The Lincolnshire Regiment

640

Name: TURNER, ALLAN CHARLES
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4803197
Date of Death: 03/07/1944
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire RegimenUnit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: III. J. 10.
Cemetery: TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George William and Gertrude Turner, of Boston, Lincolnshire; husband of Emily Evelyn Turner, of Boston.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 28/4/1939.

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

 

Name: WATSON, FRANK
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: C.S.M.
Service No: 4799547
Date of Death: 03/07/1944
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. F. 8.
Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Additional Information: Son of Arthur Richard and Mary Ann Watson; husband of Lena Watson, of Darlington, Co. Durham.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 24/1/1930

Cause of death:

 

642

Name: LEDGER, JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 4547204
Date of Death: Between 04/07/1944 and 05/07/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: XI. B. 25.
Cemetery: BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Percy Harry and Lily Ledger, of Leeds, Yorkshire.

Enlisted into The West Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death:

 

643

Name: WILLIAMSON, SIDNEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 11411058
Date of Death: 04/07/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: III. J. 3.
Cemetery: TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ruth Williamson, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; husband of Ruth Williamson.

Enlisted into The Royal Artillery (Field, Coastal & Anti-Aircraft).Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Died of wounds.

Nominal Roll not found.

 

644

Name: BARBER, GEORGE WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 7905731
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment (formerly of the)
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 2.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted into The Royal Armoured Corps.Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

645

Name: BELLAMY, NORMAN CLIFFORD
Rank: Private
Service No: 5890858
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 31.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William H. and Lilian Bellamy, of Kettering, Northamptonshire; husband of Olive Doreen Bellamy, of Kettering.

Enlisted into The Northamptonshire Regiment. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

646

Name: BELLAMY, ARTHUR BERTRAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 5892026
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment (formerly of the Northamptonshire Regiment)
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. C. 33.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Bert and Ada Bellamy, of Kettering, Northamptonshire.

Enlisted into The Northamptonshire Regiment. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

647

Name: BOTTING, BASIL JEFFREY
Rank: Private
Service No: 6403527
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 14.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harry Edwin and Ida Dorothy Botting, of Haywards Heath, Sussex; husband of Bridget Ellen Botting, of Haywards Heath.

Enlisted into The Royal Sussex Regiment. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

648

Name: BROWN, ERIC LAWRENCE
Rank: Private
Service No: 14644714
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 17.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

Conscripted into General Service Corps 1942. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regimental date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

649

Name: BROWN, GEORGE COLIN
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 296195
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. C. 24.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of W. A. Brown, and of Charlotte Brown, of Chilwell. Nottinghamshire.

London Gazette - became 2nd Lieutenant on 22 October 1943

Cause of death: Killed in action.

From 2 Lincolns War Diary.

 

650

Name: BROWN, WILLIAM ERNEST KENNETH
Rank: Private
Service No: 5892035
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment (formerly of the Northamptonshire Regiment)
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 9.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ernest and Kathleen E. Brown, of Walton, Peterborough, Northamptonshire.

Enlisted into The Northamptonshire Regiment. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

651

Name: BRUNT, SAMUEL
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4799200
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 27.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 6/4/1929

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

652

Name: BUNTING, ARTHUR VICTOR
Rank: Private
Service No: 5780764
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment (formerly of the Royal Norfolk Regiment)
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 29.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted into The Royal Norfolk Regimentand transferred into The Lincolnshire Regiment, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

653

Name: CODD, JOHN WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 4800957
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 4.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Florence Codd, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 7/11/1933

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

654

Name: COLEY, BASIL ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 14223672
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 6.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ada Violetta Coley, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Conscripted into General Service Corps 1942. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regimental date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

655

Name: COOKE, NORMAN JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 14401486
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. C. 3.
Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

Conscripted into General Service Corps 1942. Transferred into The Lincolnshire Regimental date not known.

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

656

Name: COTTLE, GEORGE
Rank: Private
Service No: 5341684
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. C. 32.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

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

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

657

Name: DENTON, HENRY ROLAND EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804987
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 13.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Alfred E. and Hetty Denton, of Branston Booths, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2)

Cause of death: Killed in action.



Commemorated on a plaque in the Branston Booths War Memorial Hall.

 

658

Name: DONNELLY, FRANK EDWARD
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 5891091
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: XIV. B. 14.
Cemetery: BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Emma Donnelly, of Leeds, Yorkshire.

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

Cause of death: Killed in action.

 

659

Name: FAWCETT, HERBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 4541917
Date of Death: 08/07/1944
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: I. C. 32.
Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John Willie and Sarah Annie Fawcett, of Low Moor, Yorkshire; husband of Hilda Fawcett, of Low Moor.

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

Cause of death: Killed in action.