Laceby's War Memorial stands near the entrance to Laceby cemetery.
The inscription reads:
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE
IN MEMORY OF THE LACEBY MEN WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF THEIR
KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919.
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
AND ALSO IN HONOUR OF THOSE OF THE PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE WORLD WAR OF 1939-1945
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
GEORGE ARNOLD
Private M2/266539 728th MT Company, Royal Army Service Corps
Died: 25 February 1918, from pneumonia at Hitchin Military Hospital, aged 29 years
Born in Laceby
Husband of Emma Arnold
Resident of 16 Jubilee Road, Doncaster
Enlisted in Pontefract
Buried: Hitchin Cemetery
Also commemorated on the Wesleyan Chapel Roll of Honour.
George was the son of Laceby joiner, John Arnold, and his wife Roseanna, who lived on Cemetery Road. George was working as a draper’s assistant in Yorkshire when he enlisted as a driver in the Army Service Corps.
EUSTACE ROBINSON BATES
Private 6328, K Squadron, Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel) of the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays)
Died: 1 September 1914, aged 25 years
Born in India
Son of Jane Bates, 19 Priestgate, Barton upon Humber, and the late RD Bates
Resident of Duke of York’s School, London
Enlisted in London
Buried: Verberie French National Cemetery, Oise
WILLIAM CLOWES BESWICK
Private 1138, 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action: 1 July 1916
Born in Croxton
Resident of Creswell, NottinghamshireEnlisted in Grimsby
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme and is also recorded on the Croxton memorial - the village of his birth.
HARRY BOLTON
Background
Harry was born in 1878, the son of Charles Conrad Bolton and his wife Charlotte. Charles was in charge of the Waterloo Inn in the village of Laceby. By the time of the 1901 census, Charles had died and Harry was no longer living at home. Charlotte, as a 44-year-old widow, had taken over as innkeeper and lived at the pub with five of her children - Elizabeth (24), Charles (14), Frank (11), Lucy (seven) and Emily (two). Apart from Elizabeth - who was born in Grimsby - all the children were born in Laceby. Charles worked as an assitant clerk with the Great Central Railway.
While details about Harry are scarce, there is quite a lot on his brother, Charles.
On 15 October 1902, Charles decided to enlist with the Army. He was 5ft 5 3/8in tall and had dark brown hair and grey eyes.
When Charles enlisted, he names his next of kin as his mother and brothers Frank and Harry, at the Waterloo Inn in Laceby.
In 1903, Charles completed his training to be a medical orderly in Aldershot.
While based in Tipperary in Ireland, Private Bolton was found guilty of irregular conduct. On 17 September 1914, he was 'found in bed with a female in a hospital ward about 10pm'.
He served for three years as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps before being transferred to the reserves in October 1905.
In 1908, Charles married Annie Ingleton in Old Clee. The couple had at least four childdren - Charles junior (21 October 1908), Frank Clifton (15 August 1910), Julie Alicia (10 October 1911) and George Arthur (24 September 1913).
Following the start of the war, reservist Charles was quickly called up and joined the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914 sailing to France from Southampton on 18 August that year. He arrived in Rouen on 20 August.
However, he caught flu and was hospitalised on 4 February 1915. He was discharged from hospital on 13 February.
He returned to England on 7 October 1915.
GEORGE BROWN
Lance Corporal 1104, 1st/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died: 14 June 1915
Born in Grimsby
Resident of Laceby
Enlisted in Grimsby Buried: Packhorse Farm Shrine Cemetery, Heuvelland
GEORGE WILLIAM BURLEY
Private 203308, 1st/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died of wounds: 24 October 1918
Born in Laceby
Enlisted in Grimsby
Buried: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
GEORGE COWLEY
Private, 26934, 2nd Battalionof the Wiltshire Regiment
Died: 6 January 1919, aged 34 years
Son of Samuel and Sarah Fanny Cowley, Austin Garth, Laceby Buried: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany
FRED FARMERY
Private 23589, Lincolnshire Regiment, transferred to Private 27094, 1st Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died of wounds: 24 October 1916, aged 27 years
Born in Stallingborough
Son of Martha Elizabeth Farmery, Laceby, and the late John Farmery
Enlisted in Grimsby
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
HENRY FLETCHER
Private 25240, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died: 10 Novemberr 1916, aged 30 years
Born in Laceby
Husband of A Flectcher, 7 Duchess Street, Grimsby
Resident of Grimsby
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
Background
In 1901, the Fletcher family lived in Cemetery Road in Laceby - John (54), a sand quarry mamanger, his wife, Monia (54), Susannah (23), Henry (15) and Erberst (11). All the children had been born in Laceby, although John came from Keelby and Monia from Coates.
FRERERICK CHARLES FOX
Private, SE/14916, 18th Veterinary Hospital, Army Veterinary Corps
Died: 14 June 1918
Born in Laceby
Enlisted in Woolwich
Buried: Salonika Military Cemetery, Greece
WILLIAM HANSON GRANT
Private 37768, Manchester Regiment; transferred Private G/53608, 1st/8th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment
Killed in action: 24 August 1918
Born in Riby
Enlisted in Grimsby
Commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial
ALBERT DONALD HACKFORD
Private 1583, A Company, 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action: 5 July 1915, aged 18 years
Born in Keelby
Son of Mr and Mrs Hackford, Cooper Road, Laceby
Resident of Laceby
Enlisted in Grimsby
Commemorated: Menin Gate, Ypres
THOMAS HINCH
Private G/15438, 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
Killed in action: 21 March 1918, aged 23 years
Son of John and Elizabeth Hinch, North Kelsey
Enlisted in Grimsby
Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial
ARTHUR HOPKINS
Private 202334, 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales Own
Killed in action: 3 September 1916, aged 22 years
Born in Keelby
Resident of Laceby
Enlisted in Grimsby Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
JOSEPH 'JOE' HOUGHTON
Private 202006, 2nd/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died: 3 April 1917
Born in Laceby
Resident of Laceby
Enclisted in Laceby
Buried: Templeux-le-Guerard Communal Cemetery Extenson
ALFRED KENDALL
Company Sergeant Major 240030, 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Wounded: 19 October 1918, died 21 October 1918, aged 31 years
Born in Immingham
Son of Samuel and Mary Kendall, Laceby
Husband of M Kendall, Melville, Saskatchewan
Resident of New Cleethorpes
Enlisted in Grimsby
Buried: Awoingt British Cemetery
TOM KING
Lance Corporal 203260, 1st/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died: 12 October 1918
Son of Mrs H King, 21 Ayscough Street, West Marsh, Grimsby
Enlisted in Grimsby Buried: Fresnoy-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension
SIDNEY MAKINS
Petty Officer Stoker Royal Navy, K/3372, HMS Queen Mary
Died: 31 May 1916
Commorated: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
HMS Queen Mary blew up after receiving direct hits from the German ships Seydlitz and Derfflinger during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. The final explosion that tore the ship apart probably killed most of the men who had jumped into the water. Others were killed by the shock waves from the explosions or from debris falling on them. There were 1,286 lost and only about 20 survivors.
LEONARD CROSSLEY NORMINTON
Private 22290, Lincolnshire Regiment, transferred Private 44298, 12th Battalion Prince of Wales (North Staffs) Regiment
Killed in action: 5 October 1918, aged 23 years
Born in Grimsby
Son of Joseph and Hannah Norminton, Gibraltar Lane, Laceby
Resident of Cleethorpes
Enlisted in Grimsby
Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial
F OLIVER
WILLIAM OLIVER
William Oliver's name appears in the Laceby Roll of Honour.
CHIRSTOPHER OLSEN
Private 33, 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action: 1 July 1916
Born in Grimsby
Enlisted in Grimsby
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
Edgar Christian Olsen is recorded on the Laceby Roll of Honour
HENRY EDWARD PAWSON
Sergeant 28242, 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died: 21 March 1918, aged 20 years
Son of William and Olive Pawson, Austin Garth, Laceby
Buried: Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery
FRED PLASKITT
Driver 1530, 1st North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died: 22 May 1915, aged 29 years, Luton
Born in Grimsby
Son of John Plaskitt
Enlisted in Grimsby
Buried: Laceby Cemetery
He died i n Luton and the funeral took place in Laceby on 26 May 1915
JOHN ROBERT ROLLINSON
Engineman 1579ES, RNR, HM trawler Clifton
Died: 18 February 1917, aged 27 years
Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial
THOMAS C SLATTER
Corporal 71695, A Battery, 28th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died: 20 May 1917, aged 26 years
Born in Grimsby
Son of Thomas and Mary Slatter, Grimsby
Husband of Jane Thornton Slatter, The Terrace, Laceby
Enlisted in Grimsby
Buried: Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thelus
ROLAND WILLIAM TWIDALE
Private 12659, 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died of wounds: 28 April 1916, aged 20 years,
Son of William and Emily J Twidale, Laceby
Buried: Laceby Cemetery
Roland died at Huddersfield War Hospital and his funeral took place in Laceby on 2 May 1915
HARRY WATSON
Private 1769, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action: 15 August 1916
Born in Laceby
Enlisted in Grimsby
Commemorated: Arras Memorial
FRED WILKIN
Private 242293, 2nd/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales Own
Killed in action: 11 April 1917, aged 40 years
Born in Laceby
Enlisted in Grimsby
Commemorated: Arras Memorial
GEORGE WRIGHT
Lance Corporal 266302 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Killed in action: 9 April 1918
Brother of Mrs F Mat Gotsall, 16 Forge Road, Waterglade, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial
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