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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 - Killied 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
s/o - son of
Unm - Unmarried |
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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
s/o Alfred John and Sarah Ann Keeling, of Matlock Cliff. 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.
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
Enlisted Matlock. s/o Henry and Elizabeth Kenworthy, of Matlock;
husband of Annie Kenworthy, of Bank Rd., Matlock. Family living
No 7 Wellington St in 1901. 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.
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
s/o John and Isabella M. Kersey, of 1, King's Terrace, Smedley
St. W., Matlock. Living Hatfield in 1901.
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
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.
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.
Living Riber 1901. 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
Died 14 Jan 1917, aged 39
Lance Serjeant 1st/6th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby
Regiment)
Service No: 2374
s/o Jerman and Caroline Land, of Bonsall. husband of Ada Land,
of Hazel House, Crown Square, Matlock. Mar Ada Thompson 1910
Cemetery: Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. J. 10. |
LEWIS, Frederick Joseph
Born Great Longstone 1886
Died 4 Oct 1918
Private 1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment).
Living Matlock in 1901 and working as a confectioners errand
boy
Service No: 203761
Cemetery: Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme (about 7 km east
of Peronne)
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. J. 32.
[parents possibly John H and Sarah E]
Also commemorated St. Giles (with Agnes Emma - wife?) More
Info |
LILL, Sydney[1]
Born Gorton, Manchester, LAN 1885
Died 17 Jul 1916, aged 31
Private 9th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Service No: S/11875
s/o William and Emily A. Lill, of "Hope Villa," New
St., Matlock.
Cemetery: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen
Grave/Memorial 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.
LIL[L]Y, 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
Died 21 Aug 1915 - Killed in the Dardenelles
Private 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 13263
Memorial: Helles Memorial, Turkey
Memorial Reference: Panel 150 to 152. |
LOWE, Horace Wilmot[6]
Born Chesterfield 1896
Died 4 Jul 1915, aged 19
Private 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 3117
s/o Mrs. Elizabeth A. Lowe, of Knabb House, Two Dales, Matlock.
Family living Chesterfield in 1901.
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
Died 14 Apr 1918, aged 28
Second Lieutenant 10th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
s/o James and Elizabeth Margerrison, of Matlock. Living M Green
in 1901
Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVIII. H. 1.
See War Graves photos (Etaples)
elsewhere on this site |
MILNE, Bernard
Born Derby 1899
Died 9 Apr 1918
Private 9th (Northumberland Hussars) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 60012
Living Derby in 1901
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 |
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 1901, with his father working as a Gas Stoker. Family moved
to Matlock between 1881 and 1891. Enlisted Derby. Resided Matlock.
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, J. P. H.
KiA 21 Mar 1918, aged 23
Serjeant 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 241800
s/o John and Alice Ann Mitchell, of 2, Lime Tree Villas, M Green,
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 1901. 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 living West View,
Chesterfield Rd in 1901.
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); husband of Frances Mabel Muir, of 90, Flodden
St., Crookes, Sheffield, YKS. Mar F M Peace in Sheffield, 1909.
Enlisted Sheffield. In 1901 JJB was Apprentice baker and living
Matlock.
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 8. |
MYCOCK, Isaac[9]
Born Buxton
[listed on CWGC, "Soldiers Died" and at Kew
as MYCROFT, but memorial lists MYCOCK.]
His name was not in the alphabetical list, but it was added
at the bottom.
Initials: J on CWGC and on Coalville War Memorial, I on enrolment
info at Kew.
Died 29 Sep 1918
Private 1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
Service No: 10585
Enlisted 1915 Coalville. Isaac's mother, Elizabeth Mycock, lived
in Starkholmes from before 1901 until her death in 1941. He
mar as Mycroft in 1908. Had children.
Cemetery: Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension (24 km north-east
of St. Quentin)
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. C. 15/24. |
NIXON, Frederick[1]
Born Stapenhill, DBY 1881
Private 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 12 Apr 1918, aged 36
Service No: 41288
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
Cemetery: Lapugnoy Military Cemetery (6 km west of Bethune)
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. B. 12A.
[Also commemorated Wirksworth] |
OATES, William Henry
(Willie)[1, 3]
Born Matlock
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 John Oates, of 2, Windsor Terrace, Smedley St.,
Matlock. Enlisted Matlock. Family living Matlock 1901.
Buried: St. Amand British Cemetery, Pas de Calais (17 km east
of Doullens)
Grave Reference: V. B. 1.
Also commemorated St. Giles (Lucy Elizabethalso on headstone)
More Info |
PARTRIDGE, Charles
Born Attercliffe, Yorks
DoW 11 Aug 1917
Private 2nd/7th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Formerly 1638, Notts and Derbys Regt.
Service No: 305334
Residence Leek STS. Enlisted Matlock.
Cemetery: Grevillers British Cememtery. 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
KiA 30 Sep 1915
Private 1/6th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Service No: 1892
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Matlock
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 Mrs. Ellen Poultney, of The Cottage, Bakewell Rd., Matlock.
Living Kingsbridge Ter Dale Rd in 1901 with parents Thomas Arthur
and Sarah Ellen Poultney. Enlisted Derby.
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
Died 19 Apr 1917, aged 19
Private 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 46215
s/o Edwin and Caroline Pursglove, of Sitches Farm, Starkholmes,
Matlock. Living Middleton in 1901
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
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 Rawson, of Field Terrace, Ripley. Living Matlock
Cliff in 1901 and parents William and Mary
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
Died 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.
Family living No5 Oddfellows Terrace Cavendish St in 1901. In
1891 listed as Reed. Enlisted Matlock, but resided Manchester.
Brother of Arthur Edward above
Cemetery: Maple Copse Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. B. 18 |
READ, Charles Ernest (known as Ernest)
Born Starkholmes - 1893?
Died 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 Charles Ernest
below
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
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
Living Matlock 1901. 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, W H (Harold)[1]
[no further information] |
SEEDHOUSE, John[2]
Born M Bath 1889
KiA 05 Jul 1916, aged 26
Living Upperwood 1891 and 1901 grandson of George and Elizabeth
Seedhouse. Mother Mrs. Steeples of Matlock Cliff
Corporal 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Enlisted Derby, resided Matlock.
Service No: 11321
ToW: F & F
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, G[eorge][1]
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
s/o William and Annie Sellors, of 4, Mountain View, Chesterfield
Rd., Matlock.
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 1901. 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
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
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
Additional information: Son of Alfred Shaw, of 3, Dales Bridge
Terrace, 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 7 to 10. |
SIMPSON, Ernest N.[1]
Born Matlock
Died 16 Apr 1917, aged 18
Private 36th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 341219
s/o Fred and A. E. Simpson, of Wellington St., Matlock.
Cemetery: Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard |
SLATER, E [no record found]
SLATER, James Elston
Born Matlock 1879
Died 07 Jun 1917, aged 37
Private 8th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Service No: 42005. Formerly 161692 R.F.A.
ToW: F & F
Son of Walter and Mary Elizabeth Slater, of Smedley St., Matlock;
husband of Edith Slater, of Henry Avenue, Matlock. Mar Edith
Lill 1907
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 I can make is the
E. Slater, possibly using his middle name Elston, because his
grandads name was also James. |
SLATER, George
[believed to be this soldier, given as C. Slater by CWGC]
KiA 30 Sep 1918
Gunner 68th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Service No: 176558
Enlisted Matlock
ToW: F & F
Husband of Ellen B. Slater, of 55, Aberdeen Walk, Scarborough
(George Slater married Ellen Barker Collard at Derby in Q2 1910)
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. 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
Son of William Smith, of 2, Mostyn Terrace, New St., Matlock.
Enlisted Matlock.
Living Starkholmes in 1901
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 Mr. F. W. Smith, of Far Green, Matlock; husband of Daisy
Rasell (formerly Smith), of Church St., West Liss, HAM.
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
Husband of Hannah Smith, of 4, Oldham Villas, Matlock Bank,
Matlock. Mar Hannah Smedley 1895. Children
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]
Died 23 Feb 1917, aged 46
Pioneer Serjeant 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby
Regiment)
had issue died France
Service No: 240047
Father of Edith Smith, of M Moor, Matlock. A stonemason in 1901
living M Cliff with wife Isabella and several children. Mar
Hannah Isabella Ibbotson 1892
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 10. |
SMITH, Sidney Alfred[3]
Born Matlock
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. Enlisted Buxton
Cemetery: Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard |
SMITH, William[1]
Born Matlock
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, of Asker Farm, Matlock. 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, Geo[1]
[no further information] |
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 India as joined up in
1908
s/o Alfred and Emma Statham (living with parents in 1901 census);
husband of Clara Statham, of 25, Green Hill, Wirksworth. He
mar Clara Else in 1907 at Wirksworth. 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.
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. Enlisted
Sheffield. Living Matlock Cliff in 1901, father a Police Constable
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
Enlisted: Buxton, DBY. Living Carlton NTT (as Harold) in 1901
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
Died 15 Sep 1916, aged 22
Private 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 23419
ToW: F & F
Residence Matlock.
s/o Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taylor, of Starkholmes, Matlock. Living
Starkholmes 1901
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
KiA 12 May 1915
Private 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 1514
Elisted Matlock, Resed Darley Dale
T0W: F & F
Cemetery: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 31. |
THORPE, Arthur [of Matlock Bank][3, 7]
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. 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.
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 T Frederick[1]
DoW 17 May 1917
Private 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 240892
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 1901. 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)
Private 12th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Service No: 40137
s/o George W. and Mary A. Towe, of 4, Chesterfield Rd; husband
of Sarah Towe, of 4, Chesterfield Rd., Matlock. Was an apprentice
joiner in 1901 and living on Chesterfield Road
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 1901
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[1]
Name is on memorial at All Saints
[no further information] |
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 1901
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
[no further information] |
WALL, Louis William
Born Riber, Matlock
DoW 06 Sep 1916
Rifleman 16th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Service No: 27672
ToW: F & F
Husband of Florence Wall, of 5, Richmond Terrace, Matlock. Enlisted
Matlock. s/o William and Emily Wall and living Becks Buildings
Matlock Bridge in 1901, a cotton bleacher. Living New Street
in 1891
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
Died 25 Aug 1918
Nationality: United Kingdom
Private 8th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
Service No: 203097
s/o George and Sarah Wall. Living on The Dimple in 1891
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. Enlisted Matlock, resided South
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
(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 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
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 1901. 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. |
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 Scarthin in 1901.
Husband of Millicent Wheatcroft, of 4, St. John's Terrace, Matlock.
Mar Millicent Buckley Holmes 1908 (Stockport Dist)
Cemetery: Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 63. |
WHEATCROFT, Frank[1]
[Named as Frank on Memorial at All Saints, no further information] |
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 1901. 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; husband of Maude
Jane Taylor (formerly White), of Malpas Rd., Matlock. Living
Temple Normanton in 1881
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.
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
Died 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. Living Wellington St in 1901.
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
Died 9 May 1918
Private 6th Bn. Tank Corps
Service No: 305952, formerly 285590 Royal Engineers
ToW: F & F
s/o Francis H and Jemima Wildgoose. Living Chesterfield Road
in 1891. 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 Mr. James A. Wildgoose, of 311, Edmonton St., Winnipeg,
Canada (mother : Cassandra). Living M Moor in 1901
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
1901 aged 21
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. 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 1880
Died 26 Sep 1917, aged 37
Private 2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 204407
s/o Joseph Woodhouse, of 6, The Terrace, Lumsdale, Matlock.
In 1881 census for Matlock (mother: Mary)
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.
Cemetery: Matlock (St. Giles) Churchyard (parents also on headstone)
More Info |
WOODIWISS, R
[no further information, though there is information about an
F Woodiwiss on the CWGC site] |
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. S. L. Woodiwiss, of Rose Villa, New St., Matlock.
Enlisted Matlock.
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
ToW: F & F
s/o John Samuel and Maria Woolley, of 3, Park Square, Woolley
Rd., Matlock. 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.
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 1901.
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. Living Hurst in 1901. Enlisted Matlock.
Cemetery: Assevillers New British Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. E. 1. |
WYATT, John Walter[1]
Born Ashover
Died 8 Sep 1918
Lance Corporal 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 87488
s/o Mr. J. Wyatt, of Jackson Rd., Matlock.
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 and George Lindsey Clay and Harry Clay were relatives.
[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 onDarley 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 of
them on his Tansley Village website www.tansleyvillage.org.uk
(under Historical bits and pieces.
[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
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 in: High Peak News August 13 1921
This can be read at County Hall Local Studies Library
 How to
contact County Hall Local Studies Library
There's a page
onsite about Harold Joseph Cook
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 particularly like
to hear from you. Please email and in the
subject line write Matlock Bath War Memorial. Thank you.
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