BRATTLEBY
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled
and Copyright © Charles Anderson 2006
The
memorial for Brattleby World War 1 is in the form of two tablets fixed
to the walls either side of the access to St Cuthbert's Church. Within
the church is a further memorial to one man, Robert Guy Incledon CHICHESTER
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BRATTLEBY
VILLAGE
IN
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF YOUNG LIVES
NOBLY GIVEN IN THE
GREAT WARS
1914
- 1918 / 1939-1945
ROWELL |
Frank
William (Tim) |
Private
4804981, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 16th December
1944. Aged 25. Son of William Gadsby Rowell and Emily Mary Rowell,
of Brattleby, Lincolnshire. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados,
France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 8. |
BURR |
Selina
Mary |
Selina
was the daughter of John and Emma BURR. In the 1911 census Selina
is listed as born Brattleby Lincolnshire where she was rersident
at the time, brother Oswald, sister Isabella. Her birth was registered
in the July-September Quarter 1896 in the Lincoln Registration District
(7a 537) and her death recorded as October-December Quarter 1918,
ahed 22, in the London St Pancras Registration District (1b 285).
She is not listed on the CWGC nor in the lists of Nurses killed.
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HEATH
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Albert
Victor |
Private
28089, 1st/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action
7th July 1918. Born Brattleby, enlisted Lincoln. Formerly 11/2011,
Lincolnshire Regiment. Buried in VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 18. |
SANDERSON |
Harry |
Private
242129, 1st/5th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 17th March 1917.
Born Eagle, Lincolnshire, enlisted Lincoln. Son of Thomas and Jane
Sanderson, of Brattleby, Lincoln. Formerly 49978, Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment). Buried in HEILLY STATION
CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row C. Grave
30. |
SIMONS |
William
Henry |
Private
27067, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 29th
September 1918. Aged 34. Born Market Rasen, enlisted Lincoln. Son
of Charles and Harriett Simons, of Brattleby, Lincoln. Buried in
GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot X. Row A.
Grave 5. |
WOODFORTH |
Arthur
Joseph |
No
further information currently available |
WOODFORTH |
Walter |
No
further information currently available |
The
following is a brief description of the War Memorial, which commemorates
Capt. Guy CHICHESTER with the church of St. Cuthbert.
On the north wall of the chancel can be found a framed tiled mosaic, which
measures 610 x 380 x 20mm. It depicts St. George in a kneeling position,
with the shield of St George in top left corner, under which is the inscription
SAINT
GEORGE
IN BELOVED MEMORY OF
CAPT. GUY CHICHESTER
2 BN HIGHLAND L.I. HE FELL
NEAR YPRES 13 NOV. 1914
The above is surrounded by the words "Greater love have no man than
this that a man lay down his live for his friends"
Robert
Guy Incledon CHICHESTER captain 2nd Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry,
killed in action Friday 13th November 1914, he was the son of the late
Reverend Richard CHICHESTER of Dewsteignton, Devon and husband of Edith
of Fairlie, Ayrshire. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium .
Last
updated
9 May, 2012
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