BAXTER

Alfred

No further information currently.

BRUCE

Frank

Believed to be: Private, TF/315031, Frank Bruce, 16th Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of wounds 12 July 1918, aged 23. Born Rotherham, enlisted Peterborough. Son of John William Bruce and Sarah Bruce, Pilsgate Grange, Stamford. Buried in St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, Robecq, Plot III. Row B. Grave 4.

CLOSE

William Close.

2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 20 March 1917, aged 20. Son of Robert Henry Close and Emma Close, Geeston House, Ketton, near Stamford. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.

HAND

Edgar W

Rifleman, C/4663, Quintin Wilfred Edgar Hand, 17th King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 26 April 1918. Born and resident Collyweston, enlisted Holborn, London. Son of Mrs. Jessie Hand, Poles Yard, Wentworth, Rotherham. Buried in Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, PLot IV. Row G. Grave 6.

HAND, MM

Walter

Private, 27038, Walter Hand, 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 May 1917, aged 19. Formerly 3802, Lincolnshire Regiment. Awarded the Military Medal. Born and resident Collyweston, enlisted Stamford. Son of William Hand, Collyweston, Northants. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3.

HULL

Harry Rollings

Private, 20881, 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 12 June 1916, aged 28. Born Easton-On-Hill, Northants, enlisted Peterborough, Northants. Son of John Hull, Easton-on-the-Hill, Stamford; husband of Mrs. E. Blessett (formerly Hull), Orlingbury, Wellingborough. Buried in Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe, Plot II. Row B. Grave 11.      

NICHOLLS

Arthur B.

Private, 15489, Arthur Benjamin Nicholls, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 23 August 1915. Born and enlisted Stamford. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21.

NICHOLLS

Charles

Private, 18189, 6th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 30 September 1916. Born and enlisted Stamford. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 1 C.

SCOTT

Arthur

Private, 17255, 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. Born Oakham, enlisted Peterborough. Son of Henry and Sarah Ann Scott; husband of Olive Emma Smith (formerly Scott), Hall Yard, Collyweston, near Stamford. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 91/93.

SMITH

George W.

Private, 58572, George Wimpset Smith, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 18 September 1918. Born Collyweston, enlisted Peterborough. Commemorated on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 7.

WRIGHT

George

Corporal, 10398, George Henry Wright, 6th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 21 July 1917. Born Tansor, enlisted Stamford, resident Collyweston. Buried in Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave III.L.03.

WYLES

Thomas

Private, 16841, 7th Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 14 July 1916. Born and resident Collyweston, enlisted Leicester. Son of Jerry and Eliza Wyles, Thornhaugh, Peterborough. Not included on Thornhaugh Memorial. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Panels 2 C and 3 A.

Not recorded on Memorial:

DENNIS

Robert

Private, 9157, 7th Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 29 July 1915, aged 49. Born and enlisted Stamford, resident Collyweston. Son of William and Charlotte Dennis, Stamford; husband of Elizabeth Dennis, 6, School Terrace, North Street, Stamford, Lincs. Buried in Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Menin Road North, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave 22.

SKINNER

Aubrey

Private, 25092, 6th Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 17 September 1916. Born Collyweston, enlisted Oakham. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Panels 2 C and 3 A.

WRIGHT

Arthur

Private, 260026, 1/5th York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 9 October 1917. Born Collyweston, enlisted Sheffield. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 125 to 128.

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HAMIT

[William] Marcus

Private 4803585, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action in North Africa 4 March 1943. Aged 21. Son of George Serjeant Hamit and Rose Hamit, of Stamford, Lincolnshire. According to the 1921 census he waqs born in 1921 in Collyweston, son of Susan Hamit, resident Collyweston, Lincolnshire. Buried in Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery, Tunisia. Plot 3. Row E. Grave 23.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943:

HAMIT William Marcus of Blue Bell Inn Collyweston (near Stamford) Northamptonshire died 4 March 1943 on war service Probate Llandudno 10 May to Edward Roberts farmer.
Effects £113 17s.

HARRISON

Frederick

Serjeant, 5725225, Frederick Albert Harrison, 1st Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action 19 June 1944, aged 28. Son of John William and Elizabeth Emily Harrison; husband of Florence Harrison, Collyweston, Northants. Commemorated on Bayeux Memorial, Normandy, Panel 15, Column 2.

JONES

Frederick A.

Guardsman, 2614786, Frederick Arthur Jones, 2nd Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 1 June 1940, aged 24. Son of Thomas and Kate Jones, Easton, Northamptonshire. Buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Grave II.11.14.

KING

Michael Rodney Warr

Flight Sergeant (Navigator), 1315580, 467th (RAAF) Squadron, RAF Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action flying in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number W5003, flying out of Bottesford on a night raid to Hamburg when the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and exploded 28 July 1943, aged 20. Son of Wing Cdr. Dudley Warr King and Yvonne Muriel King, Careby, Lincolnshire. Buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Grave 5A.L.10.

SHARP

William

Believed to be: Serjeant, T/152466, William Charles Sharp, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 17 October 1946, aged 27. Son of James and Florence Sharp, Stamford; husband of Irene Muriel Sharp, Stamford. Buried in Stamford Cemetery, Sec. S, Grave 13Y.

SMITH

Edward F

No further information currently.

SPALL

Albert W

Bombardier, 4803263, Albert William Spall, 357th Battery, 109th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 8 October 1943, aged 26. Son of Reuben and Caroline Sophia Spall; husband of Dorothy Spall, Brodsworth, Yorkshire. Buried in Collyweston Cemetery, Grave 77.

SWATTON

Frank

Flight Sergeant, 515500, No.99 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed in action 25 November 1940, aged 27. Son of Mr. W. G. Swatton, and Charlotte R. Swatton, Collyweston, Northants. Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, Panel 11.