Roll of Honour - Lincolnshire

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Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

BUCKNALL WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Dave Miles ; Researched Martin Edwards 2012

There are two Roll of Honours which also act as memorials within the church of St Margaret, Bucknall. The first list those from the parish who served in World War 1 with those who did not return identified with RIP. This is an ornate, hand created Roll of Honopur in a frame. Four men did not return from World War 1. The second memorial takes the form of a wooden plaque listing those who went to War in both conflicts with the names of those who did not return highlighted with RIP.

St. Margaret’s Church, Bucknall
ROLL OF HONOUR
FOR GOD
FOR KING † FOR COUNTRY
THE GREAT WAR 1914-18

BARTON	C F
BARTON	J H
BENSON-BROWN	Langton	(RIP) Private 129408, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died Between 4 and 7 September 1916. Aged 22. Born 29 July 1894 in Middlesboro, Yorkshire. Son of William Henry and Fannie Benson-Brown, of The Vicarage, Woodhall Spa, Lincs. Educated at Horncastle Grammar School. Rancher by trade. Enlisted 17 September 1915 at Vancouver, Canada, passed fit 8 June 1915. Height 5 feet 10½ inches, girth 36 inches, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair light brown; religion Church of England. Buried in SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2, Somme, France. Plot XXIV. Row O. Grave 1. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1167 - 3
BURNETT	J
CROW	C
CROW	T
DIXON	G A	(RIP) possibly George Alfred DIXON, Private 8826, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of ounds 4 September 1918. Born Horncastle, enlisted Lincoln, resident East terrington. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot VII. Row F. Grave 3B.
FAWCETT	F
FLETCHER	C S
FLETCHER	H
FLETCHER	J W	(RIP) No further information currently
GOULSBRA	F
GOULSBRA	P
GOULSBRA	W
HARRIS	A
HARRIS	F
HUBBARD	W
MASSEY	G
MITCHELEY	H
POTTERTON	W
ROBERTS	C
ROBERTS	J
SCOTT	G
SKIPWORTH	H
SOWTER	A E
WINTERTON	A L	(RIP) No further information currently
WRIGHT	A
YOUNG	E
WRIGHT	Nora	(Nurse)
SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45
CADE	J A	(RIP) No further information currently
CADE	S R
COSGROVE	P A
CROW	G T
FISHER	Joan A
FORMAN	G
FORMAN	S
HUDDLESTON	J T
JACKSON	J
KARLE	W
MASSEY	E
MASSEY	G
MASSEY	W H
MASSEY	R
MASSEY	S
MITCHLEY	A H
ORMSBY	A M
ORMSBY	C A
ORMSBY	G H
PARKINSON	S
PARKINSON	W H
PRIDGEON	H
ROBERTS	C H
ROBERTS	K
SCOTT	C
SIMPSON	E C
SKEPPER	J R
SKIRREY	F A
SKIRREY	R J
SMITH	H J
STANILAND	F
STANILAND	G F
THOMPSON	L
TURNER	G A
TURNER	R E
WOODS	Grace

Last updated 12 August, 2012

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