Roll of Honour - Lincolnshire

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HORSINGTON WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & other conflicts - Roll of Honour with detailed information
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The memorials can all be found within All Saints Church, Main Street, Horsington, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. The first is located on the southern wall of the nave as a Roll of Honour listing those who served in World War 1 and takes the form of a framed and glazed wall-mounted parchment Roll of Honour with Royal Crest at the top, crossed Royal Standard and Union Flags and swag ending in two roses; the name of the village is handwritten in a printed box and the names have also been handwritten and flags of the Allies at each corner. There are 28 names listed including the seven who gave their lives. A further memorial takes the form of a pax bell with associated carved wooden board bearing, at top, a coronet, below a laurel wreath, with the names at the centre with grape vines at each side; at the bottom, centre, an additional name on a small board; the whole is supported by two corbels each carved with a fleur-de-lys; seven names are listed. There are further plaques to individuals from a variety of different conflicts.

There are six names listed on the wooden World War 1 memorial but on the Roll of Honour a further name is listed for Tom Bell, marked '*' here.

1914 to 1919
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT WAR

ALBANS	William Herbert Ainsworth	Pte 14316, 1st Bn Lincolnshire Regt Killed in action, France, 4/10/1917. Born 30/9/1894 Waddingworth, Lincs, son of William and Kate (née Major, later Brown) Albans. Pre-war occupation waggoner on farm. Commemorated on Panel 35 to 37, Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
BELL *	Tom	Trooper 55439, 1st/1st Lincs Yeomanry Killed in action, Abu Sushi, Palestine 15/11/1917, age 24. Born 14/1/1893, Woodhall Spa, Lincs, bpt 10/2/1893 Langton St Andrew, Lincs, son of Thomas and Martha (née Foster) Bell, of The Firs, Horncastle, Lincs. Pre-war worked on father's farm. Buried in Grave R10, Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel
DEELEY	Sidney Thomas	(Samuel in Roll of Honour appears to be an error) Only S Deeley in Grenadier Guards in CWGC is Privatte 14657, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards Killed in action, 12/11/ 1914. Born 1892 Stoke or Carlton, Notts, son of Henry & Albina (née Townsend) Deeley. Enlisted 1910, Nottingham. Buried in Grave B5, Railway Chateau Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mrs. A. Deeley, of Wales Court Lodge, Wales, Sheffield. Horsington connection unknown.
FLETCHER	Joseph William	L/Cpl 67666, Machine Gun Corps (formerly Private 21323 1st Bn Lincolnshire Regiment). Killed in action 9/3/1917, age 28. Born 6/5/1889, bpt 2/6/1889 Bucknall, Lincs, son of Thomas and Rebecca Elizabeth Jane (née Johnson) Fletcher, of Horsington. Enlisted Horncastle, previous occupation farm labourer. Commemorated on Panel 154 to 159, Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
LONGTHORN	Harry	Pte TR5/14079, 4th Bn Training Reserve, succumbed to pneumonia in Military Hospital, Rugeley Staffs 15/3/1917. Born 1898, bpt 7/8/1898 Mareham-on-the-Hill, Lincs, son of George and Harriett Susannah (née Brocklesby) Longthorn of Horsington. Enlisted Louth. Buried in Horsington Churchyard.
MABBOTT	Edward	Private 38084, 1st Bn Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 16/4/1918. Born 1897 Wildmore, Lincs, son of George and Mary Ann (née Wilkinson) Mabbott. Pre-war occupation farm worker. Enlisted Horncastle, Lincs. Commemorated on Panel 35 to 37, Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
TOYNE	Frank	Private 38913, 8th Bn King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (previously 11604, RASC). Killed in action 28/10/ 1918, France shortly before armistice. Born 18/8/1893. bpt 1/10/1893, Dunston, Lincs, son of George and Ellen Toyne. Brother of Joseph and Ernest, listed as survivors on memorial. Pre-war occupation groom. Commemorated on Panel 3, Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.
WARREN	Arthur John Treverton	Bombardier 831791, C Bty, 103rd Bde Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 16/10/1917 age 34. Born 27/12/1883 Cornwall, son of William Henry and Elizabeth Ann (née Anthony) Warren. Husband of Olive Sarah (née Rook) Warren, of Queensland House, Crescent Avenue, Whitby, Yorks, the sister of Edward Rook listed as a survivor on memorial, their parents being George & Mary Rook of Horsington. Pre-war occupation headmaster of Abberley Parochial School, Worcs. Enlisted Worcester. Buried in Grave III.E.3, La Clytte Military Cemetery, Belgium' Also commemorated in St Mary's Church, Abberley.
PAX BELL ERECTED BY SUSBSCRIPTION CLOCK PRESENTED BY CANON SUTTON Not on memorial but listed on a plaque within the church
BATES	Harold Christopher	Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Died 18 August 1915 in France. Aged 24. Nephew of the Rector. IN MEMORIAM HAROLD CHRISTOPHER BATES, LIEUT. R.E., NEPHEW OF THE RECTOR WHO FELL IN FRANCE, AUG. 18TH 1915, AGED 24 YEARS "PRO PATRIA"

Inside the church is a framed glazed document as follows:

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
ROLL OF HONOUR
Horsington, Lincs.

William Herbert Ainsworth Albans	Pte 3rd Lincs Regt	Killed in action, France, November 1917
Thomas Hall Brown	Pte 3rd Lincs Regt	Home Service
John Brooks	Royal Lancs Regt	France, Mons Medal 1919
Samuel Deeley	Pte 3rd Battn Gren. Guards	Killed in action November 1914
John William Green	Pte 11th Lincs Regt	L/Corporal, France
Harold Fletcher	Pte 2/4 Lincs Regt	France, Distinguished Service Certificate 1917
Joseph Fletcher	Pte 1st Lincs Regt	Killed in action,France 1917
Harry Marshall	Pte 4th Hants Regt Transport Sect	France
Fred Roberts	Pte 2/4th Lincs Regt	France
Charles Roberts	Pte 14th Battn Sherwood Foresters	France
Edward Fynes Rook	Trooper Lincs Yeomanry	Mesopotamia
William Roberts	Pte Army Veterinary Corps	France
Norman Sharpe	Trooper Lincs Yeomanry	L/Corporal Palestine and France
Tom Bell	Trooper Lincs Yeomanry	Killed in action Palestine 1917
Ernest South	Sapper Royal Engineers	France
James Albert Roberts	Pte 5th N Staffs Regt
Tom Smith	Sapper Royal Engineers	France
William Dickinson	Pte Coldstream Guards
John Smith
Charles Smith	Pte 3/4th Lincs Regt
Ernest Smith	Sapper Royal Engineers	1914 France, Sergeant 1917
William Frederick Toyne	Pte 16th Canadian Light Horse	France
Joseph Jim Toyne	Pte Princess Light Infantry	France
Frank Toyne	Driver Royal A T C	France. Killed in action 28th Oct 1918 shortly before armistice
Ernest Shep Toyne	Gunner Royal G A	Salonica & S Russia, Military Medal 1917 Croix de Guerre
John Henry Turner	Pte Lincs Regt	discharged 1917
Thomas Mabbott	Pte Lincs Regt	France, Corporal 1918, Military Medal 1918
Harry Longthorn	Pte Lincs Regt	succumbed to pneumonia at Rugeley Staffs March 1917 after a few weeks training
Henry Wedlock	Pte Training Reserve Battalion	Discharged 1917, Church Army Officer 1917
John W. Hather	Pte Royal Transport Service	Home Service
Walter Mabbott	Pte Leinster Regt
James Patchett	Pte Lincs Regt
Fred Mabbott
Edward Mabbott		missing
Arthur Warren		Killed in action,France 1917

INDIVIDUAL PLAQUES

On the North wall of the nave by the altar are two brass plaques with painted incised lettering:

SMITH

Frederick Evan Cowper

TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF
FREDERICK EVAN COWPER SMITH, LIEUTENANT ROYAL ARTILLERY,
ELDEST SON OF THE LATE REVD. T.F. SMITH, FORMERLY RECTOR OF THIS
PARISH. HE DIED OF FEVER BROUGHT ON BY OVER EXERTION IN THE
DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN
WITH THE KHYBER LINE FIELD FORCE ON JULY 21ST 1880 WHEN HE HAD
JUST COMPLETED 19 YEARS OF EARTHLY LIFE.
JESU MERCY

DEANE

Bonar Millet

IN MEMORY OF COLONEL BONAR MILLET DEANE
SECOND SON OF THE REVD GEORGE DEANE LATE RECTOR OF BIGHTON
DUTY TO HIS QUEEN AND COUNTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA
UNDER GENERAL G COLLEY
BATTLE OF LAINGS NEK JANUARY 28, 1881, AGED 46 YEARS.
HE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT. HE KEPT THE FAITH
JESU MERCY

Last updated 3 March, 2022

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