
about because of two momentous events: the Great Plague
and the decision of King Charles II to remove his court
- effectively the government of the time - to Oxford.
The London Gazette started life as the Oxford Gazette
and after a few months changed to its current title.
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Last updated
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