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The Lincolnshire Regiment raised 19 battalions during the Great War. Over 10,000 of the men lost thier lives. 1st Battalion: were in Portsmouth at the outbreak of the Great War. By September 1914 they were near Mons and saw action in the Battle of Ypres. In November 1918 they were back at Mons. 2nd Battalion: were in Bermuda at the outbreak of the great War. They were recalled and arrived in France in November 1914, they saw action at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915. 4th Battalion 2/4th Battalion 5th Battalion 2/5th Battalion 6th Battalion. Territorials: were mobilized at once and marched to Grantham station on the 6th August 1914 to set out for France. 7th (Service) Battalion 8th (Service) Battalion 9th (Reserve) Battalion 10th Battalion "The Grimsby Chums." 11th (Reserve) Battalion 12th (Labour) Battalion 13th Battalion 1st Garrison Battalion 2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion May 2010 - Please note we currently have a large backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. For updates please see our news page. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great List of those who served with The Lincolnshire Regiment during The Great War. Pte. C. C. Alcock 8th Btn. Read his Story. Pte. Joseph Bainton 1st btn Read his Story. Pte. Fred Bellamy 6th Battalion (d.20th May 1918) Read his Story. Sjt. Riley Biggadike 6th Btn. A. Coy. (d.7th Jun 1917) Pte. John Browitt Fisher 6th Btn. A. Coy. (d.7th Jun 1917) Pte. Arthur Furness Read his Story. Private Robert Stephenson Gould 10th Battalion (d.9th Apr 1917) Read his Story. Pte. Walter Sidney Hall 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Pte. Walter Fergus Herrett 6th Btn. D. Coy. (d.7th Jun 1917) Pte. Thomas Richard Hubbard 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Pte. Walter Lenton 1st. Btn. (d.16th April 1918) Read his Story. Sjt. Arthur Martin 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Pte. Aubrey Morton 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Pte. Thomas Parrott 6th Btn. (d.8th Jun 1917) Pte. Arthur Short 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Pte. Maurice Stapleton 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Cpl. Thomas Christen Trafford 6th Btn. (d.27th Sep 1916) Read his Story. Pte. Horace Walker 1st Battalion (d.29 October 1914) Read his Story. Pte. Robert Welch 6th Battalion (d.9th Sept 1916) Read his Story. Pte. John Dickinson Wilerton 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Pte H Abbott 1st Btn. CSM G T Allen 4th Btn Sjt F W Ashton 10th Battalion (Grimsby Chums) Capt A E C Baines 2nd Lt H W Bannister 10th Battalion (Grimsby Chums) Pte J Barley 1st Btn. L/Sjt H Beasley 4th Btn Cpl H Bemrose 1st Btn. Lt A G Bloomer 2nd Btn. Lt C N Bond 4th Btn Sjt H Border 4th Btn 2nd Lt A W Bosworth 8th Btn Lt P C W Bosworth 8th Btn Pte P C Bowers 2nd Btn. Lt G E L Bowlby 8th Btn Lt Col H E R Boxer, DSO. 1st Btn. Lt V D B Bransbury 1st Btn. Sjt W Brassley 4th Btn L/Sjt R Brewin 4th Btn 2nd Lt J K Brice-Smith 7th Btn Sjt E Brick 4th Btn Lt L Brooks 2nd Btn. CSM A M Broughton 4th Btn Capt A H W Burton 7th Btn 2nd Lt A J Bush 2nd Btn. Pte J H Butcher 10th Battalion (Grimsby Chums) Pte A E Carter 1st Btn. Sjt E Chappell 4th Btn Pte W Christmas 6th Btn. 2nd Lt E D Clixby 4th Btn L/Cpl O Cohen 1st Btn. Pte E J Collins 5th Btn. Pte W L Cooper 5th Btn. Capt R G Cordiner 8th Btn 2nd Lt A W S Cowie 7th Btn Sjt W Cox 4th Btn 2nd Lt W Crabtree 8th Btn L/Cpl C R Cratwright MM 10th Battalion (Grimsby Chums) Sjt A E Crowder 4th Btn Capt V De Hoghton 5th Btn. Sjt H Dodwell 4th Btn 2nd Lt V Donaldon-Selby 3rd Btn George Draycott. Lincolnshire Regiment. (d.18th September 1918) Read his Story Capt R E Drake 1st Btn. Capt C F Drought 7th Btn Cpl D C C Dulley 4th Btn 2nd Lt E E Early 5th Btn. Pte F W Earnshaw 10th Battalion (Grimsby Chums) Lt A W Eld 2nd Btn. Capt R D Ellis 4th Btn Lt C H Ellwood 4th Btn Sjt H F English 4th Btn Sjt S A English 4th Btn Sjt W Fanthorpe 4th Btn L/Cpl F Farr 8th Btn Capt A L Fenwick 6th Btn. Cpl C H Fletcher 7th Btn Pte F Fox 6th Btn. Pte W Gant 7th Btn Sjt L Gibbons 4th Btn Pte C Gilbert 2nd Btn. L/Sjt A Goddard 4th Btn Sjt H Goodley 4th Btn Pte F G Grahame 9th Btn. Capt E M Grantham 1st Btn. 2nd Lt R A F Grantham 2nd Btn. Capt C S Gray 4th Btn 2nd Lt R A J Gwyn 7th Btn Capt P H Hansen 6th Btn. L/Sjt C Harrod 4th Btn Capt C L Harvey 4th Btn 2nd Lt G M Hewart 6th Btn. Capt G L Hill 5th Btn. CSI S W Hirst 4th Btn Lt C C Homes 1st Btn. CSM T Hoops 4th Btn Mjr H C W Hoskyns 2nd Btn. Mjr H A Howes 4th Btn Sjt J Hughes 4th Btn Lt N J S Huntington 2nd Btn. Col A Hutchinson 4th Btn L/Sjt C Jackson 4th Btn 2nd Lt W S Jarvis 7th Btn Pte P A Jeal 4th Btn Sjt W Jenkinson 4th Btn Lt Col J W Jessop 4th Btn Sjt G Johnson 4th Btn Capt D L Jones 6th Btn. Sjt G E Kellam 4th Btn Capt R N King 1st Btn. Pte G Laister 1st Btn. L/Cpl H Lammiman 10th Battalion (Grimsby Chums) Pte J H V Lamplugh 5th Btn. Sjt W Land 4th Btn Sjt T C Larder 4th Btn L/Cpl L Lee 6th Btn. L/Cpl H C W Levi 2nd Btn. 2nd Lt F Levi 5th Btn. Pte B Levine Sjt H Lightfoot 4th Btn Sjt A E linton 4th Btn 2nd Lt J R Lish 3rd Btn Sjt C Lord 4th Btn L/Cpl A Luff 4th Btn Sjt A W J Manners 4th Btn Pte P S T Marshall 1st Btn. Lt Col G B McAndrew 2nd Btn. Sjt B Miles 4th Btn L/Sjt W Morley 4th Btn Capt C N Newsum 5th Btn. 2nd Lt F L Nightingale 7th Btn Pte G E L Nix 8th Btn Lt E H Owen 3rd Btn 2nd Lt J H Parkinson 8th Btn Capt C G W Peake 2nd Btn. Pte R V Pearson 5th Btn. Capt W M Phillips 4th Btn Sjt A Pickwell 4th Btn Harry Potter. Lincolnshire Regiment. (d. 22nd March 1918)Read his Story Coy QM Sjt J Procter 4th Btn Sjt A Rooksby 4th Btn Capt W H Rushton 1st Btn. Lt S Shankster 3rd Btn CSM J Simpson 4th Btn CSMI F J Smith 4th Btn Lt C W Spicer 2nd Btn. Sjt F J Spriggs 4th Btn 2nd Lt G Staniland 4th Btn L/Sjt C Stock 4th Btn Lt L Store 5th Btn. Capt H Street MC & Bar 5th Btn. Pte W Turner 5th Btn. Sjt C Vessey 2nd Btn. Pte W Vurley 7th Btn Coy QM Sjt J A Walker 4th Btn Lt W K Wallis 2nd Lt C H Webber 1st Btn. Capt C G V Wellesley 2nd Btn. Pte G West 1st Btn. Capt J D D Wickham 1st Btn. Pte H K Wilkinson 10th Battalion (Grimsby Chums) Sjt W Wood 4th Btn 2nd Lt T B Wood 4th Btn Sjt Mjr H Wright 4th Btn QMSjt A E Wyles 4th Btn Pte. Joseph Bainton 1st btn Lincolnshire Regt My father served in the Great war with the Lincolnshire Regt. He was Pte J. Bainton 9540 1/Lincs.He was wounded in his arm and leg.The wounds got him home where he recovered in Royal Victoria Boscombe hospital,Bournemouth.He liked Bournemouth so much that after the war Mum & Dad moved here from Scunthorpe. We have a photo of Dad in a basket wheel chair near the beach at Boscombe. The whole family would like to know which battle Dad was wounded.He never spoke of the war at all. Cpl. Thomas Christen Trafford 6th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment (d.27th Sep 1916) I am doing my Mam's family tree for her and was just wondering if anyone can give me any more information about my Great Grandad, Thomas Trafford. His service number was 8200. He died on 27/9/1916 aged 40. Thomas seved in South Africa and Somaliland. His parents were George and Mary Trafford who at that time lived in North Kelsey, Brigg. An address for Thomas that I have been given is 5 Freehold Street Adelaide Street Hull. He was married to Rebecca, whose maiden name was Thompson. Pte. C. C. Alcock 8th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Pte Alcock enlisted in the North Staffordshire Regiment and served with the 8th Btn of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Pte. Robert Welch 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (d.9th Sept 1916) I hope someone can help me find some information about by great uncle who served in the 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. I am trying to find out the location of the 6th Battalion when he was killed on 9th Sept 1916. I know they were on the Somme but can't pinpoint where. Can anyone help? Thank you, Bill Welch Private Robert Stephenson Gould 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (d.9th Apr 1917) I would like to remember my great-grandfather: Private Robert Stephenson Gould, service no:30722, 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th April 1917 near Arras. Pte. Fred Bellamy 6th Battalion (d.20th May 1918) My Great Grandfather, Pte Fred Bellamy 2060 was killed in action on the 20th May 1918 whilst serving with the 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment somewhere in France. Can anyone tell me where the 6th battalion were in May 1918? Pte. Arthur Furness My grandfather Arthur Furness was one of the first volunteers in the Leeds Rifles, West Yorks in 1914, he was lucky and survived until the end of the war. He made Corporal but was reduced in rank through being awol. At the time my grandmother had six children and was having the seventh when he went awol. It looks like he repeated this later when she had another child. He got 28 days loss of pay, and 9 days loss of pay. In about 1916 he was transferred to the Lincolnshire Regiment probably to make up depleted numbers. He must have been wounded as he received a pension after the war it looks like they kept giving him a medical to assess him. Pte. Horace Walker 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (d.29 October 1914) Horace Walker was my grandmother's younger brother & had been in service in Lincolnshire before the war but on his death certificate his home address is that of my grandmother in Sheffield. He was 32. He died in the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth with the cause of death given as malignant oedema of the thigh. I would be most interested to discover more about his war experiences & how/where he received the thigh wound. His medals suggest that he had served on the continent but I have no other details. It must have been a very early engagement for him to have been injured, repatriated by this date in the war; or perhaps he was just kicked by a mule before seeing any action. If anyone can enlighten me in any way I would be most grateful. Pte. Walter Lenton 1st. Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment (d.16th April 1918) Walter Lenton, my grandfather, is commemorated on the wall of the Tyne Cot cemetery. My mother is in her hundredth year and remembers that when she was a child her father was reported missing for about a year. I am concerned therefore, as to the accuracy of the date of death given shown in the Government register. Is there any way it can be verified and is it possible to establish exactly where he died? Update: Commonwealth War Graves deal with all memorials, they can be contacted via their website.

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