
DONINGTON
ON BAIN WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed David Prestige;
Researched Janet Graves 2004
Externally
in he grounds of St Andrew's Church, Donington-on-Bain, is a simple,
stone memorial consisting of a tapered plinth on a single step surmounted
by a simple stone cross. Within the church is a framed Roll of Honour
listing those who served and those who died and comprises a three feet
by two feet glazed frame containing an illuminated scroll. lt stands
inside the western end of the Church, on its southern side. This Roll
of Honour has a transcription within the church that is also listed
here. There are only names listed for World War 1; 37 names are listed
for those who served and returned and 14 names for those who gave their
lives. On this page those who died are listed first and those ho served
and returned second.
1914-1918
ARNOLD |
Leonard
aka Leo |
Sergeant
15176, 7th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Born
London and enlisted in Liverpool. Killed in action 31st July, 1916.
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France, Pier and
Face 5 D and 12 B. |
ARNOLD |
Wilfred |
Possibly
Sergeant S/3618, 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Born, resident and
enlisted in Nottingham. Died on the 12th July, 1916. Age 26. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold; husband of Mrs. S. Arnold, of 17, Dickenson
Street, St. Ann's Well Road, Nottingham. Buried in the Vlamertinghe
Military Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium, III. E. 16. Note: The
Cemetery was used by fighting troops and Field Ambulances. It is
remarkable for the care with which men of the same unit were buried
side by side if they fell about the same time. |
BEMROSE |
George |
Private
11031, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Born in East Barkwith,
and enlisted in Louth, Lincolnshire. He was a resident of Donington
on Bain. Died on the 20th November, 1915. Age 22. Son of Tom and
Elizabeth Ann Bemrose, of Donington-on-Bain, Louth, Lincolnshire.
Buried in the Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey, I. D. 1. |
BROUGHTON |
Harry |
Private
40627, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Enlisted in Lincoln,
and was a resident of Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire. Killed in
action 27th November, 1916. Commemorated on the Thievpal Memorial,
The Somme, France, Pier and Face 1 C. |
BROUGHTON |
Wilfred |
[External
memorial only] Private 62287, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Prince
of Wales’s Own, Regiment. Born in Minginsby, and enlisted in Louth,
Lincolnshire. He was a resident of Donington le Bain. Died as a
P.O.W. on the 1st September, 1918 and buried in the Sarralbe Military
Cemetery, Moselle, France, D. 21. |
CLARK |
Harry
Proctor |
[Spelt
CLARKE on RoH] Corporal 1281, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Born and enlisted in Louth, and a resident of Bourne, Lincolnshire.
Died 29th March, 1915. Foster-son of Mrs. F. Turner, of 1, The Terrace,
Bourne, Lincolnshire. Buried in the Lancashire Cottage Cemetery,
Ploegsteert, Near Ypres, Belgium, I. F. 19. Note: Began by the 1st
East Lancashire's, thus the name. |
DICKINSON |
Fred |
(Spelt
Dickenson on CWGC) Private 43253, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Enlisted in Louth, and resident in Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire.
Died 12th October, 1916. Age 26. Son of Jacob and Eliza Dickenson,
of Donington-on-Bain, Louth, Lincolnshire. Buried in the Beaulencourt
British Cemetery, Ligny Thilloy, France, III. A. 22. |
EVISON |
Mark |
Private
13641, B Company, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Born and
enlisted in Louth, Lincolnshire. Killed in action 26th September,
1915. Age 19. Son of John and Elizabeth. Evison, of Brackenboro'
Lodge, Louth, Lincolnshire. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France,
Panel 31 to 34. |
GILLIAT |
John
William |
Private
204117, 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Born and resident
in Donington on Bain, he enlisted in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Killed
in action on 20th September, 1917. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot
Memorial, Passchendaele, Near Ypres, Belgium, Panel 124 to 125 and
162 to 162A. |
GRAY |
Walter |
Gunner
127714, 55th Company, Royal Garrison Artillery. Born and resident
in Donington on Bain, he enlisted in Louth, Lincolnshire. Possibly
died of wounds, 8th January, 1918. Buried in the Gibraltar North
Front Cemetery, B. 3748. Note: The cemetery is also known as Garrison
Cemetery, and was used throughout the 1914-1918 War for the burial
of sailors and soldiers who died on ships passing Gibraltar, or
in the Military Hospital. The 1914-1918 War Graves are scattered
in the different divisions of the cemetery. After the war, a Cross
of Sacrifice was erected to the West of the cemetery. |
HOTCHIN |
Christopher |
Private
201920, 2nd/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire, Prince of Wales’s Own
Regiment. He was a resident of Gayton and enlisted in Louth, Lincolnshire.
Killed in action 8th April, 1917. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial,
France, Bay 4. |
LAMMIMAN |
Wilfred
Perks |
Lance
Corporal 14926, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Born in Lincoln,
resident of Louth, he enlisted in Birmingham. Possibly died from
wounds 29th October, 1916. Age 24. Son of William and Sarah Lammiman,
of Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire. Buried in the Abbeville Communal
Cemetery Extension, The Somme, France, I. J. 6. Note: For most of
the War, Abbeville was the headquarters of the British Lines of
Communication and three Hospitals were stationed here from 1915
to 1919. |
RAMM |
George |
Corporal
200396, 2nd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Born in Tilby,
resident in Louth and enlisted in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Died 10th
April, 1917. Age 19. Buried in the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension,
The Somme, France, I. A. 13. |
TURNER |
Charles
W |
Lance
Corporal 21409, 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Born and
resident in Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire. He enlisted in Market
Rasen, Lincolnshire. Died 17th April, 1918. Age 22. Son of Dora
Martha and the late John Turner, of Ivy House, Donington-on-Bain,
Lincolnshire. Buried in the Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport,
France, V. E. 8B. |
WARD |
Robert |
Private
40863, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Resident of Binbrook,
Lincolnshire, he enlisted in Lincoln. Possibly died of wounds 6th
May, 1917. Age 23. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Ward, and husband
of Maud E. Ward, of Binbrook, Lincolnshire. Buried in the Etaples
Military Cemetery, XIX. O. 15. Note: The area around Etaples was
the scene of immense concentrations of Commonwealth reinforcement
camps and hospitals. The hospitals included eleven general, one
stationary, four Red Cross hospitals and a convalescent depot, and
could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September 1919, ten months
after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C. convalescent
depot remained. |
SERVED
AND RETURNED |
ARNOLD |
Horace |
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ARNOLD |
Fred |
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BROUGHTON |
Walter |
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BONNER |
Herbert |
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BONNER |
Frank |
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BAUMBER |
Herbert |
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BRAY |
Harry |
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GRAY |
Charles |
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BLANCHARD |
Stewart |
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BOSNER |
William |
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CHAMBERS |
Frederick |
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DALES |
Alfred |
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DALES |
Herbert |
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DAWSON |
Alfred |
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EVISON |
William |
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GILBERT |
Harry |
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GILLIATT |
Fred |
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HOULDEN |
George |
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HOTCHIN |
Charles |
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HOTCHIN |
John |
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HOPPER |
Ernest |
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HOPPER |
John |
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HOPPER |
Frederick |
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IRONMONGER |
Thomas |
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WILKINSON |
Charles
Rowson |
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IRONMONGER |
Charles |
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IRONMONGER |
Sidney |
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INGAMELLS |
Robert
B |
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INGAMELLS |
Frank |
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LAMMIMAN |
Harry |
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RAMM |
Cecil |
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RUSSELL |
Albert |
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ROBBINS |
William |
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WARD |
Charles |
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WRIGHT |
Afred |
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WRIGHT |
Robert |
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WRIGHT |
Fred |
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Last
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30 June, 2023
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