The Lincolnshire Regiment

961

Name: DAWSON, EDWARD EVERARD HENRY GERALD
Rank: Major
Service No: 129447
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 9.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Herbert and Blanche Marie Dawson.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 26 APRIL, 1940
Commissioned into The Lincoln R.
Edward Everard Henry Gerard DAWSON.

Joined the 2nd Battalion 14 August 1940. Promoted OC (Major) of C Company January 1944.
Wounded in France, July 1944, later returned.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

962

Name: DE SILVA, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 18005015
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 5.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

Cause of death: Killed in action.

Transferred from The Bermuda Rifles, date not known. (They had links to The Lincolnshire Regiment going back to WW1)

 

963

Name: FENTON, GEORGE
Rank: Private
Service No: 4921928
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. D. 8.
Cemetery: MIERLO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George and Sarah Ann Fenton, of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Enlisted into The South Staffordshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds

 

964

Name: FILEWOOD, STANLEY ERNEST WALTER
Rank: Private
Service No: 14702307
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 4.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ernest George Richard and Florrie Filewood, of Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey.

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

Cause of death: Died in action.

 

965

Name: FOSTER, JOHN
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4535833
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 10.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles Robert and Rebecca Mary Foster; husband of Lily Irene Foster, of Marlborough, Wiltshire.

Enlisted into The West Yorkshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

966

Name: FROST, NORMAN STANLEY
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 6971086
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 13.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harry. and Florence Edith Frost, of Keston, Kent.

Conscripted into The Rifle Brigade 20/10/1939 and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

967

Name: GILMOUR, HUGH
Rank: Private
Service No: 4202384
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 1.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Catherine Gilmour, of Bredbury, Cheshire.

Enlisted into The Royal Welch Fusiliers and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

968

Name: HAWKSBY, JOHN VICTOR
Rank: Private
Service No: 1445252
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. D. 1.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Edward and Elizabeth Thompson Hawksby, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.

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

Cause of death: Died of wounds

 

969

Name: JACKSON, HARRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 2049598
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 3.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Mary Jackson; husband of Anne Jackson, of Swinderby, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Royal Engineers and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

970

Name: KENNEY, VICTOR ALBERT LOOS
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 5882412
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 13.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted into The Northhamptonshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

971

Name: MOORE, WILLIAM ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 5891734
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 6.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edwin Charles and Mary Ann Alice Moore, of Northampton.

Enlisted into The Northhamptonshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

972

Name: NEEDHAM, FREDERICK ALBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 14714420
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 7.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James and Edith Ellen Needham. of Burton-on-Trent.

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

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

973

Name: PATTERSON, WILLARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 18005056
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
Grave Reference: I. B. 2.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

Transferred from The Bermuda Rifles, date not known. (They had links to The Lincolnshire Regiment going back to WW1)

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

974

Name: PEARSON, WILLIAM FREDERICK
Rank: Private
Service No: 4806381
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: II, E, 1.
Cemetery: ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2)

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

975

Name: RICHES, CHARLES ERNEST
Rank: Private
Service No: 5892153
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 9.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Pymer James Riches and Catherine McPherson Riches, of Daventry, Northamptonshire.

Enlisted into The Northhamptonshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

976

Name: ROSENBERG, PERCY
Rank: Private
Service No: 14722832
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 2.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Jacob and Clara Rosenberg, of Mile End, London.

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

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

977

Name: ROTHERFORTH, FRANK
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4350109
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 7.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George and Jane Rotherforth, of Sheffield; husband of Florence May Rotherforth, of Sheffield.

Enlisted into The East Yorkshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

978

Name: SHIPP, JOHN RICHARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 14660353
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 11.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

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

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

979

Name: SMITH, ANTHONY FRITH
Rank: Major
Service No: 66195
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 36
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. B. 10.
Cemetery: OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen F. Smith; husband of Faith A. Smith. Native of Bermuda.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 30 JULY, 1940
Lincolnshire Regiment.
The undermentioned, from Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps,
to be 2nd Lt. 10th July 1940
Lt. Anthony Frith SMITH (66195)

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 21 JANUARY, 1949 (5 years after he was killed in action)
The War Office, 21st January, 1949.
The following Officers are awarded the 2nd Clasp to the Efficiency Medal (Territorial):
The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.
Capt. A. F. SMITH (Deceased) (66195).

Arrived in The UK in 1940 from The Bermuda Volunteer Force. Was posted to train men up to 1944. He joined B Company, 2 Lincolns.

Cause of death: Killed in action during an advance.

 

980

Name: SPENCER, PETER
Rank: Private
Service No: 4344024
Date of Death: 14/10/1944
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: III. A. 5.
Cemetery: MOOK WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John George and Ethel Spencer, of Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.

Enlisted into The East Yorkshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.