Roll of Honour - Lincolnshire

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Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

SS. PETER AND PAUL CHURCH, BELCHFORD WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
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On the north wall of the nave is a framed and glazed calligraphic document (signed Rosi Baxter 2008) commemorating 9 men killed in Worlde War 1.

In Memoriam
In memory of the men of Belchford
who fell in the Great War
1914 - 1919

Private JOHN HENRY SHARP died 27.4.1915
Sherwood Forester's
Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium
Private THOMAS MOORE died 7.8.1915
6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Helles Memorial Turkey
Private EDMUND KENT died 5.12.1915
6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey
Private DAVID BURGESS died 9.11.1916
Royal Defence Corps.
Sutton-in-Ashfield Cemetery, UK
Private W JONES died 10.6.1917
14th Bn., Durham Light Infantry
Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France
Private EDWARD SMITH died 29.7.1917
King's Liverpool Regiment
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Private CHARLES CRAM died 10.4.1918
10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
Tyne Cot Memorial, Passcendaele, Belgium
Private C H DIXON died 13.6.1918
6th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Belchford, UK
Private W CARTER died 23.10.1918
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Amerval Communal Cemetery, Solesmes, France
THEIR NAMES
LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE

Above it is a white stone tablet with incised black lettering, commemorating 4 men killed in World War 2.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
L/B. JOHN WILLIAM BONNER R.A.
MIDDLE EAST FORCES
14TH JULY 1945 AGED 40 YEARS.
AC. JACK BRADER R.A.F.
MIDDLE EAST FORCES (EL ALAMEIN)
12TH JUNE 1942 AGED 21 YEARS.
RIFLEMAN EDWARD PRESTON LITTLEWORTH
CAMERONIANS BURMA
19TH APRIL 1942 AGED 20 YEARS
AB. FRANK ROWLETT
H.M.S./M TIGRIS
10TH MARCH 1943 AGED 20 YEARS

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

1914-1919

BURGESS	David	Private 38127, Royal Defence Corps. Died in hospital Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 9 November 1916, age 49. Born 1868, bpt 20 February 1868 Belchford, son of Francis and Martha (née Coney) Burgess of Belchford. Husband of Margaret (née Bills) Burgess of 118 St Michael's St, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Father of George, Martha Jane, Alexander, Alice, David & Margaret. Previous service 1885-1897 with Lincolnshire Regiment in Ireland, India, Singapore. Pre-war occupation waggoner on farm. Buried in Grave A.J.1218, Sutton-in-Ashfield Cemetery.
CARTER	William	Private 70083, 1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 23 October 1918, age 27. Born 1891 Humby, Lincs, son of William & the late Sarah (née Baxter) Carter; husband of Mabel (née Strawson) Carter, of Hawthorn Cottage, Belchford. Pre-war occupation waggoner on farm. Buried in Grave D.26, Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension, Solesmes, France
CRAM	Charles Arthur	Private 40135, 10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment Killed in action 10 April 1918, age 26. Born 1891, bpt 17 January 1892 Ulceby, Lincs, son of John and Charlotte (née Ladley) Cram of Belchford. Pre-war occupation groom on farm. Commemorated on Panel 75 to 77 Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
DIXON	Charles Henry	Private 48000, 6th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment [SDGW says 6th Bn. Yorkshire Hussars]. Died of wounds 13 June 1918, Dorset County Hospital, age 19. Born 1898 Dalby, nr Spilsby, Lincs, son of Edward and Jane Elizabeth (née Shaw) Dixon, of Hagworthingham, Spilsby. Buried in St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Belchford.
JONES	William Aloysius	Private 43967, 14th Bn. Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 10 June 1917. Born 1889 Skipton. Yorks, son of Alfred & Jane (née Wright) Jones. Husband of Phoebe (née Froggatt) Jones, of Whitehall Cottage, Belchford, father of Ronald, Wilfred and Alfred. Enlisted December 1915 at Pontefract. Pre-war occupation boot repairer. Buried in Grave I. R. 16, Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France
KENT	Edmund	Private 15631, 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 5 December 1915, age 31, Gallipoli. Born 1884, bpt 7 September 1884 Belchford. Son of William & the late Mary Ann (née Brown) Kent of Belchford. Pre-war occupation farm labourer. Buried in Grave I.E.1, Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey
MOORE	Thomas	Private 13643, 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment Killed in action 7 August 1915, age 22, Gallipoli. Born 1893 Skegness, Lincs, son of John William & Martha Ann (née Cheeseman) Moore of Woodbine House, Belchford. Pre-war occupation carpenter's labourer. Commemorated on Panel 45 to 47 Helles Memorial Turkey.
SHARP	John Henry	Private 2639, 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action 27 April 1915. Born 1886 Waddingworth, Lincs, son of Charles Henry & Sarah Ellen (née Burgess) Sharp. Pre-war occupation dyer. Buried in Grave E.39, Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium
SMITH	Edward	Private 50211, 19th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action 29 July 1917. Born 1898 Belchford, son of Charles & Ann (née Cross) Smith. Pre-war occupation farm worker. Commemorated on Panel 4, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
1939-1945
BONNER	James William	[Note: John on memorial is at variance with birth reg and casualty record]Lance Bombardier 1778047, 10 Bty. 7 H.A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery. Died 14 July 1945, age 40. Buried in St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Belchford. Son of Frederick Abraham and Edith Annie (née Field) Bonner; husband of Clarice Annie (née Ramm) Bonne, of Belchford.
BRADER	Jack	Aircraftman 1st Class 927590, 108 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died of wounds following enemy air raid on his base in Egypt, 12 June 1942, age 21. Born 1921 Belchford, son of Walter and Mabel (née Parkin) Brader of Belchford. Buried in Grave XVIII. G. 23, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt.
LITTLEWORTH	Edward Preston Levi	Rifleman 3252550, 1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Reported missing 19 April 1942.believed to have died of wounds, Burma, age 22. Born 1920 Horncastle, Lincs, son of Edward and Mary Alice Kate (née Jacklin) Littleworth of Belchford. Commemorated at Face 10, Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar.
ROWLETT	Frank	Able Seaman C/JX 279122, H.M. Submarine Tigris, Royal Navy. Reported missing 10 March 1943, when Tigris failed to return to port; presumed killed in action 27 February 1942 when submarine believed to have been sunk by German submarine chaser UJ 2210. Born 25.1.1923, son of Arthur Benjamin and Ivy Emily (Gerty) (née Des Forges) Rowlett, of Belchford. Commemorated at69, 3.Chatham Naval Memorial.

Last updated 3 October, 2023

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