HARMSTON
ALL SAINTS WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 & Crimean
War - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled
and Copyright © Bill Ball 2021
The
memorial is located inside All Saints Church, Hermston and takes the
form of a framed document behind glass hanging on the south wall of
the nave. It lists four men killed in World War 1 and one in World
War 2. Beside it hangs a British Legion standard, and beneath it is
a wreath of poppies.
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Photographs
Copyright © Bill
Ball November 2010 |
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Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.
IN REMEMBRANCE
of those who gave their lives in two world wars,
and especially the men of this parish of Harmston
1914-1918 |
BIRKETT |
William
Henry |
Private
42510, 1st/9th Bn. Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 25 September
1917, age 34. Born Carlton-le-Moorland, Lincs, 1884. Son of Henry
& Millicent Sophia Birkett, of Carlton-le-Moorland, near Newark.
Pre-war occupation farm labourer in Harmston. Buried in Grave E.15,
Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais. |
FORD |
Herbert |
Private
436439, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) Division, 49th Bn.
Died 29 September 1918, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, buried Drummond Cemetery,
Nord, France, Grave Reference II. B. 3. Born Harmston 30 June 1891,
son of William & Mary (née Acrill) Ford, family emigrated to Alberta
1910. |
LONGMATE |
Arthur
Evison |
Private
115025, 1st Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 22 October 1918,
age 22. Born Harmston (as Arthur Longmate), pre-war occupation farm
worker. Son of Joseph and Mary Ann (née Evison) Longmate of Southrey,
Lincs. Buried in Grave IV.A.3, Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension,
France Nord. |
PORTER |
Walter |
Private
13525, 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 2 July 1916.
Born 1894 at Cherry Willingham, Lincs, son of William & Martha Porter.
Enlisted Louth, when living at Harmston, pre-war occupation farm
horseman. Buried in Grave VI.D.7, Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme. |
1939-1945 |
JACKSON |
Ernest
Wilfred |
Driver
T/169336, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 27 June 1942, age 24. Born
3 January 1918 Lincoln , son of William and Margaret Annie (née
Long) Jackson of Glassmoor, Whittlesey, Isle of Ely. In 1939 a bus
driver living with parents in Harmston. Commemorated on Column 75,
Alamein Memorial. |
Last
updated
10 December, 2021
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