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War Memorial - Withern, Lincolnshire, England


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Richard "Dick" Branston
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Lance Sergeant
434
abt. 1882
26 February 1916
34
10th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France
Son of Lucy Branston,
of Tilgate, Crawley, Sussex,
and the late Richard Branston.
Native of Parson Drove, Cambs.
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William Brumpton
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Lance Corporal
15838
abt. 1896
03 July 1916
20
1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France
Son of Charles and F. M. Brumpton,
of Flax Mill Cottages, Aby, Alford, Lincs.
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George Cross
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Private
40360
abt. 1898
21 March 1918
20
2nd/6th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
Arras Memorial, France
Son of George and Sarah Cross,
of Tothill, Alford, Lincs.
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Arthur Enderby
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Private
237119
abt. 1880
14 November 1917
37
54th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Arthur and Betsy Enderby,
of "Withern Manor", Withern, Alford, Lincs.,
husband of Beatrice May Enderby,
of 308, Rhodes Avenue, Toronto.
Served in the South African Campaign.
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Charles Lane
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Private
37227

08 September 1918

11th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
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Herbert Lane
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Private
17897

04 October 1917

8th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium
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Robert Arthur Massey
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Private
1887
abt. 1889
16 June 1916
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11th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Withern (St. Margaret) Churchyard, Lincolnshire, UK
Son of Annie Massey,
of Theddlethorpe, St. Helens, Lincs,
and the late Charles Audry Massey.
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Fred Searby
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Lance Corporal
12894
abt. 1891
03 July 1916
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"A" Coy. 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Fricourt British Cemetery, France
Son of Fred and Elizabeth Searby,
of South Keston, Louth, Lincs.
Born at Withern, Alford, Lincs.
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Joseph William Searby
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Sapper
37549
abt. 1888
11 October 1916
28
202nd Field Company Royal Engineers
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France
Son of Fred Searby,
of Wilhern,
husband of Violet May Searby,
of 47, Havelock St., Spalding.
Born in Lincs.
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William Stones
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William Ward
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Private
250550
Military Medal

05 October 1918

20th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Belgium
Military Medal
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Ronald Webster
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Driver
45315
abt. 1890
15 June 1917
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128th Field Company Royal Engineers
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium
Son of Henry and Eliza Jane Webster,
of Withern, Lincs.
Served as Roland Webster.
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Maurice White
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Private
17898

09 September 1918

1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France
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Willie White
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Private
72477

04 October 1918

2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
St. Nicolas British Cemetery, France
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Fred Searby
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Corporal
4979943
abt. 1918
05 January 1944
26
6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Cassino War Cemetery, Italy
Son of Albert Edward and Grace Searby,
of Withern, Lincolnshire.
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Charles Edmund Westerby
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Rifleman
14683545
abt. 1925
07 September 1944
19
9th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium
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