Serjeant 9884, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 7 June 1915. Aged 23. Born Woodhall Spa, Horncastle, Lincs, enlisted Lincoln, resident Goxhill. Son of John and Ellen Drinkall, of North End, Goxhill, Hull; fiancee Miss O Vinter. Father recorded at Sutterton, Lincs at 1911 then in Goxhill at time of Robert’s death (Rtd. Police Sergeant). Robert recorded as drummer/musician at Dover Castle in 1911 census. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34. Also commemorated in Goxhill Parish Church and on his parent’s headstone in Goxhill cemetery. See also Goxhill Memorial Hall

DCM Citation:

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IN MEMORY OF OUR MOTHER
ELLEN DRINKALL
WHO DIED MAR, 9TH 1940
AGED 70, OUR FATHER
JOHN WILLIAM DRINKALL
WHO DIED AUG, 5TH 1940
AGED 82, & THEIR SON
Sergt ROBERT DRINKALL DCM
KILLED IN ACTION June 7TH 1915 PEACE, PERFECT PEACE.

Mess Room Steward, S.S. "Tycho" (Hull), Mercantile Marine. Drowned, as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine when his ship was torpedoed 20 May 1917. Aged 17. Son of Albert and Jane Elizabeth Howson, of 6, Church St., Goxhill, Lincs. In the 1911 census he was aged 10, born Goxhill, at school, son of Albert and Jane Howson, resident Goxhill, Lincolnshire. Parents both born in Hull but father Albert Goxhill resident in 1869 aged 2 and Jane Elizabeth Goxhill resident in 1879 aged 10. Nephew of William Williamson (his mother’s brother) also listed - see below. No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. See also Goxhill Memorial Hall

Note: SS Tycho, 3216 tons, was built in 1904 by Earle's Ship Building & Eng., Co. Owned by Wilson Line Ltd, Hull, and was managed by Ellerman Lines, Ltd., Liverpool. She was first attacked by submarine torpedo 21 March 1915 in the Downs but it missed, the second occasion proved fatal when attacked again by torpedo 20 May 1917 and sunk 16 miles off Beachy Head, Sussex; 15 crew were killed. She was sunk by UB40 whilst enroute from Bombay to Hull with a general cargo.

Acting Corporal R4/072186, Remount Camp (Romsey), Army Service Corps. Died of natural causes at Netley, Hampshire, 31 January 1916. Aged 45. Born 1870 in Hull, enlisted 29 January 1889 at Beverley. Served in 19th Hussars including the South African campaign. Discharged 18 February 1902. Re-enlisted for duration of war. Son of the late William and Emma Williamson; husbanfd of Annie Williamson, of Cleethorpes. His mother, Emma, was born in Goxhill. She lived on Church Lane then on Workhouse, later Greengate Lane; uncle of George Howson (sister’s son). Buried in NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, Hampshire. Grave C.E. 1782. See also Goxhill Memorial Hall and Cleethorpes War Memorial.

Sergeant 1379383, 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Missing 27 May 1942. Aged 21. Son of Henry Louie Francis Knight and Mary Agnes Knight, of Goxhill, Lincolnshire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 87. See also Goxhill Memorial Hall

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KNIGHT
In Loving Memory Of
HENRY LOUIS FRANCIS
1.8.1897 – 2.12.1947.
AND HIS WIFE
MARY AGNES
9.2.1891 – 13.8.1968.
ALSO HIS SISTER
FLORENCE ANNIE
17.10.1902 – 26.12.1952.
AND JOHN KENNETH
DEAR SON OF HENRY & MARY
19.3.1921 – 27.5.1942.
KILLED IN ACTION
REST IN PEACE

Able Seaman P/JX 337642, H.M.S. President III, Royal Navy. Died at sea 6 March 1943. Aged 38. Son of William and Gertrude Smaller, of Goxhill, Lincolnshire; husband of Catherine Smaller, of Goxhill. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 75, Column 3. See also Goxhill Memorial Hall

Note: HMS President III - HMS President is a stone frigate, or shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve; re-established on 28 August 1939 in Bristol to train those allocated for service on the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships. It was later transferred to locations across Windsor and London. By 31 May 1944 the command held over 30,500 accounts. The ledgers were closed after the war on 1 July 1946.

Leading Aircraftman 1475510, flying Avro Lancaster, 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action 5 June 1945. Aged 22. Son of Thomas Kirkby Wardle and Alice Wardle, of Goxhill, Lincolnshire. Buried in LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot 5. Row C. Collective grave 9-17. See also Goxhill Memorial Hall

Note: No. 149 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron between 1918 and 1956. Formed 1918 in the Royal Flying Corps as a night-bomber unit, it remained in that role for the rest of its existence which spanned three periods between 1918 and 1956. Initially equipped with Heyford biplane bombers, the squadron converted to Vickers Wellingtons in January 1939. On 4 September 1939 L4259 was flown on "Ops Brunsbüttel 4/500 GP", the day after the declaration of war against Germany by Great Britain. (Source Pilot's Logbook). After being re-equipped with the Short Stirling in November 1941, the squadron took part in the first 1,000 bomber raid. The squadron also formed No. 149 Squadron Conversion flight on 21 January 1942 to train new Stirling crews and on 7 October this was formed into 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) together with 7, 101 and 218 Squadron Conversion Flights. In August 1944, the Stirlings gave way to Avro Lancasters, which served the squadron until 1949. At the end of the war no. 149 squadron participated in Operation Manna, to drop food to the starved Dutch population still under German occupation, and Operation 'Exodus', to return former prisoners of war back to the UK.

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IN LOVING
MEMORY OF / a
a dear husband and father
THOMAS KIRKBY
WARDLE
WHO PASSED
HOME JAN 19th
1936 AGED 54
IN GODS HOLY KEEPING
a dearly loved son and brother
WILFRED HERBERT
WARDLE RAFVR
who gave his life over France
JUNE 5th 1945 AGED 22 YEARS
& was interred at Lille
Greater love hath no man than this
also of ALICE WARDLE
devoted wife and mother
WHO DIED MAY 25th 1957
AGED 69 YEARS
IN HEAVENLY LOVE (...)

Gunner 1787152, 7 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died while a Prisoner of War of the Japanese in Burma 25 July 1943. Aged 37. Born 22 September 1905. Son of William and Annie Shaw; husband of Ivy Shaw, of Hull. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. PLot 2. Row H. Grave 21.

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IN MEMORY OF
IVY SHAW
BORN 4.4.1908 DIED 8.8.1999
LOVING WIFE OF THE LATE
WILLIAM SHAW
WHO DIED IN BURMA WHILE A
PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE
BORN 22.9.1905 DIED 25.7.1943
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED
BY THEIR DAUGHTER
IRIS MARGARET MACLEOD