Alford War Memorials TF 455755 Alford is both a parish and a small but ancient market town. A small brook runs through the parish, which is 8 miles northeast of Spilsby and 13 miles southeast of Louth, and sits only six miles from the North Sea. The parish covers about 1,100 acres. © John Readman The parish church is of St. Wilfred’s, which is close to the centre of the town. Inside the church are several war memorials. These consist of the following:- Roll of Honour World War 1 Roll of Honour World War 2 A memorial to Richard James Sinclair in Northern Ireland 1972 A stained glass window for Maurice Nelson Baron Outside the church is the town’s war memorial, a cross upon four steps. The church is often open to the public, and all the memorials are easy to find within the church. They are maintained in a very good condition. © Lincolnshire Family History Society 2009 Roll of Honour World War One © John Readman This is a parchment Roll of Honour with the letters beautifully inscribed and decorated. A close - up of the names reveals the following: Almond to Hall © John Readman © Lincolnshire Family History Society 2009 Hammond to Riggall © John Readman Rhodes to Yates © John Readman There are 52 names altogether on the above list which is shown below: © Lincolnshire Family History Society 2009 ALFORD ROLL OF HONOUR IN THE GREAT WAR Bernard Almond: Sapper: Royal Engineers: November 8 1918 Charles Arrowsmith: Private, Liverpool Scottish: April 9th, 1917 Arthur Stephen Baggley: Lance Corporal, 3rd Lincolnshire Regiment: April 3rd, 1918 Maurice Nelson Baron: Flight Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service: August 15th, 1917 John William Bell: Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hague: September 22nd 1914 Charles William Blades: Private, West Yorkshire Regiment: April 23rd, 1918 Sydney Brewer: Corporal, 1/19 London Regiment (St. Pancras): December 4th, 1917 Harry Brown: Company Sergeant Major, 1/5 Lincolnshire Regiment: December 6th, 1917 Hadyn Brown: Private, Northumberland Fusiliers: April 15th, 1917 Herbert William Brown: Lance Sergeant, 2/5 Lincolnshire Regiment: December 6th, 1917 Jesse Burkitt: Private, Lincolnshire Yeomanry: May 27th, 1919 Scott Burkitt: Private, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment: July 4th, 1917 George Crabb Clark: Private 1st Lincolnshire Regiment: September 25th, 1916 Walter Stanley Coult: Private, 6th Lincolnshire Regiment: August 22nd, 1917 Sidney Crowson: Private, Inniskilling Fusiliers: June 7th, 1917 William Arthur Crowson: Private 5th Lincolnshire Regiment: July 16th, 1917 Walter Henry Culpeditch: Private 2nd Battery Royal Irish Regiment, August 21st, 1918 Albert Ellerby: Private King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, November 23rd, 1916 William Ellerby: Private 13th East Yorkshire Regiment, May 2nd, 1917 Leonard Ernest Forman: Private 8th Battalion Canadian Infantry, April 28h, 1917 Samuel Hackford: Corporal 1st Garrison Battery, Notts. & Derby Regt, Nov 20th, 1917 Sydney Tom Hackney: Corporal 1st Lincolnshire Regiment, September 7th, 1918 Abraham Hall: Private 6th Lincolnshire Regiment, June 8th, 1917 Basil Martin Hammond: Private, 14th Royal Warwickshire Regt, December 25th, 1916 William Hasnip: Driver Farrier, Royal Army Service Corps: October 16th, 1916 Arthur Hodgson: Signaller, Royal Garrison Artillery: April 3rd, 1918 Percy Hoodless: Private, 7th Lancashire Regiment: September 23rd, 1917 Arthur Thomas Humphrey: Private, 6th Lincolnshire Regiment: April 26th, 1917 Herbert Henry Hundelby: Lance Corporal 5th Lincolnshire Regt, October 13th, 1915 Serge Jacobsen: Sergeant Major, 25th Canadian Light Infantry: September 19th, 1916 Frederick William Kemp: Private, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment: January 25th, 1918 William Edward King: Private, 26th Royal Fusiliers: October 7th, 1916 Bertie Lambert: Private, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment: July 3rd 1916 Charles William Lambert: Private, Royal Fusiliers: March 4th, 1916 Herbert Lambert: Private, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment: May 27th, 1918 John Lambert: Private, 2nd Suffolk Regiment: July 19th, 1916. Wilfred Edward Linsdell: Lance Corporal, 1/5 Lincolnshire Regt, October 16th, 1918. Sydney Vernon Phillips: 2/ Lieutenant, Leicestershire Regiment: August 14th, 1916. Herbert George Purdom: Lance Sergeant, 1/5 Lincolnshire Regt, October 15th, 1915. George Percy Riggall: Private, 13th Canadian Machine Gun Company, April 16th, 1918. Wilfrid Rhodes: Gunner. A Battalion, Tank Corps: October 2nd, 1917. John Thomas Simpson: Private, 4th Worcestershire Regiment: June 24th, 1919. Harry Skelton: 2/ Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers: October 12th, 1916. Sidney Walter Small: Corporal, London Scottish: November 8th, 1918. Stanley Wilford Soole: Private, 6th Lincolnshire Regiment: September 13th, 1918. Edwin Tayles: Lance Corporal, 10th Lincolnshire Regiment: April 28th, 1917. Charles Henry Taylor: Private, Northumberland Fusiliers: February 9th, 1917. © Lincolnshire Family History Society 2009 James William Tweddle: Gunner, Royal Field Artillery: August 23rd, 1917. Samuel Vamplew: Private, Royal Irish Regiment: June 7th, 1917. Cuthbert Leslie Vear: Private, 3rd Northamptonshire Regiment: July 31st, 1917. Percy William Vear : Lance Corporal, 21st Kings Royal Rifles, September 15 1916 Lyons George Edmund Walcott: 2/ Lieutenant 5th Lincolnshire Regiment: July 2nd, 1916. John Ward: Private, 3rd Lincolnshire Regiment: September 25th, 1917. Ernest Wells: Corporal 1/8 West Yorkshire Regiment: October 9th, 1917. George Wilkinson: Lance Corporal, 4th Lincolnshire Regiment: April 6th, 1918. Martin Wilkinson: Private, 1/5 Lancashire Fusiliers: September 4th, 1918. Sydney Wilson: Rifleman, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: April 9th, 1917. Thomas Edwin Neville Wright: Lance Corporal, 1/5 Lincolnshire Regiment: June 19th, 1917. Charles Ernest Yates: Private, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards: September 1st, 1914. THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE The Roll of Honour is on the north side of the church, close to the chancel steps. At present I do not know when it was erected in its present site, dedicated or unveiled. It is certainly an impressive memorial. It measures 650mm wide and 1050 mm high, dark wood frame and the material is vellum. The cartographer’s name is given beneath the writing as Phoebe Rennell, and the date alongside the name as 1920. Memorial Window for Maurice Nelson Baron The vicar during the war years was a Rev. Canon C. W. Baron, but during the Great War his eldest son, Maurice Nelson was killed on 15th August, 1917. After the war his family paid for a stained glass window to be erected in his memory. This beautiful window was erected in the north aisle of the church and unveiled on Sunday 31st May, 1919. This event was recorded in the Lincolnshire Chronicle in its edition of June 7th, 1919. “Ascension Day in Alford Parish Church saw the unveiling and dedication of a window erected in the church by the Rev. Canon C.W. Baron in memory of his eldest son. The ceremony was performed by Canon Tatham, Rector of Claxby by Well. © Lincolnshire Family History Society 2009 The window consists of three panels, on the right hand side is an effigy of the Archangel Michael, holding the sword and scales of Justice, standing on the head of the Prince of Darkness; while the left hand one represents St. George of England. The centre panel represents Sir Galahad seeing the vision of the Holy Gail, and bears the text "Their eyes shall see the King in his beauty; they shall behold a far reaching land". Beneath the text is the following inscription "To the Glory of God, and in loving memory of Maurice Nelson Baron, Flight Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.A.S., who was killed in action at Nieuport, Belgium, 15th August 1917, aged eighteen years ten months" [Researched by Charles Anderson] © John Readman © Lincolnshire Family History Society 2009 That inscription © John Readman The window is about 3050mm high and about 1805mm wide. Roll of Honour – World War 2 © John Readman © Lincolnshire Family History Society 2009 This memorial measures 560mm wide and 760mm high, and is made from a dark wood frame with the names written onto parchment in a variety of colours and decoration. I have divided the board of names in two halves; the first half appears below with the second half and caption below it. © John Readman © John Readman A full list of names is transcribed below:- ALFORD WITH RIGSBY And AILBY ROLL OF HONOUR 1939 - 1945 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH Joseph BAKER Paymaster Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve January 13 1942 Raymond Samuel CLAY Lieutenant 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment April 27, 1945 Arthur Richard ENDERBY Sergeant Royal Air Force November 1, 1941 John Grenville GREENWOOD Able Seaman R.N., H.M.S. Galatea December 15, 1941 Elwyn John Comyn HIGGINS Lieutenant 1st Battalion, King's Own York's L. I. April 25, 1940 Michael Christopher Comyn HIGGINS Major 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment January 4, 1944 Hugh Alphonso HOGGER Sergeant Royal Air Force November 28, 1940 © Lincolnshire Family History Society 2009 Company Quartermaster Henry HUDSON Sergeant 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regt July 27, 1944 Stanley Victor HUGHES Sergeant Royal Air Force March 10, 1944 Eric Ambrose LANGLEY Sergeant Royal Air Force May 4, 1942 Eric OVERTON Private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry October 9, 1944 Noel Frederick ROBINSON Lance Corporal 5th Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment September 21, 1944 Christopher Charles SCRIMSHAW Pilot Officer Royal Air Force August 13, 1944 Francis Hedley SIZER Corporal 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regt June 8 , 1943 Roy Dennis SMALLEY Trooper 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment July 16,