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Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
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IN
GRATITUDE TO GOD. FOR VICTORY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL AND SERVED
THE CLOCK IN THIS TOWER IS ERECTED.
BOYS WHO FELL
| BROWN | Ernest Alfred Melville |
(Ernest Alfred Melvine BROWN in some records) Private 12785, 7th
Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 2 March 1916, age 24.
Born 7/5/1892, Kettleby, Lincs, bpt 7/8/1892 Bigby, Lincs, son of
Mrs Hannah (née Lintin) Wray (formerly Brown), of Middle St, Dunston,
and the late Richard Brown. Pre-war occupation waggoner on farm.
Commemorated on Panel 21, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. |
| BROWN | George Francis | Lance
Corporal 21394, 7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
23 April 1917, France. Born 11/4/1890, Kettleby, Lincs, son of the
late Richard Brown & Hannah (née Lintin) Wray (formerly Brown) of
Dunston. Pre-war occupation farm labourer. Enlisted 16/2/1916. Commemorated
on Bay 3 and 4, Arras Memorial, France. |
| CAUNT | Fred | Private
23204, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Accidentally killed 24 February
1917, age 24, by fellow soldier cleaning rifle. Enlisted 1916, Lincoln.
Born 16/7/1892, bpt 4/8/1892 Dunston, son of the late John & Eliza
(née Scarborough) Caunt. Husband of Alice (née Sawyer) Caunt of
Nettleham, Lincs, father of George William & Fred Caunt. Pre-war
occupation horseman on farm. Buried In Grave V. B. 27, Vermelles
British Cemetery, France. |
| DAWSON | Alec |
(probably born Alledge DAWSON) Able Seaman No. Tyneside Z/5000,
Hawke Bn. RN Div., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Missing 3 February
1917, assumed killed in action, age 20. Born 8/11/1896 acc to service
record, probably 8/11/1895, bpt 13/12/1895 Dunston. All records
confirm son of Joshua and Josephine Dawson of Dunston (and Worksop,
Notts & Doncaster, Yorks). Enlisted 2/6/15, previously a miner.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 1A, Thiepval Memorial, France. |
| DRAGE | Ernest | Private
47893, 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed
in action 14 April 1918, age 29. Awarded Military Medal. Born 19/10/1888,
bpt 11/11/1888 Dunston, son of John and the late Mrs Ann (née Foster)
Drage of Foster's Square, Dunston. Commemorated on Panel 99 to 102,
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. |
| KEW | Charles Joseph William | Private
15196, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 28 June
1916, age 27. Born 2/1890 Toynton All Saints, Spilsby, Lincs, bpt
23/3/1890, Toynton St Peter, son of Joseph William Kew of Dunston,
and the late Mrs. Betsy Burt (née Toynton) Kew. Attested for militia
March 1907. Pre-war occupation farm labourer. Buried in Grave I.
H. 12, Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, France. |
| MERRYWEATHER | Joseph | Private
38026, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment Died of wounds 4 October 1917,
age 26. Born 6/11/1890 Branston Heath, son of the late George &
Hannah (née Colton, later Carlton) Merryweather of Dunston. Pre-war
occupation waggoner on farm. Buried in Grave XX. K. 20A, Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery, Belgium. Also commemorated on Dunholme
W.M. |
| MOYSES | Albert | Private
2747, 1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment).
Killed in action 14 October 1915, age 17. Born Dunston 12/1897,
son of John William and Harriet Moyses, of Dunston. Enlisted Newark,
25/10/1914, claiming to be 18, actually 16. Pre-war occupation farm
labourer. Commemorated on Panel 87 to 89, Loos Memorial, France.
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| PAULSON | Harry Wright | Private
201163, 2nd/5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 12 May
1918, age 22. Born 1895 Dunston, son of Harry Pask Paulson, of 2
Asylum Cottages, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln, and the late Sarah
Ann (née Wright) Paulson. Commemorated on Panel 31 to 34, Loos Memorial,
France. |
| SMITH | Frederick | Probably
Private 241458, 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 31
July 1917, Belgium. Born 1896-7, Dunston Heath, son of the late
William & Mary Ann (née Cracknell) Smith of Dunston. Commemorated
on Panel 21, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. |
| SPENCER | Lewis | Private
97990, 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment).
Killed in action 1 September 1918, age 19. Born 11/2/1899 Dunston,
son of George Thomas and Lilly Flora (née Bavin)Spencer, of Dunston.
Enlisted Jan 1917, Lincoln, previous occupation munitions worker.
Buried in Grave IV.F.6, Fouquières Churchyard Extension, France.
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| TINDALL | James | Lance
Corporal 13431, 7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action
3 November 1916, Belgium, age 21. Born 1896Q1, son of George & Ada
(née Sayers) Tindall, of 26 Chapel Lane, Dunston. Commemorated on
Pier and Face 1 C, Thiepval Memorial, France. |
| WHITE | Arthur Edwin (or Edwin Arthur) | Private
16011, 7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 20 February
1916, age 18. Born 1898Q1 Roughton, Lincs, son of Thomas and Annie
Elizabeth (née Bell) White, of 3 Latham Place, Rasen Lane, Lincoln.
Pre-war occupation farm worker. Commemorated on Panel 21, Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. |
| WILSON | Sidney Douglas | Private
2945, 17th Bn. Manchester Regiment Killed in action 11 July 1916,
age 19. Born 1896 Dunston, son of Alexander Alfred & Eliza Matilda
(née Heath) Wilson, of Dunston. Commemorated on Pier and Face 13A
and 14C, Thiepval Memorial, France. |
BOYS
WHO SERVED |
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| BALDOCK | G |
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| BAUMBER | J |
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| BIRKETT | P |
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| BLAKEY | A C |
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| BRADSHAW | W |
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| BROWN | A |
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| BROWN | H C C |
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| BROWN | W H |
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| CAUNT | J |
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| COATON | W |
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| COLBY | D |
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| CURTIS | J |
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| DARNES | G J |
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| DAWSON | J |
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| DAWSON | W |
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| DENTON | W |
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| DRAGE | A C |
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| HALLGARTH | F |
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| HALLGARTH | R |
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| HAMMOND | T R |
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| HAND | E G |
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| HARRISON | J W |
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| HEWARD | C |
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| HEWARD | G |
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| HODSON | G B |
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| HODSON | J |
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| HUSSEY | W |
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| JOHNSON | C W |
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| KEW | J J E |
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| KEW | M A |
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| LEEMING | H |
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| MARSHALL | S |
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| MERRYWEATHER | A E |
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| MERRYWEATHER | G A |
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| MOODY | H |
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| MOYSES | G |
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| MOYSES | J W |
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| MOYSES | S |
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| PARSONS | T |
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| RAITHBY | W |
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| REEK | S |
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| RICHARDSON | C B |
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| ROBINSON | F |
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| ROBINSON | F A |
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| ROBINSON | W G |
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| ROSE | E |
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| SAYERS | E V |
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| SCARCLIFFE | F |
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| SCORER | G |
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| SCORER | W |
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| SEMPER | A E |
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| SEMPER | C |
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| SEMPER | J |
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| SIMPSON | C |
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| SIMPSON | J |
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| SIMPSON | R |
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| SKILLINGTON | G |
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| SMITH | C |
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| STOKES | A C |
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| TINDALL | E |
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| TINDALL | G |
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| TINDALL | J G |
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| TINDALL | R |
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| TRAFFORD | E |
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| TURNER | F |
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| TURNER | R S |
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| WALLACE | A V |
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| WOODS | D C |
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ALSO
IN MEMORY OF,
THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THE
2ND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
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