CHAMBERS

Mark Sidney

Able Seaman J/61420(PO), HMS “Raglan,” Royal Navy. Killed in action 20 January 1918. Aged 20. Son of Mark Chambers of Wellingore. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

HANCER

Robert Samuel

Private 41970, 10th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 30 JUly 1918. Born Ranbyand enlisted Lincoln. Buried in Terlincthun BC Wimille XVIII A 4.

NEEDHAM

Charles

Acting CSM 7212. 6th Battalion, Lincsolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 28 November 1916. Born Reepham, enlisted Lincoln, resident Holbeach. No known grave. Ciommemorated ob Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

SARGEANT

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SHEPHERD

J H

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SPENDLOW

John James

Leading Seaman 237135, H.M.S. "Cressy," Royal Navy. Lost in action (drowned) in the North Sea when his ship was sunk by german submarine 22 September 1914. Aged 25. Born 13 February 1889 in Lincoln. Fitter and Turner before enlisting. Enlisted 13 February 1907 for 12 years. Son of Samuel and Sarah Ann Spendlow, of Reepham, Lincoln. Height 5 feet 6½ inches, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 1.

TONN

Arthur

[SDGW has Tomm 2700.] Private 27049, 1st Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 23 October 1916. Aged 33. Born North Hykeham, enlisted Lincoln. Son of Philip Tonn of Reepham, Lincoln.; husband of Harriett Tonn, of Besthorpe Rd., North Collingham, Newark. Formerly 16133 Lincs Regiment. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. PLot IV. Row Y. Grave 9.

WILKINSON

Frank

Private 13406, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 16 June 1915. Born Reepham, enlisted Lincoln. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

WOOLLEY

Thomas Hugh Corbett

Captain, 2nd/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 27 April 1917. Aged 28. Son of Reginald & Nora Woolley of Lincoln. Husband of Violet Joan Woolley, of 22 Redcliffe Sq. Sth. Kensington, London. Buried in Templeux-le Guerard British Cemetery. Plot I. Row C. Grave 28.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 5, page 173:

WOOLLEY, THOMAS HUGH CORBETT, Capt., 2/8th (Territorial) Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), eldest s. of Reginald Smith Woolley, F.S.A., of 12, Minster Yard, Lincoln, Land Agent (retired Major and Hon. Lieut.-Colonel, 4th Sherwood Foresters), by his wife, Nora G. (—) ; b. Lincoln, 20 Oct. 1888 ; educ. privately ; at Folkestone, and Lancing College ; was a member of the firm of Messrs. Smith, Woolley & Wigram, Estate Agents, Collingham ; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8th Sherwood Foresters, 30 June, 1906 ; retired in 1910, but rejoined on outbreak of war, being promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. 1914, and Temporary Capt. 5 Nov. following ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 27 April, 1917. Burled in Templeux-le-Gérard British Cemetery. Lieut.-Colonel Oaths, In a letter, stated that he was gallantly leading his company when he fell. He was mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette, 21 Dec. 1917], by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He m. at St. Saviour's, Walton Street, London, S.W., 11 Sept. 1913, Violet Joan (South Collingham, Newark), eldest den. of the late George Tanner, of Frenchay, near Bristol, and had a flan Vera Joan. b. 15 Nov. 1916.

WHO IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918, WHEN 50 MEN CONNECTED
WITH THIS PARISH WENT FORTH TO FIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF RIGHT
AND FREEDOM, LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT
LIVE IN PEACE“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.”

On a separate plaque

IN MEMORY OF
JOHN WILLIAM ELVIDGE
BORN AT REEPHAM
ON NOVEMBER 9th 1914
DIED IN A PRISONERS OF WAR CAMP
IN SIAM
ON DECEMBER 8th 1942

ELVIDGE

John William

Driver 2346156, Malaya Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 8 December 1942. Aged 27. Son of William and Emily Jane Elvidge, of Reepham, Lincolnshire. Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 12. Row A. Grave 15.