Roll of Honour - Derbyshire

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FOR GOD, FOR KING, FOR EMPIRE

IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919.

BAGSHAW	A [Bagshaw]	Lance Corporal. Northumberland Fusiliers. Lance Corporal 16102. 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 31st August 1916. Son of John and Eliza Ellen Bagshaw (nee Tipler). Born 1893 Barlborough and enlisted Sheffield YKS. Commemorated London Rifle Brigade Cemetery. II.D.21.
BENNETT	Joseph Hudson	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 91623. 2/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 21st March 1918. Son of Roger William and Sarah Ann Bennett (nee Towndrow). Husband of Agnes Ann Bennett (nee Buxton, now wife of Seneca Newman). Born 1880 Cardiff, Wales, enlisted Clowne and resident Barlborough. Commemorated Queant Road Cemetery. IV.E.26.Spec Mem.
BROUGHTON	[John] William	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 71651. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 1st July 1917. Son of Charles Daniel and Harriet Broughton (nee Lee) of Barlborough. Born 1892 Stanground CAM, enlisted Brimington and resident Chesterfield. Commemorated Loos Memorial. Panel 87 to 89.
BUTTERFIELD	Charles Frederick	Captain. Transport Service. First Mate, Mercantile Marine. SS Boynton (Cargo vessel, sunk by German submarine UC-47). Killed in action 24th September 1917. Son of Charles Frederick an Eliza Butterfield (nee Harrald) of Barlborough (as 1911). Husband of Bertha Butterfield (nee Parrott). Born 1868 Bridlington YKS and entered Mercantile Marine 18th March 1884. Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial.
CLARKE	William	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 6091. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 3rd July 1915. Son of George and Sarah Elizabeth Clarke (nee Bristow). Husband of Nellie Clarkes (nee Greaves). Born 1887 Barlborough, enlisted Staveley and resident Barlborough. Commemorated Poperinghe New Military Cemetery. I.A.8.
COWLEY	[Gladwin] Tom [Leverton]	Private. Grenadier Guards. Private 21061. 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 27th August 1918. Parentage unproven. Grandson of Matthew and Ann Cowley, brother of Jane Betts (wife of Thomas Betts). Born 1880 Barlborough and enlisted Chesterfield. Commemorated Mory Abbey Military Cemetery. IV.D.8.
COX	Henry Lazarus	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 13686. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds Australian Hospital Wimereux 5th February 1915. Son of Lazarus and Margaret Ann Cox (nee Telfer) of Barlborough. Born 1892 Totley and enlisted Chesterfield. Commemorated Wimereux Communal Cemetery. I.C.28.
CROWE	Fred	Signaller. Yorkshire Regiment. Private 201105. 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 13th October 1918. Son of George and Mary Crowe (nee Rayner). Born 1882 Northallerton, enlisted Northallerton and resident Barlborough (as 1911). Commemorated Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension. I.B.7.
FARBY	George Robert	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 23711. 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 26th September 1916. Son of George and Mary Farby (nee Clay, widow of John Freeman). Born 1894 Clowne, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Barlborough. Commemorated Pozieres British Cemetery. IV.D.29.
FOX	Ernest	Private. Coldstream Guards. Private 14111. 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 16th September 1916. Son of Tom Charles and Isaline Fox (nee Walker). Born 1886 Barlborough, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Barlborough. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 7D and 8D.
GARRATT	Wisdom	Private. Essex Regiment. Private 20039. 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment, formerly 79948 Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 21st September 1917. Son of William and Matilda Garratt (nee Crumpton). Born 1886 Netherton WOR, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Barlborough. Commemorated Duisans British Cemetery. V.B.9.
GULLETT	Frederick Arthur	Lance Corporal. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 19483. 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 18th May 1917. Son of Mary Jane Gullett. Husband of Lily May Gullett (nee Jones). Born 1888 Clowne, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Barlborough. Commemorated Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery. VI.M.9.
HALL	Percy	Private. York and Lancaster Regiment. Private 12/1546. 12th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds 28th March 1917. Son of John Charles and Matilda Hall (nee Lineaker). Stepson of Caroline Hall (nee Penn, widow of William Bond). Born Renishaw, enlisted Sheffield YKS (original enlistment as 2167 Sherwood Foresters on 18th June 1914, discharged 23rd December 1914. Re-enlistment not known) and resident Renishaw. Commemorated Maroc British Cemetery. I.P.25.
HALLAM	Charlie	Bombardier. Bombardier 90548. A Battery, 175th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 30th March 1917. Son of Thomas and Ann Hallam (nee Beckett). Husband of Harriet Hallam (nee Broughton, now wife of Fred Greaves). Born 1884 Worksop NTT and enlisted Chesterfield. Commemorated Barlborough (St James) Churchyard.
HANDLEY	Charles Walter Mayfield	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 18740. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 9th May 1915. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Handley (nee Wells). Born 1897 Killamarsh, enlisted Mansfield NTT and resident Barlborough Park. Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial. Panel 7. Listed on a family gravestone in the churchyard.: IN LOVING MEMORY OF ELIZABETH THE BELOVED WIFE OF CHARLES HANDLEY, WHO DIED JAN 10TH. 1897, AGED 21 YEARS. ALSO OF PTE. CHARLES W. M. HANDLEY SON OF THE ABOVE & GRANDSON OF MR. & MRS. WELLS KILLED IN ACTION MAY 9TH 1915, IN FRANCE/ AGED 18 YEARS. IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH"
HEELEY	Tom	Private. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Private 18884. 8th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of Robert and Maria Heeley (nee Buxton). Husband of Frances Heeley (Baker as marriage record, born Frances Heeds and later Frances Baker Heeds. Now wife of Frederick White). Born 1882 Whitwell and enlisted Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 11C and 12A.
HUGHES †	Ralph	Private. Army Service Corps. Private M/396377. Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps. Died after discharge 4th February 1919 (believed discharged 14th December 1918 but record damaged). Son of George and Harriet Hughes (nee Hughes). Husband of Alice Hughes (nee Wilkins). Born 1885 Renishaw. Commemorated Barlborough (St James) Churchyard.
KAYE	Joseph	Private. Royal Army Medical Corps. Private 23985. Royal Army Medical Corps (unit not noted). Died India 2nd September 1917. Son of Joseph and Harriet Kaye (nee Butcher). Husband of Hannah Kaye (nee Jepson). Born 1877 Emley YKS, enlisted Nottingham NTT and resident Barlborough. Commemorated Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial. Face F. Listed on a family gravestone in the churchyard.: IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROBERT JEPSON, DIED OCT 9TH 1915, AGED 79 YEARS. ALSO OF MARY JEPSON, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE, DIED NOV 8TH 1915, AGED 77 YEARS. ALSO OF FRANCIS DAW, GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE, KILLED IN ACTION IN FLANDERS, APRIL 1ST. 1918, IN HIS 25TH. YEAR. "DUTY NOBLY DONE." ALSO OF JOSEPH, THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF HANNAH KAYE, DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE SEPT 3RD. 1917, AGED 40 YEARS.
MALLINDER	Sam	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 18450. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 9th May 1915. Son of Alexander Samuel and Susannah Mallinder (nee Shelton). Born 1895 Barlborough and enlisted Chesterfield. Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial. Panel 7.
MALLINDER	Walter John	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 23194. 2/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 26th September 1917. Son of Charles and Alice Mallinder (nee Walker). Born 1881 Barlborough, enlisted Staveley and resident Barlborough. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 99 to 102.
MAXFIELD †	John Thomas	Private. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment. Private 15533. 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment. Killed in action 29th September 1916. Son of Charles and Eliza Maxfield (nee Hayes). Husband of Sarah Gee Maxfield (nee Pemberton). Born 1888 Barlborough, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Renishaw. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and face 6A and 6B.
MELBOURNE	Arthur	Lance Corporal. Northumberland Fusiliers. Lance Corporal 267529. 6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 26th July 1917. Son of Thomas and Sarah Ellen Melbourne (nee Bowskill). Born 1892 Barlborough and enlisted Clowne. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 2 and 3. Listed on a family gravestone in the churchyard.: In Loving Memory of LILIAN M BOWSKILL, NIECE OF THOMAS, AND SARAH ELLEN MELBOURNE, BORN MARCH 24TH. 1883, DIED FEBRUARY 9TH. 1913. ALSO OF ARTHUR, THEIR SON, BORN MARCH 27TH. 1892, KILLED IN ACTION JULY 26TH. 1917. "THY WILL BE DONE."
PARKER	Richard	Lance Corporal. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment. Private 241946. 2/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment. Killed in action 3rd May 1917. Son of Richard and Hannah Parker (nee Atkin). Husband of Alathea Mary Parker (nee Heeley, now wife of Harry Barnes) of California, Barlborough. Born 1892 Haddenham BKM, enlisted Sheffield (original enlistment as 3/21950 Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd March 1915, discharged 28th May 1915. Re-enlistment not known) and resident Attercliffe YKS. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 6.
REVITT	Alfred	Stoker. HMS Cressy. Stoker 1st Class SS/111883, Royal Navy. HMS Cressy (Armoured Cruiser sunk by German submarine U-9). Killed in action 22nd September 1914. Son of Alfred and Deborah Revitt (nee Staley). Born 31st March 1882 Chesterfield (as naval record) and enlisted 4th March 1912. Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial. 4.
RODGERS	Frank	Private. Royal Scotch Fusiliers. Private 17517. 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Rodgers (nee Grundy). Born 1894 Barlborough, enlisted 8th May 1915 Sheffield YKS and resident Barlborough (as 1911). Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 3C.
SMITH	H	Private. York and Lancaster Regiment. Unable to identify, no further information.
SMITH	R	Private. York and Lancaster Regiment. Unable to identify, no further information.
TAYLOR	James Taylor	Gunner. Royal Field Artillery. Gunner 99884. D Battery, 1st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action Salonika 23rd February 1917. Son of Anthony and Mary Jane Taylor (nee Bradwell) of Whitebreck Moor, Barlborough (as 1911).Born 10th March 1896 Grindleford and enlisted Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Struma Military Cemetery. VII.E.13.
TREECE	Francis [William]	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Private 18376. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 2nd July 1916. Son of George and Annie Treece (nee Innocent, now wife of William Henry Tubb). Born 1895 Renishaw, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Barlborough. Commemorated Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension. A.17.
WHEELHOUSE	Frank Morgan	Private. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Frank Morgan Wheelhouse as Soldiers Pension Record, born c1893 (as census, birth record not found) Eckington, the son of Mary Wheelhouse (as census, described as ‘widow’ but marriage not proven). Enlists Brimington as Frank Morgan Private 1689. 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 15th August 1915. Husband of Nellie Wheelhouse (nee Hubbard, now wife of Joseph Thompson). Resident Sheepbridge. Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 39 and 42.
WINDLE	Richard Thomas	Corporal. Scottish Rifles. Richard ThomasWhindle as 1889 birth record, Richard Thomas Windle on other records. Corporal 18097. 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 3rd May 1917. Son of Thomas and Hannah Elizabeth Windle (nee Kinge). Husband of Kate Windle (nee Bagshaw). Born Aldershot HAM. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 6.
THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY 1. SAM:XXV. 16 THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS.
LISTED ON BARBERS ROW MEMORIAL BUT NOT ON THIS MEMORIAL
PARR	P	No further information currently
V.C. AWARD
GREAVES, VC	Fred	Corporal, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). First man in Derbyshire to be awarded the Victoria Cross. Born 16 May 1890 in Killamarsh, Derbyshire. He was 27 years old, and an acting corporal in the 9th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) when, during the Battle of Broodseinde, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Victoria Cross Citation: No. 23715 Actg. Cpl. Fred Graves, Notts. & Derby. R. (Balborough). For most conspicuous bravery, initiative and leadership, when his platoon was temporarily held up by machine-gun fire from a concrete stronghold. Seeing that his platoon commander and serjeant were casualties, and realising that unless this post was taken quickly his men would lose the barrage, Cpl. Graves, followed by another non-commissioned officer, rushed forward regardless of his personal safety, reached the rear of the building and bombed the occupants, killing or capturing the garrison, and taking four enemy machine-guns. It was solely due to the personal pluck, dash and initiative of this non-commissioned officer that the assaulting line at this point was not held up, and that our troops escaped serious casualties. Later in the afternoon, at a most critical period of the battle, when the troops of a flank brigade had given way temporarily under a heavy counter-attack and when all the officers in his company were casualties, this gallant non-commissioned officer quickly grasped the situation. He collected his men, threw out extra posts on the threatened flank, and opened up rifle and machine-gun fire to enfilade the advance. The effect of Cpl. Greaves' conduct on his men throughout the battle cannot be over-estimated, and those under his command responded gallantly to his example.
1939-1945
ATKIN	Denis [Law]	[Sergeant on family gravestone.] Corporal 4972652, 15th (Scottish) Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Killed on active service 29 September 1944. Aged 34. Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Atkin, of Barlborough, Derbyshire. Buried in VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot II. Row C. Grave 19. Listed in graveyard on an addition to a gravestone: IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEORGE ATKIN, WHO DIED 23RD AUG 1919, AGED 62 ALSO MARY ELIZABETH ATKIN, WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 6TH MARCH. 1945, AGED 76 AND OF SGT. DENIS LAW ATKIN. SON OF THE ABOVE KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE SEPT. 29TH 1944, AGED 34 "RE-UNITED" ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER DORIS LAW, DIED 22ND NOV. 1975. AGED 78 YEARS. HUBERT LAW HUSBAND OF DORIS DIED 23RD MARCH 1980 - AGED 82 YEARS.
COTTINGHAM	Joseph [Tranfield]	Able Seaman D/JX 179369, H.M.S. Scorpion, Royal Navy. Died 13 February 1942. Aged 22. Son of George and Gertrude Cottingham, of Barlborough, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 64, Column 3.
COTTINGHAM	Monroe	Corporal 4980223, 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Died 18 March 1943. Aged 28. Son of George and Gertrude Cottingham; husband of Betty May Cottingham, of Clowne, Derbyshire. Buried in TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 3. Row C. Grave 23.
HOBBS	George	possibly George Vickers HOBBS, Private 13079441, 1st Battalion, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). Died 23 May 1944. Aged 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. V. Hobbs; husband of Sarah Hobbs, of Bolsover, Derbyshire. Buried in BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO, Italy. Plot XI. Row A. Grave 12.
MELLOR	Stanley	Gunner 1700162, 89 Battery, 35 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 23 November 1942. Aged 34. Husband of Ruby Ethel Mellor, of Barlborough, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 25.
OVER	Walter	Stoker 1st Class P/KX 110204, H.M. Submarine Olympus, Royal Navy. Died 8 May 1942. Aged 22. Son of James and Kate Over, of Barlborough, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 68, Column 3.
RODGERS	John Walter	Private 4343233, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died 3 March 1945. Aged 30. Son of John and Ethel Rodgers; husband of Bertha Rodgers, of Barlborough, Derbyshire. Buried in BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey. Plot 31A. Row C. Grave 6.
UNWIN	Horace	Sergeant 4858225, 49th (West Riding) Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Died 29 June 1944. Aged 24. Son of John Henry and Margaret Annie Unwin; husband of Norah Unwin, of Thorpe Salvin, Yorkshire. Buried in ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX, Calvados, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 4.
WAGSTAFFE	[William] Daniel	Leading Seaman D/SSX 21565, H.M.S. Renown, Royal Navy. Died 8 May 1941. Aged 21. Son of Daniel A. and May Wagstaffe, of Mastin Moor, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 46, Column 1.
WIDDOWSON	George [Leonard]	Gunner 10573302, 14 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 21 October 1944. Aged 29. Husband of Ann Sarah Widdowson, of Barlborough, Derbyshire. Buried in CESENA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II. Row F. Grave 2.

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