Lance Corporal B/203272, 16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own). Died of wounds 23rd March 1918. Aged 24. Born and resident Tideswell, enlisted Buxton. Son of George Esplin, of High St., Tideswell. Formerly C/422. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Buried in ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Marchelepot British Cemetery Memorial 110.

Note: Roye was in German hands from 30 August 1914 until the French retook it on 17 March 1917. The town was recaptured by the Germans on 26 March 1918 but was evacuated by them on 26 August. The French First Army entered the town the following day. Roye Old British Cemetery was 1.6 kilometres south of the town. It was made in March 1918, by the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station but there was little time to mark the graves before the town was captured by the Germans, who extended this cemetery for the burial of their own dead. In 1920 the Commonwealth graves were removed to Roye New British Cemetery. Roye New British Cemetery was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and from other burial grounds. Almost all of them date from 1918. The cemetery contains 565 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 153 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials are erected to 13 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 117 casualties buried in Marchelepot British Cemetery and in three German cemeteries, whose graves could not be found. The cemetery also contains the graves of 43 Second World War airmen.

[Served as John Thomas LOMAS, in most records he is recorded this way] Corporal 987, 1st/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry. Killed in action at Gallipoli 21 August 1915. Aged 27. Born and resident Tideswell, Derbyshire, enlisted Bakewell. Son of Joseph Lomas Fletcher and Hannah Hill; brother of Joe Lomas Fletcher (see above); husband of Annie Elizabeth Lomas (nee Buxton) Fletcher, married 7 September 1909 in St John Baptist Church, Tideswell, Derbyshire, father of Elsie Kerry Lomas Fletcher, of Manchester Road, Tideswell. Baptised 24 June 1888 in Tideswell, son of Joseph and Hannah Fletcher, brother of Joe Lomas. In the 1901 census the whole family are recorded under the surname LOMAS, he was aged 12, born Tideswell, Derbyshire, son of Joseph and Hannah Lomas, resident Bell Vue Inn, Market Square, Tideswell, Bakewell, Derbyshire. In the 1901 census the whole family are recorded under the surname LOMAS, he was aged 22, born Tideswell, Derbyshire, a Carter and Carrier, married to Annie Elizabeth Lomas with one daughter, resident Lower Terrace Road, Tideswell, Buxton, Derbyshire. Buried in GREEN HILL CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot II. Row F. Grave 23.

[Listed as FRANCIS on CWGC and SDGW] Private 11153, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Died of wounds 10 October 1915. Aged 20. Born Knighton, Radnorshire, enlisted Brecon. Son of John and Sarah Ann Francis; brother of Elsie Gregory, Manchester Road, Tideswell. Believed to be living with Gladys May, of 39 Cheltenham Terrace, Bridgend. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) and Bar. Buried in BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 97.

DCM Citation - London Gazette 6 June 1917.

Private 3373, D Company, 11th/11th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Killed in action 25 July 1916. Aged 26. Son of Leon and Elizabeth Harrison, of Primrose Cottage, Tideswell, Derbyshire; brother of Thomas Johnson Harrison (below) and John Frederick Harrison (below). No known grave. Commemorated on VILLERS BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

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Private 5869, 29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action 1 June 1918. Aged 25. Native of Tideswell. Son of Leon and Elizabeth Harrison, of Primrose Cottage, Tideswell, Buxton, Derbyshire; brother of George Leon Harrison (above) and John Frederick Harrison (below). Buried in FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 13.

Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Bunbury, Western Australia 16/16/1916 aged 23 years and 7 months, was 5ft 7 3/8 inches tall and weighed 144lbs. Departed Freemantle Western Australia on 10/10/1916 for Plymouth England arriving on 20/12/1916. Departed on the “H T Princess Clementine from Folkstone 28/12/1916 and arrived Etaples on the 19/12/1916. Suffered gunshot wound to foot and evacuated through 5th Australian Field Ambulance to the 49th Casualty Clearing Station before arriving at No 3 Static Hospital in Rouen. After receiving treatment spent time at No 2 and No 11 Convalescent Units before returning to his Battalion on 14/08/1917. He was again wounded, this time gassed when his trench was hit by gas shells on 29/10/1917 and evacuated via Boulogne to Venice Street Auxiliary Hospital in Liverpool on 21/11/1917. Having spent time convalescing at Venice Street Hospital he was transferred to Harefield’s Hospital and several more convalescent unit before returning to the Battalion in France on 21/01/1918. However, he decided to go AWOL for nine days in London only reporting for duty in Bulford on the 27/01/1918 and fined 10 days’ pay. It was during his stay in Bulford he reported sick and was isolated with scabies for 6 days, eventually rejoined his Battalion in France on 21/05/1918. Son of Leon and Elizabeth Harrison, Primrose Cottage, Gordon Road, Tideswell. Brother of 33373 Pte George Leon Harrison. 11th Bn Australian Imperial Force. Brother of W/4256 Shoeingsmith John Frederick Harrison 119th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

Etiher

Walter SINCLAIR, Air Mechanic 2nd Class FAA/SFX. 2700, H.M.S. Fidelity, Royal Navy. Died 1st January 1943. No known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Bay 4, Panel 5.

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Walter SINCLAIR, Able Seaman, S.S. Daxhound (London), Merchant Navy. Died 11th October 1941. Aged 42. Buried in TORSHAVN CEMETERY, Faroe Islands. Grave 120.