Publications

Ceremony Booklets

  • Private Albert Ernest Farrow, South Staffordshire Regiment
  • Gunner James Percy Green, Royal Field Artillery
  • Private Frederick Masters, Royal Defence Corps
  • Sergeant Ernest John Whitney, Royal Engineers
  • Private Edwin Clarence Bennett, Sherwood Foresters
  • Lance Corporal John William Blow, Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders
  • Driver Albert Ernest Booth, Sherwood Rangers
  • Driver Jonathan Goulding, Royal Field Artillery
  • Private Harold Webster, 2/5th Lincolnshire Regiment

Gainsborough WWI Roll of Honour

This is a copy of the Roll of Honour which was compiled in the early 1980s by Mr R. H. Johnson.

It has been expanded to include servicemen who are remembered on war memorials and who were listed in the Gainsborough News as ‘wounded’ and who subsequently died. The Roll of Honour is in PDF format.

Gainsborough’s War Story book series:

Books one and four are sold out and we no longer have copies.

Book Two covers the end of 1915. From the “Hell’s Kitchen” explosion – the first large-scale loss of life of local soldiers to the 60 plus soldiers from Gainsborough, and surrounding villages, who were killed in the attack at Hohenzollern Redoubt on 13th October 1915. £10 plus postage.

Gainsborough’s War Story Book Two

Book Three covers 1916. The book details what happened in Gainsborough and surrounding villages during 1916. 1916 was to see two of the most famous battles of World War One, the naval Battle of Jutland on 31st May-1st June and the Battle of the Somme which started on 1st July. £15 plus postage.

Gainsborough’s War Story Book Three

The final book, Book Five covers the years from 1918 to the 1920’s. The final year of the War is covered as well as the post war years. You’ll also find information on Gainsborough’s Munition Factories and Workers, the War Memorials in Gainsborough and Gainsborough’s Roll of Honour. £15 plus postage.

Gainsborough's War Story Book Five
Gainsborough’s War Story Book Five