The Lincolnshire Regiment

69

Name: TAYLOR, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802270
Date of Death: 01/06/1940
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Column 45.
Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of John and Winifred Jane Taylor; nephew of Mrs. S. A. Henson, of Sturton-by-Stow, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 27/9/1937

Cause of Death: Killed in action.





Commemorated on the Sturton-by-Stow War Memorial

 

70

Name: WELCH, EDWARD VICTOR
Rank: Private
Service No: 4801562
Date of Death: Between 01/06/1940 and 02/06/1940
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Column 45.
Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Violet Maria Welch, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 31/12/1935. Re-enlisted 6/8/1937.

Cause of Death: Presumed Killed in Action

 

71

Name: COLES, DONALD ARTHUR
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804313
Date of Death: 02/06/1940
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Column 45.
Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Frederick and Ada Coles; husband of Elsie Ivy Coles, of Kingsthorpe, Northampton.

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

72

Name: COOK, ROBERT HUGH
Rank: Private
Service No: 4803663
Date of Death: 02/06/1940
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Column 45.
Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cook; husband of Alice May Cook, of Bourne, Lincolnshire.

Cause of Death: Killed in action

 

73

Name: MARTIN, CHARLES EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4798768
Date of Death: 02/06/1940
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. 19. Row A. Coll. grave 16.
Cemetery: GRANTHAM CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Henry and Sarah Lucy Martin; husband of Annie Martin, of Grantham.

Born: Grantham 22/7/1908

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 23/1/1928

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds (Evacuated from Dunkirk)

 

74

Name: POWELL, EDWARD DUDLEY SAGAR
Rank: Captain
Service No: 39353
Date of Death: 02/06/1940
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn (Attached from 2 Lincolns)
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Panel Reference: Column 45.
Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL

Cause of Death: Killed in Action (Heavy shelling just before being evacuated from the beaches).



From the War diary of 6th Lincolns.



The comment about his part in the evacuation, probably led to his being awarded a postumous M.I.D. (London Gazette 20/12/1940). See second page of the war diary page.



From the Historty of The Lincolns

 

75

Name: SCHOLES, ERIC MORLEY
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4803612
Date of Death: 02/06/1940
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Column 45.
Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Lily Scholes, of Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 11/5/1939

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

 

76

Name: NOON, REGINALD HORACE
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: C.S.M.
Service No: 4797334
Date of Death: 06/06/1940
Age: 35
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. H. Grave 500.
Cemetery: ALDERSHOT CIVIL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Horace and Agnes Noon; husband of Winifred Georgina Noon, of Aldershot.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 23/2/1925

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds (Evacuted from Dunkirk)

 

77

Name: HARE, CYRIL KEMP
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804208
Date of Death: 09/06/1940
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Battalion
Grave Reference: A, 58.
Cemetery: ST. VALERY-EN-CAUX FRANCO-BRITISH CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Herbert and Eliza Mary Hare, of Horncastle, Lincolnshire.

Cause of Death: Killed in Action (From the nominal roll) Attached to No.1 Infantry Base Depot.

 

78

Name: MILLNS, FRED RAYMOND
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804233
Date of Death: 09/06/1940
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: A, 35.
Cemetery: ST. VALERY-EN-CAUX FRANCO-BRITISH CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William Betts Millns and Annie Elizabeth Millns, of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds (From the Nominal Roll) Attached to No.1 Infantry Base Depot.

 

79

Name: GREEN, FRED
Rank: Private
Service No: 4799343
Date of Death: 15/06/1940
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: Row B. Grave 443.
Cemetery: BREDENE CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of Elizebeth Green, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted the Lincolnshire Regiment 25/6/1929

Cause of Death: Battle Casualty

 

80

Name: DRURY, JAMES FRANCIS CYRIL
Rank: Private
Service No: 4803909
Date of Death: 04/07/1940
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: Mil. Plot. Row A. Grave 2.
Cemetery: AKUREYRI CEMETERY

Cause of Death: Died on Active Service (From the war diary)

 

81

Name: CAUNT, JOHN VINCENT
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4800410
Date of Death: 14/07/1940
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Cemetery: BRACEBRIDGE (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of John and Florence May Caunt, of Bracebridge.

Cause of Death: Died as a result of a Motor Cycle accident. The war diary shows that were in the process of starting a motor cycle & side car platoon and training in the Tetbury area of Gloucestershire. (A Sergeant R Guttridge died on the same date, but no details to confirm whether he was also involved).

 

82

Name: GUTTRIDGE, RAYMOND ALBERT
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 4799484
Date of Death: 14/07/1940
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot 10. C. of E. Row N. Grave 1.
Cemetery: CIRENCESTER CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Victor Llewellyn Guttridge and Sarah Ann Guttridge; husband of Edith Vera Guttridge, of Hayes, Middlesex.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 20/12/29

Cause of Death: Died. (J V CAUNT was killed (previous post) the same day, but no details to confirm whether he was also involved). Spelling different in the Nominal Roll and CWGC entry & headstone.

 

Newspaper clipping from the Lincolnshire Echo dated 18th July 1940.

 

83

Name: THOMPSON, SIDNEY FRANCIS
Rank: Private
Service No: 4801895
Date of Death: 06/08/1940
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. D. 1.
Cemetery: DELHI WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John William and Emma Thompson, of Alford, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted the Lincolnshire Regiment 16/10/1936

Cause of Death: Died (No furthur details)





Alford War Memorial

 

84

Name: CORK, ISAAC
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4798226
Date of Death: 16/08/1940
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: South of chancel.
Cemetery: TETBURY (ST. SAVIOUR) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Husband of Annie May Cork, of Chesterton, Staffordshire.

Enlisted the Lincolnshire Regiment 26/7/1926

Cause of Death: Died as a result of a fall from a vehicle.

 

Newspaper report from the Cheltenham Chronicle concerning Raymond's accident.

 

85

Name: SCHOFIELD, KENNETH IVOR
Rank: Company Quartermaster Serjeant
Service No: 4797210
Date of Death: 03/09/1940
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: attd. 1st Bn. Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
Grave Reference: 1. 2.
Cemetery: NANYUKI WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Edwin and Ethel Schofield, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted the Lincolnshire Regiment (as a boy age 15) 13/10/1924

Cause of Death: Died in West Africa (no other information)

 

86

Name: DUROSE, DONALD JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804386
Date of Death: 03/10/1940
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: D Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. R. Grave 332.
Cemetery: LINCOLN (ST. SWITHIN'S) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward and Hilda Durose, of Lincoln.

Cause of Death: Died in CUPAR Cottage Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a motor accident (War Diary)