BELTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled
and Copyright © Michael Peck 2007
The
Belton memorial stands on Grey Green at the junction with King Edward
Street and the A161. It takes the form of a four stepped base surmounted
by a plinth, column, cornice and a figure of a serviceman standing
at the "ready" with his rifle in his hands. Two sides of
the column contain the inscriptions for World War 1 with the inscriptions
for World War 2 on a stone at the front of the memorial on a stone
that has been carved into the shape of an open book. There are 30
names for World War 1 and 10 names for World War 2. Details of the
original unveiling can be found in the newspaper "Epworth Bells"
for the 16 April 1919, May 1919 and 7 November 1920. In 1987 the inscription
was repainted.
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Erected
by
public subscription
to the glorious memory of
the men of Belton
who lost their lives in
the Great War 1914 – 1918.
BARTLE |
Frank |
Private
351906, "B" Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Scots, formerly
23495 Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th September 1917,
aged 20 years. Son of William and Alice Bartle of Belton, Lincs.
Born Belton, enlisted Epworth and resident Belton, Lincs. Buried
in YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row
E. Grave 27. |
BARTON |
Herbert |
Private
31704. 3rd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died home 11th April
1917, aged 19 years. Born Belton, enlisted Scunthorpe and resident
Althorpe, Lincs. Buried in ALTHORPE (St Oswald) CHURCHYARD, Lincolnshire. |
CARPENTER |
Henry
Alfred Stanley |
Second
Lieutenant, 103rd Company, Machine Gun Corps (14th Battalion, Royal
Scots on memorial). Killed in action 2nd September 1916, aged 22
years. Son of Alfred Edward and Elizabeth Emma Carpenter of Ivy
House, Belton, Lincs. Buried in PEAKE WOOD CEMETERY, Fricourt, Somme,
France. Plot/Row/Section B Grave 10. |
CLARK |
J
E |
[Corporal,
Lincolnshire Regiment, 4th October 1917 on memorial] Possibly
John Clark. L/Corporal 16058. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Killed in action 14th April 1917. Born Doncaster, Yorks, enlisted
Epworth, Lincs and resident Doncaster, Yorks. Commemorated COJEUL
BRITISH CEMETERY, St Martin-Sur-Cojeul, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section
A. Grave 30. |
CLARK |
William |
Private
13800. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
October 1916. Born Belton, enlisted Epworth, Lincs and resident
Thorne, Yorks. Buried in COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme,
France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 1. |
COGGON |
James
William |
[Spelt
COGGAN on memorial, SDGW and Medal Card and census] Private 20400.
2/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th
July 1918. Born Thornbury Hill, Maltby [according to SDGW], family
sources state Belton, enlisted Pontefract, Yorks and resident Medge
Hall, Lincs. Buried in MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Marne, France.
Plot II. Row J. Grave 3. |
DALE |
Ernest |
Private
13577. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 10th August 1915. Died
of wounds Gallipoli 10th August 1915, aged 26 years. Son of Henry
and Ann Maria Dale of Church Town, Belton, Lincs. Born Belton, enlisted
Epworth and resident Belton, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 44 to 46. |
DALE |
John
|
[John
H Dale on memorial] Private 11786. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Died of wounds 4th August 1916. Born Belton, enlisted Scunthorpe
and resident Belton, Lincs. Buried in BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 13. |
DANNATT |
Samuel
George |
Private
18494. 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed
in action 18th (23rd on memorial) October 1916, aged 20 years. Son
of Henry Dannatt of Moss Farm, Crowle, Lincs. Born Belton, Lincs
and enlisted Doncaster, Yorks. Buried in WAGGON ROAD CEMETERY, Beaumont-Hamel,
Somme, France. Plot/Row/Section E. Grave 2. |
DRAKES |
Albert
Fenton |
Private
22759. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4th
March 1917. Born Belton, enlisted Epworth, Lincs and resident Barnby
Dun, Yorks. Buried in FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Sorel-Le-Grand,
Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 25. |
DRAKES |
Joseph
Henry |
L/Corporal
8589. 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action
12th September 1916, aged 27 years. Son of Robert and Mary Drakes
of Belton, Lincs. Husband of Emily Drakes of Rochester Terrace,
Frimley Green, Surrey. Buried in FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, Mametz,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row I. Grave 6. |
GLEW |
Samuel
Osborne |
Private
19455. 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th
August 1916, aged 21 years. Son of Robert and Mary E Glew of Sunny
Mede Terrace, Askern, Yorks. Born Wincobank, enlisted Sheffield
and resident Highfield, Sheffield, Yorks. Buried in RATION FARM
MILITARY CEMETERY, La Chapelle-D'Armentieres, Nord, France. Plot
II. Eow D. Grave 1. |
HUGHES |
William |
Private
26609. 8th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed
in action 1st October 1916. Born Southport, Lancs and enlisted Doncaster,
Yorks. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 11C and 12A. |
HUNT |
Charles
Arthur |
Private
15327. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th
September 1915, aged 22 years. Son of John Henry and Sarah Hunt
of Grey Green, Belton, Lincs. Born Belton, enlisted Epworth and
resident Belton, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut,
Belgium. Panel 3. |
JEWISON |
T
C |
Private,
Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 28th October 1916 on memorial.
A Thomas JEWISON died in the April to June Quarter 1916 in the Thiorne
Registration District, aged 42. Tom Charles Jewison was born in
the January to March Quarter 1892 in the THorne Registration District.
In the 1901 census Thomas Jewison was aged 31, married to Isabella,
with 2 children, a groom & gardener, born Crowle, Lincolnshire,
resident Sandtoft Planis, Belton. In the 1911 census Tom Jewison,
was aged 40, married to Isabella, three children, a Farm Labourer,
born Crowle, Lincolnshire, resident Sandtoft Planis, Medgehall Doncaster,
Belton. Tom Jewison married Isbaekka Sleight in the July to September
Quarter 1895 in the Thorne Registration District. Unable to trace
CWGC/SDGW and no further information currently. |
KIRK |
Alan |
Gunner
57708. 40th Bde, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 13th (16th
on memorial) September 1914, aged 23 years. Son of John R and Betsy
Kirk of Mount Pleasant, Belton, Lincs. Born York and enlisted Leeds,
Yorks. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne,
France. |
KIRK |
John
Wilfred |
Lance
Corporal 11073. 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 22nd (21st
on memorial) December 1914, aged 25 years. Son of J.R and Betsy
Kirk of Norton, Doncaster, Yorks. Born York (Ackworth on CWGC),
enlisted Pontefract, Yorks and resident Belton, Lincs. Buried in
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot XVII. Row E. Grave 24. |
KIRK |
Wilfred |
Private
31646. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4th
October 1917. Born Belton, Lincs enlisted Retford, Notts and resident
Crowle, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A. |
LAZENBY |
Charles |
Private
42472. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, formerly 61479 Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action 23rd (15th on memorial) October 1918,
aged 22 years. Grandson of Hannah Wasting of 24 Couper Street, Old
Goole, Yorks. Born Goole, Yorks enlisted Lincoln, Lincs and resident
Goole, Yorks. Buried in HIGHLAND CEMETERY, Le Cateau, Nord, France.
Plot II. Row B. Grave 10. |
LEGGOTT |
Ernest |
Sapper
179077. 64th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 19th
April 1918, aged 32 years. Youngest son of S.E and E.A Leggott,
husband of Mrs H.G Amery (formerly Amy Leggott). Born Belton, enlisted
Epworth, Lincs and resident Doncaster, Yorks. Buried in KLEIN-VIERSTRATT
BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row C. Grave
1. |
LEGGOTT |
Richard
Henry |
Able
Seaman Kitchener P/388, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy
action 6 May 1915. Born Shelton, Newark, 22 July 1894. A Farmer.
Son of Mr. John Robert Leggott, of Churchtown, Belton, Doncaster,
Lincs. Resided with his father; 1914 Star issued to father 30 Juily
1920, V.B. issued to Father. Originally enlisted as Private No.
13575, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 7 September 1914 subsequently
transferred to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at Crystal Palace
10 September 1914; assigned to Hood Battalion at Antwerp 1914. No
known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 8 to 15. |
MARKHAM |
Robert
J |
Private
21399. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 10th
April 1916. Son of John and Mary Markham of Sandtoft Road, Belton,
Lincs. Born Belton, enlisted Scunthorpe, Lincs and resident Belton,
Lincs. Buried in BOYELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 5. |
NEWBORN |
Henry |
Private
66580. 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, formerly 31623 Lincolnshire
Regiment. Killed in action 31st March 1918. Brother of Mrs Annie
Ashlin of Church Town, Belton, Lincs. Born Belton, enlisted Epworth,
Lincs and resident Doncaster, Yorks. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3. |
STONES |
Charles
E |
Private
19315. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 23rd
April 1916, aged 20 years. Son of (the late) George and Annie Stones
of Sandtoft Road, Belton, Lincs. Born Doncaster, Yorks, enlisted
Epworth, Lincs and resident Belton, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3 and 4. |
THEAKER |
Roland
Vincent |
Memorial
states: "Trooper. Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons. 29th April
1917". Headstone of Alice Elizabeth Theaker (Mother) gives
age of 26 years. Born 1892. Private 3556, 2nd Queens Own Yorkshire
Dragoons. Discharged being no longer physically fir for War Service,
under King's
Regulations, paragraph 392 (XVI), aged 24 years 6 months, 18
August 1916, due to Phthisis Tuberculosis of lung. Height 5 feet
6 inches, girth 38 inches, eyes blue, hair "rather fair",
tyrade Farmer, residence High Street, Belton, Doncaster. Served
from 21 May 1915 to 18 August 1916. His attestation papers show
he was resident at Church Farm, Belton, Doncaster, when he enlisted
21 May 1915. Served in the United Kingdom througout his time in
the Army and patrolled the various areas which meant camping in
inclement weather where he contracted Phthisis (Phthisis is a Greek
word for consumption). Death registered in the Thorne Registrartion
District, Yorkshire, in the April to June Quarter 1917, aged 26.
Birth registered in the Thorne registration District, Yorkshire.
January to March Quarter 1891. In the 1891 census he was aged 0
months, son of William H and Alice Theaker, born Belton, resident
Church Town, Belton. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, the son
of Alice Elizabeth Theaker (a widow), born Belton, resident High
Street, Belton. |
TYSON |
Harry |
Private
62580. 4th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
15th October 1918. Born Burnham, enlisted Lincoln and resident Brigg,
Lincs. Buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot XIX. Riow J. Grave 4. |
TYSON |
William
Cluff |
Private
62584. 4th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds
20th (19th on memorial) October 1918. Born Bonby, enlisted Lincoln
and resident Broughton, Lincs. Buried in DUHALLOW A.D.S CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row H. Grave 32. |
WARD |
George
Henry |
Private
30986. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st
March 1918, aged 32 years. Son of William and (the late) Alice Ward.
Born Wroot, enlisted Epworth and resident Belton, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 23 and 24. |
WATSON |
Arthur |
L/Corporal
26516. 6th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed
in action 24th August 1917. Enlisted Doncaster, Yorks. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 108 to 111. |
WIDDOWSON |
Fred |
Private14770.
"C" Company, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died
of wounds 7th October 1915, aged 30 years. Son of John and Emma
Widdowson of Epworth, husband of Louisa Moss Nicholson (formerly
Widdowson) of Rectory Street, Epworth, Lincs. Born and enlisted
Epworth, Lincs. Buried in DOUAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France.
Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 13. |
Lest
we forget |
Kipling |
1939-1945 |
BAINBRIDGE |
Frank |
Leading
Aircraftman 1045758. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 6th
February 1945, aged 24 years. Son of George Haslehurst and Sarah
Bainbridge, husband of Evelena Bainbridge of Goole, Yorks. Buried
in BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey. Plot 25. Row E. Collective
grave 10-16. |
COLE |
Harry |
Private
4862493. 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 14th
February 1945, aged 25 years. Born and resident Lincolnshire. Son
of Alfred Lewis and Emily Cole, husband of Mary Christine Cole of
Armthorpe, Yorks. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot 60. Row B. Grave 17. See the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission entry |
EMMERSON |
Arthur |
[Alfred
on CWGC] Sergeant 453927. 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellingtons (West
Riding Regiment). Died 22nd May 1944, aged 20 years. Son of Arthur
and Louie Emmerson, husband of Irene May Emmerson of York, Yorks.
Buried in BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, Anzio, Italy. Plot XIX. Row F.
Grave 8. |
HIELDS |
Katherine |
L/Corporal,
ATS, Died 14th April 1943 on memorial. Aged 27. Death registered
in the Scunthorpe Registration District in the April to June Quarter
1943 under Kate Hields. Her birth was registered in the Howden Registration
District in the October to December Quarter 1915, her mother's maiden
name is given as Dozle. Unable to trace on CWGC. |
HILL |
John
William Arthur |
Private
14568447. 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Died 3rd June
1944, aged 20 years. Son of Emma Hill of Belton, Lincs. Buried in
BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, Anzio, Italy. Plot IX. Row G. Grave 8. |
HORNSEY |
John |
Sergeant,
Royal Corps of Signals, died 20th June 1943 on memorial. Appears
to be John Hornsey. Private 4980161. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
(Notts and Derby Regiment). Died 20th June 1942, aged 25 years.
Husband of Annie Hornsey of Belton, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN
MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 66. |
KELSEY |
John
Richard |
Corporal
4755044. 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Died 2nd June
1943, aged 27 years. Son of Ernest William and Grace Dorothy Kelsey,
husband of Bessie Kelsey of Rotherham, Yorks. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB
WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 3. Row H. Grave 11. |
MOORE |
Reginald |
Private
1874990. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 29th December 1942, aged
21 years. Son of Fred and Sarah Jane Moore of Sandtoft, Lincs. Buried
in TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Plot 5. Row F. Grave 9. |
PORTER |
Percy
Fred |
Sergeant
1150790. 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force VR. Died 11th July 1942,
aged 25 years. Son of Fred and Holly Porter of Belton, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 262. |
TRAFFORD |
Reuben
Victor |
Sergeant
638898. 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force VR. Died 23rd January 1945.
Son of Horace and Kate Trafford, husband of Vera May Trafford of
Scunthorpe, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Column
277. |
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