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TO THE
GLORY OF GOD,
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR BROTHERS, WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR.
AUGUST 1914 - JUNE 1919
| ALLCOCK | Stanley | Private
241111, 1st/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 10 March 1917. Born Wormhill,
Derbyshire, resident Peak Dale, Derbyshire, enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire.
Buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot VI. Row C. Grave 9. |
| ALLCOCK | Tom | Corporal
1443, 1st/6th
Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed in action 1 July 1916.
Born Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire, resident Stockport, Cheshire,
enlisted Dove Holes, Derbyshire. Son of the late William and Mary
Ann Allcock, of Dove Holes, Stockport; husband of Louie Allcock,
of 4, New St., Upper End, Peak Dale, Stockport. Buried in FONCQUEVILLERS
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row L. Grave
20. |
| BENNETT | [William] Hedley | [Listed
as William Hedley BENNETT on SDGW] Lance Corporal 24242, 139th
Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 1656, Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
Died of wounds 12 May 1917. Aged 22. Born Peak Forest, Derby,
enlisted Peak Vale. Son of Henry Smith Bennett and Sarah Ann Bennett,
of Peak Dale, Wormhill, Derbyshire. Buried in CALAIS SOUTHERN
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot G. Row 2. Grave 17. |
| BLACKBURN | John Hicks | [Spelt
BLACKBOURN on SDGW] Private 240387, 11th Battalion, Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died
of wounds 6 October 1918. Aged 21. Born Bamford, Derbyshire, resident
Peak Dale, Derbyshire, enlisted Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire.
Son of the late John and Sarah Blackburn; nephew of Alice Farrow,
of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire. Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY,
LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France. Division 62. Plot V. Row H.
Grave 8. |
| BOAM, DCM | Herbert James | Private
242753, 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).
Killed in action 27 March 1918. Born Wormhill, Derbyshire [Warmhill
on SDGW], enlisted Buxton. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal
(D.C.M.).
No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| BOOTH | William | Sergeant
240201, 1st/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 3 June 1917. Aged 26.
Born Wormhill, Derbyshire, enlisted Peak Dale, Derbyshire. Son
of Thomas Henry Booth, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Stockport. Buried
in FOSSE NO.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SAINS-EN-GOHELLE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 45. |
| BRADWELL | John Thomas | Private
89353, 2nd Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
Killed in action 19 March 1918. Born Whaley Bridge,
Cheshire, resident Peak Dale, Cheshire (sic), enlisted Buxton,
Derbyshire. Buried in FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 34. |
| BYATTE | Stanley James | [Listed
as James S BYATTE on SDGW and medal card] Private 201282, 2nd
Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of wounds 21 July 1918.
Born Wormhill, Derbyshire, resident Peak Dale, Stockport (sic),
enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire. In the 1891 census he was aged 1,
born Wormhill, Derbyshire, son of Frank and Hannah S Byatte, resident
Lowfield Houses, Doveholes Road, Wormhill, Chapel En Le Frith,
Derbyshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Wormhill,
Derbyshire, a Waggoner in quarries, nephew of James and Grace
Emily Byatte, resident Fern House Farm, Peak Dale, Buxton, Worm
Hill, Derbyshire. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 91. |
| CROSSLAND | William | Private
18045, 2nd/6th Battalion, Regiment Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Died on service 2 November 1918. Born
Wormhill, Derbyshire, resident Peak Dale, Derbyshire, enlisted
Buxton, Derbyshire. Son of Mr. H. Crossland, of 1, Small Dale,
Peak Dale, Stockport. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY,
WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row B. Grave 10. |
| DARBYSHIRE | James William | [Listed
as DERBYSHIRE on memorial] Private 139225, 31st Battalion, Machine
Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly R/16471, King' Royal Rifle Corps.
Killed in action 25 March 1918. Aged 21. Born Buxton, Derbyshire,
enlisted Chesterfield. Son of John Thomas and Elizabeth Hannah
Darbyshire, of Station Rd., Dove Holes, Stockport, Cheshire. No
known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 10. |
| FERRIS | James Uriah | Lance
Corporal 1661, 1st/6th Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
Died of wounds at 4.15 pm in No. 2 Canadian General Hospital,
Le Treport, France, 9 August 1916; due to shot wounds that fractured
femur, right thigh amputated 3 July 1916. Aged 22. Born 10 July
1894 in Wormhill, Derbyshire, enlisted Peak Dale, Derbyshire.
Son of Mrs. H. Ferris, of Peak Dale, Derbyshire. Attested 17 April
1912 at Park Dale, aged 17 years 9 months,a Rope Runner by trade
for Buxton Lime Firms, Peak Dale, height 5 feet 6¾ inches,
chest 32¾-35 inches. Embodied for service 5 August 1914,
to France 28 February 1915, appointed 2nd Corporal 12 February
1916, reduced to ranks as Private 3 July 1916, appointed Lance
Corporal. Admitted to Peak Dale Church Of England Infants School,
Derbyshire, 20 April 1898, son of Uriah Ferris, resident Lowfields,
Peak Dale, transferred to mixed school 24 May 1901. Admitted to
Peak Dale Church of England School, Peak Dale, Derbyshire 1 June
1901, son of Uriah Ferris, of Upper End, Peak Dale, left 19 December
1907. In the 1901 census he was listed as James Uriah Ferris,
aged 6, born Derbyshire. son of Uriah and Hannah Ferris, resident
Upper End, Wormhill, Chapel En Le Frith, Derbyshire. In the 1911
census he was aged 16, born Peak Dale, Derbyshire. a Weigher of
stone works, son of Uriah and Hannah Ferris, resident Pine Cottages,
Peak Dale, Buxton, Worm Hill, Derbyshire. Buried in MONT HUON
MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot II.
Row B. Grave 6. |
| HASSALL | Percy | Private
75162, 1st/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry. Died on service in Salonika
10 June 1917. Aged 24. Born Chapel-En-Le-Firth, Derbyshire, enlisted
Buxton. Son of Mary A. E. Hassall, of Small Dale, Peak Dale, Stockport,
and the late James Hassall. Buried in STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY,
Greece. Plot II. Row E. Grave 5. |
| HOPWOOD | Robert | Private
18046, 9th Battalion, Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed
in action at Gallipoli 9 August 1915. Aged 23. Born Wormhill,
Derbyshire, resident Peak Dale, Derbyshire, enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire.
Brother of John S. Hopwood, of 224A, High St. West, Glossop. No
known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 151 to 153. |
| HOWE | Robert Leonard | Private
A124249, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Died in No. 1
Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, of serious shot wounds to
the thigh with compound fracture 21 September 1916. Aged 24. Born
2 February 1892 in Derbyshire. Son of John and Priscilla Howe,
of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire. Farmer by trade. Single.
Attested 25 October 1915 at London, Ontario, Canada, aged 23,
height 5 feet 5¾ inches, weight 138 lbs, chest 33-36 inches,
fair complexion, brown eyes, medium hair, religious denomination
Methodist. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot XVI. Row A. Grave 2. National Archives
of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box
4552 - 35 |
| JACKSON | George Leonard | Gunner
58402, 20th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds
8 October 1917. Aged 21. Born and resident Peak Dale, Derbyshire,
enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire.
Nephew of Elizabeth Jackson, of Hallsteads House, Dove Holes,
Stockport. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT,
Seine-Maritime, France. Plot III. Row N. Grave9B. |
| MASON | John Thomas |
Private
1733, 1st/6th Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
Killed in action 16 April 1915. Aged 25. Born Wormhill,
Derbyshire, enlisted Peak Dale, Derbyshire. Son of Thomas and
Caroline Mason, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Stockport (sic). Buried
in KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Row E. Grave 44. |
| MIDDLETON | John Edwin | Private
30000, 9th Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment) formerly 31932, Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
Killed in action 20 September 1916. Aged 19. Born and resident
Peakdale, Derbyshire, enlisted Newark, Nottinghamshire. Son of
Robert Middleton, of Highfield, Peak Dale, Stockport. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 3 A and 3 D. |
| MORTEN | George | Private
103555, 246th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly T/260403,
Royal Army Service Corps. Died as a Prisoner of War 28 October
1918. Born Upper End, Derbyshire, resident Stockport, enlisted
Buxton. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen, Germany.
Plot III. Row D. Grave 11. |
| MULLINS | Douglas | Private
1665, 1st/6th
Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
Killed in action 17 April 1915.
Born 2 May 1893 in Wormhill, Derbyshire, enlisted Peak Dale, Derbyshire.
Son of Martin and Emma Mullins, of Upper End, Peak Dale; husband
of Jane Bennett (nee Tattersall, formerly Mullins), of Gordon
Road, Townend, Tideswell, one son and one daughter, married April
to June Quarter 1913 in Chapel-Le-Frth Registration District,
Derbyshire. Admitted to Peak Dale Church of England Infants School
9 May 1898, son of Martin Mullins, resident Small Dale, transferred
to mixed school 31 May 1899. Admitted to Peak Dale Church of England
School, Peak Dale, Derbyshire 1 June 1899, son of Martin Mullins,
left 15 January 1901. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born
Wormhill, Derbyshire, a Labourer, son of Martin and Emma Mullins,
resident Upper End, Peak Dale, Buxton, Worm Hill, Derbyshire.
Born Worm Hill, Derbyshire, enlisted 17 April 1912 in Peak
Dale (for 4 years), aged 18 years, a Waggoner by trade,
height 5 feet 5½ inches, chest 32¼-34½ inches.
Embodied 5 August 1914. In France from 28 February 1915. Next
of kin Mrs Jane Mullins, of Upper End, Peak daloe, Derbyshire.
Buried in KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Row E. Grave 46. |
| PEARSON | George | Private
31840, 10th
Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
Killed in action 7 July 1916. Born Peak Dale,
Derbyshire, resident Tideswell, Derbyshire, enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. |
| PEARSON | J | No
further information currently available |
| SALT | Moses Leo | Sergeant
240291, 1st/6th
Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
Killed in action 4 November 1917.
Aged 20. Born 7 March 1896 in Wormhill, Derbyshire, resident Peak
Dale, Derbyshire, enlisted Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Salt, of Spring Bank, Peakdale, Stockport.
Admitted to Peak Dale Church of England Infants School, Peak Dale,
Derbyshire, 15 June 1898, son of Daniel Salt, resident Upper End,
left the district 16 June 1898. Admitted to Peak Dale Church Of
England School, Peak Dale, Derbyshire 2 June 1902, son of Daniel
Salt, resident Upper End, left 14 June 1907. In the 1901 census
he was aged 5, born Upper End, Derbyshire, son of Daniel and Harriet
Salt, resident Upper End, Wormhill, Chapel En Le Frith, Derbyshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Peak Dale, Derbyshire,
a Labourer, son of Daniel and Harriett Salt, resident Spring Bank,
Peak Dale, Buxton, Worm Hill, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 87 to 89. |
| SIDEBOTTOM | Thomas | Private
2010, 1st/6th
Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
Killed in action 1 July 1916.
Born 14 May 1898 in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, enlisted Peak Dale,
Derbyshire. Admitted to Peak Dale Church of England School, Peak
Dale, Derbyshire 16 June 1910, son of Charles Sidebottom, resident
Post Office Row, Peak Dale, left 26 April 1912 to start work.
In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Dove Holes, Derbyshire,
at school, son of Charles and Sarah Hannah Sidebottom, resident
Peak Dale, Buxton, Worm Hill, Derbyshire. Buried in FONCQUEVILLERS
MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row L. Grave
42. Also commemorated on Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, The
Buxton Lime Firms Co Ltd Memorial, Peak Dale, Buxton Derbyshire. |
| TAYLOR | Ernest Harold | Private
241674, 2nd/6th
Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire And Derbyshire
Regiment) attached to 178th Light Trench Mortar Battery. Died
of wounds 29 June 1917. Aged 25. Born and resident Peak Dale,
Derbyshire, enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire. Son of Kate Taylor, of
Upper End, Peak Dale, Stockport, and the late Joseph Shrigley
Taylor. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Peak Dale, Derbyshire,
son of Joseph Srigley and Kate Taylor, resident Upper End, Wormhill,
Chapel En Le Frith, Derbyshire. In the 1911 census he was aged
17, born Peak Dale, Derbyshire, a Lime sorter, son of Kate Taylor
(a widow), resident Upper End, Peak Dale, Buxton, Worm Hill, Derbyshire.
Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot XXV. Row AA. Grave 14. |
| TRASK | James Albert | [Listed
as TRISK on SDGW] Private 240524, 15th Battalion, Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed
in action 29 October 1917.
Born Wormhill, Derbyshire, resident Tideswell, Derbyshire,
enlisted Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire. Buried in BLEUET FARM
CEMETERY,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 41. |
| TURNER | James William | **
Unable to locate Military Details currently ** In the 1901 census
he was aged 9, born Peak Dale, Derbyshire, son of Nathan and Sarah
Turner, resident Dale Cottage, Dove Holes, Fairfield, Chapel En
Le Frith, Derbyshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born
Chapel En Le Frith, Derbyshire, a Limestone quarryman, son of
Nathan and Sarah Turner, resident 19, Small Dale, Worm Hill, Derbyshire.
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| YATES | Robert | Private
60191, 3rd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died in United
Kingdom 23 October 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Peak Dale,
Derbyshire, enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire. Son of John Thomas and
Eliza Yates. Buried near N.E. Corner of churchyard in PEAK DALE
(HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD, Derbyshire. |
| YATES | Samuel Henry | Private
1667, 1st/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire And
Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 30 September 1915. Born
and resident Wormhill, Derbyshire, enlisted Peak Dale, Derbyshire.
Brother of John Thomas Yates, of Higher Sydney, Peak Dale, Stockport.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 41. |
| THEIR
NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR II 1939 - 1945. |
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| BAGSHAW | Ronald George | Private
14532438, 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died on service in India
6 August 1944. Aged 20. Born Derbyshire, resident Stockport. Son
of Joseph and Annie Bagshaw, of Peak Dale, Derbyshire. Buried
in IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 7. Row J. Grave 8. |
| BEVERLEY | Arthur Cyril |
Guardsman 2621721, 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds 12 November 1943. Aged 34. Born 18 July 1909. Son of George and Sarah Ann Beverley, of Peak Dale, Derbyshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 1, born Wormhill, Derbyshire, grandson of Alexander and Ann Turner, son of George and Sarah Ann Beverley, resident Highfield, Peak Dale, Buxton, Worm Hill, Derbyshire. Admitted to Peak Dale Church of England Infants School, Peak Dale, Derbyshire, 22 April 1913, son of George Beverley, resident Highfield, left 31 May 1913. Readmitted Peak Dale Church of England Infants School, Peak Dale, Derbyshire, 17 November 1913, son of George Beverley, transferred to mixed school 31 May 1916. In the 1921 census he was aged 11, born Peak Dale, Derbyshire, son of george and Sarah Ann Beverley, resident 10 Highfield, Upper End, Wormhill & Chapel En Le Frith, Derbyshire. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, a Quarrying Limestone Filler Above Ground, resident with his parents at 10 Highfields, Upper End, Chapel-En-Le-Frith R.D., Derbyshire. Buried in MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row C. Grave 25. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944: BEVERLEY
Arthur Cyril of 10 Highfield Peak Dale Derbyshire
died 12 November 1943 on war service Administration (with Will)
Llandudno 10 June to George Beverley quarryman. |
| BRITTAIN | John Charles |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1020217, 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Took off from R.A.F. Woodhall
Spa on night operations to Berlin flying in an Avro Lancaster
I, serial number R5575, and was shot down by a night-fighter and
crashed into the Waddenzee between the Dutch coast and the Frisian
islands 18 January 1943. Aged 22. Born 7 July 1920 in Wormhill,
Derbyshire. His father was a master Grocer and John was an Art
Student. Son of Charles Henry and Louisa Brittain, of Buxton,
Derbyshire. In the 1921 census he was newborn, born Wormhill,
Derbyshire, son of Chares Henry and Emily Lily Ann Hadfield Brittain,
resident Upper End, Peak Dale, Wormhill & Chapel En Le Frith,
Derbyshire. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, an Art Student,
resident with his parents at Central Stores, Batham Gate Road,
Peak Dale, Chapel-En-Le-Frith R.D., Derbyshire. Buried in ULRUM
GENERAL CEMETERY, DE MARNE, Groningen, Netherlands. Row 1st Class
G/H. Grave 9.
Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945: BRITTAIN John Charles df Central Stores Peak Dale Derbyshire died on or since 18 January 1943 on war service Administration Manchester 6 February to Charles Henry Brittain grocer and, provision dealer. Effects £275 10s. 6d. |
| COOK | G | No
further information currently available |
| GREGORY | Robert Thomas | Sapper
2066585, 1010 Docks Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Missing
in action 17 June 1943. Aged 23. Husband of Hannah E. Gregory,
of Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated
on BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 6. Column 1. |
| JACKSON | H | No
further information currently available |
| JARVIS | E | No
further information currently available |
| GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
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