Roll of Honour - Lincolnshire - Goulceby All Saints and Asterby

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GOULCEBY, ALL SAINTS, AND ASTERBY WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Bill Ball 2022

On the south wall of the porch is a metal plaque in a wooden frame, engraved with names of 6 men killed in WW1. In the church can be found extensive documentation on these men and those who survived, much of it based on contemporary reports in the local paper (The Horncastle News and South Lindsey Advertiser). The details below rely heavily on this research, which may also be found at https://asterby-goulceby.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/parish-information/asterby-goulceby-remembers/1

Erected November 2018 to mark the Armistice Centenary
and in remembrance of those young men with Asterby and
Goulceby connections who gave their lives in WW1

Pt Moses Griffin d. 29th Nov 1915
Pt William Smith d. 17th Feb 1916
L/C Percy Stubbs d. 1st July 1916
Pt Bertram Blades d. 4th Feb 1917
Eng. Albert Clayton d. 30th May 1917
Pt Albert Holland d. 24th March 1918

LEST WE FORGET

"For King and Country"

BLADES	Bertram Harrison	Private 27359, 1st Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), previously 1256, 5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 February 1917, age 24. Born 1892, bpt 9.10.12 Horncastle, Lincs, son of James & Annie (née Harrison Hales) Blades. Brought up by grandparents Benjamin & Ellen Harrison of Asterby, Lincs. Attested to Territorial Force, Lincs Regt May 1911, occupation labourer. Became regular soldier Aug 1914, transferred to final regiment Sep 1916. Commemorated at Pier and Face 5D and 12B, Thiepval Memorial, France, and in Scamblesby St Martin's.
CLAYTON	Albert Ernest Wade	Engineman 1353ES Royal Naval Reserve. Died 30 May 1917 age 37 when H.M. Trawler "Ina Williams" was mined and sank off Berehaven, Co. Cork, Ireland. Born 11 Jan 1880, Kirkby la Thorpe, Sleaford, Lincs, eldest son of Christopher and Sarah (née Metcalfe) Clayton of Asterby. Husband of Alice Laura (née Day) Clayton. Commemorated at Chatham Naval Memorial 26, and at Grimsby St James.
GRIFFIN	Moses	Private 13508, 6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 29 Nov 1915, Gallipoli, age 29. Born 1886 Goulceby, bpt 22 May 1887 Asterby, son of Moses and Mary Ann (née Bocock) Griffin, of Roughton, Woodhall Spa, Lincs. Pre-war occupation farm waggoner. Buried in Grave I.D.8, Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey. Also commemorated at Hemingby St Margaret, and Roughton, St Margaret
HOLLAND	Albert Edward	Private 49407, 10th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action in France 24 March 1918, age 19. Born 1898 Lincoln, son of Henry and Mary Elizabeth (née Welbourne) Holland of Hainton House, Eastgate, Louth, Lincs. Enlisted at Louth. Commemorated at Bay 3 and 4, Arras Memorial, France.
SMITH	William	Private 9/13817, 7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 17 February 1916. Born 1884 Withcall, Lincs, son of James & Lucy (née Buffam) Smith. Pre-war occupation waggoner on farm. Buried in Grave II.B.41, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Also commemorated in Louth Methodist Church and (with his brother Ernest) on Tathwell War Memorial.
STUBBS	Percy	Lance Corporal 324, 10th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916, age 24, at Battle of the Somme. Born 1891 Saltfleetby, Lincs, only child of the late Henry Stubbs of Saltfleetby and Mrs Eliza (née Heaton) Stubbs of Edenholme, Victoria Rd, Mablethorpe, Lincs. Enlisted Mablethorpe, pre-war occupation hairdresser. Commemorated at Pier and Face 1C, Thiepval Memorial, France, on the Mablethorpe War Memorial and in St Mary's Church Mablethorpe.

Last updated 22 August, 2024

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