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A. KEELING[8]
W. KEELING[8]
G. E. KENWORTHY[1]
J. A. C. KERSEY[1]
C. J. KNOWLES[4]
W. R. KNOWLES[4]
J. LAND[1]
F. J. LEWIS
S. LILL[1]
C. H. LILY
A. LOVELL
H. LOWE[6]
J. MARGERRISON[1]
B. MILNE
R. MILNE
J. MILLS[1]
J. P. H. MITCHELL
G. A. MOORE
J. MOXON
J. J. MUIR
I. MYCOCK[9]
F. NIXON[1]
W. H. OATES[1, 3]
C. PARTRIDGE
G. PARTRIDGE
A. POULTNEY[1]
H. PURSGLOVE[4]
J. RADFORD[1]
W. RAWSON[8]
A. READ
C. E. READ
W. H. RILEY[1]
B. ROUSE[1]
W. H. RYLANDS[1]
J. SEEDHOUSE[2]
G. SELLERS[1]
H. SELLORS
Al. SHAW
Ar. SHAW
E. SIMPSON[1] |
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Mr Terry Moore of Matlock
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G. STACEY[1]
J. STATHAM[2]
J. STONE[8]
G. W. STOREY
H. SWINSCOE[1]
W. E. TAYLOR[4]
G. THOMPSON
A. THORPE[3, 8]
H. TOFT[8]
T. F. TOMLINSON[1]
A. TOPLIS[8]
H. TOWE[1]
J. W. TWIGG[8]
E. VINCENT[1]
A. WALL
J. WALL
L. WALL
R. W. WALL
T. WALTERS
B. WARD
R. WARD
A. WHEATCROFT
F. WHEATCROFT[1]
T. WHERRETT[4]
F. WHITE
C. WILDGOOSE[1]
E. H. WILDGOOSE1,10
J. H. WILDGOOSE[1]
N. WILDGOOSE[1]
C. C. WILLCOCK
T. WILSON[1]
J. WOODHOUSE[8]
R. WOODHOUSE[1]
R. WOODIWISS
W. H. WOODIWISS[1]
C. W. WOOLLEY[1]
J. WOOLLEY[1]
G. P. WRAGG[8]
H. WRAGG
J. W. WYATT[1] |
E. SLATER [J.E.]
G. SLATER
J. J. SLATER[1]
F. SMITH
H. SMITH[1]
I. SMITH[1]
J. SMITH[1, 3]
R. SMITH[1]
S. A. SMITH[3]
W. SMITH[1]
A. SPENCER[1] |
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 Abbreviations |
DoW - Died of Wounds
KiA - Killed in Action
MM - Military Medal
ToW - Theatre of War
F & F - France and Flanders |
M Bank - Matlock Bank
M Bath - Matlock Bath
M Cliff - Matlock Cliff
M Dale - Matlock Dale
M Green - Matlock Green
M Moor - Matlock Moor |
Mar - Married
NoK - Next of Kin
s/o - son of
Unm - Unmarried
WO - War Office |
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| More about those named
on the Memorial |
KEELING, Alfred [of The Cliff][8]
(brother of Wilfred below)
Born M Cliff 1897
KiA 21 Jul 1917, aged 20
Gunner 505th Bty. 65th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Service No: 135062
ToW: F & F
Awards: MM. Announced in London Gazette 14 Aug 1917 - supplement
to, with WO announcement pub 16 Aug 1917
s/o Alfred John and Sarah Ann Keeling, of Matlock Cliff.
See 1901 census entry.
Later worked in Lumsdale Tape Mill. Enlisted Bakewell.
Cemetery: Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen.
It was called Perth (as the predecessors of the 2nd Scottish
Rifles were raised in Perth), China Wall (from the communication
trench known as the Great Wall of China), or Halfway House Cemetery.
The cemetery was used for front line burials until October 1917
when it occupied about half of the present Plot I and contained
130 graves.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. L. 9. |
KEELING, Wilfred [of The Cliff][8]
(brother of Alfred above)
Born Matlock 1894
KiA 7 Jul 1916, aged 21
Lance Corporal 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby
Regiment)
Service No: 15734
ToW: F & F
s/o Alfred John and Sarah Ann Keeling, of Matlock Cliff, Matlock.
See 1901 census entry.
Later worked in Hosiery Mill.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. |
KENWORTHY, George Ernest[1]
Born Matlock 1887
KiA 10 Nov 1917, aged 29
Gunner 135th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Service No: 104595
ToW: F & F
s/o Henry and Elizabeth Kenworthy, of Matlock;
husband of Annie Kenworthy, of Bank Rd., Matlock. Family living
at Jackson Row in the 1891
census and at 7 Wellington St
in the
1901 census. Educated at All Saints
and then Peterborough Training College, George was an acting
headmaster of Matlock Town School during WW1 and also taught
at the Technical School. Member of Matlock Town Football Club.
He mar Annie Doxey at All Saints in 1914. Annie was the daur
of William Doxey. One son, Harry W. Enlisted
Matlock.
Cemetery: Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen.
It became the most important of the Commonwealth cemeteries
on the Belgian coast and was used at night for the burial
of the dead brought back from the front line.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. L. 1.
Also commemorated St. Giles (parents Harry and Lizzie also on
headstone) More Info |
KERSEY, John Aubrey Cyril[1]
Born 1894 Derby
Died 26 Sep 1915, aged 20 - Killed near Nieuport
Lance Corporal 6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 1456
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Isabella M. Kersey, of 1, King's Terrace, Smedley
St. W., Matlock. Living Hatfield in 1901. When he lived in
Matlock he worked as a tar boiler at the Asphalt works. Enlisted
Matlock.
Cemetery: Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
Grave/Memorial Reference: Div. 19. I. 9.
Also commemorated St. Giles (with parents) More
Info |
KNOWLES, Charles Joshua[4]
(brother of Walter below)
Born Matlock 1888
KiA 21 Mar 1918 ("Soldiers Died" gives death
as 31 Mar 1918)
Private 1st Bn. attd. 16th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and
Derby Regiment)
Service No: 3620426963
ToW: F & F
s/o John George and Mary Ann Knowles, of Riber Hill Side, Matlock.
See the 1891 census | the
1901 census. He later moved to Langley to work with his
brother Frank. Enlisted Matlock
Memorial: Pozieres Memorial (6 km north-east of Albert). 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.
Memorial Reference: Panel 52 to 54.
Also commemorated St. Giles (with parents and brother) More
Info |
KNOWLES, Walter Robert[4]
(brother of Charles above)
Born Matlock 1898
KiA: 13 Dec 1917, aged 19
Private 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 26963
ToW: F & F
s/o John George and Mary Ann Knowles, of Riber Hill Side, Matlock.
See the
1901 census. Enlisted Matlock
Cemetery: Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Trescault, Pas de Calais
(13 km south-west of Cambrai)
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 16.
Also commemorated St. Giles (with parents and brother) More
Info |
LAND, John[1]
Born Belper
DoW 14 Jan 1917, aged 39
Lance Serjeant 1st/6th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby
Regiment)
Service No: 2374
ToW: F & F
s/o Jerman and Caroline Land of Bonsall. Husband of Ada Land,
of Hazel House, Crown Square, Matlock. Worked at Smedleys
as a nurse - see
the 1901 census entry. Mar Ada Thompson
at All Saints' in 1910. 2 children. Enlisted Chesterfield.
Cemetery: Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Somme
Grave Reference: III. J. 10. |
LEWIS, Frederick Joseph
Born Great Longstone 1886
DoW 4 Oct 1918
Private 1st/8th Bn. Sherwood
Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment).
Service No: 203761
ToW: F & F
s/o Joseph and Mary Lewis.
Living Matlock by the
1901 census and working as a confectioners
errand boy. Later worked in the building trade as a joiner.
Mar Agnes Emma Pidcock at Farley Hillside Congregational Church
in 1913. Enlisted Derby. 2 daughters. His sister had married
F J Wheatcroft who is also on the memorial
Cemetery: Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme (about 7 km
east of Peronne)
Grave Reference: V. J. 32.
Also commemorated St. Giles More
Info |
LILL, Sydney[1]
Born Gorton, Manchester, LAN 1885
DoW 17 Jul 1916, aged 31
Private 9th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Service No: S/11875
ToW: F & F
s/o William and Emily Ann Lill, of "Hope Villa," New
St., Matlock. By the
1901 census living Matlock. Sydney later worked as a Joiner
for a Manchester timber merchant. Enlisted Manchester. His
sister, Edith, married James Elston Slater,
another casualty.
Cemetery: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen
Grave Reference: A. 31. 12. |
LILY, C. H.
The entry below is the only one found who would fit the names
on the memorial. No baptism has been found in the UK, nor has
a search of census returns. However, there was a family called
Lilley living in Matlock in both 1881 and 1891.
LILLY, Clarence Henry
Nationality: New Zealand
Private 1st Bn. Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Died 8 Jun 1917
Service No: 20369
s/o Mr. and Mrs. John Lilly, of Kaimiro, Inglewood, Taranaki.
Memorial: Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial |
LOVELL, Arthur
Born Thurleigh, BDF 1894
KiA 21 Aug 1915 - Killed in the Dardenelles
Private 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 13263
ToW: Gallipoli
s/o Thomas and Caroline Lovell. Enlisted Derby.
The 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters was formed at Derby 24 Aug 1914, moving first
to Grantham and then, in April 1915, to Frensham area. In July 1915 the regiment
embarked at Liverpool for Mudros and 20 - 31 July they were at Helles. On 7 Aug
1915 landed at Suvla Bay.
Memorial: Helles Memorial, Turkey
Memorial Reference: Panel 150 to 152. |
LOWE, Horace Wilmot[6]
Born Chesterfield 1896
DoW 4 Jul 1915, aged 19
Private 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 3117
ToW: F & F
s/o John W and Ann Lowe. NoK Mrs. Elizabeth A. Lowe, of Knabb
House, Two Dales, Matlock. Family living Chesterfield in 1901. Enlisted
Matlock.
Cemetery: Bedford House Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (2.5
km south of Ieper). Bedford House, sometimes known as Woodcote
House, were the names given by the Army to the Chateau Rosendal,
a country house in a small wooded park with moats. Although
it never fell into German hands, the house and the trees were
gradually destroyed by shell fire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Enclosure No.2 IV. B. 64. |
MARGERRISON, James
(Jim)[1]
Born Matlock 1890
DoW 14 Apr 1918, aged 28
Second Lieutenant 10th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
s/o James and Elizabeth Margerrison, of Matlock. Living M Green
in the 1891 census | the
1901 census.
Became a Railway Clerk (Passenger) and lived for a time in
Stockport.
Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVIII. H. 1.
See War Graves photos (Etaples)
elsewhere on this site |
MILNE, Bernard[4]
Born Derby 1899
KiA 9 Apr 1918
Private 9th (Northumberland Hussars) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 60012
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Lydia Milne. Living Derby in 1901. The family
later moved to Starkholmes. Enlisted Derby.
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 2. |
MILNE, R
[no further information]
Drew blank. Searched all R Milne and with R as a second initial.
Was he Robert Milne, brother of Bernard above, born Derby 1890? |
MILLS, Job[1]
Born Matlock 1893
DoW 14 Sep 1915, aged 22 - Killed in the Dardenelles. The High
Peak News provides the date as 21 Aug 1915. Perhaps this is
when he was wounded.
Private 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 13272
ToW: Gallipoli
s/o Job and Annie Mills, of Bakewell Rd., Matlock. Living Matlock
in
the 1901 census,
with his father working as a Gas Stoker. Family moved to Matlock
between 1881 and 1891. Enlisted Derby. Resided Matlock.
The 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters was formed at Derby 24 Aug 1914, moving first
to Grantham and then, in April 1915, to Frensham area. In July 1915 the regiment
embarked at Liverpool for Mudros and 20 - 31 July they were at Helles. On 7 Aug
1915 landed at Suvla Bay.
Buried: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery.
This Cemetery (originally the Garrison cemetery) was used for
burials until April 1916
Memorial Reference: F. 128. |
MITCHELL, John P. H.
Born Fawfieldhead, STS 1896 (Soldiers Died says born Hartington).
Name in GRO indexes given as John Henry and in the 1901 census he was
recorded as John H
KiA 21 Mar 1918, aged 23
Serjeant 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 241800
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Alice Ann Mitchell, of 2, Lime Tree Villas, M
Green, Matlock. He worked as a shop assistant. Enlisted Matlock.
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 7. |
MOORE, George Arthur[1]
Born Matlock 1898
KiA 10 Aug 1917, aged 19
Gunner 261st Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
Service No: 296660. Formerly 77885, 139th Hampstead R.G.A.
ToW: F & F
s/o George Harrison Moore and Rose Moore, of Orchard House,
Bank Rd., Matlock. Living Matlock in the
1901 census. Enlisted
Bakewell
Cemetery: Essex Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. Q. 24 |
MOXON, John Henry
Born Matlock 1895
Died 2 Jul 1918
Nationality: Australian
Corporal 60th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Service No: 3662
s/o Dr. William and Mrs. Julia Moxon. Family lived at West
View, Chesterfield Rd and they were there in the
1901 census. Brother in law of F
D Stones, another casualty.
He had married Signa Annesley Williams in the Hastings District
in Q3 1914.
Cemetery: Vignacourt British Cemetery, Somme. The cemetery was
begun in April 1918 and closed in August 1918, and the burials
reflect the desperate fighting of the Australian forces on the
Amiens front.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 3. |
MUIR, John Jonas Brown
Born Matlock 1884
KiA 29 Jun 1917, aged 33
Private 14th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
Service No: 29209
ToW: F & F
s/o Elizabeth Muir, of Bank Rd., Matlock, and the late James
Muir. James Gilchrist Muir was a watchmaker on Bank Road in
1916 (see Kelly's
Directory 1916). Also see the family in the
1891 census | the
1901 census. JJB was employed as a Baker in Matlock. Husband
of Frances Mabel Muir, of 90, Flodden St., Crookes, Sheffield,
YKS. Mar Frances Mabel Peace in Sheffield in 1909. Enlisted
Sheffield.
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 8. |
MYCOCK, Isaac[9]
Born Buxton 1887
KiA 29 Sep 1918
Private 1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
Service No: 10585
ToW: F & F
s/o Elizabeth and Ben Mycock. Isaac's mother, Elizabeth Mycock,
lived in Starkholmes from before 1901 until her death in 1941.
Isaac mar Emma (Emmie) Elizabeth Carter, as Isaac Mycroft,
in 1908. 3 daughters, all Mycroft at birth and marriage. Enlisted
1915 Coalville. His widow and daughters returned to live in
Matlock.
Other notes: listed on CWGC, "Soldiers Died" and
at Kew as MYCROFT, but Matlock memorial lists him as MYCOCK.
His name was not in the memorial's alphabetical list, but
was added at the bottom. Recorded a J Mycroft on CWGC and
on Coalville War Memorial, I Mycroft on enrolment info at
Kew.
Cemetery: Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension (24 km north-east
of St. Quentin)
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. C. 15/24.
Additional information: A double tragedy was to befall the family.
One of Isaac's younger brothers, Enos, was discharged from the
Army in 1916 because he gave an incorrect age. He was too young
to enlist. Unfortunately, he was killed in the Dove Holes Railway
Tunnel in 1917 and is
buried in Matlock church yard. He was also called Mycroft in
newspaper reports on his death. Some family members changed
their surname to Maycock, whilst others retained the Mycock surname.
Of interest, there is a Mycock Lane in Flagg where Ben Mycock,
Isaac's father, originated from. |
NIXON, Frederick[1]
Born Stapenhill, DBY 1881
Private 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
DoW 12 Apr 1918, aged 36
Service No: 41288
ToW: F & F
s/o Frederick and Caroline Nixon, of Wirksworth. Living Wirksworth
1901 and employed as Solicitors Clerk. 1908 Kelly's lists
him as the chief Clerk for the County Court at Wirksworth
and he later worked as a House and Estate Agent in the town.
He married Ada Webster, a New Zealander, at Wirksworth Baptist
Chapel in 1907. Enlisted Matlock.
Cemetery: Lapugnoy Military Cemetery (6 km west of Bethune)
Grave Reference: IX. B. 12A.
[Also commemorated Wirksworth] |
OATES, William Henry
(Willie)[1, 3]
Born Matlock 1899
DoW 8 Aug 1918, aged 19
Rifleman 13th Bn. Rifle Brigade
Service No: 45038. Formerly R/38313 K.R.R.C.
ToW: F & F
s/o William and Lucy Elizabeth Oates. NoK was William John
Oates, of 2, Windsor Terrace, Smedley St., Matlock. Family
living Matlock the
1901 census. Enlisted Matlock.
Buried: St. Amand British Cemetery, Pas de Calais (17 km east
of Doullens)
Grave Reference: V. B. 1.
Also commemorated St. Giles (Lucy Elizabeth also on headstone)
More Info |
PARTRIDGE, Charles
Born Attercliffe, Yorks 1893
DoW 11 Aug 1917
Private 2nd/7th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Formerly 1638, Notts and Derbys Regt.
Service No: 305334
s/o Sophia and step son of Augustus Guigon. Enlisted Matlock.
Residence Leek STS. His sister mar T A Hetherington (see F
A Hetherington) who is also on the memorial.
Cemetery: Grevillers British Cemetery. Grevillers is a village
in the Department of the Pas de Calais, 3 kilometres west of
Bapaume.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. C. 19 |
PARTRIDGE, George
Born Totley, DBY 1897
KiA 30 Sep 1915
Private 1/6th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Service No: 1892
ToW: F & F
s/o Sophia and step son of Augustus Guigon. Worked at the golf club as a caddie.
Enlisted Matlock. His sister mar T A Hetherington (see F
A Hetherington) who is also on the memorial.
Cemetery: Chester Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (5km SW of Ieper)
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 3 |
POULTNEY, Arthur[1]
Born Matlock 1896
KiA 21 Aug 1915 in the Dardenelles, aged 19
Private 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 13256
ToW: Gallipoli
s/o Thomas Arthur and Sarah Ellen Poultney. NoK Mrs. Ellen
Poultney, of The Cottage, Bakewell Rd., Matlock. Living Kingsbridge
Ter Dale Rd in the
1901 census. He later worked at a grocers. Enlisted Derby.
The 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters was formed at Derby 24 Aug 1914, moving first
to Grantham and then, in April 1915, to Frensham area. In July 1915 the regiment
embarked at Liverpool for Mudros and 20 - 31 July they were at Helles. On 7 Aug
1915 they landed at Suvla Bay.
Memorial: Helles Memorial (Turkey)
Memorial Reference: Panel 150 to 152.
Also commemorated St. Giles (parents also on headstone) More
Info |
PURSGLOVE, Harold[4]
Born Middleton 1897
DoW 19 Apr 1917, aged 19
Private 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 46215
ToW: F & F
s/o Edwin and Caroline Pursglove, of Sitches Farm, Starkholmes,
Matlock. Living Middleton in the 1901 census. He worked for his father
as a Farmer. Enlisted Matlock.
Cemetery: Bethune Town Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. D. 33. |
RADFORD, John[1]
Born 1887 Bonsall, DBY
KiA 16 Oct1916
Private 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 70698
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Mary Radford. Living Matlock Bank in the
1901 census. Worked for Crown Hardware. Enlisted Matlock
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A |
RAWSON, William[8]
Born Matlock 1897
KiA 31 Jul 1917, aged 19
Private 16th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 26471
ToW: F & F
s/o William and Mary Rawson. NoK given as William Rawson, of
Field Terrace, Ripley. Living Matlock Cliff in
the 1901 census.
Cemetery: Buffs Road Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen. Buffs
Road was the name given to a small lane just to the north of
the hamlet of Wieltje.
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 26. |
READ, Arthur Edward
Born Matlock
KiA 29 Jul 1915, aged 25
Private 6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 894
ToW: F & F
s/o James D. Read, of 3, Miller Avenue, Toronto West, Ontario,
and the late Sarah L. Read (died 1894). Native of Matlock
Bank. In 1891 listed as Reed. Family
living No5 Oddfellows Terrace Cavendish St in
the 1901 census. Worked
as a Doffer in a Cotton Doubling Mill. Enlisted Matlock, but
resided Manchester. Brother of Charles Ernest below.
Cemetery: Maple Copse Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. B. 18 |
READ, Charles Ernest (known as Ernest)
Born Starkholmes - 1893?
KiA 27 Oct 1916
Private 1st Bn. Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts
and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 70716
s/o James and Lydia Read, of Matlock. Brother of Arthur Edward
above. Enlisted Matlock.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. |
RILEY, William Henry[1]
Born Derby
Died 28 Mar 1917
ToW: Home
Private M.T. Depot (Grove Park), Army Service Corps
Service No: DM2/224465
s/o James and Henrietta Mary Riley. Worked for the Midland
Railway. Enlisted Matlock. Residence Derby.
Cemetery: Aston-Upon-Trent Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: Near South-West corner |
ROUSE, Bernard John[1]
Born Matlock 1895
KiA 21 Mar 1918
Private 16th Bn. Manchester Regiment
Service No: 2354
ToW: F & F
s/o George and Alice Rouse. Living Matlock Bank in the
1901 census. Worked in a grocery. Enlisted Manchester,
resided Matlock.
Memorial: Pozieres Memorial (6 km north-east of Albert). 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.
Memorial Reference: Panel 64 to 67. |
RYLANDS, William Henry
Born Widnes, Lancs 1889
DoW 20 March 1917, aged 28
Company Serjeant Major 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts
and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 242634
ToW: F & F
s/o William Rylands. Husband of Edith M. Rylands (nee Lemon),
of Banbury Rd., Brackley, Northants. Had taught in Matlock.
Enlisted Matlock. Residence: Brackley, Northants.
Cemetery: Bray Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 16. |
SEEDHOUSE, John[2]
Born M Bath 1889
KiA 05 Jul 1916, aged 26
Corporal 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Enlisted Derby, resided Matlock.
Service No: 11321
ToW: F & F
Living Upperwood in the 1891
census and the 1901
census. Grandson of George and Elizabeth Seedhouse. Mother
Mrs. Steeples of Matlock Cliff. His mother, Elizabeth, had
married William Steeples at Holy Trinity in 1907. John had
initially joined the 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters as Private
413/x/0, but went to India with the 1st Bn. for 2 years pre-war.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. |
SELLORS, George1]
Born Matlock 1898
Died 22 Jun 1918, aged 21
Private 5th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Secondary Regiment: Labour Corps
Secondary Unit: transf. to (357105) 450th Employment Coy.
Service No: 55933
ToW: Home
s/o William and Annie Sellors, of 4, Mountain View, Chesterfield
Rd., Matlock.They were living on Matlock Bank
in the 1901 census and
in 1911 were at Ivy House, off Jackson Road. Enlisted Bakewell.
Cemetery: Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard |
SELLORS, Haslam
Born Matlock 1893
Private 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
KiA 2 Dec 1917
Service No: 241791
ToW: F & F
s/o George and Lucy Sellors and living at No6 Richmond Terr
in the 1901 census.
He worked as a gas fitter before the war. Enlisted Matlock.
Memorial: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord. The Cambrai Memorial
commemorates more than 7,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom
and South Africa who died in the Battle of Cambrai in November
and December 1917 and whose graves are not known.
Memorial Reference: Panel 8. |
SHAW, Alfred
Born Ashover
KiA 16 Aug 1917
Lance Corporal 13th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles. Formerly 43749,
Sherwood Foresters.
Service No: 43124
ToW: F & F
Residence Matlock. Enlisted Derby
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and
163A. |
SHAW, Arthur William
Born 1897 Ashleyhay
Died 21 Mar 1918, aged 20
Rank: Driver "Y" 14th T.M. Bty. Royal Field Artillery
Service No: 89011
s/o Alfred and Emily Shaw. NoK given as Alfred Shaw, of
3, Dales Bridge Terrace, Matlock. Family had also lived at
Starkholmes
Memorial: Pozieres Memorial (6 km north-east of Albert). 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.
Memorial Reference: Panel 7 to 10. |
SIMPSON, Ernest[1]
Born Matlock 1899
Died 16 Apr 1917t Colchester, aged 18
Private 36th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 341219
s/o Fred and Annie E. Simpson, of Wellington St., Matlock,
earlier of Wilmot Street.
Cemetery: Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard |
SLATER, E [no record found]
SLATER, James Elston
Born Matlock 1879
Died 7 Jun 1917, aged 37
Private 8th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Service No: 42005. Formerly 161692 R.F.A.
ToW: F & F
s/o Walter and Mary Elizabeth Slater, of Smedley St., Matlock.
Husband of Edith Slater, of Henry Avenue, Matlock. Mar Edith
Lill, sister Sydney Lill, of at Matlock Bank
Primitive Methodist Chapel in 1907. Lived in Matlock, see the
1881 census | the
1891 census. Later lived at Aigburth, Liverpool, where
he worked as a tailor.
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the
area known as the Ypres Salient
Memorial Reference: Panel 33.
In 2004 Antony Ball wrote that he had a b.w. medal to James
Elston Slater. He served with the Green Howards and was killed
on 7 Jun 1917, the first day of the Battle of Messines. Recorded
as JES on the Menin Gate, but he doesn't seem to appear on
the Matlock War Memorial. The only connection AB could make
is the E. Slater, possibly using his middle name Elston, because
his grandad's name was also James. |
SLATER, George
[believed to be this soldier, given as C. Slater by CWGC]
Born Wirksworth 1881
KiA 30 Sep 1918
Gunner 68th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Service No: 176558
ToW: F & F
Husband of Ellen B. Slater, of 55, Aberdeen Walk, Scarborough
(George Slater married Ellen Barker Collard at Derby in Q2
1910). He was employed as a ledger clerk and is known to have
worked at the colour works before the War. He and his wife
lived at Wirksworth. Enlisted Matlock
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. H. 22. |
SLATER, John Job (Jack)[1]
Born Matlock 1890
KiA 3 May 1917, aged 28
Private 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Service No: G/52939. Formerly P/58422, 28th Battn R.F.
ToW: F & F
s/o Job and Sarah Slater, of Wellington St., Matlock. Living
Matlock in the 1891 census and the
1901 census. He was employed as a baker. Enlisted Manchester.
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 3.
Also commemorated St. Giles (Mary Elizabeth also on headstone)
More Info |
SMITH, Fred (Frederick)[4]
Born Starkholmes
KiA 26 Sep 1917, aged 30
Private 2nd/7th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 42385
ToW: F & F
s/o William and Agnes Smith. NoK given as William Smith, of
2, Mostyn Terrace, New St., Matlock. Enlisted Matlock.
Living Starkholmes in the
1891 census | in
the 1901 census
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A. |
SMITH, Henry Lincoln (Harry)[1]
Born Matlock 1891
KiA 21 Apr 1918, aged 28
Private 6th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
Secondary Regiment: formerly 1529, Derbyshire Yeomanry
Service No: 235421
ToW: F & F
s/o Frederick William and Sarah Bates Smith. NoK given as
Mr. F. W. Smith, of Far Green, Matlock. Living in Matlock in the
1901 census.
Husband of Daisy Rasell (formerly Smith), of Church St., West
Liss, HAM. He mar Daisy Blackman
in 1918, not long before he was killed.
Cemetery: Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. G. 5.
[had brother Ernest?] |
SMITH, Isaac[1]
Born Matlock 1871
KiA 30 Mar 1918, aged 46
Sapper 213th Army Troops Coy. Royal Engineers
Service No: 92904
ToW: F & F
s/o Joseph and Mary Smith. Husband of Hannah Smith, of 4, Oldham
Villas, Matlock Bank, Matlock. Mar Hannah Smedley at All Saints'
in 1895. 6 children. He worked as a farmer before the war.
See census entries for 1881 | 1891 | 1901. Enlisted
Matlock.
Memorial: Pozieres Memorial (6 km north-east of Albert). 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.
Also commemorated St. Giles (with wife, MI refers to Sailly
le Seg / Seq) - More Info |
SMITH, Joshua[1, 3]
Born Hawick, Roxburgh
KiA 13 Apr 1917
ToW: F & F
Private 1st Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers. Formerly 40379, South Staffordshires
Resided Matlock Bath. Enlisted Bakewell
Service No: 28594
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 6 |
SMITH, Robert [1]
Born Tansley 1872
Died 23 Feb 1917, aged 46, France
Pioneer Serjeant 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby
Regiment)
Service No: 240047
s/o John and Harriet Smith. Father of Edith Smith, of M Moor,
Matlock (she was NoK). See census entries
for 1881 | 1891 | 1901.
Mar Hannah Isabella Ibbotson at All Saints' in 1892. Hannah
died before the war. The couple had 6 children. He worked as
a stonemason. Enlisted Matlock.
Cemetery: Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 10. |
SMITH, Sidney Alfred[3]
Born Matlock 1898
KiA 11 May 1915, aged 17
Private 3rd Bn. Middlesex Regiment
ToW: F & F
Service No: G/6552
s/o Joseph and Lydia M. Smith, of The Myrtles, Hackney Rd.,
Matlock. Living M Bank in
the 1901 census. Sydney's father was a Railway Clerk.
Enlisted Buxton
Cemetery: Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard |
SMITH, William[1]
Born Matlock 1898
KiA 28 Aug 1917, aged 19
Private 15th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 59999
ToW: F & F
s/o Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith (Joseph and Elizabeth), of Asker
Farm, Matlock. William worked as a Golf Caddie for a time.
Enlisted Matlock
Cemetery: Unicorn Cemetery, Vend'huile, Aisne (the name is taken
from the Divisional mark of the 50th Northumbrian Division)
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 18. |
SPENCER, Anthony[1]
Born 1883 Wensley
Died 12 Apr 1918, aged 34
Private 12th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Service No: 41056
s/o Anthony and Alice Spencer, of Yew Tree House, Bank Rd.,
Matlock. Native of Wensley, Matlock. Family living Wensley in
1901, when A was Lead Miner Surface
Cemetery: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. I. 187. |
STACEY, George[1]
Born 1888 Wales, Doncaster, YKS
KiA 9 Aug 1915, aged 27
Corporal 9th Bn Sherwood Foresters(Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 13599
ToW: Gallipoli
s/o Frederick (a farmer and later a grocer) and Annie Eliza
Stacey, of 10, Stanley Rd., Meersbrook, Sheffield. He was their
eldest child. Worked as a servant for Thomas Jackson, a merchant
of the Manor House, Claughton, Birkenhead. Moved to Matlock
to work at the Clay Cross Coal Company. Enlisted: Derby. Residence:
Meersbrook, Yorks.
The 9th Bn Sherwood Foresters was formed at Derby 24 Aug 1914,
moving first to Grantham and then, in April 1915, to Frensham
area. In July 1915 the regiment embarked at Liverpool for Mudros
and 20 - 31 July they were at Helles. On 7 Aug 1915 landed
at Suvla Bay.
Memorial Reference: Panel 150 to 152.
Memorial: Helles Memorial, Turkey |
STATHAM, Joseph[2]
Born Starkholmes 1888
Died: 18 Oct 1916, aged 28 in Wirksworth Cottage Hospital, having
been discharged from the Army.
Serjeant 1st Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment. Enlisted Pontefract
in 1908.
Service No: 9197
ToW: F & F, Salonika. Also served Hyderabad, India, as
joined the Army in 1908 (census records show him there as single).
s/o Alfred and Emma Statham. See the
1891 census | the 1901
census. Husband of Clara Statham, of 25, Green
Hill, Wirksworth. He mar Clara Else in 1907 at Wirksworth.
She did not go to India as far as records show. 1 son.
Buried: Wirksworth
Grave Reference: C. of E. 557. |
STONE, John [Jack][8]
[Assume the same John Stone is on both Matlock and Tansley memorial.
Please get in touch if this is incorrect]
Born Tansley 1896
KiA 7 Jun 1917
Private 11th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Service No: 43089
s/o Charles and Mary Stone. The family moved to Matlock Cliff.
Jack worked as a Mill Hand (tape weaver) at the Tansley Tape
Factory.
Buried: Irish House Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen (7km
South of Ieper). Cemetery named after a small farmhouse 90m
to the west, known to the troops as "Irish House"
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 19. |
STOREY, George William
Born Matlock 1890
DoW 15 Sep 1917, aged 28
Private 2nd/6th Bn. Manchester Regiment
Service No: 49602
ToW: F & F
s/o George William and Elizabeth Jane Storey, of Matlock. Living
Matlock Cliff in the 1891
census | the 1901
census, father a Police Constable. GWS worked as a Grocer.
Enlisted Sheffield.
Buried: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery
Grave Reference: IX. G. 8. |
SWINSCOE, Harold[1]
Born 1894 Carlton, NTT (named Charles Harold)
KiA 16 Aug 1916
Private 1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly 22467, Notts & Derby Regt.
Service No: 19385
ToW: F & F
Living Carlton NTT (as Harold) in the 1901 census. He was later
employed as a colliery labourer in Mansfield. Enlisted Buxton,
DBY.
CWGC site and Soldiers Died record him as SWINCOE, but the Local paper records H Swinscoe, 1st Northamptons, K-i-A, 16 Aug 1916, in the Battle of the Somme
Cemetery: Bazentin -Le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension
Bazentin is a village in the Department of the Somme, to the north-east of Albert Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. A. 9 |
TAYLOR, William Ernest[4]
Born Starkholmes, Matlock 1893
KiA 15 Sep 1916, aged 22
Private 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 23419
ToW: F & F
s/o Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taylor, of Starkholmes, Matlock. Living
Starkholmes in the 1901
census. Worked for a time as an errand boy for H Smith
& Sons. Residence Matlock. Enlisted
Buxton
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
Also commemorated St. Giles (Richard also on headstone) - More
Info |
THOMPSON, George
Born Darley Dale 1893
KiA 12 May 1915
Private 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 1514
s/o Thomas and Sarah Thompson. Living Lime Tree Hill in the
1901 census. He was later apprenticed as a baker to Walter
Boden of Matlock Bank. Enlisted Matlock, Resided Darley Dale
T0W: F & F
Cemetery: Kemmel Chateau Military
Cemetery Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 31. |
THORPE, Arthur [of Matlock Bank][3, 8]
Born Matlock 1897
KiA 07 Jun 1917, aged 20
Private 11th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 29563
ToW: F & F
s/o Arthur and Mary Ellen Thorpe, of The Cliff, Matlock. Living
M Cliff in the 1901
census. He was later employed as a Weaver at the Tape
Factory. Enlisted Matlock.
Cemetery: Bedford House Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (2.5
km south of Ieper). Bedford House, sometimes known as Woodcote
House, were the names given by the Army to the Chateau Rosendal,
a country house in a small wooded park with moats. Although
it never fell into German hands, the house and the trees were
gradually destroyed by shell fire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Enclosure No.4 VIII. B. 3. |
TOFT, Harry[8]
Born Matlock 1898
Died 20 Sep 1917, aged 19
Private "D" Coy. 26th Bn. Fusiliers
Service No: 65562
s/o Hiram and Agnes Toft, of Lathkill Cottage, Matlock Cliff,
Matlock. Living
M Cliff in the 1901 census.
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A. |
TOMLINSON Thomas Frederick[1]
Known as Fred
Born Nottingham 1897
DoW 17 May 1917
Private 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 240892
s/o John Arthur and Emma Tomlinson, with a sister Nellie. The
family had moved from Staveley to Tor View on the Dimple. In
the 1901 census Thomas was living with his Tomlinson grandparents
at Sycamore Road, Nottingham. Enlisted Matlock
Buried: La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne,
Somme
Grave Reference: II. E. 8. |
TOPLIS, Arthur [of Lumsdale][8]
Born Matlock
KiA 01 Apr 1917, aged 21
Private 1st/6th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Service No: 242127. Formerly 4456 Notts and Derbys Regt
ToW: F & F
s/o James & Elizabeth Toplis, of Lumsdale, Matlock and
living Lumsdale in the 1901
census. Later worked at Drabble's
Mill. Enlisted Matlock.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. J. 4.
Cemetery: Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme (between Cambrai
and Peronne) |
TOWE, Ernest Harry (known as Harry)[1]
Born Matlock 1881
DoW 18 Jun 1918, aged 36
As has both Harry and Ernest Harry (assume same). Soldiers
Died lists him as Lowe.
Private 12th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Service No: 40137
Formerly 30452, Notts & Derby Regt.
s/o George W. and Mary A. Towe, of 4, Chesterfield Rd; husband
of Sarah Towe, of 4, Chesterfield Rd., Matlock. Mar Sarah
Doxey, as Henry, at St Helen's, Darley in 1908. 6 children.
Living on Chesterfield Road in the
1891 census | the
1901 census. He was a Joiner by trade. Enlisted Bakewell
Cemetery: Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard (Sarah also on headstone)
More Info |
TWIGG John Walter [of The Cliff][8]
Born Matlock 1896
KiA 16 Aug 1917
Rifleman 13th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
Service No: 43135, formerly 43557, Sherwood Foresters
ToW: F & F
s/o Thomas and Hannah Twigg, living Matlock Cliff in the
1901 census. He later worked as a Yeast Seller
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and 163A. |
VINCENT, Edward
Name is on memorial at All Saints[1]
Died 5 Jun 1918
Rank: Private 19th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Service No: 342
Nationality: Australian
Cemetery: Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. E. 1.
Edward mar Hephzibah (Effie) Bonsall at All Saints' in 1916.
Effie lived on Matlock Bank (see 1901
census entry). She subsequently mar James Evans at Bakewell
in 1919. |
WALL, Frederick Archie
(known as Archie)
Born Matlock 1896
DoW 14 Oct 1918
Private 17th Bn. Royal Scots
Service No: 41103
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Selina Wall, of Church St., Matlock Town, Matlock.
Living M Green in the 1901 census
Buried: Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Grave Reference: Kruiseecke German Cem. Mem. 2.
Also commemorated St. Giles (parents also on headstone) More
Info |
WALL, John
Whilst there is no further concrete information it is possible
that John was John Henry Wall who was born in Darley Dale and
was a mechanic by trade. An uninvestigated possibility is that
he was the following J Wall:
Air Mechanic 2nd Class, 1st Aeroplane Supply Depot Repair Park,
Royal Air Force
Died: 23 Sep 1918
Service No: 104571
Cemetery: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille
Grave/Memorial
Reference IV. C. 30.
Or he might have been the brother of Richard Wall, below, who
was born in Matlock.
If you have any more information please get in touch. |
WALL, Louis William
Born Riber, Matlock 1881
DoW 06 Sep 1916
Rifleman 16th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Service No: 27672
ToW: F & F
s/o William and Emily Wall. Living Riber in the
1881 census,
on New Street in the 1891 census and
Becks Buildings Matlock Bridge in the
1901 census. Louis worked as a cotton bleacher, bleaching
and dyeing cotton and wool. Husband
of Florence Wall, of 5, Richmond Terrace, Matlock. Mar Florence
Goodwin at All Saints' in 1907. 3 sons, the youngest one born
just after his father had died. Arkle's book[11] mentions
that Arthur Wall's father was killed in the Great War. Arthur
was the middle son of the three. Enlisted Matlock.
Buried: Beauval Communal Cemetery, Somme
Grave Reference: F. 33.
Also commemorated St. Giles (Florence also on headstone) More
Info |
WALL, Richard William
Born Holloway 1878
KiA 25 Aug 1918
Nationality: United Kingdom
Private 8th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Service No: 203097
ToW: F & F
s/o George and Sarah Wall. Living on The Dimple in the
1891 census. The family later moved to Chesterfield and
Richard worked there as a Brewers' Labourer. Enlisted Chesterfield,
and was then living at Brampton.
Memorial: Vis-en-Artois Memorial
Memorial Reference: Panel 4. |
WALTERS, Thomas
Born South Darley (Wensley)
KiA 27 Apr 1917, aged 20
Private 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 241662
ToW: F & F
s/o William and Lilian Walters, of 603, Sheffield Rd., Whittington
Moor, Chesterfield. He and his brother William lived
at Wensley for a time with their grandmother, Harriet, and
Thomas was a farm labourer. Enlisted Matlock, resided South Darley
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to
the Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A |
WARD, Bertie (Herbert)
(brother of Reginald below)
Born Matlock 1899
DoW 30 Aug 1918, aged 19
Private 10th Bn. Essex Regiment
Service No: 44728
ToW: F & F
s/o Tom and Isabel Ward. Living
Matlock in the 1901 census. NoK
given as Isabel Ward, of 3, Cavendish Rd., Matlock Bank, Matlock.
Enlisted Matlock
Buried: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme (about 10
km east of Amiens)
Grave Reference: VII. A. 60. |
WARD, Reginald (Reggie)
(brother of Bertie above)
Born Matlock 1894
KiA 07 Dec 1915, aged 21
Rifleman 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service No: R/4787
ToW: F & F
s/o Tom and Isabel Ward, of 3, Cavendish Rd., Matlock Bank.
Living Matlock in the
1901 census. He had worked as the
Steward of a Club (unsure if this was the golf club or
a political club). Enlisted Derby
Cemetery: Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais.
The extension is remarkable for the very large numbers
of graves grouped by battalion.
Grave/Memorial Reference: G. 7. |
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WHEATCROFT, Arthur Henry B
Born Matlock (Cromford) 1886
Died 08 Nov 1918, aged 32
Driver, No. 3 Coy. 30th Div. Train, Army Service Corps
Service No: T4/042236
s/o Harry and Sarah Ann Wheatcroft. Living Bakewell Road in
the 1891 census and Scarthin
in the
1901 census.
He worked as a Park Keeper for Stockport Borough Council before
the War. Husband of Millicent Wheatcroft, of 4, St. John's
Terrace, Matlock. Mar Millicent Buckley Holmes 1908 (Stockport
Dist). Millicent was also from Matlock. Son Arthur born after
he had died.
Cemetery: Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 63. |
WHEATCROFT, Frederick (Joseph Frederick)
[Named as Frank on Memorial at All Saints, but must be a mistake[1]]
Born Bonsall 3 Mar 1867
Died 3 Feb 1916, aged 49, illness in Kirkwall Hospital*
Gunner H.M.S. "Cyclops II." Royal Marine Artillery
Service No: RMA/2505
s/o Mary (Beebe) Wheatcroft and son or stepson of Abraham Wheatcroft.
Frederick was in the Navy a long time and amongst places he
was based was Eastney, Portsmouth (1891). He later served on
the battleship "Victorious" as a Gunner (1901). He
was discharged from the Navy in 1908 and became the steward
at Matlock Conservative Club. He was called up as a Naval Reservist
in 1914.
Mar (1) Elizabeth Adams on 30 Dec 1893 in Pembrokeshire (Naval
records show 1895, but GRO records have 1893)
Mar (2) Anne Lewis at Farley Hill Congregational Chapel in
1911. She was the sister of F J Lewis who is also on the memorial.
Cemetery: St. Olaf's Cemetery, Kirkwall, Orkney. The cemetery
overlooks Scapa Flow and the CWGC has a beautiful picture of
this.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. 10.
*Keith Taylor has said that the newspaper report, which gave
his name as Joseph Frederick, said he died of pneumonia and
that his family had been unable to reach Orkney in time as
he was initially progressing well but suffered a relapse and
died. However, he was buried at Kirkwall on 6 Feb 1916 with
full Naval Honours. Mrs. Wheatcroft was present at the burial. |
WHERRETT, Thomas[4]
Born Matlock 1898
DoW 12 Dec 1917
Private 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 240931
ToW: F & F
s/o George and Sarah Wherrett. Living Matlock Town the
1901 census. Enlisted Matlock
Buried: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt,
Somme
Grave Reference: VIII. A. 6.
Also commemorated St. Giles (parents also on headstone) More
Info |
WHITE, Francis
Born Temple Normanton
Died 30 Mar 1918, aged 39
Company Serjeant Major 12th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and
Derby Regiment)
Service No: 7217
Awards: MSM
s/o George White, of Hasland, Chesterfield. Living
Temple Normanton in 1881. Husband of Maude
Jane Taylor (formerly White), of Malpas Rd., Matlock. He had
mar Maud(e) Jane Gould at St. Helen's, Darley in 1910.
Cemetery: Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon
Grave Reference: II. H. 2.
See War Graves photos (Honlon)
elsewhere on this site |
WILDGOOSE, Charles[1]
(brother of James Henry below)
Born Matlock 1897
DoW 28 Mar 1918, aged 20
Serjeant 15th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 26960
ToW: F & F
s/o Francis Henry and Jemima Wildgoose, of Greenfield, Edge
Rd., Matlock. In the 1901
census the family were living on Industrial Road. Enlisted
Matlock.
Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery
Grave Reference: XXXI. K. 15.
See War Graves photos (Etaples)
elsewhere on this site
Also commemorated St. Giles (parents and brother also on headstone)
More Info |
WILDGOOSE, Ernest Henry[1,10]
Born Matlock 1893
KiA 22 Mar 1918, aged 24
Nationality: United Kingdom
Second Lieutenant 104th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
ToW: F & F
s/o John William and Sarah Wildgoose, of "Holmebank",
Matlock; husband of Doris Wright Wildgoose, of "Swiss
Villas",
Cromford, Matlock. He married Doris Wright Witham at Matlock
Bath Independent Chapel in early 1918, shortly before his
death. Living Wellington St in the
1901 census. The family later moved to Industrial Road.
Worked as a mason in his father's building business.
Memorial: Pozieres Memorial (6 km north-east of Albert). 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.
Memorial Reference: Panel 10 to 13. Left Will |
WILDGOOSE, James Henry[1]
(brother of Charles above)
Born Matlock 1887
KiA 9 May 1918
Private 6th Bn. Tank Corps
Service No: 305952, formerly 285590 Royal Engineers
ToW: F & F
s/o Francis Henry and Jemima Wildgoose. Living Chesterfield
Road
in the 1891 census | in the
1901 census the family were living on Industrial Road. Mar
Annie Cooke at St. Mary's, Wirksworth in 1910. They lived on
Hopewell Terrace and James was employed as a plumber, working
for his father. 3 sons. Enlisted Matlock.
Buried: St. Amand British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais (17 km east
of Doullens)
Grave Reference: III. C. 3.
Also commemorated St. Giles (parents and brother also on headstone)
More Info |
WILDGOOSE, Norman[1]
Born Matlock 1897
Died 27 Sep 1916
Nationality: Canadian
Private 5th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Service No: 147910
s/o James A and Cassandra Wildgoose. NoK given as Mr. James
A. Wildgoose, of 311, Edmonton St., Winnipeg, Canada. Living
M Moor in the
1901 census
Cemetery: Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard
Grave/Memorial Reference: Spec. Memorial. More
Info |
WILLCOCK, Colin Clive
Born 1880
Died 25 Dec 1918, aged 38
Nationality: Australian
Gunner 7th Bde. Regiment/Service: Australian Field Artillery
Service No: 38651
s/o Robert Alfred and Emma C. Willcock. Born at Albrighton,
SAL.
He was the Clerk at the Colour Works and living in M Dale in
the 1901 census, aged
21. He later lived with his uncle and aunt, Henry and Sophia
Wheatcroft, at Willersley Cottage and was described as assisting
his uncle as a colour manufacturer.
Buried: Colchester Cemetery
Grave Reference: T. 5. 63. |
WILSON, Thomas[1]
Born Matlock 1897
KiA 21 Sep 1917, aged 20
Lance Corporal 122nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Service No: 53256
ToW: F & F
s/o Thomas and Mary Ellen Wilson, of Lime Tree Rd., Matlock
Bank, Matlock. Thomas snr was a porter working for the Midland
Railway. The family were on Lime Tree Hill in the
1901 census. Thomas jnr worked for Smedleys Hosiery Works
Ltd as a presshand (assistant). Enlisted Matlock
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. |
WOODHOUSE, James Henry, of Lumsdale[8]
Born Matlock (Lumsdale) 1880
KiA 26 Sep 1917, aged 37
Private 2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 204407
s/o Joseph and Mary Woodhouse. NoK given as his widowed father,
Joseph Woodhouse, of 6, The Terrace, Lumsdale, Matlock. See the
1881 census. JHW is not in later on-site census transcripts
as he was then listed under Tansley. He worked as a cotton
and wool waste sorter.
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A. Left Will |
WOODHOUSE, Roy[1]
Born Matlock 1893
Died 24 Jan 1917, aged 24
Private 6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 1554
s/o Elias and Clara Woodhouse, of "Tor Side," Jackson
Rd., Matlock. See the
1901 census entry. He worked as a house painter before
the war.
Cemetery: Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard (parents also on headstone)
More Info |
WOODIWISS, Walter Henry[1]
Born Matlock 1895
KiA 1 Jul 1916, aged 21
Private 1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
Service No: 16675 - formerly 22560, 11th Reserve Cavalry Regiment
ToW: F & F
Only s/o Mrs. Sarah L. Woodiwiss, of Rose Villa, New St.,
Matlock. See
the 1901 census entry
for the family. Father Henry, 3 sisters. Before the war he
worked as an errand boy for a dye shop.
Enlisted Matlock. He was killed on the first day of the Battle
of the Somme.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 7 C and 7 B.
Also commemorated St. Giles (parents Henry and Sarah Lydia also
on headstone) More Info |
WOOLLEY, Charles William[1]
Born Matlock 1893
DoW 23 Apr 1917, aged 23
Serjeant 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 240124
Awards: MM. Announced in London Gazette 10 Nov 1916 - supplement
to, with WO announcement pub 11 Nov 1916
ToW: F & F
s/o John Samuel and Maria Woolley, of 3, Park Square, Woolley
Rd., Matlock. See the
1901 census entry. CWW worked as a farm labourer before
the war. Mar Patience Olive Fairbrother at All Saints', Ripley
in 1916. Enlisted Matlock.
Buried: Chocques Military Cemetery is (4 km north-west of Bethune).
Most of the burials from this period are of casualties who died
at the clearing station from wounds received at the Bethune
front
Grave Reference: I. K. 20. |
WOOLLEY, Joseph John William[1]
Born Matlock 1885
KiA 21 Mar 1918, aged 32
Nationality: United Kingdom
Serjeant 2nd/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Service No: 29998
ToW: F & F
s/o Louisa Woolley and the late Joseph Woolley; husband of
Kate Woolley, of 3, Windsor Terrace, Smedley St. West, Matlock. See
the 1891 census | the
1901 census. Mar Kate Knight at All Saints in 1907. 2 sons,
2 daurs. He was a Joiner by trade.
Memorial: Pozieres Memorial (6 km north-east of Albert). 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.
Memorial Reference: Panel 42 and 43. |
WRAGG, George Palfreyman[8]
Born Matlock 1887
KiA 12 Jun 1917
Private 14th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Service No: 43872
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Margaret Wragg and living Matlock Cliff in the
1891 census | the 1901
census.
He was employed as a cotton and tape bleacher. Enlisted Matlock
Memorial: Loos Memorial
Memorial Reference: Panel 106 and 107. |
WRAGG, Harold
Born Matlock 1897
KiA 13 Aug 1918, aged 21
Private 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 240283
ToW: F & F
s/o Samuel and Minnie Wragg, of Glen Cottage, Wellington St.,
Matlock. Harold was their only child. Living Hurst in the
1901 census. Enlisted Matlock.
Cemetery: Assevillers New British Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. E. 1. |
WYATT, John Walter[1]
Known as Walter
Born Ashover 1900
KiA 8 Sep 1918
Lance Corporal 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 87488. Formerly 67922, Sherwood Foresters
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Mary Martha Wyatt; John was a stone cutter. NoK
given as Mr. J. Wyatt, of Jackson Rd., Matlock. The
family moved to Jackson Road after 1909.
Cemetery: Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension
Grave/Memorial Reference: M. 2. |
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[1] Also commemorated at All Saints' Church.
[2] Also commemorated on the Matlock
Bath War Memorial. John Clay, for example, lived in Matlock Bath
but was born and brought up in Matlock. N.B. John Clay was the writer's
grandfather.
[3] Also commemorated at Farley Hill Congregational Church.
[4] Also commemorated on the Starkholmes War
Memorial.
[5] Also commemorated on the Cromford War Memorial.
[6] Also commemorated on Darley Dale War Memorial.
[7] Christian names from Stephen Kimberley, who owns a funeral card for his ancestor's brother.
[8] Christian names of men who are also commemorated at Tansley from Denys Gaskell. There is a brief account of each casualty on his page about the Tansley Village First World War Memorial
[9] Isaac Mycock's surname appears in some records as Mycroft and he is listed on Coalville War Memorial and the CWG site as J Mycroft. With grateful thanks to Prunella Bradshaw for sorting this out.
[10] Also commemorated at Glenorchy Chapel
[11] Arkle, M. J. (1983) "Tuppence
Up, Penny Down",
printed by Geo. Hodgkinson (Printers) Ltd
Some of the names above are also commemorated on other memorials.
I should be pleased to include the Christian names of anyone in the
above text whose Christian name(s) only appears as initials. Please
email and write Matlock War Memorial in the
subject line. Thank you.
There is a full report of the unveiling of Matlock War Memorial in: High Peak News 13 August 1921
This can be read at County Hall Local Studies Library or at Colindale
 How to
contact County Hall Local Studies Library
Matlock St Giles - MIs in
the church
where there is a Book of Memory to the men who died in WW2
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With very grateful thanks to Mr. Charles Beresford for help and additional material. Background research from "The High Peak News", GRO BMD indexes and FreeBMD, from returns for the 1891 census and 1901 census (click link to go to on-site transcripts), parish registers and family members.
Names also compared with information provided on "Soldiers
Died in the Great War" CD.
If you know any more about the above men, we would very much like to hear from you. Please email and in the
subject line write Matlock War Memorial. Thank you.
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