The Lincolnshire Regiment

134

Name: SIBCY, JOSEPH STANLEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4799924
Date of Death: 03/10/1942
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot H. Grave 91.
Cemetery: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA
Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Mary Jane Sibcy, of Stapleford, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 19/1/1931

Cause of Death: Infective Hepatitus (See nominal roll)

 

135

Name: CHAMBERS, GEORGE FREDERICK
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 191881
Date of Death: 05/10/1942
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Column 57.
Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of George Frederick and B. Chambers; husband of Vera Chambers, of Shepherd's Bush, London.

Cause of Death: Killed in Action. (From the Lincolns Roll of Honour)
This is an odd one, as 2 Lincolns were in the UK between 1940 (Post Dunkirk) & 1944 (Pre Normandy) at this time. The war diary and appendicies do not have a list of Officers, so nothing can be checked.

Internet searched other than he was originally in the Grenadier Guards: See SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 29 JULY, 1941. Lincoln R. .C.S.M. George Frederick CHAMBERS(191881), from Gren. G'ds., to be 2nd Lt.2nd July 1941 and posted to the Lincolns.

 

136

Name: TROOP, WILLIAM HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4806637
Date of Death: 25/10/1943
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference:
Cemetery: EAST STOCKWITH (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of George and Sophia Troop; husband of Lucy Troop, of East Stockwith.

Cause of death: Unknown, as discharged 25/10/1942 and died same day. Nothing in the war diary.

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."

 

137

Name: SMITH, ARTHUR
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4802958
Date of Death: 27/10/1942
Age: 37
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: Sec. I. Grave 180.
Cemetery: LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles and Anne Smith, of Lincoln; husband of Beatrice Smith, of St. Giles, Lincoln.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 9/2/1939.

Cause of Death: Died as a result of an motor car accident - Knocked down by the driver. Based at the Infantry Trainining Centre at the time.






Posted in the Remembering Today thread in 27/10/2016. Originally posted by Guy Hudson

 

138

(Last casualty of 6 Lincoln's in the UK prior to moving to North Africa.)

Name: SWIFT, FREDERICK HERBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 14209605
Date of Death: 30/12/1942
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. C. C. of E. Grave 102.
Cemetery: PRESTON (NEW HALL LANE) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Herbert and Mary Ann Swift, of Preston; husband of Margaret Swift, of Preston.

Cause of Death: Accidently killed (From the War Diary)

 

139

Name: LAMB, HAROLD
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 4801076
Date of Death: 06/01/1943
Age: 38
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. 17. Row B. Grave 3.
Cemetery: GRANTHAM CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Ernest and Annie Lamb; husband of Ethel Emily Lamb, of Grantham.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 26/3/1934.

Cause of Death: Died as a result of an accident (From the book - Saturday Night Soldiers by John Benson).

 

140

Name: MOORE, ALLAN ULYATT
Rank: Private
Service No: 4801927
Date of Death: 21/01/1943
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot L. Grave 13.
Cemetery: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 3/12/1936.

Cause of Death: Died (India). No details.

 

141

(First casualty of 6 Lincoln's in North Africa.)

Name: CURTIS, ARTHUR
Rank: Private
Service No: 4803566
Date of Death: 10/02/1943
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 12. D. 3.
Cemetery: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Henry Victor and Ethel Curtis, of Bourne, Lincolnshire; husband of Violet Ethel Curtis, of Bourne.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 8/5/1939.

Cause of Death: Accidently killed in Action. From 6 Lincolns war diary.

 

Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 09 January 1943

 

Grantham Journal - Friday 22 January 1943

 

142

Name: BARKER, EDWARD FREDERICK
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 4803613
Date of Death: 16/02/1943
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 12. D. 4.
Cemetery: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edward George Barker and of Susannah Barker (nee Greenwood); husband of Mollie Clement Barker (nee Cox), of Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 11/5/1939.

Cause of Death: Killed in action. (Nominal Roll)



Nothing in the War Diary for that day, but shows what they were doing at that time.

 

143

Name: BLAND, EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4804463
Date of Death: 20/02/1943
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference:
Cemetery: OLD LEAKE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of George Thomas Bland, and of Florence Bland, of Church End.

Enlisted 1939 (pre Aug)

Cause of Death: Died of Pneumonia.

 

Locations of the Battalions as at 20 February 1943:

1st Battalion - Burma

Fighting the Japanese.



2nd Battalion - UK

Hythe near Folkestone in Kent. Operation Wisecrack (Communications exercise).

4th Battalion - UK

Hereford. Demo at Litley Court - Handling of War Dogs.

6th Battalion - North Africa

Medjez el Bab. Advancing against German troops.

102 LAA (7 Lincolns) Regiment, RA - UK

Clacton-on-sea. LAA Practice Camp.

 

144

Name: SAXTON, NORMAN JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4801567
Date of Death: 23/02/1943
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 3. F. 21.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Saxton, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 3/1/1936

Cause of Death: Heavy fire activity all night. Killed during this period. Donbaik area of Northern Burma. (Source – 1 Lincolns War Diary).





Copy of 71 Brigade War Diary.

 

145

Name: NICHOLSON, FRANK
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802478
Date of Death: 24/02/1943
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 10. G. 7.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 20/4/1938

Cause of Death: Heavy fire activity all night. Died of wounds sustained during this period. Donbaik area of Northern Burma. (Source – 1 Lincolns War Diary).

 

146

Name: GREENSHIELDS, WILLIAM ALAN
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 219834
Date of Death: 26/02/1943
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 3. C. 14.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James William and Doris Greenshields; husband of Mary Doris Greenshields, of Swiss Cottage, London.

Commisioned 2nd Lieutenant and posted to the Lincolnshire Regiment - London Gazette 6/7/1941

Cause of Death: Killed during heavy shelling of Battalion HQ, D Company and B Echelon lines. Donbaik area of Northern Burma. (Source – 1 Lincolns War Diary).

 

147

Name: STRUGNELL, THOMAS FREDERICK
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 4801323
Date of Death: 26/02/1943
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. B. 10.
Cemetery: TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Frederick William and Elizabeth Strugnell, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Ruby Lillian Strugnell, of Grimsby.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 21/3/1935.

Cause of Death: Died of wounds (One of two casualties that day). Heavy shelling and mortaring of the Battalion most of the day. (Source – 6 Lincolns War Diary).

 

148

Name: BELLAMY, GEORGE LESLIE
Rank: Private
Service No: 4975167
Date of Death: 28/02/1943
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Face 16.
Memorial: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Albert Bellamy, and of Beatrice M. Bellamy, of Navenby, Lincolnshire.

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 12/3/1937

Cause of Death: Killed in action. Heavy shelling of the Battalion most of the day. (Source – 6 Lincolns War Diary ).







Commemorated on the Navenby War Memorial

 

149

Name: BURROWS, FRANK WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 4803662
Date of Death: 28/02/1943
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. C. 11.
Cemetery: MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William Douglas Burrows and Elizabeth Lydia Burrows, of Ketton, Rutland; husband of Olive Mary Burrows, of Ketton

Enlisted The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Before August)

Cause of Death: Killed in Action. Heavy shelling of the Battalion most of the day. (Source – 6 Lincolns War Diary ).



Commemorated Ketton War Memorial

 

150

Name: CAMP, RAYMOND
Rank: Private
Service No: 4806496
Date of Death: 28/02/1943
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 10. G. 18.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Herbert R. Camp, and of Mary Camp, of Horncastle, Lincolnshire.

Cause of Death: Killed in Action (Donbaik are).