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Topic Originator: Michael Peck
Post Date August 8, 2006 @ 2:56 PM
 St Peter and St Paul Church Bourne

Michael Peck
August 8, 2006 @ 2:56 PM Reply  |  Email  |  Print  |  Top

There are 3 individual memorials to soldiers inside St Peter and St Paul Church, Bourne.
1) Harry Allen 2nd Battn Royal Warwicks. Died of wounds in France 10th Oct 1916, aged 20.
2) Laban James Blades 3rd Battn Grenadier Guards. Died at Suakim 22nd May 1885, aged 23. (also mentions a Lieut A P Crawley - not known if he has Lincs connection).
3) Private Bennett Rodgers Volunteer Active Service Company (H Company) 2nd Battn Lincolnshire Regt, died at Rietfontein (S. Africa) 23rd February 1901.

No ranks mentioned for Allen or Blades.