Roll of Honour - Lincolnshire

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SCOPWICK WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Michael Peck 2007
additional information Michael Donat

The village war memorial is to be found in the grounds of Holy Cross church and takes the form of a circular Celtic wheel cross on tapering plinth and single step set into an elevated stone bed. Within the church are various framed, glazed handwritten scrolls, the first lists those who died in World War 1 (11 names), the second lists those who served and returned from World War 1 (29 names) and the thridd lists those who served and returned in World War 2 (44 names).

FIRST ROLL:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF SCOPWICK
who died in the service of their King
and Country in the Great War
1914-1918
"Greater Love hath no man than this
that a man lay down his life for
his friends"

SECOND ROLL:

THE FOLLOWING ALSO
SERVED THEIR KING &
COUNTRY in the Great War 1914-
1918 and were preserved by the
mercy of GOD to return

THIRD ROLL:

THE FOLLOWING ALSO SERVED THEIR KING &
COUNTRY in World War II
1939-1945 and were preserved
by the mercy of God to return...

MEMORIAL:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF SCOPWICK WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

BINNS	Kirk Rawnsley	Able Seaman SS/761. HMS Princess Irene, Royal Navy. Died 27th May 1915, aged 28 years. Son of Frankland Kirk and Margaret Binns, husband of Eleanor Binns of Middleholme, Jacksons Court, Pontefract, Yorks. Commemorated CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL. 9.
BREEZE	Arthur	Possibly Private 37092. 9th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action Salonika 18th September 18th September 1918, aged 31 years. Husband of Violet Mary Breeze of Front Street, Mendlesham, Suffolk. Born Norwich, Norfolk, enlisted Sleaford and resident Lincoln, Lincs. Commemorated DOIRAN MEMORIAL.
GREENSMITH	Thomas Hilton	Private 270211. 15th Battalion, Royal Scots. Killed in action 16th April 1918, aged 26 years. Son of the late Henry and Eliza Greensmith. Born Scopwick, enlisted Grantham and resident Scopwick, Lincs. Commemorated PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL. Panel 1.
HICKS	Frederick Wilfred	Gunner 117522. 1st Army Pool, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 28th April 1917, aged 26 years. Son of Arthur and Maud Hicks of Scopwick, Lincs and husband of Annie Hicks of 15 Cedar Road, Nottingham, Notts. Born Hetherington (?), Lincs and resident Nottingham, Notts. Commemorated LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, Neuville-St. Vaast. I.D.23.
MACKINDER	John William	Private 40866. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 5th April 1918. Born Gipsy Bridge, enlisted Sleaford and resident Scopwick, Lincs. Commemorated ARRAS MEMORIAL. Bay 3 and 4.
MEARS	William	MEERES on both CWGC/SDGW. Private 43010. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th September 1916. Born Spilsby, enlisted Sleaford and resident Scopwick, Lincs. Commemorated THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. Pier and Face 1C.
STUBBS	William E	Stoker 1st Class 309739, H.M.S. Juno, Royal Navy. Died 4th June 1915. Buried in LAMBETH CEMETERY, London. Grave H.3. Gen. 86.
TOMLINSON	Frederick Anderson	L/Corporal 53497. 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 25804 North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th August 1918, aged 22 years. Son of Mr and Mrs William Tomlinson of Scopwick, Lincs. Born Broughton and enlisted Lincoln, Lincs. Commemorated CAESTRE MILITARY CEMETERY. I.F.23.
WATSON	John William	Private 32927. 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 16th September 1918, aged 21 years. Born Scopwick, enlisted Lincoln and resident Metheringham, Lincs. Commemorated FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Sorel-Le-Grand. VIII.C.23. In loving memory of Private John William Watson, 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action in France 16th September 1918, aged 21 years. This tablet is erected by his Father and Mother. RIP.
WILSON	George	Stoker 1st Class SS/103144, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Navy. Reservist (RFR/PO/B/4281). Killed in action 14 July 1915. Aged 29. Born 8 February 1885 in Ruskington, Lincolnshire. Son of William and Charlotte Ann Wilson, of Brook Side, Scopwick, Lincoln; husband of Elizabeth Wilson, of 5, Dunbar Street, Belle Vue, Wakefield, Yorks. Enlisted 7 June 1906 for 5 years and 7 years Reserve, formerly a Farm Labourer, height 5 feet ^¼ inches, chest 38¼ inches, brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion. Grave lost was buried in the rear of Trench E.11. Gallipoli. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 1 and 2.
1939-1945
BAUMBER	Robert P	Gunner 906936. 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died between 27th May and 4th
Scroll memorial inside church. To the glory of God and in memory of the men of Scopwick who died in the service of their King and Country in the Great War 1914 – 1918.
BINNS	Kirk Rawnsley	See above.
BREEZE	Arthur	See above.
GREENSMITH	Thomas Hilton	See above.
HICKS	Frederick William	See above.
MACKINDER	John W	See above.
MEARS	William	See above.
STUBBS	William Ernest	See above.
TOMLINSON	Frederick A	See above.
WATSON	John	See above.
WATSON	William	Not on exterior memorial. Possible mistaken entry, John William Watson entered under separate forenames?
WILSON	George	See above.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Roll of Honour. The following also served their King and Country in the Great War 1914 – 1918 and were preserved by the mercy of God to return.
BAUMBER	James	No further information currently
BLAKEY	George	No further information currently
BINNS	Frank	No further information currently
CLARKE	William	No further information currently
CUTLER	Basil	No further information currently
FLENTHAM	Elijah	No further information currently
FOX	George	No further information currently
GEORGE	William	No further information currently
HARROD	Arthur	No further information currently
HARROD	Ernest	No further information currently
HARROD	Henry	No further information currently
HARROD	James	No further information currently
HEATHERSHAW	Septimus	No further information currently
HICKS	Albert	No further information currently
HICKS	William	No further information currently
KNIGHT	Harold	No further information currently
KNIGHT	William	No further information currently
PALMER	Percy	No further information currently
PARKER	Alfred	No further information currently
ROSSINGTON	Albert	No further information currently
RUSH	Richard	No further information currently
SALMON	Walter	No further information currently
SAMPSON	Arthur	No further information currently
SMITH	Albert	No further information currently
TOMLINSON	Percy	No further information currently
WATKIN	Emmanuel	No further information currently
WATSON	Thomas	No further information currently
WILFORD	James	No further information currently
WILSON	Frederick	No further information currently
Roll of Honour. The following also served their King and Country in World War II 1939 – 1945 and were preserved by the mercy of God to return.
ATKIN	Thomas	No further information currently
ATKIN	John	No further information currently
ATKIN	Joseph	No further information currently
ATKIN	Harry	No further information currently
BLADES	George	No further information currently
BLAKEY	Rowland	No further information currently
BLAKEY	Stanley	No further information currently
BAUMBER	Raymond	No further information currently
BEDFORD	Walter	No further information currently
BRADSHAW	Frederick	No further information currently
BROCKLEBANK	Noel	No further information currently
BAUMBER	William	No further information currently
COULING	Thomas	No further information currently
FLINTHAM	George	No further information currently
FLINTHAM	Ronald	No further information currently
FAIRBANK	George	No further information currently
GEORGE	Eric	No further information currently
GREENWOOD	Thomas	No further information currently
GARLANT	Norman	No further information currently
GARTON	George	No further information currently
HARBIDGE	George	No further information currently
JARVIS	George	No further information currently
JARVIS	Jack	No further information currently
KITCHEN	Jack	No further information currently
KENT	Ronald	No further information currently
KNIGHT	Ernest	No further information currently
LUSBY	Roy	No further information currently
LINGGARD	Hugh	No further information currently
MITCHESON	Joseph	No further information currently
NEWCOMBE	Charles	No further information currently
PORTER	Ernest	No further information currently
PORTER	Alfred	No further information currently
RITCHIE	Robert	No further information currently
RITCHIE	Alfred	No further information currently
RITCHIE	Charles	No further information currently
STOKES	Reginald	No further information currently
SIMPSON	Leslie	No further information currently
SMITH	Thomas	No further information currently
SMALES	Edward	No further information currently
SMALES	Raymond	No further information currently
WOLDS	Reginald	No further information currently
WOLDS	Albert	No further information currently
WESTON	Aubrey	No further information currently
Boer War
HALL	Arthur William	In loving memory of Arthur William Hall FRCSE of Durban, Natal. Second son of the Vicar of this Parish, born 26th May 1861. Died 20th March 1900. For some years Surgeon to the Durban Light Infantry he died of enteric fever while on active service during the Boer War. His body lies in the churchyard at Mooi River. Blessed are the pure at heart for they shall see God. This tablet is erected by his wife and his father.

Last updated 10 November, 2020

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