
BRACEBRIDGE
HEATH WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled
and Copyright © Bill Ball 2010
The
memorial is located at the junction of Grantham and Sleaford roads,
standing on Grantham Road, Bracebridge Heath, NorthKevesten, Lincolnshire.
It takes the form of a two stepped square base surmounted by two stepped
plinth, a tapered shaft and a stone cross witht he incised inscription
on first face f the plinth. It was unveiled and dedicated March 1921.
There 15 names listed for World War 1 and nine for World War 2.
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Photograph
Copyright © Bill Ball 2010
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To
the Glorious Memory of the men from
Bracebridge Heath, who lost their lives
in the Great War
1914 - 1918.
Faithful
unto Death
[N.W.
lower panel] |
Capt.
S. F. BROWN. |
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Lieut.
P.W. GRANTHAM. |
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Sergt.
H.B. GREENSMITH. |
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Sergt.
K. McLAVERTY. |
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L Cpl.
F. DALTON. |
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L Cpl.
G. BAYES. |
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Pte.
J. BRACKENBURY. |
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Pte.
J.T. CLARRICOATES. |
[S.E.
lower panel] |
Pte.
J. COMRIE. |
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Pte.
C. CREASEY. |
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Pte.
A. GIBBONS. |
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Pte.
J. NORTON. |
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Pte.
F. PATRICK. |
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Pte.
C. SIMMONDS. |
1939
– 1945 |
[N.W.
upper panel] |
Cpl.
R.A. BEAN. |
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Pte.
K.T. DALEY. |
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Gnr.
A.N. PATRICK. |
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Lieut.
H.G. BARNWELL |
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F/Lt.
F.J.J. CHAMPION. |
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Sergt.
A.A. TAYLOR. |
[S.E.
upper panel] |
Tpr.
W.H. SUCKLING. |
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Spr.
R.A. SWAIN. |
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Pte.
J.H. WABY. |
1914-1918
BAYES |
G |
Probably
BAYES, George Albert Lance Corporal 241494 5th Bn. Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action 26/9/1917, age 23, Belgium. Born Willingham-by-Stow,
Lincs, son of George and Sarah Jane (née Williams) Bayes, of Potter
Hill Farm, North Collingham, Newark, Notts. Pre-war occupation farm
servant. Commemorated on Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A. Tyne Cot
Memorial, and in St Peter's, Doddington. |
BRACKENBURY |
John |
Private
203113, 4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 5/1/1918 Edinburgh,
age 27. Awarded M M. Born 1890 Cherry Willingham, Lincs (CWGC has
Broxholme, Lincs, birth register has surname Brackenbrow), son of
Charles and Maria (née Wright) Brackenbury. Pre-war occupation farm
waggoner. Buried in Grave M. 151, Lincoln (Canwick Road) Cemetery. |
BROWN |
Sidney
Frederick |
Captain,
21st Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps. Died 21/7/1917, age 21. Born 1896
bpt 31/8/1896 Bracebridge, son of Frederick and Florence (née Jenkinson)
Brown, of Sandfield House, Cross Cliff Hill, Lincoln. Buried in
Grave XLV. B. 4, Tyne Cot Cemetery. |
CLARRICOATES
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John
Thomas |
[CWGC
has mis-spelling Clarricoats] Private 21514, 3rd Bn. Lincolnshire
Regiment. Died 18/5/1916 Grimsby. Buried in Bracebridge (All Saints)
Churchyard. Born 1896 Scopwick Heath, Lincs, son of George & Hannah
(née Thorpe) Clarricoates. Enlisted 1915, prior occupation farm
labourer. |
COMRIE |
James |
Private
4064, 1st/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 9/8/1916.
Born 31/3/1881 Denny, Scotland, pre-war occupation professional
footballer for Third Lanark, Reading, Glossop, Bradford City and
Lincoln. Had worked part-time at Bracebridge Asylum. Commemorated
on Panel 8 and 12, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. |
CREASEY |
Charles |
Private
19378, 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds 6/11/1918, age
32. Born 30/6/1886 Walcot, Lincs. Son of Cartwright and the late
Betsy Creasey, of Bracebridge Heath; husband of Mary Ann (née Franklin)
Creasey, of 3 Cliff Cottages, Bracebridge Heath, father of Dora,
Edith, Betty. Enlisted 1915, previous occupation stoker at Bracebridge
Asylum. Previously wounded at Cambrai in Nov. 1917. Buried in Grave
III. C. 8, Awoingt British Cemetery. Also commemorated in Walcot
Church. |
DALTON |
Fred(erick) |
Lance
Corporal 21279, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
11/4/1917 Born Welton le Wold, Lincs, 1890, son of Edward & Susannah
(née Hudson) Dalton of Louth. Enlisted Lincoln. Buried in Special
Memorial 65, Wancourt British Cemetery. Also commemorated on Louth
WM. |
GIBBONS |
Arthur |
Private
25669, 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards. Died 2/8/1917, age 27. Born 20/11/1890,
bpt 6/3/1892 Bracebridge Heath, son of Benjamin and Annie (née Mitchell)
Gibbons of Bracebridge Heath. Pre-war occupation horse driver for
building contractor. Buried in Grave III. E. 21, Mendinghem Military
Cemetery. |
GRANTHAM |
William
Percy |
Lieutenant,
5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Date of Death: 26/9/1916. Born 1893,
son of Samuel and the late Bessie Kezia Grantham of St. Winifred's,
Cross O'Cliffe Hill, Bracebridge. Enlisted June 1915. Pre-war occupation
insurance clerk. Buried in Grave XXXVI. B. 1, Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Note: Initials reversed on memorial compared to CWGC and birth register.
Also commemorated on main Lincoln WM and at Lincoln St Catherine. |
GREENSMITH |
Herbert
Butler |
Corporal
201227, B Coy. 1st/4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
2/8/1917, age 23. Born 17/10/1894 bpt 18/11/1894 Ladybridge, Babworth,
Notts,. Son of Clara Greensmith, late of Brant Broughton, Newark;
husband of Dora (née Massey) Greensmith, of 14 Waddington Rd., Bracebridge
Heath. Pre-war occupation baker's assistant. Buried in Grave I.
V. 6, Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe. |
McLAVERTY |
Kenneth |
Sergeant
6047, 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 9/8/1915 ,
Gallipoli. Born c1884 (?Barnet, Herts but not in Birth Register),
husband of Olive Mary (née Whatmough) McLaverty. Enlisted Stamford,
pre-war occupation soldier. Commemorated on Panel 44 to 46, Helles
Memorial. |
NORTON |
J |
Private.
No further information currently available |
PATRICK |
Frederick |
Private
12844, 7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 26/12/1917.
Born Bracebridge, 1894, son of John & the late Annie (née Footitt)
Patrick. Pre-war occupation labourer. Commemorated on Bay 3 and
4., Arras Memorial. |
SIMMONDS |
C |
Private.
No further information currently available |
1939-1945 |
BARNWELL |
Herbert
Grahame |
Second
Lieutenant 265949, 33 Tank Bde. Workshops, Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers. Died 6/6/1943, age 29. Son of Stephen Donald
and Alice Margaret Barnwell; husband of Marjorie (née Lee) Barnwell,
of Bracebridge Heath. Buried in Bracebridge (All Saints) Churchyard. |
BEAN |
Ronald
Arthur |
Corporal
1015591, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 31/12/1945, age
28. Born 29/10/1917 Lincoln, son of Hastewell Foster Bean and Laura
(née Chambers) Bean; husband of Margaret Kathleen (née Fletcher)
Bean, of Chaldon, Surrey. Pre-war occupation bus driver. Buried
in Grave 6. B. 16, Kiel War Cemetery. |
CHAMPION,
DFM |
Frederick
John Joseph |
Flight
Lieutenant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) 138801, 161 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Killed 27/11/1944, age 23 . Wireless operator of Lockheed
Hudson shot down over Luxembourg while on SOE mission from RAF Tempsford.
Born 26/8/1921 Greenwich, son of Charles Frederick and Edith L Champion
of Greenwich; husband of Freda (née Webber) Champion, of Bracebridge
Heath. Pre-war occupation printer's compositor. Buried in Grave
X. 26. 49, Brussels Town Cemetery. |
DALEY |
K
T |
DALEY,
THOMAS KENNETH Private 4866452, 6th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
Age: 19 Date of Death: 24/04/1943 Son of Wilfred Powell Daley and
Bessie Daley, of Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire. Grave/Memorial
Reference: 16. F. 2. Cemetery: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY Birth
reg 1923Q4 Lincoln 7a, 811 Kenneth T Daley |
PATRICK |
Alwyn
Neville |
(Neville
Alwyn in birth reg) Gunner 1792060, 3 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty,
Royal Artillery. Died 17/4/1945, age 22. Born 24/3/1921, son of
Frank and Ada E (née Bates) Patrick, of Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire.
Pre-war occupation butcher. Buried in Grave 7. D. 14, Hanover War
Cemetery |
SUCKLING |
Walter
Herbert |
Trooper
7881348, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Died 19/2/1944, age 35.
Born 1908 Holbeach, Lincs, bpt 29/6/1908 Gedney Drove End, Lincs,
son of Henry and Mary Margaretta Suckling; husband of Annie (née
Stead) Suckling, of Bracebridge Heath. Buried in Grave 6. A. 16,
Klagenfurt War Cemetery. |
SWAIN |
R
A |
Sapper.
No further information currently available, not found in CWGC. |
TAYLOR |
Albert
Alvin |
Sergeant
7594813, 24 Armd. Bde. Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers. Died 31/3/1943, age 35, Tunisia. Born 1908, bpt 25/4/1908
Bracebridge Heath, son of Arthur Albert & Eliza Taylor. Buried in
Grave V. C. 22, Enfidaville War Cemetery. |
WABY |
John
Henry |
Sapper
5892386, 253 Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died 1/7/1944, age 27.
Born 31/3/1915 Lincoln, son of John Henry and Ada Waby; husband
of Dorothy (née Nicholson) Waby, of Newton Abbot, Devon. Pre-war
occupation brick worker. Commemorated on Panel 12, Column 1, Bayeux
Memorial. |
Last
updated
3 March, 2022
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