The Lincolnshire Regiment

382

Name: DAWSON, CHARLES EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804805
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 5.
Memorial: CASSINO MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of George W. and Ethel Dawson, of Boston, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (pre war)

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.

 

383

Name: DOWNER, ARTHUR CHARLES
Rank: Private
Service No: 7930380
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 38
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. F. 6.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Thomas George and Sarah Downer, of Reading, Berkshire; husband of Phyllis E. Downer, of Reading.

Originally enlisted in The Royal Armored Corps, date not known. Transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment circa 1940.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.



Photo by 4Jonboy

 

385

Name: ELLIS, The Rev. CECIL ROBERT WILLIAM
Rank: Chaplain 4th Class
Service No: 144121
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Unit: attd. 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: VII. F. 17.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of the Revd. Canon Cecil Charles Ellis, M.A., and Margaret Ellis, of Didsbury Rectory, Manchester. A.K.C.

From The London Gazette

"SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 16 AUGUST, 1940

ROYAL ARMY CHAPLAINS' DEPT.

The undermentioned to be Chaplns. to the Forces, 4th CL:—I3th Aug. 1940
(C.E.).Rev. Cecil Robert William ELLIS (144121)"


Additional Information:-

Ellis, Rev. Cecil Robert William
City Chaplain Killed on Italian Front: Captain Cecil Robert William Ellis, Chaplain to the Forces, who is reported killed in action on the Italian front, was the only son of Canon C. C. Ellis and Mrs. Ellis, Didsbury Rectory, Manchester. Capt. Ellis who was 32 years of age, was ordained in 1934 and had been senior curate at Ellesmere Port since 1936.

He was educated in West Didsbury, at Giggleswick and at King’ s College, London. Evening Chronicle, 14 Jan, 1944

Biographical
Surname(s) Ellis
First name(s) Rev. Cecil Robert William
Date of birth 1912
Family details Son of the Revd. Canon Cecil Charles Ellis, M.A., and Margaret Ellis, of Didsbury Rectory, Manchester.
Previous education West Didsbury
College King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital
Dates at college 1930-1933
Dept / course Faculty of Theology
Qualifications A.K.C.
Military unit Royal Army Chaplains’ Dept., Lincolnshire Regt. Attd 6th Bn.
Service number 144121
War / conflict World War Two (1939-1945)
Date of death 05/01/1944
Age at death 32
Rank at death Chaplain 4th Class (Captain)
Burial place Cassino War Cemetery
Commemoration(s) King’ s College Chapel
Sources King’ s College London Archives, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Cause of death: During the Battle of the River Peccia, the Regimental Aid Post received a direct hit from a Nebelwerfer Mortar. The Doctor, Captain Lart was also killed.

 

Not his obituary but a newspaper report on him being injured in September and when he joined the Foresters.
From the Nottingham Journal - Saturday 16 October 1943

 

385

Name: LART, JOHN FLOYER VINCENT
Rank: Captain
Service No: 231988
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 40
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Unit: attd. 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: VII. F. 18.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles Edmund and Amy Vincent Lart. M.B.
Brother of Wing Commander (Pilot) LART, EDWARD COLLIS De VIRAC, DSO who also fell 13/8/1940, buried Vadaum, Norway.

"SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 2 JUNE, 1942

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

The undermentioned Lt:- commissioned I7th Jan. 1941:
John Floyer Vincent LART, M.B. (231988)"

Cause of death: During the Battle of the River Peccia, the Regimental Aid Post received a direct hit from a Nebelwerfer Mortar. The Battalion's Chaplain, Captain Ellis, was also killed.
(His Brother Wing Commander E.C De V LART, DSO, also died in WW2, 1940. Buried in Norway)

Furthur Information.

"Lart, John Floyer Vincent

Killed in action Captain John Floyer Vincent. British Medical Journal 5 Feb. 1944

Biographical
Surname(s) Lart
First name(s) John Floyer Vincent
Date of birth 1904
Place of birth Bridport Registration District
Family details Son of Charles Edmund and Amy Vincent Lart
Previous education Cambridge University
College St Thomas' Hospital
Dates at college 1926-
Dept / course M.B. Cantab
Qualifications M.B
Military unit Royal Army Medical Corps
Service number 231988
War / conflict World War Two (1939-1945)
Date of death 05-Jan-44
Age at death 40
Rank at death Captain
Cause of death Killed in action
Burial place Cassino War Cemetery, Italy
Commemoration(s) St. Thomas’ s Roll of Honour in the chapel; Newton Poppleford War Memorial
Sources St Thomas’ s Hospital Medical School Records, King’ s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal"

Newton Poppleford War Memorial.

 

From the Western Morning News - Saturday 26 February 1944

 

386

Name: GOWER, JOHN HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4928865
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: XVIII. B. 14.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Alice Gower, of Burton-on-Trent.

Originally enlisted in The South Staffordshire Regiment and transferred to The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.

 

387

Name: HIGGINS, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER COMYN
Rank: Major
Service No: 85609
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. F. 16.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Comyn Higgins and Elsie Higgins; husband of Mary E. Higgins, of Weymouth, Dorsetshire.

Commissioned into The Lincolnshire Regiment
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 18 FEBRUARY, 1941

Lincoln Regiment 1st Jan. 1941: —
M. C. C. Higgins (85609).

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.

Photo taken by 4Jonboy



From the 6th Battalion Lincolns history.



Commemorated Alsford Memorial Recreation Ground.

 

388

Name: HOULDEN, HARRY WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 14568086
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. F. 10.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Maria Houlden; husband of Eleanor May Houlden, of Marsh Chapel, Lincolnshire.

Conscripted into The General Service Corps 1942.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.



Photo taken by 4Jonboy



Commemorated on the Marsh Chapel War Memorial, Lincolnshire.

 

389


Name: LEE, FRANCIS GEORGE
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4804679
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: XVIII. B. 12.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Arthur and Lillian Lee, of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent; husband of Elsie Lee, of Meir, Stoke-on-Trent.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1938/39

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.

 

390

Name: LEWIS, CHRISTOPHER JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 3777077
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Awards: M M
Grave Reference: XVIII. B. 13.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of David and Margaret Lewis, of Knotty Ash, Liverpool.

Enlisted into The King's Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire, date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.

 

391

Name: McIVER, COLIN
Rank: Private
Service No: 14221132
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: XVIII. B. 7.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Kenneth and Mary Ellen McIver, of Farington, Lancashire.

Conscripted into The General Service Corps 1942.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.

 

392

Name: MILLINSON, SIDNEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804898
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: XVIII. B. 8.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1938/39

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.

 

393

Name: OSBORNE, STEVEN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4694838
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. F. 7.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Albert and Mary Elizabeth Osborne; husband of Hilda Osborne, of Stocksbridge, Yorkshire.

Enlisted into The Prince of Wales' Volunteerst and transferred into The Lincolnshire, date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.



Photo from 4Jonboy



Commemorated on the Stockbridge War Memorial, Sheffield.

 

394

Name: PEARSON, JOHN
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 3390202
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. F. 15.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Herbert and Bertha Pearson, of Chorley, Lancashire; husband of Margaret Pearson, of Chorley.

Enlisted into The East Lancashire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire, date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.



Photo by 4Jonboy



From 6 Lincolns War Diary

 

395

Name: READER, THOMAS CHARLES
Rank: Private
Service No: 6353124
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 35
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. F. 5.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Nellie Reader, of Pembury, Kent.

Enlisted into The Royal West Kent Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire, date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.

Commemorated on the Pembury War Memorial, Kent.



Photo from 4Jonboy



Commemorated on The Pembury War Memorial

 

396

Name: ROBSON, THOMAS BALMER
Rank: Private
Service No: 5960877
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. F. 1.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Margaret Ann Robson, of Morley, Yorkshire.

Enlisted into The Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment and transferred into The Lincolnshire, date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.



Photo from 4Jonboy

 

397

Name: RUDKIN, CHARLES FREDERICK
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 4792258
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 43
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Awards: M M
Grave Reference: VII. F. 13.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Annie Rudkin; husband of Gladys Mabel Rudkin, of Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 28/6/1920

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.





Photo by 4Jonboy



From 6 Lincolns War Diary (One digit in the service number incorrect)



His M.M. Citation. March 1943 at Sedjane in North Africa.

 

398

Name: SEARBY, FRED
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4979943
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: XVIII. B. 6.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Albert Edward and Grace Searby, of Withern, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Sherwood Foresters and transferred into The Lincolnshire, date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.

 

399

Name: SMITH, ALBERT SEAGRAVE
Rank: Private
Service No: 4208749
Date of Death: 05/01/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: A Coy, 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: XVIII. B. 11.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted into The Royal Welch Fusiliers and transferred into The Lincolnshire, date not known.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. “A” Company was heavily shelled and mortared on the North East slopes of Maggiore, south east of Cassino.