
LINCOLN,
ST MARY LE WIGFORD WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled
and Copyright © Transcribed Bill Ball; Reserach Bill Ball & Martin
Edwards 2005
The
War Memorial is in St Mary le Wigford Parish Church, Lincoln and consists
of a brass plaque on a wooden surround which hangs on the wall of the
chapel beneath this is a wooden panel with carved lettering for a single
man for World War 2. All the names except for A J Poynter, J L Swannack
and E Wheatley appear on the Lincoln War memorial. The names seem to
be in some form of rank order and have been sorted into alphabetical
order here for ease of reading.
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE DURING THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1919
AND IN THANKFULNESS FOR ALL
THOSE OTHERS OF THIS PARISH
WHO TOOK UP ARMS AT THE CALL
OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
1914-1918 |
BALDWIN |
John
[William] |
Private
241383, 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds
3rd April 1917. Aged 24. Born and resident Welton, Lincoln, enlisted
Lincoln. Son of William and Emily Baldwin, of Slated Row, Welton,
Lincoln. Buried in BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II.
Row F. Grave 48. See also Lincoln War
Memorial |
BARLOW |
Frank |
Driver
185583, 87th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 21st March 1918. Enlsited and resident Lincoln. No known
grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
1. See also Lincoln War Memorial |
BUNN |
James
Albert |
Private
10496, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 3rd
July 1916. Born Grantham, enlisted Lincoln. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C. See also
Lincoln War Memorial |
DENT |
R |
Private
- No further information currently available |
FAIRCHILD |
Richard |
Gunner
186107, "X" 24th T.M. Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 16th July 1917. Born and enlisted Lincoln. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 5 and 9. See also Lincoln
War Memorial |
GRAY |
Alfred |
[Trooper]
Private 2230, LIncolnshire Yeomanry. Died at sea 3rd November 1915.
Aged 27. Enlisted and resident Lincoln. Son of Mrs. Mary E. Gray.
No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES mEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 331.
See also Lincoln War Memorial |
HORTON |
Frank
Horatio |
[Trooper]
Priate 24186 [SDGW states 34186], 15th Battalion, Warwickshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 30th June 1918. Aged 29. Born St Mark's, Lincoln,
enlisted Lincoln. Son of Joseph Smith Horton and Betsy Ann Horton,
of Lincoln; husband of Ellen Horton, of 2, Woodland View, Arboretum
Avenue, Lincoln. Formerly 4093, Lancers. Buried in AIRE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row G. Grave 3. See also
Lincoln War Memorial |
INCKLE |
Sidney
George |
Private
2534, 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
26th July 1915. Aged 18. Born Lincoln, enlsited Luton, resident
Sincilibanks. Only son of Henry and Edna Inckle, of 11, Sincil Bank,
Lincoln. Buried in SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot IV. Row P. Grave 7. See also Lincoln
War Memorial |
JONES |
Douglas
Llewelyn |
Captain,
WBW Company, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
22nd August 1917. Son of the late Rev. J. D. Jones and Mrs. Jones,
of 6, Queensway, Lincoln. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35 to 37 and
162 to 162A. See also Lincoln War Memorial |
LANE |
Harold |
Private
(Signaller) 781, "A" Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action 13th October 1915. Aged 23. Born and
enlisted Lincoln. Son of George and Emily Lane, of Railway Cottages,
Tumby Wood Side, Boston, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on
LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 to 34. See also Lincoln
War Memorial |
NEAL |
George |
Private
3246, 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
13th october 1915. ENlisted Lincoln. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 and 34. See also Lincoln
War Memorial |
PARKER |
William
Henry |
Private
1385, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th
October 1915. Born and enlisted Lincoln. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 and 34. See also Lincoln
War Memorial |
POYNTER |
Alfred
James |
Lance
Corporal 18904, 1st Battalion, Lincolshire Regiment. Killed in action
3rd July 1916. Aged 25. Born and enlisted SOuthampton, resident
Shirley, Southampton. Husband of Emma Beatrice Poynter, of 4, Watkin
St., Grimsby. Buried in GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE,
. Plot IX. Row A. Grave 1. [Note: Although
this is the only man who fits the details completely there is no
obvious link with Lincoln. It is supposed that his parents probably
lived there.] |
RUDD |
Cecil
Edgar |
Fitter
Staff Sergeant 51815, 49th Brigade, H.Q., Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 7th September 1916. Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, resident
Lincoln. Buried in DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row A. Grave 44. See also Lincoln
War Memorial |
SWANNACK |
John
Lawson |
Private
26408, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 26th
March 1918. Aged 35. Born and enlisted Lincoln, resident Woodhall
Spa. Buried in ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot V. Row D. Grave 9. |
WARNSBY |
Jack |
Lance
Corporal 9705, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
1st November 1914. Aged 20. Born Hitchin, Hertfordshire, enlisted
Lincoln. Son of Fred and Gertrude Warnsby, of 22, Norman St., Lincoln.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. See also Lincoln
War Memorial |
WHEATLEY |
Ernest |
Private
40777, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 27th
November 1916. Enlisted Lincoln. Buried in WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 12. |
WILLERS |
James
[W] |
Private
1820, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th
October 1915. Born and enlisted Lincoln. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 and 34. See also
Lincoln War Memorial |
WILLERS |
Robert |
Private
70090, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd October
1918. Born and enlisted Lincoln. Formerly 50269, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Buried in AMERVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOLESMES, Nord, France.
Row D. Grave 6. See also Lincoln War
Memorial |
WRAY |
William |
Private
6041, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th
October 1914. Born Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, enlisted Lincoln. No
known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 8. See also Lincoln War
Memorial |
1939-1945 |
JONES |
Donald
Arthur |
Flying
Officer.
To
the Glory of God and in gratitude
for the love and service of
F/O Donald Arthur Jones LDS RCS(Ed)
Only Son of the Rev A. Oswald Jones
Vicar of this Parish Passed into the
Greater Light 20th Dec 1946 aged 27
The Altar Rail was erected by the
People of Saint Mark’s.
[Note:
above may not be war casualty - could not find in CWGC, and date
after WW2 - but there is a D A Jones on main Lincoln War Memorial.
Saint Mark’s is a nearby area of Lincoln. No specific WW2
memorial is visible.] |
Last updated
13 March, 2007
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