The Lincolnshire Regiment

270

Name: ROBERTS, WILLIAM
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4753478
Date of Death: 05/06/1943
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 1. H. 3.
Cemetery: CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY

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

Cause of Death: Died. No details.

 

271

Name: SIZER, FRANCIS HEDLEY
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4803399
Date of Death: 08/06/1943
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: Row V. Grave 50.
Cemetery: ALFORD CEMETERY, LINCOLNSHIRE
Additional Information: Son of Alfred Henry and Alice Mary Sizer, of Alford.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 17/4/1939.

Cause of Death: Killed whilst training.

 

272

Name: HICKS, ROLAND ALBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 4806730
Date of Death: 10/06/1943
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. 3. Grave 848.
Cemetery: YAXLEY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Flossie Hicks; husband of Elvira May Hicks, of Yaxley.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 17/4/1939.

Cause of Death: Died during Exercise NIGHTHAWK.

 

273

Name: ELLIS, WALTER
Rank: Private
Service No: 4460340
Date of Death: 10/07/1943
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 1. H. 1.
Cemetery: CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY

Transferred from the Durham Light Infantry to the Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of Death: Died of wounds received in action.

 

274

Name: BLADES, ALFRED
Rank: Private
Service No: 4986768
Date of Death: 14/07/1943
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VIII. B. 8.
Cemetery: BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Additional Information: Son of Fred and Elizabeth Mary Blades, of Louth, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted in The Sherwood Foresters, date not known. Transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment.

Cause of Death: Died as a result of an accident.



Commemorated on the Louth War Memorial.

 

275

Name: FINCH, DONALD SIDNEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802513
Date of Death: 14/07/1943
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: Sec. H. Grave 218 North.
Cemetery: LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 6/5/1938

Cause of Death: Killed (accident)

 

276

Name: WILKINSON, ANTHONY BARRETT
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 197070
Date of Death: 20/07/1943
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Unit: attd. 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: 1. H. 6.
Cemetery: CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William Franklin Wilkinson and Gertrude Wilkinson, of Blackpool, Lancashire; husband of Barbara Wilkinson, of Blackpool.

From the London Gazette 19/7/1941
Recce. Corps.
The undermentioned Cadet, from O.C.T.U., to be 2nd Lt.
Anthony Barrett WILKINSON (197070).
Posted to The Loyal Regiment, 1942.

Cause of death: No details.

 

277

Name: CHAMBERS, FRANK
Rank: Private
Service No: 4801100
Date of Death: 28/07/1943
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn
Grave Reference: Mil Sec. Grave 69.
Cemetery: JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 10/4/1934.

Cause of Death: Died (No details). Either on route from the UK to Burma or being repatriated. Several men died on route and were buried in South Africa.

 

288

Name: GILBERT, JAMES
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 240648
Date of Death: 10/08/1943
Regiment/Service: Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Unit: attd. 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: 2. F. 9.
Cemetery: CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY

SUPPLEMENT; TO, THE, LONDON GAZETTE - 14. AUGUST, 1942

James GILBERT (240648)
Commissioned and posted to The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8/1942. Transferred and attached to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of Death: Not Known.

 

289

Name: WILSON, RONALD
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4803206
Date of Death: 14/08/1943
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: I, F, 7.
Cemetery: ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 10/4/1934.

Cause of Death: Reported missing, died whilst a POW.



From Findagrave

 

289A

Name: EDMUNDS, ARTHUR THOMAS NOEL
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2189441
Date of Death: 17/08/1943
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Army Catering Corps
Unit: attd. 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: VI. M. 17.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Fredrick and Hetty Edmunds; husband of Olga Edmunds, of Cliftonville, Kent.

Originally Enlisted in The Royal Engineers.

Cause of death: Not known.

 

290

Name: FOWLER, WILLIAM HESKETH
Rank: Private
Service No: 14221754
Date of Death: 17/08/1943
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. H. 18.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Laurence and Mary Alice Fowler, of Chorley, Lancashire; husband of Kathleen Fowler, of Chorley.

Conscripted into The General Service Corps, exact date not known

Cause of Death: Killed by Enemy action.

 

291

Name: GODSON, ALBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 4803492
Date of Death: 17/08/1943
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Army Catering Corps
Unit: attd. 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: VI. M. 18.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Mary E. Godson, of Caythorpe, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 8/5/1939. Transferred from the Lincolnshire Regiment to the Army Catering Corps on 3 April 1942

Cause of death: Details not known.



Caythorpe War Memorial

 

292

Name: HUNT, NOEL JONATHAN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4809711
Date of Death: 17/08/1943
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. M. 20.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY

Conscripted into The Lincolnshire Regiment late 1940/early 1941

Cause of Death: Killed by enemy action.

 

293

Name: MARKWICK, BERTRAM JOSEPH
Rank: Private
Service No: 4808773
Date of Death: 17/08/1943
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. M. 19.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Albert and Edith Markwick; husband of Sybil Markwick, of Leicester.

Conscripted into The Lincolnshire Regiment between July & December 1940

Cause of Death: Killed by enemy action.

 

294

Name: SMART, ALBERT HARCOURT
Rank: Private
Service No: 4865124
Date of Death: 18/08/1943
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. M. Grave 198.
Cemetery: LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Mary Smart, of Leicester.

Originally enlisted in The Leicestershire Regiment and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment. Date unknown.

Cause of Death: Died, whilst on duty.



From the War Diary on the 19th, not the 18th August.

 

295

Name: BRAY, JAMES
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 5933801
Date of Death: Between 20/08/1943 and 22/08/1943
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Nephew of Mrs. P. E. Hurst, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Originally enlisted in The Cambridgeshire Regiment and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

296

Name: EDMONDS, JACK DOUGLAS
Rank: Private
Service No: 4036030
Date of Death: 21/08/1943
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. D. 14.
Cemetery: KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

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

Cause of Death: Died (No other details).

 

297

Name: GALBRAITH, WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 3195692
Date of Death: 09/09/1943
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. A. 18.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George and Janet Galbraith; husband of Marion Turnbull Galbraith, of Duns, Berwickshire.

Originally enlisted in The King's Own Scottish Borderers and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known

Cause of Death: Died of wounds.



Headstone photo taken by 4Jonboy.

 

298

Name: KERSHAW, CHARLES HUGH MONK
Rank: Captain
Service No: 66980
Date of Death: 09/09/1943
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. F. 7.
Cemetery: BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Additional Information: Son of the Revd. Charles William Kershaw, M.A., and Maude Ethelyn Kershaw, of Mundesley-on-Sea, Norfolk.

Cause of Death: Missing, died of wounds.

More Information.

"
Captain Charles Kershaw - Fell in action at Salerno 1943


Charles Hugh Monk KERSHAW………………………………....(RoH)

Captain 66980. 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Died on 9th September 1943. Aged 30. Son of the Revd. Charles William Kershaw, M.A., and Maude Ethelyn Kershaw, of Mundesley-on-Sea, Norfolk. Buried: Bone War Cemetery, Annaba, Algeria. Ref. IV. F. 7.

At the Salerno landings on 9 September 1943, 6th Lincs were involved in fierce fighting and completed the expulsion of the Germans from the strong-point of Magazzea.

Late on the 9th the 2nd Battalion 1st Panzer Grenadier Regiment 'Herman Göring' inland at Cava de Tirreni on the Vietri sul Mare - Nocera road, and the Herman Göring Reconnaissance Battalion at the Chiunzi Pass on the Maiori road came into action and resulted in deadlock between small forces. At Cava di Tirreni the Herman Göring Panzer Grenadier Battalion vigorously engaged the 2nd and the Royal Marine Commandos, which were supported by the destroyer HMS Nubian. Towards evening 6th Lincolnshires arrived, tipping the scales, and the action died down.

There is a memorial in the church which reads:-

“In loving memory of Charles Hugh Monk Kershaw

Captain, the Lincolnshire Regiment

Fell in Action at Salerno

9th September 1943

Aged 30 years

RIP.

Presumably as the fighting on the beach-head was so fierce, and there was the possibility the allies might even be thrown back into the sea, any casualties might well have been ferried out to the waiting ships for immediate treatment while en route to Algeria where the invasion fleet may have sailed from, and where hospital facilities would be waiting.

Simon Knott's take on the church itself

www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/worstead/worstead.htm

From 6 Lincolns War Diary.