 The Kirmington village war memorial can be found in the churchyard and lies close to the boudary by the main road.
The names pf those who died are arranged on two columns on a metal panel which is fixed to the back of stone memorial. To view the names, you have to go behind the memorial. The boundary hedge that obsured the name plaque was cut back in November 2009, meaning that the names can now be viewed from the road side.
The inscription reads:
TO THE
MEMORY OF THE
GLORIOUS DEAD
1914 -1918
J BRACKENBURY G H HAVERCROFT
C BROCKLEBANK N HODSON
H DENT G HURD
G ELSOM J PARKER
R GRANT C PORTERGILL
1939 - 1945
W BLANCHARD F HOLMES
C MAPPLETHORPE H WARD
1914 -1918
JOHN BRACKENBURY
Private 203113, 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died of wounds: 5 January 1918, aged 27 years
Born: Near Lincoln
Son of Charles and Maria Brackenbury
Buried: Canwick Road Cemetery, Lincoln
Awarded the Military Medal for his bravery
JOSEPH HUGH TURNER BROCKLEBANK
Private 1834, Lincolnshire Yeomanry
Died: 3 November 1915 at Gallipoli
Born in Newark in 1893
Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey
HARRY DENT
Private 50619, 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Killed in action: 24 November 1916, aged 22 years
Son of Mary J Dent, Keelby
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
GEORGE EDWARD ELSOM
Private 1196, 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action: 1 July 1916, aged 27 years
Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Elsom, Kirmington
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
RUPERT WILFRED GRANT
Private 201848, 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Killed in action: 25 December 1917, aged 25 years
Son of Smith and Harriet Fanny Grant, Kirmington
Buried: Tyne Cot Cemetery
GEORGE HENRY HAVERCROFT
Private 25182, 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action: 23 October 1916, aged 35 years
Son of George Havercroft of Kirmington and Nellie Mason (formerly Havercroft), High Street, Caistor
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
N K HODSON
Private TRB 2728, 11th Training Reserve
Died: 15 April 1917
Buried: Kirmington
This is the only First World War burial in St Helen's churchyard.
GEORGE HURD
Private 49972 Sherwood Foresters, transferred to 13th Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
Killed in action: 10 April 1918
Born in Goxhill
Commemorated: Loos Memorial
J PARKER
CHARLES LEESON PORTERGILL
Private 15076, 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action: 11 August 1916
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Portergill, Kirmington
Commemorated: Loos Memorial
1939-1945
W BLANCHARD
Private 4865814, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action: 20 January 1942, aged 35 years, during the battle for Singapore
Commemorated: Kranji War Memorial
CHRISTOPHER PARKER MAPPLETHORPE
Sergeant 550436, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 10 Squadron Royal Air Force
Died: 22 October 1940
Buried: Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany
F HOLMES
HARTLEY WARD
Sergeant 999007, RAFVR
Killed on action: 24 June 1941, aged 23 years
Son of Henry and Mary Ward, Kirmington
Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial
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