TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI
Tutbury
Volume I
Remembering the Fallen of World War One
Lest We Forget
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Donations
Readers of this book may care to consider a donation to one of the charities listed below:
National Memorial Arboretum - www.thenma.org.uk
Royal British Legion - www.britishlegion.org.uk
ABF The Soldiers Charity1 - www.soldierscharity.org
SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association) - www.ssafa.org.uk
BLEMSA - (British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association) - www.blesma.org Funding
This 2nd Edition has been in part funded by two grants:
• £100 from Tutbury Parish Council
• £750 from the Staffordshire County Council Community Fund provided via Councillor Bob Fraser
The remaining funding ( £300) and the research and production time (approximately 600 hours for this, the second edition) have been provided by Jane and Rick Nuth.
1 Formerly the Army Benevolent Fund
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Tutbury Book of Remembrance Volume I 2nd Edition – 2014
Remembering the Fallen of World War One
Lest We Forget
Written, researched and compiled by Jane Nuth Additional material by Rick Nuth
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Publishing
Author: Jane Nuth - [email protected] 26, Hillcrest, Tutbury, Staffordshire – DE13 9JD Additional Material: Rick Nuth Published by: Andricks Publishing, Tutbury – www.andricks.co.uk First Edition: November 2012 Second Edition: August 2014 Printed by: Alvaston Press Ltd., Derby - www.alvastonpress.co.uk Available online: www.tutbury-book-of-remembrance.org.uk ISBN 978-0-9929356-1-0 Legal Deposit A copy of this book will be deposited in the British Library and all other libraries required under Legal Deposit Law
Copy Number Vol. I-2
Ownership
Recipients of this book fall into three categories (indicated by the box checked on the right) and hence different conditions apply.
A Relatives of the Fallen, those with a connection by friendship and fellow researchers are
given this book free for their permanent retention.
B For museums, ecclesiastical institutions, educational establishments and libraries this book is provided free on permanent loan on the condition that it is displayed where it can be accessed easily by members of the organisation or the public as appropriate. Ownership of the book rests with the authors; where the book is no longer required it must be returned to the owners.
C Further copies are available from the authors at printing costs plus P&P.
Copies may be printed from the website (see above) subject to the Copyright Notice below Copyright
All rights reserved. This book shall not by way of trade or otherwise be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the author's prior consent in writing, in any form of binding, cover, etc. other than that in which it is here published and without similar conditions being imposed on the subsequent recipient. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the authors in writing. This book is copyright ©2014 by Jane and Rick Nuth Disclaimer: Reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the contents of this book do not knowingly infringe any other copyright. If it is believed that information in this book is infringing copyright please contact the authors.
Photographs
Front page: Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone of Corporal Samuel Wheat – see page 90 for details Back page: Army Council Notification of the Death of George Fearn – see page 55 for details
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Changes
The 2nd edition contains many additions and changes, the major ones being listed below:
Additions and changes Pages The 2nd Edition Fallen have been added – this details 46 Fallen with 97 Tutbury connections who Fell in WWI but are not commemorated on the Tutbury War Memorials
An extra contents section listing the Fallen in alphabetical order 9
A new Forward to the 2nd Edition written by the Rev Ian Whitehead 11 The addition of a section on some of the terminology used in the book 17
The Tutbury and Hatton section has been extended with improved maps 23
A chapter on Britain in 1914 has been added to provide background to the 27 country at the start of the war and its early phase – the so called 'war of movement
An introduction provided to the 1st Edition WWI Fallen section 35
A photograph added for George Frederick Bennett 41
More information has been added to Harry Walker – details of his death 87 and burial
An appendix added giving the names on the various Tutbury Rolls of Honour 159
New Cemetery Details have been added for the 2nd Edition Fallen – these 169 are identified as having in front of the cemetery or memorial name A new appendix has been added to show various maps of where the 201 Tutbury Fallen are buried or remembered
An appendix listing the Fallen by the date of their death 227
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The War Memorial
A war memorial, standing straight
And proud against the sky
Issues this challenge, demanding still Of those who pass it by
Do you recall men went to war? These bodies that I guard?
Did you learn the lesson that they left?
Or legacy discard?
Most men fought and some men died
Some wounded, some remain
By ignoring that, you're not saving lives You're killing them again!
They suffered long - in trench and pit For principles they believed -
That sacrifice prevents repeat -
And were they all deceived?
I am not here to glorify war Or justify its right; I am just here because men believed
Their death could make your future bright.
S J Robinson (1977 - )
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Contents
Alphabetical List of Names ...... 9 Foreword to the 2nd Edition...... 11 Foreword to the 1st Edition ...... 13 Preface ...... 15 Acknowledgements ...... 16 Notes on Terms and Terminology ...... 17 Introduction...... 21 Tutbury and Hatton – 1914 ...... 23 Britain – 1914 ...... 27 Did You Know ...... 31 The Fallen – WWI – 1st Edition ...... 35 The Fallen – WWI – 2nd Edition ...... 97 Appendix 1 - Local War Memorials ...... 151 Appendix 2 – Rolls of Honour ...... 159 Appendix 3 - Cemeteries and Memorials of the Tutbury Fallen ...... 165 Appendix 4 - Cemetery and Memorial Descriptions ...... 169 Appendix 5 – Cemeteries Location Maps ...... 201 Appendix 6 - The Tutbury Fallen and Their Regiments ...... 203 Appendix 7 - WWI Timeline ...... 213 Appendix 8 - WWI Theatres of War ...... 215 Appendix 9 - The Western Front ...... 217 Appendix 10 - The Christ mas Truce 1914 ...... 219 Appendix 11 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission...... 221 Appendix 12 – North & South Staffords Battalions ...... 223 Appendix 13 – Fallen by Date ...... 227 Bibliography ...... 235
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Went the day well? We died and never knew But, well or ill, Freedom, we died for you. Went the day well?
The epitaph is by John Maxwell Edmonds (1875–1958), and originally appeared in The Times dated 6 February 1918.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES
ALLSOP, Private Harry ...... 38 ASKEY, Private Albert ...... 99 BANNISTER, Private Frederick William ...... 39 BENNETT, Private Frederick William...... 40 BENNETT, Lance Corporal George Frederick ...... 41 BENTLEY, Private George Edward ...... 42 BENTLEY, Private William ...... 43 BLOOD, Private John ...... 101 BLOOD, Private Robert ...... 101 BLOOD, Private James Andrew ...... 100 BOND, Private Charles ...... 44 BOND, Private David ...... 45 BRETTELL, Gunner Alfred Henry ...... 46 BRIDGEN (Brigden), Lance Corporal Frank...... 102 BRINDLEY, Private William Percy ...... 103 BROUGHTON, Private Edwin (Ted)...... 47 BULL, Sergeant Charles W ...... 48 BUNTING, Private Owen ...... 49 CAUSER, Driver George Edwin ...... 50 COATES, Private Thomas ...... 51 COOK, Private William ...... 52 COTTON, Company Sergeant Major Charles William ...... 104 DUNICLIFFE, Able Seaman Eric Charles ...... 53 DYCHE, Private John Edward...... 105 DYCHE, Private Richard William...... 106 ELTON, Steward Ernest Harris...... 107 ELTON, Private Sydney ...... 108 FARMER, Private Abraham ...... 54 FEARN, Private George ...... 55 FELTHOUSE, Private Thomas...... 109 FOSTER, Private Henry ...... 110 GENT, Private William Henry ...... 57 GEORGE, Private Albert Edward ...... 111 GREGSON, Private George ...... 112 HADLAND, Private Edward Frank ...... 58 HAND, Lance Corporal James John ...... 59 HAWKSWORTH, Private Jack ...... 113 HILL, Private William Henry ...... 113 HINDS, Private William ...... 60 HOOD, L/Corp Frank Ernest ...... 115 HUDSON, Private Samuel John...... 116 JOHNSON, Private Alfred ...... 117 KIDD, Sergeant John James...... 61 KNIGHT, Gdsmn William Henry ...... 117 LEADBETTER, Private John Henry (Jack) ...... 62 LEADBETTER, Private Robert...... 118 LEEDHAM, Private Stephen ...... 63 LOWE, Private William Gordon ...... 119 MATTHEWS, Private Frederick Arthur...... 120
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McGUIRE, Private John Phillip...... 121 MERREY, Private Tom ...... 64 MORETON, Private James ...... 122 NASH, Private James Thomas ...... 65 NEWTON, Lieutenant William Trafford ...... 66 OWEN, Private Alick ...... 68 OWEN, L/Crpl Henry John ...... 123 PAGE, Private Bernard Henry ...... 124 PARKER, Sergeant Alfred James ...... 69 PARKER, Private William Henry ...... 70 PATEMAN, Private Ogden ...... 71 PEGG, Private Joseph ...... 72 PERKINS, Driver Ernest Albert ...... 73 PLUMB, Private Ernest Lewis ...... 74 POWELL, Rifleman Edwin ...... 75 POWELL, Corporal Wilfred ...... 76 PRESS, Private George ...... 147 PRESTON, Private Bert ...... 124 PRIESTLEY, Private William Edgar ...... 77 RADFORD, Private Robert ...... 78 REDFERN, Private William ...... 125 RICHARDSON, Thomas ...... 126 ROE, Driver Thomas Henry ...... 128 SCRIVEN, Private Albert Henry...... 149 SIDDALLS, Private George Henry ...... 129 SMITH, Frederick...... 80 SMITH, Private Frederick James Henry ...... 80 SMITH, Private Frederick John Harbridge ...... 80 SMITH, Private James William ...... 130 SMITH, L /Crpl Thomas Richard...... 131 SMITH, Private William ...... 83 STARLING, Private Percy ...... 133 TALBOT, Private Joseph ...... 84 TAYLOR, Private George ...... 134 TIMMINS, Private Albert Charles ...... 85 TREADWELL, Private Arthur ...... 86 UPTON, Private William John ...... 135 VAUGHAN, Private Wilfred ...... 136 WALKER, Private William Harry ...... 87 WEAVER, Private Vernon James ...... 137 WHEAT, Corporal Samuel...... 90 WHEELDON, Shoeing Smith William ...... 92 WILLIS, Private John Henry ...... 138 WILSON, Private James Arthur ...... 139 WILSON, Private John Charles ...... 141 WOODALL, Lance Sgt Ernest ...... 93 WOODHALL, Private Samuel ...... 94 WOOLLEY, Private Edward ...... 142 WOOLLEY, Private William ...... 143 WOOLLEY, Private William Vivian ...... 145 WORRALL, Private James ...... 95
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI FOREWORD TO THE 2ND EDITION By Rev Ian Whitehead
Vicar of the Priory Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tutbury
From as long as I can remember I was told as a small child of a great uncle who died in the trenches of 1914-1918 at the age of 22. His small poppy cross was planted each year by the cenotaph in Bedworth Churchyard, on which his name is recorded, by one of our family to remember Uncle Alf.
Over the years, now having been moved away from my home town of Bedworth, I have the privilege of leading many Acts of Remembrance as a Vicar. During the time of silence I often consider the question “Was I worth dying for?” for the figures of the deaths in war are just staggering and are often just too large for our minds to comprehend. We are forever indebted to those who gave their lives for us.
Just as it was for our village in those years of 1914-1918 we cannot always comprehend that huge loss of life so far away which is why Village, Town & City War Memorials were, and still are, so important to us. These were the only places many had to go to remember the names of those they had lost. Today we look at those names and perhaps lack the emotional and the close family connections of past generations and yet those names remain and so they should for our generation and for future generations.
The work of those who designed and erected those first War Graves and War Memorials knew they were doing it both for the present and for future generations, we are indebted to them. We too are indebted to people like Jane & Rick Nuth who together with others today have worked, planned and produced not just this 2nd Edition of the Book of Remembrance but also worked to maintain the Tutbury Village War Memorial.
Lest We Forget
Rev Ian Whitehead
Vicar of Tutbury
May 2014
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Provocation
(A poem written in response to the writing of Siegfried Sassoon)
A moment for the madness, inside my mind contained, I devour this sick splendour of passion unrestrained, Yearning for the presence of a brave, divulging teacher, An efficacious, sombre sermon from the war’s most honest preacher.
I can so well remember the poignant nature of your poem, My admiration and fascination, faithfully keep on growing, Through evocation, truth spills and spurts, from the wound of knowing, The desperation, the indignation, that kept your anger flowing.
Truthful not delectable, you claimed your verse to be, A mocking, livid statement on man’s inhumanity, An earnest pledge, a grim request, to seek out harmony, To save their souls from likely death, by a ruthless enemy.
I cannot claim, unlike yourself, to have fought in any war, Yet keen I am to understand the hate and hurt you saw, To stamp upon perfidious prose which side-steps evil ways, And slaughter lies with the bravery, that you yourself displayed.
Kristina Adamson Studied English Literature at Kingston University (2011) www.warpoetry.com
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI FOREWORD TO THE 1ST EDITION By Rev Les Rees
Associate Minister of
The United Benefice
of Draycott, Hanbury, Newborough, Rangemore and Tutbury
I never knew my Uncle Edgar. My family had always told me that he served in the Royal Navy during the war and was killed at sea in 1941, long before I was born.
Some years ago, television footage made my uncle's death become a reality to me in a dramatic way. As I watched a war documentary his sinking ship was displayed on screen. Those images initially invoked feelings of shock and despair but as time passed I developed a greater sense of closeness to my uncle, a sense of love and a sense of pride in the fact that he gave his life in the service of his nation. My uncle’s situation was brought ‘close to home’.
I am sure that the Tutbury Book of Remembrance researched and prepared by Jane and Rick Nuth will give its readers similar feelings. As we read details of the names, lives, resting places and places of remembrance of those who died in service their lives and memories are also brought ‘close to home’. Learning more about those who sacrificed their lives in service of their country and about where they are laid to rest, allows us to identify with them more closely. It increases our sense of pride, love and respect for those who have given their lives for the sake of others.
It was my privilege to lead the annual Service of Remembrance at St. Mary’s Church, Tutbury in 2011. From that service and from meeting and serving Tutbury people in my capacity as a priest I know full well how much the community uphold and respect those who served their country.
This book is a valuable historical record for that community and beyond. We thank everyone who has contributed but especially we thank Jane and Rick for all their incredibly hard work.
Revd Les Rees
Hanbury Vicarage
October 2012
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Remember
Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 – 1894
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PREFACE
After the Great War of 1914-1918 when the War Memorial at St. Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury was first erected, funded by public subscription, everyone knew the people whose memory was represented by the 47 names inscribed on it, as they did the fate of the individuals concerned. They were the family and friends of people on both sides of the River Dove. Similarly when a further 13 names were added after the Second World War, they too were known to the village.
Now, in 2014, as we mark both the centenary of the start of the First World War and 75th anniversary of the commencement of the Second World War, few in the village know who any of these individuals were or their fate. In the Great War, the first soldier from Tutbury died on Christmas Day 1914, the last died on December 31st 1918; some fell in the "North Staffords' Great Charge" in the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt in October 1915, six fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, July 1 st 1916. In WWII, they fell as far away as the infamous Burma Railway.
They are buried in Cemeteries or remembered on Memorials, in France and Flanders but also as far away as Gallipoli, Baghdad, Tehran and Burma where some sites are rarely visited. Indeed, few know of the seven casualties (5 from WWI and 2 from WWII) buried in churchyard at St. Mary's in Tutbury, making the churchyard an official war cemetery.
We felt that it was time to rectify this situation, to find out a little more about the people who sacrificed their lives and reconnect them to the area where they lived. This will include anyone we feel would have been remembered in the village, not only names recorded on the memorials.
Using various information sources, starting with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, genealogy websites, the Tutbury Museum, the Magic Attic, the people of the Tutbury area and relatives we have gathered information about these men to create Volume I of a "Tutbury Book of Remembrance" covering WWI, to be given to relatives, churches, museums and educational establishments in the area. Although there is supporting information about the war in the Appendices, the book is about the men and their families.
The book is also on the website www.tutbury-book-of-remembrance.org.uk.
The work on this book has also motivated us to volunteer to look after the seven War Graves at St. Mary's Priory Church on behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and to form a committee to preserve the War Memorial, in sad need of repair.
If you have any information relating to the individuals in this book, or anyone you think should be included or about the War Memorial itself please contact Jane Nuth at:
26 Hillcrest, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9JD, telephone 01283 810 166, email [email protected]
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If you would like more information about an individual in the book then please contact us as we may have more detail than listed here. Also, if you would like help with your own research, please contact us.
If you would like to be put on an email list for any future newsletter that may be produced by the project please send us an email.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank the following organisations and people for their help with this book: • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission – without whose database we would not have been able to complete this project • The families and relatives of the Fallen of Tutbury who contacted us • The Burton Mail – for publishing supportive articles • The Magic Attic - especially Graham Nutt – for WWI Index and newspaper articles 1914 - 1920 • Christopher Tipper – for a massive amount of village information • Lesley and David Evans – our local advisors • Robert and Jeanne Minchin – for their most informative CD of parish registers, memorial details, etc. • Rosaleen Darlington – for help and support and referring to us more soldiers • Rev Timothy Ganz – for help with the history of the War Memorial • Derek Hathaway – for proof reading bot the 1st and 2nd editions – a man of fortitude • The Burton Library – for reference • Joanna Legg – for letting us use information from her website www.greatwar.co.uk and for providing a number of memorial photographs. • Staff at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg and the members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force forum for their help with Harry Walker • Rob Cox – whose book “Burton Boys – Burton upon Trent and the First World War” was extremely helpful with our research • Staffordshire Regiment Museum – for their help and visit to the Coltman trench • Family, friends, villagers and so many others for their help and support Genealogy research • Ancestry.co.uk – we have made extensive use of this system - without which we would have taken years to complete the research
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI NOTES ON TERMS AND TERMINOLOGY BEF – British Expeditionary Force
The BEF was sent to the Western Front at the start of WWI. Many consider it ceased to be the BEF at the end of the First Battle of Ypres on 22 nd November 1914 by which time the old regular British Army had effectively been wiped out. The World War I Data Databook, Command Structures, states that the BEF became the British Armies in France in December 1914, although it was commonly referred to as the BEF throughout the war. We have used BEF where it was used in the source material. Sources: Various “The Burnt Records”
There were about 6-7 million soldiers (Other Ranks and Non-Commissioned Officers) who served with the British Army in the First World War. Each soldier’s Service Record was stored at the War Office Record Store in Arnside Street, London after the First World War.
Unfortunately about 60% of the soldiers’ Service Records were irretrievably damaged or lost completely as a result of enemy incendiary bombing in September 1940 during the Second World War. The exact number of serving British soldiers is not known because of the loss of these records.
However, about a third, approximately 2 million records, were saved from destruction. These records are known as the “Burnt Records”. Officially these are classed as WO 363 records, which is the reference number given to them by the National Archives. They were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (11,000 reels) and the Public Records Office using Heritage Lottery Funds (22,000 reels) Sources: The Great War 1914-1918 website - www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/british-soldiers-ww1-service- records.htm www.1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic =5903 Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
When the First World War was declared in August 1914 the town was known by its French name of Ypres. Now the town is formally known by the Flemish name of Ieper and Flemish is the local spoken language. Being close to the French border, nevertheless, like many places in this locality the town is known by both names and visitors will find it signposted in both Flemish and French.
During the war, because it was hard to pronounce in English, British troops nicknamed the city "Wipers". Sources: The Great War 1914-1918 website and Wikipedia www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/town-ieper.htm www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypres
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
Pip, Squeak and Wilfred are the affectionate names given to the three WW1 campaign medals — The 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal respectively. These medals were primarily awarded to the Old Contemptibles (BEF) and by convention all three medals are worn together and in the same order from left to right when viewed 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal from the front. The set of three medals or at least the British War Medal and the Victory Medal are the most likely medals to be found among family heirlooms.
When the WW1 medals were issued in the 1920s it coincided with a popular comic strip published by the Daily Mirror newspaper. It was written by Bertram J. Lamb (Uncle Dick), and drawn by the cartoonist Austin Bowen Payne (AB Payne). Pip was the dog, Squeak the penguin and Wilfred the young rabbit. It is believed that A B Payne's batman during the war had been nicknamed “Pip-squeak” and this is where the idea for the names of the dog and penguin came from. For some reason the three names of the characters became associated with the three campaign medals being issued to many thousands o f returning servicemen at that time and the nicknames stuck. Source: The Great War 1914-1918 website www.greatwar.co.uk/medals/ww1-campaign-medals.htm The 1914 (Mons) Star
Established in April 1917. Also known as 'Pip' or the 'Mons Star'.
This bronze medal award was authorized by King George V in April 1917 for those who had served in France or Belgium between 5 th August 1914 and midnight on 22nd November 1914 inclusive. The award was open to officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and Indian Expeditionary Force (IEF), doctors and nurses as well as Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Navy Reserve and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who served ashore with the Royal Naval 1914 (Mons) Star Division in France or Belgium. 378,000 1914 Stars were issued. Source: The Great War 1914-1918 website www.greatwar.co.uk/medals/ww1-campaign- medals.ht m Tutbury Condensed Milk Factory (Nestlé)
The factory was owned by the Nestlé & Anglo Swiss Condensed Milk Company. There are a variety of ways the ‘Condensery’ is described in the book, Tutbury Nestlé Condensed Milk Factory, Tutbury Condensed Milk Factory, Condensing Milk Factory (Nestlé), the Milk Factory – the different variants are typically as these were described in the source material. Sources: Various
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Declaration of the Next of Kin (Army Form W.5080)
In October 1916 the British Government set up a committee to research the plan for a commemorative memorial plaque that could be given to the relatives of men and women whose deaths were attributable to the Great War of 1914-1918. This commemorative plaque was commonly known as the Dead Man’s Penny.
In October 1917 it was announced in The Times newspaper that the committee had decided also to issue a commemorative scroll to the next of kin in addition to the bronze plaque. The scroll would be printed on high quality paper.
The Declaration of the Next of Kin was sent to the next of kin of each deceased serviceman, as named in their Service Records.
This was to be completed, giving all details of living family members, their relationship to the deceased and the person to whom the plaque and scroll should be sent.
Details required were full names, addresses and ages of the widow, children, father, mother, full blood and half blood brothers and sisters (if applicable). The recipient was to sign and date the form. The form was then to be counter-signed and dated by a minister or member of the clergy or magistrate as a declaration of the true statement of the information provided.
The wording read: “In order that I may be enabled to dispose of the plaque and scroll in commemoration of the soldier named overleaf in accordance with the wishes of His Majesty the King, I have to request that the requisite information regarding the soldier's relatives now living may be furnished on the form overleaf in strict accordance with the instructions printed thereon. The declaration thereon should be signed in your own handwriting and the form should be returned to me when certified by a Minister or Magistrate.”
On the reverse of the Army Form W.5080 the officer in charge of records had completed the soldier's details at the top of the form. The next of kin then had to complete the details.
In total over a million plaques and scrolls were distributed to grieving families.
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This Book is dedicated in gratitude to
Private William Walter Boot and Private Percival Garfield Gough
Our two great uncles
To them, and millions of others who gave their lives
That we might live
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INTRODUCTION
This book began with the idea of researching the 47 World War I (WWI) and 13 World War II (WWII) names on the War Memorial in St Mary's churchyard, Tutbury. The 47 WWI names quickly became 50 as we discovered an extra name on the plaque inside the church (W. Harry Walker) and then two more on a Memorial in the churchyard (Alick Owen and Owen Bunting).
During our WWI research, more names have come to light who have a Tutbury 'connection' (for example: born here but moved away, lived here for a while or worked here) and hence were people who would be known by those in the village. As our intention was to look at what impact the deaths in the wars had on the village, we have included these men in the scope of the project.
We published the 1st Edition in 2012 covering the first 50 Fallen from WWI. This 2nd Edition of Volume I (which entirely replaces the 1st Edition), completed in 2014, includes those who were identified in the latest research.
Those who are commemorated on the War Memorial from WWII in St Mary’s churchyard will be covered in Volume II (plus the Roll of Honour for WWII) and detailed descriptions of all Tutbury's War Memorials will be the subject of Volume III.
We hope this book will provide readers, particularly those who are related to the Fallen, with some insight into the men who died in WWI who would have been so well known at the time but are now mainly forgotten names on a Memorial. This is not a history book of the Great War – there are sufficient of those already well written – this is a tribute to the men of Tutbury who went to war, that we might live in peace.
The impact on a small village of the deaths of so many young men is difficult to comprehend a century later; the North and South Staffordshire Regiments (“The Staffords”) lost nearly as many men on the first day of the Somme (1st July 1916) as the whole of the present day British Army has in a decade of war in Afghanistan.
We have also tried, in the Appendices, to provide the reader with high level background information about the War, the cemeteries, etc. We have used information about “The Staffords”, and the North Staffordshire Regiment in particular, throughout the book as this was the main regiment for local men to join and their story is typical of infantry regiments in the Great War.
Please also read Notes on Terms and Terminology on page 17 to understand some of the terms in the book.
We would be pleased to hear from anyone with further, or corrected, information on any of the topics covered in this book, or indeed suggestions for other people who should be included in the book or additional articles – please get in touch with us as indicated in the Preface.
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In the 3 weeks of fighting of the First Battle of Ypres in November 1914, of the original 1,100 Regulars of the Staffords only 78 remained, under the command of the Quartermaster – the one unwounded officer.
"Staffords in the Great War 1914-1918", page 3
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TUTBURY AND HATTON – 1914
Before the start of the Great War, the Tutbury area was quite different to the village that we know today.
The population recorded in the 1911 census was 2,186 – in 2011 it was 3,075. At the time of the Great War, virtually all the households in the village were to the north of the Castle Street, Duke Street, Burton Street line. In the modern map below, the shaded area is the size of the village in 1901; yet the population was over two thirds of what it is now, in a very small space.
The difference is that in 1911 the average household was 4.3 residents, in 2011 it was 2.4.
Another major difference was Hatton – or the lack of Hatton! Most of modern day Hatton did not exist – the bridge over the Dove was the Tutbury Bridge, the railway station on the North Staffordshire Railway was the Tutbury Station and when the Nestlé factory was built it was the Tutbury Nestlé and Anglo- Swiss Condensed Milk factory (with its own railway sidings).
The areas of Hatton currently occupied by Buildbase and the Co-op were large railway sidings – the coal merchant Thomas Shipton would have been next to the sidings to offload bulk coal deliveries.
The photograph2 of Tutbury Station shows the main platforms, one with a run around; the Nestlé chimney is in
2 From the Burton-on-Trent Local History website www.burton-on-trent.org.uk
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI the background and the goods shed on the right is probably the building that still exists in the Buildbase yard.
There was also the railway from the mines and the plaster works to Tutbury Station.
One consequence of this was that the few people who lived in what is now Hatton, especially those near the river and near the Station, probably considered themselves to live on the outskirts of Tutbury, rather than the village of Hatton, and hence they would have enlisted for the war in Tutbury.
It is probable that out of the Tutbury population in 1914, only some 450-5503 would be men of military age. Military conscription records from WWI show that 2 in 5 of those conscripted were rejected on health grounds – this would be a higher rate than those who volunteered earlier (conscription started in 1916) but it suggests that some 100-150 might have been unfit; this might leave between 375-450 men suitable for military service.
3 Using the today's population statistics, approximately 550 of the 2001 population would be male and of the 18-45 (WWI military) age range; about 17%. We currently live much longer than people did 90 years ago, so the percentage of the 1911 population who were male and of military age would be higher – may be 20-25%, or some 450-550 men.
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Using the Roll of Honour board in St. Mary's Priory Church and the War Memorial it is thought that some 359 served in WWI or between 80-95% of all eligible men.
While the statistics used above are only estimates, these do serve to give an indication of the very high rate of service.
The men who went to war worked in the local industries – the plaster mill, the gypsum mines, the glass works, the North Staffordshire Railway and many were agricultural labourers. These were the occupations of their fathers and their grandfathers.
In 1914 the horizon would have been similar to today's view – Tutbury Castle dominating the skyline.
St Mary's Priory Church lay in the shadow of the Castle. Now, in its churchyard lie 5 WWI Tutbury men buried on the Terrace, overlooking the meadow. Two WWII soldiers are buried at the north end of the churchyard. The War Memorial stands by the South Door of the Church (see page 151 for further details).
There still remain in Tutbury High Street buildings known to those who enlisted in the Great War – the Dog & Partridge, almost unchanged since its days as a coaching inn; the Tutbury Institute, the scene of so much fund-raising for soldiers and for prisoners of war, etc. (see page 88) and the Wesleyan Chapel (now an antique emporium). The Congregational Chapel in Monk Street also sent its sons to the colours.
In Duke Street (formerly Duck Street) the Post Office remains on the corner – the young post man, James John Hand enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment (for more details see page 59).
Also in Duke Street was the Soup Kitchen, supporting so many families for years – this is now Tutbury Museum.
There were at least 69 cottages in Monk Street. After the war, Parish Council minutes show that there was a desperate need for housing but a shortage of land. Indeed it was requested that the local Sanitary Inspector be demobbed from the army as early as possible as there was a serious problem in the village – his work had not been covered for 5 years.
As in many villages nationwide, the public house was a social centre. There were possibly 17 in Tutbury at one time – 4 still remain but gone are "The Wheel", "The Rose & Crown" and "The Castle Inn.” The Great War gave rise to the reduced opening hours of public houses – to increase the output of munitions workers.
This is a peepshow of the community of those who marched to war – the “War to end all Wars”. Those who returned came back to a very different land.
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Ode to Love I would smell the fresh baked bread. The grasses newly mown, Taste the bread and drink the wine A gift love has made known.
The dawn chorus is not heard, A solitary bird will sing, The crescendo of the firing guns Then empty silence prevailing.
I would come home to you my dear, Embrace the children and you. Each day that seems a distant dream Each day, the many become few.
I’ve tasted the bread and drunk the wine, Love knows the pain the seas divide, Knows the aching of our hearts, The pulling of the ocean’s tide.
There’s nothing love cannot endure, No ill it cannot face. I will come to the children and you In your hearts I’ll take my place.
I have taken the bread and drunk the wine, The solitary bird will sing, Whatever news the battle today, Love can face anything. Sheila Barnfather Based on her grandfather's letters to his wife 1915
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January 19144
Margaret MacMillan, professor of history at Oxford University and the author of The War that Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 says "If anything, the decision-makers were rather complacent. They thought they'd got through a bad patch in 1912 and 1913 with wars in the Balkans. The landscape was a lot calmer than usual. There were the usual worries and tensions, but I think the British were much more preoccupied with the situation in Ireland, the Scottish independence movement, the labour movement and the suffragette5 unrest.”
The Balkan wars, during which states including Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia fought for their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire, appeared to have drawn to a close. The Peace Palace had recently opened in The Hague "for the peaceful settlement of differences between peoples" and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany was being hailed as a glorious peacemaker with 25 conflict-free years of rule behind him.
The Labour politician Norman Angell was enjoying bestseller status in Germany with his book, The Great Illusion, which argued that "the Great War, that eternal threat, will never come" because of the economic interdependence between nation states.
Cities were growing bigger and the motor car was increasingly popular: the London Traffic Report noted that "the extinction of the horse for passenger purposes seems now almost in sight … [although] drivers still have much to learn in making their way through heavy traffic".
The weather was bitter – blizzards had raged across Britain, Ireland, Germany, Russia and France. In Dublin, people skated in Phoenix Park. On 5 January, an oil tank steamer sank 20 miles off the coast of Sandy Hook, New York, after a ferocious Atlantic storm.
June 1914
Sunday 28 June - Archduke Ferdinand assassinated
July 1914
Thursday 23 July – Austria-Hungary delivers 48 hour ultimatum to Serbia
Saturday 25 July - Serbia, Russia and Austria-Hungary start/prepare for mobilisation
Tuesday 28 July - Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Wednesday 29 July - Austro-Hungarian warships bombard the Serbian capital Belgrade
4 Some information sourced from “January 1914: suffragettes, blizzards, exploration but no hint of war”, Elizabeth Day, The Observer, 4 January 2014 5 It is often forgotten that at the start of WWI 40% of men did not have the vote either.
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Friday 31 July - Germany tells Austria-Hungary that it will mobilise and issues an ultimatum to Russia
August 1914
Saturday 1st August Belgium declares its neutrality, a position ensured by treaty France agrees to mobilise 17:00 Germany starts to mobilise against Russia 19:10 Germany declares war on Russia
Sunday 2nd August German troops occupy neutral Luxembourg 19:00 - Germany issues ultimatum to neutral Belgium to allow its army through unhindered - rejected by Belgium
Monday 3rd August Britain issues general mobilisation order Germany declares war on France
MONDAY AUGUST 4TH 1914 08:00 (local time) Germany declares war on Belgium and invades in force Britain issues withdrawal ultimatum to Germany 23:00 Britain declares war on Germany
‘I was in the bathroom upstairs….and my brother shouted through the door, with great excitement, “We’ve declared war on Germany, war has broken out.” …It was the most marvellous thing that had ever happened, because we had won the Boer War and we were going to mince up the Germans before Christmas. The whole country was thrilled about it, and cheered and cheered in front of Buckingham Palace. We simply did not know what it was going to be like.’
Lady Jane Grey, Dunham Massey (1899-1991)
Wednesday 5th August Austria Hungary declares war on Russia Montenegro (Serbian ally) declares war on Russia
Thursday 6th August - Serbia declares war on Germany
Friday 7th August - British Expeditionary Force starts to land in France
Monday 10th August - France declares war on Austria-Hungary
Wednesday 12th August - Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary
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Wednesday 19th August - German troops shoot 150 Belgian civilians, the first of some 6,000 Belgian civilians killed in the early part of the war - part of the policy of Schrecklichtkeit ('frightfulness') intended to intimidate local populations, the start of the "Rape of Belgium"
Friday 21st August – Mons, Belgium - Private John Parr of the Middlesex Regiment is killed on patrol – the first British soldier to die.
The following notes are a summary of part of the introduction to Max Hasting's excellent book "Catastrophe – Europe Goes to War 1914" – it summarises the events of the rest of 1914.
WWI is commonly thought of as the slaughter of the trenches but some of the worst casualty rates occurred in 1914 in the 'war or movement' before the stalemate of the trenches.
The 1st Day of the Battle of the Somme is often thought to be the worst day of the war – it was for the British army but not for everyone else.
In 1914 the French Army suffered over a million casualties6 in five months of mobile war, including 329,000 dead.
The Germans suffered 800,000 casualties during the same period, including 3 times as many dead as in the entire Franco-Prussian War; it was their highest loss rate of the whole war.
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was involved in actions at Mons, Le Cateau and the three week First Battle of Ypres – much of the "old" British Army now rests in the regions' cemeteries; four times as many British soldiers died in 1914 as died in the three year Boer War. The losses were so great that Indian Army divisions had to be brought in to hold the line because neither the Territorial Divisions nor Kitchener's New Army were ready.
In the east, Russian, Austrian and German Armies met in huge clashes; tiny Serbia inflicted a series of defeats on the Austrians who suffered 1.27 million casualties by the end of the year, or one third of its armed forces.
Thus did the "war of movement" end and the static war begin but all sides had suffered massive losses before the stalemate of the trenches.
6 Casualty is someone who is killed, wounded, POW or missing.
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Lines Before Going
Soon is the night of our faring to regions unknown,
There not to flinch at the challenge suddenly thrown
By the great process of Being - daily to see
The utmost that life has of horror and yet to be
Calm and the masters of fear. Aware that the soul
Lives as a part and alone for the weal of the whole,
So shall the mind be free from the pain of regret,
Vain and enfeebling, firm in each venture, and yet
Brave not as those who despair, but keen to maintain,
Though not assured, hope in beneficent pain.
Hope that the truth of the world is not what appears,
Hope in the triumph of man for the price of his tears.
Alexander Robertson 1882 – 1916 Killed in action 1st July 1916
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI DID YOU KNOW
❖ At least 359 Tutbury men served in WWI, of whom 47 are remembered on the War Memorial
❖ First to die was Guardsman William Edgar Priestley who died on Christmas Day 1914, aged 22. The legendary 1914 Christmas Truce did not hold everywhere – see Appendix 10 - The Christmas Truce 1914 on page 219 for what actually happened. William Priestley is buried in the Guards' Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais
❖ Last to die in the war was Sergeant Alfred J Parker of Cornmill Lane, also aged 22, who died on 31st December 1918 and is buried in Tehran War Cemetery
❖ Youngest to die was Private Tom Merrey, a railway porter at Tutbury Station, aged 17 who is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial on the Somme, having no known grave. 72,191 men from the Battle of the Somme are listed on this Memorial
❖ Oldest to die were Driver George Causer (buried at St. Mary's churchyard, Tutbury) and Private George Fearn (remembered on the Arras Memorial), both aged 42
❖ The average age of the Tutbury men who died was 27 years
❖ On July 1st 1916 - the first day of the battle of the Somme - six men named on the Tutbury War Memorial died in the battle of Gommecourt Wood - 228 men of the North Staffords died that day. A further six Tutbury men were to die in the coming months in the Battle of the Somme. Ten of the twelve have no known grave and are remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. During the period of the Battle of the Somme, (1st July to 18th November 1916) five other Tutbury men were killed or died from their wounds in other battles, a total of seventeen over a twenty week period of 1916.
❖ Five of the dead of WWI are buried at St. Mary's Priory churchyard, Tutbury, making St. Mary's an official War Cemetery. There are also 2 WWII graves at St. Mary's
❖ A number of the dead were from what is now known as Hatton
❖ Of those on St Mary’s War Memorial, 19 of the dead served in the North Staffordshire Regiment and two in the South Staffordshire Regiment
❖ Eighteen of the dead are remembered on Memorials, having no known grave
❖ Some 106 men of the North Staffords died in 1919, after the Armistice. 72 died in the UK, presumably from wounds, the rest abroad – some from wounds, some in Azerbaijan in the turmoil related to the Russian civil war and 13 in the Third Afghan War.
❖ The largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Britain is the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey. It contains the graves of 5,071 servicemen and further 3,419 names are commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial.
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❖ One of the most decorated soldiers of WWI was born in Tatenhill and lived all his life in the Burton area. He was the most decorated other rank of the First World War, but as a stretcher bearer won all his medals without firing a shot7 . He was
William Harold Coltman and a stretcher bearer with the 1/6th North Staffords.
Prior to any of his decorations he was Mentioned in Despatches for his work.
February 1917 - Military Medal (MM). The award was made for rescuing a wounded officer from no man's land.
June 1917 - the second MM. This award was for conduct behind the front lines.
July 1917 - the first award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) was made for gallantry over a period of days. Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in evacuating wounded from the front line at great personal risk under shell fire.
September 1918 - the second award of the DCM. On the 28th September, 1918, near the St. Quentin Canal, near Bellenglise, he dressed and carried many wounded men under heavy artillery fire.
3rd and 4th of Oct. 1918 – Victoria Cross (VC) - hearing that wounded had been left behind during a retirement, went forward alone in the face of fierce enfilade fire, found the casualties, dressed them and on three successive occasions, carried comrades on his back to safety, thus saving their lives. This very gallant NCO tended the wounded unceasingly for 48 hours.
He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Army.
The Fallen on St Mary's War Memorial - by Street
The map on the next page shows the number of Fallen by street in Tutbury in WWI; it gives an indication of the impact on each street. Of interest is the fact that there are no recorded deaths for anyone connected with the High Street; as there were no officially reserved occupations apart from the Clergy (and work of national importance) it is not obvious why this is so, although nearly as many men appealed their conscription (which was instigated in 1916) as were actually enlisted.
The poppy symbols show the number of fallen per street, they do not show specific house locations.
7 www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harold_Colt man
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI The Fallen on St Mary's War Memorial - by Street
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The War History of the 1/6th South Staffords, describing the Hohenzollern attack in 1915, concludes with the rather prosaic words of an eyewitness: "At the moment the guns lifted, all got up and began to run, or rather
jog. Then they all seemed to melt away....."
Melt away they did. Of 22 officers and 702 men of this one battalion that started the day, 18 officers and 456 men were casualties by the end of it.
"Staffords in the Great War 1914-1918", page 12
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI THE FALLEN – WWI – 1ST EDITION
The 50 Fallen listed on these pages are the 47 men listed on the War Memorial at St. Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury plus one extra (W. Harry Walker) listed on the plaque inside the church plus two (Alick Owen and Owen Bunting) on a private memorial in the churchyard.
During the research of these men, it became clear that there are more men who were connected to Tutbury who had died in the war. We have not been able to find any record of the criteria used to include names on the War Memorial but we have found 40 more names of men who have some connection with the village – their stories can be found in the "Second Edition – Tutbury Connections" beginning The Fallen – WWI – 2nd Edition on page 97. There have been limitations in certain cases (F J H Smith and Samuel Woodhall, in the 1st Edition plus others in 2nd Edition) and we would be grateful for any help.
The first to die The last to die Died post-war 25 December 1914 31 December 1918 28 June 1923 Private William Edgar Sergeant Alfred James Private William Harry PRIESTLEY PARKER WALKER Aged 22 Aged 22 Aged 45 Believed to be buried in the Buried in Tehran War Buried in the Field of Honour, Guards Cemetery, Windy Cemetery, Iran Brookside Cemetery, Corner, Cuinchy, France Winnipeg, Canada
Photographs of Priestley and Parker headstones from the War Graves Photographic Project, Walker's headstone courtesy of Jayelbee, Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group.
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The Troop-Train (France, 1917)
As we came down from Amiens And they went up the line They waved their careless hands to us And cheered the Red Cross sign.
And often I have wondered since Re-picturing that train How many of those laughing souls Came down the line again.
Vera Brittain 1893 – 1970
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The Fallen – 1st Edition Private Harry ALLSOP...... 38 Private Frederick William BANNISTER...... 39 Private Frederick William BENNETT ...... 40 Lance Corporal George Frederick BENNETT ...... 41 Private George Edward BENTLEY ...... 42 Private William BENTLEY ...... 43 Private Charles BOND ...... 44 Private David BOND ...... 45 Gunner Alfred Henry BRETTELL ...... 46 Private Edwin (Ted) BROUGHTON...... 47 Sergeant Charles W BULL ...... 48 Private Owen BUNTING ...... 49 Driver George Edwin CAUSER ...... 50 Private Thomas COATES ...... 51 Private William COOK ...... 52 Able Seaman Eric Charles DUNICLIFFE ...... 53 Private Abraham FARMER ...... 54 Private George FEARN ...... 55 Private William Henry GENT ...... 57 Private Edward Frank HADLAND ...... 58 Lance Corporal James John HAND ...... 59 Private William HINDS...... 60 Sergeant John James KIDD ...... 61 Private John Henry (Jack) LEADBETTER ...... 62 Private Stephen LEEDHAM ...... 63 Private Tom MERREY...... 64 Private James Thomas NASH ...... 65 Lieutenant William Trafford NEWTON ...... 66 Private Alick OWEN ...... 68 Sergeant Alfred James PARKER...... 69 Private William Henry PARKER ...... 70 Private Ogden PATEMAN ...... 71 Private Joseph PEGG ...... 72 Driver Ernest Albert PERKINS ...... 73 Private Ernest Lewis PLUMB ...... 74 Rifleman Edwin POWELL ...... 75 Corporal Wilfred POWELL ...... 76 Private William Edgar PRIESTLEY ...... 77 Private Robert RADFORD ...... 78 Frederick SMIT H ...... 80 Private Frederick John Harbridge SMITH ...... 80 Private Frederick James Henry SMITH ...... 80 Private William SMITH ...... 83 Private Joseph TALBOT ...... 84 Private Albert Charles TIMMINS ...... 85 Private Arthur TREADWELL...... 86 Private William Harry WALKER ...... 87 Corporal Samuel WHEAT...... 90 Shoeing Smith William WHEELDON...... 92 Lance Sgt Ernest WOODALL ...... 93 Private Samuel WOODHALL...... 94 Private James WORRALL ...... 95
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Harry ALLSOP
19th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers8 (Service Numbers 48459, formerly 5603, ASC) Killed in action on 28th March 1918, aged 40 Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial
At the time of the First World War, Harry Allsop was a married man, working at the Tutbury Nestlé Condensed Milk Factory. He was the son of Joseph Henry Allsop of Hatton Road, Tutbury and his late wife Mary Amelia (nee Cordon, who died in 1885). The 1891 Census shows that Harry was living in Derby Road, Hatton together with his father, a stationary engine driver and his stepmother Adelaide. By the time of the 1901 Census, Harry was 21 and a cement miller, living in Hatton Road with Joseph and Adelaide and 7 step-siblings.
He married Mary Ann Bannister, the sister of Frederick Bannister (see next entry) on 10th June 1905 at St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury. By 1911 they were living at 16 Monk Street in the village and had two little girls - Beatrice was 5 (born 17th March 1906) and Hannah was 2 (born 21st June 1908). Later the family moved to 38 Church Street, also in Tutbury. Their family increased with the arrivals of their only son Harry (born 26 th August 1914) and another daughter, Lilian (born 10th October 1911).
On 13th March 1915, Harry enlisted in the army in Burton-on-Trent, seeing over 3 years’ service in France, originally going out with the Army Service Corps. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal (this trio was commonly called Pip, Squeak and Wilfred).
He was very popular with his comrades and officers. One officer, Lieutenant A S Kell, wrote to his widow, "I very much regret to inform you of the death of your husband on 28th March (1918). Officers and non-coms (non-commissioned officer – NCOs) regret the loss of a keen soldier, devoted to duty to the end and the men realise the loss they have sustained by the death in action of an esteemed comrade. All offer you their sympathy and condolence in your greater loss. His body is buried at a place which will be officially notified to you later."
He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, in France and also on the plaque at the Tutbury Nestlé Factory. Nestlé also have a book “Lest We Forget” listing all employees worldwide who served and those who won distinctions.
Mary Ann, still residing in Church Street, Tutbury, died in June 1948.
We are grateful to the late John Taylor, Harry’s grandson, Hannah's son, for taking the time to talk to us.
8 On Ancestry.co.uk Mr Allsop's battalion is given as Tyneside Pioneers
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Frederick William BANNISTER
8th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment (Service Number 11254) Killed in action 1st July 1916, aged 31 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Frederick was born in October 1884 in Hanbury and was the son of Trevor, an alabaster miner, and Hannah (nee Treadwell) Bannister of 37 Church Street, Tutbury. (Trevor and Hannah had 10 children, of whom 4 died). He had 3 sisters who survived to adulthood – Mary Ann, who married Harry Allsop (see previous entry), Lizzie (Mrs Hudson) and Louisa (Mrs Hancock) and 2 brothers. His brothers Harry, a driver and Trevor were with Army Service Corps and served in France.
In 1911, Frederick was living at home with his parents and his sister Lizzie and his brothers in Monk Street, Tutbury. He was a general labourer in the cement & plaster works.
He was unmarried at the time of his enlistment – 7th September 1914. His Service Records show that he was 5’ 5” and had a chest measurement of 37½” (an expansion of 2½”). For 17 years he was employed as a labourer at Messrs J C Stanton & Co (the local plaster works).
Frederick died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 st July9 1916 - one of 11 brave young men from Tutbury who died that day. His commanding officer, Lieutenant E B Markham gave the sad news to his parents in a letter, “extending with deepest sympathy from the officers and men of the company”. He returned some personal effects including photographs and Christmas cards.
Rev Harold Bennett, MA, the Vicar of St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury, signed the Declaration of Next of Kin for his mother, Mrs Bannister. In late October 1916, Rev Bennett conducted a Memorial Service for 5 fatal casualties – Frederick Bannister and Arthur Treadwell (both of the Lincolnshire Regiment and who were also cousins), Private Joseph Talbot of the Irish Guards and two close friends, Privates William Bentley and Frederick Bennett, again of the Lincolnshire Regiment.
Frederick Bannister was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal. Hannah died in 1933 and Trevor in 1943.
With thanks to Mrs Williams, daughter of Trevor Bannister, youngest brother of Frederick.
9 The date of death is given as 3rd July 1916 by CWGC, but in letter from his commanding officer it is given as Saturday 1st July 1916. The confusion at this time is easy to understand.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Frederick William BENNETT
6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment (Service Number 18022) Killed in action, 30th September 1916, aged 19 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Frederick Bennett was born in Birmingham on 17th October 1896 to Frederick David and Mary Lilian Bennett. His father was a printer. It is not known if Frederick had any siblings. By 1901 Frederick was living with his grandmother, Emma Bennett at 45 Burton Street, Tutbury. Frederick continued to live with his grandmother at different houses in Burton Street. He was baptised in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury on 8th May 1912.
By 1911 Frederick was employed at the Tutbury Nestlé Condensed Milk Factory. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows that had its Hall at the top of the High Street in Tutbury.
He enlisted in Burton-on-Trent in the Lincolnshire Regiment, together with his friend William Bentley. Frederick first saw service in Salonika from 21st November 1915. He first served in the Balkans, having joined and trained together with Private William Bentley also of Burton Street. Both these young men then saw eight months’ service in Salonika and then went to France. After only 4 months, both were killed by an explosion of the same shell on 30th September 1916. Had he lived until 17th October, he would have attained his twentieth birthday.
A Memorial Service was held in late October 1916 in St Mary’s Priory Church especially for these inseparable friends and 3 other fatal casualties who hailed from Tutbury. Their names are inscribed on the plaque in this Church, together with the other 43 Tutbury men who fought for freedom, listed by regiment.
The inscription reads: “TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE OFFICER NCOs AND MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919”
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal (this trio was commonly called Pip, Squeak and Wilfred).
In addition to his commemoration on the Tutbury War Memorial, and on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Board in Tutbury Museum and on the IOOF plaque currently in St Mary’s Church, Frederick is also on the plaque at the Tutbury Nestlé Factory. Nestlé also have a book “Lest We Forget” listing all employees worldwide who served and those who won distinctions.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Lance Corporal George Frederick BENNETT
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Numbers 240242, 2029) Killed in action on 1st July 1916, aged 22 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
George was born in Tutbury in January 1894, the eldest son of George Edward and Harriet (nee Bull) Bennett of Monk Street, Tutbury, later of Duke Street. He had 5 brothers and 4 sisters. He was baptised at St Mary's Priory Church in March 1894. His father was a blacksmith.
On June 1913 George enlisted in the Territorial Army in Tutbury and was employed as a glasscutter at Webb & Corbett. He was a member of the local Red Rose Football Club. His Attestation papers show that he was 5’ 5”, weighed 11 stone and had a chest measurement of 35½” (expansion of 2½”). He was not married. He was a member of the local Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
George’s father was Corporal Farrier G Bennett, serving with the Staffordshire Yeomanry at No 18 Camp RAPC, Lark Hill Salisbury Plain (details on a memo dated 2nd November 1917 from the War Office to the Officer in Charge at Lichfield).
George went to France on 5th March 1915 and saw much action. On 2nd October 1915 he received a gunshot wound to his head, caused by an explosion of a mine. He was admitted to No 17 Casualty Clearing Station and then to No 3 Canadian General Hospital in Camiers, returning to duty on 5th November 1915.
At home in Monk Street, in early August 1916, Mrs Bennett, his mother, received the news that George was “had been missing from 1st July 1916”. (His father was still serving with the Staffordshire Yeomanry). George was another casualty of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, which claimed so many lives.
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal (this trio was commonly called Pip, Squeak and Wilfred).
The memorial placed in the Burton Chronicle by his parents and family in July 1918 reads:
“BENNETT – In loving memory of our eldest son, George Frederick Bennett of Monk Street, Tutbury, killed in action 1 st July 1916.
Sleep on, dear son, in a far off land, A grave we shall never see, But while life and memory last We will remember thee.” With grateful thanks to Simeon Bennett for the loan of the photograph of his relative
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private George Edward BENTLEY10
7th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment (Service No 11004) Killed in action on 2nd March 1916, aged 27 Buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres
George was the son of George William, a brewer’s labourer and Harriet (nee Reeves) Bentley of 23 Burton Street, Tutbury, born in November 1889. In his family were his brothers William (see next entry), Albert and sisters Louise, Kate and Agnes.
Prior to enlisting he was employed at the Tutbury Nestlé Condensed Milk factory as a labourer, as did Louise, Kate and William. He was popular in the village and a keen sportsman and played football for St Mary’s Football Club. He was a member of the local Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He enlisted on 5th September 1914 at Burton-on-Trent and was described as being 5’ 7½” having dark brown hair, a dark complexion and hazel eyes.
George was injured in the Battle of Loos, near La Bassée, on Sunday 26th September 1915 with shrapnel wound to his chest and a bullet through his left foot. He was taken to Netley Hospital, Southampton until he had fully recovered. He was at home at 23 Burton Street for the New Year and returned to France at the end of January 1916. His last letter to his parents was dated 19th February 1916.
He went into action on 2nd March 1916 with his regiment. Several days after the fighting his platoon sergeant wrote to say that George was “wounded and missing”. Finally, on 16th November 1916, George was declared “killed in action in the field”. He is buried at Bedford House Cemetery. He had served 1 year and 180 days.
As he was not married, as next of kin, his mother Harriet signed the Declaration of Next of Kin before the Vicar of St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury, Rev Harold Bennett, on 30th June 1919. Other correspondence lists the return of any personal items and medals – these being one disc (damaged) and a ring. His mother signed for these in July 1923.
His father, George William Bentley, signed for his medals on 9th November 1921, these being the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal. On 20th May 1920, his father signed for George’s scroll.
10 CWGC shows his names as George Edwin, but his Service Records show him as George Edward, as does his signature. The initials on the photograph are not accurate.
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In addition to his commemoration on the Tutbury War Memorial, and on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Board, George is also on the plaque at the Tutbury Nestlé Factory and in the Nestlé book “Lest We Forget” listing all employees world-wide who served and those who won distinctions.
Private William BENTLEY
6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment (Service No 18023) Killed in action on 30th September 1916, aged 20 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
William was the second son of George William and Harriet (nee Reeves) Bentley of 23 Burton Street, Tutbury, born in January 1896. His father was a brewer’s labourer and they were living at 46 Burton Street at the time of the 1901 Census. His brother, George was also in the same regiment and was killed in action on 2nd March 1916. His younger brother Albert Henry Bentley served with the 7 th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment in Baku (Azerbaijan) Russia in 1919. He also had 3 sisters: Louise, Kate and Agnes.
Like his brother George, William was employed at the Tutbury Nestlé Condensed Milk Factory at the time he enlisted (his sisters also worked there). Like his brother, William was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows that had its Hall at the top of the High Street in Tutbury.
Young Willie, as he was called, joined the Lincolnshire Regiment with his school friend Fred Bennett, who also lived in Burton Street. Their Service Numbers are consecutive. They trained together, served together (serving first in the Balkans from November 1915 for 8 months in Salonika). Together they went to France and were both killed by an explosion of the same shell on 30th September 1916.
William and George Bentley were only one pair of brothers from Tutbury who perished in the Great War. Pity then the plight of parents to sacrifice more than one son! The other brothers being: Ernest and Samuel Woodall, Charles and David Bond and Edwin and Wilfred Powell.
Like his brother George, Willie was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.
A Memorial Service was held in late October 1916 in St Mary’s Priory Church especially for these inseparable friends and 3 other fatal casualties who hailed from Tutbury. Their
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI names are inscribed on the plaque in this Church, together with the other 43 Tutbury men who fought for freedom, listed by regiment.
In addition to his commemoration on the Tutbury War Memorial, and on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Board, William is also on the plaque at the Tutbury Nestlé Factory and in the Nestlé book “Lest We Forget” listing all employees world-wide who served and those who won distinctions.
Private Charles BOND
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Numbers 240348, 2267) Killed in action on 1st July 1916, aged 21 Commemorated on the Addenda Panel, Thiepval Memorial, France11
Charles and his family lived in Corn Mill Cottage, Tutbury and he was born in October 1894. He was the second son of William and Charlotte Bond, his brothers being William Henry, Frederick, David (see next entry), James, George and John. His sisters were Lottie, Lizzie and Fanny. His father was a road labourer and on enlisting, Charles was working as a glasscutter for Messrs Webb & Corbett. By 1911 the family were living at 50 Monk Street, Tutbury.
Charles signed his attestation papers to join the 6th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment on 29th May 1914 at Tutbury. This Territorial Force was for “4 years’ service in the United Kingdom”. In signing, he also agreed to serving overseas in time of war – Section 16 (d) “that when a proclamation has been issued, in case of imminent national danger or great emergency, calling out the first class Army Reserve you will become liable to become embodied.”
Charles was 19 years 180 days old, stood 5’ 4”, weighed 126 lbs and had a chest measurement of 35” (plus 3” on expansion).
On 4th March 1915, Charles embarked for France from Southampton arriving the next day at Le Havre. His Service Records show that he suffered from scabies 6 months later, returning to duty after a fortnight in No 4 Stationary Hospital.
Charles was another casualty of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was reported missing on 1st July 1916. On 21st August 1916 he was “struck off strength of Battalion and presumed to have died on or since 1st July 1916”. He had served 2 years and 34 days.
On 26th/27th July 1916 the Burton newspapers reported the official news of Charles and two other Tutbury men who were reported “missing from 1st July”. (The others being Privates Tom Merrey and J. Bell, all of the 1/6th North Staffords).
Charles is one of 72,203 names recorded on the Thiepval Memorial.
11 The CWG Commission has recently accepted this casualty for commemoration.
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In the Burton Chronicle on 4th April 1918, it was reported that Private Frederick Bond, also of the North Staffs had been wounded and was admitted to hospital at Warrington.
On 13th May 1919, it fell, yet again, to Rev Harold Bennett, vicar of St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury to sign the Declaration of Next of Kin for Charles’ poor mother. His medals, the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal, were duly sent to her.
Private David BOND
53rd Bn Durham Light Infantry Regiment12 (Service Numbers TR5/170656, 98443) Died in Rugeley Hospital, 9th April 1918, aged 18 Buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Tutbury
David was the fourth son of William and Charlotte Bond – his older brother Charles is sadly the previous entry. He was born in July 1899 and the parish records show that he was baptised on 27th January 1900 by William Boys Johnson, vicar of St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury. He attended the local school.
Like Charles, David became a glasscutter at Messrs Thos. Webb & Corbett & Co in Tutbury.
He enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry in Walsall and was sent for training on Cannock Chase. After only four months David succumbed to illness. He died in hospital at the Military Hospital at Rugeley, Staffs.
David was buried up on the Terrace in St Mary’s Churchyard on 12 th April 1918. At his funeral, full military honours were paid and the coffin, covered with the Union Jack, was borne from his home in Corn Mill Lane to the church by members of his own Company, the Durham Light Infantry. The last sad rites were performed by the Vicar, Rev Harold Bennett. The firing party fired three volleys and a bugler sounded the “Last Post”. The mourners included his parents and his brothers Private Frederick Bond and William and James Bond.
Frederick Bond, the third son of William and Charlotte Bond, and a brother to David and Charles, was also a Private in the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was wounded in the heavy fighting in France in early 1918 and hospitalised in Warrington.
Another brother, William Henry, died in January 1921, aged 27 and was buried on 2 nd February 1921 also in St Mary’s Priory Churchyard. Did he too see service with the Army? Is he the William Bond on the Roll of Honour at Uttoxeter? The boys’ father William lived until 1938 and was also buried in the same churchyard as his sons.
12 Solders Who Died in the Great War show David as being in the 7th Reserve Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Regiment (Service Number 98443). DLI is on his headstone and they had a training facility at Rugeley.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Gunner Alfred Henry BRETTELL
9th Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery (Service Numbers 283910, SR 8910, 1461, 198) Died of wounds on 9th August 1917, aged 27 Buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, France
Alfred was born in Smethwick in Warwickshire, the son of William and Annie Brettell and lived at 9 Fishpond Lane in Tutbury (later at 20 Duke Street, Tutbury).
In April 1911 Alfred enlisted with the 6th North Staffordshire Regiment Territorial Force (Reserves) in Tutbury. His Attestation papers, signed on 29 th April 1911 show that at the time he was living at 21 Castle Street, Tutbury, He was living with his sister Annie and her family (husband William Henry Yates and William Henry Arthur aged 4, Ivy Kate aged 2 and baby Victor Raymond aged 5 months). Alfred was 21 years of age, single, was 5’ 5½”, his chest measurement was 35” (expansion 3”). He was a general labourer in the local plaster manufacturing, his brother-in-law being a blacksmith striker in the same employment.
Alfred's Embodied Service began on 4th August 1914 and he went to France with the British Expeditionary Force, arriving in Le Havre on 28th February 1915.
Under paragraph 392 (xxi) King’s Regulations, 1912, as a time-expired soldier, having served 5 years, he was discharged on 9th May 1916.
However, after a short spell at home, Alfred re-enlisted in July 1916 with the Royal Garrison Artillery at Burton-on-Trent. He returned to France in September 1916 and was fatally wounded in August 1917.
The news of his death from wounds was sent to his mother. In a letter written on 8th August 1917, Alfred was reported as dangerously wounded in his chest and back and both his legs were fractured. A letter sent the next day conveyed the sad news of his death.
He was 27 years old and a well-known player with St Mary’s Football Club. Before mobilisation he was employed at Messrs J C Staton & Co, plaster works.
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.
It is believed that this is the A H Brettell listed on the Druids' Roll of Honour (now missing). The Druids were a fraternal organisation, similar to the Oddfellows and had no connection with any religious order. The local group met at the Castle Inn in Bridge Street, Tutbury.
We are grateful to Jenny Brannon, Alfred’s great niece, for information. Jenny has been to visit Alfred’s grave in France.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Edwin (Ted) BROUGHTON
2/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Numbers 240579, 2755) Died of wounds on 24th April 1917, aged 27 Buried in Bray Military Cemetery, France
Edwin (Ted) Broughton was born in October 1889 and grew up in Hanbury, the youngest son of Ebenezer (Edwin)13 and Sarah Broughton. His father was a labourer in the Fauld alabaster mines, working above ground. Ted was the last born, having two older brothers (John William and Thomas) and sisters Sarah, Jemima and Ada. In 1911 Ted was living at home with his parents in Hanbury, his father’s occupation given as farmer and those of Ted and his brother Thomas as farm labourers.
Ted was married at St Mary’s Priory Church in Tutbury on 23 rd November 1914 to Emma Elizabeth Jackson, of Tutbury, the vicar being Rev Harold Bennett. They set up home in 19 Ludgate Street, Tutbury. Prior to joining up he was employed by Messrs Kirkham & Shaw.
On 7th December 1914, Ted enlisted with the 2/6 th North Staffordshire Regiment (Reserves) in Burton-on-Trent. He was 25, 5’4” tall and a chest measurement of 38” (expansion of 3”). His occupation was given as farm labourer.
Ted had spent considerable service in Ireland, being on duty there during the rebellion in 1916. He crossed from Folkestone to Boulogne on 24 th February 1917. He received gunshot wounds to his leg and died on 24th April 1917 at the 5th Casualty Clearing Station.
Sadly, Ted did not live to see his daughter – Gertrude Sarah was born on 27th August 1917. She was baptised at St Mary's Priory Church on 30 th September 1917.
His personal effects were sent to his widow, Emma, consisting of: disc, letters, photographs, pipe, purse, gold ring, watch and strap, key, 2 protectors, metal mirror, 3 pocket knives, corkscrew, wallet and coins. She kindly wrote a letter of appreciation.
On 19th June 1919, the Vicar of St Mary’s Priory Church signed the declaration of Next of Kin for Mrs Broughton – some four and a half years since he married them.
Mrs Broughton was awarded a pension - which took effect from 5th November 1917 - of 18 shillings and 9 pence per week for herself and little Gertrude Sarah (known in later life as Gertie and who lived until 20th September 2003). Less than one pound a week! Ted was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal.
With thanks to Chris Tipper for all the information given
13 Declaration of Next of Kin, completed by the Vicar, form shows Ted’s father as Edwin, all censuses shows his as Ebenezer, as is his signature.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Sergeant Charles W BULL
8th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Number 15205) Killed in action on 18th January 1916 aged 31 Buried in St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoué
Charles William was the third child of Joseph and Ellen (nee Salt) Bull of Hatton. He was born in July 1884 in Tutbury and baptised in St Mary’s Priory Church on 31st August 1884. Joseph was a bricklayer’s labourer and in the family were Joseph, Amy, Annie, Alfred, James and George.
In 1891 the family were living in Hatton Road, Hatton, later moving to Sunnyside, Old Scropton Lane. The 1901 Census shows that Charles, now aged 16 was a builder/carter.
On 3rd November 1910, Charles married Frances Emma Tyers at All Saints' Church, Marston on Dove. He was 26, a wagon repairer for the railway company and she was 20. They eventually set up home in Burton Street, Tutbury, after living with his parents. They had four children – Nellie (Gladys Mary Ellen born 23rd June 1911), Charles William (born 1st February 1913 – both baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 19th March 1913), Joseph Alfred (born 29th May 1914 and Amy (born January 1916). The latter two were baptised on 6th February 1916, also in Tutbury.
Charles enlisted soon after the outbreak of war in Burton-on-Trent and was promoted to Sergeant before being sent to France in July 1915.
The letter conveying the sad news of Charles' demise was written on 19 th January 1916 and arrived as Emma was still "lying in" having just given birth to Amy. Sergeant J Ridge wrote: "It is with the deepest feeling of sympathy that I write to you in your very sad bereavement – that of the loss of your husband Sergeant C W Bull who was in my platoon. It was indeed a very great shock to us all.
It occurred last night, 18th January. We were working together and singing a quarter of an hour before it happened. The shot hit him in the temple and went through his head, death being instantaneous. I am enclosing his hat badge, hoping it reaches you safely. His other personal property will be forwarded to you by Sergeant-Major Wilson, who wishes to say how deeply sorry he is and desires you to accept his deepest sympathy, as also does Colour-Sergeant Evans, who knew your husband well, he himself being a Burton man. Before I close I wish once more to say how sorry I am for you and the dear little children, of whom I have heard him speak dozens of times, and of whom he was very proud."
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal (this trio was commonly called Pip, Squeak and Wilfred).
With many thanks to Charles' daughter in law, Eunice Bull for additional information.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Owen BUNTING
9th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) (Service No 13275) Died of wounds on 11th August 1915, aged 22 years Buried in Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli14
Though not on listed on the Tutbury War Memorial, there is a memorial on the north side of the church, under the first tree, dedicated to both Private Owen Bunting and his cousin Private Alick Owen, of the Durham Light Infantry. The boys were the grandsons of William Owen of 13 Burton Street, Tutbury. The grave of William Owen, who died in April 1908, is directly behind the memorial.
Owen was the son of James and Henrietta (nee Owen) Bunting of 3 Malthouse Terrace, Matlock Green, Derbyshire. (Henrietta's brother Robert was the father of Alick Owen, who lived in Burton-on-Trent). James and Henrietta were married at St Mary's Priory Church on 26th December 1882. Owen was born in October 1892 in Matlock and had an older brother, Ernest James Bunting, 9 years his senior, and a sister Edith. His father was a grocer’s warehouseman, which later was also Owen’s occupation.
Owen enlisted in Derby and saw action in the Balkans. The 9th Bn Sherwood Foresters was formed at Derby 24th August 1914, moving first to Grantham and then, in April 1915, to Frensham area. In July 1915 the regiment embarked at Liverpool for Mudros and 20th - 31st July they were at Helles. On 7th Aug 1915 they landed at Suvla Bay.
The Allies had landed on the peninsula on 25th -26th April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac Cove.
The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea.
Sadly Owen succumbed to wounds received in the battle of Gallipoli. He died on 11th August 1915, just over a year since the Great War started and more than another weary three before the end.
Owen was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal (this trio was commonly called Pip, Squeak and Wilfred).
The Memorial to the cousins was the work of Robert Owen, stonemason – uncle of Owen and father of Alick. As well as being commemorated on the private memorial in St Mary's churchyard, Owen is also commemorated on the War Memorial in Matlock and Matlock Bath.
With many thanks to Christopher Woolley for further information
14 Originally buried at Kephalos British Cemetery, on the island of Imbros (Imbros was 640 metres inland from Kephalos Pier (CWGC Cemeteries report))
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Driver George Edwin CAUSER15
Army Service Corps (Service Number T4/083296) Died in Newcastle-upon Tyne Hospital, on 30th October 1916, aged 42 Buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Tutbury
George Causer was born in Newborough, Burton-on-Trent (according to the CWGC) or in Hanbury (according to the 1881 Census). His father William, who was born in Newborough and at the time of the 1871 Census, was living with his parents George and Ann in Duffy Lane. William married later that year – but the 1881 Census shows him living with his brother and sister in law in Hanbury Road, Newborough and was widowed.
George was born in 1874 and the 1881 Census shows him living in Hanbury Woodend with his aunt Lydia Turner, who was a grocer and her daughter Harriet, aged 16. There is no trace of George on the next Census in 1891. However the 1901 Census shows him again living with his aunt Lydia in Hanbury Woodend, now a grocer/shopkeeper, her daughter Harriet and 2 granddaughters, both born in Armitage. George is described as "a soldier, invalided pending discharge".
Was George in the Army at the time of the 1891 Census? Did he see action overseas?
George married Elizabeth Ann Leadbetter in October 1905 and they had five children, but the firstborn, Violet Ann died within 12 months, in 1907. The other children were: Charles Edwin (1907 – 1989), Henry George (1909 – 1986), Elizabeth Ann (1911 – 1994) and Mary Ellen (1913 – 2005). The family lived at 12 Monk Street. At the time of the 1911 Census, George’s occupation was given as a roadman for the County Council.
Was George conscripted when the upper age limit was set? Under the Military Service Act of January 1916, after May 1916 married men aged between the ages of 18-41 were called up.
Did George see service in France? Where was he wounded? He died in the 1st Northern General Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospital and was buried in St Mary’s Priory Churchyard on 3rd November 1916 by Rev H Bennett, MA.
CWGC record George as being the husband of Elizabeth Ann Causer of Barrow Green, Church Broughton, Derby.
He was awarded the Allied Victory Medal and the British War Medal, so perhaps he did not re-join until after 1915.
15 The second name given in the Register of Burials for St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury, gives this as Edward
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Thomas COATES
1/5th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)16 (Service Numbers 201513, 11365, 4365) Killed in action on or about 1st July 1916, aged 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France
Thomas was born in February 1896, in Glasgow. He was the son of Mary Elizabeth (who hailed from Tutbury) and Thomas Coates – his father died at the age of 52.
In 1911, Thomas, then aged 15, was a machine feeder at the Milk Factory (it is not stated if this is Nestlé) and living at Dale End, Hilton, Derby with his mother and step father John Thomas Aldridge (a general farm labourer) and his half-brother called William.
At the time of enlisting, Thomas and his mother and half-brother William Ernest Aldridge were living at 23 Ludgate Street, Tutbury. Thomas joined the Army on 21st May 1915 in Derby when he was 19 years 3 months.
His Attestation papers show that he was 5' 4" in height and had a chest measurement of 34" (expansion of 3") and a boot size of 8.
Thomas was sent to France with the Expeditionary Force on 13 th March 1916, sailing from Southampton to Rouen.
He was officially reported missing in August 1916, having not been seen since 1 st July, following the Battle of the Somme. In January 1917 he was officially reported killed in action on that day. He had served one year and 42 days with his Regiment.
His mother, then residing at 3 Craven Street, Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent, was sent his personal possessions, though Thomas' Service Records do not list these. On 23rd March 1920, Mrs Aldridge signed the Declaration of Next of Kin, witnessed by Rev T A Lewis of Horninglow Church. This shows that Thomas had older brothers, James and George, living in Glasgow as well as William Aldridge, his half-brother who was living with his mother in Burton-on-Trent.
Thomas was awarded the Allied Victory Medal and the British War Medal. His plaque and scroll were sent to his mother in March 1920.
16 On the plaque in St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury, Thomas' regiment is shown as the North Staffs. There is nothing to support this in Thomas' Service Records.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private William COOK
1/5th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Service No 5834) Killed in action on 19th August 1916, aged 42 Buried in Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France
William was the son of William Henry and Margaret Cook of 30 Church Street, Tutbury, William Henry being a glasscutter in the local works. He was born on 18th August 1874 the third of 6 sons - Thomas (born about 1868), John (born about 1871), George (born about 1877), Charles (born about 1879) and Fred who was born in 1886. In addition there were 3 sisters - Bertha (born about 1869), Eliza and Maggie (born in about 1883 and 1885 respectively).
In 1891 William was in Hanbury, a farmer's servant to Walter Bullock, a local farmer. Ten years later he is back at home with his parents and was a general labourer. Two of his sisters worked in the cotton mill.
On the 1911 Census William, still single, was still living with his parents, their 9-year-old grand-daughter, and William Stevens and Isaac Worrall – two boarders. The address given is 26 Church Lane, Tutbury. William was now a plaster dresser.
William was employed at Messrs J C Staton & Co.’s plaster mills at the time he joined the Army. He enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) in March 1915 in Burton-on-Trent. Little is known about his service as his Service Records perished when the Luftwaffe bombed the War Office Records Office in London in September 1940.
His younger brother Charles was a Private in the North Staffordshire Regiment serving in France at the time of William's death and his name is recorded on the Memorial in the Congregational Church in Monk Street, Tutbury. A nephew of William's, also Private W Cook, of the Norfolk Regiment, served in Mesopotamia.
William was killed in action at Arras on 19th August 1916, the day after his 42nd birthday. He had been in France for about only 2 months. Six months prior his mother Margaret had died at home in Tutbury, aged 68. She was buried on 16th March 1916 by Rev Harold Bennett in St Mary's Churchyard.
William was buried in Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Sir Edward Lutyens, who also designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, designed both the cemetery and the memorial.
William was awarded the Allied Victory Medal and the British War Medal, these being sent to his father. William Henry lived until June 1927 and died at the age of 81.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Able Seaman Eric Charles DUNICLIFFE17
Hawke Bn, RN Div, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Service No London Z/1203) Killed in action on 13th November 1916, aged 19 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Eric Charles Dunicliffe was born in Stapenhill on 19 th January 1897. He was the son of Thomas Frederic Dunicliffe, a Burton upon Trent solicitor and his wife Alice Maud Mary. The family lived at 100 Shobnall Road, Burton-on-Trent. By 1911 Eric was a boarder at a Preparatory School in Market Bosworth, run by Lewis Henry Pearson, a clergyman and schoolmaster. At home, at "Mayfields", Tutbury, Eric now had a younger brother Raymond Hugh, born about 1906. There was also a resident cook and a housemaid.
After this Eric went to Denstone College, Uttoxeter, until he answered the call to arms. Whilst there, he had two years’ training with the Officers’ Training Corps. He was very anxious to join up as soon as possible. It may be that, like so many others, despite having been in the OTC, his commission took too long in arriving. In January 1915, he enlisted in the Public Schools’ Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. He was posted to the Hawke Battalion.
(Long before the war it had been realised by the Royal Navy that, enormous it might be, it still had too many reservists for the number of sailing vessels it would have available in time of war. The idea was put forward that units could be trained as infantry to fight for ports or naval installations and then to defend these. Thus a Royal Naval Division was created.)
He went to Gallipoli in May 1915 and served through the campaign, being stationed at Cape Helles. He was invalided home at Christmas, suffering from jaundice. After 3 months’ leave he re-joined and was sent to France in July 1916. (After the Dardanelles campaign, it was decided to incorporate the Royal Naval Division into the Army and in May 1916 the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division arrived in Marseilles.)
Eric was reported to be missing after the battle on 13th November 1916 when the Division so gallantly distinguished itself at Beaucourt. This was conveyed to the family in December 1916, but not officially confirmed until later in the month by a letter received from Eric’s platoon officer. The letter states: "I deeply regret to have to inform you that your son was killed in action on 13th November. He was always a most willing and conscientious fellow. I am sure you and Mrs Dunicliffe will find comfort when you remember that he obeyed and did his duty – a better thing than this no man can do.”
In December 1918, a Solemn Requiem was sung at Denstone College for those members of the school who had given their lives in the war, including Eric.
Sadly Eric's body was never recovered. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial and also on the lych-gate War Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Rolleston on Dove, Staffs.
17 Also described as Lieutenant E C Dunicliffe in the Burton Chronicle of December 1918
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Abraham FARMER
4th Bn Canadian Machine Gun Corps (Service No 140072) Died at Shorncliffe Military Hospital, Kent on 22nd November 1916, aged 23 Buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Tutbury
Abraham18 Farmer was the youngest son of Henry and Martha Farmer, born on 24th December 1892 - his brothers were Albert (born about 1886) and William (born about 1889). By 1901, Martha was widowed and the family were living in 45 Monk Street, Tutbury. On the 1911 Census, Abraham was living with his mother and brother William (aged 22, a railway yardman) and was a box maker at the Tutbury Nestlé Condensed Milk Factory.
The Canadian Passenger List show that he journeyed to Canada on the “Lake Manitoba” leaving Liverpool and arriving in Quebec on 29th July 1913.
On 12th July 1915, in Weston, North Toronto, he enlisted in the Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. His Attestation papers show that he was 22 years 8 months, was 5’ 7½” tall, had a chest measurement of 35½” (range of expansion: 3½”), had a fair complexion with brown hair and blue eyes. He was Church of England, a labourer and single. He named his widowed mother as next of kin. He trained at the Niagara Depot.
On 29th September 1915, Abraham embarked from Montreal to Plymouth, arriving on 9 th October 1915. He was stationed on Salisbury Plains to complete his training. After transferring first to the 36th Battalion, then the 75th Battalion, D Company (known as “The Six-Bits”, the “Jolly 75”), he sailed for France on 29 th March 1916.
The 75th Battalion saw action in the trenches in Belgium in August 1916. Within the month, the 75th Battalion was at the Somme. Courcelette was roughly in the centre of the Somme battlefields and finally was taken, with many casualties, on 12th September 1916. Abraham was amongst these.
His Canadian Service Records show that he had multiple shrapnel wounds – left thigh, left buttock, right arm and right shoulder. Abraham was transferred to the military hospital at Shorncliffe, Kent, via No 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne and through Dover. Despite many operations he sadly died on 22nd November 1916 at Queen’s Canadian Military Hospital, Beachboro Park, Kent.
He was buried in St Mary’s Priory Churchyard, Tutbury, the service was conducted by the vicar, Rev H Bennett. Abraham had been a member of the Independent Order of Good Templars and a large contingent representing the Order was also present. (The IOGT were a fraternal organisation for temperance or total abstinence whose motto was "Faith, Hope and Charity").
18 Also written as Abram
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Abraham is also commemorated on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial and Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Private George FEARN
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Number 242539) Killed in action on 24th May 1917, aged 41 Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France
George was the son of Thomas and Ann Fearn (nee Yeomans) on 17th January 1876 and lived in Church Lane, Tutbury, with his brothers Thomas, Robert and William Henry and sisters Sarah, Mary and Jane. In 1881 his aunt, Jane Yeomans, was also living with them.
By 1891, George, now aged 15, was living in Boylestone as a farm servant to Mr and Mrs Wainwright, who farmed the area. Ten years later, George was back living with his parents in Church Lane and now employed as a grocer’s carter. Before his marriage, George boarded with William Collington at 37 Church Street, Tutbury. He was still working as a grocer's carter.
His earliest correspondence to Bertha May Farmer (known as May), from 1909, show that he wrote often and they met at weekends either in Burton or Derby, journeying by rail. May was the daughter of William and Fanny Elizabeth Farmer, who for many years lived at Belmot Farm, a tenant farmer of Sir Oswald Mosley. George and May were married on 25th September 1911 at Marston- on-Dove Church. He was described as a 35 year old carter and she a 28 year old spinster, her occupation being a dressmaker, possibly she had been in service at Diseworth, Shobnall and Derby (from the postmarks on her envelopes to George).
They lived at 30 Castle Street, Tutbury and had 2 daughters, Daisy Evelyn (born on 3 rd May 1913 and baptised on 1st June 1913 (at the same service as Stephen Leedham’s daughter Emily) and Dorothy (born in October 1916). George commenced at Tutbury Nestlé Condensed Milk Factory on 8th May 1916 and finished on 16th June 1916, his total wages being £14 5s 9d. He was also a Special Constable before being conscripted (perhaps with a view to not being called up).
Under the Military Service Act of January 1916, married men aged between 18-41 after May 1916 were called up. George was probably called up in June 1916, having attested late in 1915 under the Derby scheme. He enlisted at Burton-on-Trent. His loving correspondence to May show that he was at Catterick Camp and then at Lincoln from June 1916. In October 1916 his letter to May records his delight at the birth of Dorothy and
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George put in his papers for a home pass before Christmas, but, his first application was lost and then it was too late – all leave was stopped. Finally the Battalion moved to Folkestone ("a grand place", George wrote to May on Christmas Eve 1916, "if I come back safe we will have a holiday here"). He had seen "[William] Tipper - him that married May Sutton – he had been to Tutbury for a few days from France". Finally he crossed to Calais on Boxing Day.
In April George wrote that they were out of the trenches for a rest and was hoping for better times soon. In early May he wrote: "To see the sights here is enough to make one cry – there is not a whole house here for miles- all knocked to bits – it is a sight I shall never forget. His last letter is dated 21st May 1917 –"I am writing this in a dugout underground so you must excuse the writing – here we are in the trenches. I have a good chum in Mr Roberts from Anslow – his wife is sister to Mr Walker. Well Dear I am getting along all right and keep hoping for the best and the end of the war. With all the love I have got for you and my dear children and all your friends. I still remain Your ever true and loving husband G Fearn. Good night and God bless and keep you."
George was killed in action on 24th May 1917. His loving letters, to his "Dearest Wife", despite being written in pencil, were salvaged and are a testament to a kind, family man who wanted to stay with his family, but knew he had to do his duty. George was killed in Nash Alley attack, where another Burton man, Lt Yeomans, was awarded the Military Cross.
George was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal, which were sent to his widow, but May was in denial that George had died. This is understandable as George was first reported missing and it was not confirmed that he had been killed in action until October 1917 – 5 months later. In 1918 and 1919 May wrote to the British Red Cross and to the War Office, hopeful that a mistake had been made and that George had been a casualty, or taken as a prisoner of war. Was May influenced by another soldier’s plight? Private A H Scriven - whose mother only lived in Bridge Street, Tutbury, just the other side of the Tutbury Bridge – was officially reported “killed in action” in early September 1917 but found to be a prisoner of war later that month. (Information from the Burton newspapers September 1917).
The two girls, Daisy and Dorothy, lived with their widowed mother all their lives at Crumpstone Cottage in Scropton Road, Hatton. One was a Land Army girl in WWII and the other tied fishing flies for a Hatton supplier. In their later years, the sisters, who never married, moved into a local Home.
George is also commemorated on the Nestlé plaque and on the Hanbury Church plaque. George was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the Loyal Sir Oswald Mosley Lodge, MU No 909. The IOOF had its Hall at the top of the High Street in Tutbury. George is also listed on the IOOF plaque in St Mary's Priory Church, the board reads: "Brethren Fallen in the Great War 1914 – 1919 – Lest We Forget". The boards from the Odd Fellows Hall in Tutbury are now in Tutbury Museum giving the names of all their "Brothers" who died and of the Fallen.
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Thanks to Kay who salvaged these wonderful records and let us have sight of these, we have a wealth of information about George and his family.
In March 2014 pupils of two Year 5 classes of Richard Wakefield Primary School, Tutbury and Horninglow Primary School, Burton–on-Trent performed "Goodnight George". Using their own words, the children told the story of George, May and their daughters. The production was held at the Brewhouse in Burton-on-Trent.
We are grateful to Eileen Overton, great niece of George Fearn, for her all her help. The Book led us to Tom Fearn, great nephew of George, who had met May and her daughters. Both were able to attend "Goodnight George".
Private William Henry GENT
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Number 3607) Killed in action on 13th October 1915, aged 31 Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France
GENT: In loving memory of Pte W H Gent Killed in action Oct 13th 1915 somewhere in France.
Sleep on, dear dad, in a far-off grave, A grave we may never see; But as long as life and memory last We will remember thee. I often stand and pause and think, And wonder how you died, With no on near who loved you dear To hear your last “good-bye”.
Ever remembered by his daughter Sarah and his mother, Tutbury (Burton Chronicle, 11/10/1917 – copyright of the Magic Attic)
William was the son of James, a shoemaker and Martha Gent. He had been born in Hartshorne, Derbyshire in 1884 but in 1891 that family were living at 7 Fishpond Lane, Tutbury – William, then aged 7 and his brother Edgar James (born about 1881) together with 8 lodgers.
At 18, in 1901, William was still living with his parents and Edgar in Fishpond Lane and was working as a general labourer.
On 18th April 1903, at St Mary’s Priory Church, he married Elizabeth Eames, a 24 years old factory hand who lived in 47 Monk Street, Tutbury. She was the daughter of William Eames, a coal merchant. Between 1903 and 1911 they sadly lost 6 baby boys aged from
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7 days to 6 months – all are buried in St Mary’s churchyard. Edith Elizabeth was born on 28th September 1912, followed by Martha (born September 1914) and John who was born in September 1915 and would have been only weeks old when his father was killed. The family moved around the village – to 9 Church Lane and then back to Monk Street.
William’s father James died in April 1908 aged 67 and is also buried in St Mary's churchyard.
The 1911 Census shows that William and Elizabeth were living at 8 Monk Street. He was a miller in the plaster mill and also living with them were 5 year old Fanny, their niece, daughter of Mary Anne Eames, Sarah (aged 14) and Harry (aged 12) Elizabeth’s children.
In March 1915, at the time of his attestation in Burton-on-Trent, William was living in Boundary Road, Woodville, Burton-on-Trent. He was 5’ 6” in height, with a chest measurement of 35” (expansion of 2”) and weighed 131 lbs. With his battalion of the North Staffs Regiment, he embarked for France, disembarking at Rouen on 29 th June 1915.
William served a total of 220 days in the army, before taking part in “The Great Charge” – the attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt (Hellfire Corner). He was killed in the field, one of 87 other ranks of the 1/6th North Staffs to die on that day alone. The 46th Division (North Midlands) as a whole, lost 180 Officers and 3,583 Other Ranks - killed, wounded and missing - between 13th and 15th October 1915.
William was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal (commonly referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred).
William’s personal effects - disc, letters and photographs were returned to Elizabeth, who had been awarded a pension of 25 shillings per week, dating from 1 st May 1916 for herself and the children. She married George W Freeman in December 1917 in Ashby de la Zouch.
Edgar too joined the RAMC in August 1917 but was exempt from military service due to his eyesight.
Private Edward Frank HADLAND
9th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) (Service Number 330195, 1887) Died of wounds on 8th November 1918, aged 25 Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France
Edward Frank19 was the son of Edward Alfred and Jane Elizabeth (nee Pratley) Hadland, born on 3rd May 1893 in Pelsall, Walsall and christened 10 days later. His father was a police constable and the family had moved to Bilston, Wolverhampton by the turn of the century. By 1911 his father, Police Sergeant Hadland and his family were living at 17
19 He is listed in the cemetery as E Frank Hadland
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Burton Street, Tutbury. Edward Frank was a member of the local Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is commemorated on their plaque in St Mary's Priory Church, and on the IOOF board in Tutbury Museum.
Edward Frank joined the local Territorial Force – the 6th Battalion of the North Staffs Regiment – Service Number 1887 - on 18th September 1912 in Tutbury. Prior to mobilisation at the outbreak of war he was employed on the clerical staff of Messrs Marston, Thompson & Evershed’s brewery. He was an ardent Church worker, being a Sunday school teacher at Tutbury’s St Mary’s Priory Church. He had married Annie Matilda Smith at his Church on 16th January 1915. They had one child, William Edward, born on 27th December 1915 and baptised at St Mary's Priory Church on 20th February 1916.
On New Year’s Day 1917 he was transferred and posted to the 21 st Battalion of the Notts and Derby Regiment as Lance Corporal. He was sent to France on 6th February 1918. In May 1918 news was received that Edward Frank had been gassed and was in hospital in France. In November came more bad news. He was wounded again on 4th November during the attack on Sebourg. He sadly died of his wounds on the ambulance train in France.
His next of kin was notified 21st November 1918. His commanding officer wrote to Mrs Hadland, offering his sympathy: “On the way back [from drawing rations] the Boche commenced to shell and a shell burst very close to the party. Three of the four were wounded, and as you know, your husband died in the hospital train on his way back to the base. I assure you that I feel his loss very deeply indeed, as also do the rest of the platoon. He was an exceptionally nice man, a good soldier and a very useful lance- corporal”.
Edward Frank was first buried at Camiers Cemetery, but later moved to Etaples Military Cemetery.
His service was dated from 18th September 1912, a total of 6 years 52 days. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. Annie Matilda lived until 1981 – she never remarried.
Lance Corporal James John HAND20
4th Bn Bedfordshire Regiment (Service Number 19500) Killed in action on 8th February 1917, aged 21 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
James was the third of four sons of Walter and Sarah Ann Hand of St Ives, Huntingdonshire, born in January 1896. His father was a chemist's porter and also in the family were William, Harold, Ellen, Arthur and Florence. In 1911 the family were still living in Nicholas Lane, St Ives, William and Ellen living away from home.
20 CWGC and SDIGW describe his rank as L/Cpl, the Burton Chronicle describe him as Private.
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In 1901 his brother William, 10 years his senior, was a telegraph messenger. James followed William in his choice of career, starting as a messenger boy with the General Post Office and coming to Tutbury as junior postman.
James was an enthusiastic footballer, turning out when time permitted for St Mary’s Football Club in the village.
James enlisted at Bedford but when exactly is not known, as his Service Records, like so many others, were destroyed in the Blitz in September 1940. A newspaper report of 20th July 1916 reads that he had been wounded in the knee and had been transferred to a hospital in Bradford. How ironic for a footballer! In addition to his knee injury he had trench fever. The Burton Chronicle article continues: “During the charge [1 st July 1916 – the first day of the Battle of the Somme] he had a miraculous escape – a bullet entering his coat at the shoulder travelling straight across his chest, and leaving at the other shoulder, without touching his body. The front of his tunic was rent to shreds.”
James returned to France late in 1916. He is shown as being a Lance Corporal on the Commonwealth War Commission Graves’ list. Sadly he was killed in action on 8th February 1917 and commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, having no known grave.
He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Medal.
Private William HINDS
7th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Number 19508) Killed in action on 25th January 1917, aged 29 Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
21William was born in July 1887 in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire to Henry Hinds and his wife Ann (nee Moore), one of 10 children. By 1891 the family had moved to Tutbury, where Henry was first a labourer, first on a farm and then in the Plaster Mills. It is believed that the move to Tutbury was for work in the plaster industry.
By 1911, William was living with his brother Joseph at 20 Church Street, Tutbury, together with his mother and his sister Hannah and brothers John and Fred.
On 28th December 1915, aged 28 years and 5 months, William enlisted in the North Staffordshire Regiment at Lichfield, his address being 6 Monk Street, Tutbury. At that time he was employed as a farm waggoner by Mr G Johnson of Fauld Hall. His Attestation Records show that he was 5’ 3”; his chest was 34” (with an expansion of 2”).
21 The lines on the photograph are thought to be the result of a child's activities.
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He arrived in Basra, Mesopotamia, in July 1916. Amara had been occupied by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force from 3rd June 1915 and it immediately became a hospital centre. This greatly increased in the next 2 years finally totalling seven general hospitals and some smaller units were stationed there.
William was killed in action on 25th January 1917, his total war service being 1 year and 29 days. He is buried in Amara War Cemetery, one of 4,621 burials of WWI. His personal effects – one letter and 2 photographs – were returned to his father Henry, now living in Kegworth, Derbyshire (Mrs Hinds having died in December 1917, aged 68).
William’s younger brother – Private John Hinds also of the North Staffordshire Regiment - was wounded and reported missing in France in August 1918 (from the Burton Chronicle). He returned to Tutbury and married his fiancée Emma Bradshaw on 9 th August 1919 at St Mary's Priory Church. They had one daughter Iris May born in 1927.
Joseph died in October 1918 in the flu epidemic, only 5 months after marrying Selina Flint. He was 34. William was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
With thanks to Ann Popejoy, for photographs and for all her help with so many of the Fallen.
Sergeant John James KIDD
1st Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Number 6005) Died of wounds on 23rd March 1915, aged 32 Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
John was born in April 1882 at Coton in the Clay, Staffordshire to George and Mary Ann Kidd. George had worked as a labourer in Hanbury Woodend, Staffordshire, but died in January 1891 (and was buried on 16th January 1891 in St Mary’s Priory Churchyard, Tutbury, aged 37). Now widowed, Mary Ann and John and his two younger brothers, George Harold and Ernest William, were living in Church Street, Tutbury, by the time of the 1891 Census. Mary Ann remarried and became Mary Ann Askew, possibly in the 2 nd quarter of 1897.
In 1901 George, aged 16, was working as a horseman on a farm in Barton Blount, Derbyshire. Of John there is no trace. In view of the fact that the 1st Battalion was the regular Army, his rank and his low Service Number indicate he had possibly joined the army and was out of England.
In 1911 John had been married for 3 years to Annie (nee Thomas, who hailed from Burton- on-Trent) and had a 2-year old daughter, Gladys May. They were living at 64 Campion Street, Derby and John was a labourer on the Midland Railway.
John enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment at Derby.
The 1st Battalion Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment arrived in France on 12th September 1914 and took part in the relatively mobile battles on the Aisne that
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John died of his wounds on 23rd March 1915, aged 32. His next of kin is listed by Commonwealth War Graves Commission as his mother. One wonders why if he were married his next of kin is given as his mother. Was this from his early recruitment or had Annie died?
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery contains 5,577 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
*(With thanks to “Staffords in the Great War” – A Brief History by Jim Tanner – obtainable from Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Whittington, Lichfield)
Private John Henry (Jack) LEADBETTER
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service No 1889, 240190) Killed in action on 29th June 1917, aged 20 Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France
In October 1896, John Henry Leadbetter, known as Jack, was born to John and Annie Elizabeth (nee Marshall) Leadbetter in Burton-on-Trent, one of 7 children. His mother was from Tutbury. His eldest sister Mary Ellen had been born in Monk Street 2 years before, when their father worked as a labourer in the brewery.
The 1901 Census shows that the family were in living in Bridge Foot, Hatton and Jack had two other sisters Isabella and Winifred Annie. Joseph Frederick, Alice Elsie and Maud Lilian (baptised April 1912) followed in the new century.
By 1911 the family had moved to 39 Church Street, Tutbury. Jack was a tin shop worker at the Tutbury Nestlé Condensed Milk Factory.
In October 1912, Jack joined the 6th Battalion of the North Staffs Territorial Army at Tutbury. At that time he was still living at 39 Church Street, Tutbury and working as a labourer working for Messrs Staton-Newton & Co. The person signing his Attestation papers was Ben Newton, first cousin of W. Trafford Newton (see his entry). Jack was reported to be 5’ 4”, with a chest measurement of 33” (expansion of 3½”).
From 1912 – 1914 Jack was at home and was duly called up for active service at the outbreak of war. For a short time he transferred to the Cyclists’ Company but returned to the North Staffs on 8th January 1915. He embarked from Southampton on 28th June 1915 and went to the Front via Rouen. In early May 1917 Jack had leave at the 1st Army Rest Camp in Boulogne. Further leave was granted from 31st May–10th June 1917.
Jack’s Casualty Form – Active Service reads: “28th June 1917 – “Missing, believed killed”. By 24th June 1918 this has changed to: “Accepted as having died on or about 29 th June 1917”. He was struck off the strength of the battalion from 30 th August 1917. His total service was 4 years 242 days.
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In a letter his commanding officer, on 5th July 1917, Captain W B Wragg wrote: “He was killed by a bullet whilst making a little advance. It is extremely difficult to tell you how it happened exactly as it was pitch-black – 2 o’ clock in the morning – but he did not answer roll call when we came out, and my subaltern says he went over beside him and saw him hit. He was a splendid lad and I shall miss him very much.”
Jack’s military medals – the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal – were sent to his parents at their home in 16 Lynton Road, Aston, Birmingham.
Private Stephen LEEDHAM22
20th Bn Notts & Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) (Service No 43415) Died of wounds on 9th November 1916, aged 27 Buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Stephen was born in Smedley’s Lane, Newton Solney, Derbyshire in July 1889 to Arthur and Ann Leedham. Arthur was a 43 year old blacksmith when Stephen was born, and had originated from Scropton, Derbyshire. Stephen had 3 older brothers – Arthur J (who also became a blacksmith), Harry and Fred. Arthur’s work took him around the area, the family lived in Loughton and Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent, before settling in Newton Solney.
By 1901, Stephen was living with his widowed mother in the aptly named Black-smith’s Lane, Newton Solney, with his brother Arthur, a blacksmith. His father died at the turn of the century.
It is believed that Stephen followed the family profession and became a farrier. In October 1909 he married Emily Gertrude Morley, the daughter of John Morley from Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent.
In 1911 Stephen and Emily were living in Old Scropton Lane, Hatton, nr Burton-on-Trent. Stephen was a blacksmith striker in a contract shop.
Stephen and Emily set up home and had one child, Emily Edith, born on 8th May 1913. She was christened at St Mary’s Priory Church on 1 st June 1913. At this time, the family were living in Dormer Cottage, Tutbury and Stephen was a groom/gardener. At the time he enlisted, in April 1916, Stephen was working at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery Factory.
22 In the Burton Chronicle of 16th November 1916, he is described as Farrier Stephen Leedham
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Sadly Stephen suffered gunshot wounds in action and was conveyed to a hospital in Rouen, where he died on 9th November 1916. News of this was sent to his widow who was then living in Ludgate Street, Tutbury.
His Victory Medal and British Star were later forwarded to his widow. Stephen is commemorated not only on the Tutbury War Memorial but also on the plaque at the Tutbury Nestlé Factory. Nestlé also have a book “Lest We Forget” listing all employees world-wide who served and also those who won distinctions.
Private Tom MERREY
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Numbers 241294, 4240) Killed in action on 1st July 1916, aged 17 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Tom was born in March 1899 in Tutbury to Thomas and Emma (sometimes called Emily) Merrey of 16 Monk Street. Thomas was originally a farm labourer but became a plate layer on the railway. They had two daughters older than Tom – Alice, born 1895 and Sarah Jane (baptised in 1897). Tom was baptised in St Mary’s Priory Church on 26th March 1899 by William Boys Johnson, the vicar.
Tom attended the local school in Tutbury. Sadly his mother Emma/Emily died aged 27 and was buried in St Mary’s Priory Churchyard on 14th August 1901. His father Tom left with a young family married Alice Amy Smith in 1904 in Burton-on-Trent. He and Amy had 3 daughters Amy (born in August 1910), Evelyn May (born in 1914 and who sadly died aged 18 in October 1932) and Ethel May in 1921.
By 1911 the family were living at 55 Monk Street – Tom Merrey Senior was then a wagon repairer for the Railway Company.
Tom Junior was employed as a porter at Tutbury Railway Station.
Despite his young age, Tom volunteered and joined the North Staffordshire Regiment. From his Service Numbers, he had joined the North Staffordshire Territorials (there was a Drill Hall in Tutbury and so many young men had joined there).
He was sent to France, together with another Tutbury fellow – Lieutenant William Trafford Newton – the only officer from the village to die for his country.
Both these brave men perished on the first day of the Battle of the Somme – 1st July 1916 – together with some 9 other Tutbury soldiers who perished on that fateful day.
Tom is one of 72,203 who have no known grave – and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
The Burton Mail reported the official news on 26th July 1916 – “More Tutbury Men Missing” stating that Tom and others from the North Staffords were reported missing since 1 st July.
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Tom is also listed on the Memorial on Stoke-on-Trent Station, Platform One. The inscription above, etched in stone on the impressive archway, reads: “To the Men of the North Staffordshire Railway Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War, 1914-1918”. It is hoped that this Memorial is renovated in time for the centenary anniversary of the Great War.
Tom was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Star. He was the youngest of the Tutbury soldiers to die for their country.
Private James Thomas NASH
7th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Number 12785) Killed in action on 16th July 1916, aged 39 Buried in the Amara War Cemetery, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
James Thomas was born in July 1876 in Tutbury, the youngest child of Thomas (an agricultural labourer) and Sarah Nash of 34 Cornmill Lane. He was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury on Primrose Day, 19th April 1880. In 1881 the children living at home were Emma, Eliza Ann (also called Anne) and Arthur. William, the eldest was working as an indoor servant at Castle Hayes Farm, also in Tutbury.
At the time of the 1891 Census, James was working as a plumber’s labourer, the only child still living at home with his parents. William, the eldest at 24, now a groom on the farm of John Archer of Hoon. James’ sisters were in service - and Arthur’s whereabouts are not known. (Emma was working as a domestic servant in Stapenhill, Burton-on- Trent.)
In 1901 James was living with his parents in where the family had lived for at least 30 years. He was 24 years old and a sougher on a sewage farm (it is believed that this is one who dug/made/worked in ditches). Also living with them was his brother Arthur, a bricklayer.
Sarah died in November 1906, Thomas in November 1912. In 1911 Census, Arthur, now a single, 37 year old bricklayer. James is not living at home and his whereabouts are not known – perhaps he had joined the army?
He enlisted in the 7th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment at Uttoxeter, his residence given as Hilton. James saw action in the Balkans before 1916 – as given on his citation. Sadly his Service Records did not survive the Luftwaffe raid on the War Records Offices in September 1940.
He died on 16th July 1916 and was buried in Amara War Cemetery, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Lieutenant William Trafford NEWTON
B Coy 6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment Killed in action on 1st July 1916, aged 21 Commemorated at Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, France
William Trafford Newton, known as Trafford, as born in January 1895 in Burton-on-Trent. His father was Henry Newton, a local cement manufacturer (as described on the 1901 Census). His mother was Agnes Helena (nee Wynne) and he had 4 sisters and a brother, Henry Leigh. He was named after his uncle Thomas Trafford Wynne.
The family moved to “The Cliffe” in Tutbury. Trafford was educated at Uppingham School and was a fine sportsman. He was a most capable cricketer and footballer – gaining honours for his school. In his last cricket match, when on leave on 27th May 1916, he appeared for Mr S H Evershed’s XI against Repton. He scored 15 runs but "the school gained a fine victory" – Derby Daily Telegraph, 29th May 1916. Mr S H Evershed's son Albury, a Lieutenant also in the 1/6th North Staffordshire Regiment, also died on the same day as Trafford. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, having no known grave.
Trafford was a valued member of the Burton Football Club, playing with his brother Leigh, who captained the first team. He also played for Burton Hockey Club (the first President was Mr S H Evershed) and was a member of the Cricket Club.
Prior to the outbreak of hostilities, Trafford was articled with Mr John Turner at the Moira Colliery Company as a mining engineer. A month after the outbreak of war he enlisted as a private in the King’s Rifle Brigade and on 29 th October 1914 obtained a commission in the 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade, then moving to the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was posted to France on 12th April 1915 but did not take part in the "Memorable Charge" in October due to illness. His last home leave was in late June 1916.
Saturday 1st July 1916 – the first day of the Battle of the Somme – is seen in history as one of the worst in British warfare. Lieutenant W Trafford Newton was the only Tutbury officer to be killed in action that day. He was first thought to be "Missing" and then officially reported as having been killed a few weeks later.
He is commemorated, together with other names, on the Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery - so many men of the 46th Midland Division who fell in this offensive. The Burton Rugby Club Roll of Honour also lists his name.
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As a lasting memorial to Trafford, his family gave a magnificent altar to St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury, made from alabaster from Mr Newton’s mine at nearby Fauld. This is situated in the Lady Chapel and was dedicated in June 1917 by Rev L P Crawfurd23, the Bishop of Stafford. The Newton family were also very generous to St Mary’s Priory Church in other respects.
Trafford's only brother Henry Leigh Newton, DSO, also served in the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery. His DSO was awarded at the Battle of Arras in April 1917. He was injured again in the summer of 1918 – he sustained a broken leg and both femurs were shattered in an explosion and was unable to walk unaided for years.
Their first cousin, Benjamin Newton, also saw service with the Durham Light Infantry and who was also
William Trafford Newton at wounded - he was gravely injured at the assault on Uppingham School circa 1913 Hohenzollern Redoubt on 13th October 1915 and was unfit for frontline duty. He served as an adjutant at General Staff in France for rest of war.
Trafford was awarded the 1915 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal.
In December 1918, a month after hostilities ceased, Major H Leigh Newton chaired the first meeting of the fund raising committee for the proposed Tutbury War Memorial. This was funded by public subscription (though the total cost is not known) and was dedicated on Sunday 2nd May 1920 at 3.30pm by Rev L P Crawfurd, Bishop of Stafford.
With thanks for additional information and photographs to Jeremy Manners, a great great nephew of William Trafford Newton
Here Dead We Lie
Here dead we lie Because we did not choose To live and shame the land From which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, Is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, And we were young.
Alfred Edward Housman 1859 – 1936
23 Rev L P Crawfurd – correct spelling
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Alick OWEN24
15th Bn Durham Light Infantry (Service Numbers 77990, 35722) (Formerly North Staffordshire Regiment) Killed in action on 31st March 1918, aged 19 Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France
In St Mary's Priory Churchyard, Tutbury, there is a memorial to two soldiers, who were cousins. Alick Owen and Owen Bunting were the grandsons of William Owen who had lived at 13 Burton Street, Tutbury and who had died on 25th April 1908. Their memorial is next to their grandfather's grave, under a shady tree in St Mary’s churchyard.
Alick Owen was the son of Robert and Mary Ann Owen of 76 High Street, Burton-on-Trent. He was born in October 1898 in Hatton and had an older sister Rachel. Robert was a monumental stonemason and in 1901 the family were living in Monk Street, Tutbury. By 1911 the family had moved to Hatton and Robert's occupation was given as "employer".
Robert's sister, Henrietta, had married James Bunting and resided in Matlock Green. They were the parents of Owen Bunting.
Alick joined first the Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment, transferring to the Durham Light Infantry. He saw action in France and was killed in action on 31 st March 1918.
Sadly, like so many, he is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in France, together with approximately 600 others from the Durham Light Infantry, who also have no known grave.
The Pozieres Memorial relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the Advance to Victory, which began on 8th August 1918.
The Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African Forces who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21st March to 7th August 1918. The Corps and Regiments most largely represented are the Rifle Brigade with over 600 names, the Durham Light Infantry with approximately 600 names, and the Machine Gun Corps with over 500, the Manchester Regiment with approximately 500 and the Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery with over 400 names.
Alick was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Medal. His father, the stone mason, created the memorial in St Mary's churchyard to his son and his nephew. The cousins are remembered together forever.
24 The spelling of Private Owen’s first name is also given as Alec on CWGC and SDIGW
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Sergeant Alfred James PARKER25
2nd Bn Norfolk Regiment (Service Number 19266) Died of wounds on 31st December 1918, aged 22 Buried in Tehran War Cemetery, Iran
Alfred James was the son of Alfred and Hannah Parker (nee Worrall – see James Worrall, Alfred James’ uncle) of 10 Cornmill Lane, Tutbury. He was born in the village in 1896. His father was a labourer in the brickyard and he had an older brother, sisters and younger siblings. He was baptised at St Mary's Priory Church on 22 nd January 1896.
As a boy Alfred was a member of Tutbury Church Lads' Brigade and played football with the Tutbury Red Rose Football Club. He was "of a most cheery disposition, which had gained for him a large circle of friends”. (Burton Mail January 1919).
By 1911 Alfred, aged 15, was still living at home with his parents and 5 of his siblings . The family had moved to 18 Corn Mill Lane. Alfred was an errand boy; Martha and Mary were in employed making tins at the Tutbury Condensed Milk Factory, Nestlé; William, Annie and Lilian were at school. Charles, now aged 20, was boarding away from home in Kent, employed as a glass bottle maker.
Where and when Alfred enlisted is not known, but from the information given to the Burton Mail in January 1919, he must have answered the call to arms immediately.
With the 2nd Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, Alfred saw 3 years 8 months' service in Mesopotamia, in addition to the 8 months' training at home. Sadly he died of wounds on the last day of the year, 1918. He died in Bunsterford Hospital and was buried in what is now Tehran War Cemetery, which was built in 1962, an amalgamation of several scattered war cemeteries.
Included in the 1914-1918 commemorations were members of 'Dunsterforce', a British mission set up by Major-General Dunsterville in 1918. Their purpose was to organise the forces of the Transcaucasian Federal Republic (comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) to enable them to withstand a Turkish attack. Their task was impeded by constant civil war, and in May of that year, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia separately declared their independence. 'Dunsterforce' assumed a more direct military role when Baku was under threat of a Turkish attack.
In August, 1918 reinforced by about 1000 British Infantry, it occupied Baku to prevent the port and oil-fields from falling under Turkish control. However the following month saw the evacuation of Baku by the British due to the superior numbers of the Turkish force. The British returned to Baku after the Armistice and remained there as an occupying force until September, 1919.
25 There were two Alfred Parkers who married girls called Hannah at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury – in December 1889 and May 1890 – both in the brickmaking trade
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Alfred was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Medal. His parents did not receive news of his death until late January 1919. His elder brother Stoker Charles Parker served with the navy and his younger brother William was a private in the Machine Gun Corps.
Private William Henry PARKER
2/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Numbers 40012, 2279) Died of wounds on 7th December 1917, aged 20 Buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
William was born in Tutbury in July 1897, the son of William Henry and Clara Ann Parker of 4 Church Street, Tutbury. William Henry was a blower at the gypsum mine, working underground. Young William was the middle child of 5, at the time of the 1901 Census. He had two older sisters – Amy and Annie – and a younger sister and brother – Mary and Henry. By 1911 the family had moved to No 21 and had increased in size – Albert, May and baby Ernest (the two older sisters were not living at home – Amy was a servant in Derby and Annie at The Talbot Inn, Hilton).
Prior to the war William was employed by Messrs Webb & Corbett's glass works.
William went to France in February 1915, having enlisted in Burton-on-Trent. He was wounded in October 1915, when an explosion "somewhere in Belgium" lifted several Tutbury soldiers off their feet. William sustained a sprained back and was sent to the Red Cross Hospital in Edinburgh (information from the Burton Chronicle). This was probably during the Battle of Loos – the first occasion on which poison gas was used (September – October 1915). On one day alone - 13th October – "the day of the Memorable Charge" - 3 Tutbury soldiers were killed. The total numbers in the Battle were 50,000 casualties and 25,000 dead.
William returned to the Front and was again injured but survived on 1st July 1916 – the day of the Battle of the Somme – the worst day in British history. This saw 11 Tutbury soldiers' dead, amongst the 19,240 dead, 35,493 wounded, 2,152 missing and 585 prisoners for a total loss of 57,470. This meant that in one day of fighting, 20% of the entire British fighting force had been killed.
William was last in England on Christmas Day 1916.
Sadly William received severe gas poisoning, from which effects he succumbed, during the fighting in France. He made the supreme sacrifice.
He is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal.
His mother Clara Ann died in October 1918, aged 54, perhaps of a broken heart.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Ogden PATEMAN
3rd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment (Service Numbers 32349, 32406) Died of wounds on 29th October 1918 at home, aged 21 Buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Tutbury
Ogden was born in Tutbury in March 1897, the eldest son of Ogden and Mary Jane (nee Bennett) Pateman of Monk Street. Ogden Senior was a journeyman baker – a talent extended to his son. He was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) – which he also shared with his son. The household included three older girls – Ellen, Kate and Gertrude and two younger boys, Arthur and Arnold.
Ogden was baptised at St Mary's Priory Church on 24 th March 1897. He was a chorister at St Mary's Priory Church and an Odd Fellow of the Loyal Sir Oswald Mosley Lodge MU, being an IOOF officer in 1918.
In 1911 Ogden Junior was a grocer’s errand boy and the family now living at 24 Church Street, included younger siblings – Sarah, Robert and Florence. (Three other children had died in infancy). Ogden Senior was now a milk carter.
Ogden Junior became a baker and confectioner working for Mr O J Parrick in Tutbury High Street.
On 2nd December 1915 Ogden Junior enlisted in the South Staffordshire Regiment in Burton-on-Trent. His address on his attestation was given as 29 Church Street. He was 5' 5½" tall with a chest measurement of 35½" (2½" expansion). He went to France on 16th March 1917 but was badly wounded in the field on 12 th October of that year at Ypres. He was first taken to a hospital in France with gunshot wounds and shrapnel to his back and hip. He returned to England to the 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff on 29th October 1917. He was in hospital for 14 weeks. He attempted to re-join his unit but without success.
Ogden was discharged from the army in June 1918 as physically unfit and resumed his career as a baker from Mr O J Parrick. He was awarded a 60% Disablement Pension of 27 shillings and 6 pence per week, reducing to 16/9d and then 13/9d. His character was described as sober, honest and reliable.
Ogden's two brothers and a sister also saw war service – Private Arthur Pateman with the 4th North Staffords and Stoker Arnold Pateman with the Fleet and Miss Pateman with the WAAF on Salisbury Plain.
Sadly Ogden succumbed to acute pneumonia following influenza. He died at his home in Church Street on 29th October 1918. His funeral was held in early November 1918 at St Mary's Priory Church, the last sad rites being performed by the vicar, Rev H Bennett, MA. The Rev Bennett, who had to sign so many declaration forms for widows and bereaved mothers, had only buried Ogden's father on 11th July 1917. Mrs Pateman lived until March 1936.
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Ogden is buried on the Terrace in the Churchyard, one of 5 Commonwealth War Graves of World War I soldiers. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Medal, and also the Silver War Badge (No 414).
In addition to the Tutbury War Memorial, he is commemorated on the Odd Fellows’ plaque in St Mary's Priory Church and on the IOOF board in Tutbury Museum.
Private Joseph PEGG26
4th Bn Grenadier Guards27 (Service Number 24955) Killed in action on 12th October 1917, aged 39 Buried in Artillery Wood Cemetery, Belgium
Joseph Pegg is commemorated on three village memorials: the Tutbury War Memorial (and on the plaque in St Mary's Priory Church); on the plaque in St Werburgh's Church, Hanbury and on the commemoration stone to the members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Loyal Sir Oswald Mosley Lodge MU 909, which had a Meeting Hall at the top of Tutbury High Street.
Joseph was born in April 1878, the son of Joseph and Mary Ann Pegg. His father's occupation was then that of a gamekeeper and he had 5 sisters – Sarah Caroline, Lucy, Annie Eliza, Rosa and baby Mary Ann. The 1881 Census shows that he was born in Hanbury, but subsequent censuses give his place of birth as Anslow and Horninglow (where Lucy and Annie Eliza had been born) – perhaps the constant change of address and number of children was confusing! The family were then living in Anslow and 10 years later were at "The Cock Inn" in Hanbury, Joseph Senior now a license victualler and general labourer. By 1901 the family were still at the inn and Joseph Junior was an above ground labourer at the alabaster mines.
By 1911 Joseph had been married to Mary Ann for 5 years, was living at Croft Terrace, Tutbury and was a stone dresser. They had one daughter, Nellie, born on 20th December 1910 and baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 1 st March 1911. Also living with them were Joseph’s step children – Mary Alice, Edwin Ernest and William Arthur Hazlehurst.
When Joseph enlisted in the army in 1915 in Burton-on-Trent, he had been an employee at Messrs Ford & Sons' plaster works for 20 years.
Joseph had seen service in France for over a year when he was killed in action on 12th October 1917. He was buried in Artillery Wood Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.
A letter to his widow, written by his Commanding Officer contained the following: "Your husband was killed instantaneously and suffered no pain. He always did his duty well and was well liked in the company and will be much missed. He was buried by the Chaplain and a cross will be erected over his grave."
26 Joseph's rank is given as GDSN on "UK Soldiers who died in the Great War, 1914-1919" 27 On the plaque in St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury, his regiment is given as Welsh Guards
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Joseph was awarded the Victory Medal and the British Medal.
Driver Ernest Albert PERKINS
No 1 Reserve Bde, Royal Field Artillery (Service Number 219269) Died on 30th April 1917 at Ripon Hospital, Yorks, aged 20 Buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Tutbury
Ernest was the son of George and Mary Edith (nee Beard) Perkins of Grange Farm, Tutbury and was born in January 1897 at the farm. He had one older brother, Percy. His father was a tenant farmer and the family originated from Yoxall, Staffordshire, prior to Ernest's birth.
Little is known about Ernest's life prior to his enlistment in Burton-on-Trent. In 1911 he was living in the family home and worked on the farm. Percy was also working on the farm.
Ernest became engaged to Lizzie, but her surname is not known.
Sadly Ernest died at South Camp, Ripon on 30th April 1917. He succumbed to an acute attack of pneumonia following measles.
He was buried at St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury on 5 th May 1917 and his grave is on the Terrace in the Churchyard, behind his mother’s grave, she had pre-deceased him. Mrs Perkins, aged 53, was buried on 29th March 1916 by Rev Harold Bennett, who also had the sad task of burying her son only 14 months later. (His father lived until 1926).
A year later, an In Memoriam notice was printed in the Burton Chronicle from Lizzie. "His loving fiancée":
PERKINS – In affectionate remembrance of my dear Ernest (Gunner E Perkins, RFA) who died at Ripon 30th April 1917. No one know how much I miss him, How dearly I loved him none can tell: Oft in my dreams he stands by my side And whispers "My dear one death cannot divide."
One wonders what happened to Lizzie and whether she ever overcame her grief.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Ernest Lewis PLUMB
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Number 2375) Killed in action on 13th October 1915, aged 33 Buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez
Ernest Lewis Plumb was born at The Hyde, Kingsbury, Hendon, Middlesex and baptised on 4th June 1882 in the parish of Hendon St Mary. His father Alfred Ernest was a coach- man and also had a daughter Mary Patty, named after her mother. More boys were to follow in subsequent years – Alfred Edgar, James Victor and Thomas Lamona – the latter two also killed in action in the Great War – James Victor in April 1916 and Thomas (also known as Leonard) on 4th April 1917.
In 1891 the family were still in Kingsbury, but ten years later Ernest was not in the family home. Ernest married Lily (nee Harrison) on 27th February 1909 in Burton-on-Trent, by which time he was an oven man in the cement works. They set up home at 35 Church Street and had 2 sons - Alfred in 1909 and George in February 1911. Their daughter Mary was born on 25th May 1913.
Ernest enlisted in the North Staffordshire Regiment on 31st August 1914 at Burton-on- Trent; his address was given as 16 Castle Street, Tutbury. He was 5' 9", had a chest measurement of 37" (2½" on expansion).
He arrived in France on 5th March 1915. He was killed in action on 13th October 1915 – "the day of the Memorable Charge – the Assault on the Hohenzollern Redoubt. He was buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France, together with 3,185 identified casualties. He had served 1 year 44 days with the Army.
It was reported in the Burton Chronicle on 28th October 1915: "Private E L Plumb has been unheard of since the memorable charge. Two comrades have written of his death, but nothing official has yet been received."
On 4th November 1915, in the same newspaper, it was reported that official intimation had been received by Mrs Plumb of Church Street that her husband had been killed in action. That week a letter written by Private R Pye of the same regiment gave more details. "During the recent charge in which our battalion was engaged your husband Ernie was killed, I am sorry to say. He is much missed in No 4 Platoon, as he was much respected by all who came in contact with him. He was shot through the heart as he was going over our front line and fell back into the trench. Death was instantaneous. A grenade was found in his hand, ready to throw at the Boche. You have one consolation – that he died doing his duty and serving his King and country."
Mrs Plumb was awarded a pension of 23 shillings per week for herself and the three children, dated from 1st May 1916. Ernest's possessions were returned to her – a disc, his Gospel, cigarette papers and letters. His awards - the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal – were also posted to her eventually.
Ernest's parents died within 4 weeks of each other in 1934, surviving 3 of their children. Alfred had become a gardener and moved to Shenley to work in one of the big houses.
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On their gravestone is an inscription: "Who plucked the flowers? The master/the gardener held his peace."
With thanks to John Buchart for information
Rifleman Edwin POWELL28
7th Bn Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) (Service Number S/13053) Killed in action on 18th August 1916, aged 22 Buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France
Edwin was one of 5 brothers who all served in the Great War (see also the next entry, his brother Wilfred). Their father, Alfred, a bricklayer's labourer, died in the 3 rd quarter of 1896. The family lived for many years in Church Broughton, Derbyshire. Edwin was born there in March 1894, the youngest of the brothers. Their sister Beatrice May was born a few months before their father's death in 1897. Their mother, Hannah Maria, moved to Castle Street, Tutbury sometime later.
In 1911 Edwin was a milk boy on a farm for John Richard Archer at Wild Park, Brailsford, Derbyshire. His brothers George and Wilfred were privates in the North Staffordshire Regiment.
He enlisted in the Rifle Brigade on 14th June 1915 in Burton-on-Trent, possibly influenced by his older brothers who had served in the military as early as 1911. Edwin's address was given as 6 Fishpond Lane, Tutbury and he was 21 years and 3 months. He was 5' 4½" tall and had a chest measurement of 37" (2" on expansion). His occupation was given as waggoner.
In a Testimonial in 1915 from Reuben Press, Carting Contractor of Tutbury, who had employed Edwin as a horse driver for nearly 2 years, Mr Press wrote that he can "fully recommend Edwin as a very good man with either pairs or single and has a very good knowledge of horses".
Edwin's total service with the Rifle Brigade was 1 year and 69 days. Sadly he was killed in action on 18th August 1916 on the Somme. He was buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, one of so many graveyards of those who perished on the Somme. He was reported missing in August 1916 and officially reported as killed in January 1917.
It was reported in the Burton Chronicle of 7 th September 1916 that a postcard had acknowledging a parcel of tobacco goods sent by the Tutbury Institute Tobacco Fund had been written on behalf of Rifleman E Powell by his comrade Rifleman Clarke. The writer also commented that by the time the card arrived Edwin would be in England suffering from wounds.
28 He was also named Edward on the 1901 Census, but Edwin on his Service Records.
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Receipts show that Edwin's medals were sent at various times to Hannah Maria, now living at 2 Castle Street,: the 14-15 Star sent April 1920, the British War Medal (March 1921) and the Victory Medal received August 1921. The plaque and scroll were sent May 1919. Poignantly, Edwin's only effect was one disc, was sent to her by the War Office in March 1917.
Please see the next entry for the outcome of the War for Edwin’s brothers.
Corporal Wilfred POWELL29
B Coy, 1st Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Numbers 8092) Killed in action on 17th June 1916, aged 32 Buried in Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium
Wilfred was the second of 5 sons of Alfred and Hannah Maria Powell, born in July 1884 in Church Broughton. He was baptised on 6th July 1884 at St Michael & All Angels Church, Church Broughton. Alfred was a bricklayer's labourer and sadly died when Wilfred was 12. Wilfred's brothers were Alfred William (born about 1881), George (born about 1887), John (born in February 1891) and Edwin (born March 1884 – see last entry). There was also one sister, Beatrice May (born in 1896), the youngest child born months after her father’s death. The family lived in Cote Fields, Church Broughton.
In 1901 Wilfred was working as an agricultural cattleman at Shottle Hall Farm, in Belper, Derbyshire.
By 1911 Wilfred, then aged 26, was in the military, having enlisted at Uttoxeter, serving as a private with the North Staffordshire Regiment in India, together with his brother George.
He married Annie Roby Dudley (also of Tutbury) on 1st June 1914 at St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury. Annie's family lived in 24 Monk Street, Tutbury. Wilfred's occupation was given as plaster miner. They had one child, Alfred James, born on 30 th September 1915 and baptised in St Mary’s Priory Church that November. Wilfred’s rank or profession is given as “Sergeant, North Staffs” in the Church Baptismal Register.
At the outbreak of war, as a reservist, Wilfred's disembarkation date for France was 10th September 1914 with the first Expeditionary Force. He was wounded in early engagements, but recovered to take part at Mons, Marne, etc. He returned to England and engaged in the duties of a drill instructor until returning to France a few weeks before his death. Wilfred was wounded and gassed and sadly was killed in action on 17 th June 1916, another casualty on the battlefields of the Ypres Salient.
As well as the usual medals, the 1914 Star, the British and War medals, the next of kin of Wilfred was also entitled to the '14 clasp.
29 Sometimes given as Sergeant W Powell
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Of the 3 brothers who returned to England, by April 1918, Alfred, the eldest, of the original British Expeditionary Force of 1914 had been discharged from the army following the amputation of his foot as a result of wounds. He married Frances J Pegg in early 1917.
George was still serving in India. He was widowed and married again to Alice Mabel Cokayne in 1927, lived at 36 Church Street, had two daughters (Marie Joy and Peggy Doreen). He was killed in the Fauld explosion on 27th November 1944 and is buried in St Mary's churchyard.
John, a Private in the Sherwood Foresters, was wounded but returned to France in 1916, after recovering from injuries. He was again wounded - in the right leg, left shoulder and back – on 26th March 1918 and was in hospital in Boulogne. He recovered, married Lilian Victoria and settled in Hatton. They had one son, Daniel William Edwin in 1920.
Wilfred's widow, Annie Roby Powell died in 1924, aged 35 and was buried in St Mary’s churchyard on 29th August 1924 (as where 5 of her siblings). Her address was 22 Monk Street in Tutbury – which was also her parents’ address. (Her mother Mary Ann, died the next year aged 61 and her father, James Charles Dudley was buried in 1945, aged 80).
Private William Edgar PRIESTLEY30
2nd Bn Grenadier Guards (Service Number 15405) Shot by sniper on 25th December 1914, aged 22 Believed to have been buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France
William Edgar was the fourth of 5 children of William and Maria Priestley of Corn Mill Lane, Tutbury. He was born in October 1892 in the village. He had an older brother George and older sisters Mary Jane and Eliza and a younger brother Joseph. William Senior was a blower in the gypsum mine. He and Maria had left their home in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, possibly in search of work – their former occupations were in hosiery manufacturing (information from the 1891 Census).
By 1911 William (aged 18) was the only child living at home at 10 Corn Mill Lane. He was a general labourer, and, like his father, working in the local plaster works. George, also a labourer in the plaster works, was married to Esther Elizabeth with a young family and also living in Corn Mill Lane. Mary Jane married Mr Woolley in 1913. Eliza was a domestic housemaid in Sheffield, having been a servant to Dr Kildare Dobbs at No 1 Lower High Street, Tutbury. Joseph was working as a gatherer in a glass bottle works on the Rushenden Estate in Kent. He was boarding with Mrs Elizabeth Bacon, who, in common with all the others in
30 Commonwealth War Graves Commission shows his rank as GDSN
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI the boarding house, were from Tutbury. Joseph came home, continued as a glass worker and in 1922 married Elsie May Ratcliffe.
Little is known about William's army life, apart from his enlistment in Burton-on-Trent. His service records, together with so many others, were incinerated by the Luftwaffe in September 1940.
William was in France from the commencement of the war and wrote home frequently. Sadly William was the first Tutbury soldier to die – on Christmas Day 1914. He was shot by a sniper. His officer, writing to William's parents described him as one of the bravest of his men and deeply regretted his death. He was killed instantaneously, the bullet passing through his temples (from Burton Observer, 31 December 1914).
William was a casualty during the time of the “Christmas Truce” – which was not universal. The legendary 1914 Christmas Truce did not hold everywhere – see Appendix 10 - The Christmas Truce 1914 on page 219 for what actually happened. William Priestley is buried in the Guards' Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France.
William was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal and qualified for the clasp (this trio was commonly called Pip, Squeak and Wilfred).
We are grateful to Janet Stone, William's great niece, for all her help.
Private Robert RADFORD
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Number 3303) Killed in action on 21st August 1915, aged 19 Buried in Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium
Robert was one of 4 children of William and Mary Ann Radford of Tutbury. He was born in October 1895 in the village, as were his parents and siblings. His father was an asphalter, a road labourer. Robert was baptised in St Mary’s Priory Church in December 1895.
By 1911 William was a carter on his own account and the family lived in 11 Church Street, Tutbury. Robert’s older brother, John William (born 1892) was a general carter, Robert was a carter for a coal merchant and his sister Ivy Isabella was at school, aged 11. Only George, born in 1893, was not in the family home at the time of the 1911 Census – he was in the army. He too saw action in the Great War.
Robert enlisted in the 1/6th battalion of the Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment in November 1914 at Stoke-on-Trent and was sent to France on 25th June 1915. His commanding officer was Lieutenant W. Trafford Newton, another Tutbury son who was only 9 months older than Robert – and who, like Robert was to die in the service of his country.
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As his platoon commander and “officer who knew him best”, Lieutenant Newton, had the sad task of conveying the tragic information of the death of Robert to his parents. By 1915 William Radford was the licensee at the Woolpack in Silk Mill Lane, Tutbury.
“Robert was hit in the head and died almost instantaneously, without regaining consciousness”. The letter continues: “He was quite one of the best men we had in our company. Although we have had a very trying time out here, your son never was heard to grumble. He always did the work asked of him and did it willingly. It is such men who help us to carry on out here in such good spirits. When your son came out to join us, I asked specifically for him to be put in my platoon, as he was a fellow townsman and a man whom I knew, so of course I feel the blow very greatly. Again, extending you my deepest sympathy and hoping you will find comfort in the thought that he willingly gave his life in the cause of his country.”
Robert was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal. He was buried in Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery which is sited in Zillebeke in West Flanders, some 3 kilometres south-east of Ypres.
Anniversaries
They come again, strange ghosts of days long dead, Wreathed with the shadowy joys that once we knew
When withered hair was gold and pale lips red.
Strange ghosts of days long dead, that we lived through
When Love was young, with shining rose-crowned head,
Ere 'mid our flowers the bitter grief-herb grew.
From regions wither all our dreams are fled,
That aching wounds, long hid, may bleed anew,
They cone again, strange ghosts of days long dead.
Vera Brittain 1893 – 1970
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Frederick SMITH
The name on the Stone Cross War Memorial is given as Frederick Smith and its placing on the Memorial indicates that he died after David Bond (9th April 1918) and before Ogden Pateman (29th October 1918), if the listing is chronologically accurate. The plaque in the Lady Chapel at St. Mary's Priory Church adds the information that his regiment was the Royal West Kents. A cutting from the local newspaper (courtesy of the Magic Attic) names him as Private FJH Smith, of the Royal West Kent Regiment, who died on 27th September 1918 – but does not quote a Service Number.
It has not been possible to definitely identify this man – one of the two men listed below may be the correct Frederick Smith – but, without corroborative evidence, we cannot be certain – there is also an outside possibility that it was Bombardier Frederick William Smith (page 82). Was it:
Private Frederick John Harbridge SMITH
Queens’ Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Died in Hampstead, London on 27th September 1918, aged 21 Buried in London
or
Private Frederick James Henry SMITH
16th Bn The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) & also of the Labour Corps
(Service Numbers 34290, 483275) Died in Canterbury, Kent on 23rd October 1918, aged 21 Buried in Canterbury Cemetery, Kent
What is known is that some time in 1916/1917 Mr and Mrs Smith moved to Tutbury. When Frederick enlisted is not known – his service records did not survive the bombing of the War Records Office, London, in 1940.
The plaque in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury, shows that Frederick was in the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
There is a newspaper article in the Burton Chronicle dated 19 th December 1918 reporting on a Memorial Service that was held that Sunday evening in the Church – “To the last two Tutbury soldiers to fall in the Great War – Private F J H Smith of the Royal West Kents, who was killed in action on 27th September 1918 and Lance Corporal E Frank Hadland who died on 8th November 1918.” (Unfortunately the original is badly creased and illegible in parts).
The article also mentioned that “while Private Smith and his family had only been residents in the town for some eighteen months they had become quite part of the community.”
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From the position of his name on the War Memorial – between David Bond (who died on 9th April 1918) and Ogden Pateman (who died on 29 th October 1918) – Frederick died between these dates.
Unfortunately, the Royal West Kent Regiment does not have any reco rd of a Private FJH Smith of their regiment and not a soldier of even a similar name dying in autumn 1918. Was the regiment correct as stated on the plaque in St Mary’s Priory Church and in the newspaper?
One wonders how accurate is the basic information to hand.
There are two possibilities:
Frederick John Harbridge was the only child of Frederick Harbridge Smith and his wife Gertrude (nee Commin). He was born in January 1897 in Stockwell, London where his parents lived for many years at 48 Stockwell Road. His father was a solicitor’s clerk and his niece, Frederick’s cousin, Emily L Smith also lived with them as a general domestic servant.
Ten years later, in 1911, the family is still living at the same address. Frederick, now 14 is a scholar and his father and mother were both aged 52 and had been married for 27 years.
There is a death notification for the Hampstead District for a Frederick J H Smith for the October/November/December 1918 period.
Did Frederick come back to England to die? Was he injured in France? How long had he served abroad?
Even his medals, if awarded, are not known – which may indicate that he did not see service abroad.
Or was it Frederick James Henry Smith, born Canterbury, Kent in 1897, son of Charlotte and James H Smith, who served in The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment – Service Number 34290)? He later transferred to the 438th Agricultural Labour Corps – Service Number 483275).
Did this Mr & Mrs Smith ever live in Tutbury? On the 1901 Census, Mr James H Smith gave his birth place as Leicestershire and his occupation as coal carter. (Frederick is only attributed with one extra initial – “H”). On the 1911 Census, James’ birth place is given as “Leicestershire, Tamworth”. (Frederick is the only name given on this Census). Did the family move to this area because of that connection?
Commonwealth War Graves Commission named Frederick’s mother, Mrs Charlotte Smith as his next of kin and gave her address in Canterbury.
This Private F J H Smith died in the Military Hospital at New End, Hampstead, London on 23rd October 1918. His Death Certificate describes him as a Private in the Labour Corps (car man) and his death was due to influenza and pneumonia. His mother, Charlotte, registered his death and gave her address as 26 Old Restington Lane, Canterbury.
Frederick James Henry Smith was buried in Canterbury Cemetery, Kent.
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A local possibility: Bombardier Frederick William SMITH
166th Bty Royal Field Artillery (52nd Bde. H.Q) (Service No 33638) Died of wounds on 27th September 1915, aged 20 Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Frederick William Smith was the son of Malcolm and Emma Smith and the family were living in Castle Street, Tutbury at the time of his birth in July 1895. He was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 17th July 1895. Malcolm was a gardener but by the 1901 Census the family were living in Craythorne, Rolleston (the next village to Tutbury). Malcolm was now a groom/gardener, possibly at Craythorne Farm. In the family were Reginald C and Alice M, both of whom were older than Frederick and then came Nellie, 3 years Frederick’s junior and who was also born in Tutbury, and Harry, born in Rolleston.
On the 1911 Census, Frederick was working as a farm boy, Malcolm was a coachman, the 2 older children were not at home and the 2 younger siblings were at school.
Frederick enlisted on 2nd September 1914 in Derby, his occupation given as farmer. He was of fair complexion, with dark brown hair and hazel eyes, standing 5’ 7½” tall. He was promoted to Bombardier exactly a year later September 1915 – only to die from wounds received at the end of the month.
He disembarked for Le Havre from Southampton on 13th May 1915, was promoted in the field to Bombardier but on 27th September 1915 was admitted to 28 Field Ambulance with gunshot wounds received in action, from which he died that day.
A Post Office telegram from Woolwich on 11 th October 1915 told of his death to his parents. He had served 1 year and 26 days in the army. His possessions were duly returned to his grieving parents – a purse, 7 one penny postage stamps, 1 identity disc, letters and cards.
Frederick was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal, which were duly signed for by his father. He is also commemorated on the lych-gate War Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Rolleston on Dove, Staffs.
Frederick is also included in the book by Arnold Burston "The Lych Gate War Memorial".
This young man has been included as the date of his death (though not the year) matches information given. Was there any error in the recording on the War Memorial? His initials are not as given on the plaque in St Mary’s Priory Church or in the Burton Chronicle article of December 1918 but he was born in Tutbury – and on each Remembrance Day a Remembrance poppy cross is placed on Tutbury War Memorial in the name of Frederick William Smith.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private William SMITH
9th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Pioneers) (Service Number 17291) Killed in action on 11th October 1917, aged 33 Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Flanders, Belgium
William Smith was born in Hanbury in 26th November 1883 to Thomas and Julia (nee Bowen), the sixth child of seven. Their first son, George (born in 1874) died at 9 months. There followed Julia (1876), then another George (1878) who died at 9 years. Thomas (1880), David (1881) and William (1883) were born, followed by John (1888) who died at little over a month old.
Thomas, William's father was an alabaster miner for a local manufacturer. In 1901 William was also working in the alabaster mine, not as a miner, like his father and brother Thomas but as a check sougher. Joseph Haywood, a servant, also lived with the family.
William was admitted as a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Hanbury on 8th August 1904. By April 1907 he was a Methodist preacher, following in his maternal grandfather's footsteps (George Bowen was noted as a local Wesleyan preacher in Hanbury in the 1861 Census).
By 1911, William, now aged 27, was the only child still living with his parents at The Villa, Hanbury and was a weighman for a local plaster manufacturer. His father's occupational was given as dairy farmer and two servants lived in.
On 12th May 1913 William married Ivy Wild at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Hanbury. They had 2 children – May was born on 16th January 1914 and Wilfred George on 11th December 1915.
When William enlisted in the North Staffs Regiment at Lichfield on 27th March 1915, his occupation was given as timekeeper. He and the family were living at 12 Castle Street, Tutbury. He preached in chapels in the area.
He went to France on 18th July 1915 with the BEF. He received a gunshot wound in his left hand on 10th October that year. He came home a week later and was hospitalised - and did not return to France until 29th May 1917.
William was killed in action on 11th October 1917 after 2 years 7 months in the service of his King and country. His possessions – one wallet, photographs, comb, letter, pocket atlas, steel mirror – were returned to Mrs Smith on 28th March 1918. He was identified by his wallet.
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal. His plaque and scroll were sent in October 1920. His Service records show that he was buried at South Ypres (burial report numbers 8972 and 13647), though his actual grave appears to
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI have been lost in the ensuing battle(s). William is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial and on the War Memorial in St Werbergh’s Church, Hanbury.
A memorial notice in the Burton Chronicle on 19 th October 1918 read – “Gone, but not forgotten, by his sorrowing wife and children, mother, father, sister and brothers”. Another, in the same newspaper was from A and H Budge, Donisthorpe.
Mrs Smith was awarded a pension of 25/5 (£1.27) per week for herself and the two children, dated from 13th May 1918. She had moved back to Coulters Hill Farm, near Hanbury when she signed the Declaration in front of the vicar of Newborough, Rev T H Spinney on 12th April 1920. Later she remarried and became Mrs Brooks, living in Newchurch, Burton-on-Trent.
Mrs Smith and her children visited the commemorative memorial at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium.
We are most grateful to Karen Booth, William's great grand-daughter for further information and the wonderful photographic records.
Private Joseph TALBOT
2nd Bn Irish Guards (Service Number 6533) Died on 27th September 1916, aged 38 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Joseph was the son of Joseph and Hannah Talbot who later resided at 8 Ludgate Street, Tutbury. He was born in October 1878 at Spout Cottage, Abbots Bromley and his father was worked in a brickyard. He was the third son and the family expanded to 6 boys and a girl. By 1891 the family were living in Barton under Needwood and Joseph Senior was an agricultural labourer.
On the 1901 Census Joseph, now aged 22, was a servant on Farmer Hollis’ farm, Bishop’s Hill at Marchington Woodlands and described as a cowman.
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He married Margaret Riddell in 1902 in Burton-on-Trent and they had five children – Elsie Emily May, Joseph Harold, Frederick Arthur, George (born on 12 th August 1910) and Alice Mary (born on 14th July 1913)
Prior to the war, Joseph worked at Chapel House in the employ of Mr S Walker, senior. The family were then living at 8 Ludgate Street, Tutbury, Joseph was a cowman on the farm.
Joseph enlisted in Burton-on-Trent and went to France with the British Expeditionary Force on 15th August 1915.
Sadly Joseph was killed by an explosion of a shell on 27th September 1916. The news reached Mrs Talbot a few weeks later in a letter from Joseph’s commanding officer, Captain F Witts. He wrote that Joseph had been killed instantaneously while they were being heavily shelled and “that he was a brave soldier and did his duty very well”.
In late October 1916 a Memorial Service was held at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury by Rev H Bennett, MA, for the last five Tutbury casualties, including Joseph Talbot.
Joseph was awarded the 15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal. He is also listed in Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914-1918.
Margaret died of cholecystitis in the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and was buried in St Mary’s churchyard on 5th July 1930.
With grateful thanks to Colin Talbot, son of Frederick Arthur and to Denis Adams, son of Elsie Emily May and Pat Russell, George’s daughter for all their help.
Private Albert Charles TIMMINS
7th Bn Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Service Number 24171) Died on 9th May 1917, aged 30 Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Thessalonica, Greece
Albert Charles was born in October 1886 in Tutbury to William Henry and Hannah (nee Siddalls) Timmins. He was the eldest of 10 children, though only 6 survived. He was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 28th November 1886.
The family were living in Church Lane, Tutbury by 1891 – William Timmins was a glassblower from Stourbridge, Hannah, young Albert Charles aged 4 and Vinnie Hannah aged 1, who was baptised at St Mary’s Church on 10 th November 1889. Sadly Vinnie Hannah died in September 1902, aged 14 and is buried in St Mary's churchyard.
By 1901 Albert, aged 14, was a glasscutter, living with his parents and sisters Minnie, Millicent and Amy and brother Thomas. His father’s uncle, William Siddalls, a plaster boiler, also resided with them in Church Lane. On the 1911 Census Albert was listed as a general labourer at the Tutbury Condensed Milk Factory (Nestlé). Living in the family home, together with their parents, were: Albert (aged 23), Thomas (a 16 year old glass cutter at Flint Glass Works), Millicent Annie, Amy, Ada Louise and Gertrude. William
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Siddalls was still boarding with them. The 1911 Census also showed that the house had 3 rooms.
In the autumn of 1912 Albert married Lilian Beatrice Smith in Burton-on-Trent. Their child, Albert John was born on 3rd March 1913 and baptised at the same church as his father.
Albert enlisted in Birmingham in the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Regiment but when is not known.
The 7th (Service) Battalion of the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry were formed at Oxford in September 1914 as part of K3 and placed under orders of 78 th Brigade in 26th Division. On 21st September 1915 they landed at Boulogne but moved to Salonika 13 th-26th November 1915.
During 1917 there was comparatively little activity on the British part of the front in Macedonia, due in part to complex political changes in Greece throughout the year. The main fighting took place around Lake Doiran, (The First Battle of Doiran 22nd April – 8th May) where the line was adjusted several times by each side early in the year. In April 1917, the British attacked, gained a considerable amount of ground and resisted strong counter-attacks. In May, the Bulgarians attacked the British positions, but were firmly repulsed. The British action in May triggered a series of attacks elsewhere on the front by the other Allies, known as the Battle of Vardar. (Taken from “The Long, Long Trail”)
Albert was awarded the Victoria Medal and the British Medal.
Private Arthur TREADWELL31
6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment (Service Number 3/18208) Killed in action on 12th August 1916, aged 24 Buried in Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France
Arthur was born in April 1892 in Hanbury to James and Ann (1861 – February 1918) Treadwell. He had 2 older brothers James H Pegg and John and an older sister Annie and 2 younger brothers, William and James Henry and Bertha, his sister, 2 years his junior. The family lived in Hanbury Wood End, Draycott in the Clay, next door but one to the Bannisters (see Frederick William Bannister – whose mother Hannah had been a Miss Treadwell). By 1896 the family had moved to Tutbury and were living in Church Lane. James was a plaster pit labourer, underground.
In 1911 James was still a plaster miner, underground and the family were living at the 6- roomed 27 Church Street (formerly Church Lane). As well as his parents and 4 siblings, Arthur's sister Annie was also living with them – she and her husband James Brassington and baby daughter Dorothy. Arthur, now 19, was a general labourer in the Tutbury Condensed Milk Factory (as were John and Bertha).
31 His rank is given as L/Corporal in Soldiers Who Died in the Great War
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Arthur joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Tutbury (IOOF). In July 1915 Arthur married Louisa Frances Wheeler. Prior to enlistment, he was employed by Mr O J Parrick of Tutbury High Street. He enlisted in the army in Burton-on-Trent, but when is not known. On 21st November 1915 Arthur, now in the Lincolnshire Regiment, was sent to the Balkans. He survived that and was sent to France. He had only recently transferred from Salonika to France when he died.
The Burton Chronicle newspaper articles of August 1916 report his death, explaining that official news arrived a week after communication from his commanding officer. He wrote that while carrying tea for his comrades through the explosion of a shell Arthur was instantly killed.
Arthur's brother, Sergeant John (Jack) Treadwell also of the Lincolnshire Regiment, was in England at the time of Arthur's death as he had suffering from wounds sustained in the "great offensive of last month" – i.e. the Battle of the Somme, July 1916. He was employed at the Tutbury Nestlé Condensery Milk Factory at the time of enlistment. Their brother William also served his country.
In late October 1916 a Memorial Service was held at St Mary's Priory Church, conducted by the vicar Rev H Bennett, MA, held for the five last casualties among Tutbury men: Privates Frederick Bannister (see above) and Arthur Treadwell (both of the Lincolnshire Regiment), Private Joseph Talbot (Irish Guards) and Privates William Bentley and Frederick Bennett, also Lincolnshire Regiment.
Arthur was awarded the 15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal. He is also commemorated on the IOOF plaque, currently in St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury and on the IOOF board in Tutbury Museum.
Arthur's widow Louisa later married Mr Broadhurst and lived in Winshill, Burton-on-Trent.
We are grateful to Thomas Treadwell who kindly supplied information about his great uncles. Thomas’s father was James Henry, the youngest of the brothers.
Private William Harry WALKER
16th (Scottish) Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force (Service Number 28685) Died in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on 28th June 1923, aged 45 Buried in the Field of Honour, Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Canada
Harry and his twin sister Sarah Jane were born on 3 rd January 1878 in Pelsall, Walsall, to William and Esther Ann (nee Cresswell) Walker. They were baptised 3 days later in Pelsall. William was a sergeant of police and soon the family moved with his job – firstly to Brewood, Staffs and then to Tutbury. By 1881 the family home was at 35 Burton Street, Tutbury and the family had quickly expanded – two daughters Frances Maude and Ellen Matilda. Esther's mother, Frances Cresswell, a dressmaker also stayed with them (plus a lodger – a police constable)!
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Sadly, the summer of 1885 was a tragic time – Ellen Matilda, aged 4, was buried in early July, Clara Emma, aged 1 was buried on 24th July and Sarah Jane aged 7½ and Charles Alfred aged 2½ both died in August 1885 and were buried in Tutbury churchyard on 10th August 1885.
Four more sisters and a brother followed – Olive Beatrice (born about 1886 and who became a well-liked school teacher at Tutbury School), Annie Elizabeth Radford R (2 years' her junior), Ethel Maggie (born in October 1890) and Gladys Kate and her twin John who was baptised on 30th August 1891. Poor Esther! Gladys Kate was buried on 12th February 1892! Then she lost both her husband and her mother in April 1909 and she and her family moved from Cornmill Lane to 31 Bridge Street.
Harry became a brewer's clerk and was still living at home at the turn of the century. In June 1902 he was a witness at his sister Frances Maude’s marriage to Walter Edward Alexander in St Mary’s Priory Church. On the 1911 Census the Alexanders were living at 10 Bridge Street and had one son, Henry, born in Hatton in 3Q 1904. Walter died in 1920 aged 46 and Frances in 1941 aged 62.
Harry emigrated to Canada in 1912, according to the 1921 Canadian Census.
From his Service records, on 23rd September 1914 he enlisted in the Canadian Infantry at Valcartier, Quebec, stating that he was 34 when he was actually 36 (past the enlistment age). His height was recorded as 5' 9" and “with dark hair, brown eyes and medium complexion”. He gave his occupation as police officer and named his mother in Bridge Street, Tutbury as his next of kin and assigned his pay to her. He stated that he had served in the Staffordshire Yeomanry.
Harry was sent to England with 16th Battalion on 3rd October 1914. He was stationed on Salisbury Plain and the atrocious weather took its toll – Harry was hospitalised with bronchitis in December 1914. He went to France in February 1915. His service records show that on his first time in the line on 14th May 1915 he was captured, reported missing and later officially reported as a prisoner of war (5th August 1915). He was first in Breesen and then, by July 1916, Giessen Prisoner of War camps.
Finally he was repatriated and arrived in the rest Camp at Dover on 7 th December 1918. In the Burton Observer of 19th January 1919 it is reported that at a soiree in the Tutbury Institute, Tutbury, ex-prisoners of war were entertained by the Tobacco Committee. It was reported that Private Harry Walker gave a vote of thanks to the villagers for parcels sent overseas. (Money was raised through whist drives, raffles, etc. – in total £1,900 was raised and 6,000 parcels despatched). One presumes that Harry stayed with his mother and family at Bridge Street.
Harry's Canadian Service Records show that he sailed back to Canada on 25th July 1919 on the “Ms Saturnia” out of Glasgow.
He was demobbed on 11th August 1919 in Vancouver. The last address given is c/o CXL James Island, British Columbia, CXL being a dynamite company. In the Canadian 1921 Census shows that he was still on James Island, listed as a powder operator and single.
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Harry’s Death Certificate shows that in 1923 he spent his last 6 months in the General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was listed as a “returned soldier” and "had no known address".
During WWI Winnipeg had been a major centre for military hospitals (10 in number with 900 beds) – many of those who died of wounds were buried at Brookside Cemetery. Did Harry go to Winnipeg when he discovered he was ill because they looked after veterans at these hospitals? Hospitals and medical help in general was expensive.
Harry died on 28th June 1923 and the primary cause of death was stated as “carcinoma of the pharynx and the secondary cause as exhaustion”.
He was buried in the Field of Honour at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg. The rules at the time were that anyone who was considered to have died as a result of the war could be buried in the Field of Honour, with a Commonwealth War Graves style headstone (which Walker has). This information must have been passed on to family at Tutbury and hence his name was added32 to the WWI Memorial Plaque in the Lady Chapel at St. Mary's. Harry Walker appears to have died a long way from home, without friends or family near.
There was a very short obituary in the Winnipeg Tribune of 30 Jun 1923.
WALKER—William Harry Walker (Private No. 28685), 45, died Friday in the Winnipeg General hospital. The funeral took place this morning at 10:30 o'clock, from Thomson's Main St. Chapel, to Brookside cemetery.
Harry's only surviving brother John had served an apprenticeship in ironmongery to F J Gane Ltd, Tutbury. John also saw service in the Great War with the Sherwood Foresters. He was wounded in the left arm in July 1916. He returned to France on 2nd November 1916. In February 1917 he began training for his commission and was gazetted to the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. John was slightly wounded in the left hand and abdomen and hospitalised in France. (Information from the Burton Chronicle, 13th July 1916 and 27th November 1917).
What happened to John Walker? Did he survive? Did he stay in Staffordshire or did he move? Did he have a family?
Olive Beatrice remained at Tutbury School and was very well liked. She died in December 1952 and her address was still 31 Bridge Street. In her will her estate was to be divided between John Walker, commercial clerk and Ethel Maggie Walker, spinster.
Annie Elizabeth Radford married John Charles Archer in 1911 in Burton-on-Trent. She died in March 1965, her address given as Newlands Farm, Rolleston on Dove. Ethel Maggie lived until 1970 and never married.
With thanks to Mrs Bannister and Chris Tipper who were both taught by Miss O B Walker at the Tutbury School. Especial thanks to Heather MacDonald for her help.
Our grateful thanks to Sherry L Dyck, City of Winnipeg, PP&D, Cemeteries Branch
32 Walker's entry on the plaque can be identified as an addition because the space between two regiments has been used for his name.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Corporal Samuel WHEAT
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Numbers 1488, 6980, 242333) Died of wounds on 29th August 1917, aged 28 Buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France
Samuel was born in January 1889 in Tutbury, the son of Job and Rachel (nee Vernon) Wheat of Blackbrook, Hanbury Woodend. Job was an agricultural labourer and moved around the area with his job. Samuel was the youngest son of the 7 (of 9) who survived – including Frank William, Rhoda, Henry (immigrated to Nanaimo, Canada), Herbert, Rose and Rachel. The family settled in Hanbury Woodend. Mrs Wheat, aged 65 died in September 1917 - a month after her son.
Samuel was a labourer and married Sarah Ann (known as Sally) Tipper of Tutbury at St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury on 16th October 1909. The witnesses at the wedding were Sally’s brother William and Selena Yates. They lived at 4 Ludgate Street in Tutbury and had 4 children. Olive was born on 24th September 1910 – Elsie May on 28th May 1912, Samuel on 29th September 1913 and Hilda Annie born on 2nd December 1914. In the 1911 Census Samuel is described as a sanitary labourer working for a contractor.
Samuel was also a Territorial in the 6th North Staffs Regiment. There was a Drill Hall in Tutbury and joining the Territorial Army was a regular activity for young men prior to World War One.
At the time he enlisted at Lichfield, Samuel was a carpenter at the Tutbury Nestlé Condensed Milk Factory. He was posted to France on 5th March 1915. In early July 1915 Lance-Corporal S Wheat, together with Privates W Stanley and H Bailey, arrived home on special leave. “All the men bore traces of having endured trials, but nevertheless were quite fit and well. They returned to “somewhere in France” the following Monday morning. (Information courtesy of the Burton newspapers in the Magic Attic).
In October 1915 Samuel had a lucky escape when his rucksack was riddled with bullets. Fortunately he was unhurt. Later that month he received chest wounds and recovered at a base hospital in France. He had come out of the charge minus all his equipment.
In 1916 he became time-expired33 and after a month’s rest re-joined his Regiment.
33 TE or Time Expired. This was when the soldier had reached the end of his agreed period of military service. It applied only to pre-war soldiers of the regular army or Territorial Force. These men were allowed to go home but from 1916 many TE men returned to active service as
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He was wounded in action on 28th August 1917 and died of his wounds the next day. In a letter to Mrs Wheat, Captain J Yeomans wrote that Samuel had died as a result of severe gassing. He stated that he was a splendid soldier and that he was extremely sorry to lose him.
Samuel Wheat's wedding to Sarah Ann (Sally) Tipper, 16 th October 1909 Seated from the left: Rachel Wheat (nee Vernon, mother of Samuel), Samuel Wheat, Sarah Ann Tipper, Martha Tipper (nee Jackson, mother of Sarah Ann) Frederick Tipper is standing on the very left of the row
Samuel was awarded the 1915 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal, which were eventually sent to his widow.
Samuel is also remembered on the Nestlé Memorial and the War Memorial plaque in St Werburgh's Church, Hanbury.
With thanks to Chris Tipper, Kay, Lesley, Elaine Rignall and especially Shirley for all their help.
conscripted soldiers {Source: National Archives British Army medal index cards 1914-1920 Abbreviations}
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Shoeing Smith William WHEELDON
A Bty 56th Bde Royal Field Artillery (Service Number 91657) Died of wounds on 25th April 1917, aged 24 Buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq
William was born in April 1893 in Tutbury, one of the 7 children of George and Alice Wheeldon of Owen’s Bank, Woodhouse Lane, Tutbury. William was baptised in St Mary’s Priory Church on 13th December 1893. George was an agricultural labourer and was a 33 year old widower when he married Alice Talbot (aged 21) of Castle Hayes, Tutbury on 19th October 1892 at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury. George already had a family by his first wife Ellen, who died in 1892 – including Harriet, Thomas G, Ann, Samuel, Ellen and Charlotte. (It is possible that Henry died at 13 days in April 1889).
By 1911 the family were: William, his brothers were George, John, Albert Edward (born 25th April 1903) and his sisters were Lizzie (born1896), Alice Rebecca (born 12th August 1906) and Rose (born 19th April 1910). (It is thought that baby Daniel born in April 1902 died at 8 months). At that time William was working at the Tutbury Nestlé Condensing Milk Factory. When he enlisted, he was a blacksmith in the employ of Mr W Shipton of Scropton Road (whose son William’s sister Lizzie was to marry).
William enlisted in Burton-on-Trent in August 1914 at the outbreak of the hostilities and began training in Ireland, from whence he went to Egypt (on 21 st July 1915) and in 1916 to Mesopotamia.
In May 1917 news was received by Mr and Mrs Wheeldon at Owen’s Bank that William had died of wounds received in action on 25th April 1917.
William was awarded the 1915 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal. For the next 2 years In Memoriam notices were put in the Burton Chronicle for William by his family.
William was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) in Tutbury, which had a large hall in Tutbury High Street. He is recorded as one of the Fallen on the IOOF plaque in St Mary's Priory Church and on the IOOF board in Tutbury Museum. He is also commemorated on the Nestlé War Memorial.
His younger brother, Private George Wheeldon also served in France. He was injured in the knee at Passchendaele in July 1917.
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We are indebted to George Wheeldon, William’s nephew, son of John (who was too young to serve abroad and so worked on the Liverpool Docks, which were under military discipline), for additional information.
We are also very grateful to Matthew Wheeldon, great-great nephew of William, for all his help, advice and photographs.
Lance Sgt Ernest WOODALL34
1st Bn South Staffordshire Regiment (Service Number 7047) Killed in action on 18th May 1915, aged 29 Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France
Ernest was the fourth son of Daniel and Mary Ann (nee Edgley) Woodall. He was born in July 1885 in Dudley, another glass producing town, his family having moved there from Tutbury as his father was a glass cutter. The spelling of the surname varies over time – Woodall and Woodhall. Ernest continued to live in Dudley and the family did not return to Tutbury until approximately 1895, living in Woodhouse Lane.
The Woodall family were:
Thomas William – born in 1878 in Tutbury
Samuel C – born about 1882 in Tutbury (see next entry)
Harry – born about 1884 in Tutbury
Ernest – born July 1885 in Dudley and died on 18th May 1915
Joseph Edgley – born about 1887 in Dudley (It is thought that he may have been serving with the North Staffs Regiment in India in 1911). His family continue to live in Hatton.
Fred – born about 1889 in Dudley
Sydney – born in 1893 in Dudley (also served in the 6th North Staffs, had his right leg amputated due to gunshot wound and worked at Nestlé)
Ada – born about 1895 in Tutbury
Albert Victor – born about 1899 in Tutbury (served in the South Staffs Regiment, died in December 1941, his daughter Jill was born the next month)
Ernest was born in July 1885 while the family were living at 62 Hall Street, Dudley. By 1901, the family, now listed as Woodhall, were living in Woodhouse Lane, Tutbury. Ernest was a 15 year old bricklayer and the two youngest members of the family, Ada and Albert Victor were very young.
34 It is not known when the surname evolved into Woodhall – but both Ernest and Samuel Woodhall (see next entry) are brothers
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In July 1901 Ernest’s mother, Mary Ann died, aged 46 and was buried in St Mary’s churchyard. Daniel married Alice Elizabeth (nee Parrish) in 1904 and their daughter Alice Emma was born on 6th March 1905 and baptised at St Mary’s Church on 30 th April that year. Their address was Silk Mill Lane, Tutbury.
One wonders if Ernest married – he was not at the family home on the 1911 Census.
He enlisted in the South Staffordshire Regiment in Burton-on-Trent, but when is not known. He was in the regular army (being in the 1st Battalion and with such a low Service Number) so was sent to France early in the war, his disembarkation date being 20th October 1914. Unfortunately Ernest’s Service Records did not survive the Luftwaffe attack on the London War Records Office in September 1940.
News that he had been killed in action was received by his father in June 1915.
Ernest was awarded Victory Medal and the British Medal.
With thanks to David Woodhall, Jill Mousley, Anita Clarke and Viv Johnson
Private Samuel WOODHALL35
South Staffordshire Regiment36 (Service Number) Date?, aged 34
Samuel was the second son of Daniel and Mary Ann (nee Edgley) Woodall (see previous entry for his brother Ernest) born in Tutbury in April 1881. The spelling of the surname varies over time – Woodall and Woodhall. Samuel's name is given as Samuel C on most censuses. However, there is a baptism registration at St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury on 8th May 1881 for Samuel Francis George Woodall, son of Daniel, a glass packer and Mary Ann Woodall.
Their father Daniel was a glass cutter and the family moved between the centre of the glass industry – Dudley and Tutbury in Staffordshire. At the time of Samuel’s birth, the family were living in Burton Street, Tutbury. By the time of Ernest’s birth in 1885, the family were living at 62 Hall Street, Dudley. On the 1891 Census, Samuel’s second initial is given as “C”.
By 1901 the family had moved to Woodhouse Lane, Tutbury. Samuel was a labourer in the plaster mills. Like Ernest, he cannot be traced on the 1911 Census – was he also in the army? Neither of the brothers was in the parental home, nor with the eldest brother Thomas, living at 6 Burton Street with his wife Nellie and three children (their fourth child was born in October 1911).
Where and when Samuel enlisted is not known. His Regiment is listed as the South Staffs, as given on the plaque in St Mary’s Church, Tutbury (like his brother Ernest). On the War
35 It is not known when the surname evolved from Woodall – but both Samuel and Ernest Woodall (see previous entry) are brothers 36 South Staffs Regiment is shown on the St Mary's Church plaque
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Memorial, which is in chronological order of when the men died, Samuel’s name comes after Frederick Bennett (who died on 30 th September 1916) and before George Causer (who died on 30th October 1916). Therefore it is presumed that he died between these dates. However, there is no trace on CWGC website or on Ancestry.co.uk of Samuel’s death.
The name Samuel Wood(h)all features on the WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards but there is no substantial proof which is Samuel. Unfortunately Samuel’s Service Records, like so many others, did not survive the Luftwaffe attack on the London War Records Office in September 1940
It was reported in the Burton Chronicle, dated 7 th November 1918:
Six Sons to the Colours
Mr & Mrs Woodhall of Corn Mill Lane, Tutbury, have sent 6 sons to the colours. • Two have been killed (Ernest and Samuel) • One is in a French hospital, wounded in the foot (Fred) • One is just convalescing from shrapnel wounds and gas (Joseph) • One is recovering from wounds (Sydney) • One is with the Royal Engineers in this country (Albert)
We are grateful to those mentioned on previous entry for additional information
Private James WORRALL
1/6th Bn Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Service Number 2971) Killed in action on 13th October 1915, aged 35 Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, France
James was born in Tutbury in January 1880, the son of James, a farm labourer and Hannah Worrall of Fishpond Lane. When he was born James had one brother, William and sisters Elizabeth (who became Mrs Ward), Hannah (who married Alfred Parker - see their son Alfred James), Catherine and Sarah (who was born in 1878 and who married William Salt in December 1889). More children were to follow after James – Selina, Jack, Ada and Joseph.
James was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 24 th January 1888 (at the same time as Joseph). The Baptism Registers also show two other children, Mary and George, baptised in September 1864. Recorded in the Burial Registers are Thomas and Sarah who died at 11 days in 1869 and Sarah who was 10 days old in 1876.
The family continued to live in Fishpond Lane. Sadly James’ father died in May 1892 (he is buried in St Mary’s Churchyard). James was only a school boy.
By 1901 James was boarding at 38 Burton Street with his sister Sarah and her husband William Salt. The Salts had two small children, James and Mary. James Worrall was a
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI carter at the gypsum mine, both below and above ground. William also worked in the gypsum mine, as a loader below ground.
In the years before the war, not much is known of James’ life. It is presumed that he did not marry – perhaps he lived with various family members in the village and continued to work in Tutbury, perhaps still at the gypsum mine.
James enlisted in the local Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment in Burton-on- Trent. He was sent to France on 26th June 1915. In the Battle of Loos, in the Great Charge, on 13th October 1915, James was killed in action and was buried at Vermelles British Cemetery. This Battle is well documented – see references to Hohenzollern Redoubt (for example “Hellfire-corner” by Andrew Thornton).
His death was reported in the Burton Chronicle, details were given by his sister Mrs Elizabeth Ward of Bridge Street, Tutbury. (She had married Thomas Ward, a soldier in the North Staffordshire Regiment in December 1890 at St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury).
James was awarded the 1915 Star, the Victory Medal and the British Medal.
We are grateful to Christine Gamble and Rosamund Worrall James’ great nieces, for contacting us.
In Memorium (Easter, 1915)
The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood
This Eastertide call into mind the men,
Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should
Have gathered them and will never do again.
Edward Thomas (1878 – 1917) Killed by a shell at Arras
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THE FALLEN – WWI – 2ND EDITION
Tutbury Connections
In the course of our research for the Tutbury Book of Remembrance, in addition to the 50 men who died in World War I whose names are on the War Memorials in St Mary’s churchyard, we found reference to another 46+ who have some connection with Tutbury. The reasons are various – they may have been born in Tutbury and moved elsewhere, they may have attended the Odd Fellows Hall or were a Druid or were a Territorial in the North Staffordshire Regiment (there was Drill Hall off Bridge Street), they may have been in the village for work, etc. Whatever their connection, their deaths would have had an impact on the villagers, who would have known them.
As we do not know the criteria for the names on the War Memorials, we cannot be certain why some names are included and others are not.
This is a tribute, however small, to those who did not return from World War I and who had some connection – having lived/worked/met - in Tutbury. The men include those who lived close by and who worked in one of the local industries – plaster works and plaster mine, the glass industry, the railways or on the land.
Some came to Tutbury to meet as members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (their Meeting Hall was at the top of the High Street, now a hairdressing salon). The boards bearing the name of the Odd Fellows "Brethren" who died are now in Tutbury Museum. The plaque commemorating those who died in World War I is sited in St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury.
There was also the “Who’d Have Thought It?” Lodge 1489 of the Birmingham Equalised Order of Druids (who met in the Castle Inn in Bridge Street). Six members of the Druids also perished, but their War Memorial plaque, including their Roll of Honour, cannot be located. Fortunately, there remains the newspaper report of the dinner in honour of those who did return and of the dedication of their War Memorial plaque. This gives names of the Druids who died and their Roll of Honour - all those who served in the war (36 names).
Both the Odd Fellows and the Druids were Mutual Societies, in the days before the NHS, sick pay, etc., when not being able to work (or dying) could and did make a family destitute.
Some, who, by accident of birth, were in the village perhaps only a brief time, only to move away with their parents, again possibly for employment. Others moved to Burton- on-Trent (and Horninglow in particular) to work in the brewing trade. Also recorded are the men on the Nestlé plaque who are not on the War Memorial in St Mary's churchyard.
[Please note that there are multiples of 2 names – Thomas Richardson and William Woolley – as there is no corroborative evidence to positively identify these men].
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI The Fallen – 2nd Edition Private Albert ASKEY...... 99 Private James Andrew BLOOD ...... 100 Private John BLOOD...... 101 Private Robert BLOOD ...... 101 Lance Corporal Frank BRIDGEN (Brigden) ...... 102 Private William Percy BRINDLEY ...... 103 Company Sergeant Major Charles William COTTON...... 104 Private John Edward DYCHE ...... 105 Private Richard William DYCHE ...... 106 Steward Ernest Harris ELTON ...... 107 Private Sydney ELTON...... 108 Private Thomas FELTHOUSE ...... 109 Private Henry FOSTER ...... 110 Private Albert Edward GEORGE ...... 111 Private George GREGSON ...... 112 Private Jack HAWKSWORTH ...... 113 Private William Henry HILL...... 113 L/Corp Frank Ernest HOOD ...... 115 Private Samuel John HUDSON ...... 116 Private Alfred JOHNSON ...... 117 Gdsmn William Henry KNIGHT ...... 117 Private Robert LEADBETTER ...... 118 Private William Gordon LOWE ...... 119 Private Frederick Arthur MATTHEWS ...... 120 Private John Phillip Mc GUIRE ...... 121 Private James MORETON ...... 122 L/Crpl Henry John OWEN ...... 123 Private Bernard Henry PAGE...... 124 Private Bert PRESTON ...... 124 Private William REDFERN ...... 125 Thomas RICHARDSON...... 126 Private Thomas RICHARDSON ...... 127 Private Thomas RICHARDSON ...... 127 Driver Thomas Henry ROE ...... 128 Private George Henry SIDDALLS ...... 129 Private James William SMIT H ...... 130 L/Crpl Thomas Richard SMITH ...... 131 Private Percy STARLING ...... 133 Private George TAYLOR ...... 134 Private William John UPTON ...... 135 Private Wilfred VAUGHAN ...... 136 Private Vernon James WEAVER ...... 137 Private John Henry WILLIS...... 138 Private James Arthur WILSON ...... 139 Private John Charles WILSON ...... 141 Private Edward WOOLLEY ...... 142 William WOOLLEY ...... 143 Private William WOOLLEY...... 143 Private William WOOLLEY...... 144 Rifleman William Vivian WOOLLEY ...... 145 GOOD NEWS! ...... 147 Private George PRESS ...... 147 Private Albert Henry SCRIVEN ...... 149
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Albert ASKEY
2nd Bn Nottingham & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) (Service No 3774) Died of Wounds on 2nd July 1915, aged 24 Buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium
Albert was the son of Isaac and Hannah (nee Durose) Askey and was born in June 1891 in Village Main Road, Scropton, (now in Derbyshire, formerly Staffordshire). His father was originally from Roston, Derbyshire and worked as a general labourer. Isaac and Hannah’s marriage was registered in the Uttoxeter district in January 1885. Albert had two older brothers – Samuel and Frederick and a younger brother Isaac. Albert was baptised at Scropton Parish Church on 14th June 1891, but his brothers were baptised at Boylestone Church.
Of Albert or his family on the 1901 Census there is no trace.
By 1911 Albert was a farm labourer for Mr Edward Fallowes of East Mammerton, Longford, Derbyshire. His father and mother were living alone at Hare Hill, Boylestone, Sudbury, Derbyshire, Isaac was described as a farmer, working on his own account.
At the time of enlistment, on 17th April 1914 in Derby, Albert, 23 years old, gave his occupation as a farm labourer. He was 5’ 9¼”, weighed 135 lbs and had a chest measurement of 37” (+2” on expansion). He had slightly flat feet. Albert received recruitment training and, at the outbreak of war, was sent to France early in August 1914.
Albert saw action with the British Expeditionary Force. On 28 th November 1914, Albert received contusions to his back, for which he was hospitalised. He returned to the Front when he recovered. On 2nd July 1915, he received gunshot wounds to his left thigh and penis and died soon after. He is buried at Poperinghe Cemetery, Belgium. He had served one year and 78 days in the Army.
His possessions were returned to his mother – namely “one small book cover, letters and one disc” – in late November 1915. On 17th April 1919, five years to the day since he enlisted, the Notice of Declaration was signed by his mother, Hannah before the Vicar of Boylestone, Rev N Ryson.
Albert’s mother was sent his medals – the 1914 Star (the “Mons Star”), the British Medal and the Victory Medal and also the commemorative plaque and scroll (nicknamed the Dead Man’s Penny). His Service Records show that Mrs Askey was advised as to whom she should apply for the copy of certificate of death of her son.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private James Andrew BLOOD
A Coy, 8th (Service) Bn Border Regiment (Service No 21344)
(Formerly Norfolk Regiment – Service No 18993) Killed in action on 5th July 1916, aged 20 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
James Andrew Blood was born in November 1896 to Arthur and Ada Blood (nee Gregson) of Hilton, Derbyshire. Arthur was a railway platelayer, also from Hilton and Ada was from Sudbury. In the family were: Agnes (born April1888, later to be Mrs Bell), Catherine (born October 1889), Ruth (who died February 1911 aged 19, and is buried in Marston on Dove churchyard), Charles Arthur (born October 1893), James, Bertha (born 1898), Albert Cuthbert (born April 1902), Jessie (born July 1907) and lastly Arnold Gregson (born April 1909)
In the family occasionally a child became known by its second name – Albert Cuthbert was listed as Cuthbert and James as Andrew on the 1911 Census. In the photograph of James in uniform in the Nestle book, his initials were given as A J Blood, but his signature is James Andrew Blood.
James was working as a labourer at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery when he enlisted at Derby on 20th February 1915 and was posted to the Norfolk Regiment in Norwich. His Service Records show that he was 5’ 6½" tall, had a chest measurement of 35"” and weighed 130lbs.
Subsequently he was posted to the Border Regiment in December 1915. He embarked on the SS Onward to France on 30th December 1915, sailing from Folkestone to Etaples, arriving on New Year’s Day. He joined the 2 nd Entrenching Unit in the field later that month and posted to A Company on 7th April 1916.
When not in the field, in the trenches, the men were kept busy with training, in preparation for the major offensive commencing on 1st July 1916, now known as the Battle of the Somme. James’ Regiment saw action from 3rd July but the bitter fighting resulted in serious losses to the Battalion’s strength. Of other ranks, 430 were missing, wounded or killed, 10 officers were wounded and 4 killed.
Sadly James was reported missing and later declared having died on or after 5 th July 1916. This sad news was conveyed to his family. On 20 th June 1919, Rev Henry Lamb of the Vicarage, Marston-on-Dove signed the Notice of Declaration of all relatives for Mrs Blood.
James was awarded the1914-15 Star, Victory and British medals. He had served one year and 136 days. He is commemorated on the Nestlé plaque and on the lych-gate at Marston-on-Dove Church, South Derbyshire.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private John BLOOD
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) (Service No 70650) Killed in action on 23rd March 1918, aged 23 Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, France
John was born in 1895, son of John, a builder and Ellen (nee Vaughan) Blood in Hatton Road, Hatton, Derbyshire. He had 5 older siblings – Charles Henry, Florence, Sarah A, Violet M and Clarice and a younger brother Arnold. All the children had been born in the village. The youngest, Phyllis, was born in 1903.
By 1901, John Senior was an employer and Charles Henry was working as a bricklayer. Did John Junior join the family business? His occupation on the 1911 Census is not given and the address is listed as Tutbury Road, Hatton.
It is not known where and when John enlisted. Like so many others, John’s Service Records perished in the Luftwaffe bombing of September 1940 of the War Records' Office in London.
John died on 28th March 1918. At the time, the Sherwood Foresters were heavily engaged in one of the largest offensives of the war. The German Spring offensive was known as Kaiserschlaft and was designed to split the armies.
John was awarded the Victory and British medals.
Like his father, John was a member of the Mosley Lodge, (Manchester Union 909), of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. John Senior died in August 1915, aged 56, his death is recorded on the Odd Fellows’ board, now in Tutbury Museum – 16th entry above his son. John Junior is also commemorated on the Odd Fellows’ plaque in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury and on the War Memorial plaque in All Saints' Church, Hatton.
Private Robert BLOOD
27th Bn Durham Light Infantry (Service No 101489) Died of illness on 13th November 1918, aged 30 Buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Marston-on-Dove, South Derbyshire
Robert was the youngest child of James and Phoebe Blood of Main Street, Hilton, Derbyshire. He was born in October 1888. His father James was an agricultural labourer who hailed from Hilton. Robert’s siblings were Phoebe Ellen, George, Alfred James, Edwin (who died in 1900 aged 15) and Sarah Ann.
The 1891 Census shows that James’s brother Edwin was also living with them. Robert’s mother Phoebe died in October 1891, aged only 31 and was buried in Marston-on- Dove churchyard.
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By 1901, Alfred was an apprentice to a bread baker, Phoebe Ellen and Robert were the only other children at home.
By 1911 Robert was a general labourer in the bread bakery and was the only child living at home. His father was labouring on the roads for the Rural District Council.
On 28th February 1916 Robert enlisted in Derby in the Durham Light Infantry. He was 27 years and 4 months and a roadman, still living in Main Street, Hilton. He was 5’ 5” tall, with a chest measurement of 33½ “.
His Service Records Medical form show that, due to his poor eye sight, with glasses, Robert was fit for Grade II and put in Category B1. (B1: Able to march five miles, and see to shoot with glasses and hear well). Robert was transferred in the Army Reserve and joined on mobilization on 30th May 1918.
Robert succumbed to influenza and had severe epitaxies (nosebleeds) in early November 1918. He was admitted to Canterbury Hospital but his illness developed into bronco- pneumonia. He died on 13th November 1918 at 10.50pm. It was stated in his medial noted that “The attack was contracted subsequent to enlistment”.
Robert was buried on 19th November 1918 in Marston-on-Dove churchyard, 27 years after his mother. He was not eligible for any awards, as he had only served at home.
Lance Corporal Frank BRIDGEN (Brigden)
18th Bn King’s Royal Rifles (Service No C/7053) Died of Wounds on 15th September 1916, aged 32 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Frank Bridgen was born in Tutbury in January 1884 and baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury on 2 nd March 1884. His parents were Francis, a house painter and Catherine Ann (nee Newbold) Bridgen. Also living at home were his two older sisters, Fanny Elizabeth (born October 1879 and later to be Mrs Dagley) and Florence (born 1881 and who became Mrs Hackett).
The 1891 Census shows that the family had moved to 57 Princess Street, Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent. A fourth child, William, had been born in 1887 there but he died in October 1891.
In 1901, now 17, Frank was living with his parents at 27 Princess Street, Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent. He was a house painter (his father was now a grainer in the paint trade). Florence was also living at home.
Frank married Fanny Whitehead on 24th May 1903 in Burton- on-Trent Registry Office and they lived at 68 Wyggeston
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Street, Horninglow, in the town. They had 3 daughters Elsie Mary (born 3 rd September 1903), Katherine (born 13th December 1905) and Vera who was born on 27th July 1910.
Frank enlisted in the Army at Burton-on-Trent on 4th September 1915 and joined his regiment for basic training at Gidea Park, Essex 3 days later. This Battalion – the 18th (Service) Battalion (Arts & Crafts) of the King’s Royal Rifles – had been formed by Major Sir Herbert Raphael on 4th June 1915.
Frank was 31 years old, was 5’ 8½” tall, weighed 148lbs, with a chest measurement of 36½” (+2½” on expansion). In October 1915, the Battalion moved to Witley, Surrey and came under orders of 122nd Brigade in 41st Division. They moved to Aldershot in November 1915, on to Witley in February and thence back to Aldershot. Frank was appointed Lance Corporal on 29th January 1916 and on 2nd May went to France with the British Expeditionary Force. On 3rd May 1916, they landed at Le Havre.
Frank was reported “Missing” on 15th September 1916 and later presumed to have died of wounds. Mrs Bridgen placed a piece in the Burton Mail asking for any information. Two other tributes were placed In Memorial by the widow and her children in September 1917 and 1918.
Frank’s personal effects – 3 letters, 5 photographs and one disc – were forwarded to Mrs Bridgen in December 1917. On 22nd December 1917 she wrote a poignant note of thanks for the return of these items.
The Declaration of Next of Kin was duly signed on 21st July 1919 in Burton-on-Trent for Frank’s widow.
Frank was awarded the Victory Medal and British Medal that were sent to his widow. The Plaque and scroll were duly sent and signed for on 7 th July 1920.
Mrs Bridgen married Hugh Huckerby September 1922 in Burton-on-Trent and lived in Field Lane, Horninglow. She died in November 1965 in Llandudno.
Private William Percy BRINDLEY
“B” Coy, 2/5th North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 38458) Killed in Action on 26th September 1917, aged 19 Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
The parents of William Percy were William and Elizabeth Brindley and he was born in Tutbury in March 1898. At the time of her marriage to William Senior, on 18 th April 1892, Elizabeth Clatworthy was a 32 year old widow living in Tutbury, where she had been born.
William Percy's siblings were Joseph Edward (born 1901) and Mary Jane (born 1903 in Burton-on-Trent). William Percy was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury on 3 rd April 1898 and Joseph Edward was baptised there on 23rd June 1901.
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On the 1901 Census the family was living in Church Street, Tutbury, together with 14- year-old Albert Brindley. William’s only sister, Mary Jane, was born in Burton-on-Trent in July 1903.
By 1911, the family was living at 3 Craven Street, Horninglow and his father was a tailor in the brewery. William was a school boy.
William’s Service Records were badly burnt and show only scant details. He enlisted in June 1916 in Burton-on-Trent and his employment was written as a “number taker on the railway”. His address was 39 Horninglow Road North, Burton-on-Trent. Being unmarried, he gave his mother Elizabeth as next of kin and her address as 18 Beverley Road, Derby.
On 26th September 1917, William was killed in action in the field and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial as he has no known grave. In March 1918, his few personal effects were sent to his mother – namely a fountain pen, an insurance card, letters, photos, cards and a diary.
William was awarded the British Medal and the Victory Medal and Elizabeth signed for these on 10th November 1921.
Company Sergeant Major Charles William COTTON
7th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (Service No 13667) Died of Wounds 8th June 1917, aged 30 Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium
On 18th April 1885 John Cotton, a 33 year old widower, married Sarah Thomas in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury. Both were cotton spinners and Sarah, then 30, was from nearly Marchington. They were Charles William’s parents.
John had previously married Elizabeth Jane on Christmas Day 1875, both were cotton spinners in the local mill. In 1881 John and his family was living in Corn Mill Lane, Tutbury. Elizabeth Jane bore him 5 children but died, aged 34 and was buried 6 th April 1884. Their children were:
Emma (born 1876), Alfred (born 1877 – the records show that he lived in the Bolton Union Workhouse, Farnworth for 20+ years, working as a pedlar or a newsvendor and being described as “paralised” {sic}), Annie (born 1879), Richard (born July 1881 and died at 2 months), Sarah (born August 1883) – all baptised in St Mary’s Priory Church.
Charles William, their first born, was born in Tutbury in July 1886 to John and Sarah Cotton. His siblings were: Rachel (born 1889 also in Tutbury), Walter (born in Rocester, Staffordshire in March 1891), May (born 1897 in Bolton) and another who died.
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In 1888 the decision was taken to close the Tutbury cotton mill and move the mill to Rocester – there had been problems with low water in the River Dove at times, etc. By 1891 the family had moved to Churnet Row, Rocester. John was a cotton doubler and, in addition to the family, they had 4 lodgers in the house.
By 1901, the family were living in 40 Mortfield Street, Bolton. Had the family moved to Bolton because of better work in the Lancashire cotton industry?
In 1911, Charles William was single, living with his parents and 3 siblings at 112, Hadfield Road, Bolton. He was a printer’s assistant on the evening newspaper. His siblings were all working in the cotton mill, but his father was a labourer in an iron foundry.
Charles married Edith Booth in October 1911 in Bolton. They lived at 19 Mortfield Lane, Bolton Lancs. Their daughter, Phyllis was born on 22nd October 1913 (and lived until March 1984).
Charles enlisted in the Army in Bolton in August 1914. His occupation was given as “a stripper and grinder at Dobsons”. (This is possibly Dobson & Barlow – manufacturers of machinery for the textile mills).
He was sent to France 17th July 1915. Unfortunately, his Service Records, like so many others, have not survived. He died of wounds to the chest at 9.55pm on 8 th June 1917 and was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium.
He was awarded the Italian Bronze Medal for Military Valour (given to those showing exceptional valour in the face of the enemy) while fighting in July 1916 at La Boiselle and Bazentin. He wrote to Edith asking her “Just tell mother but do not swank about it, you know I do not like a lot of fuss” – letter to Edith on 28th March 1917.
In addition he received the 15 Star, the British and Victory Medals.
Charles’ brother, Walter also enlisted in 1914 in Bolton in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps (Service No R/8991). He was taken as a prisoner of war. Sadly, he too died of wounds on 27th October 1918 in the lead mines near Cologne.
With many thanks to Ian and Lesley Whitehead, grandchildren of May Cotton, Charles' sister
Private John Edward DYCHE D Coy, 1/6th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 4196) Died of Wounds on 1st July 1916, aged 19 Buried in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers
John Edward Dyche was born in Tutbury in 1897 to Richard and Sarah Dyche (nee Bull), the second of 4 sons and also one daughter.
The 1891 Census shows that Richard was a widower with one daughter, Fanny (aged 9), living at 89 Dale Street, in Christchurch Parish, Burton-on-Trent. He was a labourer in
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI the brewery and Sarah Bull was employed as a domestic/housekeeper. Richard and Sarah later married and the family lived in Tutbury before moving back to Burton-on-Trent.
There were 4 boys in the family – Richard William (see next entry) who was born in 1895, John Edward, Eric Charles (born on 14th March 1899 also in Tutbury), and Arthur. A sister, Doris May (the latter two were born in Burton-on-Trent in 1902 and 1904 respectively).
By 1901, the family were living at 6 Charles Street, Horninglow with Richard’s newly married daughter Fanny and her husband Arthur Upton, who also worked at the Brewery.
The family all worked in Marston, Thompson & Evershed’s Brewery, Burton-on-Trent. By 1911, Richard was an office boy and John was a “brewery boy”. They had moved to 52 John Street, Burton-on-Trent.
John enlisted in the Territorials on 17th August 1915 in Burton-on-Trent and joined the 3/6th Battalion. He transferred to the 1/6th Battalion on 16th March 1916.
He and his brother Richard, who was also in the 1/6 th, were together on the most horrific day in British military history – 1st July 1916 – the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Sadly, both brothers died, which prompted the authorities never to allow brothers to serve in the same battalion again. John was buried in Gommecourt Wood Cemetery but Richard’s body was never found and he was commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. John had spent 319 days in the army.
As reported in the Burton Mail on 18th July 1916, as she did not hear from John, his mother had written to Captain J C Lyon, who responded quickly saying that John was reported missing and was feared to have died. The family had to wait until the end of the month that official confirmation of his death was received.
John was awarded the British Medal and the Victory Medal.
The family continued to place In Memorial messages in the newspapers for some years. In December 1928 Doris May married Carmi Potts, a local man and they lived in Burton- on-Trent until their deaths in 1970.
Private Richard William DYCHE
B Coy, 1/6th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 4315, 241339) Died of Wounds on 1st July 1916, aged 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France
Richard William Dyche was born 1895 in Tutbury and baptised at Scropton Church on 22nd December 1895. His parents were Richard and Sarah Dyche and he was the older brother of John Edward (see previous entry).
Like the rest of his family he was employed at Marston, Thompson & Evershed’s Brewery in Burton-on-Trent. He was also a prominent player of the Horninglow St John’s Football Club.
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He enlisted in Burton-on-Trent a few days after his brother in August 1915. Richard’s Service Records have not survived so there is not account of his war service. All that was known was that he, like John, Richard he went "over the top" on 1st July 1916, never to be seen again. Like so many others on that dreadful day, he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Unfortunately, for his poor parents, Mr & Mrs Dyche did not receive official confirmation until almost 12 months later (in late June 1917) that Richard had been killed in action on 1st July. The family continued to place In Memorial messages in the newspapers for some years.
Like his brother, Richard was awarded the British and Victory Medals.
Another brother, Eric Charles, enlisted in Burton-on-Trent in the 1/8th Durham Light Infantry in May 1917, at the age of 18 years and one month. He saw action in France after arriving in early April. On 12th April 1918, his poor mother wrote, asking if, as she had already lost 2 sons and her husband was a cripple (having only one arm) that she “had heard” that a 3rd son would not go in the firing line.
Eric was reported missing on 27th May 1918 but later found to be a prisoner of war in Germany. Following his release, he was given a pension of 8/3d (41p) per week from 4 th July 1919, as a result of his disability.
John and Richard’s brother in law, Arthur Upton of 21 Ludgate Street, Tutbury also enlisted in the 6th Reserve North Staffordshire Regiment in October 1914 and saw action in France. He returned home. Later, Fanny married Alfred Corden in June 1932.
Steward Ernest Harris ELTON
Mercantile Marine Drowned as a result of enemy submarine, 17th March 1917, aged 26 Commemorated on Mercantile Marine Memorial, London
Ernest Harris Elton was born in Tutbury in October 1890 and baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 4th January 1891. His parents, Thomas Fellowes Elton, a railway clerk and Annie Elizabeth were living in the High Street in 1891. Ernest was their first born, and by 1901 the family had moved to the Station House at Clifton Compton, Ashbourne, his father Thomas being the railway stationmaster. The family had increased – Ethel Gertrude and Harold Eric Clifton, born in 1895 and March 1896 respectively – and the family had a live- in young domestic servant, Frances L Goodall.
The family had presumably moved to Lancashire with Thomas’s employment. Ernest’s mother, Annie Elizabeth, died in January 1907, aged 39 in Prestwich, Lancs. His father Thomas married Alice Chadwick Beaumont in April 1909 in Prestwich. By 1911 the family, plus Alice’s aunt, Alice Elizabeth Beaumont, were living at 2 Crescent Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester. Ernest, now 20, was an assistant in a shipping warehouse.
It is not known when or where Ernest enlisted. On 17th March 1917, aged 26, Ernest was a steward on board SS Tasso (Bristol) and drowned as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine, torpedoed off the French coast.
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Having no known grave, Ernest is commemorated on the Mercantile Marine Memorial, London. Its inscription read: “To the glory of God and to the honour of twelve thousands of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who have no grave but the sea 1914 - 1918.”
Ernest's younger brother, Harold Eric Clifton Elton also joined the Royal Navy – and perished on 1st January 1915, aged 20 when HMS Formidable was struck by a submarine in the English Channel. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Harold was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British and Victory Medals.
Ernest Harris Elton was not the Ernest Elton who was commemorated on the Barton under Needwood War Memorial.
We are grateful to Jill Rogers and Lesley Grewer for their help in differentiating the local “Ernest Eltons”
Private Sydney ELTON
1st (City of London) Bn (Royal Fusiliers) (Service No 228429)
(Formerly North Staffordshire Regiment, Service No 203336) Killed in Action on 19th August 1918, aged 30 Buried in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France
Sydney (given as Sidney in the parish records) was born in Tutbury in January 1888, the son of Joseph William and Mary Elizabeth (nee Braddow) Elton. He was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury on 5th February 1888. Joseph was a boiler coverer and the family lived in Burton Street in the village. Alice, Sydney's older sister, had been born in April 1886.
More family members were to arrive: Stuart, Rosa and Frank (baptised at St Mary’s in March 1890, December 1891 and December 1893 respectively). Joseph William and Albert Edward were both born in Tutbury (1898 and 1902) while Eric was born in 1909 in Burton-on-Trent.
The 1911 Census shows that the family had moved to 46 South Uxbridge Street, Burton- on-Trent, between 1902 and 1909. Joseph was now a boiler composition manufacturer and also an employer. Sydney was a grocer’s assistant and Stuart and Frank were "in employment".
Sydney married Edith Maria Kelsey in Burton-on-Trent in July 1914. Edith was a local girl from Uxbridge Street. They set up home in 23 South Oak Street, Burton-on-Trent.
From the age of 12 he was employed by the Burton Co-operative Society, later acting as manager at the Walker Street branch. He was a member of the Congregational Church and “rendered valuable service to the choir”. He also figured as a prominent member of the Burton Early Closers Football Club.
Sydney enlisted in March 1917 in the North Staffordshire Regiment and went to France in early autumn. Unfortunately it is not known when but Sydney was transferred to the
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Royal Fusiliers. He was killed in action on 19th August 1918 and was buried in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France.
He was awarded the British and Victory Medals.
Two of his brothers also served with the colours – Frank with the North Staffords in France (who had been a pawnbroker’s assistant prior to the war and received the same medals as Sydney) and Joseph with the Welsh Fusiliers in Palestine (in Egypt from October 1915 and demobbed in July 1919).
Private Thomas FELTHOUSE
1/6th Bn Durham Light Infantry (Service No 4622, 200626) Killed in Action on 19th July 1917, aged 39 Buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, France
Thomas was born in Tutbury in March 1878 to Samuel and Ellen Felthouse (nee Webb) Felthouse. Samuel was a labourer who was born in Burton-on-Trent and his wife was from Tutbury and had been a cotton spinner.
Thomas was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 9 th June 1878 and in 1881 the family were living at Fishpond Lane in Tutbury. He had an older brother Sam (born April 1876 and baptised at St Mary’s in July 1876) and younger brother Frank (born May 1880).
By 1891 the family had moved to 51 Park Street, Burton-on-Trent, the town where Samuel was born. The family had grown – Sam was now 15, Thomas (13) and Frank (10) and they had been joined by George (aged 8 and born in Tutbury), Jane (born October 1884), Fanny and William (all born in Burton and aged 6,4 and 2 respectively).
Sadly Ellen died in April 1892, aged just 37 and 4 years later Samuel also died. The 1901 Census shows that Thomas, now aged 23 was a bricklayer’s assistant and living at 29 James Street in Burton with his uncle and aunt, George and Jane Dolman.
Ten years later Thomas, now a bricklayer’s labourer, was living with his brother Sam and Sam's wife Zina and their 4 children at 22 Ordish Street, Burton. His brothers Frank and George are also living with them. Thomas was employed at the Corporation destructor works, prior to enlistment.
Thomas enlisted in Burton-on-Trent in March 1916 and gave his brother Sam as his next of kin, whose address was given as 327 Blackpool Road in the town. He was attached to the Durham Light Infantry and went to France the following June but was taken seriously ill and invalided to England, but returned to the battlefront. Unfortunately, 9 weeks after returning, Thomas was killed in action on the morning of the 19th July 1917 – he was 39. He was buried at Wancourt British Cemetery about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras and 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai.
Thomas's two other brothers also saw service in France – George (in the North Staffordshire Regiment, enlisting in February 1916, and later in the Labour Corps until June 1919) and William also saw service in France with the same regiment as George.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Henry FOSTER
7th Bn The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Service No 27637
(Formerly of North Staffordshire Regiment, Service Nos, (1367), 3416) Killed in action on 14th November 1916, aged 19 Buried in Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France
Henry was born in Burton-on-Trent in October 1897 to Mary Ann Smith. On the 1901 Census, Henry was living with his grandparents in Charles Street, Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent.
Mary Ann married William Foster, who hailed from Hixon, Staffordshire, on 30th June 1900 in Church Broughton. On the 1901 Census, Mary Ann and William Foster were living in Church Broughton with their week old baby son, William. William Senior was a bricklayer’s labourer.
By the 1911 Census, Henry had taken his step-father’s name and, now aged 13, was working as a milk boy and general labourer on Farmer John Archer’s farm at Scropton. Sadly, his step-father, William Foster, who had been a labourer in the Pump Room at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery, died in April 1911.
On 29th December 1914, Henry enlisted in the 6th Bn (Reserve) North Staffordshire Regiment in Burton-on-Trent. He gave his address as Hatton Turnpike, Foston and his mother as next of kin. He was 17 years and 3 months, stood 5’ 3½” tall, with a chest measurement of 34” (+2” on expansion). He was employed at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery factory.
Henry remained at home until 3rd September 1916 when he was sent to France, embarking from Folkestone to Boulogne. He was transferred to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 21st September 1916.
During the Battle of the Somme (1st July -18th November 1916), south-west of Serre, the road entered No Man’s Land and on 1st July 1916 the 31st and 4th Divisions had failed in their battle to take this area. Henry’s Regiment took part in another attempted attack on 13th November 1916, but this again failed (known as the Battle of the Ancre).
Henry was posted as “missing” on 14th November 1916 and then declared “killed in action”. The first letter to his mother was sent on 29 th November 1916.
In his will, lodged in Home Records and dated 31st August 1916, Henry named his mother as next of kin and asked that all his property and effects should go to her. She was now Mrs Cliff of Scropton Lane, Tutbury, having married George Cliff in 1915.
Henry was awarded the Victory and British medals. He had served one year 321 days in the army.
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Henry is commemorated on the Nestlé plaque at the Tutbury factory.
With grateful thanks to R H Darlington for her book “The Factory Fearnoughts” – the lives of the men on the Nestlé War Memorial.
Private Albert Edward GEORGE
2nd Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Service No 8649) Killed in Action on 10th March 1915, aged 26 Buried Bois-Grenier Communal Cemetery, France
Albert Edward George, named after his father, was born in Tutbury in July 1888. His mother Elizabeth was from Wedmore, and his father hailed from Bath, both in Somerset. Albert Edward Senior was a labourer in an iron foundry. By 1891 the family were living at 21a James Street, Burton-on-Trent. Did they move because of employment?
By 1901 the Georges were living in Dover Street, Derby and had increased with the arrival of Arthur James, William Cecil and Bertie. Albert was employed as a newspaper boy.
His Service records show that Albert joined the army in February 1905 at Lichfield. His address was given as 33 Dover Street, Burton. He was 5’ 6” tall, weighed 129lbs and had a chest measurement of 36” (plus 2½” on expansion).
Albert saw service with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in India from 9 th January 1907 to 3rd November 1912. He transferred to the army reserves until the outbreak of war and was mobilised on 5th August 1914 (in Wrexham) going to France with the British Expeditionary Force on 12th August 1914.
On 10th March 1915, Albert was killed in action in the battle of Neuve Chapelle and was buried in Bois-grenier Communal Cemetery. The Cemetery remained in British hands throughout the war.
Albert Edward Senior signed the Notice of Declaration in the presence of a Justice of the Peace in Derby on 1st April 1919. It is noted that Albert’s younger brother Bertie was also serving with the 11th Bn Leicester Regiment with the British Army of the Rhine.
Albert Edward Senior signed for his son’s 1914 Star in 1919. As Albert was in the army from the outbreak of war, this is also known as the “Mons Star”. Albert’s British and Victory Medals were sent to his father in August 1921. Albert had served 10 years and 52 days with the army.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private George GREGSON
D Coy 14th Bn, Durham Light Infantry (Service No 43049) (Formerly Derbyshire Yeomanry, Service No 2713) Died of wounds on 6th May 1917, aged 28 Buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Marston-on-Dove, South Derbyshire
George was born in July 1888 in Longford, Derbyshire, the 3rd son and 5th child of Samuel, a farm bailiff and Grace (nee Bridges) Gregson. He was baptised in Longford on 29 th July 1888.
By 1901 the family were living in Church Wilne, Draycott, Derbyshire and, still at home were John, James, George, Mary, Samuel and Aaron (the two older brothers also worked on the land). Elizabeth and Martha were both in service locally.
George became a farm labourer, as shown on the 1911 Census and the family were then living in Ambaston, Derbyshire.
On 16th June 1915, George enlisted in Derby in the Derbyshire Yeomanry (Service No 2713) later to transfer to the Durham Light Infantry on 11 th October 1916. He gave his address as (The Allies), Sutton Lane, Hatton, Tutbury. He was 5’ 9”, had a 37” chest and weighed 140lbs.
He went to France on 20th September 1916 with the British Expeditionary Force. On 15th March 1917, George was wounded in action in the field with shrapnel to the right side of his neck. He was taken to the 33 Central Cleaning Station. Five days later he was transferred to England on the H S Dieppe.
He developed bronchitis and secondary haemorrhage following the operation to remove the metal and he died at 1.20am on 6th May 1917 at Norwich & Norfolk Hospital. He had served 1 year and 325 days in the army. The family were informed by telegram, at their home – Ivy Cottages, Tutbury Road, Hatton, Burton-on-Trent.
He was buried in Marston-on-Dove churchyard a few days later.
Samuel signed the Notice of Declaration on 31st August 1919 in front of the vicar of Marston-on-Dove Church, Rev Henry William Lamb, MA. This records that George’s brother James had emigrated to Canada and two of his sisters were married. Elizabeth was now Mrs Critchley and Martha was Mrs Hill.
George was awarded the British and Victory Medals and these, together with the Memorial Scroll were sent to his father, Samuel.
George is commemorated on the plaque in All Saints Church, Hatton.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Jack HAWKSWORTH
12th Bn Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (Service No 352797) Killed in Action on 12th October 1917, aged 36 Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Jack was born in Tutbury in July 1881, the son of William and Edith (nee Haywood) Hawksworth of Bridge Street, Tutbury. William worked in the cotton industry – firstly as a cotton spinner (as was Edith) then as a carder and finally as an engine driver. Jack was baptised with the name John in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury on 17 th July 1881.
Jack had an older sister Eliza and the family expanded to 6 when Edith, Nellie, Annie and Herbert were born. By 1891, the family had moved to 54 Wood Street, Burton and William was a stationary engine driver in the brewery.
The 1901 Census shows that Jack, now 19, was working as a bricklayer’s labourer and boarding at a hostel in Derby. Ten years later he was again living at home with his parents and sister Nellie. His occupation was given as a stable labourer in the brewery.
Jack’s Service Records have not survived. All that was known is that he enlisted in Lichfield. The 12th Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) landed in France in May 1915.
Jack was killed in action on 12th October 1917 during the First Battle of Passchendaele. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, having no known grave.
He was awarded the British and the Victory Medals.
Private William Henry HILL
141st Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (Service No 53095)
(Formerly North Staffordshire Regiment, Service No 3095) Died of Wounds on 2nd October 1916, aged 22 Buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France
William Henry Hill, the elder son of James and Elizabeth Hill, was baptised on 6 th January 1895 in St Mary’s Church, Marston-on-Dove, Derbyshire. James was a farm labourer from Hilton and his wife was from Marston-on-Dove. They were living in Dale End, Hilton at the time of the 1901 Census.
The family increased and included William (born July 1894), George (born October 1896), Annie Elizabeth (born October 1898), Jane Hannah (born January 1903) and Rosamond (born July 1907).
By 1911, the family were living at Dove Bank Cottage, Marston-on-Dove. William, now aged 17, was working in the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery factory as a factory hand. James was still working on a farm. George was living and working elsewhere.
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Unfortunately, William’s Service Records have not survived (another casualty of the War Records' Office damage of the September 1940 Blitz). From William’s low Service Number in the North Staffordshire Regiment (NSR), it would seem that he had enlisted with the Territorial Force of the NSR. As there was a Territorial drill hall in Tutbury, William probably attended with friends. His enlistment location was given as Burton-on-Trent.
When William transferred to the Machine Gun Corps is not known. His Company, the 141st MG Company, was formed in 47th (2nd London) Division, 12 December 1915. There were 7 Victory Crosses (VCs) awarded to men in the Machine Gun Corps for gallantry in 1917/18. The Machine Gun Corps was disbanded in 1922.
At the time of his death, the Machine Gun Corps were actively engaged in the Battle of the Somme. William died of wounds and was buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension. The XV Corps Main Dressing Station had been formed at Dernancourt in August 1916, when the adjoining Extension was opened. The 45th and 56th (1st/1st South Midland) Casualty Clearing Stations came in September 1916 and remained until March 1917.
William was awarded the Victory and British medals. His Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry reads: “Son of Elizabeth Hill of Hilton Common” – had his father James died?
William is commemorated on the Nestlé plaque at the Tutbury factory. He is also recorded in the book “The Factory Fearnoughts” by R H Darlington. This details all the men who were employees of the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery and who paid the ultimate price.
The Soldier 'Tis strange to look on a man that is dead As he lies in the shell-swept hell And to think that the poor black battered corpse Once lived like you and was well. Tis stranger far when you come to think That you may be soon like him… And it's Fear that tugs at your trembling soul, A Fear that is weird and grim! Hamish Mann (1896 – 1917) Killed at Arras
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI L/Corp Frank Ernest HOOD
11th (Reserve) Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 26010) Accidentally killed on 9th June 1917, aged 35 Buried in St Paul’s Churchyard, Scropton, Staffordshire
Frank Ernest Hood was born in Wherstead, Ipswich, Suffolk, to John and Mary Hood in July 1880. His father worked for a coal merchant. In his family were Thomas W, Edith Elizabeth, Frank, Henry John, Bertie George, Arthur Charles and Edward Frederick.
By 1901, Frank was working as a gardener in Hazelwood Park, Abbots Langley, Herts.
On 11th May 1902 at Ipswich Registry Office, Frank married Alice Elizabeth Pegg, who had been born in July 1880 in Anslow, Staffordshire. Was Alice working in Ipswich and was that how they met?
By 1909 they had moved to Tutbury and the family included William Francis John (born 1902), Gwendoline Alice (born November 1903), Doris Elsie Irene (born June 1906), Winifred Ada was born in July 1909 (in Tutbury) and Grace Mary (born in December 1912).
By 1911, Frank and Alice were living in Scropton Road, Scropton and he was working as a gardener at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery factory. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which had a hall in Tutbury High Street.
Frank enlisted in Derby on 17th November 1915 and attested in June 1916 in Lichfield in the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was mobilised in June 1916 and made up to Lance Corporal on 1st September 1916. The 11th (Reserve) Battalion had moved to Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase in September 1915. Twelve months later, this was converted into the 4th Training Reserve battalion of 1st Reserve Brigade.
His Service Records show that Frank was 5’ 10½” tall, had a chest measurement of 37” and weighed 140lbs. Sadly, whilst cycling in Rugeley in June 1917, he was in collision with a van and received fatal chest injuries, and was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
Frank was buried in St Paul’s Churchyard, Scropton on 13 th June 1917. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest, as reported in the Rugeley Mercury of 15th June 1917.
On 11th May 1919, Rev W S Pensey, the Vicar of Scropton, signed the Notice of Declaration for Alice, Frank's widow. This listed the relatives of the late soldier – including Frances Dorathea, born on 4th December 1917, nearly 6 months after her father’s tragic accident. Before he died, did Frank know he was to be a father for the sixth time?
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Frank served a total of one year and 206 days in the army. He was awarded the British and Victory medals and the plaque and scroll (the Dead Man’s Penny) and, in due course, these were sent to Alice.
Frank is commemorated on the Nestlé plaque at the Tutbury factory. He is also commemorated on the lych-gate War Memorial at St Paul’s Church, Scropton and on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows plaque (IOOF) in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury. His name is also on the IOOF board in Tutbury Museum. His details are also recorded in the excellent book “The Factory Fearnoughts” by R H Darlington – the lives of the men on the Nestlé plaque.
Private Samuel John HUDSON
2nd Bn Notts & Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) (Service No 7207) Died on 16th October 1918, aged 37 Buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Samuel was born in March 1881, the son of John (born in Tutbury) and Jane Hudson and was baptised on 6th April 1881 in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury. He had one younger sister Sarah Jane.
John was a farm labourer and the family lived in Woodhouse Lane, Tutbury. Samuel's mother, Jane, died aged 25 and was buried in St Mary’s churchyard, Tutbury on 7th June 1883. John married Eleanor Ann Bartram (born in Uttoxeter) in January 1884. There were eventually 2 more children - Ernest and Annie.
By 1901, the family were still at the same address, but Sarah Jane was at Stoneygate Road in Leicester, being trained to be a domestic servant.
Samuel married Emma Rivers (from Derby) in January 1907 and they set up home in House 11, Court 12, Bridge Gate, Derby. Samuel was a general labourer. Samuel John Junior and Annie were born in a short space of time and George was born in October 1911, followed by Adeline in April 1914.
Samuel enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters in September 1914. He was 5’ 10”, weighed 147lbs and had a 39” chest measurement.
He embarked on 24th March 1915 for France. He came home on leave from 30th May to 8th June 1917 and returned to France. Sadly, Samuel died of broncho-pneumonia on 16th October 1918 in hospital and was buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
As his marriage had failed, he gave as his next of kin his sister Annie, and she signed the Notice of Declaration before the Vicar of Tutbury, Rev H Bennett on 17 th December 1919. Samuel’s possessions – a letter, dictionary, 2 religious books, 2 knives, a pipe, a belt, cards and photographs - were duly sent to her. As were his medals – the 14-15 Star, the Victory and British medals.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Alfred JOHNSON
1/4th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment (Service No 43791) Killed in Action on 23rd March 1918, aged 19 Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France
Alfred and his twin brother George were born in early January 1899 in Tutbury, the sons of John William and Fanny Ellen Johnson of Monk Street. John William was a general hawker, born in Derby; Fanny hailed from Oldham. The twins were baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury on 17th May 1899.
The boys had older sisters Annie, Ada and Nellie, all born in Derby. An older brother John had left home by the time the twins were born. The family increased with the arrival of Lily.
The 1901 Census shows that the family had moved to Derby.
By 1911, the twins were living with their older brother John and his new wife Lily, together with their sisters Lily (aged 9) and Nellie (aged 15) and a boarder at 60 Great Northern Road, Derby. Had their parents died?
Alfred enlisted at Derby in the Lincolnshire Regiment, but his Service Records, like so many others, perished in the Luftwaffe bombing of the War Records Office in London in September 1940. Did George also enlist? What happened to him?
During 21st – 23rd March 1918, the Lincolnshire Regiment were involved in the battle of St Quentin. On 23rd March 1918, Alfred was killed in action and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, as he has no known grave. The inscription on the Loos Memorial, designed by Sir Herbert Baker and Sir Charles Wheeler, reads:
“To the glory of God and in memory of 20,598 officers and men of the forces of the British Empire who fell in the Battles of Loos and Béthune and other actions in this neighbourhood, whose names are here recorded but to whom the fortunes of war denied the known and honoured burial given to their comrades in death”
Gdsmn William Henry KNIGHT
4th Bn Machine Gun Guards Regiment (Service No 1908) Died of Wounds on 30th March 1918, aged 36 Buried Doullens Communal Cemetery, Somme, France
William Henry was born in Foston, Derbyshire, in January 1882, the son of Joseph and Eliza Bull. Joseph was a general labourer and had been born at neighbouring Hatton, originally in Staffordshire. By 1891, the family were living in Sunnyside in Scropton Road, Tutbury and included Frederick G Knight, Percy Samuel and Hannah Eliza Bull.
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By 1901, the family, still at Sunnyside, had increased with the arrival of Wilfred and Alice. William was working as a labourer in the cement works
The 1911 Census shows that William, aged 27, was still living at home in Scropton Road with his mother and step-father, Joseph Bull. William, who completed the Census form, gave his employment as a storekeeper in the cement mill. Joseph was listed as an iron foundry labourer. Wilfred and Annie were still at home, a butcher's assistant and a domestic servant respectively, plus a boarder was lodging with them.
Unfortunately, William’s Service Records did not survive – all that is recorded is that he enlisted at Lichfield in the Machine Gun Corps, while a resident in Tutbury. He died of wounds on 30th March 1918. His mother, Mrs E Bull of Crumpfield Cottage, Scropton Road, near Tutbury Station was given as his next of kin.
Did his brothers also see service in the Great War? Is his (half) brother Percy Samuel Bull the man who joined the Royal Garrison Artillery – the same Regiment as William Henry Knight - and survived the war?
There was a William Knight on the Druids Memorial Board (dedicated to their fallen members in February 1920 but now sadly lost) – to commemorate those Druids of the “Who’d have thought it?” Lodge 1489 of the Birmingham Equalised Order of Druids (a mutual insurance company, similar to the Odd Fellows). It is more than likely that this is the same William Henry Knight, as the Druids met at the Castle Inn in Bridge Street, Tutbury. On the same plaque also recorded is Vernon Weaver – and both men are commemorated on the War Memorial in All Saints’ Church, Hatton, now Derbyshire.
Private Robert LEADBETTER
7th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No16570) Killed in Action on 29th March 1917, aged 29 Commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq
Robert was born in Hixon, Staffordshire in1888 to George and Rosanna Leadbetter, the 5th of 6 children. The others in the family were – Charles (born 1882), Harry, Elizabeth, Ellen and Rosanna (also called Rose and born in 1891). By 1891 the family had moved to Hanbury, Staffordshire – George was an alabaster miner and there would be much work for him in Fauld, the nearby village.
The 1901 Census shows that Robert, aged 13, was working as a servant to Mr Archer, a farmer at Castle Hayes Park, Tutbury. Ten years later, Robert was again at home in Hanbury and was working as a loader at the alabaster mine. Rose, Lily and George were also at home. Robert’s parents had been married for 30 years and had 8 surviving children (out of 13 who had been born).
Robert married Phyllis Danks on 28th October 1912 at Hanbury Parish Church and set up home at Fauld, Tutbury, the next village. Their son, Thomas was born on 21 st November 1914.
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Robert enlisted in the North Staffordshire Regiment at Burton-on-Trent on 12th January 1915. His Service records show that he was 5’ 7”, weighed 122lbs and had a chest measurement of 34”. He sprained his ankle and was hospitalised in Alderney, Channel Islands, from 17th – 28th.May 1915.
He embarked for Port Said on 16th February 1916, arriving in Basra on 11th March 1916. He was injured and taken to hospital on 27th November 1916, re-joining his unit on 1st February 1917. Sadly, on 29th March, he was killed in action. He had served 2 years and 72 days in the army.
His only possession – one disc – was returned to his widow, who had moved to Uttoxeter. Robert was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British and Victory Medals and these were all sent to Phyllis. Phyllis later married Thomas Mould in Uttoxeter and they moved to Rocester, Staffordshire.
Robert is commemorated on the Memorial plaque at St Werburgh’s Church, Hanbury.
Private William Gordon LOWE
4th Bn Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's Regiment) (Service No 242173) Died on 21st March 1918, aged 21 Buried in Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beugny, France
William, born July 1896, was the son of William and Sidonia Mary Jane Lowe. William Snr was a bricklayer’s labourer and living in his home village of Tutbury at the time of his son’s birth. Sidonia was from Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Five years later the family had moved to 76 Sutherland Road, Derby
By 1911, William, now aged 14, was an office boy in a lace manufacturer’s firm. The family, now living at 81 Sutherland Road, had increased with the arrival of Gwendolyn Julia Mary (born 1898, also born in Tutbury), Mildred Selina, Edward Maurice, Muriel, Dorothy Elizabeth, Philip Roderick (all born in Derby) and Maurice Grenville (aged 8 months).
As William’s Service Records have not survived, all that is known is that he enlisted in Ripon in Yorkshire and saw service in the Western Front. On 21 st March 1918, he was killed in action and was buried in the Red Cross Cemetery, Beugny, France.
His parents were sent his medals and his mother, Sidonia lived until her 93 rd year, died in Derby in November 1957, surviving her firstborn son by nearly 40 years.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Frederick Arthur MATTHEWS
4th (Extra Reserve) Bn The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) (Service No 48749)
(Formerly North Staffordshire Regiment, Service No 25942) Killed in Action on 28th September 1917, aged 20 Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Frederick was born in June 1897 the son of William and Mary Ann Matthews, at 2 Marston Lane in the village of Rolleston on Dove. William, 48 years old at the time of Frederick’s birth, was an agricultural labourer from Wall, Staffs. His wife was from Rolleston and all their 11 children were born there.
Frederick’s siblings were: William, Mary Ellen, Thomas George and Hannah, Samuel Charles, John Henry, Alice Elizabeth (who were all older) and two younger sisters - Annie May and Mabel Selina. There was also another child who died.
By 1911 Frederick was a gardener’s errand boy employed by Sir Oswald Mosley at Rolleston Hall but later he worked at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery factory.
Unfortunately, Frederick's Service Records have not survived. What is known is that he enlisted in Burton in the North Staffordshire Regiment and then transferred to The King’s (Liverpool Regiment). At the time of his death, the Third Battle of Ypres, also known as Passchendaele which had commenced in July 1917, saw very heavy fighting, the German use of mustard gas for the first time and infamous for the scale of casualties - and for the mud. Frederick’s body was never found and he is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Frederick was awarded the Victory and British medals. He is also commemorated on the Lych-gate War Memorial, St Mary’s Church, Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire; in the book by Arnold Burston, on the lives of the men on the St Mary’s Lych-gate Memorial and on the Nestlé memorial plaque. R H Darlington also included him in the book "The Factory Fearnoughts" – the men who worked at Nestlé and who died in the Great War.
His parents, William and Mary Ann moved to Alms Row (the alms-houses) in Rolleston, around the corner from the Church.
On the first anniversary of Frederick’s death, a memorial notice was placed in the Burton Chronicle on 3rd October 1918. It reads:
"MATTHEWS – In loving memory of Pte F A Matthews, King’s Liverpool Regiment who was killed on September 28th 1917. From his ever loving mother, father, brothers and sisters of Rolleston-on-Dove. Gone from us, but not forgotten, to his eternal rest.”
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private John Phillip McGUIRE
4th Bn Manchester Regiment (Service No 15969) Died on 17th February 1915, aged 42 Buried Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery, Grimsby
John Phillip McGuire, their first born, was born in Tutbury in April 1872 to Gerald and Bridget (nee O'Brien) McGuire. Gerald was a glassmaker from Ireland and Bridget was from Manchester. Was the glass industry the reason for the McGuire family being in Tutbury?
The family returned to Manchester when John was about 3 years old and in 1881 they were living at 66 Lind Street with their 5 children – John now aged 8, Elizabeth (born 1874), Geraldine (aged 5), James T who was 3 and Mary K (11 months old). Bridget’s brother Thomas O’Brien was also staying with them.
By 1891 the family were living at 15 Heath Road, Manchester, John was now a glass maker like his father. Three more children had been born – Margaret, Joseph and Mary J (aged 3 months). Of Mary K there is no mention, and she most possibly had died.
In July 1899, John married Anne Whelan and they set up home at 16 Matilda Street, also in the city. John was now a foreman at the glassworks. By 1911 John and Anne had 3 surviving children – John Joseph John Joseph Patrick Baden Powell (1900-1947), Thomas (born 1905) and Ellen (born 1907). The family had moved to 2 Sandown Street, Ardwick in the city.
John enlisted in the Manchester Regiment in the city, the date unknown, as his Service Records cannot be located. Neither can any records of the medals awarded. His date of death is given as 17th February 1915 in Grimsby.
Grimsby was the home town for the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, a depot/training unit, being began at Ashton-under-Lyne, moving to Tetney and then Grimsby, all as part of Humber Garrison.
Had John seen service abroad and returned on a hospital ship to Grimsby? Or had he not left England and died of illness or accident – which would be an explanation for the lack of medals?
Is this the reason why John is buried there?
His Commonwealth War Grave is in Scartho Road Cemetery, Grimsby.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private James MORETON
7th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment (Service No 18024) Died in August 1917, aged 21 Commemorated ?
The entry in the book “Lest We Forget”, produced by the Anglo-Swiss Milk Condensery Company (Nestlé) in 1920 to commemorate all their employees who gave their lives in the Great War, reads:
“J Moreton, Lincolnshire Light Infantry, Tutbury Condensery"
There is also a photograph of a man in uniform, bearing the cap badge of the Lincolnshire Regiment.
Was this James Moreton? His Service Number is sequential to those of Frederick William Bennett (Service No 18022) and William Bentley (Service No 18023). Both these men were working at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery factory when they enlisted (see their entries in Book 1). They are also commemorated on the Nestlé plaque, both were killed in action on 30th September 1916, aged 19 and 20 respectively.
Was he born James Deville in 1896 in Hatton and in 1901 was a nurse child of Miriam Locker and her daughter Charlotte Locker? His place of birth was given as Burton-on- Trent. Also living with these women were Wilfred Percy Locker (Miriam’s grandson) and Leonard Dyer, another nurse child.
Was he James Locker on the 1911 Census, a “farm lad” to Samuel Hewitt, a farmer at Hatton? His place of birth was “not known”.
Charlotte Locker married James Wheeldon in 1902 and moved to Hunter Street, Burton- on-Trent.
There are no surviving Service Records for James Moreton, Service No 18024 of the Lincolnshire Regiment. (The Luftwaffe bombed the War Records Office in September 1940). This James Moreton was awarded the British and Victory medals.
There is a “J Moreton” commemorated on the memorial plaque at the Tutbury Nestle factory – “the Milk Condensery “. The same name is on All Saints’ Church plaque, Hatton, Derbyshire. Was this the same man who had had so many surnames in his short life?
With grateful thanks to R H Darlington for all her help (see her book “The Factory Fearnoughts). Was James Moreton one of the “Factory Fearnoughts” of the poem written in tribute to the men of Nestle who fell in the Great War?
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI L/Crpl Henry John OWEN
1/6th North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 3940, 241138) Died on 1st July 1916, aged 22 Buried in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, France
Henry John (Holbrook)37 Owen was born in January 1894 in Tutbury to William Henry Holbrook and Frances Hannah (nee Hartshorne) Owen. William was a house painter from Tutbury and Frances hailed from Hanbury. By the age of 7, Henry was living at 38 Horninglow Road East, Burton-on-Trent with his parents and brother Ernest Holbrook and Lucy May (born 3rd May 1900), both of whom had been born in Horninglow.
By 1911, Henry, now aged 17, was a bricklayer’s apprentice to Charles Owen, a builder of Monk Street, Tutbury. The family had moved to Station Road, Rolleston-on-Dove. The Census for that year shows that another child had been born in the family but had not lived. Henry also joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), who had a Meeting Hall in the High Street, Tutbury. This was a mutual insurance society in the days before the NHS, National Insurance, sick pay, etc.
The family had moved to Dover Street, Burton. Henry enlisted in the Territorial Army – possibly at the local Tutbury Drill Hall or in Burton – and entered the war on 11th November 1915, serving in France. It is not recorded when he was made up to Lance Corporal. He took part in the Battle of the Somme and was reported missing from 1 st July 1916, a terrible day for the North Staffordshire Regiment. It was 11 months later that Henry’s parents received confirmation of his death.
Henry was buried in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers and is commemorated also on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows plaque in the Lady Chapel of St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury and on the IOOF board in Tutbury Museum. In July 1918 and 1919 the family inserted “In Memorium” notices in the Burton newspapers, such was their distress.
Henry was awarded the 15 Star and the British and Victory medals.
Henry’s parents, William and Frances Hannah lived until June 1925 and February 1930 respectively.
Henry's brother, Ernest also enlisted but in the South Staffordshire Regiment, saw service in Germany, married Gertrude Cecilia Johnson in 1932 and died in 1966.
Lucy May married Isaac Beresford in March 1924 in Burton and lived until 1983, some 9 years after her husband.
37 This third Christian name is sometimes given for this man
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Bernard Henry PAGE
7th (Service) Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 8742) Killed in Action on 25th February 1917, aged 22 Commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq
Bernard was born in January 1895 at Brakenhurst, Newchurch, Tutbury, in the parish of Christchurch. His parents were William, an estate foreman and Mary Elizabeth (nee Bull) Page. William was from Hamstall Ridware and Mary Elizabeth hailed from Kirk Langley, Derbyshire. They had married in March 1883.
Bernard was their 4th son – Thomas Herbert, John Charles, Percy Albert being older – and Alice and Lionel followed. Other children had not survived childhood. All the children were born at Brakenhurst, in the ecclesiastical parish of Needwood Church.
By 1911, Bernard was a cowman on Farmer Thomas Phillips’ farm Sandboro at Hamstall Ridware, Rugeley. His mother Mary, widowed in 1901, was living in Victoria Street, Yoxall with Lionel, now 13, who was a telegraph messenger. Her other children were living and working elsewhere.
Bernard’s Service Records did not survive the Luftwaffe attack on the War Records Office in September 1940. He enlisted in Lichfield and served in the Balkans from 1 st January 1916. The 13th (Western) Division, of which the 7th Battalion was part was evacuated from Gallipoli in the same month and moved to Egypt. There was a major attack on the Turks at Kut-al-Amara, which was abandoned to the British on 25th February 1917.
Sadly, Bernard was killed in action and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.
He was awarded the 15 Star, the British Medal and the Victory Medal – commonly known as “Pip, Squeak and Wilfred”.
With thanks to Stephen Fayer, ensuring this is the “correct” Bernard Page.
Private Bert PRESTON
1/6th North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 1688, 240130) Missing, presumed Killed in Action on 1st July 1916, aged 21 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Bert, the son of Henry and Emily Preston, was born in Scropton Road, Tutbury in October 1894. He had 2 older brothers – Joseph and Harry – and younger siblings – Fanny, Vera, Jonathan (born September 1900), Sarah Emily and James William. Bert's father Henry (also called Harry) was a waggoner inspector on the railway. By 1901, Joseph was also working for the North Staffordshire Railway company but as a warehouse clerk, and later as a railway porter.
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Bert was a glasscutter for Corbett & Co and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) which had a Meeting Hall in High Street, Tutbury.
On 12th March 1912 Bert joined the North Staffordshire Territorials. Their Drill Hall was in Tutbury and his attesting officer was Lt Ben Newton - who was a cousin to William Trafford Newton. Bert’s application to join the Territorials was witnessed by Richard Pye. Lt W T Newton, of the same regiment, was to die on the same day as Bert.
Bert’s Service Records show that he was 5’ 6” tall, had a chest measurement of 35” (+2” on expansion) and weighed 10st 8lbs. At the outbreak of War, Bert was mobilised but remained at home from 5th August 1914 until he embarked for Rouen from Southampton on 4th March 1915.
On the 1st July 1916, the worst day in the war for Britain (especially for the North Staffordshire Regiment and for Tutbury), Bert, like so many, many more, was reported as "missing" and later (20th October 1917) was "presumed dead on or after 1st July 1916".
Bert’s total service was 4 years and 104 days. When his mother Emily arranged for the Notice of Declaration to be signed by Rev J O Phillips, MA (Cantab) of Hatton Church on 10th May 1919, she noted that Fanny was now Mrs Wilkinson and that Bert’s older brother Harry was also serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France.
In November 1919, Emily had acknowledged the memorial plaque and scroll. Bert was awarded the 1914-15 Star and the British and Victory Medals for which Emily signed on Christmas Eve 1921.
Bert is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France, as he has no known grave. He is commemorated locally on the stone pillar of St Paul’s Parish Church, Scropton; on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows plaque in the Lady Chapel of St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury; on the IOOF board in Tutbury Museum and on the Memorial in All Saints’ Church, Hatton, Derbyshire.
Private William REDFERN
No 4 Coy, 4th Bn Grenadier Guards (Service No 20636) Missing, presumed Killed in Action 17th October 1915, aged 22 Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France
William was born in October 1892 and baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury on 30th October 1892. His parents, William, who was from the village and Ellen (nee Nicklin) Redfern, lived in Monk Street in Tutbury. Ellen hailed from Warrington, Lancashire. William Senior was labourer in the brewing trade and perhaps it was because of William Senior’s employment that the family moving to 74 Horninglow Road North, Burton-on- Trent.
In the Redfern family were – Fred, Ellen and Sarah Ann who were older than William – and Thomas George, Elsie and Maud who were born after him. The 1901 Census shows the family living at the above address – except Fred, who had died in October 1892. He
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William enlisted in the Grenadier Guards at High Street Recruiting Office in Burton on 16th November 1914. He enlisted with his brother Thomas George (Service Number 20637) and their friends Edgar Staples and William Lowe. Of the four friends, only Thomas George Lowe returned home and he was badly wounded with shrapnel in his chest.
Unfortunately, William's Service Records have not survived. He went to France on 15th August 1915 and took part in the Great Charge at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, in the Battle of Loos, on 13th October the same year.
Sadly, William was missing, presumed dead, though, as with so many other families, this was not confirmed for many months.
In the Burton Mail and the Burton Observer on 17 th October 1917 there was an In Memorium notice for William “From his loving sweetheart Daisy”. Twelve months later William's family placed a notice which included the following:
“The silent grief that’s in the soul no human eye can trace;
But many a broken heart lies hid behind a smiling face.
God’s will be done.
From his loving father, mother, brother and sisters; also brother in hospital – 139 Tutbury Road.”
William was awarded the 1915 Star and the Victory and British Medals.
Thomas George also saw action in France with the Grenadier Guards. At his attestation, he gave his address as 139 Tutbury Road, Burton-on-Trent. Did he go to France with William in August 1915? Thomas was badly wounded on 27 th September 1915 at Hill 70. He received a shrapnel wound to his chest. He had permanent incapacity and was invalided out of the Army in June 1916. He served 1 year and 206 days.
With many thanks to Rob Cox for his book – “Burton Boys – Burton-on-Trent and the First World War”
Thomas RICHARDSON
It has not been easy to identify the correct Thomas Richardson, without corroborative evidence. Two possibilities have been identified.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Thomas RICHARDSON
1/6th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 1888) Killed in Action on 13th October 1915, aged 20 Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France
Thomas was born to Henry and Sarah Richardson in January 1895 in Hixon, Stafford. He was their second son, being born after William (born at Great Haywood) and was followed by George (also born in Hixon) and Henry Junior (born in 1900 in Tutbury). Their father Henry, who was from Oldbury, was a gypsum miner and their mother came from Brereton, Staffs. By 1901 the family had been living in Sunnyside, Scropton Road, Tutbury for about a year at the time of Thomas's birth.
By 1911 the family, still at Sunnyside had been increased by the arrival of 3 girls - Lizzie, Annie and Nellie Born in 1911), all born in Hatton. Another child had been born but died. Henry Senior was an alabaster mine dresser. The two older boys, William and Thomas were both plaster millers in the cement mill.
Thomas’s Service Records did not survive the Luftwaffe bombing of the War Records Office in September 1940. So little is known about his war – it would be fair to presume that he joined the Territorial North Staffordshire Regiment, given his low Service Number, and that the Tutbury Drill Hall was only the other side of the Tutbury Bridge to where he lived. This was a regular past time for boys of Thomas’s age.
Thomas is commemorated on the Loos Memorial as he has no known grave. He is listed in Rob Cox’s book – “Burton Boys” - as one of so many local men perishing in the Great Charge. Is he the Thomas Richardson on the War Memorial in All Saints Church, Hatton? Or is it the next entry?
Private Thomas RICHARDSON
14th Bn Leicestershire Regiment (Service No 59912)
(Formerly Service No 100141, Sherwood Foresters) Killed in action on 24th October 1918, aged 18 Buried in Taintignies Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Thomas Richardson was born in Hanbury in October 1899, the son of Thomas and Ellen Richardson. He had an older sister Amy and his father was an alabaster miner working above ground. Thomas Senior had been born in Tipton, Staffordshire in about 1870. Ellen hailed from Amerton, Staffordshire.
Three more children were born to Thomas Senior and Ellen in Hanbury – Ellen (in about 1903), Annie (in about 1905) and Arthur (in about 1910). Another child had not survived.
At the time of the 1911 Census, Amy (aged 14) and Thomas (now 11) were visiting Joseph and Harriet Dean at Fauld, the next village to Hanbury.
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Thomas’s Service Records show that he enlisted at Derby on 22 nd January 1918 in the Sherwood Foresters. His address given at his Attestation was Oaks Green, Sudbury, Derbyshire. He was aged 18 years and 54 days and a farm labourer. His father was given as Thomas Richardson of Hanbury.
The records state that Thomas was 5’ 5½” tall, weighed 104 lbs and had a chest measurement of 32”.
He transferred to the 14th Leicestershire Regiment on 29th April 1918 and embarked for France in July 1918. Thomas spent 5 days in hospital in June 1918 suffering from rheumatism.
Thomas returned to the Front but was killed in action on 24 th October 1918. His mother Ellen signed for Thomas’s property (unfortunately the ink has faded on the forms).
On 10th September 1919, the Notice of Declaration were signed by Mr H W Stevens, the school master at School House, Hanbury, in the absence of a minister. This shows that at home were Thomas's sisters Amy, Ellen and Annie. Arthur is not mentioned. (There is a death registered in Burton-on-Trent in September 1916 of an Arthur Richardson, aged 6).
Thomas was awarded the British and Victory Medals.
He is buried in Taintignies Communal Cemetery, Belgium and is also commemorated on War Memorial in St Werburgh’s Church, Hanbury.
There is a John S Richardson also on this Hanbury plaque - is he a relative?
Driver Thomas Henry ROE
The Honourable Artillery Company (Service No 626740) Died on 27th November 1918, aged19 Buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Marston-on-Dove, Derbyshire
Robert Henry and Sabina Sarah Ann (nee Orme) Roe were the parents of Thomas Henry Roe, born in October 1899 at Hoon Hay, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent. Thomas, the eldest son, was baptised at St Mary’s Church, Marston-on-Dove on 5th November 1899. Robert was a farmer and the family soon increased with the births of Robert Leslie, Cecil Gilbert Orme, Violet Evelyn, Arthur Harold and Eric Arnold (born 1910).
In June 1918, Thomas joined the Honourable Artillery Company, which was an officer training battalion.
Sadly, he developed septic pneumonia and died in Leeds in November 1918. He was buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Marston-on-Dove on 30th November 1918. The newspaper report of the funeral in the Burton Chronicle of 12 th December 1918 reports:
“The coffin was of English oak, with brass appointments and covered with the Union Jack. The escort comprised of 6 men and a sergeant sent from the Chapeltown Barracks, Leeds, under the command of Second-Lieutenant Townsend.
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The service was taken by Rev J O Phillips, MA; Miss Close officiated at the organ.” The hymns were listed and the large attendance noted, also the many floral tributes, including Hatton Amateur Operatic Society.
The Honourable Artillery Company was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII and is the second oldest military organisation in the world (behind the Vatican's Pontifical Swiss Guard). Today, it is a registered charity whose purpose is to attend to the "better defence of the realm". This purpose is primarily achieved by the support of the HAC Regiment and a detachment of Special Constabulary to the City of London Police.
Private George Henry SIDDALLS
7th London Regiment Bn, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) (Service No G/63046)
(Formerly of the North Staffordshire Regiment, Service No 61128) Killed in Action on 28th August 1918, aged 23 Commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Harcourt, France
George Henry Siddalls came from a family associated with the glassmaking in all its forms in Tutbury – on both the manufacturing and the managerial side. He was born in Church Lane, Tutbury in 1895 and baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury on 27th October 1895. He was the fifth child of Joseph William and Mildred Annie Siddalls (nee Bloor). Joseph was a glasscutter, originally from Burton-on-Trent and Mildred hailed from Norton, Nottinghamshire.
By 1901, George and his family were living in Scropton Road, Hatton (also referred to as Tutbury). The 1911 Census shows the family had moved to Hatton Road, Tutbury and increased with the arrival of three daughters – Mildred Annie, Doris Elizabeth and Beatrice May, all born in Hatton. The family were:
Ada Jane, 1884–1946, was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 6th March 1884, married Edward Lakin Allsop, their family and grandchildren all lived in Tutbury.
Samuel, 1885–1945, baptised 3rd July 1885 at St Mary’s Priory Church. He was a clerk in the Royal Castle Glassworks in Hatton in 1911. He moved to Ashbourne in 1916 when he married Mary Hambleton. They had three sons: Eric, Dennis and Peter.
Edith Emma, 1888–1960, baptised 27th May 1888 at St Mary’s Priory Church, married Arthur Bernard Chamberlain (Chris Tipper’s maternal grandparents) on 8 th November 1909 at St Mary’s Priory Church and lived in Burton Street, Tutbury.
Joseph (“Joe”) William, 1893–1967, baptised 4th June 1893 at St Mary’s Priory Church, married Mary Ann Edwards on 3rd August 1914 at St Mary’s Church, Marston-on-Dove. He was manager of the Webb Corbett Cutting Shop. Their son, Joseph James Siddalls,
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI who was a Gunner in the Royal Artillery in WW2, married Hilda Mary Lloyd in 1940. Their daughter, Kathleen Mary, married Harry Walker, who became manager of Webb Corbett’s factory and later Chairman of Tutbury Crystal Glass Ltd.
George Henry – born 1895 and died serving King and Country on 28 th August 1918 and did not marry.
Mildred Annie, July 1902–1990, married Phillip McGuiness in 23rd July 1921 at St Mary’s Priory Church and moved to Chesterfield. Phillip was also from a Tutbury glassmaking family.
Doris Elizabeth, July 1908-1979, married George Henry Compson, a glass blower and their children – Derek, Rex and Eileen lived in Tutbury/Hatton.
Beatrice May, April 1910-1986, married Victor Hodgkiss, a Webb Corbett glasscutter. They lived in Iron Walls Lane, Tutbury with their daughter Janet Mary.
George Henry was became a glasscutter, like his father and his brother Joe. He enlisted at Lichfield in the North Staffordshire Regiment and later he was transferred to the Middlesex Regiment, posted to the 7th Bn London Regiment. Unfortunately, George’s Service Records were another casualty of the Luftwaffe bombing of the War Records Office in September 1940.
His entry in UK, War Graves, Commonwealth, 1914–1921 and 1939–1947, Index No M.R.16 for Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Part Five, reads:
“SIDDALLS Pte George Henry, G/63046. Middlesex Regt, posted to 7 th Bn. London Regiment. 28th Aug 1918. Age 23. Son of Mr and Mrs J Siddalls of Tutbury Road, Hatton, Burton-on-Trent.”
George was awarded the Victory and British Medals. He was commemorated on the War Memorial plaque in All Saints’ Church, Hatton, Derbyshire. His name was recorded on the plaque to the Fallen of the Mosely Lodge, MU 909, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury (recently renovated by a generous donation) and also on the Odd Fellows’ board in Tutbury Museum.
George Henry’s father, Joseph William, died in January 1932 and was buried in St Mary's Priory Churchyard, Tutbury, as was George Henry’s mother, Mildred Annie who died in 1957. Their gravestone was also inscribed with George's details.
With thanks to Chris Tipper for family information and to Gary Fish for the photograph
Private James William SMITH
1/5th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 1575) Killed in Action on 13th October 1915, aged 21 Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France
Another Tutbury man to die in the Great Charge of 13 th October 1915 was Private James William Smith. His father was Philistia Smith and his mother Leah, who were both born
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI in Gainsborough, Lincs. Mr & Mrs Smith were living in Monk Street, Tutbury when James William was born in 1894. He was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 31 st October 1894. His sister, Mary Elizabeth was born in 1897 and baptised on 9 th March 1898 and a brother, Philistia, named after his father, was born and baptised on 3 June 1900, both at St Mary’s Priory Church. Another sister, Annie Maria, was baptised o n 30th April 1902. The family later moved to Silk Mill Lane, Tutbury.
Philistia was a tailor, firstly in Belper, Derbyshire (information from the 1891 Census) before coming to Tutbury. Sadly, Leah died in April 1903 and was buried in St Mary’s Priory Churchyard. By 1911, Philistia had moved to 10 Radford Street, Stone, Staffs, with his 4 children. He was still a tailor but there was nothing written about James William’s occupation – whether he was still at school or employed is not recorded. Later Philistia moved to Cheadle where he lived until September 1927.
What is known is that, in April 1914, James William married Minnie Owen, who was also from Stone, in their home town. The records of his Service and of any medals awarded cannot be traced.
James William Smith took part in the Great Charge at Hohenzollern Redoubt, during the Battle of Loos (25th September – 15th October 1915). The final British assault on 13th October 1915 failed and resulted in 3,643 casualties, mostly in the first few minutes. In the British Official History, J. E. Edmonds wrote that "The fighting [from 13th-14th October 1915] had not improved the general situation in any way and had brought nothing but useless slaughter of infantry". The North Staffords were part of the 46th (North Midland) Division that lost 3,763 men. The Hohenzollern Redoubt Memorial stands on the site.
Three Victoria Crosses were won in this Battle: • Captain (Charles) Geoffrey Vickers of the Sherwood Foresters. • Corporal James Dalgleish Pollock, a corporal in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. • Corporal James Lennox Dawson, a corporal in the 187th Company, Corps of Royal Engineers.
James William’s widow, Minnie, later married John W Flower in Stone in March 1920. She lived until September 1960. His father, Philistia, married Florence Downing in Stone in September 1922 and died in December 1932.
L/Crpl Thomas Richard SMITH
2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry (Service No 6257, 31522, 93081) (Also with 3/5th North Staffordshire Regiment et al) Died on or shortly after 14th July 1918, aged 37 Buried in Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Belgium
Thomas Richard Smith was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, who met in the Odd Fellows Hall in the High Street, Tutbury (currently a hairdressing salon).
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He was born in Hatton in March 1881 to Sarah Elizabeth (nee Harlow of Belmot, Tutbury) and Henry (Harry) Smith of “The Ash” Sutton on the Hill (1881 Census). Harry was an agricultural labourer.
Thomas was 3 weeks old at the time of the April 1881 Census – and listed as Richard T Smith. Ten years later the family were living in Burton Street, Tutbury and had expanded:
Annie E, born 1874, William Henry, born 1876, Frederick Ernest, born 1878, Arthur, born 1880, Richard Thomas – later to be called Thomas Richard, George, born 1883, James, born 1886, Sarah Olive born 1890 and Samuel born 1895.
Richard Thomas had reversed his Christian names when he married to Mary Hannah Geraldine Bonser (from Tonge, Derbyshire) on 4th November 1900 at St Mary’s Church, Marston-on-Dove. They set up home in Lower Outwoods, Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent. Thomas was a brewer’s labourer.
When Thomas enlisted at Burton-on-Trent on 10th December 1915, he and Mary were living at 117 Waterloo Road, Burton-on-Trent. The children were: • William Henry (born 5th March 1902) • Hilda Annie (Hannah) Elizabeth (born 26th October 1905) • Thomas Richard (born 3rd September 1908) – like his father his first two names were reversed on the Notice of Declaration in 1919 • Beatrice Sarah (born 16th April 1914) • Arthur James (born 17th December 1913)
Thomas enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) on 10th December 1915. His Service Records read that he was 5’ 8”, with a 37” chest measurement (on expansion +2”) and he weighed 146lbs. He gave his occupation as general labourer.
He remained with the DLI until 6th June 1916 when he transferred to the North Staffordshire Regiment 3/5th Battalion (Service No 6257). He embarked from Folkestone to Boulogne on 26th September 1916. He then transferred to the 14 th York & Lancs Regiment (Service No 31522) until March 1918.
Thomas was appointed unpaid Lance Corporal on 24th December 1916 and was wounded in action (injury to his right eye) on 29th June 1917. He attended a Field Hospital and a Casualty Clearing Station and he was hospitalized before re-joining the Battalion on 10th July 1917.
On 30th March 1918 Thomas was again sent to the 2 nd Bn Durham Light Infantry. It is reported that on 14th July 1918 he was “wounded, believed missing”. On 5th October 1918 his Service records read: “Death presumed by lapse of time as having occurred on or since 14.7.18”. He was buried at Zantvoorde British Cemetery, which was made after the Armistice when remains were brought in from the battlefields and nearby German cemeteries.
Did the different regiments to which Thomas was posted reflect the growing (and often catastrophic) number of casualties? For example “21 March 1918 - 2nd Battalion DLI at
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Qveant - Pronville. Only 2 officers and 25 other ranks survived. 50th (Northumbrian) Division move to Rouen”. (Source: Wikipedia, www.britisharmedforces.org)
Mary was sent a weekly separation allowance of 33/9d (£1.67) for herself and the children from 9th April 1919, which was increased to 35/6d (£1.77). This was again increased to 40/6d (£2.02).
Thomas’s widow, by then Mrs Thorpe, signed for his medals - the Victory and the British medals – in 1921/22 – the date is not clear. She was also sent the Memorial Scroll and plaque (commonly known as the “Dead man’s Penny”). She had married Michael Thorpe in December 1920 in Burton-on-Trent. He died in 1946 and she died in 1957.
Thomas’s mother, Elizabeth, had become Mrs Wallis in October 1901 at Burton-on-Trent and was living at the Cock Inn, Hatton with her husband John Wallis, the publican.
Thomas is commemorated on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows plaque, in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury, following the closure of the Odd Fellows Hall in Tutbury High Street. His name is also recorded on the IOOF board, which commemorates their dead "Brethren" and is now in Tutbury Museum.
Private Percy STARLING
6th Wing, Royal Air Force (Service No 114170) Died on 24th March 1919, aged 30 Buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Marston-on-Dove, South Derbyshire
Percy Starling was born in Hatton in July 1888 to Alfred and Harriet Starling. He was baptised at Hatton on 22nd July 1888.
At the age of 3 Percy and his mother Harriet were living with his grandparents, Joseph and Jane Deavoll in Old Marston Lane. Joseph was a gentleman’s gardener, as was his son, Percy’s uncle, also called Joseph who lived with them. A grand daughter, Elizabeth Ault, aged 19 was also in the house.
In 1901, Percy and his mother were still living with his grandmother, in Hatton Road, Tutbury. Both his mother and grandmother had been widowed. Harriet was a laundress on her own account, washing in her own home. When Alfred died is not known.
Ten years later, Percy, now aged 23, was a tin presser at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery factory and still living in Hatton Road with Harriet and Jane.
Percy probably enlisted in the Army and then transferred to the newly formed RAF.
His Service Records, though very faint, show that he suffered from malaria, impetigo and dysentery for months before he died. As his death was registered in Burton-on-Trent, he died either at home or in a local hospital. Percy was buried in Marston-on-Dove Churchyard. He was commemorated on the church lych-gate (the village’s War Memorial).
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He was also included on the War Memorial plaque to the six Fallen (and the 36 who returned) of the “Who’d Have Thought It?” Lodge 1489 of the Birmingham Equalised Order of Druids. This was a mutual insurance society – similar to the Odd Fellows, the Gardeners, the Buffaloes, etc. At their dinner on 5 th February 1920, held in the Castle Inn, Bridge Street, Tutbury, the plaque was dedicated by the local vicar, Rev H Bennett (who had signed so many Notices of Declaration for grieving relatives). Unfortunately, this plaque cannot be found.
Harriet died in September 1920, aged 57 and was buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Marston-on Dove, South Derbyshire, in the same grave as her beloved son.
Private George TAYLOR
8th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 43109) Killed in Action on 4th October 1917, aged 30 Buried in Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Belgium
George was born in 1887 in Shobnall, Burton-on-Trent to John (from Colton, Staffs) and Catherine (from Littleworth, Staffs) Taylor. John was a general labourer and their first 3 children – Clara (born January 1878), Edith (born January 1880) and Samuel John (born about 1883) – were all born in Colton. George and his brother Arthur were born in Horninglow, according to the 1891 Census, the family address being given as Shobnall Road, Burton-on-Trent. Edward was born in Hatton in 1893.
By 1901 George was a general servant on a farm at Pidlock Road, Radbourne, Derbyshire, working for John Lowe.
According to the 1911 Census, George was living with his brother in law, Bernard Ward and his family at Hatton Road, Tutbury – and he was working in the plaster mill. Bernard married Edith, George’s sister in 1905 and they had 4 children - Catherine (born 1906), Wilfred (born 1907), Bernard (born 1909) and Baby Ward, a 3 rd son, who was born in March 1911. John and Catherine, aged 63 and 58 respectively, were still living in Hatton Road, Tutbury with Arthur, Samuel and Edward (another child had died in their 34 years marriage).
On 31st January 1914, George married Mildred Daisy Thompson in Weston on Trent, Derbyshire. They were to live in Trent View, Weston on Trent. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, their Meeting Hall being in Tutbury High Street (now KH Hairdressers).
George enlisted in Derby in the North Staffordshire Regiment, date unknown. Tutbury was given as his address. The 8th (Service) Battalion had been formed in Lichfield in September 1914 and on 18th July 1915 had landed in France. As George’s Service Records have not survived, it is not known when he crossed the Channel.
The 46th (North Midland) Division, including the North Staffordshire Regiment, took part in the Battle of Ypres (also known as Passchendaele – 31st July–10th November 1917).
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Was it during the Battle of Polygon Wood (4th October 1917) that George was killed in action? He was buried in Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Belgium.
During this Third Battle of Ypres, Sergeant John Carmichael, 9th Battalion of the North Staffords won the Victory Cross for gallantry on 8th September 1917.
George was awarded the Victory and British medals, which were sent to Mildred. His name was recorded on the plaque to the Fallen of the Mosley Lodge, MU 909, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury and on the Odd Fellows’ board in Tutbury Museum. Is he also the "G Taylor" on the War memorial in All Saints Church, Hatton?
His widow, Mildred lived until November 1965 – she never married again.
Private William John UPTON
8th (Service) Bn Lincolnshire Regiment (Service No 11256) Killed in Action on 26th September 1915, aged 28 Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France
William John was born in Stretton in July 1887 to William and Fanny Upton. William was a railway foreman and came from the village. Fanny hailed from Willington. Their children were - Frances (born in 1877), Mary Ann (born in 1878), Lizzie (born in 1870) and William John, who were all born in Stretton.
By 1901, William John was an office boy – his employer was listed as “a private post to accountants” – and was living at 33 Beech Lane, Stretton with his parents and his sister Mary Ann.
On the 1911 Census, William John and his parents were living at the same address. He was employed as a fitter at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery Factory. His father was now a railway foreman supervisor.
His Service Records show that William John enlisted at Burton- on-Trent on 5th September 1914 in the Lincolnshire Regiment. He was described as 5’ 7½” tall, with a fair complexion, dark hair and brown eyes. He had a chest measurement of 39” and weighed 157lbs. He gave his religion as United Methodist.
William John embarked from Folkestone to Boulogne on 10 th September 1915. The Lincolnshire Regiment, and especially the 8th Battalion, was heavily engaged in the Battle of Loos (25th September 1915 – 8th October 1915).
On 11th November 1915, the Burton Chronicle published a letter from Private Machin of the 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, who was a prisoner of war in Germany. He had sent the letter to his mother, who also lived in Stretton. He wrote:
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“I was captured on 26th September (Sunday). W Upton was killed on the same day, shot in the head and body. I am treated very well, but will you try and send some food please, bread or hard biscuits with a little cheese or jam? You can send 11lbs free of charge, but don’t wrap anything in newspaper, as we are not allowed to receive anything of that kind. You can write as often as you like and anyone else can do so, but I am limited to 2 letters a month and 3 postcards. I am with F Harrison, G Bennett and one or two others from Tutbury, so we are not separated yet, although a few went under. W Upton died very bravely.”
A letter from the War Office, dated 3rd May 1916 stated, “the report of the death of Service No 11256 Private W J Upton has been accepted as sufficient evidence for official purposes and that the date of death has been assumed to be 26 th September 1915”.
Under the terms of his Will, William John left £140.14s 5d to his mother, when probate was granted on 3rd July 1916.
His 1914-15 Star, the British and Victory medals were sent to his mother in 1919 and 1921. William John had served 1 year and 22 days with the Regiment and only 10 days in France.
He is commemorated on the Nestlé Memorial plaque and also the Memorial plaque at St Werburgh’s Church, Hanbury. He is also included on the War Memorial lych-gate in St Mary’s Church, Stretton – and on their Memorial erected in 2010. There is a W J Upton on the Druids' War Memorial (now missing) – is this Private Upton – or his father?
Private Wilfred VAUGHAN
Lincolnshire Regiment/413th Labour Corps (Service No 80427, 238819) Died of Wounds on 23rd November 1918, aged 20 Buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Marston on Dove, South Derbyshire
Wilfred was born in 1898 to Arthur and Mary Vaughan (nee Moorecroft). Mary, born in Scropton, had been a cotton factory hand when she was only 12, possibly in the Tutbury Mill, the other side of the River Dove. Arthur died between 1901 and 1911. He and Mary Wilfred had many children. On the 1911 Census, Mary, now widowed, stated that, in 31 years of marriage, she had 19 children, of whom 7 died.
Her children included Elizabeth, James, Jack, Martha, Mary, William, Emma, Clara, Harry, Wilfred, Thomas and Charles. Their address was given as Woodyard, Hilton, South Derbyshire.
Wilfred’s death was registered at Lichfield as he had died at a Cannock Chase Hospital. He was buried in his local church on Marston-on-Dove, South Derbyshire on 2nd December 1918.
Wilfred is commemorated on the lych-gate of St Mary’s Church, Marston on Dove, South Derbyshire. An In Memorium article in the Burton Chronicle was placed on 27 th November 1919 and read: “Mourned by his loving mother, sisters and brothers.”
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Vernon James WEAVER
B Coy, 1st Bn, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) Regiment (Service No 38498)
(Formerly North Staffordshire Regiment (46274) et al) Killed in Action on 19th September 1918, aged 20 Buried Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon, France
Vernon James Weaver was born in April 1898 in Burton-on-Trent and was baptised on 24th April 1898 at Holy Trinity Church, (sited in Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent but was demolished in 1971). He was the son of Edward Crowther and Ethel May (nee Radford) Weaver. They had married on 15th April 1895 at the same church.
Vernon was their only son and second child – his older sister was Edith Vernon (born in 1896) and his younger sister Dorothy Grace was born in June 1900.
On the 1901 Census, Ethel and the children were staying with her older sister Annie Radford in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Annie was a schoolmistress and lived at 54 Castle Street, next door to the Cottage Hospital. Edith and Vernon, like Ethel and her sister had been born in Burton-on-Trent but Dorothy Grace had been born in Abergavenny – had Ethel stayed at her sister's for her confinement?. Edward was boarding in Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent living at 264 Goodman Street with Mr & Mrs William Essex, both men were brewer’s labourers.
By 1911, the family were altogether in Scropton Road, Foston, South Derbyshire, living with Edward, whose occupation was given as mechanical fitter in the milk factory.
Vernon’s Service Records did not survive the Luftwaffe bombing of the London War Records Office in September 1940. He enlisted at Bakewell, Derbyshire in the South Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 242143), at some point was transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment (Service No 235059) and finally was in B Company of the 1st Bn of the King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) Regiment. (There is also reference to him being in the North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 46274) in UK, Soldiers Who Died in The Great War).
Vernon is buried at Chapelle British Cemetery, one of 621 burials (including another 18 from his Regiment). The Cemetery, named after a wayside shrine, which was made after the Armistice, by the concentration of graves of 1917-18 from the battlefields West of St. Quentin and from Holnon Communal and French Military Cemeteries. Holnon village and wood were the scene of heavy fighting between the 6th Division and the enemy on the 14th-19th September 1918.
Vernon is commemorated on the lych-gate War Memorial at St Paul’s Church, Scropton. He was also on the War Memorial plaque to the six Fallen (and the 36 who returned) of the “Who’d Have Thought It?” Lodge 1489 of the Birmingham Equalised Order of Druids. This was a mutual insurance society – similar to the Odd Fellows, the Gardeners, the Buffaloes, etc. At their dinner on 5th February 1920, held in the Castle Inn, Bridge Street, Tutbury, the plaque was dedicated by the local vicar, Rev H Bennett (who had signed so
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Vernon is also commemorated on the War Memorial plaque in All Saints’ Church, Hatton, Derbyshire.
He was awarded the Victory and the British Medals, which was sent to his parents (the address then would have been “Sunnyside”, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent).
His mother Ethel died in December 1950 and his father Edward died on 9th March 1955, both in Abergavenny. Edward was described as a retired civil engineer and his two unmarried daughters, Edith and Dorothy were his executors in his will.
Private John Henry WILLIS
1/6th North Staffordshire Regiment (Service Nos 2104, 240274) Killed in Action on 12th May 1917, aged 20 Buried Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension, France
In 1896, John Henry was born in Tutbury to John and Clara Kettle (also known as Willis). On the 1901 Census, the family were living in Monk Street, Tutbury. George and Clara Willis were listed as being “stepchildren” of John Kettle. Sabina, Kate (born 1895), Jack (aka John Henry), Zillia (also given as Zella, born January 1898) and Ernest (born 1900) are their own children. The last three were born in Tutbury but the others were born in their mother’s town of Burton-on-Trent. The family, with an older sister Sarah had previously lived in Casey Lane, Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent.
By 1911, the family were living at 2 Charles Street, Burton-on-Trent. Clara, now widowed, was a laundress for the Burton Guardians (those who administered the Burton Workhouse). Kate, Zillia and Ernest were also at home. John Henry was a bottle washer at the brewery and prior to enlisting was a blacksmith, employed by Councillor A Elliott of Waterloo Street, Burton-on-Trent.
From John Henry’s Service numbers, the first indicates that he was a Territorial soldier with the North Staffordshire Regiment. As there was a drill hall in Tutbury – and no doubt he knew several boys who had joined – he would have been called up early (the 1st/6th Battalion was formed in Burton-on-Trent in 1914). On 5th March 1915, he was sent to France with a Lewis Gun section.
Sadly, John was killed in action on 12th May 1917. John’s Service records did not survive, so information about his death has been gleaned from newspaper cuttings. Mrs Willis, now of 120 Byrkley Street, Burton, received the news of her son’s death in early June 1917. In a letter to her, Lance Corporal Robert Washington, also of the Lewis Gun Section, wrote: “It will console you to know how well he was respected by the company to which he belonged and by the battalion Lewis gunners who have asked me to expressed their deepest sympathy to you. He was a splendid soldier and will be missed amongst them. It was particularly hard lines, as we were just being relieved out of the line when the shell not only killed Jack but 3 more Burton lads, besides wounding two. They were killed
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI instantly. He has had a very good burial and he’s in a beautiful little church just behind the line. They have erected over him a very nice cross with the words “Grant him, Lord, eternal rest””. Robert Washington (Service Nos 2803, 240603) was John’s brother-in-law having married Sarah and was also in the Lewis Gun Section.
An Army chaplain stated that John was killed by the bursting of a trench mortar bomb. John’s captain also wrote: “He gave his life for a noble cause – you have lost a son and the country and Army a good soldier”.
George, John’s older brother, was also in France with the Machine Gun Corps and had been at the front for 2 years and 9 months when John was killed. In the “In Memorium” notice twelve months later, in the Burton Mail and the Burton Observer, it was noted that George was still in France.
John was awarded the15 Star, and the Victory and British Medals.
The family continued to place In Memorium notices in the Burton newspapers. In 1919 it was read: “Not forgotten” by his loving mother, sisters and brother, also Ernie (in France)". Sabina was now Mrs Richard Gould of Waterloo Street.
With grateful thanks for information from Rob Cox’s book – “Burton Boys – Burton-on- Trent and the First World War”.
Private James Arthur WILSON
8th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment (Service No 15668) Killed in Action on 1st December 1915, aged 22 Buried Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Gallipoli
James Arthur was the second son of James and Emma (nee Venables) Wilson. He was born in Burton Street, Tutbury in October 1893 and baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church in the village on 12th November 1893. His father was a bricklayer from Hopton Pool, Staffs and his mother hailed from Laden Barn, Newport, Shropshire. His older brother William Henry was 2 at the time of James’ birth and he had 2 older sisters Gertrude (born 1889) and Edith J (born 1890). Sadly, twin sisters, Henrietta and Daisy May, were to die far too young – in April 1893, aged 6 months old.
By 1901, the family were living in St George’s Road, Horninglow parish, Outwoods, Burton-on-Trent. James Arthur, John Charles (born 1895) and Emma Louie (born 1899) were all born in Tutbury. Two more children were to follow: George Harold (born 1902) and Herbert Edward (born 1907) who were born at Outwoods. Gertrude Annie was with her paternal grandparents at the time of the 1901 Census.
On the 1911 Census, the family were living at 57 Lower Outwoods Road, Burton. James Arthur was a maltster’s labourer in the brewery but his father and brother William were both unemployed. Edith was in domestic service. At the time of his enlistment, James Arthur gave his occupation as a blacksmith’s striker at Messrs S Allsopp & Sons. It was
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James Arthur enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regiment in Burton-on-Trent in March 1914 and went to the Balkans with his battalion on 14 th September 1915. Commonwealth and French forces fought the eight-month campaign in Gallipoli in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea.
The Allies had landed on the peninsula on 25th-26th April 1915 and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts.
James Arthur’s Service Records did not survive the Luftwaffe bombing of the London War Records Office in September 1940. He was killed in action on 1st December 1915, the second of his mother’s sons to die in 6 weeks (John Charles Wilson, the next entry, had died in the Great Charge of 13th October 1915).
James Arthur’s relatives received the sad news in a letter from Captain C H Renwick of the Infantry Records Office, Lichfield. “Madam – It is my painful duty to inform you that a report has this day been received from the War Office, notifying the death of No 15668 Private J A Wilson, 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (place not stated) on the 1 st day of December 1915 and I am to express to you the sympathy and regret of the Army Council at your loss.” The relatives also “received a communication from Lord Kitchener conveying the sympathy of the King and Queen”.
James Arthur is buried at Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Gallipoli, one of 390 identified casualties – 684 burials are still not named.
James Arthur was awarded the 1915 Star and the Victory and British medals.
The family continued to place “In Memorium” notices in the local Burton-on-Trent newspapers, to commemorate the anniversary of James Arthur's death.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private John Charles WILSON
1/5th North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 3192) Killed in Action on 13th October 1915, aged 20 Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France
John Charles was the third son of James and Emma Wilson (nee Venables), James Arthur’s younger brother (see previous entry). He was born in 1895. There is a baptism record of a Charles John Wilson being baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 29th September 1895, and his parents were James and Emma of Burton Street, Tutbury. Did he reverse his Christian names?
For other family members, please see previous entry.
In the 1911 Census, John’s occupation was given as milk seller for the diary. Later he worked as a porter at Denstone School, Uttoxeter, Staffs.
As there was a Drill Hall for the North Staffordshire Regiment in Tutbury and given John’s low Service Number in a Territorial Battalion, these indicate he was a Territorial. John enlisted in Shelton, Staffs with the 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment.
He went to France on 19th August 1915. John was reported “missing, believed killed in action” less than 2 months later on the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt on 13th October 1915 ("the Great Charge"). The newspaper report in the Burton Mail of 1 st May 1916 reproduces the photograph of John, describing him as “one of the gallant Burtonians who took part in the great attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt”. It went on to read “If any of his former colleagues at the front could throw any light as to how he became missing, his relatives would be greatly obliged.” It was also mentioned that his brother James Arthur had been killed at Gallipoli in December 1915.
Like his brother, John was awarded the 1915 Star and the Victory and British medals.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Private Edward WOOLLEY
6th (Service) Bn Queen’s Own (Royal West Kents Regiment) (Service No L/10561) Missing, death presumed 3rd July 1916, aged 20 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
The 1901 Census shows that Joseph and Eliza (nee Tivey) Woolley were living in 13 Monk Street, Tutbury. Joseph, had been born in the village, was a house painter and also at home were Joseph Henry (born July 1888) and George William (baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 8th April 1892). Two other children had not survived - Thomas had died at 3 months of age in December 1893 and Annie Eliza who had been baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 23rd December 1896 had died January 1898.
Their elder daughter Ada had married John Tomlinson in 1899, aged 20 and was also living in Monk Street. Mary Ann (born 1886) was a servant with Mr & Mrs William H Owen at 32 Burton Street, Tutbury, at the time of the 1901 Census.
An Edward Woolley was baptised in St Mary's in June 1899 (no date of birth given), son of "Ada Wooley {sic} of Monk Street". On the 1901 Census, there was an Edward Woolley who was staying with Joseph (born 1854) and Elizabeth Woolley (born 1857) in Monk Street, described as being their “2-year-old grandson”.
Joseph Woolley died March 1906 aged 53. His parents, George and Mary Woolley both died before Joseph, in August 1902 and January 1903 respectively.
Mary, who had married Daniel James Oakey in December 1905, remained in Tutbury. Like her mother, she was to lose 2 of her 4 boys before they were 7 years old. Ada and her family were living at 13 Monk Street, Tutbury. She too, like her mother and sister, was to outlive several of her children.
On the 1911 Census, Eliza Woolley was described as "53 year old, widowed after 32 years of marriage and having 4 remaining children (of 7)". She and Joseph Henry, George William and Edward were living at 4 Second Avenue, Queenborough, Minster, Kent. Was it the glass trade that prompted the move to Sheppey?
Edward, Joseph Henry and George William were working in the bottle works, as were Eliza's two boarders. The occupation/school for Edward, his age given as 13, was left blank. Also at the same address was a 5-year-old nurse child, Leonard Thomas Wood.
Eliza Woolley married Thomas Walkman, a widower, in Sheppey, Kent in April 1912.
On 16th November 1914, Edward enlisted at Sheerness, Kent in the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) and gave his occupation as a glass presser. He was misunderstood and his birthplace was written as “Tuckbury”. He claimed to be 18 years 9 months, giving his birth date as 5th February 1896. He was 5’ 5” with a 33” chest measurement, weighed 115lbs and was "Church of England".
He joined at Maidstone for training and went to France on 15 th June 1915. He was reported “missing” on 3rd July 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. It was later presumed that he had died.
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In April 1917, Eliza wrote asking if there was any news of Edward – was he a prisoner of war or killed as she “felt quite unsettled not knowing anything about My Boy”.
Finally, in October 1917, Edward’s death was confirmed. There were no personal effects found.
When Eliza completed the Notice of Declaration in June 1919 she was living at Weymouth House, Queenborough, Kent. She stated that Joseph was living with her, George was living in Monk Street, Tutbury and Mary was also in Tutbury in Church Street. Eliza’s stepson, Charles Walkman, was a soldier in France.
Eliza moved back to 18 Monk Street, Tutbury by April 1921 and died in 1928.
Edward was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British and Victory medals – he had been in the Army for one year 230 days. As he has no known grave, Edward is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial – one of 72,195 names inscribed.
George William enlisted in Lichfield in the North Staffordshire Regiment on 21st June 1915. The address on his Service Records was given as 18, First Avenue, Rushenden, Queenborough. He had married Daisy May Walkman on 4th November 1911 in Sheerness. They had 3 children – Hilda May (born 18th May 1912), Vera Eliza (born 29th October 1913 and George Thomas (born 17th May 1915). His step father, Thomas Walkman, had a daughter of that name on the 1902 Census.
William WOOLLEY
It has not been easy to identify the correct William Woolley, without corroborative evidence. Three possible soldiers have been identified.
Private William WOOLLEY
6th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 1683)
William was the son of James and Sarah Ann (nee Wilson) Woolley of Castle Street, Tutbury. He was born in October 1891 in the village, as were his parents and his siblings. James was a glass blower and he and Sarah Ann, a cotton spinner, were married in 1884. The family lived in various dwellings in the village - • Nellie (born 2Q 1885, baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 5 th July 1885 and address given as Tutbury) • Lilian (baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 18 th March 1888, address given as Church Lane) • Fanny (born June 190 baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 6th July 1890, address given as Castle Street) • William was baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 1 st November 1891 and the family were still in Castle Street
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• James baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 16 th July 1893, address as Church Lane • Caroline Sarah baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 19 th January 1896 – the family had moved to Monk Street • Joseph Thomas baptised Thomas Joseph at St Mary’s Priory Church on 23rd July 1899 (address given as Scropton) • John William born 18th March 1902 and baptised at St Mary’s Priory Church on 28th February 1904, when the family were at 14 Monk Street.
In 1901, the family were living at 15 King William Street, Amblecote, Stourbridge – another renowned area of the glass industry. It was common practice for families to move between areas of glass making.
By 1911, the family were back in Tutbury living at 24 Burton Street. William was a glass mixer, in the same trade as like his father who was a flint glass maker. James Junior was an apprentice in the glass making trade; Lily and Fanny were tin solderers in the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery factory.
William enlisted as a Territorial of the 6th North Staffordshire Regiment at Tutbury on 15th February 1912. His Attesting Officer was Ben Newton, cousin of W Trafford Newton (see the 1st edition of this Book), who was later badly wounded in action.
William passed his medical on 1st April 1912 in Burton-on-Trent. He completed annual training in May 1912 but was discharged on 26 th June 1913. His discharge was the consequence of “leaving Tutbury”. His total service was one year and 132 days.
What happened to William after he left Tutbury? Where did he go? Did he re-enlist? Did he see active service? All that was available are his Territorial Service Records for February 1912 – June 1913.
Caroline Sarah married Harry Griffiths in April 1920. James died in July 1931, aged 66 and was buried in St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury. His son, John William, aged 43, died January 1946 and was also buried there.
Private William WOOLLEY
1/6th North Staffordshire Regiment (Service Nos 1497, 240071) Killed in action on 1st July 1916, aged 24 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France Of Forest Road, Burton
William was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (nee Rodgers) Woolley, born in Burton-on- Trent in July 1892. He was one of 7 children, his siblings included: Annie, Lucy, Alice, Rosa, Thomas and John. In 1901, the family were living at 182 Shobnall Road, Burton.
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In 1911, Abraham was a maltster labourer in the brewery, John was a brewer’s labourer, Thomas was in the fish trade on his own account and William was in the cement works. The family had moved to 22 Forest Road, Outwoods, Burton.
William joined the Territorial Force of the North Staffordshire Regiment on 11th May 1911 in Burton and went to France with the British Expeditionary Force in March 1915. He embarked from Southampton to Le Havre on 4th/5th March 1915. He was invalided home to Summerdown Convalescent Hospital, Eastbourne in July 1915. He was granted a furlough and returned home to 22 Forest Road from 28 th August to 3rd September 1915.
He returned to France in November 1915, travelling from Southampton to Rouen, but was again hospitalised in January 1916. In March 1916, William returned to his unit. Sadly he was one of the thousands who were “missing, presumed to have died” at Gommecourt on 1st July 1916. Having no known grave, he was commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He had 5 years and 151 days of embodied service.
This William Woolley is the soldier listed on page 287 of Rob Cox’s book, “Burton Boys – Burton upon Trent and the First World War”. No trace of connection to Tutbury could be found, unless he joined the Territorials in the Tutbury Drill Hall.
Rifleman William Vivian WOOLLEY
2/7th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Regiment (Service No 60610) Killed in Action on 7th April 1918, aged 19 Buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery, France
William was the only child of William John and Mary Jane (nee Vivian) Woolley, born in Shenstone, near Lichfield, Staffs in April 1899. William Senior was a coachman/gardener who came from Sudbury, Derbyshire and his mother hailed from Cornwall. By 1901, the family were living in Rowley Bank, Stafford.
By 1911, the family trio were living in Sudbury, William Senior’s home village. William Vivian was at school and his father was a "groom/chauffeur (domestic)". Close by is Sudbury Hall – was William Senior employed there? Or by the doctor in the village?
On leaving school, William was employed as an apprentice at the Tutbury Nestlé Milk Condensery factory. He enlisted in Bakewell, Derbyshire on 5th May 1917 and place initially in the 5th Training Reserve Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters, although stated he had a preference for the Royal Flying Corps. He gave his address as Tutbury Road, Hatton. Training was at Brocton and Rugeley Camps in Staffordshire.
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On William’s medical history form it was stated that he was 5’ 7⅝” tall, had a chest measurement of 35” (+2” on expansion) and weighed 123lbs; his occupation was given as factory labourer.
On 5th March 1918, he was transferred to the 7th (Reserve) Battalion of the West Yorks Regiment. He embarked for France on 1st April 1918. Sadly, William was killed in action 6 days later and was buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery, southwest of Arras. He had been in the Army for 336 days and only 6 days in France.
There were no personal effects located that could be sent on to the family. On 29th October 1919, Rev J C Charles, the Congregational Minister of the Manse in Tutbury, signed the Notice of Declaration for William’s father.
William’s British and Victory medals were sent to his father in February 1922. His plaque (the Dead Man’s Penny) and scroll also followed.
William is commemorated on the Nestlé plaque at the Nestlé factory in Tutbury and on the War Memorial plaque in All Saints’ Church, Hatton, Derbyshire.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI GOOD NEWS!
There was good news to emerge from the chaos and carnage of the Great War - “War to end all Wars”. The following local examples illustrate this point.
Private George PRESS
1881 – 1960
7th North Staffordshire Regiment (Service No 17120) Injured badly at Gallipoli – survived! Celebrated his Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1954
George Press was born in Burton-on-Trent in April 1881 to Alfred and Mary Press. From the age of 13, he was employed as the Corporation lamplighter, living with his brother and his family in King Street.
On 4th June 1904 George married Mary Louisa (nee Allen) at Christ Church, Burton-on- Trent. The service was conducted by the Rev Charles Guest. They set up home in Oak Street before moving to 44 Clarence Street in 1909. George and Mary had 2 sons and 5 daughters.
On 13th March 1915, George enlisted in the 7th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment in Burton-on-Trent. He was aged 34, stood 5’ 7” tall, with a chest measurement of 37” (+ 2” on expansion).
The 7th Battalion sailed from Liverpool for the Balkan Theatre of War in early July 1915. They landed at Suvla Bay to take part in the Gallipoli campaign, on 7th August 1915.
In the company of his many comrades, George was still there in the winter – often waist deep in freezing water, when the bitter frost set in. He suffered appalling frostbite in his feet, legs and hands. He was evacuated to Malta via a hospital ship. One of his legs had to be amputated below the knee for frostbite. Soon infection set in the other leg and this also was amputated below the knee (as reported in the Burton Mail, dated 23rd December 1915).
Celebrating their Golden Wedding George’s war was over and eventually he was fitted with a pair of artificial legs. He returned to his previous occupation as lamplighter of the Corporation, walking many miles
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George was awarded the 1915 Star and the British and Victory medals. He was discharged from the army on 25th July 1917.
Not being able to take an active part in WWII, George tried to ensure that as few service men as possible suffered from frostbite. He knitted socks and head protectors – for which he was awarded a Red Cross Certificate for his diligence.
George and Mary both enjoyed good health and celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1954 (see the newspaper photograph).
George died in 1960, aged 79, after 56 years of marriage.
George sent this poem to Mary on a scrap of khaki – it is dated 24th September 1915.
"3rd N Staffs
Although the sea is between us I think of you all alone
And hope it won't be long Dear
Before the Boys are Marching home. Sep 24 1915 From George"
With many thanks to Ian Arkesden for the information about his great grandfather
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Private Albert Henry SCRIVEN
1878 – 1954
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Reported Missing: Early September 1917 Found to be a Prisoner of War: Late September 1917 The following article was included in both local newspapers the Burton Observer and the Burton Mail on 13th September 1917:
“Private A H Scriven, Tutbury, Killed
The sad news has been received that Pte A H Scriven of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was killed in action on 31 st July. He is the 2nd son of Mrs Scriven of Bridge Street, Tutbury, the well-known wardrobe dealer and his older brother, Mr W Scriven is a photographer at Tutbury. Last year on 1st July, Mrs Scriven’s youngest son, Gunner J Scriven, was awarded the DCM for conspicuous gallantry
Private Scriven and 2 of his comrades were killed by a shell. He was 39 years old and had been in France since January, having enlisted last October. Prior to his death he had forwarded designs for a special shell for the destruction of wire entanglements, to the War Office. By trade, Mr Scriven was a tailor in the employ of Mr J W Lister of Ashbourne, where his wife and two children live. He was a prominent member of the Ashbourne Wesleyean choir." Two weeks later the same newspapers reported:
“A Tutbury Prisoner of War
Mrs Scriven, of Bridge Street, has received the gratifying news that her son, Pte A H Scriven, who was officially reported as killed in action, is alive and a prisoner of war at Limburg-on-Lahn, Germany. A postcard written on 14th August to his wife, who lives in Ashbourne, conveyed the happy news.”
Albert Henry Scriven, second son of Joseph and Eliza (nee Scattergood) Scriven, was born in Tutbury in September 1878. Joseph was a glassmaker, in the Flint Glass Works. The family – William Jeremiah, Albert, Margaret Frances Anne, Joseph, Lily May, and Nellie – lived in Bridge Street.
By 1901, Albert was boarding in Nottingham and working as a tailor. On 30 th August 1908 in Thanet, Kent, he married Elizabeth Isabel Newing, who hailed from Margate, Kent. They set up home in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Albert continued working as a tailor, in the employ of Mr J W Lister of Ashbourne, as stated in the Burton newspapers.
The Scrivens had two daughters, Lilian Phyllis (born in 1910) and Hilda Frances born 4 years later.
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In October 1916, Albert enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regiment, transferring to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was posted to France in January 1917.
He had forwarded designs to the War Office for a special shell for the destruction of wire entanglements and these had been acknowledged. Albert was awarded the Victory and British medals.
Albert died on 12th February 1954 in Ashbourne.
His sister, Lily May, married Frederick George Kightley, a private in the RAMC, on 26th March 1918 at St Mary's Priory Church. Nellie Scriven, aged 24, married Herbert Walker, a baker, on 10th September 1918, also at the Tutbury Church.
Margaret Frances Anne attended both weddings. She was to live until 1964 and died in Derby.
Joseph died in April 1914 – so his widow faced the trauma alone. Eliza was buried in February 1947, aged 91 – reunited in St Mary's Churchyard.
Home - Thoughts from France
Wan, fragile faces of joy, Pitiful mouths that strive To light with smiles the place We dream we walk alive,
To you I stretch my hands, Hands shut in pitiless trance In a land of ruin and woe, The desolate land of France.
Dear faces startled and shaken, Out of wild dust and sounds You yearn to me, lure and sadden My heart with futile bounds.
Isaac Rosenberg (1890 – 1918) Artist and poet, killed in close combat in France
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI APPENDIX 1 - LOCAL WAR MEMORIALS
This chapter gives brief details of the main Memorials to the Fallen in Tutbury. At the time of writing there are known to have been 15 memorials in total, two of which are missing. For further details see the website www.twmpc.org.uk – eventually it is hoped to produce a book describing all the memorials in detail.
St. Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury
From the Burton Chronicle, 19 December 1918:
Memorial to the Fallen The first meeting of the above Committee concerned with this matter was held at the Oddfellows Hall on Monday evening when Major H L Newton, DSO, presided. A collection committee was appointed and a district allocated to each collector. The following sub-committee were chosen to estimate the appropriate cost, to select the site and to decide on the form of memorial: Major H L Newton, Chairman Mrs H Newton Mrs S Walker Rev H Bennett Rev J Charles Mr F A Ashton (?) Mr G L White Mr S A Lester as secretary.
It was mentioned that the number of fallen from the parish was 42 and already a donation of £20 had been promised.
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Bodley & Hare (Gray's Inn Square, London – 1907-1942) were chosen as the architects (specialists in War Memorials and ecclesiastical modifications). The War Memorial was designed by Cecil Hare, executed by Bridgemans of Lichfield and dated as 1920, a Renaissance design38.
The description of the War Memorial on the UK National Inventory of War Memorials is 'Foliated sandstone cross on six faceted tapering pillar. Shields in relief. Three figures: female angel, St. George and St. Michael.'
The Burton Chronicle of 6th May 1920 recorded the dedication of the War Memorial:
Dedication of War Memorials A large congregation assembled at the Parish Church on Sunday 39 afternoon to witness the dedication of the war memorials. The first part of the service was held in the church, where the Bishop of Stafford dedicated a beautiful stained glass window, erected in the south aisle, and a tablet containing the names of the forty-seven Tutbury men who fell in the great war.
The congregation then moved into the churchyard, where another large assembly had gathered on the southern side of the church to witness the dedication of the new parish memorial, a handsome stone cross beautifully carved in Hollington40 stone by Messrs. Bridgeman and Son, of Lichfield to the design of Mesrts. {sic} Bodley and Hare of London. Amongst those waiting were a large company of ex-soldiers, members, of the local branch of N.F.D and D.S. and S.41 who were in charge of Captain B. Newton; members of the parish council; the police; the scholars and teachers of the Wesleyan S.S.
Continued
38 Pamphlet "The Priory Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Tutbury, Staffordshire" (Author T.J. Ganz, Vicar). 39 The dedication was on Sunday 2nd May 1920 40 Hollington Stone: available in Red, Mottled, Cream from Hollington, Staffordshire ST10 4HQ 41 N.F.D and D.S and S.: The National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers was founded in January 1917 by London-based veterans opposed to the Review of Exceptions Act by which men invalided out of the armed forces could be re-conscripted. It adopted the slogans "Every man once before any man twice". Senior military figures refused to attend its meetings, and the Federation's politics became broadly liberal. The Earl of Derby founded "Comrades of the Great War" as a right-wing alternative. In 1920 the Federation invited the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers (NADSS), "Comrades of the Great War" and the Officers' Association to a meeting to discuss merging, and this was achieved in 1921, establishing the Royal British Legion. {Source: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_Discharged_and_Demobilized_Sailors_and_Sol diers }
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The ex-Service men had paraded from the town to the church, and had formed up on the bacv {sic} ground of the site, making a most impressive scene. Preceding the Bishop from the church were the choir, the churchwardens (Messrs. W.E. Guest and D. Rutherfoord) while the vicar of Tutbury (the Rev. H. Bennett) undertook the duties of chaplain. Most impressive was the singing of "O God, our help in ages past," the first hymn sung outside. The Rev. J. Charles, pastor of the Congregational church, read the lesson, which was taken from Wisdom iii., and the following names of the fallen were read: William E. Priestly, John J. Kidd, Ernest Woodall, Ernest Plumb, Robert Radford, William Gent, Charles Bull, James Worrall, George E. Bentley, Wilfren {sic} Powell, Frederick Bannister, W. Trafford Newton, George F. Bennett, Charles Bond, Tom Merrey, Thomas Coates, James Nash, Arthur Treadwell, Edwin Powell, William Cook, Joseph Talbot, William Bentley, Frederick Bennett, Samuel Woodal {sic}, George Causer, Abraham Farmer, Eric Dunicliffe, Stephen Leedham, William Hinds, James Hand, William Smith, Edwin Broughton, William Wheeldon, Albert Timmins, Ernest A. Perkins, George Fearn, Joseph Pegg, Jack Leadbetter, Alfred Brettell, Samuel Wheat, William H. Parker, Harry Allsop, David Bond, Frederick Smith, Ogden Pateman, E. Frank Hadland, Alfred J. Parker.
The ceremony of the unveiling of the memorial was then performed by Major H. L. Newton, D.S.O. Under the figure of Peace, a bronze tablet was shown, bearing the inscription, "In grateful memory of Tutbury men who gave their lives in their country's defence, 1914-1918," and under the figures of St. Michael and St. George were shown the tablets bearing the names of the fallen. In an impressive manner the "Last Post" was sounded by Mr. Harry Bell, ex- sergeant K.R.R42.
After the Bishop had dedicated the memorial, the reveille was sounded by Mr. Bell, followed by the singing of "The King of Love my Shpeherd {sic} is." From the text "God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of Jesus Christ." his Lordship gave a splendid address, in which he spoke most touchingly of the noble sacrifice of the men. He asked his hearers to ever remember their brave deeds, and spoke of the value of memorials to keep these men and their unselfish acts fresh in our memories. The Hymn "They whose course is o'er" was then sung, and after the Bishop had pronounced the Benediction, the National Anthem was sung as a conclusion to the service. The singing for the service was led by the choir, under Mr. C. Owen, organist and choirmaster.
A large number of floral tributes was placed on the memorial at the conclusion and on the front was placed a large laurel wreath. Amongst those who placed tributes were relatives and friends of the fallen.
42 K.R.R: King's Royal Rifle Corps
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The Parochial Church Council for Tutbury meeting of 7 th March 1921 records:
War Shines It was decided that the one on the church remain, as proper care is being taken of it.
That the shrine on the Institute be moved to the Boys School and the Council to pay for the removal and overhauling.
It was reported that the final meeting of the Parish War Memorial Committee, it was agreed to place the Parish War Memorial Cross under the care of the Church Parochial Council.
After some discussion, it was agreed (on the proposition of Mr. Guest, seconded by Mr. Walkerdine) to have the matter of care of the same in the hands of the vicar to arrange.
We have not been able to find any record of the criteria for inclusion of men on the Memorial and some men do appear on more than one local War Memorial, showing the close nature of villages in this area.
The names appear to be recorded on the Memorial in order of the date of their death and no rank, unit or decorations are shown, symbolising the equality of sacrifice of all casualties.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is one of the oldest Friendly Societies, but their early history is obscure; the earliest definite historical record of the Odd Fellows is a manuscript, dated 1748, of the rules of the Loyal Aristarcus43 Lodge No.9 which met in inns in the Southwark, Hatton Garden and Smithfield areas of London.
The Tutbury Lodge was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society – the Loyal Sir Oswald Mosley Lodge MU No. 909.
The Lodge met at the Odd Fellows Hall, Tutbury which occupied the last building at the southeast side at the top of the High Street. At its peak it had approximately 400 members. (It is now a hairdressing salon).
43 Aristarchus of Samos (circa 300 BC) was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known model that placed the Sun at the centre of the known universe with the Earth revolving around it.
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The wooden boards detailing the deaths of all IOOF Brethren were removed when the Lodge Hall closed and are displayed in Tutbury Museum. Many old IOOF records are also available to view.
The Burton Chronicle of 3rd April 1920 reported a marble War Memorial being erected in the Lodge Room. When the Tutbury Lodge Hall was closed, the Memorial was transferred to St. Mary's Priory Church.
In July 2014 the marble plaque was professionally cleaned by Art Stone Memorials and returned to rest in the Lady Chapel at St Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury. This was financed jointly by the Odd Fellows, Gary Fish and an anonymous donor. It is planned to have the plaque installed on the south wall of the Lady Chapel alongside the other War Memorials.
The Nestlé Plaque The Nestlé plaque was erected at the Tutbury Condensery in memory of the fifteen men from the factory who fell during the Great War. Of the fifteen, seven are also on the St. Mary’s Stone Cross War Memorial (Harry Allsop, Fred W Bennett, Geo E Bentley, William Bentley, George Fearn, Stephen Leedham and Samuel Wheat) and who documented in The Fallen – WWI – 1st Edition section of this book.
The remainder are detailed in the 2nd Edition of this Book (A J Blood, H J Foster, W H Hill, F E Hood, J Moreton, F A Matthews, W J Upton and W V Woolley). All are recorded in "The Factory Fearnoughts" by R H Darlington.
The Memorial was rehung and rededicated in the entrance of the new main factory offices in 1986.
In July 2014 the Plaque was re-sited at the entrance to the Tutbury factory in a plinth made of blue engineering bricks. There was an unveiling ceremony attended by some relatives, various dignitaries, factory staff and management and local WWI researchers.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI The Druids
From the Burton Chronicle, 5th Feb. 1920: Druid Tutbury Dinner At the Castle Inn44 about 50 people gathered to celebrate the return of the members of the “Who’d Have Thought It?” Lodge 1489 of the Birmingham Equalised Order of Druids. The chairman was Major H L Newton and the vice chairman, Dr H R Wolfenden. The assembly included Ben Newton, who responded to the toasts. The Vicar, in the toast to the Fallen, unveiled and dedicated a War Memorial placed on the wall of the room. This contained the names of Lodge members who had fallen and those who had served in the Great War. The lettering was gold on a black background. The Fallen45 numbered 6 and were: Wilfred Powell Henry Allsop Frederick Bannister Vernon J Weaver William Knight Percy Starling The 36 who served were:
Druids Who Returned To Tutbury Archer H P Goring S Ratcliffe G H Ball H Hawksworth G Ratcliffe G Bannister T Holland J Scriven A H Brettell A H Lowe W Timmins T W Bridges E McGuiness E C Tipper F Bull W J McGuiness, Jnr H Udall C Collington F F Moss C Udall, Jnr H Copesteak C Mousley W H Upton W J Copesteak R Mousley F Ward R Dudley C H Murby S L Whetton P Dudley J Priestley J Woodhall J E Gent E Ratcliffe W T Woolley R
The Druids of this period were neither a religious group (as might be thought today) nor were they political; they were one of the many forms of Friendly Societies (see also Oddfellows, Gardeners, Foresters, etc.). An extract from the Ancient Order of Druids website reads:
44 Now "The Old Castle" in Bridge Street 45 Only Allsop, Bannister and Powell are recorded on the War Memorial at St. Mary's Priory Church and hence included in the 1st edition of this book. The other three will be considered for inclusion in the 2nd edition.
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Ours is not a religious organization – in fact any discussion on religion or politics is forbidden within the lodge rooms. We run our own Convalescent Home Fund for the benefit of members and their wives, there is also an Annuitants Fund for brethren in need.
Unfortunately, no records of this particular Lodge or even the Birmingham group have been found and no one knows what happened to the War Memorial. There are photographs of a sister organisation, the Sheffield Equalized Independent Druids, one of which is shown below. A Sheffield Druids organisation still exists today, the Druids Sheffield Friendly Society, a financial organisation that offers savings, health plans and life insurance.
Sheffield Equalized Independent Druids – Early 1900s46
Trophy Guns
German "Trophy Guns" were apparently a common sight in towns and villages after the First World War.
The "Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War" HMSO 1922 records:
"The War Trophies Committee was formed in November, 1916, the terms of reference being "to deal with all questions in regard to the distribution of trophies and watch the interests of the Imperial War Museum." ~ When a claim for a gun etc., had been substantiated, the unit in question was asked its views as to the destination of the trophy, with the proviso that it went to a Regimental Depot, a recognized public body, or museum; up to present some 3,595 guns, 15,044 machine guns, 75,824 small arms and 7,887 other trophies had been distributed.
46 Source: http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Druids.jpg
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Large numbers of applications were received for allotment from County Authorities, Mayors and Corporations of cities and towns, Urban and Parish Councils and other communities. The Committee decided that allotment of the trophies to which no claim had been substantiated, had to be recommended by the Lord Lieutenant of the County.
The Parish Council Minutes for 7th June 1920 record that 'the German Machine Gun be deposited at the Boys School if the managers consent' and that 'the German Field Gun be deposited at the Little Bridge on a site lent by Mr. Newton'.
In the Tutbury Village News of July 2010 it was reported how a machine gun was found in the cellar of the Charity House many years ago. This gun is on exhibition at the Museum now (7.92 Maxim, MG08/15 LMG). The Museum holds the original Carrier's note showing that a case of machine guns was sent to the Parish Clerk, by rail (GNR) from ASC officer i/c Transport, Lichfield on 6th May 1920.
Various Tutbury people have memories of playing on a large gun and the Museum has three rather indistinct pictures of children astride a gun in 'Cannon Row', as it was known, with Bridge Street houses clearly behind them. The fate of the Field Gun is unknown but it most likely went for scrap at the start of WWII.
Pain
Pain, pain continual; pain unending; Hard even to the roughest, but to those Hungry for beauty...Not the wisest knows, Nor most pitiful-hearted, what the wending Of one hour's way meant. Grey monotony lending Weight to the grey skies, grey mud where goes An army of grey bedrenched scarecrows in rows Careless at last of cruellest Fate-sending. Seeing the pitiful eyes of men foredone, Or horses shot, too tired merely to stir, Dying in shell-holes both, slain by the mud. Men broken, shrieking even to hear a gun.--- Till pain grinds down, or lethargy numbs her, The amazed heart cries angrily out on God.
Ivor Gurney 1890-1937 Injured and gassed in 1917
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI APPENDIX 2 – ROLLS OF HONOUR
This appendix lists the names on the various Rolls of Honour (RoH) in Tutbury, listing those who served during World War I, including two RoH that are now missing.
Roll of Honour Description Tutbury WWI RoH Those who served, including those who fell The Lady Chapel 333 names St. Mary's Priory Church Tutbury Odd Fellows Plaque Those Tutbury Odd Fellows who fell The Lady Chapel 17 names St Mary's Priory Church Congregational Chapel RoH Those who served and those who fell Missing 35 names Congregational Sunday School RoH Those who served and those who fell Congregational Chapel, Tutbury 15 names Those who served and those who fell – The Druids RoH – Missing 43 names The Nestlé RoH The Nestlé RoH was a 1919 worldwide Nestlé Factory publication listing all Nestlé employees who Tutbury served in WWI, etc.
Tutbury Roll of Honour, The Lady Chapel, St. Mary's Priory Church
The following lists the men on the hand written, framed, glazed Roll of Honour board in the Lady Chapel at St. Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury; the list contains those who Fell (marked ‡) and these who returned. These were transcribed by Robert Minchin in his 2002 Tutbury Memorials survey.
The Column (C) and Row (R) indicate the location on the Roll of Honour where the name can be found.
Note that James Hand, John Kidd and Albert Timmins, who Fell and are listed on the WWI War Memorial, cannot be readily identified on the Roll of Honour.
There are 333 on this RoH and that may not be the total who served (there appear to be additional men on the other RoHs below that cannot readily be identified on this one).
Based on the national average of 12.3% of the population that served, Tutbury could have expected to send 269 men to war based on the population of 2,186 in the 1911 census – it appears that more than 15% served – well above the national average.
Given that over 333 did serve, national averages would have suggested that 41 would be killed (actually 47 on the main War Memorial), and that 97 would be wounded (29%), 10 would be Prisoners of War and 35 would be discharged as disabled.
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Surname Forename C R Surname Forename C R Surname Forename C R Abbotts T 1 02 Fox WJ 2 20 Powell A 4 40 Abbotts Wakeley 1 01 Gallimore G 3 27 Powell E 4 38 Adams AE 1 04 Gent‡ W 2 33 Powell G 3 47 Adey F 1 03 Ghent E 3 25 Powell J 4 46 Adshead E 3 01 Gillick EC 2 32 Powell‡ E 4 41 Allen Trevor 1 06 Goring Sam 2 27 Powell‡ Wilfred 4 39 Allsopp‡ H 1 05 Gorton Harry 2 24 Press George 4 42 Andrews James 1 07 Gorton James 2 25 Priestley J 4 29 Archer Fred 1 09 Gorton John 2 26 Priestley‡ Wm 4 43 Archer H 3 02 Greatorex W 2 29 Pye Richard 4 45 Archer Raymond 1 08 Grice Sydney 2 28 Pye William 4 44 Arme C 3 03 Grimwood J 2 30 Radford JF 4 48 Bailey TH 1 40 Grimwood R 2 31 Radford W 4 49 Baker GE 1 66 Groom F 3 26 Radford‡ Robert 4 50 Ball Harry 1 13 Hadfield C 2 37 Raines Charles 4 51 Bannister H 3 07 Hadland‡ Frank 2 34 Raines E 3 52 Bannister Trevor 1 11 Hagley S 2 36 Ratcliff RA 4 63 Bannister‡ F 1 12 Hall A 2 35 Ratcliffe George 4 53 Bell B 3 04 Hall G 3 30 Ratcliffe GH 4 54 Bell H 3 10 Hands C 2 39 Ratcliffe William 4 52 Bell Harry 1 15 Hardstaff G 2 56 Reynolds A 4 56 Bell John 1 16 Harlow TG 2 51 Reynolds E 4 55 Bell W 1 14 Harper Rupert 2 38 Reynolds H 3 53 Bennett George Junr 1 18 Harrison F 3 64 Rippin Arthur 4 58 Bennett GF 1 19 Harrison Fred 2 40 Rippin Harry 4 57 Bennett John 1 21 Hassent George 2 41 Roberts F 4 62 Bennett Percy 1 22 Haynes A 2 42 Rudge Charles 4 60 Bennett‡ Fred 1 20 Hazlehurst Art 2 43 Rudge John 4 59 Bennett‡ George 1 17 Hazlehurst Ernt 2 44 Russell John 4 61 Bentley AH 3 08 Hinds John 2 45 Sessions S 4 65 Bentley Frank 1 23 Hinds W 3 31 Shaw Arthur 4 66 Bentley‡ GE 1 24 Hinton KF 3 28 Shaw Walter 4 64 Bentley‡ William 1 38 Hodson FG 2 52 Shaw William 4 67 Billings Fred 1 63 Holland John 2 46 Shepherd Chas 5 02 Bland C 1 25 Hood S 2 50 Shepherd Wilfred 5 01 Blood Frank 1 27 Howard W 3 29 Shepherd Wm 5 19 Blood Mark 1 26 Hudson Ernest 2 47 Shipley FJ 5 20 Blood William 1 28 Hughes George 2 48 Shipley S 5 03 Bond Fred 1 65 Hunt T 2 49 Smith Arthur 5 06 Bond‡ Charles 1 30 Irons R 2 55 Smith Chas 5 04 Bond‡ D 3 11 Jenks Fred 2 53 Smith‡ H 3 56 Bowring C 1 29 Johnson George 2 22 Smith‡ W 5 05 Bowring Lawrence 1 64 Johnson Harry 2 23 Smy C 5 07 Bowring P 3 09 Johnson WC 2 54 Smy T 5 08 Bradshaw E 1 67 Johnson WJ 3 32 Sowter J 3 55 Bradshaw WJ 3 06 Keeling A 2 60 Stanley Arthur 5 16 Brealey W 1 32 Keeling J 2 59 Stanley Edgar 5 18 Brettle A 1 31 Keene Willm 2 57 Stanley EdwardL 5 14 Brettle‡ AH 1 10 Kidd G 3 33 Stanley James 5 15
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Surname Forename C R Surname Forename C R Surname Forename C R Bridges A 2 04 Kidd Joseph 2 58 Stanley WJ 5 17 Broughton‡ E 1 36 Leadbetter‡ J 2 61 Stennet H 5 09 Brown AH 1 39 Lee WH 3 51 Stocker A 3 54 Brown Fred 1 33 Leedham‡ Stepn 2 62 Stringer Alfred 5 12 Brown W 3 05 Leonard E 3 36 Stuart Harry 5 11 Brown WH 1 34 Lester Willm 2 63 Stubbs Hugo 5 10 Bryant J 1 35 Lock George 2 64 Swinnerton Harry 5 13 Bull ‡ CW 1 37 Lock Walter 2 65 Talbot‡ Joseph 5 23 Caudwell W 3 19 Lowe C 3 34 Taverner DT 5 22 Causer‡ G 3 23 Lowe George 2 67 Taverner Willm 5 24 Chafer G 3 20 Lowe J 3 35 Taylor GW 5 33 Chamberlain Willm 1 42 Lowe W 2 66 Thorn WE 5 34 Champion J 1 41 Mansell H 4 01 Timms JW 5 25 Chapman W 3 12 Mansell P 4 02 Tipper F 5 26 Clamp George 1 43 Marler H 4 12 Tipper Jack 5 21 Clamp H 3 22 Marshall F 3 40 Tipper Jos 3 57 Clowes JP 1 60 Marshall T 3 37 Tipper W 5 27 Coates‡ T 1 54 McGuinness Edwd 4 03 Tomlinson J 5 28 Cockayne L 3 18 McGuinness Harry 4 04 Treadwell John 5 29 Collier 3 13 McGuinness P 4 13 Treadwell W 3 58 Collington Frank 1 47 Meakin James 4 05 Treadwell‡ Arthur 5 30 Collington Harry 1 46 Mear George 4 06 Treece F 5 31 Collins Alec 1 61 Merrey‡ Tom 4 07 Tyers G 5 32 Collins F 1 44 Mills T 3 38 Udale S 5 35 Collins Sydney 1 45 Morby A 4 08 Udall C 5 66 Coltman George 1 55 Morton F 3 42 Udall Harry 5 36 Cooke Charles 1 49 Morton J 3 41 Underwood W 3 65 Cooke E 3 15 Morton J 4 11 Upton Arthur 5 37 Cooke G 3 14 Moss C 4 14 Upton George 5 38 Cooke W 1 51 Mousley Fred 4 09 Upton Walter 5 39 Cooke‡ W 1 50 Mousley George 4 10 Wagstaff A 5 40 Cooper FE 3 16 Mousley W 3 39 Walker John 5 42 Cooper Harry 1 48 Naseby T 4 15 Walker‡ Harry 5 43 Cooper J 3 21 Nash‡ J 4 22 Ward E 5 45 Copesteake Charles 1 53 Newton Ben 4 19 Ward R 5 46 Copesteake Richard 1 52 Newton Leigh 4 16 Ward S 5 62 Coxon Ernest 1 56 Newton Willm 4 18 Ward T 5 44 Coxon Harry 1 57 Newton WS 4 17 Ward T Junr 5 63 Coxon Roland 1 58 Newton‡ WT 4 21 Ward W 3 61 Cripwell LP 1 62 Nicklin B 3 43 Warin T 3 59 Crossley Charles 1 59 Nicklin F 3 44 Watson AC 5 47 Crossley F 3 17 Nicklin Thomas 4 20 Wheat‡ Sam 5 48 Dalton Joseph 2 01 Oakden Thos H 4 25 Wheeldon George 5 50 Davis H 2 05 Oakden Willm S 4 24 Wheeldon‡ W 5 49 Dilks L 3 24 Oliver W 4 26 Whetton Percy 5 51 Dudley CH 2 15 Orme F 3 45 Wilkins Alfred 5 53 Dudley J 2 07 Owen Harold 4 27 Wilkins Arthur 5 55 Dumelow George 2 02 Parker Fred 4 32 Wilkins Richard 5 54 Dumelow T 2 06 Parker‡ AJ 4 47 Williamson A 3 60
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Surname Forename C R Surname Forename C R Surname Forename C R Dunnicliffe‡ Eric 2 03 Parker‡ WH 4 31 Wilson Harry 5 52 Eggleton J 2 09 Pateman A 3 49 Wood T 5 60 Eggleton W 2 13 Pateman Arthur 4 30 Woodhall Albt 5 57 Ellis G 2 12 Pateman‡ O 4 23 Woodhall JE 5 41 Ellor Bert 2 08 Peeke W 4 33 Woodhall W 5 56 Elton Sydney 2 11 Pegg‡ Joseph 4 34 Woodhall‡ E 3 63 England JH 2 14 Perkins‡ E 4 28 Woodhall‡ S 3 62 Eyre Richard 2 10 Pickering Sam 4 35 Woolley T 5 67 Farmer Willm 2 16 Plumb‡ EL 4 36 Worrall Joseph 5 58 Farmer‡ Abram 2 17 Pocock C 4 37 Worrall‡ James 5 59 Faulkner Percy 2 18 Pocock W 3 46 Wrathall J 5 64 Fearn‡ George 2 19 Pollicut G 3 50 Wright AW 5 61 Fitchett W 2 21 Porter JH 3 48 Yates H 5 65
The Odd Fellows Plaque, The Lady Chapel – St. Mary's Priory Church
The plaque of the Tutbury branch (Sir Oswald Mosely Manchester Unity 909) of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lists those who fell. The Tutbury branch had at its peak some 400 members and met in the building at the top of the High Street on the Burton Street side. The plaque was moved to St. Mary's Priory Church when the branch closed.
Surname Forenames Surname Forenames Bennett Fred Wm Pateman Ogden Bennett Geo F Pegg Joseph Bentley Geo E Preston Bert Bentley William Siddalls George Blood John Smith Thos R Fearn George Taylor George Hadland Edward Fk Treadwell Arthur Hood Frank E Wheeldon William Owen Henry J H
The Congregational Chapel Framed Roll of Honour (Missing)
The following RoH lists the Fallen (marked ‡) and those who served from the Congregational Chapel on Monk Street. The names were recorded in 2002 by Robert Minchin in his Tutbury Memorials Survey but the whereabouts of the Memorial is now unknown; it is possible that it was damaged during the refurbishment and subsequently discarded.
Surname Forename Surname Forename Archer Raymond Priestley Joe Bailey T H Pye Richard Bentley Harry Ratcliffe G H
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Surname Forename Surname Forename Blood Frank Smith Arthur Blood Mark Smy Charles Bridges Arthur Smy Thomas Chapman Walter Timms William Cook Charles Woodhall Sidney Copestake Charles Woolley Roger Copestake Richard Bentley‡ George Crossley Charles Bentley‡ William Crossley Francis George Bond‡ David Crossley Frederick Fearn‡ George Gorton Henry Leadbetter‡ Jack Lowe George Merry‡ Tom Lowe John Priestley‡ William Parker William
The Congregational Sunday School Roll of Honour
The following lists the Fallen (marked ‡) and those who served who had attended the Congregational Chapel Sunday School on Monk Street. This framed Roll of Honour is now in the Congregational Chapel, Monk Street, Tutbury.
Surname Forename Surname Forename Priestley‡ William Gorton Harry Leadbetter‡ Jack Lowe George Merrey‡ Tom Pye Richard Bond‡ David Ratcliffe George Henry Chapman Walter Smith Arthur Crossley Charles Smy Charles Crossley Frances George Woolley Roger Crossley Frederick
The Druids' Roll of Honour (Missing)
The Roll of Honour was erected by the "Who'd Have Thought it", Lodge 1489 of the Birmingham Equalised Order of Druids (chair: H.L. Newton, DSO) at what was the Castle Inn in Bridge Street; the whereabouts of this Roll of Honour is unknown. It was unveiled by the Vicar in February 1920. Those who Fell are marked ‡; in the newspaper article (Burton Chronicle of 5th February 1920) describing the unveiling of the Roll of Honour, the others are described as "Druids who returned to Tutbury".
Druids were a fraternal organisation similar to the Oddfellows and had no connection with any religious order
However, this RoH is missing.
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Surname Forename Surname Forename Powell‡ Wilfred Lowe W Bannister‡ Frederick Mcguiness E C Knight‡ William Mcguiness, Jnr H Allsop‡ Henry47 Moss C Weaver‡ Vernon J Mousley W H Starling‡ Percy Mousley F Archer H P Murby S L Ball H Priestley J Bannister T Ratcliffe W T Brettell‡ A H Ratcliffe G H Bridges E Ratcliffe G Bull W J Scriven A H Collington F F Timmins T W Copesteak C Tipper F Copesteak R Udall C Dudley C H Udall, Jnr H Dudley J Upton‡ W J Gent E Ward R Goring S Whetton P Hawksworth G Woodhall J E Holland J Woolley R
The Nestlé Roll of Honour
The Nestlé Roll of Honour, titled "Lest We Forget" was published in 1919 detailing all their employees, worldwide, who served in WWI; those who died and those who won military medals.
At the Tutbury Nestlé Condensery in WWI, a poem was written by Frank Scattergood detailing in verse those from the factory who "answered the call to arms".
47 Believed to be Harry Allsop – see page 39
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APPENDIX 3 - CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS OF THE TUTBURY FALLEN
The list below shows the 50 different cemeteries and memorials where the Tutbury Fallen are either buried or remembered, how many of them are at that location and the total number buried or remembered at that location.
Appendix 4 - Cemetery and Memorial Descriptions_Appendix_8_- on page 169 provides a summary of information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website giving a description of the cemetery, its location and its history.
Note that the last five are Tutbury and four other UK locations. Not many people realise that there are 300,000 Fallen from the two World Wars buried in about 12,000 cemeteries and churchyards throughout the United Kingdom; they were casualties who were brought home for treatment but died of their wounds or disease.
St. Mary's churchyard in Tutbury has five graves from World War I on the Terrace in the North part of the churchyard and two World War II graves at the North end of the churchyard.
Name Location 1st Ed 2nd Ed Total Belgium Artillery Wood Cemetery Ieper, West-Vlaanderen 1 801 Bedford House Cemetery Ieper, West-Vlaanderen 1 2,194 Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery West-Vlaanderen 1 82 Dranoutre Military Cemetery Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen 1 455 Tyne Cot Memorial Zonnebeke, NE of Ieper 1 3 34,952 + Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen 1 9,877 + Poperinghe New Military Cemetery Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen 1 674 + Zantvoorde British Cemetery Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen 2 449 France Arras Memorial Arras, Pas de Calais 2 3 34,793 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery St Martin Boulogne, Pas de Calais 1 5,732 Bray Military Cemetery Bray-sur-Somme 1 747
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Name Location 1st Ed 2nd Ed Total Cabaret-rouge British Cemetery, Souchez Souchez, north of Arras 1 3,185 Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval Longueval, Somme 1 1,773 Etaples Military Cemetery Etaples, south of Bolougne 1 10,816 Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras Arras, Pas de Calais 2 2,647 Godewaersvelde British Cemetery Godewaersvelde, SW of Ieper 1 969 Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, SW of Arras 1 2 284 Foncquevillers Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy Cuinchy E of Bethune 1 1,246 Le Touret Memorial NW Bethune 1 13,394 Loos-en-Gohelle, NW of Lens, Pas de Loos Memorial 1 6 20,603 Calais Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe Between Bethune and Lens 1 1,720 Pozieres Memorial Pozieres NE of Albert 2 14,656 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Rouen, Seine-Maritime 2 1 8,648 St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue NE of Bethune 1 793 Richebourg-l'Avoue Thiepval, off Bapaume to Albert Road, Thiepval Memorial 11 3 72,203 Somme Vermelles British Cemetery Vermelles, NE of Lens 1 1,936 + Bienvillers Military Cemetery Pas de Calais 1 1,196 + Bois-grenier Communal Cemetery Nord 1 113 + Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon Aisne 1 360 +Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Somme 1 1,986 Extension + Doullens Communal Cemetery Somme 1 1,346 Extension No.1
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Name Location 1st Ed 2nd Ed Total + Hargicourt British Cemetery Aisne 1 277 + Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension Pas de Calais 300 + Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Nord 1 943 Extension, Bailleul + Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beugny Pas de Calais 1 207 + Vis-en-artois Memorial Pas de Calais 1 9,834 + Wancourt British Cemetery Pas de Calais 1 1,107 Greece Doiran Military Cemetery Near Lake Doiran 1 889 Iran Tehran War Cemetery British Embassy, Tehran 1 551 Iraq Amara War Cemetery Amara 2 3,696 Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery Waziriya, Baghdad 1 4,455 + Basra Memorial Basra 2 40,682 Turkey Lancashire Landing Cemetery Eceabat, Gallipoli 1 1,102 + Azmak Cemetery, Suvla Gallipolli 1 390 Canada Brookside Cemetery Field of Honour, Manitoba 1 12,000+ Winnipeg48
48 Harry Walker – died 1923 – cemetery managed by CWGC-Canada for those who died in service and Canadian Department of Veteran's Affairs for those Veterans deemed to have died after the war but in part due to the war.
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Name Location 1st Ed 2nd Ed Total United Kingdom Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard East Staffordshire 5 749 + Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery Lincolnshire 1 539 + Marston-on-dove (St. Mary) Churchyard Derbyshire 5 7 + Scropton (St. Paul) Churchyard And Derbyshire 1 17 Extension +Tower Hill Memorial London 1 35,747 Totals Burials 31 25 74,516 Remembered 18 19 276,864 Total 49 44 351,380
49 Two from WWI
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APPENDIX 4 - CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL DESCRIPTIONS Amara War Cemetery...... 170 Arras Memorial ...... 170 Artillery Wood Cemetery...... 171 Azmak Cemetery, Suvla ...... 171 Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery...... 172 Basra Memorial ...... 173 Bedford House Cemetery ...... 173 Bienvillers Military Cemetery ...... 174 Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery ...... 174 Bois-Grenier Communal Cemetery ...... 175 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery ...... 175 Bray Military Cemetery ...... 176 +Brookside Field of Honour ...... 176 Cabaret-rouge British Cemetery, Souchez ...... 177 Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval ...... 178 Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon ...... 178 Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension ...... 179 Doiran Military Cemetery ...... 180 Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1 ...... 180 Dranoutre Military Cemetery ...... 181 Etaples Military Cemetery ...... 181 Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras ...... 182 Godewaersvelde British Cemetery ...... 183 Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers ...... 183 Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery ...... 184 Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy ...... 184 Hargicourt British Cemetery ...... 185 Lancashire Landing Cemetery ...... 185 Le Touret Memorial...... 186 Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension ...... 187 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery ...... 187 Loos Memorial ...... 188 Marston-On-Dove (St. Mary) Churchyard ...... 189 Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul ...... 189 Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe ...... 190 Poperinghe New Military Cemetery ...... 190 Pozieres Memorial ...... 191 Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beugny ...... 191 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen ...... 192 St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue ...... 193 Scropton (St. Paul) Churchyard And Extension ...... 193 Thiepval Memorial ...... 194 Tehran War Cemetery ...... 195 Tower Hill Memorial ...... 195 Tutbury (St. Mary's Priory Church) Churchyard ...... 196 Tyne Cot Memorial ...... 196 Vermelles British Cemetery ...... 197 Vis-en-artois Memorial ...... 198 Wancourt British Cemetery ...... 199 Zantvoorde British Cemetery ...... 199
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The following descriptions of the Cemeteries and memorials are extracts from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website (www.cwgc.org) where far more detail is available about many of the cemeteries. Cemeteries marked have been added for 2nd Edition.
Amara War Cemetery
Country: Iraq Identified Casualties: 3,696 Amara is a town on the left bank of the Tigris some 520 kilometres from the sea. The War Cemetery is a little east of the town between the left bank of the river and the Chahaila Canal.
Amara was occupied by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on 3 June 1915 and it immediately became a hospital centre. Amara War Cemetery contains 4,621 burials of the First World War, more than 3,000 of which were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice. 925 of the graves are unidentified. In 1933, all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead a screen wall was erected with the names of those buried in the cemetery engraved upon it. Plot XXV is a Collective Grave, the individual burial places within this are not known.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/82700/arras%20memorial
Arras Memorial
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 34,793 The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras.
The Commonwealth section of the FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY was begun in March 1916, behind the French military cemetery established earlier. It continued to be used by field ambulances and fighting units until November 1918. The cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and from two smaller cemeteries in the vicinity.
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The ARRAS MEMORIAL commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/82700/arras%20memorial
The Great War www.greatwar.co.uk/french-flanders-artois/memorial-arras- memorial.ht m
Artillery Wood Cemetery.
Country: Belgium Locality: Ieper, West-Vlaanderen Identified Casualties: 801 Boezinge is located north of the town of Ieper on the N369 road in the direction of Diksmuide. The Cemetery is located in the Poezelstraat, east of the village.
Until July 1917, the village of Boesinghe (now Boezinge) directly faced the German front line over the Yser canal, but at the end of that month, the Battle of Pilckem Ridge pushed the German line back and Artillery Wood, just east of the canal, was captured by the Guards Division. They began the cemetery just north of the wood when the fighting was over and it continued as a front line cemetery until March 1918. At the time of the Armistice, the cemetery contained 141 graves (of which 42 belonged to the Royal Artillery), but it was then greatly enlarged when graves were brought in from the battlefields and small burial grounds around Boesinghe. There are now 1,307 First World War casualties buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 506 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 12 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/9700/artillery%20wood%20cemetery
Azmak Cemetery, Suvla
Country: Turkey Locality: Suvla, Gallipoli Identified Casualties: 390 The cemetery is located North - East of Hill 10 and 21kms from the junction Eceabat-Bigali, along a right hand rough track. Azmak Cemetery is on the South side of Azmak Dere, a watered ravine which runs South-Westward into the North side of the Salt Lake.
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The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further troops were put ashore at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts. The aim of the Suvla force had been to quickly secure the sparsely held high ground surrounding the bay and salt lake, but confused landings and indecision caused fatal delays allowing the Turks to reinforce and only a few of the objectives were taken with difficulty. There are now 1,074 First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 684 of the burials are unidentified, but special memorials commemorate by name a number of casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Also among the unidentified graves are those of 114 officers and men of the 1st/5th Bn. Norfolk Regiment (which contained the Sandringham Company) who died on 12 August 1915.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/66400/azmak%20cemetery,%20suvla
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
Country: Iraq Identified Casualties: 4,455 Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery is located in a very sensitive area in the Waziriah Area of the Al-Russafa district of Baghdad.
In 1914, Baghdad was the headquarters of the Turkish Army in Mesopotamia. It was the ultimate objective of the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' and the goal of the force besieged and captured at Kut in 1916. The city finally fell in March 1917, but the position was not fully consolidated until the end of April. Nevertheless, it had by that time become the Expeditionary Force's advanced base, with two stationary hospitals and three casualty clearing stations. At present, 4,160 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War are commemorated by name in the cemetery, many of them on special memorials. Unidentified burials from this period number 2,729. The North Gate Cemetery also contains 127 war graves of other nationalities from both wars, 100 of them Turkish, and 41 non-war graves.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/57303/baghdad%20%28north%20gate%29%20war%20cemetery
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Country: Iraq Locality: North of Basra Casualties: 40,682 The Basra Memorial is now located 32 kilometres along the road to Nasiriyah, in the middle of what was a major battleground during the first Gulf War.
The Basra Memorial commemorates more than 40,500 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the operations in Mesopotamia from the autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921 and whose graves are not known. The memorial was designed by Edward Warren and unveiled by Sir Gilbert Clayton on the 27th March 1929. Until 1997 the Basra Memorial was located on the main quay of the naval dockyard at Maqil, on the west bank of the Shatt -al-Arab, about 8 kilometres north of Basra. Because of the sensitivity of the site, the Memorial was moved by presidential decree. The move, carried out by the authorities in Iraq, involved a considerable amount of manpower, transport costs and sheer engineering on their part, and the Memorial has been re-erected in its entirety. The Basra Memorial is now located 32 kilometres along the road to Nasiriyah, in the middle of what was a major battleground during the first Gulf War
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/88400/basra%20memorial
Bedford House Cemetery
Country: France Locality: Seine-Maritime Identified Casualties: 8,648 Bedford House Cemetery is located 2.5 Km south of Ieper town centre. The cemetery lies on the Rijselseweg (N336), the road connecting Ieper to Armentieres.
Zillebeke village and most of the commune were in the hands of Commonwealth forces for the greater part of the First World War, but the number of cemeteries in the neighbourhood bears witness to the fierce fighting in the vicinity from 1914 to 1918. In all, 5,139 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War are buried or commemorated in the enclosures of Bedford House Cemetery. 3,011 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate a number of casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials name casualties buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found on concentration. Second World War burials number 69 (3 of which are unidentified). There are 2 Germans buried here.
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More information can be found at:
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Bienvillers Military Cemetery
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 1,196 Bienvillers is a large village 18 kilometres south- west of Arras. The Military Cemetery is just beyond the village on the south road leading to Souastre (D2). A CWGC signpost indicating directions to the site is situated on the village square. Bienvillers Military Cemetery was begun in September 1915 by the 37th Division, carried on by other Divisions in the line until March 1917, reopened from March to September 1918, when the village was again near the front line, and completed in 1922-24 when a number of graves, mainly of 1916, were brought in from the battlefields of the Ancre. Its twenty-one plots show a remarkable alternation of original burials in regimental or divisional groups, and groups of concentrated graves. The cemetery now contains 1,605 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 425 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to two casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The 16 Second World War burials all date from the early months of the war, before the German invasion in May 1940 forced the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from France.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/26502/bienvillers%20military%20cemetery
Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery
Country: Belgium Locality: Ieper, West-Vlaanderen Identified Casualties: 82 Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery is located 3 kilometres south east of Ieper town centre, on a single track road leading from the Komenseweg, connecting Ieper to Komen (N336).
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The cemetery was begun by a French battalion of Chasseurs Alpins in November 1914 and used by Commonwealth troops from February 1915 to February 1916. The French graves were removed after the Armistice. The cemetery contains 80 First World War burials.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/51401/blauwepoort%20farm%20cemetery
Bois-Grenier Communal Cemetery
Country: France Locality: Nord Identified Casualties: 113 Bois-Grenier is 3.5 kilometres south of Armentieres. The Communal Cemetery is at the southern end of the village. From the church take the D22 towards Fromelles/La Bassee.
Bois-Grenier remained in British hands, though close to the front line, from October 1914 to April 1918, and the earliest British burials were made in the Communal Cemetery. There are now 121 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war commemorated in this site. Of these, 8 are unidentified; three in Row K, were brought in after the Armistice, from the North side of the village. There are also 4 unidentified French burials here. The British plots cover an area of 431 square metres
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/63405/bois- grenier%20communal%20cemetery
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 5,732 Boulogne-sur-Mer is a large Channel port. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, one of the town cemeteries, lies in the district of St Martin Boulogne, just beyond the eastern (Chateau) corner of the Citadel (Haute-Ville).
Boulogne was one of the three base ports most extensively used by the Commonwealth armies on the Western Front throughout the First World War. It was closed and cleared on the 27 August 1914 when the Allies were forc ed to fall back ahead of the German advance, but was opened again in October and from that month to the end of the war; Boulogne and Wimereux formed one of the chief hospital areas.
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Until June 1918, the dead from the hospitals at Boulogne itself were buried in the Cimetiere de L'Est, one of the town cemeteries, the Commonwealth graves forming a long, narrow strip along the right hand edge of the cemetery. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery contains 5,577 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 224 from the Second World War.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/4800/boulogne%20eastern%20cemetery
Bray Military Cemetery
Country: France Locality: Somme Identified Casualties: 747 Bray-sur-Somme is a village about 9 kilometres south-east of Albert. Bray Military Cemetery is north of the village, a little west of the road to Maricourt.
The cemetery was begun in April 1916 by fighting units and field ambulances. In September 1916, the front line having been pushed further east, it was used by the XIV Corps Main Dressing Station and in 1917, the 5th, 38th and 48th Casualty Clearing Stations came forward and used it. In March 1918, the village and the cemetery fell into German hands, but were retaken by the 40th Australian Battalion on 24 August, and during the next few days the cemetery was used again. Bray Military Cemetery now contains 874 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 127 of which are unidentified.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/3500/bray%20military%20cemetery
+Brookside Field of Honour
Country: Canada Locality: Winnipeg, Manitoba Identified Casualties: 12,000+ Brookside Cemetery, 3001 Notre Dame Avenue Situated immediately west of the Red River College and Route 90.
Brookside Field of Honour is one of the largest and oldest Military interment sites in Canada. It is located next to Omands creek in Brookside Cemetery at the North area of the cemetery and runs parallel to Omand's Creek.
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Considered Canada’s most significantly designed Military Field of Honour, Brookside has more than 12,000 Veterans, Service Men and Service Women and War Heroes interred alongside each other, with all interments marked by the Military Grey Barrie granite upright monument, mounted in a beam. The Field of Honour was opened in 1915 when The Daughters of the Empire, a charitable organization now known as IODE, requested that the City set aside a section of the cemetery for the interment of veterans returning from World War I. The Brookside Field of Honour is home to the only Commonwea lth War Graves Commission ‘Stone of Remembrance’ in Canada and many other important military monuments, including the Last Post Fund Columbaria -- the first of its kind in Canada.
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Winnipeg City Services www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/cemetery_brooksideFOH.st m
Cemetery map www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/cemeteries/images/brooksidemap.pdf
Cabaret-rouge British Cemetery, Souchez
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 3,185 Souchez is a village 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. The cemetery is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.
Caberet Rouge was a small, red-bricked, red-tiled café that stood close to this site in the early days of the First World War. The café was destroyed by shellfire in March 1915 but it gave its unusual name to this sector and to a communication trench that led troops up the front-line. Commonwealth soldiers began burying their fallen comrades here in March 1916. The cemetery was used mostly by the 47th (London) Division and the Canadian Corps until August 1917 and by different fighting units until September 1918. It was greatly enlarged in the years after the war when as many as 7,000 graves were concentrated here from over 100 other cemeteries in the area. For much of the twentieth century, Cabaret Rouge served as one of a small number of ‘open cemeteries’ at which the remains of fallen servicemen newly discovered in the region were buried. Today the cemetery contains over 7,650 burials of the First World War, over half of which remain unidentified.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/64600/cabaret- rouge%20british%20cemetery,%20souchez
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
Country: France Locality: Somme Identified Casualties: 1,773 Longueval is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Albert and 10 kilometres south of Bapaume.
Caterpillar Valley was the name given by the army to the long valley which rises eastwards, past "Caterpillar Wood", to the high ground at Guillemont. CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY now contains 5,569 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 3,796 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 32 casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and to three buried in McCormick's Post Cemetery whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. On the 6th November 2004, the remains of an unidentified New Zealand soldier were removed from this cemetery and entrusted to New Zealand at a ceremony held at the Longueval Memorial, France. The remains had been exhumed by staff of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from Plot 14, Row A, Grave 27 and were later laid to rest within the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, at the National War Memorial, Wellington, New Zealand. On the east side of the cemetery is the CATERPILLAR VALLEY (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL, commemorating more than 1,200 officers and men of the New Zealand Division who died in the Battles of the Somme in 1916, and whose graves are not known. This is one of seven memorials in France and Belgium to those New Zealand soldiers who died on the Western Front and whose graves are not known. The memorials are all in cemeteries chosen as appropriate to the fighting in which the men died.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/61400/caterpillar%20valley%20cemetery,%20longueval
Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon
Country: France Locality: Aisne Identified Casualties: 360 Holnon is a village 6 kilometres west of St Quentin and south of the main road to Vermand and Amiens. Holnon is approximately 3 kilometres from St Quentin and the cemetery will be found on the right on entering Holnon Holnon village and wood were the scene of heavy fighting between the 6th Division and the enemy on the 14th-19th September, 1918.
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Chapelle British Cemetery, named from a wayside shrine, was made after the Armistice, by the concentration of graves of 1917-18 from the battlefields West of St. Quentin and from HOLNON COMMUNAL and FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERIES. There are now over 600, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 250 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 17 soldiers, known or believed to be buried here. Other special memorials record the names of four United Kingdom soldiers, buried in Holnon Communal Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/2096854/chapelle%20british%20cemetery,%20holnon
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Country: France Locality: Somme Identified Casualties: 1,986 Dernancourt is a village 3 kilometres south of Albert. The Communal Cemetery is a little west of the village, and the Extension is on the north-west side of the Communal Cemetery
Field ambulances used the Communal Cemetery for Commonwealth burials from September 1915 to August 1916, and again during the German advance of March 1918. It contains 127 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The XV Corps Main Dressing Station was formed at Dernancourt in August 1916, when the adjoining EXTENSION was opened. The 45th and 56th (1st/1st South Midland) Casualty Clearing Stations came in September 1916 and remained until March 1917. The 3rd Australian was here in March and April 1917, and the 56th from April 1917 to February 1918. The 3rd Casualty Clearing Station came in March 1918 but on 26 March, Dernancourt was evacuated ahead of the German advance, and the extension remained in their hands until the village was recaptured on 9 August 1918 by the 12th Division and the 33rd American Division. In September it was again used by the 47th, 48th and 55th Casualty Clearing Stations under the name of "Edgehill", due to the rising ground on the north-west. At the Armistice, the Extension contained more than 1,700 burials; it was then enlarged when graves were brought in from isolated positions in the immediate neighbourhood and certain small cemeteries, including:- The extension now contains 2,162 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 177 of the burials are unidentified, but there are special memorials to 29 casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and to two buried at Albert Road Cemetery, Buire - sur-Ancre whose grave could not be found on concentration. The extension was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Doiran Military Cemetery
Country: Greece Identified Casualties: 889 Doiran Military Cemetery is situated in the north of Greece close to the F.Y.R.O.M.50 frontier and near the south-east shore of Lake Doiran
The cemetery (originally known as Colonial Hill Cemetery No.2) was formed at the end of 1916 as a cemetery for the Doiran front. The graves are almost entirely those of officers and men of the 22nd and 26th Divisions and largely reflect the fighting of April and May 1917 (the attacks on the Petit-Couronne), and 18-19 September 1918 (the attacks on Pip Ridge and the Grand- Couronne). In October and November 1918, after the final advance, a few burials took place from the 25th Casualty Clearing Station. DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY now contains 1,338 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 449 of them unidentified. There are also one French and 45 Greek war graves.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/35100/doiran%20military%20cemetery
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1
Country: France Locality: Somme Identified Casualties: 1,346 Doullens is approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens on the N25 road to Arras. The Communal Cemetery and Extensions lie on the eastern side of the town, about 270 metres south-east of the road to Arras.. The citadelle, overlooking the town from the south, was a French military hospital, and the railhead was used by both armies. In March 1916, Commonwealth forces succeeded the French on the Arras front and the 19th Casualty Clearing Station came to Doullens, followed by t he 41st, the 35th and the 11th. By the end of 1916, these had given way to the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital (which stayed until June 1918) and the 2/1st Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station. From February 1916 to April 1918, these medical units continued to bury in the French extension (No 1) of the communal cemetery. In March and April 1918 the German advance and the desperate fighting on this front threw a severe strain on the Canadian Stationary Hospital. The extension was filled, and a second extension begun on the opposite side of the communal cemetery. The COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No 1 contains 1,335 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also seven French and 13 German war graves from this period. Second
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World War burials number 35, more than half of them men of the Queen's Royal West Kents who died 20/21 May 1940. The extensions were designed by Charles Holden.
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Dranoutre Military Cemetery
Country: Belgium Locality: Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen Identified Casualties: 455 Dranoutre Military Cemetery is located 11.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Dikkebusseweg (N375).
Dranoutre (now Dranouter) was occupied by the 1st Cavalry Division on 14 October 1914. It was captured by the Germans on 25 April 1918, in spite of the stubborn resistance of the 154th French Division, and it was recaptured by the 30th Division on 30 August 1918. Dranoutre Military Cemetery now contains 458 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There is also one German war grave.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/52300/dranoutre%20military%20cemetery
Etaples Military Cemetery
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 10,816 Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
During the First World War, the area around Etaples was the scene of immense concentrations of Commonwealth reinforcement camps and hospitals. It was remote from attack, except from aircraft, and accessible by railway from both the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917, 100,000 troops were camped among the sand dunes and the hospitals, which included eleven general, one stationary, four Red Cross hospitals and a convalescent depot, could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September 1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C. convalescent depot remained.
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The cemetery contains 10,771 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, the earliest dating from May 1915. 35 of these burials are unidentified. The cemetery, the largest Commission cemetery in France, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/56500/etaples%20military%20cemetery
Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 2,647 Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery is in the western part of the town of Arras in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle, near the Citadel, approximately 2 Kms due west of the railway station.
The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917. The Commonwealth section of the FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY was begun in March 1916, behind the French military cemetery established earlier. It continued to be used by field ambulances and fighting units until November 1918. The cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and from two smaller cemeteries in the vicinity. The cemetery contains over 2,650 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 10 of which are unidentified. The graves in the French military cemetery were removed after the war to other burial grounds and the land they had occupied was used for the construction of the Arras Memorial and Arras Flying Services Memorial. The adjacent ARRAS MEMORIAL commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918. Both cemetery and memorials were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with sculpture by Sir William Reid Dick.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/28800/faubourg%20d%27amiens%20cemetery,%20arras
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Godewaersvelde British Cemetery
Country: France Locality: Nord Identified Casualties: 969 Godewaersvelde is a village near the Belgian border, about 16 kilometres south-west of Ieper (in Belgium), and is half-way between Poperinge (in Belgium) and Hazebrouck (in France). The British Cemetery is a little east of the village.
The cemetery was begun in July 1917 when three casualty clearing stations were moved to Godewaersvelde. The 37th and the 41st buried in it until November 1917, the 11th until April 1918, and from April to August 1918, during the German offensive in Flanders, field ambulance and fighting units carried on the burials. Godewaersvelde British Cemetery now contains 972 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, and 19 German war graves.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/2400/godewaersvelde%20british%20cemetery
Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 284 Foncquevillers is a village about 18 kilometres south-west of Arras on the D3
Foncquevillers was in British hands in 1915 and 1916. On 1 July 1916, Gommecourt Wood was attacked by the 46th (North Midland) Division, and the Southern part of the village by the 56th (London) Division. The attack met with temporary success, but could not be sustained; and Gommecourt remained a salient in the German line until 27 February 1917, when it was evacuated. It was never retaken by the Germans; at the end of their offensive of March 1918, it was just within the British lines. Gommecourt was later "adopted" by the County Borough of Wolverhampton. There are now nearly 750, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly two-thirds are unidentified and special memorials are erected to ten soldiers from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/31400/gommecourt %20wood%20new%20cemetery,%20foncque villers
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery
Country: United Kingdom Locality: Lincolnshire Identified Casualties: 539 Scartho Road (A1243) lies to the South West of Gimsby, off the Weelsby Road (A46).
Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery contains 281 scattered burials of the First World War, many of them seamen who served with the Auxiliary Patrol which operated out of Grimsby. Included in the total are special memorials to three casualties buried in Grimsby Old Cemetery where their graves could no longer be maintained. During the Second World War, boats of the Grimsby fishing fleet were attacked at sea, and the town and port were bombed many times, incurring casualties among servicemen as well as civilians. The cemetery contains 258 Second World War burials, almost 200 of them forming a war graves plot. There are also 17 war burials of other nationalities, many of them German prisoners of war from the camp at nearby Weelsby.
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Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 1,246 Cuinchy is a village about 7 Kms east of the town of Bethune and north of the N41 which runs between Bethune and La Bassee
A little west of the crossroads known to the army as 'Windy Corner' was a house used as a battalion headquarters and dressing station. The cemetery grew up beside this house. The original cemetery is now Plots II and I and Rows A to S of Plot III. It was begun by the 2nd Division in January 1915, and used extensively by the 4th (Guards) Brigade in and after February. It was closed at the end of May 1916, when it contained 681 graves. After the Armistice it was increased when more than 2,700 graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields - in particular the battlefields of Neuve-Chapelle, the Aubers Ridge and Festubert - and from certain smaller cemeteries.
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Hargicourt British Cemetery
Country: France Locality: Aisne Identified Casualties: 277 Hargicourt is a village about 16 kilometres north- west of St Quentin and about 3 kilometres west of the main road from St Quentin to Cambrai. The Cemetery is at the western end of the village, on the south side of the road to Peronne.
Hargicourt was occupied by British troops in April 1917, lost on the 21st March 1918, and recaptured by Australian troops on the 18th September 1918. Hargicourt British Cemetery was begun in May 1917, and used by fighting units until March 1918; some further burials were made in September and October 1918, and three British graves were brought in after the Armistice from HARGICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION. It was largely used by the 34th Division, under the name of Hargicourt Quarry Cemetery (derived from the quarry across the railway line). There are now over 300, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this cemetery. Of these, over 30 are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a United Kingdom soldier known to be buried among them.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/35200/hargicourt%20british%20cemetery
Lancashire Landing Cemetery
Country: Turkey (including Gallipoli) Identified Casualties: 1,102 Follow the road to Helles opposite the Kabatepe Museum. At 14.2kms take a right turn at the 'T' junction and at 14.3 Kms. take the left fork. After a total of 21.6 Kms. you will find the cemetery on your right.
The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac Cove. There are now 1,237 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 135 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI commemorate ten casualties who are known to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains 17 Greek war graves.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/2000103/lancashire%20landing%20cemetery
Le Touret Memorial
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 13,394 Le Touret Memorial is located at the east end of Le Touret Military Cemetery, on the south side of the Bethune-Armentieres main road
The Le Touret Memorial commemorates over 13,400 British soldiers who were killed in this sector of the Western Front from the beginning of October 1914 to the eve of the Battle of Loos in late September 1915 and who have no known grave. The Memorial takes the form of a loggia surrounding an open rectangular court. The names of those commemorated are listed on panels set into the walls of the court and the gallery, arranged by regiment, rank and alphabetically by surname within the rank. Almost all of the men commemorated on the Memorial served with regular or territorial regiments from across the United Kingdom and were killed in actions that took place along a section of the front line that stretched from Estaires in the north to Grenay in the south. This part of the Western Front was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting of the first year of the war, including the battles of La Bassée (10 October – 2 November 1914), Neuve Chapelle (10 – 12 March 1915), Aubers Ridge (9 – 10 May 1915), and Festubert (15 – 25 May 1915). Soldiers serving with Indian and Canadian units who were killed in this sector in 1914 and ’15 whose remains were never identified are commemorated on the Neuve Chapelle and Vimy memorials, while those who fell during the northern pinc er attack at the Battle of Aubers Ridge are commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 300 Lievin is a small town 3.5 kilometres west of Lens. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-west side of the town on the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle.
Lievin was captured by the Canadian Corps on the 14th April 1917, and remained in British hands until the end of the War. The Extension was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields North and South of Lens and from certain smaller cemeteries. The majority of the soldiers buried here fell in April 1917, but others were killed as early as January 1915, and as late as October 1918. There are now nearly 700, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half from the 1914-18 War are unidentified and special memorials are erected to ten soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Canada who are believed to be buried in the Extension. Other special memorials record the names of three men of the 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion, buried at King's Cross Military Cemetery, Souchez, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
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CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/62400/lievin%20communal%20cemetery%20extension
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Country: Belgium Locality: Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen Identified Casualties: 9,877 The Cemetery is located 12 Kms west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge.
During the First World War, the village of Lijssenthoek was situated on the main communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear and the Ypres battlefields. Close to the Front, but out of the extreme range of most German field artillery, it became a natural place to establish casualty clearing stations. The cemetery was first used by the French 15th Hopital D'Evacuation and in June 1915, it began to be used by casualty clearing stations of the Commonwealth forces. From April to August 1918, the casualty clearing stations fell back before the German advance and field ambulances (including a French ambulance) took their places.
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The cemetery contains 9,901 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 24 being unidentified. There are 883 war graves of other nationalities, mostly French and German, 11 of these are unidentified. There is 1 Non World War burial here. The cemetery, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, is the second largest Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/14900/lijssenthoek%20military%20cemetery
Loos Memorial
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 20,603 The Loos Memorial forms the sides and back of Dud Corner Cemetery.
Dud Corner Cemetery stands almost on the site of a German strong point, the Lens Road Redoubt, captured by the 15th (Scottish) Division on the first day of the battle. The name "Dud Corner" is believed to be due to the large number of unexploded enemy shells found in the neighbourhood after the Armistice. The Loos Memorial commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, who fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the First Army, east and west of Grenay. On either side of the cemetery is a wall 15 feet high, to which are fixed tablets on which are carved the names of those commemorated. At the back are four small circular courts, open to the sky, in which the lines of tablets are continued, and between these courts are three semi-circular walls or apses, two of which carry tablets, while on the centre apse is erected the Cross of Sacrifice.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/79500/loos%20memorial
Great War www.greatwar.co.uk/french-flanders-artois/memorial-loos- memorial.ht m
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Country: United Kingdom Locality: Derbyshire Identified Casualties: 7 St Mary's Church, Hatton Lane, Marston on Dove, Derbyshire, DE65 5GB
1.5 miles from the village of Hilton, take the Derby Road East towards Foston and Hatton, turning left down Marston Lane just outside the village.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/37725/marston-on- dove%20%28st.%20mary%29%20churchyard
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul
Country: France Locality: Nord Identified Casualties: 943 The cemetery is located North - East of Hill 10 and 21kms from the junction Eceabat-Bigali, along a right hand rough track. Azmak Cemetery is on the South side of Azmak Dere, a watered ravine which runs South-Westward into the North side of the Salt Lake. In August 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres, the 2nd, 53rd and 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Stations came to Outtersteene, and the first and last of these remained until March 1918. The hamlet was captured by the Germans on 12 April 1918, and retaken by the 9th, 29th and 31st Divisions, with the ridge beyond it, on 18 and 19 August, but the cemetery was not used again during hostilities. After the Armistice, over 900 graves of 1914 and 1918 were brought into Plots I, II and IV from the battlefields surrounding Outtersteene and from certain small cemeteries. The extension was used again in 1940, for the burial of those killed in the fighting which c overed the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force to Dunkirk. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension now contains 1,393 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 499 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 14 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Second World War burials number 72, of which 23 are unidentified. The extension was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
More information can be found at:
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Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 1,720 Philosophe lies between Bethune and Lens.
The cemetery was started in August 1915. In 1916 it was taken over by the 16th (Irish) Division, who held the Loos Salient at the time, and many of their dead were brought back to the cemetery from the front line. Succeeding divisions used the cemetery until October 1918, and men of the same Division, and often the same battalion, were buried side by side. There are now 1,996 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery, 277 of them unidentified.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/5400/philosophe%20british%20cemetery,%20mazingarbe
Poperinghe New Military Cemetery
Country: Belgium Locality: Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen Identified Casualties: 674 Poperinghe New Military Cemetery is located 10.5 Kms west of Ieper town centre, in the town of Poperinge itself. From Ieper, Poperinge is reached via the N308.
The town of Poperinghe (now Poperinge) was of great importance during the First World War because, although occasionally bombed or bombarded at long range, it was the nearest place to Ypres (now Ieper) which was both considerable in size and reasonably safe. It was at first a centre for Casualty Clearing Stations, but by 1916 it became necessary to move these units further back and field ambulances took their places. The earliest Commonwealth graves in the town are in the communal cemetery. The Old Military Cemetery was made in the course of the First Battle of Ypres and was closed, so far as Commonwealth burials are concerned, at the beginning of May 1915. The New Military Cemetery was established in June 1915.
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The New Military Cemetery contains 677 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 271 French war graves. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/14500/poperinghe%20new %20military%20cemetery
Pozieres Memorial
Country: France Locality: Somme Identified Casualties: 14,656 Pozieres is a village 6 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert. The Memorial encloses Pozieres British Cemetery which is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres.
The POZIERES MEMORIAL relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the Advance to Victory, which began on 8 August 1918. The Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African Forces who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21 March to 7 August 1918. The Corps and Regiments most largely represented are The Rifle Brigade with over 600 names, The Durham Light Infantry with approximately 600 names, the Machine Gun Corps with over 500, The Manchester Regiment with approximately 500 and The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery with over 400 names. There are now 2,758 Commonwealth servicemen buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,380 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 23 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. There is also 1 German soldier buried here.
More Information
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/87600/POZIERES%20MEMORIAL
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Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beugny
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 207 Beugny is a village 5 kilometres north-east of Bapaume on the N30, Bapaume to Cambrai road. Red Cross Corner Cemetery is on the west side of the village to the south side of the N30. CWGC signs on the N30 indicate the Cemetery.
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Plot I of the cemetery (except Row K) was made between April 1917 and March 1918 by field ambulances and fighting units. When the cemetery fell into German hands in March 1918, they added the 25 Commonwealth burials that make up Row K (all from 21 March 1918) and began another cemetery alongside (Beugny Military Cemetery No.3). Commonwealth forces retook the cemetery in September 1918 and added Plot II to the original burials. The German graves were removed after the Armistice, and the Commonwealth burials among them were transferred partly to Delsaux Farm Cemetery and partly to Favreuil British Cemetery. Red Cross Corner Cemetery now contains 219 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 12 of the burials are unidentified and one casualty whose grave was destroyed by shell fire in 1918 is commemorated by a special memorial. The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/23601/red%20cross%20corner%20cemetery,%20beugny
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Country: France Locality: Seine-Maritime Identified Casualties: 8,648 St Sever Cemetery and St. Sever Cemetery Extension are located within a large communal cemetery situated on the eastern edge of the southern Rouen suburbs of Le Grand Quevilly and Le Petit Quevilly.
During the First World War, Commonwealth camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen. A base supply depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were also established in the city. The cemetery extension contains 8,346 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (ten of them unidentified) and in Block "S" there are 328 from the Second World War (18 of them unidentified). There are also 8 Foreign National burials here.
More information can be found at: CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/2800/st.%20sever%20cemetery%20extension,%20rouen
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 793 The cemetery lies near the village of Richebourg- l'Avoue which is 9 kilometres north-east of Bethune
St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg L’Avoué The village of Richebourg-L'Avoué was held by British forces from the autumn of 1914 until it was overrun by German units advancing west during the great Spring Offensive in April 1918. It was recaptured by Commonwealth soldiers in September 1918 and remained in Allied hands until the end of the war. The village was less than two kilometres from the front -lines trenches and was routinely shelled by German artillery. There are now almost 800 soldiers of the First World War buried or commemorated at St. Va ast Post, including over 90 German burials. Special memorials have been erected to three British soldiers buried in the cemetery whose graves cannot now be traced.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/63000/st.%20vaast %20post %20military%20cemetery,%20richeb ourg-l%27avoue
Scropton (St. Paul) Churchyard And Extension
Country: United Kingdom Locality: Derbyshire Identified Casualties: 17 Scropton Road Scropton Derbyshire DE65 5PP
Scropton is near the village of Hatton, North West of Burton-on-Trent between the A511 and A515
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/37728/scropton%20%28st.%20paul%29%20churchyard%20and% 20extension
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Thiepval Memorial
Country: France Locality: Somme Identified Casualties: 72,203 The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo - French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 1 August 1932 (originally scheduled for 16 May but due to the death of French President Doumer the ceremony was postponed until August).
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/80800/thiepval%20memorial
Great War www.greatwar.co.uk/somme/memorial-thiepval.ht m
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Tehran War Cemetery
Country: Iran Identified Casualties: 551 Tehran War Cemetery is situated within the British Embassy residential compound at Gulhek, which is approximately 13 kilometres from Tehran. It is located at No. 34 Dolat Street Sharariati Avenue, Tehran
The War Cemetery was built in 1962. There are now 412 Commonwealth burials of the 1914- 1918 war, 13 of which are unidentified, commemorated in this site. Included in the 1914-1918 commemorations were members of 'Dunsterforce', a British mission set up by Major-General Dunsterville in 1918. Their purpose was to organise the forces of the Transcaucasian Federal Republic (comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) to enable them to withstand a Turkish attack. 'Dunsterforce' assumed a more direct military role when Baku was under threat of a Turkish attack. In August, 1918 reinforced by about 1,000 British Infantry, it occupied Baku to prevent the port and oil-fields from falling under Turkish control. However the following month saw the evacuation of Baku by the British due to the superior numbers of the Turkish force. The British returned to Baku after the Armistice and remained there as an occupying force until September, 1919.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/91700/tehran%20war%20cemetery
Tower Hill Memorial
Country: United Kingdom Locality: London Identified Casualties: 35,747 The Tower Hill Memorial commemorates men and women of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and who have no known grave. It stands on the south side of the garden of Trinity Square, London, close to The Tower of London.
The First World War section of the Tower Hill Memorial commemorates almost 12,000 Mercantile Marine casualties who have no grave but the sea. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens with sculpture by Sir William Reid-Dick. It was unveiled by Queen Mary on 12 December 1928. The Second World War extension, which commemorates almost 24,000 casualties, was designed by Sir Edward Maufe, with sculpture by Charles Wheeler. It was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II on 5 November 1955.
More information can be found at:
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Tutbury (St. Mary's Priory Church) Churchyard
Country: United Kingdom Locality: Staffordshire Identified Casualties: 7 (5 WWI) Parish Church of St. Mary's, Tutbury, Staffs, off Castle Street/Castle Hill.
The WWI graves are located in the northern part of the churchyard, on the eastern side up on the Terrace. It is assumed that this area of the churchyard was once considered one of the best positions due to the views overlooking the Dove valley to the north. The WWI headstones were carved from Stancliffe stone from Derbyshire; this stone was also used on some CWGC memorials in the UK. The WWII headstones were carved from Portland stone and do not seem to have weathered as well; CWGC intend to replace these two in the next few years.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a- cemetery/cemetery/43991/tutbury%20%28st.%20mary%29%20churchyard
Tyne Cot Memorial
Country: Belgium Locality: Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen Identified Casualties: 34,952 The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332).
The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south, but it varied in area and shape throughout the war. The Salient was formed during the First Battle of Ypres in October and November 1914, when a small British Expeditionary Force succeeded in securing the town before the onset of winter, pushing the German forces back to the Passchendaele Ridge. The Second Battle of Ypres began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into the Allied lines north of Ypres. This was the first time that gas had been used by either side and the violence of the attack forced an Allied withdrawal and a shortening of the line of defence. There was little more significant activity on this front until 1917, when in the Third Battle of Ypres an offensive was mounted by Commonwealth forces to divert German attention from a
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI weakened French front further south. The initial attempt in June to dislodge the Germans from the Messines Ridge was a complete success, but the main assault north-eastward, which began at the end of July, quickly became a dogged struggle against determined opposition and the rapidly deteriorating weather. The campaign finally came to a close in November with the capture of Passchendaele. The German offensive of March 1918 met with some initial success, but was eventually checked and repulsed in a combined effort by the Allies in September. The battles of the Ypres Salient claimed many lives on both sides and it quickly became clear that the commemoration of members of the Commonwealth forces with no known grave would have to be divided between several different sites. The site of the Menin Gate was chosen because of the hundreds of thousands of men who passed through it on their way to the battlefields. It commemorates those of all Commonwealth nations, except New Zealand, who died in the Salient, in the case of United Kingdom casualties before 16 August 1917 (with some exceptions). Those United Kingdom and New Zealand servicemen who died after that date are named on the memorial at Tyne Cot, a site which marks the furthest point reached by Commonwealth forces in Belgium until nearly the end of the war. Other New Zealand casualties are commemorated on memorials at Butt es New British Cemetery and Messines Ridge British Cemetery. The TYNE COT MEMORIAL now bears the names of almost 35,000 officers and men whose graves are not known. The memorial, designed by Sir Herbert Baker with sculpture by Joseph Armitage and F.V. Blundstone, was unveiled by Sir Gilbert Dyett on 20 June 1927. The memorial forms the north-eastern boundary of TYNE COT CEMETERY, which was established around a captured German blockhouse or pill-box used as an advanced dressing station. The original battlefield cemetery of 343 graves was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when remains were brought in from the battlefields of Passchendaele and Langemarck, and from a few small burial grounds. It is now the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world in terms of burials. At the suggestion of King George V, who visited the cemetery in 1922, the Cross of Sacrifice was placed on the original large pill-box. There are three other pill-boxes in the cemetery. There are now 11,956 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery, 8,369 of these are unidentified. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
More information can be found at:
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/85900/tyne%20cot%20memorial
Great War www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/memorial-tyne-cot.htm
Vermelles British Cemetery
Country: France
Locality: Pas de Calais Identified Casualties: 1,936
Vermelles is a village 10 kilometres north-west of Lens
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Vermelles was in German hands from the middle of October 1914 to the beginning of December 1914, when it was recaptured by the French. The cemetery was begun in August 1915 (though a few graves are slightly earlier), and during the Battle of Loos, when the Chateau was used as a dressing station, Plot I was completed.
There are now over 2,134 First World War casualties commemorated in this cemetery. Of these, 198 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to six soldiers from the United Kingdom, known to be buried among them. This cemetery also contains the graves of 11 casualties of other nationalities.
More information can be found at: CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2000089/vermelles%20british%20cemetery
Vis-en-artois Memorial
Country: France
Locality: Pas de Calais
Identified Casualties: 9,834
Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt are villages on the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai about 10 kilometres south-east of Arras.
The Memorial is the back drop to the Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, which is west of Haucourt on the north side of the main road.
This Memorial bears the names of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8 August 1918 to the date of the Armistice in the Advance to Victory in Picardy and Artois, between the Somme and Loos, and who have no known grave. They belonged to the forces of Great Britain and Ireland and South Africa; the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand forces being commemorated on other memorials to the missing.
The Memorial consists of a screen wall in three parts. The middle part of the screen wall is concave and carries stone panels on which names are carved. It is 26 feet high flanked by pylons 70 feet high. The Stone of Remembrance stands exactly between the pylons and behind it, in the middle of the screen, is a group in relief representing St George and the Dragon. The flanking parts of the screen wall are also curved and carry stone panels carved with names. Each of them forms the back of a roofed colonnade; and at the far end of each is a small building.
The memorial was designed by J.R. Truelove, with sculpture by Ernest Gillick. It was unveiled by the Rt. Hon. Thomas Shaw on 4 August 1930.
More information can be found at: CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/79200/vis-en-artois%20memorial
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Wancourt British Cemetery
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais
Identified Casualties: 1,107
Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The cemetery is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road Wancourt was captured on 12 April 1917 after very heavy fighting and the advance was continued on the following days. The cemetery, called at first Cojeul Valley Cemetery, or River Road Cemetery, was opened about ten days later; it was used until October 1918, but was in German hands from March 1918 until 26 August, when the Canadian Corps recaptured Wancourt.
At the Armistice, the cemetery contained 410 graves, but was very greatly increased in the following years when graves were brought in from the following small cemeteries and isolated positions on the battlefields south-east of Arras
The cemetery now contains 1,936 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 829 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 76 casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and to 20 who were buried in Signal Trench Cemetery whose graves were destroyed in later battles.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
More information can be found at: CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/3300/wancourt%20british%20cemetery
Zantvoorde British Cemetery
Country: Belgium Locality: Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen
Identified Casualties: 449
The cemetery is located North - East of Hill 10 and 21kms from the junction Eceabat-Bigali, along a right hand rough track. Azmak Cemetery is on the South side of Azmak Dere, a watered ravine which runs South-Westward into the North side of the Salt Lake.
Zantvoorde British Cemetery was made after the Armistice when remains were brought in from the battlefields and nearby German cemeteries. Many were those of soldiers who died in the desperate fighting round Zantvoorde, Zillebeke and Gheluvelt in the latter part of October 1914.
There are now 1,583 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 1,135 of the burials are unidentified. Special memorials commemorate 32 soldiers buried in two of the German cemeteries whose graves could not be found on concentration. The cemetery also contains one Second World War burial.
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The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden.
More information can be found at: CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/15904/zantvoorde%20british%20cemetery
Ode To A Young Man Who Died of Wounds in Flanders, January 1915 In Memoriam R.W.R.G.
Can it be true that thou art dead In the hour of thy youth, in the day of thy strength? Must I believe thy soul has fled Through heaven's length?
A scholar wast thou, learn'd in lore; Poet was written in thine eyes. Thou ne'er wast meant for bloody war To seize in prize.
Yet when they asked thee, "Lo! what dost thou bring?" Thou gav'st thyself, Thou gav'st thy body, gav'st thy soul; Thou gav'st thyself, one consecrated whole To sacrificial torture for thy King.
O lovely youth, slaughtered at manhood's dawn, In virgin purity thou liest dead, And slaughtered were thy sons unborn, With thee unwed.
Sleep on, pure youth, sleep at Earth's soothing breast, No king's sarcophagus was e'er so fine As that poor shallow soldier's grave of thine, Where all ungarlanded thou tak'st thy rest.
Dynely Hussey (1893 – 1972) Served in WWI in the Lancashire Fusiliers
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI APPENDIX 5 – CEMETERIES LOCATION MAPS
The following maps show where some of the cemeteries and memorials for the Tutbury Fallen are located throughout the world.
• Cemeteries from the 1st Edition are marked
• Those from the 2nd Edition are marked and
• Some towns on the Western Front have been identified with
Global
Turkey and Greece
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Iran and Iraq
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APPENDIX 6 - THE TUTBURY FALLEN AND THEIR REGIMENTS The table below provides a summary list of the Tutbury Fallen covered in this book.
1st Edition Name Rank Regiment/ Service Unit Age Died Cemetery Ref. No. 19th Battalion Thu 28 Mar Allsop, Harry Private Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside 40 Pozieres Memorial Panel 16 to 18. 1918 Pioneers) Sat 01 Jul Bannister, 1916, Private Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Bn. 31 Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 1C. Frederick Missing 1-3 July Bennett, Sat 30 Sep Frederick Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Bn. 19 Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 1C. 1916 William Bennett, George Lance Prince of Wales's (North Sat 01 Jul Pier and Face 14B 1st/6th Bn. 22 Thiepval Memorial Frederick Corporal Staffordshire Regiment) 1916 and 14C. Bentley, George Thu 02 Mar Bedford House Enclosure No.4 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Bn. 27 Edward 1916 Cemetery VIII. AA. 34. Sat 30 Sep Bentley, William Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Bn. 20 Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 1C. 1916 Prince of Wales's (North Sat 01 Jul Bond, Charles Private 1st/6th Bn. 21 Thiepval Memorial Addenda Panel Staffordshire Regiment) 1916 Durham Light Infantry (formerly 53rd Bn. Sherwood Foresters Tue 09 Apr Tutbury (St. Mary) Bond, David Private (formerly 7th 18 Terrace (Nottinghamshire and 1918 Churchyard Res. Battalion) Derbyshire Regiment)) Brettell, Alfred Thu 09 Aug Godewaersvelde British Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 9th Siege Bty. 27 I. C. 41. Henry 1917 Cemetery Broughton, Prince of Wales's (North Tue 24 Apr Private 2nd/6th Bn. 27 Bray Military Cemetery II. H. 8. Edwin Staffordshire Regiment) 1917
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1st Edition Name Rank Regiment/ Service Unit Age Died Cemetery Ref. No. St. Vaast Post Military Prince of Wales's (North Tue 18 Jan Bull, Charles Sergeant 8th Bn. 31 Cemetery, Richebourg- II. M. 6. Staffordshire Regiment) 1916 l'Avoue Sherwood Foresters Wed 11 Aug Lancashire Landing Bunting, Owen Private (Nottinghamshire and 9th Bn. 22 K. 26. 1915 Cemetery Derbyshire Regiment) Causer, George Mon 30 Oct Tutbury (St. Mary) Driver Army Service Corps 42 Terrace Edwin 1916 Churchyard Sherwood Foresters Sat 01 Jul Pier and Face 10 Coates, Thomas Private (Nottinghamshire and 1st/5th Bn. 20 Thiepval Memorial 1916 C 10 D and 11 A. Derbyshire Regiment) King's Own Yorkshire Light Sat 19 Aug Faubourg D'amiens Cook, William Private 1st/5th Bn. 42 I. F. 32. Infantry 1916 Cemetery, Arras Dunicliffe, Eric Able Hawke Bn. Mon 13 Nov Pier and Face 1 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 19 Thiepval Memorial Charles Seaman R.N. Div. 1916 A. Farmer, Wed 22 Nov Tutbury (St. Mary) Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps 4th Btn 24 Terrace Abraham 1916 Churchyard Prince of Wales's (North Thu 24 May Fearn, George Private 1st/6th Bn. 42 Arras Memorial Bay 7 and 8. Staffordshire Regiment) 1917 Gent, William Prince of Wales's (North Wed 13 Oct Private 1st/6th Bn. 31 Loos Memorial Panel 103 to 105. Henry Staffordshire Regiment) 1915 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and 9th Bn. Hadland, Derby Regiment), (formerly Fri 08 Nov Etaples Military Private (formerly 6th 25 XLIX. E. 5. Edward Frank Prince of Wales's (North 1918 Cemetery Bn) Staffordshire Regiment)) Hand, James Lance Thu 08 Feb Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Bn. 21 Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 2C John Corporal 1917 Prince of Wales's (North Thu 25 Jan Hinds, William Private 7th Bn. 29 Amara War Cemetery XVII. D. 3. Staffordshire Regiment) 1917 Kidd, John Prince of Wales's (North Tue 23 Mar Boulogne Eastern Sergeant 1st Bn. 32 III. D. 53. James Staffordshire Regiment) 1915 Cemetery
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1st Edition Name Rank Regiment/ Service Unit Age Died Cemetery Ref. No. Leadbetter, Prince of Wales's (North Fri 29 Jun Private 1st/6th Bn. 20 Arras Memorial Bay 7 and 8. John Henry Staffordshire Regiment) 1917 Leedham, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Thu 09 Nov St. Sever Cemetery Private 20th Bn. 27 O. I. J. 8. Stephen Derby Regiment) 1916 Extension, Rouen Prince of Wales's (North Sat 01 Jul Pier and Face 14 Merrey, Tom Private 1st/6th Bn. 17 Thiepval Memorial Staffordshire Regiment) 1916 B and 14 C. Prince of Wales's (North Sun 16 Jul Nash, James Private 7th Battalion 39 Amara War Cemetery XI. A. 4. Staffordshire Regiment) 1916 Gommecourt Wood Newton, William Prince of Wales's (North Sat 01 Jul Lieutenant B Coy. 6th Bn. 21 New Cemetery, II. B. 11. Trafford Staffordshire Regiment) 1916 Foncquevillers Durham Light Infantry, (formerly Sun 31 Mar Owen, Alec Private Prince of Wales's (North 15th Battalion 19 Pozieres Memorial Panel 68 to 72. 1918 Staffordshire Regiment) Tue 31 Dec Parker, Alfred J Sergeant Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. 22 Tehran War Cemetery IV. B. 4. 1918 Parker, William Prince of Wales's (North Fri 07 Dec St. Sever Cemetery Private 2/6th Battalion 20 P. V. K. 12B. Henry Staffordshire Regiment) 1917 Extension, Rouen Pateman, Tue 29 Oct Tutbury (St. Mary) Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Bn. 21 Terrace Ogden 1918 Churchyard 4th Bn., 1st Fri 12 Oct Artillery Wood Pegg, Joseph GDSN Grenadier Guards, Welsh Guards 39 VII. F. 18. Bn. 1917 Cemetery Perkins, Ernest No. 1 Reserve Mon 30 Apr Tutbury (St. Mary) Driver Royal Field Artillery 20 Terrace Albert Bde. 1917 Churchyard Plumb, Ernest Prince of Wales's (North Wed 13 Oct Cabaret-Rouge British Private 1/6th Battalion 33 XVIII. C. 18. Lewis Staffordshire Regiment) 1915 Cemetery, Souchez Rifle Brigade (The Prince Fri 18 Aug Caterpillar Valley Powell, Edwin Rifleman 7th Battalion 22 X. D. 27 Consort's Own) 1916 Cemetery, Longueval Prince of Wales's (North Sat 17 Jun Dranoutre Military Powell, Wilfred Corporal B Coy. 1st Bn. 32 II. D. 11. Staffordshire Regiment) 1916 Cemetery
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1st Edition Name Rank Regiment/ Service Unit Age Died Cemetery Ref. No. Priestley, Fri 25 Dec Guards Cemetery, GDSN Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn. 22 Sp. Mem. 35. William Edgar 1914 Windy Corner, Cuinchy Prince of Wales's (North Sat 21 Aug Blauwepoort Farm Radford, Robert Private 1/6th Battalion 19 D. 11. Staffordshire Regiment) 1915 Cemetery Smith, F J H Not Known Prince of Wales's (North Thu 11 Oct Panel 124 to 125 Smith, William Private 9th Bn. 34 Tyne Cot Memorial Staffordshire Regiment) 1917 and 162 to 162A. Wed 27 Sep Talbot, Joseph Private Irish Guards 2nd Bn. 38 Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 7D. 1916 Oxfordshire and Wed 09 Doiran Military Timmins, Albert Private 7th Battalion 30 I. D. 6. Buckinghamshire Light Infantry May 1917 Cemetery Treadwell, Sat 12 Aug Faubourg D'Amiens Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Bn. 24 I. F. 13. Arthur 1916 Cemetery, Arras Walker, W. Canadian Expeditionary Force, Thu 28 Jun Winnipeg, Manitoba, Private 16th Btn. 45 Plot 430 Harry 48th Highlanders 1923 Canada Prince of Wales's (North Wed 29 Aug Philosophe British Wheat, Samuel Corporal 1st/6th Bn. 28 I. V. 17. Staffordshire Regiment) 1917 Cemetery, Mazingarbe Wheeldon, Shoeing Royal Horse Artillery and Royal A Bty. 56th Wed 25 Apr Baghdad (North Gate) 24 X. G. 12. William Smith Field Artillery Bde. 1917 War Cemetery Lance Tue 18 May Woodall, Ernest South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. 29 Le Touret Memorial Panel 21 and 22. Sergeant 1915 Woodhall, Not Known Samuel Prince of Wales's (North 1st/6th Wed 13 Oct Vermelles British Worrall, James Private 35 IV. J. 39. Staffordshire Regiment) Battalion 1915 Cemetery
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2nd Edition Name Rank Regiment/ Service Unit Age Died Cemetery Ref. No Askey, Albert Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and 2nd Bn. 24 Fri 02 Jul Poperinghe New I. A. 7. Derby Regiment) 1915 Military Blood, James Private Norfolk Regiment/Border 8th (Service) 20 Wed 05 Jul Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 6 A Andrew Regiment 1916 and 7 C. Blood, John Sherwood Foresters (Notts and 2nd Bn. 23 Sat 23 Mar Arras Memorial Bay 7 Derby Regiment) 1918 Blood, Robert Private Durham Light Infantry 27th Bn. 30 Wed 13 Nov Marston-on-Dove (St. In South-East 1918 Mary) Churchyard part. Brigden, Frank Lance King's Royal Rifle Corps 18th Bn. 32 Fri 15 Sep Thiepval MEMORIAL Pier and Face 13 Corporal 1916 A and 13 B. Brindley, Private North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd/5th Bn 19 Wed 26 Sep Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 124 to 125 William Percy 1917 and 162 to 162A. Cotton, Charles Company The Loyal North Lancashire 7th Bn. 30 Fri 08 Jun Lijssenthoek Military XV. I. 14A. William Sergeant Regiment 1917 Cemetery Major Dyche, John Private North Staffordshire Regiment 6th Bn. 19 Sat 01 Jul Gommecourt Wood II. D. 4. Edward 1916 New Cemetery, Foncquevillers Dyche, Richard Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/6th Bn. 21 Sat 01 Jul Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 14 William 1916 B and 14 C. Elton, Ernest Steward Mercantile Marine 26 Sat 17 Mar Tower Hill Memorial Harris 1917 Elton, Sydney Private London Regiment (Royal 1st Bn. 30 Mon 19 Aug Outtersteene II. C. 62. Fusiliers) 1918 Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul Felthouse, Private Durham Light Infantry 1st/5th Bn. 39 Thu 19 Jul Wancourt British I. C. 39. Thomas 1917 Cemetery Foster, Henry Private North Staffordshire 2nd/6th 19 14 Nov Serre Road Cemetery XI. J. 11. Regiment/Loyal North Bn/7th Bn 1916 No 2, France Lancashire Regiment
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2nd Edition Name Rank Regiment/ Service Unit Age Died Cemetery Ref. No George, Albert Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Bn. 26 Wed 10 Mar Bois-Grenier Communal B. 1. Edward 1915 Cemetery Gregson, Private Durham Light Infantry 14th Bn 28 Sun 06 May Marston-on-Dove (St. New ground. George 1917 Mary) Churchyard Hawksworth, Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 12th Bn 36 12 October Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 11 to 14 Jack 1917 and 162. Hill, William Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) / 141st Coy. 22 Mon 02 Oct Dernancourt Communal III. D. 17. Henry North Staffs Regiment 1916 Cemetery Extension Hood, Frank Lance North Staffordshire Regiment 11th (Reserve) 36 Sun 10 Jun Scropton (St. Paul) North of Church. Ernest Corporal 1917 Churchyard And Extension Hudson, Samuel Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and 2nd Bn. 37 Wed 16 Oct St. Sever Cemetery S. II. F. 18. John Derby Regiment) 1918 Extension, Rouen Johnson, Alfred Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st/4th Bn. 19 Sat 23 Mar Loos Memorial Panel 31 to 34. 1918 Knight, William Private Machine Gun Guards Regiment 4thBn 36 Sat 30 Mar Doullens Communal VI. G. 36. Henry 1918 Cemetery, Somme Leadbetter, Private North Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. 29 Thu 29 Mar Basra Memorial Panel 34. Robert 1917 Lowe, William Private Seaforth Highlanders 4th Bn. 21 Thu 21 Mar Red Cross Corner I. K. 10. Gordon 1918 Cemetery, Beugny Matthew, Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 4th Bn. 20 Fri 28 Sep Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 31 to 34 Frederick Arthur 1917 and 162 and 162A and 163A. McGuire, John Private Manchester Regiment 4th Bn. 42 Wed 17 Feb Grimsby (Scartho 76. M. 19. Phillip 1915 Road) Cemetery Moreton, J or Private Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Bn. 21 Fri 20 Apr Arras Memorial Bay 3 and 4. Morton, James 1917 Owen, Henry Lance North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/6th Bn. 22 Sat 01 Jul Gommecourt Wood II. G. 9. John Corporal 1916 New Cemetery, Foncquevillers
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2nd Edition Name Rank Regiment/ Service Unit Age Died Cemetery Ref. No Page, Bernard Private North Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn 22 Sun 25 Feb Basra Memorial Panel 34. Henry 1917 Preston, Bert Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/6th Bn. 21 Sat 01 Jul Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 14 1916 B and 14 C. Redfern, William Private Grenadier Guards No. 4 Coy 4th 22 Sun 17 Oct Loos Memorial Panel 5 to 7. Bn 1915 Richardson, Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/6th Bn 20 Wed 13 Oct Loos Memorial Panel 103 to 105. Thomas 1915 Richardson, Private Leicestershire Regiment 14th Bn 18 24 Oct Taintignies Communal E. 3. Thomas 1918 Cemetery Roe, Thomas Driver Honourable Artillery Company 19 Wed 27 Nov Marston-on-Dove (St. In North-West Henry 1918 Mary) Churchyard angle of Church. Siddalls, George Private North Staffordshire Regiment posted to 7th 23 Wed 28 Aug Vis-en-Artois Memorial Panel 8-9. Henry Middlesex Regiment Bn. London 1918 Regiment Smith, James Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/5th Bn. 21 Wed 13 Oct Loos Memorial Panel 103 to 105. William 1915 Smith, Thomas Lance Durham Light Infantry 2nd Bn. 37 Sun 14 Jul Zantvoorde British IV. F. 9. Richard Corporal 1918 Cemetery Starling, Percy Private Royal Air Force 6th Wing 30 Mon 24 Mar Marston-on-Dove (St. In South East 1919 Mary) Churchyard part. Taylor, George Private North Staffordshire Regiment 8th Bn. 30 Thu 04 Oct Zantvoorde British III. L. 13. 1917 Cemetery Upton, William Private Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Bn. 28 Sun 26 Sep Loos Memorial Panel 31 to 34. John 1915 Vaughan, Private Lincolnshire Regiment 413th Labour 21 Sat 23 Nov Marston-on-Dove (St. In South East Wilfred Corps 1918 Mary) Churchyard part. Weaver, Vernon Private South Staffordshire Regiment, B Coy, 1stBn 20 19 Sept Chapelle British III. D. 9. James Gloucestershire Regiment, 1918 Cemetery, Holnon The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) Regiment
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2nd Edition Name Rank Regiment/ Service Unit Age Died Cemetery Ref. No Willis, John Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/6th Bn. 20 Sat 12 May Lievin Communal IV. D. 9. Henry 1917 Cemetery Extension Wilson, James Private Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Bn 22 Wed 01 Dec Azmak Cemetery, Suvla I. D. 18. Arthur 1915 Wilson, John Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/5th Bn. 20 Wed 13 Oct Loos Memorial Panel 103 to 105. Charles 1915 Woolley, Private Queen’s Own (Royal West Kents 6th (Service) 20 Mon 3 Jul Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 11 Edward Regiment) Bn 1916 C. Woolley, William Private North Staffordshire Regiment 6th Bn Not Known Woolley, William Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st/6th Bn 24 Sat 1 Jul Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 14 1916 B and 14 C. Woolley, William Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince 2nd/7th Bn. 19 Sun 07 Apr Bienvillers Military IX. A. 4. Vivian of Wales's Own) 1918 Cemetery
The list on the next page gives the regiments in which the Tutbury Fallen served:
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No. No. Regiment Regiment Served51 Served Army Service Corps 1 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1 Bedfordshire Regiment 1 Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 19 (2) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 48th Highlanders 1 Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1 Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1 Royal Field Artillery 1 (1) Durham Light Infantry 2 Royal Garrison Artillery 1 Grenadier Guards 2 Royal Horse Artillery 1 Irish Guards 1 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1 4 (1) Regiment) Lincolnshire Regiment 5 South Staffordshire Regiment 2 Norfolk Regiment 1 Unknown 2 Northumberland Fusiliers 1 Welsh Guards (1) 2nd Edition 2nd Edition Durham Light Infantry 4 Middlesex Regiment 1 Grenadier Guards 1 North Staffordshire Regiment 13 (1) Honourable Artillery Company 1 Royal Air Force 1 King's Royal Rifle Corps 1 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1 Lincolnshire Regiment 5 Seaforth Highlanders 1 London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 3 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 1 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1 Manchester Regiment 1 The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1 Mercantile Marine 1 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1
51 Some of the Fallen served in more than one regiment – numbers in () show someone who served at some point in this regiment but is counted elsewhere
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Ypres Cathedral 1930
The organ throbs, its echoes die away, A shaft of light, rose-tinted, makes a track That dwells upon an altar breathing peace. I sit, and in my reverie look back?
The walls dissolve, the moonlight filters through The stars above shine out in fitful sky The altar yawns, the graves again gape wide And ghostly voices breathe a murmured sigh.
As in a dream I hear again the sound Of transport rattle over cobbled stone The distant drum that tells of lurking death And beating pulse of countless marching feet.
A nearby gun booms out its warning note I hear the venomed answer whining by The earth again is shattered and I hear A whinny of alarm, and then a cry.
The organ swells, the darkness fades away I struggle to the present from the past The hum of ghostly voices intertwines With cadences that breathe of peace at last.
But still there lingers in this town of dreams Where every stone is sanctified by dead A breath of English lanes, and hopes of youth I sigh and then in silence bow my head.
Found amongst the papers of Brigadier General HM Hordern OBE MC and considered written by him
The Cathedral was destroyed in WWI and rebuilt by 1930
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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI APPENDIX 7 - WWI TIMELINE
The table below, from the History Learning Site (www.historylearningsite.co.uk), provides a concise overview of the timeline for WWI.
1914 June 28th Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo July 5th Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia July 28th Austria declared war on Serbia August 1st Germany declared war on Russia August 3rd Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan. August 4th Britain declared war on Germany August 23rd The BEF started its retreat from Mons. Germany invaded France. August 26th Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes. September 6th Battle of the Marne started October 18th First Battle of Ypres October 29th Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front. 1915 January 19th The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place February 19th Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles April 25th Allied troops landed in Gallipoli May 7th The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat May 23rd Italy declared war on Germany and Austria August 5th The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians September 25th Start of the Battle of Loos December 19th The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli 1916 January 27th Conscription introduced in Britain February 21st Start of the Battle of Verdun April 29th British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia
May 31st Battle of Jutland June 4th Start of the Brusilov Offensive July 1st Start of the Battle of the Somme August 10th End of the Brusilov Offensive September 15th First use en masse of tanks at the Somme December 7th Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister 1917 February 1st Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started
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April 6th USA declared war on Germany April 16th France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front July 31st Start of the Third Battle at Ypres October 24th Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated November 6th Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front November 20th British tanks won a victory at Cambrai December 5th Armistice between Germany and Russia signed December 9th Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks 1918 March 3rd The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany. March 21st Germany broke through on the Somme March 29th Marshall Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front April 9th Germany started an offensive in Flanders July 15th Second Battle of the Marne started. The start of the collapse of the German army August 8th The advance of the Allies was successful September 19th Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo October 4th Germany asked the Allies for an armistice October 29th Germany’s navy mutinied October 30th Turkey made peace November 3rd Austria made peace November 9th Kaiser William II abdicated November 11th Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One. Post-war – 1919 January 4th Peace conference met at Paris June 21st The surrendered German naval fleet at Scapa Flow was scuttled. June 28th The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.
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APPENDIX 8 - WWI THEATRES OF WAR
Military operations of the First World War took place in seven theatres of war around the world list courtesy of www.greatwar.co.uk
Western Europe Asia • France and Flanders (also known as • Hedjaz (western region of Saudi The Western Front) The Western Arabia), South West Arabia Front • Mesopotamia (mostly Iraq – Ottoman • Italy Empire) Balkans • Persia (Iran) • Trans Caspia (region to the east of • Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria the Caspian Sea) and European Turkey • Aden (in the Yemen - British) • Gallipoli (Dardanelles) • Frontier Regions of India (British)
Russia • Tsing-Tau (Qingdao, China – German colony) • The Eastern Front stretched from St. Petersburg to the Black Sea Australasia Egypt • New Britain, New Ireland
• Defending Egypt and the Suez Canal • Kaiser Wilhelmsland (North-eastern against the Ottoman Empire Papua New Guinea)
• Admiralty Islands Africa • Nauru (South Pacific Island – German • East Africa (Kenya - British), Colony), German Samoa Nyasaland (Malawi - British), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia - British) At sea and Nigeria (British) • Unrestricted submarine warfare on • Cameroon (French) merchant shipping • South West Africa (Namibia - • Battles of Coronel (off the coast of German) and Togoland (Togo and the Chile), the Falklands, Dogger Bank Volta region of Ghana - German) (North Sea), Jutland (Denmark), Heligoland Bight (German coast)
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The Butcher's Bill
With the fighting over, the men with an enormous job on their hands were the doctors, orderlies, nurses, stretcher bearers, ambulance drivers and all those charged with looking after the nearly 4,000 wounded men. On the 56th (London) Division's front 2,355 men were recorded as wounded and on the 46th (North Midland) Division's front 1,411.
Lying dead in the trenches and No Man's Land, laid out in the Dressing Stations and CCS mortuaries or one of those whose body had simply ceased to exist were 1,353 men of the London Division and 853 from the 46th Division. Another 559 were missing, many dead.
Total British casualties at Gommecourt were 6,769, nearly five times those of the German defenders.
"Gommecourt 1st July 1916", www.gommecourt.co.uk
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APPENDIX 9 - THE WESTERN FRONT
The maps below are provided to show both the main battle areas on the Western Front in WWI and the changes in the front lines over the period of the war. The Western Front, 1915–1918
A map showing the lines of the Western Front in World War One, between 1915–1918, including the Allied lines in March, 1915 and April, 1917, the German line at its furthest western extent in July, 1918, and the final Allied line on November 11, 1918. The map shows important cities of the conflict, the site of the Somme Battle in 1916, and major rivers of the region.
H. G. Wells, The Outline of History (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1921)
Downloaded from Maps ETC, on the web at http://etc.usf.edu/maps [map #03695]
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Over the Top
Ten more minutes! - Say yer prayers, Read yer Bibles, pass the rum! Ten more minutes! Strike me dumb, 'Ow they creeps on unawares, Those blooming minutes. Nine. It's queer, I'm sorter stunned. It ain't with fear!
Eight. It's like as if a frog Waddled round in your inside, Cold as ice-blocks, straddle wide, Tired o' waiting. Where's the grog? Seven. I'll play yer pitch and toss - Six. - I wins, and tails yer loss.
'Nother minute sprinted by 'Fore I knowed it; only Four (Break 'em into seconds) more 'Twixt us and Eternity. Every word I've ever said Seems a-shouting in my head.
Three. Larst night a little star Fairly shook up in the sky, Didn't like the lullaby Rattled by the dogs of War. Funny thing - that star all white Saw old Blighty, too, larst night.
Two. I ain't ashamed o' prayers, They're only wishes sent ter God Bits o' plants from bloody sod Trailing up His golden stairs. Ninety seconds - Well, who cares! One - No fife, no blare, no drum - Over the Top - to Kingdom Come!
Sybil Bristowe (1870 –1954) Her brother Vivien died in WW1 in 1917
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APPENDIX 10 - THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE 1914
The Christmas Truce of 1914 is well known, with many accounts on the Internet such as the websites Hellfire Corner, Spartacus Educational and Wikipedia. However, what is often forgotten is that the truce only applied to the Western Front and even then, the truce did not hold everywhere - heavy fighting and snipers took their toll.
The website "The Long, Long Trail" has an excellent account indicating the losses that were sustained, and fits in with the fact that for Tutbury, the first casualty of the war was Grenadier William Edgar Priestly who died on Christmas Day 1914. He is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais. "The Long, Long Trail" records that on Christmas Day 1914 the "2nd Grenadier Guards suffer losses in a day of heavy fighting".
Most accounts suggest a general truce on Christmas Day and in some areas a five-day truce starting on Christmas Day. The table below, extracted from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) website52, shows the countries in which the casualties who died were buried or remembered; this country is likely to be where they died.
The UK deaths were a combination of the wounded who had been repatriated and died and a large number of Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine men (see the second table).
Even where the truce was supposed to be in operation on the Western Front, the table shows that, according to CWGC records, 22 died in Belgium and 57 in France on Christmas Day, 69 and 215 respectively over the five-day period.
The legend of the Christmas Truce hides the terrible reality that many families faced.
Christmas 1914 Country of burial or Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Total Remembrance Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Australia53 1 1 Belgium 22 6 4 8 29 69 Egypt 4 2 1 2 9 France 57 40 36 34 48 215 Gambia 1 1 Germany54 1 1 1 2 5 Gibraltar 1 1 2 India 2 7 1 10 Iraq 2 2 Ireland, Republic of55 2 2 1 2 7 Kenya 2 1 3 Namibia 1 1 2
52 CWGC Website - www.cwgc.org 53 Australia – a member of the Australian Infantry Base Depot – death possibly due to accident or illness whilst serving. 54 Germany – presumably PoWs 55 Ireland – presumably died at home of wounds
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Christmas 1914 Country of burial or Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Total Remembrance Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec New Zealand56 1 1 Nigeria 1 2 3 3 9 Pakistan 1 1 2 Papua New Guinea57 1 1 South Africa 1 1 Sudan 1 1 United Kingdom 58 42 18 20 21 159 United States of America58 1 1 Total 149 106 67 68 112 502
Approximately 130 "Regiments" are identified on CWGC as suffering casualties during this period; those suffering 10 or more casualties during the five-day truce were:
Christmas 1914 Regiment Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Total Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Army 3rd Sappers and Miners 10 10 Coldstream Guards 8 4 4 2 2 20 Gloucestershire 5 2 1 3 11 Regiment Grenadier Guards 6 2 1 1 1 11 Middlesex Regiment 4 7 11 Royal Garrison Artillery 3 4 1 1 1 10 Royal Scots 2 1 2 1 4 10 Welsh Regiment 3 2 2 1 4 12 Navy Mercantile Marine 31 20 51 Royal Naval Reserve 8 2 1 1 2 14 Royal Navy 5 7 2 1 3 18
The Mercantile Marine casualties were from three freighters; two were definitely sunk by a minefield off Scarborough and a third probably was. Six of the Navy/Naval Reserve casualties were also from the same cause, the loss being an armed trawler on minesweeper duties.
56 New Zealand – a member of the "New Zealand Training Unit" – death possibly due to accident or illness whilst serving. 57 Papua New Guinea – there was a German Protectorate from 1884-1914 in the North-eastern part of New Guinea - it fell to Australian Forces in 1914. 58 USA - a Canadian Driver from the Field Artillery who was buried in Milwaukee
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APPENDIX 11 - COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION59
• The Imperial War Graves Commission was formed in 1917 – it was renamed the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1962.
• The Commission cares for the graves and memorials of over 1.7 million men and women of the two World Wars (1.1 million from WWI) at over 23,000 locations around the world.
• At the first meeting of the Commission it was decreed that 'in the erection of memorials and graves there should be no distinction between officers and men'; further it was agreed that there should be 'no distinction between creed and nationality'. Both of these were radical departures from what had gone before.
• The Stone of Remembrance, designed by Lutyens, is generally only found in cemeteries with over 1,000 burials.
• The two main materials used for headstones for WWI casualties were Portland stone and Hopton Wood stone from Derbyshire.
• Between 1920 and 1923, more than four thousand headstones were shipped to France and Belgium each week.
• Tyne Cot cemetery has nearly twelve thousand headstones, three quarters of which read 'A Soldier of the Great War, Known Unto God'
• Over half the Commission's burials sites, some twelve thousand, are in the United Kingdom.
• The largest Commission cemetery in Britain is the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey. It contains the graves of 5,071 servicemen and further 3,419 names are commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial.
• Nearly half the men who died in the First World War have no known grave and are hence remembered on Memorials.
• The design of Memorials had to be commemorative – they must be neither triumphant nor celebratory.
• The largest of the Commission's Memorials is to the missing of the Somme; the Thiepval Memorial records the names of 72,203 officers and men with no known grave.
59 Information sourced from the CWGC website www.cwgc.org and from 'British and Commonwealth War Cemeteries", Julie Summers, Shire Publications.
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• At the Menin Gate Memorial, which records the names of 54,406 of the missing from the Ypres Salient, the Last Post has been sounded every night at 8:00pm since the 11th November 1929 apart from four years during the Second World War. It is played by the Last Post Association (www.lastpost.be) in honour of the memory of the soldiers of the former British Empire and its allies, who died in the Ypres Salient during the First World War. Traditionally, the Buglers of the Association are members of the Ypres Voluntary Fire Brigade and they wear the uniform when performing the Last Post Ceremony. Five more memorials were created to record the rest of the missing from the Ypres Salient.
• The largest Commission memorial in the Middle East was erected at Basra following the campaign in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq); it records the names of over 40,682 servicemen who died in the campaign and have no known grave.
• On the Portsmouth Naval Memorial are the names of around 10,000 sailors of the First World War and almost 15,000 of the Second World War (24,602 in total). These sailors were lost at sea when their ships were destroyed.
• The smallest CWGC cemetery is on Ocracoke Island off the coast of North Carolina, America. It has just four graves.
On Passing the New Menin Gate
Who will remember, passing through this Gate, The unheroic Dead who fed the guns? Who shall absolve the foulness of their fate, - Those doomed, conscripted, unvictorious ones? Crudely renewed, the Salient holds its own. Paid are its dim defenders by this pomp; Paid, with a pile of peace-complacent stone, The armies who endured that sullen swamp.
Here was the world's worst wound. And here with pride 'Their name liveth for evermore' the Gateway claims. Was ever an immolation so belied As these intolerably nameless names? Well might the Dead who struggled in the slime Rise and deride this sepulchre of crime.
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 – 1967 Won the Military Cross in 1916
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APPENDIX 12 – NORTH & SOUTH STAFFORDS BATTALIONS
The text below shows the structure of the North Staffords regiment in WWI; the South Staffords structure was almost the same. Most infantry regiments had similar structures, some much larger such as the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) which had 4 battalions of Regular Army, 18 battalions of Territorials, 14 Battalions of the New Army and 7 other battalions. At the start of the way, a Battalion was approximately 1,000 strong – by the end it was more likely to be 600-700.
Details of all WWI British regiments can be found on, and the text below is courtesy of, the excellent Long, Long Trail: The British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918 website at http://www.1914-1918.net/army.htm .
The North & South Staffordshire Regiments
Battalions of the Regular Army 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd (Reserve) Battalion 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
Battalions of the Territorial Force 1/5th Battalion 1/6th Battalion 2/5th Battalion 2/6th Battalion 3/5th and 3/6th Battalions
Battalions of the New Armies 7th (Service) Battalion 8th (Service) Battalion 9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) 10th (Reserve) Battalion 11th (Reserve) Battalion Other Battalions 12th (Service) Battalion 13th (Garrison) Battalion 1st (Garrison) Battalion 2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion
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Many people find the various names of organisational units of the army very confusing. There is good reason for this; it is confusing! For example the word Corps is used in three quite distinct ways. As a guide, we can look at it this way, starting with the individual. This is simplified but works in most cases.
• Soldier in the infantry, he is part of a Battalion (c. 1,000 men). This is subdivided into Companies, which are subdivided into Platoons, which are subdivided into Sections.
• several Battalions are under command of a Brigade (c.5,000 men)
• several Brigades are under command of a Division (c.20,000 men)
• several Divisions are under command of a Corps
• several Corps are under command of an Army
• several Armies (the British eventually had five in France and Flanders) under command of a GHQ, General Headquarters
Deployment
The 1/5 and 1/6 of both the North and South Staffs were part of the 137 th (Staffordshire) Brigade which was in turn part of the 46th (North Midland) Division. 1914
The units of the Division concentrated in the Luton area by mid-August 1914. 1915
King George V inspected the Division on 19 February. Advance parties landed at Boulogne on 23 February and eight days later the units began to arrive. Concentration was completed by 8 March. The North Midland was thus the first TF Division to arrive complete in a theatre of war. The first months were spent in the Ypres salient.
On 12 May 1915 the Division was re-titled as the 46th (North Midland) Division and the brigades were also re-titled.
The Division then took part in the following engagements:
The German liquid fire attack at Hooge (30-31 July 1915)
The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt (13 October 1915)
On 23 December 1915 the Division was ordered to proceed to Egypt, leaving the Divisional Ammunition Column (for the 55th Division), the Divisional Train (with the 56th Division) and the Mobile Veterinary Section. Most units reached Egypt via Marseilles by 13 January.
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1916
After just a few days in Egypt, the move of the Division was countermanded and the units were returned to France, whereupon the DAC, Train and Vets re-joined. The Division remained in France and Flanders for the rest of the war, taking part in the following engagements:
The diversionary attack at Gommecourt – battle of the Somme (1 July 1916) 1917
Operations on the Ancre (March)
Occupation of the Gommecourt defences (4 March)
The attack on Rettemoy Graben (12 March)
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line
The attack on Lievin (1 July)
The Battle of Hill 70 (15-25 August) 1918
The Battle of the St Quentin canal, including the passage of the canal at Bellenglise*
The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line*
The Battle of Cambrai*
* the battles marked * are phases of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line 1918
The Battle of the Selle**
The Battle of Sambre**
** the battles marked ** are phases of the Final Advance in Picardy
The forward units of the Division were at Sains-du-Nord on 11 November 1918. Not selected to join the Army of Occupation, the Division moved back to Landrecies on 14-15 November. Units moved to the Le Cateau area in early January 1919 and demobilisation began. By June it was down to cadre level. The Division reformed as part of the Territorial Army in April 1920
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Perhaps (To R.A.L.)
Perhaps someday the sun will shine again, And I shall see that still the skies are blue, And feel once more I do not live in vain, Although bereft of You.
Perhaps the golden meadows at my feet Will make the sunny hours of spring seem gay, And I shall find the white May-blossoms sweet, Though You have passed away.
Perhaps the summer woods will shimmer bright, And crimson roses once again be fair, And autumn harvest fields a rich delight, Although You are not there.
Perhaps someday I shall not shrink in pain To see the passing of the dying year, And listen to Christmas songs again, Although You cannot hear.'
But though kind Time may many joys renew, There is one greatest joy I shall not know Again, because my heart for loss of You Was broken, long ago.
Vera Brittain 1893 – 1970
R.A.L. Roland Aubrey Leighton (1895 – 1915) was Vera's fiancé
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APPENDIX 13 – FALLEN BY DATE Date of Tutbury War Country of Tutbury connections Regiment/ Service Age Cemetery death Memorials Death
1914
Gdsn. William Edgar Guards Cemetery, Windy 25 Dec 1914 Grenadier Guards 22 France Priestley Corner, Cuinchy
1915
Private John Phillip Grimsby (Scartho Road) United 17 Feb 1915 Manchester Regiment 42 Mcguire Cemetery Kingdom Private Albert Edward Bois-grenier Communa l 10 Mar 1915 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 31 France George Cemetery Sergeant John James Prince of Wales's (North Boulogne Eastern 23 Mar 1915 32 France Kidd Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery Lance Sergeant Ernest South Staffordshire 18 May 1915 29 Le Touret Memorial France Woodall Regiment Sherwood Foresters (Notts 02 Jul 1915 Private Albert Askey 24 Poperinghe New Military Belgium and Derby Regiment) Sherwood Foresters Lancashire Landing 11 Aug 1915 Private Owen Bunting (Nottinghamshire and 22 Gallipoli Cemetery Derbyshire Regiment) Prince of Wales's (North Blauwepoort Farm 21 Aug 1915 Private Robert Radford 19 France Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery 26 Sep 1915 Private William John Upton Lincolnshire Regiment 28 Loos Memorial France Bombardier Frederick 27 Sep 1915 Royal Field Artillery 20 Bethune Town Cemetery France William Smith Private William Henry Prince of Wales's (North 13 Oct 1915 31 Loos Memorial France Gent Staffordshire Regiment)
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Date of Tutbury War Country of Tutbury connections Regiment/ Service Age Cemetery death Memorials Death Private Ernest Lewis Prince of Wales's (North Cabaret-rouge British 13 Oct 1915 33 France Plumb Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery, Souchez Prince of Wales's (North Vermelles British 13 Oct 1915 Private James Worrall 35 France Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery Prince of Wales's (North 13 Oct 1915 Private Thomas Richardson 21 Loos Memorial France Staffordshire Regiment) Private James William Prince of Wales's (North 13 Oct 1915 21 Loos Memorial France Smith Staffordshire Regiment) Private John Charles Prince of Wales's (North 13 Oct 1915 20 Loos Memorial France Wilson Staffordshire Regiment) 17 Oct 1915 Private William Redfern Grenadier Guards 22 Loos Memorial France Private James Arthur 01 Dec 1915 Lincolnshire Regiment 22 Azmak Cemetery, Suvla Turkey Wilson
1916
St. Vaast Post Military Prince of Wales's (North 18 Jan 1916 Sergeant Charles Bull 31 Cemetery, Richebourg- France Staffordshire Regiment) l'Avoue Private George Edward 02 Mar 1916 Lincolnshire Regiment 27 Bedford House Cemetery France Bentley Prince of Wales's (North Dranoutre Military 17 Jun 1916 Corporal Wilfred Powell 32 France Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery Private Frederick 01 Jul 1916 Lincolnshire Regiment 31 Thiepval Memorial France Bannister Lance Corporal George Prince of Wales's (North 01 Jul 1916 21 Thiepval Memorial France Frederick Bennett Staffordshire Regiment) Prince of Wales's (North 01 Jul 1916 Private Charles Bond 21 Thiepval Memorial France Staffordshire Regiment) Sherwood Foresters 01 Jul 1916 Private Thomas Coates (Nottinghamshire and 20 Thiepval Memorial France Derbyshire Regiment)
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Date of Tutbury War Country of Tutbury connections Regiment/ Service Age Cemetery death Memorials Death Prince of Wales's (North 01 Jul 1916 Private Tom Merrey 17 Thiepval Memorial France Staffordshire Regiment) Lieutenant William Prince of Wales's (North Gommecourt Wood New 01 Jul 1916 21 France Trafford Newton Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery, Foncquevillers Private John Edward Prince of Wales's (North Gommecourt Wood New 01 Jul 1916 19 France Dyche Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery, Foncquevillers Private Richard William Prince of Wales's (North 01 Jul 1916 21 Thiepval Memorial France Dyche Staffordshire Regiment) Lance Corporal Henry John Prince of Wales's (North Gommecourt Wood New 01 Jul 1916 22 France Owen Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery, Foncquevillers Prince of Wales's (North 01 Jul 1916 Private Bert Preston 21 Thiepval Memorial France Staffordshire Regiment) Prince of Wales's (North 01 Jul 1916 Private William Woolley 24 Thiepval Memorial France Staffordshire Regiment) Private James Andrew 05 Jul 1916 Border Regiment Thiepval Memorial France Blood Prince of Wales's (North 16 Jul 1916 Private James Nash 39 Amara War Cemetery Mesopotamia Staffordshire Regiment) Faubourg D'Amiens 12 Aug 1916 Private Arthur Treadwell Lincolnshire Regiment 24 France Cemetery, Arras Rifle Brigade (The Prince Caterpillar Valley 18 Aug 1916 Rifleman Edwin Powell 22 France Consort's Own) Cemetery, Longueval King's Own Yorkshire Light Faubourg D'amiens 19 Aug 1916 Private William Cook 42 France Infantry Cemetery, Arras Lance Corporal Frank 15 Sep 1916 King's Royal Rifle Corps 32 Thiepval Memorial France Brigden 27 Sep 1916 Private Joseph Talbot Irish Guards 38 Thiepval Memorial France Private Frederick 30 Sep 1916 Lincolnshire Regiment 19 Thiepval Memorial France William Bennett 30 Sep 1916 Private William Bentley Lincolnshire Regiment 20 Thiepval Memorial France
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Date of Tutbury War Country of Tutbury connections Regiment/ Service Age Cemetery death Memorials Death Between 30 Sep 1916 Private Samuel South Staffordshire 34 Unknown Unknown & Woodhall Regiment 30 Oct 1916 Machine Gun Corps Dernancourt Communa l 02 Oct 1916 Private William Henry Hill (Infantry) / North Staffs 22 France Cemetery Extension Regiment Driver George Edwin Tutbury (St. Mary) United 30 Oct 1916 Army Service Corps 42 Causer Churchyard Kingdom Private Stephen Sherwood Foresters (Notts St. Sever Cemetery 09 Nov 1916 27 France Leedham and Derby Regiment) Extension, Rouen Able Seaman Eric Royal Naval Volunteer 13 Nov 1916 19 Thiepval Memorial France Charles Dunicliffe Reserve The Loyal North Lancashire Serre Road Cemetery 14 Nov 1916 Private Henry Foster 19 France Regiment No2 Canadian Machine Gun Tutbury (St. Mary) United 22 Nov 1916 Private Abraham Farmer 23 Corps Churchyard Kingdom
1917
Prince of Wales's (North 25 Jan 1917 Private William Hinds 29 Amara War Cemetery Mesopotamia Staffordshire Regiment) Lance Corporal James 08 Feb 1917 Bedfordshire Regiment 21 Thiepval Memorial France John Hand Private Bernard Henry Prince of Wales's (North 25 Feb 1917 22 Basra Memorial Mesopotamia Page Staffordshire Regiment) Steward Ernest Harris 17 Mar 1917 Mercantile Marine 26 Tower Hill Memorial At sea Elton Prince of Wales's (North 29 Mar 1917 Private Robert Leadbetter 29 Basra Memorial Mesopotamia Staffordshire Regiment) Private Edwin Prince of Wales's (North 24 Apr 1917 27 Bray Military Cemetery France Broughton Staffordshire Regiment)
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Date of Tutbury War Country of Tutbury connections Regiment/ Service Age Cemetery death Memorials Death Shoeing Smith William Baghdad (North Gate) 25 Apr 1917 Royal Field Artillery 24 Mesopotamia Wheeldon War Cemetery Driver Ernest Albert Tutbury (St. Mary) United 30 Apr 1917 Royal Field Artillery 20 Perkins Churchyard Kingdom Marston-on-dove (St. United 06 May 1917 Private George Gregson Durham Light Infantry 28 Mary) Churchyard Kingdom Oxfordshire and Private Alfred Charles 09 May 1917 Buckinghamshire Light 30 Doiran Military Cemetery Salonika Timmins Infantry Prince of Wales's (North Lievin Communa l 12 May 1917 Private John Henry Willis 20 France Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery Extension Prince of Wales's (North 24 May 1917 Private George Fearn 42 Arras Memorial France Staffordshire Regiment) Company Sergeant Major The Loyal North Lancashire Lijssenthoek Military 08 Jun 1917 32 Belgium Charles William Cotton Regiment Cemetery Scropton (St. Paul) Lance Corporal Frank Prince of Wales's (North United 10 Jun 1917 36 Churchyard And Ernest Hood Staffordshire Regiment) Kingdom Extension Private John Henry Prince of Wales's (Nort h 29 Jun 1917 20 Arras Memorial France Leadbetter Staffordshire Regiment) Wancourt British 19 Jul 1917 Private Thomas Felthouse Durham Light Infantry 39 France Cemetery ?? August Private James Moreton Lincolnshire Regiment Arras Memorial France 1917 Gunner Alfred Henry Godewaersvelde British 09 Aug 1917 Royal Garrison Artillery 27 France Brettell Cemetery Prince of Wales's (North Philosophe British 29 Aug 1917 Corporal Samuel Wheat 28 France Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery, Mazingarbe Private William Percy Prince of Wales's (North 26 Sep 1917 19 Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium Brindley Staffordshire Regiment)
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Date of Tutbury War Country of Tutbury connections Regiment/ Service Age Cemetery death Memorials Death Private Frederick Arthur The King's (Liverpool 28 Sep 1917 20 Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium Matthew Regiment) Prince of Wales's (North Zantvoorde British 04 Oct 1917 Private George Taylor 30 Belgium Staffordshire Regiment) Cemetery Prince of Wales's (North 11 Oct 1917 Private William Smith Staffordshire) Regiment 33 Tyne Cot Memorial France (Pioneers) Grenadier Guards, Welsh 12 Oct 1917 GDSN. Joseph Pegg 39 Artillery Wood Cemetery France Guards Private William Henry Prince of Wales's (North St. Sever Cemetery 07 Dec 1917 20 France Parker Staffordshire Regiment) Extension, Rouen
1918
The Seaforth Highlanders Private William Gordon Red Cross Corner 21 Mar 1918 (Ross–shire Buffs, The Duke 21 France Lowe Cemetery, Beugny of Albany's) Sherwood Foresters (Notts 23 Mar 1918 Private John Blood 23 Arras Memorial France and Derby Regiment) 23 Mar 1918 Private Alfred Johnson Lincolnshire Regiment 19 Loos Memorial France 28 Mar 1918 Private Harry Allsop Northumberland Fusiliers 40 Pozieres Memorial France Gdsmn William Henry Doullens Communa l 30 Mar 1918 Machine Gun Guards 36 France Knight Cemetery Extension No.1 Durham Light Infantry, 31 Mar 1918 Private Alick Owen 19 Pozieres Memorial France Formerly North Staffs Rifleman William Vivian West Yorkshire Regiment Bienvillers Military 07 Apr 1918 19 France Woolley (Prince of Wales's Own) Cemetery Tutbury (St. Mary) United 09 Apr 1918 Private David Bond Durham Light Infantry Churchyard Kingdom Lance Corporal Thomas Zantvoorde British 14 Jul 1918 Durham Light Infantry 37 Belgium Richard Smith Cemetery
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Date of Tutbury War Country of Tutbury connections Regiment/ Service Age Cemetery death Memorials Death Outtersteene Communa l 19 Aug 1918 Private Sydney Elton Royal Fusiliers 30 Cemetery Extension, France Bailleul Private George Henry Duke of Cambridge's Own 28 Aug 1918 23 Vis-en-artois Memorial France Siddalls (Middlesex Regiment) Private Vernon James King's Shropshire Light Chapelle British 19 Sep 1918 20 France Weaver Infantry Cemetery, Holnon Private Frederick John Queens’ Own (Royal West United 27 Sep 1918 21 London Harbridge Smith Kent Regiment) Kingdom Private Frederick James The Queen’s (Royal West United 27 Sep 1918 21 Canterbury Henry Smith Surrey Regiment) Kingdom Private Samuel John Sherwood Foresters (Notts St. Sever Cemetery 16 Oct 1918 37 France Hudson and Derby Regiment) Extension, Rouen Taintignies Communa l 24 Oct 1918 Private Thomas Richardson Leicestershire Regiment 18 Belgium Cemetery South Staffordshire Tutbury (St. Mary) United 29 Oct 1918 Private Ogden Pateman 21 Regiment Churchyard Kingdom Sherwood Foresters (Notts Private Edward Frank 08 Nov 1918 and Derby Regiment), Nort h 25 Etaples Military Cemetery France Hadland Staffs Marston-on-Dove (St. 13 Nov 1918 Private Robert Blood Durham Light Infantry 30 France Mary) Churchyard Marston-on-Dove (St. United 23 Nov 1918 Private Wilfred Vaughan Lincolnshire Regiment 20 Mary) Churchyard Kingdom Honourable Artillery Marston-on-dove (St. United 27 Nov 1918 Driver Thomas Henry Roe 19 Company Mary) Churchyard Kingdom Sergeant Alfred James 31 Dec 1918 Norfolk Regiment 22 Tehran War Cemetery Mesopotamia Parker Marston-on-Dove (St. United 24 Mar 1919 Private Percy Starling Royal Air Force 30 Mary) Churchyard Kingdom
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Date of Tutbury War Country of Tutbury connections Regiment/ Service Age Cemetery death Memorials Death
Post War
Field of Honour, Winnipeg, Private William Harry Canadian Expeditionary 28 Jun 1923 45 Brookside Cemetery, Manitoba, Walker Force Winnipeg Canada
Unknown
Prince of Wales's (North Unknown Private William Woolley Unknown Unknown Staffordshire Regiment)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Recommended Books
Title Author Published Description/Availability This famous book analysing the outbreak of the First World War August 1914 (also published as Barbara W. 1962 received widespread acclaim on publication and has remained in "The Guns of August") Tuchman print for fifty years. Lance Lance Corporal Henry Buckle's writings and drawings are a A Tommy's Sketchbook Corporal 2012 window on to the Western Front as seen by one man Henry Buckle This collection of Vera Brittain's poetry and prose, some of it never published before, commemorates the men she loved – Because You Died Vera Brittain 2008 fiancé, brother and two close friends – who served and died in the First World War. British and Commonwealth War Julie The story of the founding and the work of the Commonwealth 2010 Cemeteries Summers War Graves Commission Burton Boys - Burton upon Trent The lives of many Burtonians who fought in the First World War, and ‘The Great War for Civilisation Rob Cox 2011 both home and abroad. 1914-1919’ Catastrophe A 21st century view of the ground covered in Barbara W Max Hastings 2013 Europe Goes to War 1914 Tuchman's August 1914 Richard Van The stories of 21 men in WWI who would later become famous, Famous – 1914-19 Emden & 2009 from AA Milne to JRR Tolkien, Arnold Ridley to Henry Moore, Victor Piuk Montgomery to Churchill. "A compelling story of famous but forgotten heroines: tow Diane Elsie & Mairi Go To War 2009 exceptional Edwardian ladies in the front-line mud and mayhem Atkinson of World War I" – Kate Adie
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Title Author Published Description/Availability To honour the memory of the men from Nestlé’s Tutbury R H The Factory Fearnoughts 2013 Condensery, Hatton, Derbyshire, who did not return from the Darlington Great War 1914 -1918 Major 'Ma' A detailed daily account of the 2nd Btn Grenadier Guards actions Jeffreys et Fifteen Rounds a Minute in the original British Expeditionary Force, August-December al, Ed 1976, 2012 The Grenadiers at War 1914 1914 taken from the War Diaries and letters of those who Michael served, particularly those of Major 'Ma' Jeffreys. Craster This book was very popular throughout Europe – it proved that due to the interdependence of European countries in the early Norman The Great Illusion 1909 20th century, war was almost impossible; millions of people and Angell politicians were convinced by it – until 1914. It can be read online at the Internet Archive www.archive.org "There are over 36,000 Great War memorials in Britain, which Not Forgotten Neil Oliver 2005 stand as landmarks to a defining period in British history – and yet one which is slipping away from popular memory" Richard Illustrating the wide range of experiences of the British Soldier Shots from the Front 2010 Holmes in the First World War. Six Weeks – The Short and Gallant The extraordinary story of the British Junior officers in the First John Lewis- Life of the British Officer in the First 2011 World War, who led their men out of the trenches and faced a Stempell World War life expectancy of six weeks. Available from www.staffordshireregimentmuseum.com or Jim Tanner Staffords in the Great War 1914- The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Unknown 1918, A Brief History by Jim Tanner Defence Medical Services, Whittington, Lichfield
Staffordshire, WS14 9PY Richard Tommy 2005 The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914-1918 Holmes
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Title Author Published Description/Availability Thomas The diary of Tommy Higgins, 1/5 North Staffords, during WWWI James – "The Diary is one of the finest pieces of testimony from the Tommy at Gommecourt Higgins, 2005 front lines of the Western Front that I have seen" – Dan Snow, compiled by historian. Available from Churnett Valley Books or Alan Higgins. Alan Higgins Janice Witness accounts from those who went to war and those who World War I Witness Accounts 2009 Anderson were at home
Recommended Websites and Online Articles
Title Website Description The Long, Long Trail - The British www.1914-1918.net The original intent was to build a comprehensive Army in the Great War of 1914- online order of battle for the British Army in the First 1918 World War. It still is: but along the way, mainly because people asked, sections have been added on how to research a soldier; the battles and battlefields of the war; and much more Hellfire Corner www.fylde.demon.co.uk or www.hellfire- Battlefields, War Memorials and individual lives corner.co.uk Spartacus Educational – FWW www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm Good educational account of the WWI, chronology, forces and battles. History Learning Site – WWI www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ww1.htm "An encyclopaedia of world war one containing many aspects of the war that tore Europe to pieces. World War One was the war to end all wars" Gommecourt 1st July 1916 www.gommecourt.co.uk Remembering the men of London, the North Midlands and Monmouthshire who fought and died at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916 The Great War 1914-1918 www.greatwar.co.uk The Great War 1914-1918. A Guide to WW1 Battlefields and History of the First World War
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firstworldwar.com www.firstworldwar.com A multimedia history of world war one The Stone Garden www.fm-world.co.uk/features/feature- Written on the 90th Anniversary of the Armistice articles/gardens-of-stone/ (2008) the article looks at the Work of the CWGC maintaining the cemeteries and memorials.
Contributing organisations
Title Website Description Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org CWGC commemorates the 1,700,000 men and women of the (CWGC) Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. The cemeteries, burial plots and memorials are a lasting tribute to those who died in some 153 countries across the world. The Register records details of Commonwealth war dead so that graves or names on memorials can be located. War Memorials Trust (WMT) www.warmemorials.org War Memorials Trust works for the protection and conservation of war memorials in the UK. They provide advice and information to anyone as well as running grant schemes for the repair and conservation of war memorials.
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They shall not grow old
As we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them.
Laurence Binyon, September 1914 Taken from "For the Fallen"
Brigadier General J V Campbell addressing troops of the 137 th (Staffordshire60) Brigade (46th North Midland Division) from the Riqueval Bridge over the St Quentin Canal – September 1918. (Source: Western Front Association). This was after the 46th division under its new commander Major-General G Boyd took part in the crossing of the St Quentin canal at Riqueval. This was one of the finest feats of arms in British Military History.
60 Consisting of 1/5 & 1/6 Bn South Staffs and 1/5 & 1/6 Bn North Staffs
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