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The City of Lincoln Company of Civic Bell Ringers
Parish and Civic Church of St Mary-le-Wigford
Sunday, 12 March 2017 in 45m (6–1–17)
1296 Minimus (3m)
(being 18 extents each of: Reverse Canterbury Place, Plain Bob & Single Court Place.)
1 Robert H Harvey
2 Jean Williams
3 Yvonne A Woodcock
4 Christopher C P Woodcock (C)
Rung with the bells half muffled in memory of the following five Lincoln men killed in the Great War during March 1917. Specially rung to commemorate the centenary of their deaths, We will remember them.
ALBERT WALLHEAD, Private 5303, 13th Hussars. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 5th March 1917.
JOHN ROBERT SKELTON, Private 241396, 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 12th March 1917.
FREDERIC EDWARD BASIL MAKINS, Private 25845, "C" Company, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 15th March 1917, aged 25.
SYDNEY JAMES HODGES, Private 36037, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds 23rd March 1917.
JOSEPH HAROLD CHRISTIAN PORTAS, Ordinary Seaman J/27954, HMS "Q36", Royal Navy. Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action 30 March 1917, aged 19.
When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.
Honourable age does not depend on length of days, nor is the number of years a true measure of life.
They are all commemorated on the City War Memorial on the High Street.
The thirty-second of the monthly Great War Commemoration Quarters in Lincoln.
(Rung also for the Lincoln Diocesan Guild)
This performance is linked to the event The City of Lincoln Company of Civic Bell Ringers — Lincoln Remembers (WW1 commemorations)