The Lincolnshire Regiment

690

Name: ROLL, JOHN CASTLEDINE
Rank: Captain
Service No: 155657
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 21.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Henry John and Elizabeth Roll, of Epsom, Surrey.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 6 DECEMBER, 1940

Commissioned into The Lincolnshire Regiment
John Castledine ROLL (155657)

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

691

Name: RUSSELL, LESLIE EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4807066
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 30.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles Edward and Ivy Docea Russell, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2)

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

692

Name: SEDGWICK, LESLIE
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 4798712
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 35
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 34.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Mary Ann Sedgwick; husband of Olive Marjorie Sedgwick, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 29/12/1927

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

693

Name: SIMPSON, JOHN RICHARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4799258
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 35
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 10.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John William and Sarah Simpson, of Navenby, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 29/5/1929

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

694

Name: SKELHAM, CHARLES ERNEST
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 14404664
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. C. 29.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ernest and Margaret E. Skelham, of Desborough, Northamptonshire.

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

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

695

Name: WESTON, THOMAS ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 4799893
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 12.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Thomas Weston and Ethel Weston, of Ashby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 9/1/1931

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

696

Name: BAIGENT, WALTER WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 14602972
Date of Death: 09/07/1944
Age: 36
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. A. 7.
Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Additional Information: Son of Frederick and Agnes Baigent; husband of Lottie Evelyn Baigent, of Lightwater, Surrey.

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

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

697

Name: CONNELLY, WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 5341552
Date of Death: 09/07/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. F. 3.
Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Additional Information: Son of Jane Connelly, of Stepney, London; husband of Louisa E. Connelly, of Stepney.

Enlisted into The Royal Berkshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

698

Name: LAMONT, ARCHIBALD
Rank: Private
Service No: 7901294
Date of Death: 09/07/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. C. 30.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Lamont, of Partick, Glasgow.

Enlisted into The Royal Armoured Corps and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

699

Name: MURPHY, THOMAS
Rank: Private
Service No: 4541704
Date of Death: 09/07/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. C. 28.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Henry and Sarah Murphy, of Castleford, Yorkshire.

Enlisted into The West Yorkshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

700

Name: PETTY, GEORGE FREDERICK
Rank: Private
Service No: 4798104
Date of Death: 09/07/1944
Age: 36
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. C. 22.
Cemetery: HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Petty; husband of Elsie Annie Petty, of Beesby, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 31/5/1926

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

701

Name: RATCLIFFE, LEONARD VICTOR
Rank: Private
Service No: 14680275
Date of Death: 09/07/1944
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. C. 27.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mildred Alice Ratcliffe, of Neasden, Middlesex.

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

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

702

Name: RICHARDSON, LEONARD JAMES
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: CDN/191
Date of Death: 09/07/1944
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Unit: Attd. 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: II. B. 18.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles L. Richardson, and of Ellen Richardson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

The first and last CANLOAN death serving with The Lincolns. 3 Others served in 4 Lincolns and survived the war.

Cause of death: Killed in action.







Buried along with the men he fought with.



Commemorated on The CANLOAN memorial Ottawa.

 

703

Name: FOWLER, PHILIP CORNELIUS YORK
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 267212
Date of Death: 10/07/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. H. 15.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Richard William and Annie Fowler, of Skeffington, Leicestershire.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 14 MAY, 1943

INFANTRY 13th Mar 1943 —
Lincoln R
William Ernest GROOCOCK (267211)
Philip Cornelius York FOWLER (267212)

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

703

Name: FOWLER, PHILIP CORNELIUS YORK
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 267212
Date of Death: 10/07/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. H. 15.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Richard William and Annie Fowler, of Skeffington, Leicestershire.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 14 MAY, 1943

INFANTRY 13th Mar 1943 —
Lincoln R
William Ernest GROOCOCK (267211)
Philip Cornelius York FOWLER (267212)

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

704

Name: MORRILL, GORDON HENRY EDWARD
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 224921
Date of Death: 10/07/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: East Surrey Regiment
Unit: attd. 4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: V. B. 12.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Additional Information: Son of Henry John and Hilda Kate Morrill, of Wootton Courtney, Somerset.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 17 FEBRUARY 1942

The undermentioned Cadets, to be 2nd Lts.
24th Jan. 1942: — E. Surrey R.
Gordon Henry Edward MORRILL (224921).

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

705

Name: WARNE, HARRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4801219
Date of Death: 10/07/1944
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: IX. E. 19.
Cemetery: ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 13/7/1934

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

706

Name: LOGSDAIL, HUGH ROBB
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 189216
Date of Death: 11/07/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. C. 8.
Cemetery: HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward George and Constance Logsdail, of Clifton, Bristol.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 20 JUNE, 1941
Lincoln R.
Hugh Robb LOGSDAIL (189216

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 10 SEPTEMBER, 1943
Transferred to RA, June 1943: —H. R. Logsdail (189216) from Lincoln R
.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 31 MARCH, 1944
Lincoln R.
The undermentioned War Subs. Lts. to be War Subs. Lts., retaining their present seniority: From R.A., 23rd Jan. 1944: —H. R. Logsdail (189216).

The war diary states he rejoined 2 Lincolns on 31 January 1944

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

707

Name: MOORBY, JOHN T.
Rank: Private
Service No: 3711094
Date of Death: 11/07/1944
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. C. 14.
Cemetery: HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Thomas Moorby and Jane Ann Moorby, of Settle, Yorkshire.

Enlisted into The The King's Own Royal Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds

 

706

Name: LOGSDAIL, HUGH ROBB
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 189216
Date of Death: 11/07/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. C. 8.
Cemetery: HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward George and Constance Logsdail, of Clifton, Bristol.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 20 JUNE, 1941
Lincoln R.
Hugh Robb LOGSDAIL (189216

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 10 SEPTEMBER, 1943
Transferred to RA, June 1943: —H. R. Logsdail (189216) from Lincoln R
.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 31 MARCH, 1944
Lincoln R.
The undermentioned War Subs. Lts. to be War Subs. Lts., retaining their present seniority:
From R.A., 23rd Jan. 1944: —H. R. Logsdail (189216).

Cause of death: Died of wounds.