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Names on Starkholmes' War Memorial |
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Names on the Memorial | World War
1 Casualties
Background information about those who died is provided
There are photos of Arras, Thiepval and Etaples
elsewhere on this site
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Photo © Charles Beresford
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THEY DIED FOR US
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FREDERICK G A ARKWRIGHT[1, 2]
SAMUEL FOX[2]
CHARLES FOX[2]
FREDERICK FOX[2]
THOMAS FERN[2]
JESSE FLETCHER[2]
SAMUEL GROWCOTT[2]
CHARLES JOSHUA KNOWLES[2]
WALTER ROBERT KNOWLES[2]
BERNARD MILNE[2]
HAROLD PURSGLOVE[2]
ERNEST READ[2]
FREDERICK SMITH
WILLIAM ERNEST TAYLOR[2]
THOMAS WHERRETT[2] |
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and gained
The CROWN of LIFE
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 Abbreviations |
DoW - Died of Wounds
KiA - Killied in Action
ToW - Theatre of War
F & F - France and Flanders |
M Bank - Matlock Bank
M Bath - Matlock Bath
M Dale - Matlock Dale |
Mar - Married
s/o - son of
Unm - Unmarried |
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| Those who died in WW1, 1914
- 1919 : further information |
ARKWRIGHT, Frederic George Alleyne[1, 2]
Born 23 Oct 1885
Died 14 Oct 1915, aged 29
Captain Royal Flying Corps
Secondary Regiment: formerly 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
s/o Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Charles Arkwright of Willersley, Matlock.
Cemetery: Cromford (St. Mary) Churchyard |
FERN, Thomas[2]
Born Bonsall 1896 (Thomas George)
DoW 10 Aug 1915 - in the Dardenelles, aged 18
Private 9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 13251
D in the Dardenelles
Memorial: Helles Memorial (Turkey)
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 150 to 152.
Also commemorated St. Giles (Dorothy also on headstone) More
Info
Possibly the same Thomas FEARN commemorated on the Matlock Memorial |
FLETCHER, Jesse[2]
[no further information, but probably born Holloway and living
at Draycott] |
FOX Charles[2]
FOX, Charles
Born 1889 Starkholmes*, Matlock
KiA 24 April 1917
Private 5th Bn. Border Regiment
Service No: 242112
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Derby Residence Matlock
s/o James A and Emily J Fox. Living Ward's End in 1901.
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 6.
*Soldiers Died has Strakholmes!
[There is a 1918 Will for Charles Fox, Private 243379 Lancashire
Fusiliers made 11 Oct 1916 naming sister Annie Atkins (she mar
Wilfred A 1911) but the details do not match Charles Fox of
Starkholmes and this soldier not found on CWGC website] |
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FOX, Frederick (Frederick William)[2]
Born Matlock (Starkholmes) 1888
KiA 5 Aug 1916, aged 28
Corporal 5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Service No: 14017 Formerly 20518, Hussars
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Derby.
s/o Mary Jane Fox, of Derwent House, Knowlestone Place, Matlock,
and the late Frederick Fox (a baker of oatcakes).
Buried: Wailly Orchard Cemetery, Pas de Calais (6 km S of
Arras)
Grave Reference: I. F. 5. |
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FOX, Samuel[2]
Born Matlock
KiA 27 May 1918
Private 1st Bn Lincolnshire Regiment
Service No: 43099 Formerly 3583, Notts & Derbys Regt
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Matlock
Memorial: Soissons Memorial, Aisne. The Soissons Memorial
commemorates almost 4,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom
forces who died during the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne
in 1918 and who have no known grave. |
GROWCOTT, Samuel[2]
[Soldiers died has born Matlock]
DoW 9 Oct 1918, aged 27
Private 11th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 14898
ToW: F & F
s/o Catherine Growcott, of Starkholmes, Matlock, and the late
James Growcott. Enlisted Derby
Buried: Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension
Grave Reference: I. A. 18. |
KNOWLES, Charles Joshua[2]
(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 and Mary 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[2]
(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 and Mary 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 |
MILNE, Bernard[2]
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
Memorial Reference: Panel 2. |
PURSGLOVE, Harold[2]
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. |
READ, Charles Ernest (known as Ernest)[2]
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.
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. |
SMITH, Fred (Frederick)[2]
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. |
TAYLOR, William Ernest[2]
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 |
WHERRETT, Thomas[2]
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 |
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[1] Also commemorated on the Cromford War Memorial.
[2] Also commemorated on the Matlock War Memorial: See Surnames A - J and Surnames K - W |
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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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