BRISTOW

Frank

L/Corporal 58869. 24th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 3/26425 Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th March 1918. Born Wilsford, enlisted Lincoln and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated POZIERES MEMORIAL. Panel 90 to 93.

CARRINGTON

Walter

Private 26870. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4th March 1917, aged 33 years. Son of Mrs Johnson of Horbling, Lincs. Husband of Flora Carrington of Castle Bytham, Lincs. Born Billingborough, enlisted Lincoln and resident Grantham, Lincs. Commemorated THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Pier and Face 1C.

CHAPMAN

John Edward

Private 202117. 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 27th April 1917, aged 27 years. Son of Joseph E and Sarah J Chapman of Crown Hotel, Billingborough, Lincs. Born and enlisted Bourne, resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY. IV.C.34.

DUDLEY

George J

Private 9627. 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th March 1915. Born Billingborough, Lincs, enlisted Nottingham, Notts and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated LE TOURET MEMORIAL. Panel 12.

DUNSTER

George

Resident in Billingborough in 1901. Nephew of George Leeson, born c 1891 at Aldershot, Hampshire. Unable to identify CWGC/SDGW and no further information currently.

DURHAM

Ernest

Private 53408. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died of wounds 17th August 1918, aged 30 years. Husband of H Durham. Born Billingborough, enlisted Bourne and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, Le Treport. VII.B.11B.

GIBSON

G Frederick

Private 16408. 3rd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died home 28th July 1915, aged 22 years. Son of Thomas and Sarah Gibson of Vine Street, Billingborough, Lincs. Born Billingborough, enlisted Lincoln and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated GRIMSBY (Scartho Road) CEMETERY. 42.D.1.

HODGKINSON

Leslie Grosvenor

Gunner 20981. B Bty, 58th Bde, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 28th July 1917, aged 23 years. Son of Charles Grosvenor and Mary A Hodgkinson of Billingborough, Lincs. Born Billingborough, Lincs and enlisted Nottingham, Notts. Commemorated YPRES (Menin Gate) MEMORIAL. Panel 5 and 9.

To the glory of God and in memory of Leslie Grosvenor Hodgkinson, Royal Field Artillery. Eldest son of Charles Grosvenor Hodgkinson and Mary his wife. Born on St Andrews Day 1893, killed in action near Ypres during the Great War 1917, aged 23 years. This light was given by his parents.

NICHOLSON

George E

Private 48751. 13th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, formerly 25517 Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 3rd May 1917, aged 36 years. Son of William and Ada Nicholson of Burton Lane, Billingborough, Lincs. Born Billingborough, enlisted Lincoln and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated ARRAS MEMORIAL. Bay 3.

NOWERS

John Anthony

Corporal 19415. 26th Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action 7th June 1917, aged 28 years. Son of (the late) Mr E.H and Mrs M.E Nowers of The Gables, Stamford, Lincs. Born Market Harborough, Leics, enlisted Lincoln and resident Stamford, Lincs. Commemorated VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE No: 3. XIII.J.21.

RYLOTT

Jim

Private 242061. 2/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 30th March 1917, aged 19 years. Son of James and Catherine Rylott of High Street, Billingborough, Lincs. Born Billingborough, enlisted Lincoln and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY. II.F.36.

SELLARS

Francis

L/Corporal 30228. 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th September 1916, aged 20 years. Son of William and Elizabeth Sellars of Vine Street, Billingborough, Lincs. Born Spalding, Lincs, enlisted Huntingdon, Hunts and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Pier and Face 9A, 9B, 10B.

STENNETT

Arthur

Private 51964. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died of wounds 12th April 1917, aged 20 years. Son of Thomas and Alice Stennett of The Square, Billingborough, Lincs. Born Billingborough, enlisted Sleaford and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Pier and Face 10C, 10D, 11A.

WARD

Sidney Alfred

Private 281882. Middlesex Hussars. Died Egypt 13th October 1918, aged 23 years. Son of (the late) George and Sarah Elizabeth Ward of Vine Street, Billingborough, Lincs. Enlisted Lincoln and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY. A.67.

WILSON

John Robert

Private 111037. Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), formerly 1942 Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Died Egypt 29th October 1918, aged 21 years. Son of Mr J.S and Mrs A Wilson of High Street, Billingborough, Lincs. Enlisted Lincoln and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY. B.113.

WINCKLEY

Charles Reginald

2nd Lieutenant. 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action 20th July 1916, aged 22 years. Son of Charles Richard Thorold and Amy Winckley of Lillington, Leamington, Warwicks. Commemorated THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Pier and Face 10C, 10D, 11A.

This window is in loving memory of Charles Reginald Winckley 2nd Lieutenant, Sherwood Foresters. Killed in France leading an attack on 20th July 1916, aged 22 years. He was the second son of the Rev C.R Thorold Winckley, Vicar of this parish. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

WRIGHT

I William

Unable to identify CWGC/SDGW and no further information currently.

WING

Alfred

Private 241563. 2/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th April 1918, aged 27 years. Son of Charles and Mary Ann Wing of Vine Street, Billingborough, Lincs. Born Sedgebrook, enlisted Bourne and resident Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL. Panel 3.

BRYANT

Cyril

Sergeant (Pilot) 590534. 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 30th October 1939. Commemorated BILLINGBOROUGH (St Andrew) CHURCHYARD.

CREDLAND

Ralph Hilton

Sergeant 1114834. Royal Air Force VR. Died 28th January 1943. Son of Arthur and Rose A Credland of Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL. Panel 146.

To the glory of God and in loving memory of Sergeant Ralph Credland, Royal Air Force VR who gave his life that we might live 28th January 1942. Presented by his parents. RIP.

FREEMAN

Roy Hardy

Leading Airman FX/91320. HMS Nightjar, Royal Navy. Died 23rd October 1943, aged 19 years. Son of William Hardy and Charlotte Lillian Freeman of Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated BILLINGBOROUGH (St Andrew) CHURCHYARD.

IRONMONGER

Robert Walter

Sergeant 519418. Royal Air Force. Died 7th June 1943, aged 30 years. Son of Charles William and Daisy Elizabeth Ironmonger of Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated AMBON WAR CEMETERY. 10.C.11.

LAMB

Stephen

Private 4805974. 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 7th August 1944, aged 24 years. Son of Stephen and Florence M Lamb of Billingborough, Lincs. Commemorated BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY. XXII.C.2.

MEADS

Frank Henry

Unable to identify CWGC and no further information currently.

SPENCER

Thomas [Noel] aka Tom

[Incorrectly listed on the memorial as SPENSER] Lance Bombardier 969112, Royal Horse Artillery. Killed in action at sea aboard S.S. Chakdina, 5th December 1941. Originally wounded 1st December 1941 in Cyrenaica, Middle East. Aged 24. Born Billingborough. Son of Thomas and Ada Mary Spencer. Resident East Barnet, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 5.

Note: "Chakdina" was built in 1914 at the outbreak of WW1. On 13 January 1940 it was requisitioned by Admiralty as an armed boarding vessel. On the late afternoon of 5 December 1941 the SS Chakdina had left Tobruk Harbour, Libya, carrying around 380 wounded Allied soldiers, 100 German and Italian Prisoners of War and 120 crew away from grossly overcrowded hospitals. A number of other Allied soldiers also boarded the ship in order to be transported back to Egypt. The Chakdina had been commandeered by the Royal Navy and was acting as a hospital ship. At least 123 New Zealanders were aboard the shop when it set sail. Just after 9pm (21.35 hours) an enemy plane (Italian S.79 torpedo bomber) released a torpedo, which exploded in one of the after holds of the Chakdina which sank within three and a half minutes. There was little chance of escape unless you weren't wounded or badly wounded, and were positioned away from the blast. Around 400 men were drowned, 80 of them New Zealanders and almost all of these survivors of the fighting at Sidi Rezegh and Belhamed. The sinking of the Chakdina was the only major calamity in the evacuation of New Zealand wounded during World War II (Debbie McCauley, 2017).