Friends of Gainsborough Cemeteries and Chapel

General and North Warren Cemeteries

Private Frank Richards – ‘B’ Company 1st Lincolnshire Regiment

Private Richards was killed in action on the 25th October 1917. He was 22 years old.

Private Richards has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Ypres.

He is also remembered on the St. John’s Church War Memorial.

He was engaged to be married and worked at Marshall and Sons and Company before the War and was a member of Gainsborough Orchestral Society.

Private Frank Richards
Private Frank Richards
Newspaper clipping about Private Richards
Newspaper clipping about Private Richards
Private Frank Richards's headstone before restoration
Private Frank Richards’s headstone before restoration
Private Frank Richards's headstone after restoration
Private Frank Richards’s headstone after restoration

Peter Bradshaw

On Saturday 11th June 2022, a memorial service was held for our late WWI historian, Peter Bradshaw.

The Friends have commissioned and installed a memorial seat for Peter. The seat looks out over the Valley, the Cemetery, and Gainsborough.

This was one of Peter’s favourite views in the Cemetery.

We hope the view gives you a few moments of peace.

About the Friends

The Friends of Gainsborough Cemeteries and Chapel was set-up to help restore the family headstones of servicemen and women who died during WWI and WWII.

Both cemeteries have graves recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

We also work to preserve both the General Cemetery, its Chapel, and the North Warren (Non-Conformist) Cemetery. With the kind permission of Gainsborough Town Council.

The General Cemetery is situated on Cox’s Hill in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. And the North Warren Cemetery is on Ropery Road in Gainsborough.

 

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