The War Memorials, Matlock's First World War Casualties Not Listed on the Memorial

All listed under Additional names linked to Matlock (47 names) unless there's a note/number against the name (green coloured hyperlink), in which case click that instead All had relatives in or links to the district, but aren't on the memorial
G. ACKROYD A. ALLEN A. K. APPLEBY J. L. BAGSHAW G. H. BAILEY G. BONHAM-CARTER^[1] F. BRINDLEY J. BROOKS F. BUCKLEY J.BUNTING S. CARLINE^[2] E. CHELL H. COATES H. DARRELL L. DRURY H. S. EDWARDS A. H. ELVIDGE	A. FEARN G. I. FEARN A. FOOTITT E. GREGORY W. HAMILTON J. HARGREAVES T. HARTLE J. HOLLINGWORTH R. HOLMES B. HOUGHTON W. H. HURSTHOUSE^[2] E. JOHNSON W. J. KNOWLES^[2] R. J. R. LEACROFT^[1] H. MARSDEN H. MARSH G. MELLOR F. NEWTON	A. E. OAKLEY RYDER D. G. W. C.SEENEY G. W. SKINNER H. SMITH F. G. SPENCER F. D. STONES^[1] G. C. STONES^[1] E. A. TAYLOR J. THOMPSON M. E.TOMLINSON J. TOPLIS J. TURNER J. UPTON G. E. D. WESTCOMBE F. WHITEHEAD F. C.WHITEHEAD C. WILLIAMS

Abbreviations

DoW - Died of Wounds
KiA - Killed in Action
MC - Military Cross
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

Commemorated only on the gritstone tablets in St. Giles' Church

BONHAM-CARTER, Guy
Born London 1884
DoW 15 May 1915, aged 30 He was wounded by a sniper in a support trench at about 3 a.m. on 15th May 1915 and died the same day.
Captain 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars - Acting Adjutant of The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars when war broke out. A professional soldier. In Mar 1905 he was 2nd Lieut. 1st (Oxford University) Volunteer Battalion, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry; Apr 1907 Lieut. 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars; Capt by Mar 1913 (refs from "London Gazette")
s/o the late Alfred Bonham-Carter, C.B., and the late Mary Henrietta Bonham-Carter. Mar at St. Mary's, Cromford in October 1911, Kathleen Rebecca, (only) daughter of Frederic C. Arkwright, of Willersley. Wife returned to Willersley when war broke out. Left a young daughter and son of six weeks.
Buried: Vlamertinge Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. The cemetery is remarkable for the care with which men of the same unit were buried side by side if they died at about the same time.
Grave Reference: I. G. 3.
There is a Memorial to him in Cromford Church.

ELLIS, Ernest
See Matlock Bath Memorial

LEACROFT, Ronald John Ranulph
Born 1894 Weston Nr Stafford
Captain 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
KiA 1 Jul 1916, aged 22. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. All the officers were killed or wounded. Notice of Death published 13 Jul 1916 (sames day as JC Hyde) in The Times.
Awards: MC (published London Gazette, 2 Jun 1916)
Living Rowberrow SOM in 1901. s/o Edward Ranulph and Alice Leacroft, of Rowberrow Manor, Winscombe, SOM. Educated at "Blundell's School, Tiverton, he was gazetted to the Somerset Light Infantry in March 1913. He went out with the Expeditionary Force at the beginning of the War, and was wounded at Mons. He was promoted to captain in February 1915" (published Times Newspapers, 13 Jul 1916).
Memorial: Redan Ridge Cemetery,No.1, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 40.

STONES, Francis Dawbarn (Frank)
Born Wisbeach 1878 (brother of GCS, below, and brother in law of JH Moxon, who is named on the memorial.)
DoW 28 Sep 1917, aged 39
Captain 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Awards: MC
ToW: F & F
s/o Thomas and Maria Yelverton Stones; husband of Margaret Julia Stones. Mar Margaret Julia Moxon in 1906, the daur of Dr. William Moxon. Living at Ashfield, M Bath in the 1901 census. In 1911-12 he was a Chartered Accountant and living in Derby.
He had been in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of The Sherwood Foresters, listed in the London Gazette as Second Lieutenant in 1901 and Lieutenant in 1907 when he resigned his commission. When he rejoined the Sherwood Foresters in 1914 he was appointed as a temporary captain and in June 1917 this was confirmed, "with precedence as from 3rd Oct 1914". Awarded the Military Cross on 14 December 1917 and on 19 April 1918 the London Gazette recorded it as being "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of his battalion after the battalion commander had become a casualty. When the battalion was in danger of being forced back he rendered great assistance in organising strong resistance and reinforcements to the front line".
Cemetery: Mendinghem Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. F. 9.

STONES, Gerald Cunliffe
Born Wisbeach 1879 (brother of FDS above)
Death 30 May 1917 (shot down near Gaza)
Nationality: Australian
Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps
Secondary Regiment: Australian Light Horse
Secondary Unit: and 4th
ToW: Egypt & Palestine
s/o Thomas and Maria Y. Stones. Native of Wisbeach. Living at Ashfield, M Bath in 1901. He was an art student in 1901, and continued to paint before emigrating . Later an orchid grower in Australia.
Cemetery: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 32.

Not on the Memorial but wreaths sent to the Unveiling Ceremony

CARLINE, Samuel^[4]
Born Matlock 1888
Private 1st/5th Bn.Northumberland Fusiliers
Died: 26 Oct 1917 aged 27
Service No: 241402
ToW: F & F
s/o Mrs. Ruth Carline, of Yew Tree House, The Green, Bonsall, Matlock; husband of Beatrice L. Taylor (formerly Carline), of 32, Hillside, Holloway, Matlock. Parents Samuel and Ruth Carline and family living Gladstone Terrace, M Bank in 1891 and were still living on the Bank in the 1901 census. He was employed as a butcher. Mar Beatrice Pickering 1911. Enlisted Wirksworth.
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 19 to 23 and 162.

1. The High Peak News of 13 August 1921 reported the name S. CARLINE as being amongst those inscribed on the memorial, but his name does not actually appear.

2. Stuart Brown has contributed the following quotation:
'Wirksworth Soldier Missing
Private S. Carline of the Northumberland Fusiliers is reported missing as from October 26th. His wife and three young children reside at Wirksworth. Before the war Pte Carline worked at Ambergate.'
[Source: Derby Mercury newspaper, dated 14th December 1917.]

HURSTHOUSE, W. H.
Amongst the wreaths was one commemorating the life of William Ernest HURSTHOUSE but his name does not appear on the memorial. Searches for a birth for a person with this combination of names have been unsuccessful. No one with those names seems to have been born in the UK, or at least in the years leading up to the First War. So was he the William Hursthouse born in Tibshelf in 1885 and living there still in 1901? Further details would be gratefully received.

There's a medal card for Hursthouse, W H
He is listed as:
Royal Field Artillery 82484 Gunner
Royal Garrison Artillery 226560 Gunner
William Henry Hursthouse was born in Tibshelf in 1890. He the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Hursthouse. The family later lived at Mansfield. William Henry had been a coal miner.

KNOWLES, William James (Willie)
Born Matlock 1898
Rifleman 16th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
DoW 23 Apr 1917
Service No: R/36989. Formerly TR/13/26741, 109th T.R. Battn.
ToW: F & F
He was living on Matlock Bank in 1901 with his parents Robert and Hannah.
Enlisted Matlock
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 7.

Additional names linked to Matlock but not on the Memorial

ACKROYD, George
Born Matlock (Birthplace given in Soldiers Died but n/f)
DoW 01 Mar 1917
Private 16th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Service No: 19281
ToW: F & F
s/o Mr. J. Ackroyd, of 30, Springfield St., Manningham, Bradford. Enlisted Matlock
Buried: Couin New British Cemetery, Pas de Calais. Couin is a village 15 km east of Doullens
Grave Reference: B. 10.
Query: Has there been some slight confusion and this should be of Little Matlock, Sheffield, Yorkshire? If you know, please email (see footer)

ALLEN, Arthur
Born M Bath 1891, bap 22 Nov 1891 Holy Trinity
KiA 25 Dec 1917, aged 26
Private "C" Coy. 1st/8th Bn. Manchester Regiment
Service No: 301558
ToW: F & F
s/o Frank and Frances Allen, of 82, Walter St., Harpurhey, Manchester. Family living Glenorchy Cottages in the 1901 census but the family later moved to Harpurhey. Enlisted Manchester.
Cemetery: Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. N. 19.

APPLEBY, Albert Keeling
Born Matlock 1876
DoW 22 Apr 1917, aged 41
Private 27th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 34670
s/o Charles William and Clara L Appleby, and step son of Matilda Appleby of 203, St. Ann's Rd., Rotherham, YKS. Enlisted Rotherham. Living there in 1881, 1891 and 1901 - then employed as Assistant In Glass Warehouse. See Strays A
ToW: F & F
Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery
Grave Reference: XIX. F. 9.
See War Graves photos (Etaples) elsewhere on this site

BAILEY, George Henry^[5]
Born M Bank 1892
Died 29 Oct 1914. Although his name is not on the memorial, he was the first Casualty linked to Matlock.
Private 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
Service No: 10761
ToW: F & F
s/o Peter and Sarah Bailey. Family moved to Lichfield, then Coventry where he enlisted. Worker as a lithographer. See Strays B
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient
Memorial Reference: Panel 11.

BRINDLEY, Frank
Born M Bath
KiA 30 Jun 1915
Rifleman 3rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service No: 9641
ToW: F & F
Brother of Mr. Frederick Brindley, of 82, Wolfe St., Derby. Enlisted Derby. He seems to have already been in the army prior to WW1 as he was a Private in the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Cemetery: Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery, Houplines. (1 km south-east of the village)
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 87.

BROOKS, John
Born Matlock
Private 11th Bn. Manchester Regiment
DoW 18 Aug 1915
Service No: 24731
Enlisted Derby
ToW: Gallipopi
Buried: Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. From the spring of 1915, the hospitals and convalescent depots established on the islands of Malta and Gozo dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded, chiefly from the campaigns in Gallipoli and Salonika
Grave Reference: A. VII. 4.

BUCKLEY, Frank
Born Matlock 1885
KiA 12 Mar 1917
Private 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 61542
ToW: F & F
s/o Francis and Ann Buckley. Living M Dale in the 1891 census | the 1901 census. Enlisted Matlock.
Cemetery: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais. Philosophe lies between Bethune and Lens.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. M. 46.

BUNTING, John
Born Bonsall, Matlock
DoW 13 Oct 1915, aged 25
Private "H" Coy. 2nd Bn.
Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 10813
s/o John and Ruth Bunting; husband of Florence Mary Bradley (formerly Bunting), of 1, Ash Yard, Sherwood St., Nottingham. Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 12 km west of Ieper town centre
Grave Reference: I. B. 11A.

CHELL, Ernest
Born Wensley, Matlock 1899
Died 27 May 1918
Private 1st/4th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 75862, Formerly 114170, 51st Grad Batt Northumberland Fusiliers.
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Bakewell
Memorial: Soissons Memorial, Aisne. 100 km north-east of Paris

COATES, Harry
Born Matlock
DoW 14 Sep 1916
No regt given in Soldiers Died, but L/Cpl, No 8142. GRO Death Indexes give say York and Lancaster Regiment
Enlisted Derby

DARRELL, Harry
Born Matlock
Lance Corporal 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
KiA 14 Sep 1916
Service No: 23025
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Leeds.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 8 D.

DRURY, Leslie
Born Matlock 1894
KiA 16 Aug 1917
Private 11th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Service No: 43013. Formerly 22129, Notts and Derbys Regt
ToW: F & F
Living Derby 1901. Enlisted Buxton. Residence London
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 70 to 72.

EDWARDS, Henley Spencer
Born Matlock 1897
KiA 23 Oct 1916, aged 19
Private "D" Coy. 2nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment
Service No: 23099
ToW: F & F
s/o Dr. Arthur and A. M. Spencer Edwards, of "St. Elmo," Halling, Rochester, KEN. Living there in 1901. Enlisted Chatham.
Cemetery: Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais (Bancourt is a village which lies approximately 4 km due east of Bapaume)
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. F. 2.

ELVIDGE, Albert Henry
Born Matlock 1893
KiA 1 Dec 1917
Private 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
Service No: 24701
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Nuneaton
Memorial: Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, 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 2.

FEARN, Abraham
Born Matlock 1894
DoW 8 May 1916 (Home)
Private 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 18837
Enlisted Chesterfield
Cemetery: Newbold (St. John) Churchyard
Grave Reference: B. 4. 16.

FEARN, George Isaac
Born Matlock 1890
DoW 31 Jul 1916, aged 26
Private 97th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Service No: 8845. Formerly 228866, Notts and Derbys Regt.
ToW: F & F
s/o Mrs. Mary Ann Fearn, of 52, New Bridge St., Old Whittington, Chesterfield. Living Cobden Terrace in the 1891 census. Enlisted Chesterfield. Resided Sheepbridge.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. L. 21.

FOOTITT, Arthur
Born M Bath 1884
KiA 23 Aug 1916
Serjeant 13th Bn Yorkshire Regiment
Service No: 29691. Formerly 31057, Notts and Derby Regt
ToW: F & F
s/o Henry and Harriett Footitt. Living Temple Road, M Bath in the 1891 census. He moved to Holbeck Leeds and was a Police Constable. Mar Rebecca (surname unsure of, but probably Tyson). 1 daur, 2 sons. Enlisted Leeds.
Cemetery: Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, Pas de Calais. Maroc British Cemetery is located in the village of Grenay, which is about 15 km south-east of Bethune.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. J. 31.

GREGORY, Ernest
Born Matlock
KiA 1 Oct 1918
Private 1st/5th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service No: 201342
ToW: F & F
Assume he was the s/o Ezra and Charlotte Gregory, born in 1895, and living on M Bank in the 1901 census. He was later a cab driver.
Resided Belper. Enlisted Derby
Cemetery: Anneux BRITISH Cemetery, Nord.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. D. 33.

HAMILTON, Walter
Born Matlock (on Soldiers Died)
KiA 28 Jul 1916, aged 30
Private 11th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 15749
ToW: F & F
s/o Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hamilton, of Baslow Rd., Bakewell. 1901 census has b. Ashford-I-t-W
Resided Bakewell. Enlisted Derby
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.

HARGREAVES, James
Born Matlock (The only James H found was born in 1860.)
Died at Sea 4 May 1917
Private 3rd Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Service No: 266051
Enlisted Stockport. Resided Dukinfield
Memorial: Savona Memorial, Italy. On 4 May 1917, the Hired Transport "Transylvania", proceeding to Salonika with reinforcements, was sunk by torpedo off Cape Vado, a few km south of Savona, with the loss of more than 400 lives. The bodies recovered at Savona were buried two days later, from the Hospital of San Paulo, in a special plot in the town cemetery.

HARTLE, Thomas
Born Matlock 1897
Died 19 Mar 1916, aged 37
Corporal "L" 104th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Service No: 9147
ToW: Persian Gulf
s/o Elias and Lavinia Hartle, of Laburnum Cottage, Crich, Matlock.
Enlisted Middlesbrough. Resided Matlock.
Cemetery: Kut War Cemetery, Iraq. See http://www.fco.gov.uk/ about Iraq
Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 6.

HOLLINGWORTH, Joseph
Born M Town 1898
DoW 19 Sep 1915
Private 2nd Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Service No: 10087
ToW: F & F
Living Burton Upon Trent in 1901. Enlisted Birkenhead.
Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord)
Grave Reference: II. A. 33.

HOLMES, Reuben
Born Matlock
KiA 3 Sep 1916
Private 17th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 29732
ToW: F & F
Resided Derby. Enlisted Hucknall NTT
Cemetery: Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. D. 4.

HOUGHTON, Bertram
Born Matlock 1898
KiA 10 Nov 1917
Gunner 158th Bde Royal Field Artillery
Service No: 671862
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Mary Houghton. Enlisted Matlock
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 4 to 6 and 162.

JOHNSON, Ernest
Born Matlock
KiA 12 Oct 1916, aged 20
Private 7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Service No: S/11056
ToW: F & F
s/o William and Elizabeth Johnson, of 59, Brougham St., Stoneyholme, Burnley.
Living New Street in 1901
Cemetery: Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery, Somme.
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 16.

MARSDEN, Harry (Harold)
Born Matlock 1887
DoW 06 Oct 1917, aged 21
Private 2nd/7th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 266828
ToW: F & F
s/o Tom Henry and Annie Marsden, of Oaker, nr. Matlock (Henry and Mary Ann in census returns). Henry was the Marsden of Marsden's Drapery on Dale Road. See, for example, Kelly's Directory 1891 | Kelly's Directory 1908 | Kelly's Directory 1916. The family were living on the Dimple in the 1891 census but later lived at Roberts Wood (Robertswood) on Smedley Street West. Smedley Street West is part of Darley, so not included in on-site census transcripts. Harold was employed as a bank clerk. Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried: Wimereux Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference: VI. C. 14.

No Conscript
A Volunteer for the Right
For Christ's Sake

MARSH, Harold (Harry)
Born Matlock 1901
Died 12 Aug 1916
Private 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 14867
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Derby. Resided Matlock.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

MELLOR, George
Born Matlock
Died 6 Apr 1915 (Home)
Sapper 59th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Service No: 6743
s/o the late G. and S. A. Mellor.
Enlisted Sheffield. Resided Crich.
Cemetery: Cley-Next-The-Sea (St. Margaret) Churchyard
Grave/Memorial Reference: North-West of Church.

NEWTON, Frederick
Born Matlock (Alderwasley, though Matlock on Soldiers Died))
KiA 27 Sep 1917, aged 33
Private 2nd/5th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
Service No: 40184
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Lucy Newton, of Hull; husband of Minnie Gertrude Newton, of 10, River Head, Driffield, YKS.
Enlisted Hull. In 1901 working as Fireman at Oil Works.
Cemetery: Wieltje Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 23.

OAKLEY, Albert Ernest
Born Matlock 1880
KiA 2 Nov 1914
Private 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Service No: 9013. Formerly 8421 K.O.S.B.
ToW: F & F
s/o Husband of F. M. Oakley, of 250, Mansfield Rd., Sutton-in-Ashfield, NTT. Living with grandmother M Cliff in the 1891 census. Enlisted Alfreton. Resided Preston LAN.
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 5 and 6.

RYDER, Douglas Gerald
Born M Bath 1886, bap 22 Jul 1886 at Holy Trinity
Died 12 Apr 1918, aged 32
Private 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Service No: PS/9915
ToW: F & F
s/o James Insole Ryder and Ada Evelina Ryder, of Foundry House, Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, WAR. Living Masson Road, Brunswood House in the 1901 census. Later a Divinity student. Enlisted and resided Nuneaton.
Cemetery: Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais (4 km north-west of Bethune)
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. P. 29.

SEENEY, William Creasy
Born Matlock 1892
KiA 9 Mar 1917, aged 24
Sapper 71st Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Service No: 140372
ToW: Mesopatamia
s/o Eli and Ann Seeney, of 24, Padiham Rd., Burnley, LAN. Enlisted Burnley, living there in 1901
Memorial: Basra Memorial
Memorial Reference: Panel 5 and 61.

SKINNER, George William
Born Matlock (Darley) 1886
Private 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
KiA 14 Mar 1915
Service No: 9873
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Chesterfield. Resided Hurstbourne, Tarrant, HAM.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 9.
Cemetery: Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery , Lacouture (Vieille-Chapelle is a village north east of Bethune)

SMITH, Harold
Born Matlock
KiA 9 Jul 1917
Private 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 58931
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Derby. Resided Matlock.
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 7.
(Two other Harold Smiths. One on Darley Dale memorial and one on Matlock)

SPENCER, Francis George
Born Matlock 1870
KiA 28 Mar 1916, aged 46
Corporal 4th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Service No: 12067
ToW: F & F
s/o Husband of Ellen Spencer, of 2, Ashton St., Merefield, Rochdale.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: Cambrin Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais.
Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 33.

TAYLOR, Ernest Arthur
Born Matlock 1887
KiA 26 Oct 1917, aged 30
Private 91st Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Service No: 24962
ToW: F & F
s/o Richard and Mary Taylor, of Lime Tree Rd., M Green. Living there in the 1901 census. Later a Policeman in the Old Trafford area of Manchester.
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.

THOMPSON, Joseph
Born Matlock
DoW 25 Aug 1916
Private 12th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 16053
ToW: F & F
Buried: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme
Grave Reference: III. A. 31.

TOMLINSON, Malcolm Elias
Born Matlock 1880
Died (Home) 20 Dec 1914, aged 34
Gunner 285th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
Service No: 21754
s/o Elias and Mary Tomlinson, of Matlock St., Bakewell, DBY.
Cemetery: Deepcut Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: J. 43.

TOPLIS, Joseph
Born Matlock 1896
KiA 12 Jul 1916, aged 20
Lance Corporal 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Secondary Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment
Secondary attd. 1st Bn.
Service No: 13267
ToW: F & F
s/o A. Lydia Toplis, of Clifton Villa, New St., Matlock, and the late John Toplis. Living in the same house in the 1901 census
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.

TURNER, John
Born Matlock
KiA 9 Apr 1918
Private 1st/6th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Service No: 77330
ToW: F & F
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial. The Ploegsteert Memorial commemorates more than 11,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War and have no known grave.
Memorial Reference: Panel 8 and 9.

UPTON, Joseph
Born Matlock (Darley) 1890
KiA 14 Sep 1916, Salonika
Private 12th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Service No: 7122
s/o Husband of Mrs. Eliza Upton, of 50, Heys Buildings, Shawforth, Rochdale, LAN. Living Bamford in 1901. He later lived in Ancoats, Manchester and worked as a cotton doubler.
Memorial: Doiran Memorial, Greece

WESTCOMBE, George Eric Dixon (Eric)
Born Matlock 1891
KiA 21 May 1916
Private 1st/15th Bn. London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Service No: 530022
ToW: F & F
s/o Bessie and George Westcombe who lived lived at Rockleigh, Matlock Bridge - see the 1891 census | Kelly's Directory 1891. Living Sevenoaks, KEN in 1901. GEDW became a bank clerk. Enlisted Somerset House. Resided Camberwell.
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 10.

WHITEHEAD, Frank
Born Matlock
KiA 27 Jul 1916
Private 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
Service No: 17920
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Guildford, SUR. Resided Ashted. Was he born Winster 1899 and son of Frank and Eliza Whitehead?
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 11 D.

WHITEHEAD, Frank Carr
Born M Bank 1895
KiA 15 Nov 1916, aged 20
Private 13th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Service No: 32826
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Staleybridge, CHS. Resided Dukinfield
s/o John and Mary Elizabeth Whitehead (she was nee Bates), of 483, Astley St., Dukinfield, CHS. Living there by 1901. He later became worked in a warehouse.
Cemetery: Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut (12.5 km south of Ieper)
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. J. 6.

WILLIAMS, Charles
Born Matlock
KiA 20 Nov 1917
Private 12th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Service No: 51756
ToW: F & F
Enlisted and resided Bristol
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 4.

Notes:
^[4] Rob Hamilton kindly sent some helpful information, which is incorporated into the piece about S. Carline.
^[5] Also commemorated at All Saints' Church.

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

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. Some records found in "The London Gazette" and "The Times"

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.

Transcribed Apr 1999 and originally published as matlockwm.txt. Page (file) name changed Oct 2006 (was part of matlockwm.htm)
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