The Lincolnshire Regiment

1174

Name: DOUGHTY, STANLEY
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 4803548
Date of Death: 13/04/1945
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. A. 4.
Cemetery: UDEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Jane Doughty, of Anton's Gowt, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 8 May 1939

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

1175

Name: FISK, CLIFFORD CYRIL
Rank: Private
Service No: 14772983
Date of Death: 13/04/1945
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 7. B. 4.
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1176

Name: GREENWOOD, JESSE
Rank: Private
Service No: 4541719
Date of Death: 13/04/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. A. 1.
Cemetery: UDEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Jesse Greenwood and of Maud Greenwood (nee Stanley); husband of Florence Greenwood, of Tingley, Yorkshire.

Originally enlisted into The West Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

1177

Name: SPAIN, ERNEST FRANK
Rank: Private
Service No: 5385877
Date of Death: 13/04/1945
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 7. B. 3.
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ernest Thomas Spain and Minnie May Spain; husband of Winifred Spain, of Sidcup, Kent.

Originally enlisted into The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in Action.

 

1178

Name: STEVENS, WILLIAM EDWIN
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Service No: 1552375
Date of Death: 13/04/1945
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 7. B. 8.
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Albert Edwin and Emma Stevens, of Leicester.

Originally enlisted into The Royal Artillery (Field, Coastal & Anti-Aircraft). Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1179

Name: THOMPSON, RONALD GEORGE
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 14547506
Date of Death: 13/04/1945
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 7. B. 2.
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Thompson, of Burton-on-Trent.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1180

Name: MARTIN, STANLEY ERNEST
Rank: Private
Service No: 14733076
Date of Death: 14/04/1945
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 3. C. 4.
Cemetery: JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ernest and Maud Martin, of Weoley Castle, Birmingham.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

1181

Name: BRITT, RONALD ARTHUR
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802804
Date of Death: 15/04/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 62. G. 18.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Eleanor Britt; husband of Catherine K. Britt, of Galashiels, Selkirkshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 28/10/1938

Cause of death: Died in action.

 

1182

Name: ROSE, GEORGE THOMAS
Rank: Private
Service No: 4801690
Date of Death: 17/04/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 7. B. 1.
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Irene Elizabeth Rose, of Grangetown, Cardiff.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 28/4/1936

Cause of death: Died. Battle accident.

 

1183

Name: DIXON, THOMAS EDWIN
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 1644006
Date of Death: 18/04/1945
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 15. A. 4.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Robert Edwin and Sarah Dixon; husband of Alice May Dixon, of Aberdeen.

Originally enlisted into The Royal Artillery (Field, Coastal & Anti-Aircraft). Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1184

Name: HORNE, WALTER
Rank: Private
Service No: 14782483
Date of Death: 18/04/1945
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 15. A. 3.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1185

Name: LANGBRIDGE, EDWARD RICHARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 6142447
Date of Death: 18/04/1945
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 15. A. 2.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The East Surrey Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds.
The nominal states Longbridge, but The Lincolns have him and other other sources including CWGC has him as Langbridge.

 

1186

Name: THOMAS, GEORGE WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 4800229
Date of Death: 19/04/1945
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. G. 7.
Cemetery: VENRAY WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harold and Henrietta Thomas, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment circa 1928.

Captured in Norway April 1940. Sent to Stalag XXA in Torum, Poland.
Died of Malnutrition and Repatriated, but buried in Venray War Cemetery in The Netherlands. More likely the cause of his death during the Long March to Freedom!!

Cause of death: Died of Malnutrition.

 

1187

Name: CHADWICK, RALPH
Rank: Private
Service No: 14427176
Date of Death: 20/04/1945
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 8. G. 13.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Randolph C. Chadwick, and of Agnes Chadwick, of Leeds, Yorkshire.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1188

Name: FUSSEY, ARTHUR WILLIAM
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4351127
Date of Death: 20/04/1945
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 10. C. 1.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The East Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1189

Name: OLDHAM, FRED
Rank: Private
Service No: 3447669
Date of Death: 20/04/1945
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 8. G. 14.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The Lancashire Fusiliers. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1190

Name: TUCKER, HERBERT WILLIAM
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 14496170
Date of Death: 20/04/1945
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 8. G. 7.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Doris May Tucker, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1191

Name: TURNER, FREDERICK FRANK
Rank: Private
Service No: 5506240
Date of Death: 20/04/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 8. G. 8.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Frank Edward and Edith Maude Turner, of Oxford; husband of Ivy Winifred May Turner, of New Hinksey, Oxford.

Originally enlisted into The Hampshire Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1192

Name: WHITEMAN, SAMUEL
Rank: Private
Service No: 4800733
Date of Death: 20/04/1945
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. E. 1B.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whiteman; husband of Iris Louisa Whiteman, of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment circa 1934.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1193

Name: FROST, HARRY REGINALD
Rank: Private
Service No: BDA/18005022
Date of Death: 25/04/1945
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
Grave Reference: 4. D. 1A.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Walter Frost, and of Amy Frost, of North Shore, Pembroke, Bermuda.


Cause of death: Killed in action.



From The Lincolnshire Regiment Roll of Honour.