The Lincolnshire Regiment

601

Name: CROSSLAND, CLARENCE EDWIN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4541713
Date of Death: 27/06/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: IX. J. 2.
Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Additional Information: Son of George Edwin and Henrietta Crossland, of Seacroft, Yorkshire.

Conscripted into The West Yorkshire Regiment 15/2/1940 and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regimental, date not known. Name from The Lincolns Nominal Rolls.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

602

Name: FELL, ERNEST
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 4799622
Date of Death: 27/06/1944
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 2.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 29/4/1930

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

603

Name: HAYWOOD, JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 4801989
Date of Death: 27/06/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. A. 19.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 4/1/1937

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

604

Name: HODSON, RICHARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804547
Date of Death: 27/06/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. A. 18.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Richard and Annie Hodson, of Ulceby, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2)

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

605

Name: TAYLOR, STANLEY JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 4803304
Date of Death: 27/06/1944
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. G. 6.
Cemetery: RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Annie Taylor; husband of Alice Emily Taylor, of Hunderton, Hereford.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1/5/1939

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

606

Name: BINNS, JACK
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4541573
Date of Death: 28/06/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: V. G. 7.
Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Additional Information: Husband of Beatrice Elizabeth Binns, of Bradford, Yorkshire.

Conscripted into The West Yorkshire Regiment 15/2/1940 and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regimental, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

607

Name: WATKINS, JACK
Rank: Private
Service No: 3394028
Date of Death: 28/06/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 9. Column 3.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

Enlisted into The East Lancashire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regimental, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds (at sea). The Battalion was not at sea, so probably wounded and being repatriated.

 

608

Name: ALLEN, LESLIE
Rank: Private
Service No: 14589476
Date of Death: 29/06/1944
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. B. 15.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Annie M. Allen, of Penistone, Yorkshire.

Conscripted into General Service Corps 1942. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regimental date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.





Commemorated on The Penistone War Memorial, Barnsley.

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609

Name: HUDSTON, HAROLD ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 4805213
Date of Death: 29/06/1944
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: XVIII. D. 4.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Henry Thomas Hudston and Ada Amelia Hudston, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire; husband of Hazel Mary Hudston.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2)

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

610

Name: JONES, JEFREY
Rank: Private
Service No: 14412463
Date of Death: 30/06/1944
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. H. 19.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Frank Edward and Dorothy Gwendoline Jones, of Bierley, Bradford, Yorkshire.

Conscripted into General Service Corps 1942. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regimental date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in Action.

 

611

Name: STANILAND, JOHN MEABURN
Rank: Major
Service No: 44251
Date of Death: 30/06/1944
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. B. 13.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Meaburn and Frances Sophia Staniland, of Boston, Lincolnshire. LL. B. (Sheffield).

Cause of death: Fatally wounded. (Shot by a sentry at 01-30 hrs)

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 21 APRIL, 1950

The KING has been graciously pleased to confer "The Territorial Efficiency Decoration and 1st Clasp" upon the following officer:- (6 years after he was killed)

Lincolnshire Regiment
Capt. (jT/Maj.) j. M. STANILAND (44251) (killed in action).

 

612

Name: BRIGGS, FREDERICK
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804986
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. H. 9.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Arthur and Minnie Briggs, of Lincoln; husband of Alice Briggs, of Boultham, Lincoln.

Cause of death: Killed in action.





Commemorated on The Boultham War Memorial, Lincoln.

 

613

Name: CHADDERTON, WILLIAM HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 14573547
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. H. 11.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of William Chadderton, and of Edith Ellen Chadderton, of Longsight, Manchester.

Conscripted into General Service Corps 1942. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regimental date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

614

Name: CHEFFINGS, STANLEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4801294
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. H. 10.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Ernest Benjamin and Lily Cheffings, of Lincoln.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 2/5/1935

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

615

Name: DEWEY, REGINALD CYRIL
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4803838
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 13, Column 2.
Memorial: BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of John Henry and Louisa Dewey; husband of Vera Dewey, of Buttershaw, Bradford, Yorkshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2)

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

616

Name: DIAMOND, HENRY
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4800565
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. D. 5.
Cemetery: RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Diamond; husband of Winnie Margaret Diamond, of Stamshaw, Portsmouth.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1934

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

617

Name: GUEST, LESLIE
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 770491
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. E. 2.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Robert Guest, and of Annie Guest, of Belper, Derbyshire; husband of Mary Guest.

Enlisted into The Royal Artillery 6/10/1926. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

618

Name: HAITHWAITE, SYDNEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 2130042
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. D. 13.
Cemetery: HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Grace Haithwaite, of York.

Enlisted into The Royal Engineers. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

619

Name: HALL, FRANK
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4805195
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: III. G. 8.
Cemetery: RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Additional Information: Son of Fred and Ella Hall, of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2)

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

620

Name: HEMINGWAY, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4750185
Date of Death: 01/07/1944
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 13, Column 2.
Memorial: BAYEUX MEMORIAL

Enlisted into The York & Lancaster Regiments. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.