The Lincolnshire Regiment

1214

Name: JACQUES, ERNEST
Rank: Private
Service No: 3060341
Date of Death: 14/07/1945
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Plot O. Row C. Grave 52.
Cemetery: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA

Originally enlisted into Royal Scots Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Pulmonary Septicimia.

 

1215

Name: JOHNSON, FREDERICK GEORGE
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Trade: C.S.M.
Service No: 4800413
Date of Death: 11/08/1945
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: attd. York and Lancaster Regiment
Grave Reference: Sec. A. Grave 1273.
Cemetery: MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Frederick Johnson, and of Emily Johnson (nee Tuck), husband of Edith Maud Johnson, of Mansfield Woodhouse.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 1934.

Cause of death: Died of internal injuries resulting from a Motor Accident. Not on duty at the time at the time of the accident, but on an authorised journey. (Source – Lincolns Nominal Roll).

 

1216

Name: DAY, WALTER
Rank: Private
Service No: 4753013
Date of Death: 22/08/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: Mil. Sec. Grave 357.
Cemetery: JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The York & Lancaster Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died in British Military Hospital, Baragwanath, Johannesburg. Cause of death not known.

 

1217

Name: SHAW, CECIL GEORGE
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 5046999
Date of Death: 11/09/1945
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. D. 11.
Cemetery: MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George John and Alice Shaw, of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.

Originally enlisted into The North Staffordshire Regiment Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died. No details in the War Diary.

 

1218

Name: PALMER, ALBAN
Rank: Private
Service No: 5051587
Date of Death: 14/09/1945
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 2. D. 20.
Cemetery: MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The North Staffordshire Regiment Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died as the result of an accident. Injuries sustained during a football match on the 12th September 1945.

 

1219

Name: LANE, SIDNEY BASIL
Rank: Private
Service No: 14807665
Date of Death: 21/10/1945
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. K. 13.
Cemetery: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Joseph Henry and Elizabeth Jane Lane.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: A casualty of the landings in Sumatra. Died in action. Fighting against insurgents.

 

1220

Name: WARWICK, THOMAS
Rank: Private
Service No: 3191923
Date of Death: 27/10/1945
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Mil. Sec. Grave 377.
Cemetery: JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Thomas Hutchinson Warwick and Theresa Warwick, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

Originally enlisted into The King's Own Scottish Borderers. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died in British Military Hospital, Baragwanath, Johannesburg. Cause of death not known. 1 Lincolns had landed in Sumatra on 1 October 1945.

 

1221

Name: JAMES, HARRY NORMAN
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 14727081
Date of Death: 27/11/1945
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. M. 7.
Cemetery: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Herbert Charles and Margaret Grace James, of Kimberworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: One of two NCO's of HQ Company, who received severe head injuries in an incident involving Indonesians at Padang. Gun shot wound to skull. (Source – War Diary and Lincoln's Nominal Roll).

 

1222

Name: GELL, HERBERT EDWIN
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 11402502
Date of Death: 02/12/1945
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. M. 6.
Cemetery: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The Royal Artillery. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Died. Compound fracture of the skull.

 

1223

Name: SADLER, JAMES EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 4545464
Date of Death: 16/12/1945
Age: 35
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: Sec. BV. Grave 545A.
Cemetery: LEEDS ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Edwin and Catherine Sadler, of Leeds.

Originally enlisted into The West Yorkshire Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: No details.

 

1224

Name: JONES, KENNETH
Rank: Private
Service No: 4461552
Date of Death: 24/12/1945
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: HQ Company, 4th Bn.
Grave Reference: 59. G. 18.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Leonard and Mary Jones, of Blacon, Cheshire.

Originally enlisted into The Durham Light Infantry. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Killed as a result of a truck accident.

 

1225

Name: WOODS, NORMAN FRANCIS
Rank: Private
Service No: 14074112
Date of Death: 29/12/1945
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Cemetery: HOWELL (ST. OSWALD) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of George Frederick and Lillian Woods, of Howell Fen.

Cause of death: Not known. Nominal Roll not found.

 

1226

Name: NAYLOR, ERIC
Rank: Private
Service No: 14921807
Date of Death: 31/12/1945
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 6. B. 1.
Cemetery: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of George and Jane Naylor, of Ravensdale, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Gun shot wound. Accidental. Died in Sumatra.

 

1227

Name: GANT, BERNARD RICHMOND
Rank: Private
Service No: 4802432
Date of Death: 07/01/1946
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: Sec. 9. Grave 10.
Cemetery: WASHINGBOROUGH (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of Albert Edward and Ellen Maud Gant, of Washingborough.

Enlisted into The Lincolnshire Regiment 15/3/1938.

Cause of death: Formerly a Prisoner of War in German Hands. Died in Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital of Malaria & Tuberculosis. (Source – Lincolns Nominal Roll)

 

1228

Name: SMITH, WILLIAM EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 3602890
Date of Death: 13/01/1946
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: Sec. D. Grave 2732.
Cemetery: HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING (DURHAM ROAD) CEMETERY

Originally enlisted into The Border Regiment. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.
Cause of death: Died from Appendicitus & Peritonitus.

 

1229

Name: HELLAWELL, GEORGE EDWARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 14661075
Date of Death: 17/01/1946
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: Row 23. Grave 39.
Cemetery: OSSETT (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Alice Edith Hellawell, of Gawthorpe, Ossett.

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known.

Cause of death: Not known. Nominal Roll not found.

 

1230

Name: RANDALL, GRAHAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 14085825
Date of Death: 11/02/1946
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Grave Reference: Grave 2490.
Cemetery: BOLSOVER (ST. MARY) NEW CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Foster-son of George and Ethel May Greveson, of Shuttlewood.

Cause of death: Not known. Nominal Roll not found.

 

1231

Name: SMEDLEY, JOHN HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 4805697
Date of Death: 04/03/1946
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: Grave 423.
Cemetery: REPTON (ST. WYSTAN) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of George William and Margaret Mary Smedley, of Repton.

Enlisted in The Lincolnshire Regiment 1939 (Pre WW2).

Cause of death: Died in Derbyshire Royal Infirmary of Myocardial Failure.

 

1232

Name: SMITH, DENNIS
Rank: Private
Service No: 14025516
Date of Death: 09/03/1946
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: 4. F. 5.
Cemetery: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harry Williamson and Hilda Smith, of Spalding, Lincolnshire.

Cause of death: Drowned in a daily bathing parade.

 

1233

Name: BURKINSHAW, HARRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 14907671
Date of Death: 30/03/1946
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Column 53.
Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL

Originally enlisted into The General Services Corps. Transferred to The Lincolns, date not known. Nominal Roll not found.

Cause of death: Presumed killed in action in Sumatra. (Listed in History of 1st Lincolns)

Incorrect Memorial.