Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Loos Memorial | Panel 31 to 34 Loos | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.121 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 9C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
Bank Clerk (1907), Bank Manager (1911)Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 5th Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment |
August 1914 : in Grimsby. Part of Lincoln & Leicester Brigade, North Midland Division. May 1915 : the formation was retitled as 138th Brigade, 46th (North Midland) Division. 1 March 1915 : landed at Le Havre. 7 January 1916 : moved with Division from Marseilles to Egypt. 4 February 1916 : embarked at Alexandria and returned to France. 31 January 1918 : transferred to 177th Brigade, 59th (2nd North Midland) Division. 31 July1918: absorbed 2/5th Battalion. |
| Action : The Battle of Loos and associated actions |
"The Battle of Loos (25 September to 18 October 1915) was the major battle on the Western Front in 1915, surpassing in every respect all that had gone before in terms of numbers of men and materiel committed to battle. The preliminary bombardment was the most violent to date and the battle was charaterised by the committment of Regular and Territorial battalions on a large scale, in which the Territorials performed just as well as the Regulars. As the battles on the Western Front in 1915 increased in size and violence, so the casualties increased in proportion: Neuve Chapelle 12,000, Aubers Ridge/Festubert 29,000 , Loos 60,000. 1916 was to take the casualty cost to another level. Loos was intended as a minor role in support of French efforts around Arras but circumstances reduced the French effort. It marked the first use of poison gas by the British. Once the initial assualt had failed the battle continued in a series of actions mostly focused on the northern sector around the tactically important Hohenzollern Redoubt."
Detail :
THE LONDON GAZETTE, 4 DECEMBER, 1914. 5th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment; the undermentioned to be Second Lieutenants: Corporal Egbert Edward Early. Dated 5th December, 1914.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Sondes No. 996 E.C. | Norfolk |
| Joined : | Shakespeare No. 426 E.C. | Lincolnshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
27th February 1907 | 27th March 1907 | 30th October 1907 |
Roll shows that he was a member of Shakespeare Lodge, but this was not his mother Lodge. He was, until 31st October 1912 a member of Sondes Lodge, East Dereham at which point it is recorded that he had resigned. He had moved to Skegness and become a bank manager and so joined Shakespeare Lodge No. 426 on 10th March 1911 where he remained a member until his death.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley