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TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI Tutbury Volume I Remembering the Fallen of World War One Lest We Forget Tutbury Book of Remembrance – Volume I - 2nd Edition Page 1 of 240 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 Tutbury Book of Remembrance – Volume I - 2nd Edition Page 2 of 240 TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI 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 Tutbury Book of Remembrance – Volume I - 2nd Edition Page 3 of 240 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 Tutbury Book of Remembrance – Volume I - 2nd Edition Page 4 of 240 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 Tutbury Book of Remembrance – Volume I - 2nd Edition Page 5 of 240 TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI 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 - ) Tutbury Book of Remembrance – Volume I - 2nd Edition Page 6 of 240 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 Tutbury Book of Remembrance – Volume I - 2nd Edition Page 7 of 240 TUTBURY BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE – Volume I - WWI 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