Dorrington - WWI

WW1 Plaque - Taken by Mike Peck 06 Aug 2007

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Dorring Parish Church - Taken by Mike Peck 06 Aug 2007

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Reference WMO/266867

Address:

St James & St John Church

Lincoln Road

Dorrington

LN4 3PT

England

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Status: On original site

Type: Non freestanding

Location: Internal

Setting: Attached to a building/structure

Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet

Materials:

Metal Bronze
Timber Oak

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)

About the memorial: Would appear that funds did not reach expectations : To take out of the second window in the north wall of the nave of the parish church of Dorrington the present plane glass and to insert instead those of stained glass and also to provide and place a memorial tablet of Bronze about forty inches by about twenty six inches in size on the wall of the nave of the said church which adjoins the pulpit. That the said widow and memorial tablet are to be provided in memory of the men of the said parish who lost their lives in the Great War. That the said window is to consist of three lights and is to bear the following inscription namely: “To the Glory of God and in thankful and honoured memory of the Dorrington men who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 – 1918 whose names are inscribed on a tablet in the church” Faculty Book 13. Page 531, 28-4-1920. Our petitioners have placed a memorial tablet on the north wall of the parish church of Dorrington. The said tablet is of Bronze on Oak ground and about thirty inches by about eighteen inches with the following inscription thereon namely: “Be thou faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of Life” (here follows a list of eleven names) To the glory of God. In honoured and grateful memory of the brave men of Dorrington, Lincoln, who made the supreme sacrifice in defence of King and Country in the Great War, 1914 – 1919. Faculty Book 13, page 645, 5th August 1920.

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Church of St James
ASHER	Walter	Private 201439. 2/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 8th June 1917, aged 24 years. Son of George and Elizabeth Asher of Dorrington, Lincs. Born North Rauceby, enlisted Sleaford and resident Dorrington, Lincs. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 1C.
CARROTTE	Frederick Henry	Lance Corporal 45124. Z Coy, 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died of wounds 26th August 1917, aged 26 years. Son of Charles and Margaret Carrotte of Freiston Drive, Dorrington, Lincs. Husband of Lizzie Carrotte (nee Harby) of Sleaford, Lincs. Born Ruskington, enlisted Sleaford and resident Ruskington, Lincs. Commemorated Tincourt New British Cemetery. I.E.9.
CLARKE	Charles Guy	Private 1710. Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Died at sea 3rd November 1915. Born Scopwick, enlisted Sleaford and resident Dorrington, Lincs. Commemorated Helles Memorial. Panel 331.
Also see individual memorial below.
CLAXTON	Frederick	Private 27058. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 10th November 1918. Born Brisley, Norfolk, enlisted Sleaford and resident Dorrington, Lincs. Commemorated Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension. III.F.2.
EASTWOOD	Thomas Hugh	Guardsman 1673. 4th Guards Machine Gun Regiment, formerly 11100 Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds 26th September 1918. Born Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, enlisted Lincoln and resident Lissington, Lincs. Commemorated Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille. V.B.16.
MELTON	Joseph Henry	Private 15221. C Coy, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th June 1915, aged 21 years. Son of Emmanuel and Frances Melton of Bloxholm Cottages, Dorrington, Lincs. Born Dorrington, enlisted Sleaford and resident Dorrington, Lincs. Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 21.
PEARSON	Walter	Private 70024. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), formerly 21729 Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th March 1918, aged 24 years. Son of (the late) James Pearson and Annie Mary Fox (formerly Pearson) of Dorrington Fen, Lincs. Enlisted Sleaford and resident Lincoln, Lincs. Commemorated Pozieres Memorial. Panel 52 to 54.
POUCHER	J W	Possibly John Poucher. Private 27101. 4th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 20th November 1917. Born Metheringham and enlisted Sleaford, Lincs. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face  5D and 12B.
ROBINSON	Percy	Private 8732. 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 13th March 1915, aged 27 years. Son of (the late) Benjamin and Mary Robinson of Chapel Yard, Dorrington, Lincs. Born Arnold, Notts, enlisted Lincoln and resident Ruskington, Lincs. Commemorated Le Touret Memorial. Panel 11.
SUMNER	A	Possibly Albert Sumner. Private 27306. 1st Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds 23rd October 1916, aged 23 years. Son of George and S Ann Sumner of Thorpe Tilney, Lincs. Born Woodhall and enlisted Horncastle, Lincs. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 5D and 12B.
WILLIAMS	H	In 1901 Henry Williams born c 1887 is in Dorrington, Lincs and gives place of birth as Hornsby, Lincs (no such place). In 1916 Harry Williams died of wounds, also gives place of birth as Hornsby, Lincs. Possibly Harry Williams. Private 1929. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 26th September 1916. Born Hornsby (?), enlisted Sleaford and resident Grimsby, Lincs. Commemorated Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe. IV.H.52.
To the glory of God.
In honoured and grateful memory of the brave men of Dorrington, Lincolnshire who made the supreme sacrifice in defence of King and Country in the Great War 1914 – 1919.
Copyright Michael Peck 2007

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