The Lincolnshire Regiment

252

Name: TRIGG, FRANK FREDERICK
Rank: Private
Service No: 7930535
Date of Death: 22/04/1943
Age: 35
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. F. 16.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Trigg, of Gloucester; husband of V. A. Trigg, of Gloucester.

Enlisted in Royal Armoured Corp. Date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action.



Commemorated on The Gloucester War Memorial.

 

253

Name: BEDFORD, WILLIAM HENRY ALFRED
Rank: Private
Service No: 4867391
Date of Death: 23/04/1943
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. E. 4.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted in The Leicestershire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

254

Name: COPPING, WILLIAM ARTHUR
Rank: Private
Service No: 4806918
Date of Death: 23/04/1943
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 16. F. 7.
Cemetery: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Amy Copping; husband of Ruby Joyce Copping, of Lincoln.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939. (Pre WW2)

Cause of Death: Died of wounds.

 

255

Name: McLEAN, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 14211674
Date of Death: 23/04/1943
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 16. F. 5.
Cemetery: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of David and Sarah McLean, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

Conscripted from The General Service Corps.

Cause of Death: Died of wounds.

 

From the Gloucester Citizen - Monday 24 May 1943

 

256

Name: MILLIN, ALBERT EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4809443
Date of Death: 23/04/1943
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. E. 13.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY

Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment between July - December 1940 from the Royal Artillery.

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

257

Name: LOCKLEY, WILFRED
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 5259065
Date of Death: 24/04/1943
Age: 36
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 10. K. 10.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

Transferred from the Worcestershire Regiment. Date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

258

Name: FORD, HARRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 5257308
Date of Death: 25/04/1943
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 12. K. 19.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

Transferred from the Worcestershire Regiment. Date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

259

Name: YOUNG, RICHARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4809909
Date of Death: 26/04/1943
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 16. F. 15.
Cemetery: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James and Annie Elizabeth Young, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Conscripted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1940/41

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds.

 

260

Name: JACQUES, COLIN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4758637
Date of Death: 30/04/1943
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. K. 32.
Cemetery: CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Additional Information: Son of Harold and Laura Jacques, of New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire.

Transferred from the , date not known.

Cause of Death: Died whilst a POW. Captured 4/3/1943

 

772232 Gunner Albert Edwin MILLIN Royal Artillery
11th April 1910 - 23rd April 1943 aged 33
Enlisted in Royal Artillery 19th April 1928 (signed on for four years)
Transferred to the Army Reserve 18th April 1932
Re-enlisted in the Linconshire Regiment 27th April 1941

 

261

Name: BARRICK, THOMAS
Rank: Private
Service No: 3534880
Date of Death: 05/05/1943
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Ellen Barrick, of Pendlebury, Lancashire.

Enlisted in The Manchester Regiment and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of Death: Reported missing, now presumed died of wounds.



From the missing men files.

 

262

Name: CARR, ARTHUR
Rank: Private
Service No: 4746975
Date of Death: 05/05/1943
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of William and Annie Elizabeth Carr.

Enlisted in The York & Lancaster Regiment and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of Death: Reported Missing. Presumed killed in action.



From The Lincolns Missing men files.

 

263

Name: CROSS, HERBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 4860426
Date of Death: 05/05/1943
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL

Enlisted in The Leicestershire Regiment and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of Death: Reported missing, presumed killed in action.



From The Lincolns Missing Men Files.

 

264

Name: RHODES, PERCY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4756562
Date of Death: 05/05/1943
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Edmund Rhodes, and of Annie E. Rhodes, of Knottingley, Yorkshire; stepson of John Gannon.

Enlisted in The York & Lancaster Regiment and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of Death: Reported missing, presumed killed in action.



From The Lincolns Missing Men Files.

 

265

Name: SLINGER, ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 3861993
Date of Death: 05/05/1943
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL

Enlisted in The Loyal Regimen and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of Death: Reported missing, presumed killed in action.



From the Missing men files.

 

266

Name: WOOD, HARRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4039513
Date of Death: 05/05/1943
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of William and Annie Wood; husband of Eva S. Wood, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Enlisted in The King's Shropshire Light Infantry and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of Death: Reported missing, presumed killed in action.

 

267

Name: PILSWORTH, ERNEST
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4807426
Date of Death: 10/05/1943
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Mabel Pilsworth.

Conscripted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1940 (between July/August 1940)

Cause of Death: Found Dead.

 

268

Name: STOREY, JAMES HENRY
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4801948
Date of Death: 10/05/1943
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 1. F. 2.
Cemetery: OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 10/12/1936

Cause of Death: Died of wounds.

 

269

Name: PACKER, JOHN ALFRED SAMUEL ERNEST
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4807540
Date of Death: 11/05/1943
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: Sec. D. Row H. 6. Grave 104.
Cemetery: CARLTON CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Packer; husband of Doris Packer, of Nottingham.

Conscripted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1940 (between July/August 1940)

Cause of Death: Died as a result of enemy action. Attached to 222 Infantry Brigade.