1st Bn. Lincs Regt. WW1

[Guest John Constable]

Hi there ,

Can anyone help me in information of any action that the 1st Bn. Lincs was engaged in prior to 6/10/1914 as one of my forebears died of wounds in such an action and was buried in Manor Park Cemetery that date.

His details were;Dowling J.R. Private , Lincolnshire regt.Service No 8616, Grave ref 128. 284.

It was reputed that this was a "Gun Carriage Funeral"and if such what was the significance.

Any information gratefully received,

John Constable

[CROONAERT]

They were involved in quite a few actions up to this date.

If it's of any help, they recieved the following battle honours for actions before 6/10/14....

"Mons"

"Le Cateau"

"Retreat from Mons"

"Marne 1914"

"Aisne 1914".

Dave.

[Guest John Constable]

They were involved in quite a few actions up to this date.

If it's of any help, they recieved the following battle honours for actions before 6/10/14....

"Mons"

"Le Cateau"

"Retreat from Mons"

"Marne 1914"

"Aisne 1914".

Dave.

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Hi Dave ,

Thanks for the reply,very useful.

John Constable

[Stebie9173]

John,

On the Website that accompanies the Forum - The Long, Long Trail. See the link at the top of the page - it explains that the 1st Lincolnshire Regiment was part of the 9th Brigade, 3rd Division early in the war:

http://www.1914-1918.net/lincolns.htm

http://www.1914-1918.net/3div.htm

Between the 12th October and 2 November 1914 the Division was involved in the Battles of La Bassee, Messines and Armentieres:

http://www.1914-1918.net/bat6.htm

Before that at Aisne.

http://www.1914-1918.net/bat4.htm

This part of the War was, unlike the middle Trench Warfare stages, very fluid - a War of Movement, it has been called - and Battalions and Divisions moved regularly. Only the War Diaries of Division or Battalion would maybe tell you where they were on or just before the 6th October 1914.

Hope this helps,

Steve.

[Stebie9173]

New post 'cus I'm having trouble with edit...

Bearing in mind that he was buried in Essex, he may have been wounded a fair while before this and died in a hospital in the UK, maybe London.

With his burial in England, a gun carriage funeral is certainly a possibility. The coffin would have been carried on a gun-carriage and accompanied by soldiers to a military funeral.

This early in the war, it is likely that the local paper would have carried a paragraph or two, or an obituary. Where was he from?

Steve.

[Steve Bramley]

Hi

SDGW Confirms,

d.o.w.

born and enlisted Stratford

Regards

Steve.