The Lincolnshire Regiment

185

Name: BRYDON, ROBERT
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 235739
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Unit: 1st Bn. The Liverpool Scottish attd. 6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: 4. C. 2.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Robert Somerville Brydon and Mary Brydon, of Edinburgh.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 26 JUNE, 1942, Commission into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

Further details:-
BRYDON, ROBERT
(1940).
XV; O.T.C. Pre-O.C.T.U., November 1941; O.C.T.U., January
1942; Sec. Lieut., 1st Battn. Liverpool Scottish (Q.O. Cameron
Highlanders). Attached 6th Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (North Africa),
June 1942.
Killed in Action,
March 1943

Cause of death: Killed in action.

From the War Diary of 6 Lincolns.

 

186

Name: COWLING, JOHN HARTLEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 5341659
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. D. 15.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

187

Name: DARWEN, HAROLD
Rank: Private
Service No: 10679553
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 16.
Memorial: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Darwen; nephew of Mr. A. Darwen, of Haslingden, Lancashire.

Cause of Death: Reported Missing, Killed in action.

 

188

Name: FAUNT, GEORGE WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 4809699
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. D. 20.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY

Conscripted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1940.

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

189

Name: GIBSON, HENRY HERBERT HARTLIFFE
Rank: Private
Service No: 4809703
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 16.
Memorial: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Tom Hartliffe Gibson and Alice Nellie Gibson, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Conscripted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1940.

Cause of Death: Reported missing, presumed killed in action.

 

190

Name: GRAY, STANLEY IVOR
Rank: Private
Service No: 4808410
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. D. 14.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Emma Gray, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Conscripted into the Lincolnshire Regiment 1940

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

191

Name: KEMP, LEONARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4807004
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 16.
Memorial: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Hilda Kemp; husband of Amy Kemp, of Sleaford, Lincolnshire.Father of Laurence Anthony.

Conscripted into the Lincolnshire Regiment 1940

Cause of Death: Reported missing, killed in action.



Commerorated on the Medjez War Memorial.

 

192

Name: TAYLES, WILLIAM HENRY
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4803293
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. D. 22.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George William and Mary Tayles; husband of Dorothy Tayles, of Dunston, Co. Durham.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 29/4/1939.

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

From the Grantham Journal - Friday 09 July 1943

 

From the Lincolnshire Echo - Monday 15 March 1943

 

From the Evening Despatch - Monday 10 May 1943

 

From the Newcastle Journal - Friday 02 April 1943

 

193

Name: THWAITES, WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 4758677
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. D. 18.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY

Cause of Death: No details.

 

194

Name: TOMLINSON, FRANK
Rank: Private
Service No: 4806635
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. D. 21.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Jonah William and Clara Tomlinson, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Violet Ethel Tomlinson, of Grimsby.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment in 1939 pre WW2

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

195

Name: WOODS, CHARLES BEN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4803372
Date of Death: 08/03/1943
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. C. 3.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Christmas and Florance Woods, of Spalding, Lincolnshire; husband of Margaret Woods, of Spalding.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 3/5/1939

Cause of Death: Killed in action.

 

196

Name: BARRETT, JOHN HENRY
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4804354
Date of Death: 09/03/1943
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 3. C. 4.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Henry and Alice Diamond Barrett, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Dorothy May Barrett, of Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment in 1939 pre ww2.

Cause of Death: Died of wounds.

 

197

Name: BAVINGTON-JONES, JEFFREY RUSSELL
Rank: Captain
Service No: 129445
Date of Death: 09/03/1943
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: attd. 16th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Grave Reference: VI. A. 7.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY

Cause of Death: Died of wounds.

From the Kings School Canterbury Roll of Honour



"Lincolnshire Regiment attached to B Company, 16th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

Date of birth: 27th August 1911
Date of death: 9th March 1943

Died of wounds aged 31

Buried at Massicault War Cemetery in Tunisia Plot VI Row A Grave 7

He was born at Dover on the 27th of August 1911, the son of Russell France Bavington-Jones, proprietor of the Dover Express newspaper, and Katherine Elizabeth (nee Day) of 45 Park Avenue, Dover, Kent.

He was educated at the Junior King's School from September 1921 and at the King's School Canterbury from January 1925 to July 1929.

On leaving school he studied law and became a barrister and lived in lodgings at 47 Rowan Cottages, Aldenham Avenue, Watford.

On the outbreak of war he joined an Officer Cadet Training Unit and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Lincolnshire Regiment on the 20th of April 1940. In July 1940 he was attached to the 16th Battalion Durham Light Infantry on its formation. He was promoted to Captain in 1943 and was second in command of B Company.

On the 26th of February 1943 the 16th Battalion Durham Light Infantry were resting at Sedjenane in Tunisia, having spent six weeks in the frontline. During the afternoon the Germans attacked and overran nearby positions held by a French unit. The Durhams were hastily organised for a counter attack and they moved out of Sedjenane across a small bridge and spread out on to the plain beyond with A Company in the lead and B and D Companies behind with C Company in reserve.
Fighting began at 6.10am the following morning with further attacks by C, B and D Companies in the afternoon seeing some ground being gained. The next two days fighting saw the ground being held and at dawn on the 2nd of March the Durhams attacked again, assaulting the positions Dejebel Guerba and Hill 231 but were forced back with heavy casualties. That evening they were withdrawn to Djebel Aboid.

During this action Jeffrey Bavington-Jones was wounded and captured by the Germans. He died a few days later as a prisoner of war.

He married Joan Mary (nee Leggett) on the 20th of April 1940 at Christ Church, Radlett and they had a son Robin.

He is commemorated in the Dover Book of Remembrance."

Photo taken late 1942 at Camber

B Coy 1942

 

198

Name: DOVE, RONALD HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4809694
Date of Death: 09/03/1943
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 3. C. 3.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dove; husband of Ruby May Dove, of Frampton, Lincolnshire.

Conscripted into the Lincolnshire Regiment 1940

Cause of Death: Died of wounds.

 

199

Name: JACKSON, WILLIAM WALTER JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802136
Date of Death: 09/03/1943
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: III. A. 3.
Cemetery: BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Ada Jackson; husband of Margaret Jackson, of Strathmiglo, Fife.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 3/5/1937

Cause of Death: Died of wounds.

 

200

Name: DUNN, GEORGE
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4804004
Date of Death: 10/03/1943
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 6.
Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of William Dunn and of Margaret Dunn, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939, Pre WW2

Cause of Death: Killed in action on a fighting patrol against the Japanese near Hill 566, Donbaik area. (Source – 1 Lincolns War Diary).



From the Lincolns missing men files. Some eye witness reports.