Roll of Honour - Lincolnshire - Willingham by Stoe

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WILLINGHAM BY STOW WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Bill Ball 2010

The Willingham-by-Stow memorial is within the church of St Helen, Willingham-bu-Stow. It takes the form of two brass plaques, one for each World War, that have incised black lettering, and are fitted together in a wooden surround which is fixed to the right hand side of the archway leading to the choir. There are 11 names for World War 1 and 3 for World War 2.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 – 1919

William Webster Blades Lincolnshire Regt.

Charles Cook Machine Gun Corps

Harry Cook
Lincolnshire Regt.

George William Cragg Lincolnshire Regt.

Zachariah Cragg Lincolnshire Regt.

John Hugh Petch Labour Corps

Frank Edgar Roe Sherwood Foresters

George William Scrimshaw West Riding Regt.

Arthur Willerton Lincolnshire Regt.

Riley Willerton Lincolnshire Regt.

Thomas William Worrell Lincolnshire Regt.

“Their name liveth to all generations”

ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945

Frederick Arthur Foxon Lincolnshire Regt.

George Lacey Essex Regt.

Leslie Schofield
Naval Medical Corps

1914-1918
BLADES	William Webster	Lance Corporal 9224, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 9/8/1915. Grave E. 28, Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery. Born Stow, resided Willingham, enlisted Gainsborough.
COOK	Charles	No further information currently available.
COOK	Harry	Corporal 6246, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 7/10/1914. Grave D. 69. St. Nazaire (Toutes-Aides) Cemetery Born and resided Willingham, enlisted Lincoln.
CRAGG	George William	Private 18980, 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 1/7/1916. Grave IX. G. 2, Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille Born and resided Willingham, enlisted Lincoln.
CRAGG	Zachariah	Private 816, 7th Bn. East Surrey Regiment. Died 13/0/1916. Grave IV. D.42, Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La-Boisselle.
PETCH	John Hugh	Private 25111, South Staffordshire Regiment, transferred to 22523 Northern Command Labour Centre. Died of wounds 22/2/1918, aged 42. Son of Mrs. Joseph Petch, of Stow. Grave C. L.H.P. A11, Willingham-by-Stow Cemetery.
ROE	Frank Edgar	Private 269316, 2nd/7th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action 21/3/1918. Grave III. G. 19, Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy. Born Willingham, enlisted Gainsborough.
SCRIMSHAW	George William	Private 241731, 2nd/5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Died of wounds 18/4/1917, aged 33. Son of George William and Mary Ann Scrimshaw, of Willingham-by-Stow. Grave I. A. 9, Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory. Resided Willingham, enlisted Gainsborough.
WILLERTON	Arthur	Private 13606, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 16/6/1915. Commemorated on Panel 21, Ypres (Menin Gate)Memorial.
WILLERTON	Riley	Private 10009, 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 29/11/1917. Commemorated on Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial. Born Wragby, Lincs, resided Willingham-By-Stow, enlisted Lincoln.
WORRELL	Thomas William	Private 1084, 8th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 28/4/1917. Commemorated on Bay 3 and 4, Arras Memorial. Born Nettleton, Lincs, resided Willingham-By-Stow, enlisted Grimsby.
1939-1945
FOXON	Frederick Arthur	Lance Corporal 4802588, 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 17/5/1940, aged 20. Son of Percy Foxon, and of Lilian M. Foxon, of Willingham, Lincolnshire. Commemorated on Column 45, Dunkirk Memorial.
LACEY	George	Private 14516562, 5th Bn. Essex Regiment. Died 29/8/1944, aged 37. Son of Alexander Thomas Lacey and Eva Mary Lacey; husband of Ada Irenee Lacey, of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Grave 4. E. 12, Moascar War Cemetery.
SCHOFIELD	Leslie Wright	Sick Berth Attendant C/MX 81256, H.M.S. Cornwall, Royal Navy. Died 5/4/1942, aged 27. Son of Enoch Henry and Annie Schofield; husband of Eva Ellen Ruth Schofield of Tottenham, Middlesex. Commemorated on Memorial Reference 64, 1, Chatham Naval Memorial.

Last updated 7 June, 2010

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