The Lincolnshire Regiment

118

Name: WHEATLEY, JAMES SYDNEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802985
Date of Death: 17/02/1942
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn. attd. The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
Grave Reference: 1. A. 4.
Cemetery: DELHI WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Walter and Mary Jane Wheatley, of Ancaster, Lincolnshire.

Cause of Death: Died (From the Nominal Roll. No other details)

 

119

Name: GILES, ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 4807693
Date of Death: 23/02/1942
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: Mil. Plot. Row B. Grave 1.
Cemetery: AKUREYRI CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James and Elizabeth Giles; husband of Florence Giles.

Cause of Death: Fatal Accident (War Diary)

 

From the Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 07 February 1942

 

120

Name: DYER, WILLIAM HARRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4807678
Date of Death: 11/03/1942
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 8th Bn.
Grave Reference: Cons. Sec. 19C. Grave 470.
Cemetery: TUNBRIDGE WELLS CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Milley Dyer, of Tunbridge Wells.

Cause of Death: Died (From the Nominal Roll. No other details)

 

121

Name: FAWCETT, ANTHONY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804814
Date of Death: 19/03/1942
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 8th Bn.
Cemetery: LITTLE COATES (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of Anthony Thomas Langworthy Fawcett and Ethel Fawcett, of Grimsby; husband of Edith Fawcett, of Cleethorpes.

Cause of Death: Died (From the Nominal Roll. No other details)

 

122

Name: BURDEN, GEORGE WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802343
Date of Death: 11/05/1942
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: HQ Coy, 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: Mil. Plot. Row B. Grave 5.
Cemetery: AKUREYRI CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George William and Elizabeth Burden, of Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Cause of Death: Died of Heart failure whilst at the Akureyri swimming pool (War diary)

 

123

Name: FENWICK, HERBERT
Rank: Captain
Service No: 150583
Date of Death: 22/05/1942
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Awards: M M
Grave Reference: Sec. A.W. Grave 425.
Cemetery: SHERINGHAM CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Mary Fenwick, of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

Cause of Death: Died as a result of an accident.

From the Gazette:-

"150533 - The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the undermentioned awards for gallant and distinguished services in action in connection with recent operations.:- The Military Medal :- No. 4340929 Sergeant Herbert Fenwick, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's. Own) Page 4265 | Supplement 34893, 9 July 1940 | London Gazette | The Gazette Lincolnshire R. Serjt. Herbert FENWICK, M.M. (150533), from E. York R., to be Lt. i6th Oct. 1940 Page 6010 | Supplement 34969, 11 October 1940 | London Gazette | The Gazette"

 

124

Name: COULTER, CYRIL
Rank: Private
Service No: 4611922 (Originally from the Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Date of Death: 29/05/1942
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: Mil. Plot. Row B. Grave 6.
Cemetery: AKUREYRI CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ernest Thompson Coulter and Ada Coulter; husband of Elsie Coulter, of Lincoln.

Cause of Death: Accidently killed during training.

 

125

Name: PALMER, ALBERT EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4808740
Date of Death: 23/06/1942
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. L.L. Grave 2380.
Cemetery: ROMFORD CEMETERY

Cause of Death: Died in Inveraray (No details).

 

126

Name: WILSON, JOSEPH PATRICK
Rank: Private
Service No: 4808032
Date of Death: 15/07/1942
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot O. Row G. Grave 53.
Cemetery: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA
Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Wilson, of Dublin, Irish Republic.

Cause of Death: Died (No details).

 

127

Name: BOTHAMLEY, FRANK REGINALD
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service No: 219109
Date of Death: 24/07/1942
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference:
Cemetery: BOSTON (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of Frank Leonard and Sara Turner Bothamley, of Boston.

Enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regiment 30/4/1939. Service Number 4803298. Posted to OCTU Sandhurst. Discharged 28/11/1941.

Cause of Death: Died in Hospital. Seriously wounded on manoeuvres in the South of England. He succumbed to his injuries early on Friday morning. Previously, he was R.Q.M.S. of 4th Lincolns and served in Norway and Iceland, before he was commissioned.

Notes: The funeral of Second Lieutenant F. R. ("Rex") Bothamley, 26 years of age, of the Lincs Regt. Eldest son of Mrs. Sarah. T. and the late Mr. Frank Bothamley, of 72, Spilsby Road Boston, took place at Holy Trinity Church Boston, on Monday, and the interment followed in Trinity churchyard. Lieut. Bothamley, as reported in our last issue, was seriously wounded on manoeuvres in the South of England. He succumbed to his injuries early on Friday morning. An 'old boy' of Boston Grammar School, he was, before the war, employed as an under-manager at the West Lynn branch of Lincolnshire Canners Ltd. He leaves two brothers, Mr. M. W. Bothamley, transport manager at the Boston branch of Lincs Canners, Ltd, and Mr. G. W. Bothamley, who is on the staff of Messrs W. Sinclair and Son. Ltd., seed merchants, Boston, He was a member of the Territorials and served in Norway and Iceland, whence he returned to undergo training at Sandhurst for his commission which he received last December. He was formerly R.Q.M.S. in the Linc's Regt. A member of the Boston Rowing Club, He played full-back and later three-quarters for the Boston Rugby Club. Lieut. E. Hill, a colleague of deceased, and a former member of the Boston Rugby Club, represented the Colonel of Lieut. Bothamley's Regiment. Mr Hill before joining the Army was on the staff of Messrs May and Hassell, Ltd., Boston. The Vicar of Boston (Canon A. Cook officiated. The coffin was draped with a Union Jack. Lincolnshire Standard, 1 August 1942, p8

 

128

Name: MARSDEN, CHARLES ARTHUR EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4800714
Date of Death: 25/07/1942
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot H. Grave 53.
Cemetery: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA
Additional Information: Son of Claude and Frances Marsden, of St. Giles, Lincoln.

Cause of Death: Died (No further information).

 

129

Name: JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804132
Date of Death: 26/07/1942
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 9th Bn. (Should be 2nd Battalion - No 9th Battalion)
Grave Reference: New part. Row 6 from South-west wall.
Cemetery: BURNESIDE (ST. OSWALD) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of William and Ethel Annie Jackson, of Burneside.

Cause of Death: Died as a result of an accident.

 

130

Name: FOSTER, ROBIN NORMAN
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service No: 177570
Date of Death: 15/08/1942
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot H. Grave 47.
Cemetery: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA
Additional Information: Son of Norman Fiennes Foster and Mary Patricia Foster, of Loughton, Essex.

From the London Gazette - SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, commissioned 1 APRIL, 1941

Cause of Death: Accident. Whilst training in a canal at Deula.

 

131

Name: TOYNTON, GEORGE
Rank: Private
Service No: 4800278
Date of Death: 27/08/1942
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot H. Grave 8.
Cemetery: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA
Additional Information: Son of Harry Harrison Toynton and Maria Toynton, of Spalding, Lincolnshire.

Cause of Death: Drowned whilst training at Deula.

 

132

Name: OSBORNE, JEFFREY
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4801592
Date of Death: 06/09/1942
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot O. Row E. Grave 9.
Cemetery: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA

Cause of Death: Died (No details or war diary for September 1942)

 

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133

Name: WEST, FRANK GORDON
Rank: Private
Service No: 4758474
Date of Death: 21/09/1942
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 8th Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. A. Cons. Grave 851.
Cemetery: BRADFORD (UNDERCLIFFE) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harold and Elizabeth West, of Bradford.

Cause of Death: Killed Accidently (Lincoln Roll of Honour). Nothing in the war diary.

 

Lincolnshire Echo - Wednesday 09 September 1942