Roll of Honour, - Hickling, Notts (St. Luke's Church)

The Roll of Honour for the First World War in St. Luke's Church, Hickling (Notts)
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Photo : Rachel Farrand

Rachel Farrand (<farrand.rachel@btinternet.com>) has kindly forwarded a photo of the First World War Roll of Honour in St. Luke's Church, Hickling (Notts). The photograph was taken for the United Kingdom War Memorials Project, who are happy that it is shown on this website, but copyright remains with Rachel Farrand.

Two soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment, and who lost their lives, are commemorated on this Roll of Honour.
Note, though, that on the Roll of Honour they are shown as serving with the Sherwood Foresters, the regiment they were in before being transferred to the Yorkshire Regiment.

Corporal Cecil Simpson. 29799. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32097 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of Mrs. S. A. Simpson, of Rose Cottage, Hickling, Notts, and the late George Simpson. Killed 23 November 1917. Aged 29.
Born Hickling Melton Mowbray (Leicester), Enlisted Loughborough.
Commemorated on Panel 5 of the CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.

Lance Corporal Charlie Simpson. 29488. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32097 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of Mrs. S. A. Simpson, of Rose Cottage, Hickling, Notts, and the late George Simpson. Killed 12 July 1917. Aged 29.
Born Hickling Melton Mowbray (Leicester), Enlisted Loughborough.
Buried FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND.

St. Luke's Church, Hickling (Notts)
Photo : Rachel Farrand

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