Monday 28 December 2015

Bakewell's First World War dead


 


My wife and I had a weekend in the Peak District last month and used Bakewell as our base. The town memorial is now in the middle of a small roundabout in the centre of the town and I took these pictures of it whilst we were there.




The first panel of names lists the following men:

Geoffrey William Pepperall Abraham
 John Francis Aitken
John Andrews
W Barber
Frederick William Barnett
Bertie Birley
George William Blagden
Samule Standige Boden
Peter Bond
Henry Byron
Robert Carr
John Thomas Carroll
George William Chadwick
John Arthur Chadwick
Robert Henry Chadwick
Cecil Clark
James Cooper
George William Daffern
Lawrence Douglas
Thomas D'Arcy
John Boulton



The second name panel lists:

Alfred Elliott
James Elliott
Hubert Holmes Fewkes
Walter Harry Edward Fewkes
William Fielding Finney
Alfred Foster
William Frost
Walter G Hamilton
Charles Edward Hamilton
George Thomas Hayto
William H Hill
Geoffrey Morgan Hoyle
John Baldwin Hoyle
Alec B Jones
Benjamin Kay
William Kennedy
Edgar James Mellon
Joseph Mellor
Victor Mitchell
Albert Mountney
Joseph Reginald Mountney
Walter Mountney
John Stephen Hope


The third and final name panel lists:

Leonard Needham
Joseph Nelson
John William Newton
H O'Neal
Joseph Radford
John William Rowland
John H Sharratt
William Arthur C Sims
George Skidmore
Clement Alfred Stevens
Thomas Swann
Arthur Cuthbert Brooke Taylor
Ernest Mosley Taylor
Herbert R Thompson
Malcolm Elias Tomlinson
Thomas Ed Turner
Ernest Drabble Twyford
Frank Webster
Oswald William Whittaker
Frank G Wilson
Edward Wood
William Wright



For more information on many of these men, visit the Bakewell Memorial page on the Roll of Honour website.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.





Friday 4 December 2015

Remembering 4th December 1915


Remembering the 234 men and one woman who gave their lives for King, King Emperor and Country, one hundred years ago this day, on the 4th December 1915. These individuals are buried or commemorated in the following countries:

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iraq, Ireland, Kenya, Malta, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

1297 Private Alfred Adams Cheshire Yeomanry
Tyneside Z/4583 Able Seaman Alfred Hoult Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
2329 Lance Corporal Alfred James "A" Coy. 1st/7th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
SS/16019 Private Alfred Warren 20th Labour Coy. Army Service Corps
8738 Private Alfred Edward Lambert 1st Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
481 Gunner Arthur Allen Butler East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery
18570 Private Arthur Charles Mason 1st Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
598 Private Arthur Graham Briggs 2nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
1716 Private Cecil William Murphy 1st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
1648 Private Charles Deighton 1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
28222 Corporal Charles Rogers Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)
4687 Private Charles Thompson 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
1131 Private Charles Alan Fuller 1st Aust. Stat. Hospital Australian Army Medical Corps
57135 Corporal Charles Harold Hannabuss 10th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
3114 Private Charles Henry Woods Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
K/21050 Stoker 1st Class Charles Reginald Griggs H.M.S. "Mars" Royal Navy
560 Trooper Clarence Edwin Norton 9th Australian Light Horse
82 Private Cyril G. Sedger Canadian Army Dental Corps
S/2186 Serjeant David Wilson 10th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Clyde Z/435 Able Seaman David Melville Osler Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
K/2348 Stoker 1st Class Edward Vermont H.M.S. "M/9." Royal Navy
15827 Private Edward Reginald Daubney 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
12330 Private Edward Thomas Gammon 4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
691 2nd Corporal Edwin Phillips 2nd/1st (Welsh) Field Coy. Royal Engineers
2055 Sapper Ernest Bolton 459th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
198356 Able Seaman Ernest Jackson H.M.S. "Vernon." Royal Navy
21403 Private Felvus Fredrick Birks 2nd B Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
14364 Private Francis Clews 7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
22062 Private Frank Finney 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
136504 Private Frank Smith 74th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1668 Private Frank George Covell 17th Gen. Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
38923 Gunner Fred Hartley "A" Bty. 102nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
20863 Lance Corporal Frederick Smith 4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
342 Gunner Frederick Arthur Williams 3rd Bty. 1st Bde. Australian Field Artillery
17891 Serjeant Frederick Eugene Smith 10th Bn. Essex Regiment
Clyde Z/1405 Able Seaman Frederick James Shannon Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Lieutenant Frederick John Christison 10th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
207490 Able Seaman George Burkill (RFR/CH/B/10907). H.M.S. "Penelope." Royal Navy
37712 Private George Rixon 8th Bn. Welsh Regiment
10879 Private George Straughan 6th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
17042 Private George West 11th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
16006 Private George Wood 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Captain George Barons Northcote 2nd Bn. Norfolk Regiment
22022 Private George Henry Dickin "B" Coy. 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
1135 Private George Leslie Hayward 1st Australian Stationary Hospital Australian Army Medical Corps
859 Private Harold Wisewould 23rd Bn Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
19331 Private Harry Hudson 6th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
29943 Private Harry Witter Depot The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2759 Private Harvey Grace 4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
SS/8322 Private Henry Hunt Labour Coy. Army Service Corps
31309 Private Henry Martin Johnson "A" Coy. 8th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
68713 Private Hubert Riley "K" Coy. (Aldershot) Royal Army Medical Corps
4219 Private Hugh Fraser 4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
3476 Private James Burns 1st/7th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
19107 Private James Greenway 4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
15039 Rifleman James Kerr 10th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
2954 Driver James Stuart 3rd A.F.A. Bde. Australian Field Artillery
45737 Driver James Donald Horne "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
2846 Serjeant James Henry Mitchell 1st/8th Bn. Manchester Regiment
15199 Lance Serjeant James Joseph Dawson 9th Bn. Welsh Regiment
G/8410 Private Jesse Clay 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
17741 Private John Campbell 7th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
11712 Private John Clampitt 7th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
1759 Private John Davis 1st/4th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
12/1889 Private John Dunn 15th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
6973 Private John Miller 14th (King's) Hussars
13778 Serjeant John Mclean 7th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
12054 Private John Newman 7th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
20035 Private John Herbert Algernon Siggs 6th Supply Coy. 24th Bn. London Regiment
9343 Drummer John James Mcquade 3rd Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
7443 Private John Owen Thomas 4th Res. Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1367 Private John Patrick Hennessy 14th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
A/10222 Private Lester Charles Neuman 2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
Matron Maude Amy Buckingham Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
8998 Rifleman Michael Murray 3rd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
3156 Private Owen Beaizley 5th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
7489 Private Patrick Bearney 5th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
835 Sapper Philip Simpson 2nd/2nd Highland Field Coy. Royal Engineers
109591 Private Reginald Sears 4th Regt. Canadian Mounted Rifles
106587 Private Reginald Donovan Tennant 1st Regt. Canadian Mounted Rifles
2801 Private Reginald Willie Gresham 1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
Second Lieutenant Richard Aslin Snow 1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
19297 Private Robert Cox 7th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1682 Private Robert Gordon "A" Coy. 12th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
S/3131 Private Robert Laidlaw 9th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
7336 Lance Corporal Robert Pettit York and Lancaster Regiment
4176 Sapper Robert Vincent Reis 4th Field Coy. Australian Engineers
8112 Private Samuel Hewitt 9th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
116871 Pioneer Sidney John Wicks 5th Labour Bn. Royal Engineers
8738 Private Stanley Norley 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
1882 Private Stanley Charles Dann Norfolk Yeomanry Internierter Stefan Sawka Austrian Civilian
20570 Private Stilvio Reginald Brinkworth 6th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
2607 Private Sydney Leer 1st Div. H.Q. Australian Engineers
3382 Private Thomas Fagan 4th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
3382 Private Thomas Reilly ALIAS 348 Private Thomas Williams 17th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Greaser Thomas Henry Evans H.M.S. Andes Mercantile Marine Reserve
10660 Private Thomas James Kernaghan 2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
22231 Private Thomas James Middlemiss 5th Reserve Bn. Grenadier Guards
10737 Private Thomas Marshall Mumford "C" Coy. 5th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
9969 Private Thomas William Bradley 6th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
278970 Stoker 1st Class Tom Pictor (R.F.R. Dev. B/4822). H.M.S. "Teutonic." Royal Navy
31062 Private Walter Thomas Berry 8th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
J/41944 Boy Telegraphist Wilfred Henry Smith H.M.S. "Ganges." Royal Navy
3/4807 Private Wilfrid Miller 6th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
776 Private William Charters 3rd Scottish Horse
9142 Private William Hill 9th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
45 Private William Maher 21st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
7161 Serjeant William Milligan 2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
19642 Private William Rudd 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers
24878 Lance Corporal William Toole 12th Bn. Manchester Regiment
8463 Private William Whatmore 7th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
K/30322 Stoker 1st Class William Edgar Kendrick H.M.S. "Chelmer" Royal Navy
44017 Lance Corporal William Edward Smith 89th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
G/15577 Private William Frederick Bolton 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
63313 Acting Bombardier William Henry Holliday "D" Bty. 112tb Bde. Royal Field Artillery
M2/052833 Private William Hill Etchells No, 1 Motor Amb. Convoy Army Service Corps
2328 Private William Robert Croasdale 1st/4th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
2312 Private William Thomas Ley Royal North Devon Hussars
17794 Private Wright Glennerster 1st Bn. Border Regiment
21585 Private C J Adamson 10th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
6470 Private Adamu Rago Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
3672 Rifleman Aitparsad Pun 1st Bn., attd. 2nd Bn. 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
7417 Private Amadu Kano Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
316 Driver Arjun Singh 23rd Peshawar Mountain Bty. Indian Mountain Artillery
24592 Sapper G Arnold 26th Coy. Royal Engineers
12476 Private W J Bailey "B" Coy. 8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
7059 Private A Baldwin 37th Div. Cyclist Coy. Army Cyclist Corps
Follower Balu 1st Bn. 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry
46869 Driver J A Barrett 21st Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
12833 Private T Bell 1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
2281 Private G Berrington 1st/8th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
2449 Private A Black Royal Scots
18036 Private H G Boorer 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
18324 Corporal G Bowen 9th Bn. Welsh Regiment
406475 Private St. C Bowlby 1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
20743 Private F Buck 1st Bn. Essex Regiment
12294 Serjeant F Carson 9th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
20638 Private E E Caswell 5th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
L/12818 Private A Chappell 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
67197 Driver D Chequer "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
63265 Driver O Connelly "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
18466 Private R K Copley 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
4596 Private J A Costello 1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2310 Private J H Cowan 7th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
5407 Private G Crawford 11th Bn. Manchester Regiment
184 Sepoy Dal Bahadur 2nd Kashmir Rifles (Body Guard Regiment)
48609 Gunner J Davis 34th Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery
3/7049 Private J Devlin 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
3492 Private F Dickens 1st/5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
11968 Private A T Donnelly 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
7488 Serjeant W R Farnon 21st Div. Cyclist Coy. Army Cyclist Corps
14906 Private J W Fay 7th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
3281 Private J R Fernley 1st/9th Bn. Manchester Regiment
67660 Driver J Fisher "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
KW/466 Able Seaman J H Flatters Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
21085 Private J W Fowler 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
10675 Private H Fuller 7th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
2424 Sepoy Ganu Subedar 1st Bn. 117th Mahrattas
1365 Sepoy Hakim Singh 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs
17419 Private R H Hanks Gloucestershire Regiment
19644 Private W Harris 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers
79267 Corporal J M Haslam 31st Bn. Canadian Infantry
3191 Private M Heniham 5th Bn. Connaught Rangers
67281 Driver J Hill "C" Bty. 11th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
16638 Private S Jackson 9th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
222 Sepoy Jawala Singh 29th Punjabis
4603 Private W Jones Pembroke Yeomanry
19524 Private G Kerry 10th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
5808 Private J W Kirkland 12th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
13439 Private W Langshaw 8th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
20381 Private W M Lynn 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
Major F W J Macdonnell 14th Bn. attd. 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2568/C(PO) Leading Signalman R H Mackay H.M. Trawler "Waltham." Royal Navy
2645 Lance Naik Malla Ram 125th Napier's Rifles
Second Lieutenant C C E Manson Indian Army Reserve of Officers
41329 Lance Corporal J A Marchant 67th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
20549 Private J Martin 11th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
80 Private A W Maycock 1st/6th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
51699 Gunner R C Mayes 10th Bty. 147th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
3002 Private Momudu Masalay West African Regiment, W.A.F.F.
33566 Private T Mortimore 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
7317 Private W Musgrave 13th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
21662 Private T H Mcdonald 10th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
7800 Private J Mcguire Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Major H G Mcleod 2nd Bde. Canadian Field Artillery
106446 Private M Mcleod 1st Regt. Canadian Mounted Rifles
19735 Private J Mcmullen 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
6772(S) Stoker J Neely H.M.S. "St. George" Royal Naval Reserve Follower Nur Ahmad 101st Indian Grenadiers
12404 Private B G Oakley 6th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
5655 Private J Parry 9th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
7896 Corporal A Payne 2nd Bn. Norfolk Regiment
3/11673 Private G Pearson 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
102091 Driver H Perring 56th Reserve Bty. Royal Field Artillery
16866 Private L P Peterson 9th Bn. Welsh Regiment
7610 Private J Pile Army Cyclist Corps
2328 Private J Porteous 1st/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry Follower Raja Ram 1st Bn. 6th Jat Light Infantry
71948 Driver J Reed "C" Bty. 113th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
24431 Lance Corporal C A Revell 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
18351 Private R C Reynolds 6th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
36527 Sapper P H Rivers 54th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
31338 Private C Robinson 8th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
16595 Private R Robinson 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
16794 Private J Rogers 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
4734 Private H W Ross 1st/10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
54234 Private B A Rucker 18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
KW/531 Able Seaman W H Russell Drake Bn. R.N. Div Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
6/195 Private M Ryan 6th Bn Leinster Regiment
2388 Sepoy Sarabjit Singh 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs
9799 Private J H Sellwood 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment
34849 Private T Sexton 20th Bn. Welsh Regiment
23611 Rifleman D Smith No. 6 Supernumerary Coy. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2113 Sapper R J Smith Training Depot Canadian Engineers
Deal/1440(S) Sapper J Starkie R.M. Div. Engineers, R.N. Div. Royal Marines
9269 Serjeant A Stevens 2nd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
9796 Private H Swift 2nd Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
7019 Private F Talbot 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
3225 Sepoy Tatia Mhabdi 1st Bn. 117th Mahrattas
2809 Private G Taylor 1st/6th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
3319 Private G H Taylor 1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
7262 Private J Taylor 11th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Second Lieutenant I L Tebbitt 19th Bn. London Regiment
109648 Lance Corporal B Tracey 4th Regt. Canadian Mounted Rifles
15769 Private H Walters 6th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
11686 Private E Weeks 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers
16/96 Private H Welford 16th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
6580 Private C White 19th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
58453 Driver H Willday 2nd Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
729 Lance Corporal F M Wood 1st/4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
A/2059 Rifleman S Wood 12th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
10095 Private S Wright 6th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

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