War Memorial - World War 1

Service Number Rank First Name Surname SubUnit Unit Date of Death Cemetery / Memorial

23865 Private Henry Adams 1/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 01 November 1918 Auberchicourt British Cemetery Son of Jonathan and Fanny Adams of Starnhill, Ecclesfield; husband of Mary Adams, of 1, Station Rd., Chapeltown, .

36078 Private Walter Adams 1/4th Battalion Kings Own Light 09 October 1917 Tyne Cot Memorial Son of Jonathan and Fanny Adams of Starnhill, Ecclesfield.

3/3120 Private Wilfred Beard 1st Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 18 May 1917 Karasouli Military Cemetery Son of Mary Ann Beard, of 23, High Street, Ecclesfield, Sheffield.

20676 Private Horace Bettney 1st and 9th Battalions Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 15 March 1919 Ecclesfield (St. Mary) New Churchyard Son of Sam Horace and Emily Ann Bettney of 24, Johnson Lane, Ecclesfield.

25440 Private Sidney Boote Worth 4th Battalion 11 October 1917 Dozinghem Military Cemetery Son of Mrs. Caroline Worth of 123, High Street, Ecclesfield.

P/11930 Lance Corporal William Brookes Mounted Branch Corps of Military Police 11 July 1917 Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery William Brookes was born and resided in Ecclesfield. 15843 Private Willie Brookes 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 12 June 1917 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Son of John Clifton and Agnes Brookes of Greenhead Lane, Chapeltown (formerly of 128, Church Street, Ecclesfield).

15972 Private George William Burgess 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 29 September 1916 Thiepval Memorial Son of George and Mary Burgess of 138, The Common, Ecclesfield.

13910 Private Charles Burnham 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 16 May 1915 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Lived at Upper Langwith, Mansfield. Son of Harry and Annie Burnham, who appear to have been living at Rainstorth, Ecclesfield immediately after WW1.

78981 Private Clarence Cooke 5th Battalion Tank Corps 22 March 1918 Pozieres Memorial Son of Thomas and Ellen Cooke of 202, High Street, Ecclesfield.

19179 Private George Thomas Cox 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 14 April 1917 Thiepval Memorial Son of Thomas William and Elizabeth Ellen Cox, of 8, Linden Rd., Ecclesfield.

269057 Private Henry Cox 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 20 September 1917 Tyne Cot Memorial Son of Eunice Smith of 144, Cross Hill, Ecclesfield.

WR/333191 Sapper James Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers 18 July 1918 Ecclesfield (St. Mary) New Churchyard Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Crookes, of 2, Smithy Carr, Burncross, Chapeltown, Sheffield.

3/2978 Acting Corporal Irwin Reginald Day 7th (Service) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 31 August 1915 Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3. Husband of Ruth Senior (formerly Day), of 267, Queen Street, Roman Terrace, Mexborough, . Brother of George A. Day of 5, Mill Road, Ecclesfield.

2947 Lance Corporal Clement Peirce Dix 2/4th () Battalion T.F. York and Lancaster Regiment 18 March 1917 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Husband of Mabel, and son of William Peirce and Mary Ellen Dix of 33, Clinton Place, Sheffield.

15776 Private Albert Fox 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 14 October 1915 Helles Memorial Son of Benjamin and Ellen Fox, of 14, Yew Lane, Ecclesfield.

Researched by Yvonne L. Ridgeway BA(Hons), MSc. Ecclesfield War Memorial - World War 1

Service Number Rank First Name Surname SubUnit Unit Date of Death Cemetery / Memorial

9111 Private/Drummer William Gandy 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 17 April 1915 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Son of Mrs. Mary Turton, of 21, Town End Road, Ecclesfield.

9286 Private P. William Gant 2nd Battalion 26 April 1915 Helles Memorial Brother of Clement Gant, of 38, Townend Road, Ecclesfield.

27082 Private Edgar Greaves 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment 08 February 1917 Thiepval Memorial Son of the late George and Mary Helen Greaves of Rawmarsh. Nephew (and adopted son) of George and Fanny Goddard of 2, Washington Road, Ecclesfield.

275650 Private Alonza Green “A” Sqdn Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) 30 November 1917 Ramleh War Cemetery Son of William Henry and Annie M. Green, of 57, High Street, Ecclesfield.

200777 C.Q. Sergeant Stewart Green 1/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 17 December 1917 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Son of the late Richard and Susan Tofield Green, of 168, High Street, Ecclesfield. A Chartered Accountant.

R/3184 Rifleman George Willie Gregory 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps 30 November 1917 Cambrai Memorial Son of George and Emily Gregory, of 397, The Common, Ecclesfield; husband of Charlotte S. Gregory, of 134, High St., Ecclesfield.

905 Private Henry Gregory Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion 30 March 1921 Ecclesfield (St. Mary) New Churchyard Brother of Elizabeth Ashton, of 189, High Street, Ecclesfield. Formerly served with the 10th York and Lancaster Regiment. He died suddenly at home of Valvular Heart Disease, attributable to his war service.

38768 Private Leonard Haigh 2nd Battalion 26 October 1918 Preseau Communal Cemetery Extension Son of the late Benjamin Frank and Ellen Haigh, of Wincobank, Sheffield; husband of Eleanor Haigh, of 4, Linden Rd., Ecclesfield.

17744 Private Arthur James Harrison 928th Area Employment Coy Labour Corps 23 October 1918 Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille Husband of Elizabeth Jennie Harrison, of 32, Washington Road, Ecclesfield.

R/3215 Rifleman Luther Helliwell 4th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps 09 May 1915 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Son of Fred and Fanny Helliwell, of Bland Lane, , Sheffield; husband of Annie Helliwell, of 387, The Common, Ecclesfield.

73742 Private Frank Higgins 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 04 November 1918 Premont British Cemetery Son of the late Joe Higgins, of Ecclesfield, Sheffield; husband of Sarah Annice Lousada (formerly Higgins), of 1, South Terrace, Hunslet Lane, Leeds.

24018 Private Percy Douglas Hoyland 1/5th (T.F.) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 21 July 1917 Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery Son of Thomas and Mary Hoyland, of 8, Nether Terrace, Ecclesfield.

18477 Private Charles Jarvis 16th Battalion Prince of Wale's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment 30 July 1917 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Son of Mrs. Jarvis of Town End Road, Ecclesfield and husband of Clara.

60067 Private Fred Jepson 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 18 January 1920 Ecclesfield (St. Mary) New Churchyard Son of John and Alice Jepson, of 11, Mill Road, Ecclesfield.

17138 Private Cyril Arthur Justice 7th (Service) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 22 August 1917 Canada Farm Cemetery Son of Joseph and Sarah Justice of 40, Stocks Hill, Ecclesfield.

18897 Private Noah Kinsey 12th Battalion 03 May 1917 Arras Memorial Son of Sarah Jane Kinsey, of 114, Wortley Road, . Sheffield; husband of Sarah Ann Kinsey, of 61, Athelstone Rd., Conisborough.

6039 Lance Corporal Arthur Lee 1st Battalion 11 September 1919 Ecclesfield (St. Mary) New Churchyard Husband of Mrs. Florence Lee, of 76, Hawkin Street, Kensington, Liverpool. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee of 20, Nether Terrace, Ecclesfield.

Researched by Yvonne L. Ridgeway BA(Hons), MSc. Ecclesfield War Memorial - World War 1

Service Number Rank First Name Surname SubUnit Unit Date of Death Cemetery / Memorial

14657 Private William Loxley 5th Reserve Battalion Coldstream Guards 27 November 1915 Westbury Cemetery, Wiltshire Son of Mrs. Ellen Johnson, of 45, Mill Road, Ecclesfield, Sheffield; husband of the late Edith M. Loxley.

19449 Private Horatio Malyan 6th (Service) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 23 October 1917 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Son of Joseph and Charlotte Malyan, of 36, Stocks Hill, Ecclesfield.

KP/374 Able Seaman Charles Henry * Marsden Anson Battalion Royal Naval Division (R.N.V.R.) 08 May 1917 Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart Son of William Marsden of 140, The Common, Ecclesfield.

9059 Private Robert J. Morris 1st Battalion Regiment 02 May 1915 Helles Memorial Son of Thomas and Lucy Morris of Butterthwaite Wheel. Born in Leigh, Essex.

33307 Gunner Kenneth Myers "A" Bty. 52nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery 17 November 1915 Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton Son of George Myers of 113, Johnson Lane, Ecclesfield. A victim of the sinking of the Hospital Ship "Anglia".

15799 Private John Oxley 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 09 September 1916 Varennes Military Cemetery Son of Henry and Margaret Oxley, of 35, St. Mary's Lane, Ecclesfield.

18383 Private Walter Reed 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers 23 July 1916 Thiepval Memorial Son of Thomas and Harriet Beckett, of 45, Church Street, Jump, ; husband of Rebecca Reed, of 50, Stockshill, Ecclesfield.

37540 Lance Corporal Willie Richardson 10th (Service) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 21 April 1917 Arras Memorial Brother of Mrs. Emily Storey, of 51, Hurley Road, Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth, London. He lodged with the Athey family at 87, Cross Hill, Ecclesfield before going to war.

243001 Private Lewis Robinson 5th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 24 July 1918 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Son of John Thomas and Mary Maria Robinson, of 4, Priory Road, Ecclesfield. Husband of Emma.

17320 Private Herbert Rose 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 17 November 1915 Ecclesfield (St. Mary) New Churchyard Husband of Ellen Rose, of Broad Lane Top, Thurstonland, Huddersfield. Formerly of 4, Nether Terrace, Ecclesfield. A victim of the sinking of the Hospital Ship "Anglia".

235092 Private Samuel Sayles 1/5th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 19 July 1917 Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Sayles of 115, High Street, Ecclesfield.

Lieutenant John Addison Stainsby Hospital Ship "Glenart Castle" Royal Army Medical Corps 26 February 1918 Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.S.A. Son of the late John Addison Stainsby and Isabella Stainsby. A victim of the sinking of the Hospital Ship "Glenart Castle".

15234 Lance Corporal Fred Staves 10th (Service) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 21 April 1917 Arras Memorial Son of John James and Marian Staves, and husband of Edith. From Burncross, Chapeltown.

42633 Private Carey Stringer 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment 23 October 1918 Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau Son of John Wood Stringer and Florence Stringer, of 6, Feoffees Road, High Street, Ecclesfield.

3829 Trooper James Robertson Sutherland 1st Battalion Scottish Horse 25 November 1919 Ecclesfield (St. Mary) New Churchyard Son of Robertson and Elizabeth Sutherland of Wick, Scotland. Husband of Nellie Sutherland (nee Gregory), of Hartley Brook, Ecclesfield.

16887 Private Frank Waite 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 20 June 1918 Ecclesfield (St. Mary) New Churchyard Son of Miles and Jane Waite, of 10, Washington Road, Ecclesfield.

17937 Private George Wastnage 6th (Service) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 15 December 1916 Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel Son of George Wastnage of 74, Church Street, Ecclesfield.

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Service Number Rank First Name Surname SubUnit Unit Date of Death Cemetery / Memorial

16220 Private Colin Whitham 6th / 7th Battalion Fusiliers 23 March 1918 Arras Memorial Husband of Lily Whitham, of 48, Stocks Hill, Ecclesfield.

16523 Private Fred Wild 10th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 26 September 1915 Loos Memorial Son of James A. and Eliza Wild, of 108, The Common, Ecclesfield.

S/2038 Serjeant Frank Wilmot 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade 21 March 1918 Pozieres Memorial Nephew of Edmund Wilmot, of 72, Church Street, Ecclesfield. Son of Kate Wilmot of 31, Bilton Road, .

28888 Private Francis Henry Worth 12th (Labour) Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 19 February 1917 Hem Communal Cemetery, Somme Son of Lewis Worth, of 123, High Street, Ecclesfield.

12846 Private Lewis Worth 9th Battalion Notts & Derby Regiment () 09 August 1915 Helles Memorial Son of Lewis Worth, of 123, High Street, Ecclesfield.

* The name on the War Memorial is "J. Marsden" and not "C.H. Marsden".

Researched by Yvonne L. Ridgeway BA(Hons), MSc.