ADCOCK |
Alfred
Pinder |
Sapper
275365. 268th Railway Coy, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 12th
October 1917, aged 28 years. Son of John George and Elizabeth Adcock
of Digby, husband of Edith Annie Adcock of Beck Side, Digby, Lincs.
Commemorated ST SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, Rouen. P.III.F.12B. |
BAKER |
John |
Gunner
96383, "C" Battery, 311th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died 15th May 1918. Aged 28. Born and enlisted Sheffield. Son of
John and Alice Baker of Church Street, Digby. Buried in AUBIGNY
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, France. Plot IV. Row K. Grave 7. |
BAUMBER |
William |
Private
4768. 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 23rd
April 1916, aged 27 years. Son of Mrs M.A Baumber of 8 Brook Side,
Digby, Lincs. Born Digby, enlisted Lincoln and resident Digby, Lincs.
Commemorated AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERT EXTENSION. I.A.60. |
BAUMBER |
Walter |
Private
27109. 1st Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment, formerly 23654 Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action 9th April 1917, aged 32 years. Son of
William ands Mary Ann Baumber of 8 Brook Side, Digby, Lincs. Born
Digby, Lincs and enlisted Newark, Notts. Commemorated MINDEL TRENCH
BRITISH CEMETERY. St Laurent-Blangy. B.6. |
BLAKEWELL |
John |
Private
DM2/165890. MT Reinforcements, Royal Army Service Corps. Died East
Africa 9th January 1917. Born Rowston, Lincs, enlisted Doncaster,
Yorks and resident Lincoln, Lincs. Commemorated DODOMA CEMETERY.
I.G.10. |
BLOY |
Bertie |
L/Corporal.
2/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 29th September
1917, aged 22 years. Son of George Henry Boy of High Street, Digby,
Lincs and brother of Charles Dixon Bloy. Born Digby, enlisted Lincoln
and resident Digby, Lincs. Commemorated MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.
VI.F.22. |
BLOY |
Charles
Dixon |
Private
42424. 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died 3rd March 1919,
aged 20 years. Son of George Henry Boy of High Street, Digby, Lincs
and brother of Bertie Bloy. Commemorated BROOKWOOD (United Kingdom
1914 - 1918) MEMORIAL. |
CREASEY |
Thomas
Francis |
Corporal
22717. 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action
9th October 1917, aged 28 years. Husband of Mary Creasey of Digby,
Lincs. Born North Kyme and enlisted Lincoln, Lincs. Commemorated
POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY. III.B.18. |
CROSS |
George |
Sergeant
36380. 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, formerly 23304 Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action 22nd March 1918. Born Digby, enlisted
Ruskington, Lincs and resident March, Cambs. Commemorated POZIERES
MEMORIAL. Panel 29 and 30. |
DENTON |
Frederick
[George] |
[Listed
as 1st Battalion on Mmeorial] Private 16104, 3rd Battalion, Lincolnshire
Regiment. Died in United Kingdom 18th May 1915. Aged 33. Born Netheringham,
enlisted Lincoln, resident new Leake. Husband of Susannah Elizabeth
Denton, of "The Rookery," East Fen, New Leake, Boston.
Buried in SCARTHO ROAD CEMETERY, GRIMSBY, Lincolnshire. Grave 41.
B. 15. |
GILL |
Harry |
Private
A/36117. 4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Died 26th May 1916, aged 29 years. Son of Joseph and Louisa Gill
of North Street, Digby. Lincs. Commemorated CHESTER FARM CEMETERY.
II.B.3. |
HARVEY |
George
Henry |
L/Corporal
15192. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st
July 1917, aged 22 years. Son of Henry Alfred and Mary Ann Harvey
of Rowston Lane, Digby. Born Sleaford, enlisted Lincoln and resident
Digby, Lincs. Commemorated YPRES (Menin Gate) MEMORIAL. Panel 21. |
HOWSAM |
Harry |
Corporal
9146. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th
May 1915, aged 22 years. Brother of Edith Stephenson of Ashby de
la Launde, Lincs. Born Horncastle, enlisted Lincoln and resident
Digby, Lincs. Commemorated PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL. Panel 3. |
NORTH |
H
J |
Private,
Lincs Reg on memorial. Possibly Harry Johnson North. Private 235433.
1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly 204711 Sherwood Foresters
(Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action 14th March 1918. Born
Thornton, enlisted Nottingham and resident Newark, Notts. Commemorated
HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY. XIV.J.15. |
SUMNER |
Cecil |
L/Corporal
201273. 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds received
by bomb from enemy aeroplane on 22nd October 1917, aged 21 years.
Third son of Charles and Emma Sumner of 42 North Street, Digby,
Lincs. Born and enlisted Digby, Lincs. Commemorated BETHUNE TOWN
CEMETERY. VI.G.73. |
SUMNER |
Frank
Potterton |
Private
M/316489. Royal Army Service Corps (MT). Died of Pneumonia at Military
Hospital, Wareham, Dorset on 19th April 1918, aged 20 years. Fourth
son of Charles and Emma Sumner of Westholme, Digby, Lincs. Enlisted
Sleaford and resident Digby, Lincs. Commemorated DIGBY (St Thomas
Becket) CHURCHYARD. |
WATSON |
Alfred |
Private
G/19463. 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, formerly 83292
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action
12th October 1917 10th October on parents headstone), aged 33 years.
Son of Trafford and Mary Ann Watson. Born Horncastle, Lincs, enlisted
and resident Nottingham, Notts. Commemorated TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Panel 106 to 108. |
WELLS-COLE |
William
Francis |
2nd
Lieutenant. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
31st July 1917, aged 19 years. Eldest son of William Francis and
Ellen Slorey Wells-Cole of Lincs. Born Sedgeford, Norfolk. Educated
The Flagons School, Oxford, Oxf and (The Priory)Repton (Derbyshire?).
Passed into RMC Sandhurst in 1915.Commemorated YPRES (Menin Gate)
MEMORIAL. Panel 21. |
WINTER |
Ernest
Ewart |
Private
27325. 1st Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds 14th
October 1916. Sixth son of Mr and Mrs J. Winter. Born Norringby
(Dorrington?) and enlisted Sleaford, Lincs. Commemorated THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL. Pier and Face 5D and 12B. |
WINTER |
George
Pacey |
Private
6853. 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died at Casualty Clearing
Station, France on 21st November 1918, aged 29 years on headstone.
Fourth son of Mr and Mrs J Winter, brother of Ernest Ewart Winter.
Commemorated CAUDRY BRITISH CEMETERY. |
Digby
Roll of Honour |
ADCOCK |
Alfred |
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ARDEN |
Thomas
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ASH |
Harry |
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ASH |
Robert |
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BAILEY |
Victor |
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BAKER |
Arthur |
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BAKER |
Charles |
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BAKER |
Harry |
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BAKER |
John |
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BAUMBER |
Arthur |
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BAUMBER |
John |
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BAUMBER |
Thomas |
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BAUMBER |
Walter |
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BAUMBER |
William |
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BLAKEWELL |
John |
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BLOY |
Bert |
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BLOY |
Charles |
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BLOY |
William |
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CARR |
Harry |
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CHAMBERS |
Forster |
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CHAMBERS |
George |
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COX |
Charles
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CREASY |
Thomas
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DENTON |
Frederick |
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FEATHERSTONE |
Alfred |
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GILL |
Harry |
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GILL |
Herbert |
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GILL |
Thomas |
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GRAVES |
Charles
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GRESWELL |
Fred |
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GRESWELL |
Harry |
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HARVEY |
George |
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HARVEY |
Thomas
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HAYES |
Archibald |
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HAYES |
Eric |
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HOUSAM |
Harry |
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JOHNSON |
Christopher |
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KING |
John |
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KING |
Lucy
Caroline |
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MADDISON |
Samuel |
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MILLER |
B
E |
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NORTH |
George |
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POTTERTON |
George |
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SARDERSON |
Charles
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SKELTON |
Joe |
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SKINNER |
Robert |
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SNOWDEN |
Arthur |
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SNOWDEN |
William |
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SUMNER |
Cecil |
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SUMNER |
Charles
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SUMNER |
Frank
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SWIFT |
Albert |
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WATSON |
Albert |
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WELLS-COLE |
William
F |
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Also
in memory of those who fell in the War 1939 -1945. |
GIBSON |
John
Ethelbert |
Leading
Aircraftman 1078803. Royal Air Force VR. Died 1st march 1945, aged
33 years. Son of Herbert and Marion Ethel Gibson of Digby, Lincs.
Commemorated IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY. 6.J.1. |
HANSON |
Sidney |
Possibly
Sick Berth Attendant C/MX64853. HMS Achates, Royal Navy. Died 31st
December 1942, aged 25 years. Husband of Audrey Hanson of North
Shields, Northumberland. Commemorated CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL. 64.1. |
SUMNER |
Frank
Stanley |
Private
14693427. 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 7th September
1944, aged 18 years. Son of Charles L and Hilda Sumner of Digby,
Lincs. Commemorated SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY. II.D.22. |
THURLBY |
Lucius
Thorpe |
Pilot
Officer (Air Bomber) 52222. 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died
18th October 1943, aged 23 years. Son of Joseph and Annie Maria
Thurlby of Digby, Lincs. Commemorated HANOVER WAR CEMETERY. 4.D.15. |
WILSON |
Harry |
Unable
to identify CWGC. No further information currently |
On
Active Service |
ADCOCK |
George |
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BAXTER |
Derek |
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BAXTER |
Leslie |
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BLACKBAND |
Eric |
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BLACKBAND |
Harold |
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BROWN |
Arthur |
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BURDALL |
Frank |
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BURDALL |
Ivan |
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BYLETT |
Walter |
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CHAMBERS |
Robert |
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CLARK |
George |
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DIMBLEBY |
Thomas |
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DOUGHTY |
Leslie |
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DOUGHTY |
Sidney |
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DUTTON |
Albert |
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FISHER |
Walter |
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GIBSON |
John |
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GIBSON |
Leonard |
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GRESSWELL |
Eric |
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HANSON |
Sidney |
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HODSON |
Sidney |
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KIRTON |
Kenneth |
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KIRTON |
Maurice |
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KIRTON |
Raymond |
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LAMB |
John
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PHILLIPS |
George |
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ROOKE |
Francis |
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SKELTON |
Kenneth |
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SKELTON |
Walter |
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SKINNS |
Eric |
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SUMNER |
Charles
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SUMNER |
Frank |
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SUMNER |
Kenneth |
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TASKER |
Eric |
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TASKER |
Fred |
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TEMPLEMAN |
William |
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THURLBY |
Lucius |
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WILSON |
Lewis |
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WILSON |
Lily |
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WILSON |
Norman |
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WOOD |
Lewis
(Junr) |
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WOOD |
Lewis
(Senr) |
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YORKE |
Gerald |
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King and Country |