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| CALVERT | George William |
Private 11288, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 24 October
1914. Aged 31. Son of the late Arthur and Lucia Calvert of Shiphay
Stow, Wisbech; husband of Ethel Calvert of 8 Long Road, Crosby,
Scunthorpe. Buried in YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Row A3. Grave 4. See also Crosby Angel |
| CAMPSALL | Wilfred [Lawson] | Private
1929, 1st/5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment formerly 1773, Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli 5 June 1915. Aged 20. Born
at Medge Hall (aka Midge Hall) in 3 June 1895, enlisted Scunthorpe,
Lincolnshire. Eldest of the seven children of George and Emma Campsall
(nee Singleton). His father was from Crowle and his mother from
Gringley-on-the-Hill. Enlisted as a territorial soldier in the Lincolnshire
Regiment at Scunthorpe, possibly before outbreak of war and most
likely with 'G' Company, 5th Battalion, who were the nominal territorial
battalion for the north of the county. Transferred to the 1st/5th
Battalion, Manchester Regiment, and with them in Gallipoli in June
1915. The 1st/5th Manchester’s had gone out to Egypt in September
1914, moving to Gallipoli on 6 May when they landed with 42nd Division
at Helles Beach. On 26 May they became part of 127th Brigade in
42nd Division. On 4 June, the 42nd Division, alongside the 29th
Division, attacked the Turkish trenches in the hills above Cape
Helles in an attempt to breakout from Helles Beach. Now known as
the Third Battle of Kritha, the 127th Brigade lead the attack for
42nd Division. The attack was succesfull, by Gallipoli standards,
but at the cost of a huge number of casualties. Consolidating their
position over the next two days the 1st/5th Manchester’s defended
it against several Turkish counter-attacks. He was one of the casualties
of these counter-attacks. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES
MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 159 to 171. |
| CARLINE | Albert |
Private
8999. 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 2 June 1915. Aged 21.
Son of George and Mary A Carline of 37 Trafford Street, Scunthorpe,
Lincs. Buried in BROMPTON CEMETERY, N. 173159. Served as Norris.
See also Frodingham |
| CHAFER | John Arthur | Private
40935. 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 7th May
1918. Born Ashby, Lincs., enlisted Scunthorpe, Lincs. No known grave.
Commemorated on TANNAY BRITISH CEMETERY, THIENNES. Plot 2, Row B,
Grave 3. See also Ashby |
| CHANT | James Worsley |
No
further information currently available |
| CHAPMAN | Arthur Edward | Private
CH/17445. 1st RM Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, RN Div.
Died 28th April 1917, aged 24 years. Son of Mr G and Mrs A.L Chapman
of 50 High Street, Ashby, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on
POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES. I.E.3. See also Ashby |
| CHAPMAN | Thomas |
No
further information currently available |
| CHARLESWORTH | Alfred |
Private 7033. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 14 September
1914. Aged 33. Son of Mary Ann Charlesworth of 5 Clarke Street,
Scunthorpe, Lincs., and the late Charles Soloman Charlesworth. His
brother Herbert Charlesworth also fell. No known grave. Commemorated
on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL. |
| CHARLESWORTH | Charles |
Private 3099. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 13 October
1915. Aged 40. Husband of Laura Adelina Charlesworth of 36 High
Street, Scunthorpe, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS
MEMORIAL, Panel 31 to 34. |
| CHARLESWORTH | Frederick |
Private 15297. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 25 September
1915. Aged 22. Son of Tom and Sarah Ann Charlesworth of 129 Mary
Street, Scunthorpe, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT
MEMORIAL, Panel 3. |
| CHARLESWORTH | Herbert |
Private 15229. 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Died 16 May
1915. Aged 31. Son of Mary Ann Charlesworth of 5 Clarke Street,
Scunthorpe, Lincs., and the late Charles Soloman Charlesworth. His
brother Alfred Charlesworth also fell. No known grave. Commemorated
on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Panel 21 and 22. |
| CHEETHAM | John Thomas | No
further information currently available |
| CHIVERS | Joseph Edward |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARK | C | Lincolnshire
Regiment. See also Ashby |
| CLARK | Harry |
No
further information currently available |
| CLARK | Joseph Arthur | Stoker
1st Class SS/106366. HMS Tipperary, Royal Navy. Died 1st June 1916,
aged 27 years. Son of John Jackson and Sarah Clark of Ashby, Lincs
and husband of Lizzie Clark of 33 North Parade, Ashby, Lincs. No
known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL. 17. See
also Ashby |
| CLARK | William |
Private 21435. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 3 November 1918.
Aged 28. Son of William Clark of 13 North Parade, Ashby, Scunthorpe,
Lincs. Buried in MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Lancashire. Grave
reference Q. 376 (Screen Wall). |
| CLARVIS | Robert | No
further information currently available. See also Frodingham
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| CLIFF, Légion d’honneur (France) | Grosvenor Talbot | Major, 3rd (Prince of Wales’ Own) Dragoon Guards. Died on service 10 February 1918. Aged 37. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Cliff, of Scawby Grove, Brigg, Lincs; husband of Helen Morrison Cliff, of Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London. Awarded the Légion d’honneur (France). Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 1. Extract from The Times, 14 February 1918: MAJOR GROSVENOR TALBOT CLIFF, Dragoon Guards, second son of the late Joseph Cliff, of Scawby-grove, Lincolnshire, died on February 10 at the front as the result of an accident. He obtained his commission in the Dragoon Guards in 1899, and served with his regiment through the South African War, obtaining the Queen’s medal with five clasps. He served as adjutant to the Lincolnshire Yeomanry from 1912 until after the outbreak of war, when he rejoined his regiment at the front, where he had been serving since June, 1916. He was awarded the Legion of Honour in the spring of 1917. He leaves a widow, and three sons. |
| COLE | Sydney | Mechanical
Department, John Lysaght and Co. - See also Scunthorpe
Works memorial |
| COLE | William |
No
further information currently available |
| COLLEY | Herbert John | No
further information currently available |
| COLLINGWOOD | Thomas William |
Private
42867. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 28th March 1918.
Aged 19. Son of Thomas D and Hannah Collingwood of 44 Diana Street,
Scunthorpe, Lincs. Born Great Coates, Lincs.Office Staff and Laboratory,
John Lysaght and Co. Buried in LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY. Plot
V. Row A. Grave 3. - See also Scunthorpe
Works memorial |
| CONLON | James | Blast
Furnaces, John Lysaght and Co. - See also Scunthorpe
Works memorial |
| COOK | C |
No
further information currently available. See also Crosby
Angel |
| COOK | Parkinson | Private
9699, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 5 January
1915. Aged 19. Born Blyton, Lincs, resident Crosby, Lincs, enlisted
Gainsborough, Lincs. Son of Charles Henry and Mary Hannah Cook,
of 78, Burk St., Crosby, Lincs. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY,
Plot III. Row C. Grave 42. |
| COOLING | Arthur |
Coke
Oven Department, John Lysaght and Co. - See also Scunthorpe
Works memorial |
| COOPER | Alfred | No
further information currently available |
| COOPER | Arthur |
No
further information currently available |
| COOPER | Arthur Maurice | No
further information currently available |
| COOPER | Charles |
Private
1189, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 13th October 1915.
Aged 25. Son of Wainwright and Mary Ann Cooper of 28 Percival Street,
Scunthorpe, Lincs. Mill Department, John Lysaght and Co. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 to
34. - |
| COULSON | John |
Private 13704. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 1 July 1916.
Aged 22. Son of Mr and Mrs E Coulson of 10 Lindum Street, Scunthorpe,
Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 1 C. |
| COULT | Albert |
Private 3343. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 13 October
1915. Aged 29. Son of Thomas W and Annie Coult, of 11 Crosby Road,
Scunthorpe, Lincs. Commemorated LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 31 to 34. |
| COWAN | John | Private
16017, 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Private 16017,
3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds 15
September 1916. Aged 35. Born Galborne, Lancs, resident Scuthorpe,
Lincs, enlisted Lincoln. Husband of R A Cowan of 73 Sheffield Street,
Crosby, Scunthorpe, Lincs. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE,
Plot I. Row C. Grave 36. Husband of R A Cowan of 73 Sheffield Street,
Crosby, Scunthorpe, Lincs. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE,
Plot I.Row C. Grave 36. See also Crosby
Angel |
| COWDELL | Cyril |
Private 100061. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regiment.
Died 27 May 1918. Aged 20. Son of Thomas and Jane Cowdell, of 2
Princess Street, Scunthorpe, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated
on SOISSONS MEMORIAL. |
| COWLING | John William | [Transcribed
as J H COWLING] Private 2352, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 9 July 1915. Born Kidby, Lincolnshire, resident Crowle,
Lincolnshire, enlisted Scunthorpe. Cleaner for Great Central Railway
in Chief Mechanical Engineers Department, Keadby. Buried in BOULOGNE
EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row B. Grave
59. See also Crosby Angel |
| COX | George William |
Private 40783, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
22 August 1915. Aged 37. Resident Frodingham, Lincs, enlisted Scunthorpe,
Lincs. Husband of Susan Cox of 21 Queen Street, Frodingham, Scunthorpe,
Lincs. Buried in CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot IV. Row B. Grave 18. See also Frodingham
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| CRANIDGE | Joseph Francis |
Private 8412. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 3 July 1916.
Son of Mr W J Cranidge, of 14 Gurnell Street, Scunthorpe, Lincs.
Buried in MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Plot I.
Row D. Grave 4. |
| CRANIDGE | Robert Henry |
Private 16334, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
17 April 1918. Born and enlisted Scunthorpe, Lincs, resident Crosby,
Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panels 35 to 37. |
| CREDLAND | Walter Henry | Private
40143, 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers formerly 13626, Training
Reserve. Died of wounds 21 October 1918. Born and enlisted Scunthorpe,
Lincs. Buried in HARELBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot V. Row D. Grave 5. |
| CROSS | Charles |
No
further information currently available |
| CROSS | John William | Office
Staff and Laboratory, John Lysaght and Co. - See also Scunthorpe
Works memorial and also Frodingham
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| CROWTHER | John |
No
further information currently available |
| CUNNINGHAM | Daniel |
Private 2592. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in
action 13 October 1915. Aged 20. Born and resident Crosby, Lincs,
enlisted Scunthorpe, Lincs. Son of Daniel and Jane Cunningham, of
76 Sheffield Street, New Crosby, Scunthorpe, Lincs. No known grave.
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 to
34. See also Crosby Angel |
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