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Below are three more stories of WW1 Winterton soldiers whose names have been approved by Winterton Town Council, for addition to the war memorial. Sadly, more will appear in forthcoming issues of the Out 'n About magazine. 203014 Private Stephen Alfred Bigley - 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Born about 1886 in Woodstone, Huntingdonshire. The 1891, 1901 and 1911 census shows Stephen living at 87 Palmerstone Road, Woodstone. He married Beatrice Eva ROSE in 1913 in the Peterborough Registration district and son Russell William was born there the following year. Stephen’s service record hasn’t survived but he enlisted in Peterborough and was killed in action on 9th August 1917 at Monchy-le-Preux, Pas-de-Calais, France, aged 32. He is commemorated the Arras Memorial. Stephen was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Beatrice and Russell moved to 28 High Street, Winterton months before the war memorial was unveiled in December 1920. Russell died in 1931 and was buried aged 16 in Winterton Cemetery. His father’s name is commemorated on his headstone, and Beatrice continued to live in Winterton for many years eventually moving to 39 West Street (now demolished). 9928 Private Frank Brown - 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment Frank was born on 18th February 1893, Churchside, Winterton, and was the son of Frederick & Selina BROWN. In 1901 Frank and his parents were living in West End, Winteringham, and by 1911 he had moved to Risby near Walkington, Beverley. Frank’s service record hasn’t survived but he enlisted in Crosby and at the time was living in West Halton. He entered the Balkans on 18th July 1915 and died of disease on 31st May 1917 aged 24. Frank is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. He was posthumously awarded the 1915 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal. 306776 Private William Rusling - Reinforcement Depot, Tank Corps Born in 1889, Ascot, Berkshire, William was the son of William and Kate RUSLING. In 1891 the family lived in High Street, Scunthorpe and by 1901, the family had moved to King Street, Winterton. In 1911 William was residing at 40 Berkeley Street, Crosby. William’s service record hasn’t survived but he enlisted in Scunthorpe and was formerly in the Royal Engineers (No. 105702). He died of wounds on 1st April 1918, aged 28 and is buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France. William was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. The Hull Daily Mail (10th April 1918) states that William was for several seasons a popular and enthusiastic member of Scunthorpe United Football Club. Winterton War Memorial - M. Ellis / Albert EllisBrigg Heritage Centre has a World War 2 district roll of honour which commemorates the 175 fallen service personnel from a number of parishes in the former Glanford Brigg rural district. This memorial was formerly on display in the Council Chamber. Under Winterton parish ‘Albert Ellis’ is listed, but despite an extensive search, it has not been possible to positively identify this person. The Winterton War Memorial has ‘M. Ellis’. Is this one and the same person, or is Albert Ellis another possible missing name? World War 2 service records are still held by the Ministry of Defence and can only be accessed by family members. If you know the identity of M Ellis / Albert Ellis, please contact Out ‘n About, as it is important that their story is recorded in this community - and not forgotten. Burton Stather Heritage Group - George William StanewellBurton Stather Heritage Group are appealing for any information on George William Stanewell born 1874 in Burton Stather, the son of Jessie Matilda and Rae Stanewell of Burton Stather and later Hull. Our last traces of him are in an article found in the Hull Daily Mail (April 1902) and the 1901 Census where he is working as a house furnishers assistant. By then George was living in Hull with his widowed mother and 17 year old brother Leonard. His maternal Grandfather was George Tosh of Scunthorpe. On his father’s grave in St Andrews churchyard, Burton Stather, there is a memorial added in his name reading “Killed in Action Feb 1st 1916”. This is classed as a War Memorial by the Imperial War Museum and Lincolnshire Remembers but there is no trace of him through the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, or Soldiers Died in the Great War databases. If you can help, please contact BSHG by emailing [email protected] F.T.A.O Karen, or you can contact Out ‘n About who will forward any information onto the group. Below are three more stories of WW1 Winterton soldiers whose names have been approved by Winterton Town Council, for addition to the war memorial. Sadly, more will appear in forthcoming issues of the Out 'n About magazine. 27828 Private Walter Dixon - 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment Walter was born on 4th October 1875, in Winterton, and was the son of Robert & Ann Elizabeth DIXON. The 1881 census shows the family had moved to Hull. Walter’s service record hasn’t survived, but he enlisted in Hull and was killed in action on 9th April 1917 at Adinfer Wood, aged 41. At the time he was described as being the brother of Mrs Florence Williamson, of Howsham, Lincolnshire. He is buried in Cojeul British Cemetery, St Martin-sur-Cojeul, France. The war diary reads: “9th April – Details remained in Adinfer Wood. Btn: attacked in afternoon. High wind and occasional snow. Btn: carried 1st objective, but not 2nd and proceeded to consolidate.” The battalion took part in the Arras Battle. “The Battalion had the distinction of being the right of the whole line. It was temporarily held up by the wire of the Hindenburg line, which, on our brigade front, had been very slightly damaged. But Lieut. Pisa and his gallant trench mortar men blew a gap, and the Battalion got through and seized the front German line, Pisa was killed in this fine bit of work. The Division on our left failed, and consequently the Brigade front was an island in the Hindenburg line; but it took the Germans twenty-four hours to turn us out, after constant bombing, which ended with a tornado of “pineapple” shells from mortars, specially brought up for a big counter-attack.” Walter Dixon was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. UPDATE - After publishing Walter Dixon's story in the last issue, our Editor was contacted by his family who have kindly supplied the only known photo of Walter. His service record has since come to light. 267839 Rifleman Arthur John Rhodes - 1st/7th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Arthur was born on 27th May 1888, King Street, Winterton, Lincolnshire, and was the son of Thomas & Martha RHODES. The 1891 census shows that he was living with his parents in King Street, Winterton and by 1901 had moved to Sculcoates, Hull. In 1911 Arthur was living with his mother at 166 Newland Avenue, Hull. Arthur’s service record hasn’t survived but he enlisted in Hull. The Red Cross Enquiry List of Dec 1st 1918, records “267839 A J Rhodes of A Coy, 7th West Yorks posted missing between April 14th and April 16th 1918”. The battalion at that point was in the vicinity of Wytschaete (now called Wijtschate), Belgium, and this was captured by the Germans on 16th April 1918. Arthur died of wounds on 18th April 1918, aged 29, as a prisoner of war at Wervicq-Sud, France and is buried in Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. 12986 Gunner Henry Clegg - “C” Bty, 307th Bde, Royal Field Artillery Henry was born on 1st February 1883, Park Street, Winterton, Lincolnshire, and was the son of Charles and Hannah CLEGG. In 1891 the family had moved to Doncaster, and by 1901 Henry was living with his mother in Wheatley, Doncaster. The 1911 census shows Henry residing at 87 Wheatley Lane, Doncaster. Henry’s service record hasn’t survived but he enlisted in Wakefield and entered Egypt on 1st July 1915. He was killed in action on 6th May 1918, aged 35. At the time he was described as being the son of Mrs Hannah Town, of 87, Wheatley Lane, Doncaster, Yorks. Henry is buried in Lillers Communal Cemetery Extension, France. The war diary reads: “6th May 1918 - In the field MAP REF 36 A SE 1,20,000. Our fire was considerable, besides usual harassing fire, three concentration shorts were carried out during the day on selected areas. Hostile artillery active V6 about C/301 position being subjected to 3 different areas. Shorts during this day causing 5 casualties to C/307. B/317 did not fire owing to another gun going out of action.” Henry was posthumously awarded the 1915 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal. At the full council meeting held on Tuesday 20th January, councillors approved two WW2 brothers names for addition to Winterton war memorial:
P/KX 84332 Stoker 1st Class, Frederick John Arnold, HM Submarine Thames, Royal Navy P/KX 76142 Petty Officer Stoker, William Edwin Arnold, HM Submarine Olympus, Royal Navy Their stories will be featured in future issues of the Out 'n About magazine. Winterton Improvement Network committee is sad to hear about the passing of Ben Nobbs.
Ben served on WIN committee when our organisation was in its infancy and he was then very involved in producing the Out n' About news sheet which has now evolved into a sizeable magazine. Ben also put a lot of efforts to create models of Winterton streets for the Planning for Real exercise undertaken by WIN. RIP Ben. At the full council meeting held on Tuesday 16th December, councillors approved the following two names for addition to Winterton war memorial:
WW1 78018 Private Arthur John Kendall, 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry WW2 4799746 Serjeant Leslie William Hazel, 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry The stories of the above casualties will be featured in future issues of the Out 'n About magazine. They have now received the result and have been awarded the third prize of £1,000. There were 5044 votes cast for the four charities in the area. They have received 22.7% of these votes overall. At the half-way stage they had been told they were first - based only on on-line and text votes. The two charities who came first and second were based in Brigg and Barton respectively which both have Lloyds Bank branches so overall the voting in branch must have carried the day. The £1,000 cheque is a most welcome addition to their project funding.
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