The Lincolnshire Regiment

1194

Name: KIME, BERNARD OATES
Rank: Captain
Trade: & Qmr
Service No: 118098
Date of Death: 25/04/1945
Age: 41
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd. Bn.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Grave Reference: 4. B. 1A.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Ethel Kime, of Dover.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 6 FEBRUARY, 1940
Lincoln R.
R.S.M. Bernard Gates KIME (118098) to be Lt. (Qr.-Mr.). 7th Feb. 1940

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 12 MARCH, 1940
Lincoln R.
The date of appointment of Lt. (Qr.-Mr.) BernardGates KIME (118098) is 2nd Dec. 1939 and not as notified in the Gazette of 6th Feb.1940.Leicester

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 9 AUGUST, 1945
Lincoln R.
Capt. (Qr.-Mr.) B. O. KIME (118098
Mentioned in Despatches

Cause of death: Went to Battalion with Lieutenant F.D. Gates and did not return to A Eschelon. Enquiries established they got lost and took a wrong turning. They ran into a party of enemy and were killed in the outskirts of Bremen. Buried in a garden at Battalion HQ. (Source – War Diary 2 Lincolns)

 

1195

Name: GATES, FRANK DERWENT
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 93336
Date of Death: 25/04/1945
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: 9th Bn The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Unit: attd. 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: 4. C. 1A.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Alfred and Margaret Gates; husband of Muriel Gates, of Keswick, Cumberland.

Cause of death: Went to Battalion HQ with Captain B.O. Kime and did not return to A Echelon. Enquiries established they got lost and took a wrong turning. They ran into a party of enemy and were killed in the outskirts of Bremen. Buried in a garden at Battalion HQ. (Source – War Diary 2 Lincolns)

 

1196

Name: PIPER, WILLIAM CHARLES (BILL)
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 338182
Date of Death: 25/04/1945
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd. Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. E. 1A.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William Charles and Ellen Piper, of Birmingham; husband of Grace Piper, of Winson Green, Birmingham.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 23 FEBRUARY, 1945
Lincoln Regiment
The undermentioned was granted an Immediate Emergency Commission from the ranks in the rank of 2nd Lt on 9 Nov. 1944
2565547 W.O. Cl. H William Charles PIPER(338182)
Joined 2 Lincolns immediately.

Cause of death: C Company sustained some casualties and whilst Lieutenant Piper was going to the assistance of a wounded man, a sniper shot and killed him.

From 2 Lincolns war diary.

 

1197

Name: CLAY, RAYMOND SAMUEL
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 299376
Date of Death: 27/04/1945
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. G. 11.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Frederick William and Charlotte Clay, of Alford, Lincolnshire.

4803708
R.S. Clay
Enlisted into The Lincolns 1939 (Pre WW2)

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 28 DECEMBER, 1943

Lincoln Regiment
4803708 Raymond Samuel CLAY (299376)
Discharged to a Commission 6/11/1943

Cause of death: Died of wounds? 6 Lincolns were in Greece on the day he died.

 

1198

Name: TYSON, W H
Rank: Private
Service No: 1618049
Date of Death: 01/05/1945
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. J. 20.
Cemetery: ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William Henry and Louisa Tyson, of Manchester.

Formerly a Gunner in the Royal Artillery. Joined as a reinforcement on 21 April 1943. (Source – War diary 6 Lincolns - Appendicies)

Cause of death: Accidentally killed.

 

1199

Name: FREEMAN, HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4803698
Date of Death: 02/05/1945
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. 3. Grave 139.
Cemetery: FRISKNEY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Herbert and Annie Freeman; husband of Harrett Annie Freeman, of Friskney.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2)

Cause of death: Died of Meningitus at Military Hospital Shaftsbury in the UK.

 

1200

Name: MELLOR, ERIC
Rank: Private
Service No: 14732771
Date of Death: 02/05/1945
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire RegimenUnit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of William and Ada Mellor, of Shipley, Yorkshire.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1201

Name: WHITFIELD, SIDNEY GEORGE
Rank: Private
Service No: 4808832
Date of Death: 02/05/1945
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL

Conscripted into The Lincolnshire Regiment, August 1940.
Transferred to The York & Lancs Regiment 22/11/1942.
Re-transferred back into The Lincolnshire Regiment 3/5/1943

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1202

Name: ROBERTS, BOB ERIC
Rank: Private
Service No: 14392234
Date of Death: 03/05/1945
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regimen
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 10. D. 8.
Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Sarah Ann Roberts, of Woodton, Norfolk.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

1203

Name: BLISS, ARTHUR
Rank: Private
Service No: 3775592
Date of Death: 15/05/1945
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Joint grave 3. J. 19-20.
Cemetery: RANGOON WAR CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The King's Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1204

Name: DADY, DAVID STEPHEN
Rank: Private
Service No: 5573553
Date of Death: 15/05/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. P. Dady, of Stockwell, London.

Originally enlisted into The Wiltshire Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1205

Name: ROWBOTTOM, EDWIN
Rank: Private
Service No: 3535166
Date of Death: 15/05/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Joint grave 3. J. 19-20.
Cemetery: RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George and Emily Alice Rowbottom, of Hazel Grove, Cheshire.

Originally enlisted into The Manchester Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

1206

Name: STAINTON, JOHN WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Rank: Private
Service No: 4803400
Date of Death: 02/06/1945
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: Row U. Grave 50.
Cemetery: ALFORD CEMETERY, LINCOLNSHIRE
Additional Information: Son of David and Emily Jane Stainton, of Alford.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 17/4/1939.
Discharged from the Lincolnshire Regiment 7 July 1944.
Not recorded in the Lincolns Roll of Honour.

Cause of death: Unknown (Died of previous wounds?)

 

1207

Name: COWLING, RONALD
Rank: Private
Service No: 14834969
Date of Death: 19/06/1945
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 50 Reinforcement Holding Unit
Grave Reference: Row F. Grave 7.
Cemetery: BLANKENBERGE TOWN CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George Albert and Maud Cowling, of Eastoft, Lincolnshire.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Accidently drowned.

 

1208

Name: REVELL, ERNEST
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802711
Date of Death: 21/06/1945
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. 97. Row L. Grave 18.
Cemetery: GRIMSBY (SCARTHO ROAD) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Claude and Eva Alice Revell, of Grimsby

Discharged from the Lincolnshire Regiment 22 April 1941.

(A soldier who has been found physically unfit by a medical board is discharged from Army service under King's Regulations, 1940, paragraph 390 (xvi) as "ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements.")

Not recorded in the Lincolns Roll

Cause of death: Unknown.

 

1208

Name: ROBERTS, KENNETH G.
Rank: Private
Service No: 14390894
Date of Death: 23/06/1945
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: C. of E. Sec. 1. Grave 665.
Cemetery: BIRKENHEAD (LANDICAN) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Ellen Roberts, of Birkenhead.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps.
Transferred to The Lincolns, date 1942.
Transferred to East Yorks Regiment 5/5/1943.
Re-transferred back to The 2 Lincolns.

Cause of Death: Died of wounds in Hospital.

 

1210

Name: DONALDSON, WILLIAM JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 3394056
Date of Death: 09/07/1945
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 59. H. 5.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Donaldson; husband of Ruth Donaldson, of Bebington, Cheshire.

Other Information: His service number indicates that when he first joined the Armed Forces or was called up, it was issued by the East Lancashire Regiment.

Cause of death: One of two men blown up on a mine whilst travelling in a carrier. Track had just been swept by a Pioneer unit, but missed. Mines had been laid during the war. Killed near Brilon, Germany.

 

1211

Name: PEET, CECIL
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804959
Date of Death: 09/07/1945
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 59. H. 6.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Joseph John and Lily Peet, of North Hykeham, Lincolnshire; husband of Lily Peet, of North Hykeham.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2)

Cause of death: One of two men blown up on a mine whilst travelling in a carrier. Track had just been swept by a Pioneer unit, but missed. Mines had been laid during the war. Killed near Brilon, Germany.

 

1212

Name: RICHARDS, HAROLD
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4984147
Date of Death: 09/07/1945
Age: 35
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 1. E. 4.
Cemetery: MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
Additional Information: Son of George and Annie Richards; husband of Edna S. Richards, of Skegness, Lincolnshire.

Originally enlisted into The Sherwood Foresters. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of Infective Hepatitus.

 

1213

Name: BELLAMY, ALBERT EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802326
Date of Death: 14/07/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: Sec. D. Grave 14.
Cemetery: NAVENBY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Albert and Beatrice Maud Bellamy, of Navenby.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 20/10/1937.

Cause of death: Died in Nottingham General Hospital. Result of a Motor Accident.