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WELLINGORE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Charles Anderson 2007

The Wellingore war memorial is to be found in the churchyard of All Saints, Wellingore. It takes the form of a Cornish granite square wheel cross on a tapering shaft atop a tapering plinth on a concrete plinth. There are 16 names for World War 1 and 4 for World War 2. The memorial was dedicated and unveiled in 1920 at a cost of £130 raised by public subscription; the builder was Mr Fred Clarke.

Photographs Copyright © Charles Anderson 2007

IN MEMORY OF

ALDWINCKLE

Bernard

Lieutenant, 421st Howizter Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 3rd November 1918. Buried in ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY, Russia. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 8.

CHAMBERS

S

No further information currently available

CHEETHAM

George

Private 292724, 1st/7th Battalion (Territorial) (2nd/7th on CWGC), Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 24th February 1918. Enlisted Lincoln. Formerly 28133, Lincolnshire Regiment. Buried in KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY, Sudan. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 8.

ETTY

Arthur

Private 10392, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli 9th August 1915. Born Sleaford, enlisted Lincoln, resident Wellingore. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 44 to 46.

MERRYWEATHER

Joseph John

Corporal 250770, Railway Transport, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 19th May 1918. Aged 29. Enlisted London, resident Wellingore. Husband of Alice Merryweather, of Wellingore, Lincoln. Formerly 5034, Royal Army Service Corps (R.T.S.). Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 13.

MOORE

A E

No further information currently available

NEVILE

Bernard Philip

Captain, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th February 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21.

NEVILE

Hugh George

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Killed in action 21st August 1915. Aged 36. Son of Ralph H. C. and Mildred Frances Nevile, of Wellingore Hall, Lincoln. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 80 to 84 or 219 and 220.

NORTON

Thomas

Rifleman 45829, King's Royal Rifle Corps posted 6th Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles). Died 8th June 1919. Aged 29. Son of David and Sarah Ann Norton, of Wellingore. Buried in ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, WELLINGORE, Lincolnshire.

OGDEN

Thomas [John]

Lance Corporal 5636, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4th October 1917. Aged 36. Born Wellingore, enlisted Lincoln, resident Great Grimsby. Son of John and Elizabeth Ogden, of The Village Green, Wellingole, Lincoln; husband of Adelaide Lucy Ogden, of 7, Hayes Buildings, Garden St., Grimsby. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A.

POWEL-SMITH

Cyril

[Listed as POWELL-SMITH in medical and newspaper records] Captain, 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died from wounds received in France 17 June 1922. Aged 25. In the 1921 Electoral Register he was resident Wellingpore, son of Rev. Herbert and Evelen Powel-Smith. Admitted to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital at Millbank 9th July 1916 with gun shot wounds to left forearm, discharged 20th July 1916. Admitted to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital at Millbank with Paraplegia, discharged 23rd July 1918, aged 21, transferred to hospital ship Empire 11 December 1917. Admitted to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital at Millbank with gun shot wounds to the spine 12 August 1919, aged 23, discharged to disability leave 12th October 1919. Buried on the south side of the church in WELLINGORE (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Lincolnshire.

Commemorated on window inside the church.

Gravestone inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
CYRIL POWEL SMITH
CAPT. DURHAM L.I.
DIED 17 JUNE 1922
FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN FRANCE 1917
AGED 25 YEARS

Extract from Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 5 November 1917, page 3:

WOUNDED.

C. Powell-Smith. Capt. Cyril Powell-Smith, Durham Light Infantry, younger son of the Rev. M. Powell-Smith, vicar of Wellingore, and formerly rector Ruskington, near Sleaford, has been dangerously wounded in the spine during recent operations in Flanders. The officer was badly wounded in the arm while fighting on the Somme in July, 1916.

Extract from Hull Daily Mail - Monday 5 November 1917, page 3:

Roll of Honour.

Captain Cyril Powell-Smith, Durham Light Intantry, younger son of the Rev H. Powell- Smith, vicar Wellingore (Lincolnshire), and formerly rector of Ruskington, near Sleaford, reported to have been dangerously wounded in the spine.

Extract from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 5 November 1917, page 4:

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

CAPT. CYRIL POWELL-SMITH. Durham Light Infantry, younger son of the Rev. H. Powell-Smith, vicar of (Lincolnshire), and formerly rector of Ruskington, near Slcaford, reported to have been dangerously wounded in the spine.

[Thanks to Colin Murray for this information and photographs]

SCARBOROUGH

J W

probably John William SCARBORO, Driver 26062, "A" Battery, 78th Briagde, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 2nd March 1916. Born Sleaford, enlisted Lincoln. Buried in WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row R. Grave 23.

SHEEHAN

Gordon Keith Patrick

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 28th August 1918. Aged 20. Son of the Rev. Thomas Moore Sheehan and Sophia Sheeham, of Wellingore, Lincoln. Buried in LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 9.

TOWNSEND

Fred

Private 306497, 1st/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 28th April 1918. Aged 19. Enlisted Southwell, Nottinghamshire, resident Wellingdale, Lincolnshire (sic). Son of William Townsend, of Wellingore, Lincoln. Buried in FOUQUIERES CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section I. Grave 50.

TOWNSEND

Richard

Private 16713, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 24th November 1916. Aged 20. Born and resident Wellingore, enlisted Lincoln. Son of William Townsend, of Wellingore, Lincoln. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 190.

WATCHORN

William

Private 26383, 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th April 1918. Born and resident Wellingore, enlisted Peterborough, Northamptonshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A.

WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY

1914 – 1919

 

1939 – 1945

BRAY

George William

Guardsman 2620431, 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 17th March 1943. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Henry Bray, of Navenby, Lincolnshire. Buried in SFAX WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot II. Row BB. Grave 21.

BURTT

Robert Petchell

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 21249, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 29th January 1944. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany. Plot 9. Row Z. Collective grave 24-28.

HEWISON

Alan David Petrie

Pilot Officer (Pilot) 89776, 11 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 23rd February 1941. Aged 26. Son of Robert and Christina Bews Hewison, of Whitchurch, Oxfordshire. Buried in PHALERON WAR CEMETERY, Greece. Plot 12. Row D. Grave 18.

TASKER

Clarence Robert

Leading Aircraftman 1094782, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 25th December 1944. Aged 27. Husband of Ruth Tasker, of Wellingore. Buried in ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, WELLINGORE, Lincolnshire.

Buried in the churchyard but not on memorial

STAVES

Harold

Private 4793670, No. 4 Company, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 24th January 1921. Aged 21. Son of James and Mary Staves, of 194, St. Catherines Grove, Lincoln. Buried in ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, WELLINGORE, Lincolnshire.

Last updated 28 February, 2020

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