Formed at Brocklesby in July 1916. Transferred to the Labour Corps in April 1917.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 27 recorded WW1 deaths for the 12th (Labour) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
FREEMAN, Walter. Private, 57476. 12th (Labour) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- 9689, 17th Company, Labour Corps. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Wednesday 16-01-1918. Age 32. Son of Mrs. E. Scott (formerly Freeman) of Nesbitt Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends".
LAMBERT, G. Private, 29465. 12th (Labour) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- 9372. 16th Company, Labour Corps. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Tuesday 17-07-1917. Age 37. Brother of Miss E. Lambert of Collingham Row, Queen's Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK.
LITTLE, Joseph. Corporal, 29918. 12th (Labour) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- 10023, 17th Company, Labour Corps. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Tuesday 30-10-1917. Age 29. Son of the late George & Mary Little of Strawberry Terrace, Edentown, Carlisle, Cumbria. Husband of Isabella Little of "The Pike", Nickol Forest, Penton, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK. Stone Inscription :- " In Loving Remembrance of My Dear Husband Thy Will Be Done".
WILMORE, H. Private, 29111. 12th (Labour) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- 10010, 17th Company, Labour Corps. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Wednesday 03-10-1917. Age 49. Son of the late Joseph & Mary Wilmore of South Stockton, UK.Husband of Emma Jane Wilmore of Dudley Street, Middlesbrough, UK Stone Inscription :- "Ever Remembered By His Loving Wife And Daughter Thy will Be Done".
Labour Companies, (From the Labour Battalion?) Lincolnshire Regiment.
ALLCOCK, E. Private, 37042. Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment. Bray Military Cemetery, Somme, France. Saturday 14-04-1917.
ARMSTRONG, R. Private, 46371. 11th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- 29449, 50th Company, Labour Corps. Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Saturday 01-09-1917.
BEDDALL, Arthur Edward. Private, 45826. 9th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment Transferred to :- Private, 28266, 48th Company, Labour Corps. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Saturday 18-08-1917. Age 41. Son of Thomas & Eliza Beddall (nee Whitehouse). Born at Wednesbury, Staffordshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Joy After Sorrow Rest After Weariness Sweet Rest At Last".
BUNN, James William. Lance Corporal, 47469. 15th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 31830, 54th Company, Labour Corps. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas-de-Calais, France. Sunday 24-03-1918. Age 39. Son of Thomas Henry & Emma Ruth Bunn. Husband of Mary Bunn of Helen Road, Darnall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Not Lost But Gone Before God's Will Be Done".
BURDETT A. Private, 46505. 11th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 29512, 50th Company, Labour Corps. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Tuesday 04-09-1917. Age 37. Son of Charles & Eliza Burdett. Husband of Gertrude Burdett of John Street, Asylum Street, Leicester, UK. Native of Leicester. Stone Inscription :- "Some Day We Will Understand".
CHAPMAN, J.W. Private, 46199. 9th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 28313, 48th Company, Labour Corps. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Saturday 18-08-1917.
CRIBB, Thomas Smith. Private, 35403. 8th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- 27734, 47th Company, Labour Corps. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Tuesday 17-12-1918. Age 36. Son of Robert Letchford Cribb & Ellen Cribb. Husband of Harriet Cribb of Fernwood Avenue, Streatham, London, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "The Dearest And Truest Husband And Father Love Conquers Death".
ETCHELLS, John. Private, 36319. 12th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 30175, 51st Company, Labour Corps. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Thursday 11-10-1917. Age 27. Son of John & Mary Margaret Etchells of Blakeney Road, Crookes, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK. Husband of Ethel Etchells of Rivelin Street, Walkley, Sheffield. Stone Inscription :- "Just When His Hopes Were Brightest God Called Him Home To Rest".
GOODWIN, J.A. Private, 29792. 12th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 9691, 17th Company, Labour Corps. Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord, France. Monday 03-06-1918. Age 39.
HAMMOND, Frederick. Private, 39155. 13th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- 30783, 52nd Company, Labour Corps. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Tuesday 11-09-1917. Age 36. Husband of Mabel Hammond of Ouston Street, Pitt, Pelton, County Durham, UK.
LEAR, E. Private, 35267. 8th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Lance Corporal, 27853, 929th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps. Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Monday 29-04-1918.
MEAKIN, Francis Leonard. Private, 37782. 4th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 25513, 43rd Company, Labour Corps. Bleuet Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Friday 31-08-1917. Age 25. Son of James Arthur & Jane Meakin of Cloud Side, near Congleton, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Father In Thy Gracious Keeping Leave We Now Thy Servant Sleeping".
NEILEN, J. Lance Corporal, 34112. 6th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 26432, 45th Company, Labour Corps. Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains, Pas-de-Calais, France. Wednesday 28-08-1918. Son of Mr. J. Neilen of Western Road, Jarrow-on-Tyne, UK.
OWEN, A. Private, 34249. 6th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Thursday 05-04-1917. Age 33. Husband of K. Owen of New Town, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "May Light Perpetual Shine Upon Him".
PALMER, J. Private, 46862. 10th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Wednesday 02-05-1917.
RAMSDEN, Harry. Private, 34200. 6th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 26739. 45th Company, Labour Corps. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Saturday 15-09-1917. Age 20. Son of George & Fanny Ramsden of Forres Street, Meanwood Road, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "Thy Will Be Done".
ROBINSON, Hugh, Private, 37372. 3rd Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 24961, 42nd Company, Labour Corps. Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France. Saturday 16-02-1918. Age 30. Son of Hugh & Hannah Robinson of Buxton, Derbyshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "My Mother's Greatest Sacrifice".
ROSE, F. Private, 29101. 12th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Tuesday 06-02-1917. Age 36. Husband of Ada Florence Rose of Melbourne Street, Gateshead-on-Tyne, County Durham, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Deeply Mourned And Ever Remembered By His Loving Wife & Children".
SOUTHALL, J. Private, 46179. 9th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 28604, 48th Company, Labour Corps. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Saturday 18-08-1917. Age 42. Son of Felix & Catherine Southall of Bishopswood, Brewood, Staffordshire, UK. Stone Inscription :- "R.I.P.".
STANTON, Patrick J.F. Private, 39178. 14th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Thursday 12-04-1917.
STEFF, W.A. Private, 34102. 6th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 26792, 45th Company, Labour Corps. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Monday 20-05-1918.
THOMPSON, J. Private, 33465. 2nd Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 24455, 41st Company, Labour Corps. Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Saturday 22-12-1917.
THORNTON, George. Private, 37564. 4th Labour Company, Lincolnshire Regiment, Transferred to :- Private, 25629, 43rd Company, Labour Corps. Bleet Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Friday 31-08-1917. Age 25. Son of John Henry & Eliza Thornton.