BULLER, LESLEY MONTAGU, Lieut.. 1st Battn. (10th Foot) The Lincolnshire Regt., yst. s. of the late Col. Henry Montagu Buller, Central India Horse, by his wife. Mary (12. Eaton Terrace. S.W.). dau. of the late James Jackson: b. London, 29 July. 1886; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Lincolnshire Regt. 6 Oct. 1906: promoted Lieut. 21 June, 1911: served in India with the 1st Battn. from Dec. 1906. returning to England in 1911: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. 1914; was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at Frameries. near Mons, on the 24th of the same month, and is now presumed to have been killed in action while on outpost duty on that date. When at Eton Lieut. Buller was in Miss Evans’s House, and played in the house teams that won the cricket and football cups in 1904, in which year he won the School Science Prize: unm

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BROWN, RALPH, D.C.M., L.-Corpl., No. 201531, 2nd Battn. (10th Foot) The Lincolnshire Regt., only s. of William Henry Brown, of 61, Queen Street, Horncastle, by his wife, Fannie Louisa, dau. of Robert Newbitt, cf Epworth: b. Horncastle, co. Lincoln, 9 Nov. 1895; educ. Church of England Schools there: was a Corn Merchant’s Clerk; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt. 1 June, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 10 Dec. following, and died at No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station 9 Oct. 1918, of wounds received in action at the taking of the village of Wallincourt the previous day. Buried in Rocquigez Road Military Cemetery, Etricourt. His Captain and Adjutant wrote: Your son was in charge of a section detailed to attack an enemy machine-gun post, in order that the main attack might not be held up. He and his section carried out their work with the greatest determination and bravery, all the enemy machine gunners being killed and their guns captured. It was for his great gallantry and splendid leadership on this occasion that your son was recommended for and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He died doing his duty like a man, and he was respected by officers and men alike as an absolutely clean and straight soldier.” He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallant and distinguished conduct at the Battle of Vaucelette Farm, near Epéhy.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

BROCK, PERCY DOUGLAS, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. (10th Foot) The Lincolnshire Regt., eldest s. of the late Frank Leuches Brock, of 5, Aubrey Walk, Kensington, W., by his wife, Agnes Edna (70, Gray Street, Lincoln), dau. of James East, of Lincoln: b. Hampton, co. Middlesex, 27 Jan. 1896; educ. North District School, Lincoln; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt. 11 Feb. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Oct. 1914 was invalided home, suffering from frostbite, in Jan. 1915; on recovery returned to France: took part in many important engagements, being twice slightly wounded: returned home to train for a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Lincolnshire Regt. 28 Nov. 1917; joined his battalion in France the following April: was transferred to 1st Battn., and was killed in action near Rosnay, west of Rheims, 29 May, 1918. Major W. H. G. Goater wrote: “It may solace you somewhat to know that he died fighting, bravely leading his men at a time when we were being very heavily pressed, and only the staunchness of such as your son save the situation,” and Major the Hon. W. Littleton: “He was a good soldier, and was loved by all in the battalion, and I am sure, if he had been spared, there was a brilliant future in front of him as a soldier. His was a great life given for his country. He met his death at the head of his men.” Unm.

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Staniland G 2nd Lt 4th Lincolnshire Regiment

SECOND LIEUTENANT G. STANILAND

4TH BATTALION THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT, T.F.

GEOFFREY STANILAND was the younger son of Robert William Staniland, (O.R., 1855) Solicitor, of Boston, and of Kate his wife.

He entered the School in 1895, left in 1897, was articled to his father and eventually went into partnership with Messrs. Allisons, of Louth.

He obtained his first Commission in the 4th Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in August, 1914, and was subsequently gazetted to the 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.

He was killed on April 13th, 1915, at Pond Farm, Lindenhoek, Belgium, by shrapnel, while trying to get his men out of a farmhouse. He was the last to leave the building, and was killed just as he was going out.

Age 34.

A Private in the Regiment wrote:-

“Had he thought of his own safety instead of that of his men, he would not have been hit. If he had not waited to make certain that the men were all out of the building, he would have been safe. He died doing his duty.”

He married Millicent, third daughter of Frederick John Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, Northumberland, and left two sons.

Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1

King R N Captain 1st Lincolnshire Regiment

CAPTAIN R. N. KING

IST BATTALION THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT

ROBERT NEAL KING was the only son of Robert King, of Moulton, Lincolnshire.

He entered the School in 1890. He obtained his first Commission in the 2nd Battalion in 1896 and was promoted Captain in 1904.

He served in the Nile Expedition of 1898, was present at the Battle of Atbara, and received the British Medal and the Egyptian Medal with Clasp. He served with the Mounted Infantry in the South African War in 1902, and took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Cape Colony and the Orange River Colony, and received the Queen’s Medal with four Clasps.

He retired in 1911 and joined the Reserve of Officers, but was called up on Mobilisation, in August, 1914, went to France in September, and was reported killed in action at Wytschaete, near Ypres, on November Ist, 1914. Age 38.

He married, in 1910, Klara, second daughter of Robert Shand Kynoch-Shand, of Hillside, Kincardineshire, and of the Linn, Keith, Banffshire, and had two sons.

Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1

KING, ROBERT NEAL, Capt., 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., only s. of the late Robert King, M.D., F.R.C.P., London, by his wife, Esther, dau, of Thomas Case; b. in London, 14 Sept. 1874; edue. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Lincolns, from Militia, 6 June, 1896; promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1899, and Capt. 19 Nov. 1904; served in the Nile Expedition, 1898, and was present at the Battle of the Atbara (medal; Egyptian medal with ciasp); in the South African War, 1902, where he was employed with Mounted Infantry in operations in the Transvaal and Cape Colony, April and May, 1902, and in the Orange River Colony, Jan. to March, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and from 24 Dec. to 31 Dec. 1901, was on special service. He retired 21 June, 1911, and was placed in the Reserve of Officers, but re-joined his regt. on the outbreak of war; left for France, Sept. 1914, and was reported killed in action at. Wystchaete, 1 Nov. following. Capt. King m. at St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, 19 Dec. 1910, Klara Alice Fanny, 2nd dau. of Robert Shand Kynoch Shand, of Hillside, co. Kincardine, and the Linn Keith, co. Banff, and had two sons: Robert McKerrell, b. 24 Nov. 1911, died 3 Nov. 1914; and Philip Marshall, b. 23 March, 1914.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Heath F Cpl Lincolnshire Regiment

Source : The Vivid 1st May 1915

From Market Rasen

ALLSWORTH, T. (Machine Room, feeder, Miehle). Enlisted on 2 Mar. 1915. Served in England in the 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks L.I. until 24 June 1916, and thenceforward in France in the 10th Lincs Regt. In engagements on the Somme in Aug., and Armentières in Nov. 1916; Arras (May), St. Quentin (Aug.), Passchendaele (Oct.), 1917; Croiselles, Mar. 1918. Wounded and taken prisoner in the latter engagement, remaining in the enemy’s hands (at Münster, Rennbahn, Westphalia) to 6 Dec. Subsequently served in England in the 4th Lincs Regt. until discharge. Wounded in hip (at St. Quentin) and in ear and eye (Croiselles). Discharged, blind right eye, 26 Mar. 1919. Resumed work at the Press.

Source The War Record Of The Oxford University Press

Turner W Pte 1204 5th Lincolnshire Regiment

TURNER, WALTER, Private, No. 1204 (Barton Coy.), 1/5th Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (T.F.), s. of Charles Henry Turner, of Halton Villa, New Holland, Hull, Signal Lineman, G.C. Railway, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late George Parker; b. New Holland, co. Lincoln, 19 July, 1893; educ. there; was an Engine Cleaner, G.C. Railway; joined the Lincolnshire Territorials, 5 March, 1911, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 at once volunteered for foreign service; trained at Luton and Stanstead, Aug. 1914 to Feb. 1915, during which time he was orderly to Lieuts. Fieldsend and Riggall; went to France, 26 Feb.; was doing his third period in the trenches when he was taken ill with spotted fever and died 15 days later in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, St. Omer, 27 April, 1915; unm.

Buried in the Souvenir Cemetery there. Capt. Wilson wrote: “Personally I feel his death very much, as he was one of the members of my company who had been with me for several years, and was one of the original band who joined from New Holland, and who have all turned out to be splendid fellows. I liked him very much he was a good soldier and he must have been a good son”; and Lieut. Fieldsend: “I can assure you that no man in the company was more popular and more respected by both officers and men than your son.” Lieut. Riggall also said: “He was an excellent man, one of the best and nicest in the company. He was always cheerful and willing, never grumbled and would do anything for anyone. We shall all feel his loss intensely and myself especially.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Brice-Smith J K 2nd Lt 7th Lincolnshire Regiment

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1