Today I remember the Swaby lads who lost their lives In the first world war Private Albert Barker Born 1896 In Swaby DOB 28 December 1896 (jfm 1896 louth area 7a 528 .) DOD 11 August 1915 died of wounds Buried Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery Armentieres Member of 9th (Service) Battalion Formed at Hounslow on 21 August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 36th Brigade, 12th (Eastern) Division. Landed in France in May 1915. In 1901 lived in Grange Farm House, Calceby. Father ; Walter Barker 1856-1902 died at Swaby. Mother; Elizabeth nee Jackson 1859-1942 . Siblings ; Fred 1882-1966. Grace 1882-1974. George waggoner 1884-1965. Kate 1887-? Alice 1890-? Charles 1893-1987 ALBERT. Annie Evelyn 08/02/1898. Edward Brumpton East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion. Born in in Swaby to Mary Jane and William Brumpton. Whitepit, Swaby. Date of Death 10/10/1918. Buried at the right side of Neauvilly Cemetery. Father; William Brumpton, carrier. Mother; Mary Jane nee? Sibling. Hilda 1893. George Camplin. R/7464 8th Battalion Kings Royal rifle Corps Date of Birth.1892 Date of Death 20th August 1915 Buried at Potijze Burial Ground. Father; Moses Camplin born 1862 at Swaby. Mother; Alice Myers born 1863 at Donington. Siblings. Ruth 1890-1986 GEORGE.1892-1915 Olive 1894 1905 Ada 1894-1994 Ernest 1897 1975. Lewis 1898-99 Alice 1900-1961. Elsie 1901-1974. David 1902-1974. Edith 1904-1964. see Kirsten Elders Book, Memories, A Swaby Moment in Time for more information about this family. George R Cartwright MM Lance Corporal in the 702, 10th Battn. Lincolnshire Regiment DOB; 9 August 1893 DOD; 16th April 1918 buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetary extention(Nord) Lived at Calceby Father; George H Cartwright 1874 Shepherd Mother; Sarah A 1875 Siblings. Charles R.1896 Rose E.1898 Charles Robinson 1900.. In UK De Ruvigneys roll of Honour 1914-24 he is listed on page 28 it states, Cartwright, Charles Robinson, MM l-Corpral No; 702 10th service Battn, the Lincolnshire Regiment . S of George Henry Cartwright of Swaby Valley, Alford, co Lincolnshire, Agricultural labourer by his wife Sarah Ann; dau of Joseph Langley of Bourne . B Swaby aforesaid 9 Aug 1893 educ. Public school Lincoln: Was a horse man; Enlisted 8 Oct 1914 served with the British expeditionary force in France and Flanders from1916 and was killed in action at Bailleul 17 April 1918 buried near there he was awarded the military medal (London Gazette 28 jan 1918) for bravery in the field and the Belgian Croix de Guerre (London Gazette)15 April 1918 for distinguished service. unm Roger James Cholmeley MC DOB 1872 Married and lived at 52 Dora Rd, Wimbledon SW19 DOD 16/o8/1919 Drowned. Captain in the Cheshire Regt. Received the Military Cross for being a member of an intelligence for 5 weeks bringing back information before attack in unknown area. Appears to have served in France through the war may have gone to Mesopotamia and was detached to the British Russian relief force in 1919 NORTH RUSSIA 1919 Late in 1919 Britain sent troops to Murmansk and Archangel in northern Russia. They were part of an international force designed to protect Allied interests there during the Russian Civil War, and to offer assistance to those Russian forces fighting the Bolsheviks in that conflict. Father; James Cholmley 1833. Wainfleet went to Emmanuel Coll Oxford. BA 1856, incorporated from Magdalene Coll. 27 July1857 aged 24 Fellow 1857-64, MA 1860.Swaby rector 1865 . Mother Flora Sophie 1838 Born Madras, British citizen. Siblings Beatrix Mary 1866 Devon. Mabel 1867. Robert 1868. Margaret Flora 1871. ROGER JAMES 1872. born Swaby. In 1881 were living Ruswarp Yorkshire. Harry Elvin. Private 12295, 2nd Battn Lincolnshire Regiment . DOB about 1897 DOD 10 July 1916 aged 19. Son of the Late Henry and Mary Ellen Elvin. Sibling . Tom Elvin 1897 Thomas is on the memorial of those Swaby lads who fought and were spared to return to Swaby He had land in Swaby and an abode at Ketsby. he married Maggie and died in 1972 they had a son Hubert. Enlisted Sept 1914. In 1901 the family was living in Sculcoates, Hull and is down as being fromWaithe Lincolnshire Remembered at the Thiepval Memorial. Tom T Kitchen. Private with the Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion no17895 DOB DOD 16 April 1916 in Flanders and France. Buried at Dartmoor cemetery, Becordel-Becourt. Father; George H Kitchen 1842 Mother; Rachel 1856 Siblings; John William 1877. TOM 1886 Willie Brown adopted 1881, In 1901 Tom was working as an agricultural labourer in Muckton area. Thomas William Stephenson. Thomas was a private in the Lincolnshire regiment 5th Battn, No. 241277. DOB 1890. DOD 26 July 1917 In France and Flanders Father; Sam 1852 Agricultural Labourer. Mother; Charlotte (Lottie) 1854. Siblings; John 1877 Samuel 1879 Annie 1881 Lizzy H 1883. Edith A 1885. Charles 1887. C.Ellen (Nellie) 1889. TOM 1891. Fred 1893. went to war and was spared to return. See record for Fred served with the Lincs regiment see added documents Olive 1895. Elsie 1897. Edmund Wright Served with the Alexandra , Princess of Waless own. Yorkshire Regiment 15th Battn. No 31358. DOB 1877 DOD 9th October 1916. died in western European theatre of War and is Buried at Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre . He was 39. Father; Edmund Wright 1855 carpenter Swaby. Mother; Elizabeth 1852 from Huntington. Sibling Herbert 1885. Herbert was also in the war and was spared to return. Ada single in 1901 24 Grandson Owen 4 from Notts also. George H Westerby. 10th Battn, Lincolnshire regt. DOB 1886 DOD died aged 30 on 5th August 1916 Husband of Charlotte Ellen Westerby Father; George Westerby of Donnington on Bain. Mother; Rachel. Brother Joseph John 1892 also died at the Somme 1917 remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. These Men lost their lives in the First World War. They remembered on the memorial plaque in the centre of the village.
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