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War Memorial - Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire, England, England


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John Bennett
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Driver
76559
abt. 1895, Bakewell, Derbyshire
27 April 1915
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28th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Mrs. Annie Bennett,
of Buxton, Derbyshire.
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William Bennett
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Private
5928
abt. 1882, Earl Sterndale
03 May 1915
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1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Husband of Elizabeth Bennett,
of The Lime Works, Sterndale Moor, Derbyshire
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John Bowman
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Private
1067
abt. 1887, Handell, Buxton, Derbyshire
11 November 1914
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15th (The King's) Hussars
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
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John Briddon
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Private
20311
abt. 1883, Taddington, Derbyshire
16 November 1915
32
3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards
Loos Memorial, Loos-en-Gohelle, France
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John William Heathcote
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Private
10371
abt. 1892, Buxton, Derbyshire
20 February 1915
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2nd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
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Herbert Henry Heathcote
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Private
10/900
18 July 1888, Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire
07 June 1917
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1st Bn. Wellington Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Heathcote,
of Earl Sterndale, Buxton, Derbyshire.
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John William Hewitt
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Private
2945
abt. 1897, Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire
07 December 1915
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3rd/1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)
Earl Sterndale (St. Michael) Churchyard
Son of Francis and Sarah Hewitt,
of Earl Sterndale.
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John William Lomas
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Private
18406
abt. 1894, Buxton, Derbyshire
05 July 1916
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1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Thiepval Memorial, France
Son of Matthew and Thirza Lomas,
of Bradshaw Farm, Longnor, Buxton.
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Clifford William Mellor
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Private
58655
abt. 1898, Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire
12 October 1918
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1st/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
Fresnoy-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Son of George Henry Mellor and Hannah Mellor,
of Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire,
husband of Mrs. C. Mellor,
of 15, Bennett St., Buxton.
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Thomas Mellor
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Private
TR6/4645
abt. 1897, Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire
10 March 1917
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12th Bn. Training Reserve
formerly 13th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Rugeley Cemetery, Staffordshire, England
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James Milner
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Private
19268
abt. 1899, Hartington, Derbyshire
27 May 1918
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1st/4th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Soissons Memorial, France
Son of Henry and Elizabeth Milner,
of Crowdicote, Longnor, Buxton, Derbyshire.
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Allen Nadin (CWGC: Naden)
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Private
203845
abt. 1890, Burbage, Derbyshire
11 December 1917
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2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Ribecourt British Cemetery, Ribecourt-la-Tour, France
Son of John Thomas Naden and Hannah Naden,
of How Green Farm, Brandside, Buxton, Derbyshire
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William "Willie" Nadin (CWGC: Naden)
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Private
203839
abt. 1893, Hartington, Derbyshire
23 March 1918
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2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Arras Memorial, France
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Joseph Pickford
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Serjeant
240329
abt. 1892
12 October 1918
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"A" Coy. 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, France
Son of William and Annie Pickford,
of Sterndale Moor, Earl Sterndale, Buxton,
husband of Sarah Elizabeth Pickford,
of Town End, Chelmorton, Buxton.
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Frederick Shimwell (CWGC: Shemwell)
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Private
18468
abt. 1887, Taddington, Derbyshire
09 May 1915
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1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Husband of Elsie Shemwell,
of Dowlow Lime Works, Sterndale Moor, Derbyshire
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Levi Wilcox (CWGC: Willcox)
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Private
18405
abt. 1878, Birkenhead, Cheshire
09 May 1915
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1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois Grenier, France
Boarding at the home of Benjamin Nadin,
of 8, Pomeroy Cottages, Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire
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Jasper Allison Wheeldon
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Private
26188
abt. 1887, Buxton, Derbyshire
18 October 1917
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5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

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Frederick William Woodward
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Corporal
18104
17 June 1885, Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire
25 May 1915
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3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
Vimy Memorial, France
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Woodward,
of Sycamore Cottage, Earl Sterndale, Buxton, Derbyshire.
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Prince Henry Berrisford
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Corporal
241821
abt. 1895
03 April 1918
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"D" Coy. 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Son of William and Ada Berrisford,
of "Myrtledene", Lightwood Rd., Buxton, Derbyshire.
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Thomas Abbott
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Eric Heathcote
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Leading Seaman
P/JX 157069
abt. 1915
28 March 1943
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Royal Navy, H. M. Submarine "Thunderbolt"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England
Husband of Alice Lavinia Colnett Heathcote,
of Buxton, Derbyshire.
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Stanley Hoggart (Probably)
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Private
T/14666707
abt. 1912, Rochdale, Greater Manchester
29 January 1944
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Royal Army Service Corps
Manchester (Gorton) Cemetery, Lancashire
Son of Arthur William and Millicent Ethel Hoggart,
husband of Beatrice May Hoggart,
of Gorton, Manchester.
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Robert Riley
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Private
4977639
abt. 1922
12 July 1944
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1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Imphal War Cemetery, India
Son of Robert William and Lydia Riley,
of Buxton, Derbyshire.
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