Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
| Ministry of Defence |
Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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TO
THE
HONOUR AND PRAISE OF GOD
AND IN GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF THE MEN FROM THE PARISH OF CANWICK
WHO FIGHTING FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE WAR FOR THE WORLD'S FREEDOM, PASSED
THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
AND HAVE REACHED THE LIFE BEYOND
1914-1918
| BARKS | William |
Private
36255, 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 23/9/1917
at Zonnebekke, Belgium, age 19. Born 7/3/1898, bpt 30/3/1898 Canwick,
son of John Thomas & Eliza Jane (née Simpson) Barks. Commemorated
on Panel 19 to 23, Tyne Cot Memorial. Belgium. |
| DION | Bert aka Bertie | (birth
registered under mother's name INGAMELLS) Corporal 13355, 7th Bn.
Lincolnshire Regiment. Wounded 24/8/1915, St. Eloi, died 16/9/1915,
Le Treport, age 21. Born 1894, Thorpe Tilney Dales, Lincs, son of
George and Elizabeth Ann (née Ingamells) Dion. Worked as a page
boy, then gardener. Buried in Plot 1, Row H, Grave 4A, Le Treport
Military Cemetery, France. Also remembered on a headstone in Canwick
Churchyard. |
| GREEN | Alexander Felix |
Private
25127, 2nd Bn Lincolnshire Regiment'. Killed in action 23/10/ 1916
on the Somme, age 18. Born 1898, bpt 17/4/1898 Gt Barton, Suffolk,
son of George Quibell Green and Janet (née Thomson) Green of Canwick
Hall Gardens. Commemorated on Pier and Face 1C, Thiepval Memorial,
France. |
| MILNER | Frank | Private
12808, D Coy 6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 9/8/1915
at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, age 20. Born 20/6/1895, Martin, Horncastle,
Lincs, son of Tom and Minnie (née Draper) Milner, 17 Norris St,
Lincoln. Pre-war occupation horseman. Commemorated on Panel 45 to
47, Helles Memorial, Turkey. |
| OXBY | Joseph |
Corporal
7193, 1st Bn Northamptonshire Regiment Killed in action 9/5/1915,
Aubers Ridge, age 28. Born 11/3/1887, bpt 8/5/1887, Canwick, son
of Robert & Susan (née Driffill) Oxby. On the death of his parents
lived at Fletton, Peterborough with married brother Tom. Worked
as a telegraph lad then labourer. Enlisted 1903. Commemorated on
Panel 28 to 30, Le Touret Memorial, France. |
| OXBY | Joseph Henry | Private
35398, 8th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action
7/6/1917, Messines, age 24. Born 14/8/1892, bpt 11/9/1892, Canwick,
son of John & Mary Anna (née Forman) Oxby of Canwick. Pre-war occupation
railway porter. Husband of Rhoda (née Weatherhead) Oxby, father
of Stanley Joseph Oxby. Enlisted Pontefract. Commemorated on Panel
47, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. |
| PYM | Claude John |
Lieutenant,
2nd Bn Irish Guards. Wounded in accidental explosion 23/3/1917,
Frigicourt, died 26/3/1917, Grove Town, age 24. Born 1893 Metheringham,
bpt 30/4/1893 Canwick, son of Claude George Melville Pym and Lucy
Victoria Pym of Canwick House. Went to Canada aged 20 to study farming.
Joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force as Private 79601, later
moved to Irish Guards as Lieutenant. Buried in Grave III.A.11, Grove
Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France |
| PYM | Francis Leslie Melville | Lieutenant,
2nd Bn Irish Guards. Reported missing presumed killed in action
2/7/1916 at Pilkem Farm, Ypres. Born 1894 Metheringham, bpt 25/11/1894
Blankney, son of Claude George Melville Pym and Lucy Victoria Pym
of Canwick House. Commemorated on Panel 11, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Belgium. |
1939-1945 |
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| WILSON | Alfred James |
Guardsman
2621465, 6th Bn Grenadier Guards. Died 17/3/1943 Southern Tunisia,
age 34. Born 24/9/1908 Gosberton, Lincs, son of James & Alice Ann
(née Atkins) Wilson. Pre-war occupation sand digger, and was a special
constable. Husband of Alice Ada Wilson (née Lake), father of James.
Commemorated on Face 11, Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia. |
TO
THE ARMS OF THY LOVE
WE COMMIT THEM
LEST YE FORGET
DEUT.4.23
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