War Memorial - Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England

William Charles Brown
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 6449 28 June 1886, Thorpe on the Hill 16 September 1914 28 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France Son of Matthew and Mary Brown, nee Dolphin, of Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire.

William Charles Brown was born on 28 June 1886 and was baptised in Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England on 01 August 1886.

England Census 1891 about William C. Brown and family Residence: Thorpe On The Hill, Lincolnshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Mathew Brown Mary Brown Joseph Brown George Brown Mary L. Brown William C. Brown Matthew Henry Brown	Head Wife Son Son Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	40 38 12 9 7 4 2	abt. 1851 abt. 1853 abt. 1879 abt. 1882 abt. 1884 abt. 1887 abt. 1889	Lincolnshire, England Lincolnshire, England Lincolnshire, England Lincolnshire, England Lincolnshire, England Lincolnshire, England Lincolnshire, England

Edgar Hall
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 7695 abt. 1884, Thorpe on the Hill 09 May 1915 31 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of William and Rebecca Hall, nee Goulding (1845-1886). Stepson of Charlotte Hall, nee Wallhead, widow of George Merryweather.

England Census 1891 about Edgar Hall and family Residence: Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Hall Annie J. Hall Ernest Hall Ethel Hall Edgar Hall	Head Daughter Son Daughter Son	Widowed Single Single Single Single	51 18 12 8 6	abt. 1840 abt. 1873 abt. 1879 abt. 1883 abt. 1885	Heckington, Lincolnshire Fillingham, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire

England Census 1901 about Edgar Hall and family Residence: Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Hall Charlotte Hall Ernest Hall Edgar Hall James William Wallhead	Head Wife Son Son Nephew	Married Married Single Single Single	61 61 22 16 32	abt. 1840 abt. 1840 abt. 1879 abt. 1885 abt. 1869	Heckington, Lincolnshire Eagle, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire

John Barry Davis
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 30026 abt. 1896, Southampton, Hampshire 30 September 1917, 14 Australian Field Ambulance 21 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium Son of Frederick and Annie Davis, nee Hunt, of Thorpe on the Hill.

John Barry Davis was baptised in Bursledon, Hampshire, England on 22 March 1896.

Wills and Administrations, 1918
Davis, John Barry, of Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire, a Private in the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, died 30 September 1917 in France or Belgium.
Administration (with Will) Lincoln 01 May to Lizzie Atkin (Wife of George Atkin). Effects £25 11s. 3d.

England Census 1901 about John B. Davis and family Residence: Seale, Surrey, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Frederick Davis Annie Davis Agnes D. Davis John B. Davis George V. Davis Ethel V. Davis	Head Wife Daughter Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single	32 30 6 5 3 1	abt. 1869 abt. 1871 abt. 1895 abt. 1896 abt. 1898 abt. 1900	Frome, Somerset Wareham, Dorset Wareham, Dorset Southampton, Hampshire Wimborne, Dorset Wimborne, Dorset

Ernest Stocks
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 11741 abt. 1893 13 October 1915 22 8th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France Son of Samuel and Martha Stocks, nee Hempsall, of The Railway Inn, Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire.

Ernest Stocks was born on 04 October 1893 and was baptised in the Church of St. Andrew in Drypool, Yorkshire East Riding, England on 25 October 1893.

George William Stocks
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 11617 abt. 1892 01 July 1916 24 8th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial, France Son of Samuel and Martha Stocks, nee Hempsall, of The Railway Inn, Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire.

England Census 1901 about Ernest and George Stocks and family Residence: Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Samuel Stocks Martha Stocks Edith Mary Stocks George William Stocks Ernest Stocks	Head Wife Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single	48 42 12 9 7	abt. 1853 abt. 1859 abt. 1889 abt. 1892 abt. 1894	Holton Beckering, Lincolnshire Lincoln, Lincolnshire Harrington, Lincolnshire Harrington, Lincolnshire Hull, Yorkshire

John Harker
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 15301 abt. 1895 15 April 1918 23 2nd/5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment Ploegsteert Memorisl, Belgium Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Harker, nee Leeman, of High Street, North Colling Lane, Newark, Nottinghamshire.

England Census 1901 about John Harker and family Residence: Top Street, Harby, Nottinghamshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Joseph Harker Mary A. Harker Kate Harker John Harker Fred Harker Joseph Harker	Head Wife Daughter Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single	48 46 11 8 6 2	abt. 1853 abt. 1855 abt. 1890 abt. 1893 abt. 1895 abt. 1899	Waddington, Lincolnshire Horncastle, Lincolnshire Broadholme, Nottinghamshire Harby, Nottinghamshire Harby, Nottinghamshire Harby, Nottinghamshire
1911 England Census: John Harker was a boarder at the Dove family in Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England.

Harold Southerington
© Marcel ROSVELDS	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 201719 abt. 1898 31 March 1918 20 2nd/5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Belgium Son of Christopher and Sarah Ann Southerington, nee East, of Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire.

The birth of Harold Southerington was registered in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England during the second quarter of 1897.

England Census 1911 about Harold Southerington and family Residence: Thorpe On The Hill, Lincolnshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Christopher Southerington Sarah Ann Southerington Mabel Southerington Harold Southerington Eva Southerington Wilfred East	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Nephew	Married Married Single Single Single Single	48 45 15 13 9 11	abt. 1863 abt. 1866 abt. 1896 abt. 1898 abt. 1902 abt. 1900	South Hykeham, Lincolnshire Thorpe On The Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe On The Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe On The Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe On The Hill, Lincolnshire Barton, Lancashire

Thomas Gibson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 35193 abt. 1884, Thorpe on the Hill 12 April 1918 25th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of Osbourn and Sarah Ann Gibson, nee Welch. Husband of Ethel A. Gibson, nee Hill, now wife of Walter Pawson.

The marriage of Thomas Gibson to Ethel A. Hill was registered in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England during the second quarter of 1916.

Joseph Cooper (No CWGC record)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	abt. 1891 15 August 1919

Joseph Cooper born 1891, Thorpe on the Hill, the son of William and Hannah Cooper, nee Tubb. Died 15 August 1919 (as civilian headstone). Original enlistment Lincoln 25th October 1915, Private, 4738, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, transferred to 30112 Labour Corps and discharged 20 March 1919 'surplus to military requirements' (but with disability caused by 'shrapnel wound to abdomen'). Commemorated Thorpe on the Hill (St Michael and All Angels) Churchyard.

England Census 1901 about Joseph Cooper and family Residence: Thorpe On The Hill, Lincolnshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Cooper Hannah Cooper Jane Cooper Frances Cooper Joseph Cooper Frederick Cooper	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single	51 47 14 11 9 6	abt. 1850 abt. 1854 abt. 1887 abt. 1890 abt. 1892 abt. 1895	Bulkington, Lincolnshire Bulkington, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire

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