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War Memorial - Grindleford, Derbyshire, England


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John Wilmot Maynard
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Second Lieutenant

abt. 1897
24 April 1915
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3rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Edmund Anthony Jefferson Maynard and Margaret Blanche Maynard,
of Hoon Ridge, Hilton, Derbyshire.
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Randall Cooper
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Serjeant
12/336
abt. 1896
01 July 1916
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"B" Coy. 12th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
Queen's Cemetery, Puisieux, France
Son of George and Florence Cooper,
of Derwent House, Grindleford Bridge, Sheffield.
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Fred Uttley
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Private
16184
abt. 1894
01 July 1916
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9th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Son of Willis and Rebecca Uttley,
of Grindleford, Sheffield.
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Joe Hodgkinson
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Private
28406
abt. 1895
04 September 1916
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1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Thiepval Memorial, France
Son of George and Mary Hodgkinson,
of Grindleford, Sheffield.

George Hodgkinson
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Private
60227
abt. 1898
21 March 1918
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2nd/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Arras Memorial, France
Son of George and Mary Hodgkinson,
of Grindleford, Sheffield.
His brother Joe also fell.
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William Arthur Kenyon
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Private
38590
abt. 1887
31 July 1917 (CWGC: 30 July 1917)
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"D" Coy. 17th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of William and Sarah Jane Kenyon,
of 1, Council Houses, Grindleford, Sheffield.
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Harry White
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Private
60239
abt. 1898
28 September 1917
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2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Edward Russel White and Alice Ann White,
of 3, Council Houses, Grindleford, Sheffield.
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Frank Pennock
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Private
34469
abt. 1887
11 November 1917 (CWGC: 15 November 1917)
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7th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
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Frank Sydney Holland
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Captain (CWGC: Lieutenant)

abt. 1895
27 November 1917
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2nd/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France
Son of Job and Eva Holland,
of The Gables, Grindleford, Sheffield.
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John Clifford Priestley
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Signaller (CWGC: Able Seaman)
R/2878
abt. 1888
28 November 1917 (CWGC: 29 November 1917)
22 (CWGC: 29)
Anson Bn. R. N. Div. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Solferino Farm Cemetery, Belgium
Son of John and Sarah Priestley,
husband of Edith Priestley,
of 1, Council Houses, Grindleford, Sheffield.
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William Page
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Private


19 March 1918
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Frederick Moor Brocksopp
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Gunner (CWGC: Private)
31196
abt. 1897
21 March 1918
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16th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Pozieres Memorial, France
Son of Sarah Ann Brocksopp,
of Goats Cliffe, Grindleford, Derbyshire,
and the late John Henry Brocksopp.
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William Tenniswood
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Lance Corporal
WR/501153
abt. 1875
17 May 1918
43
Inland Waterways and Docks. Royal Engineers
Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France
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John Dronfield
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Private
57140
abt. 1900
27 May 1918 (CWGC: 28 May 1918)
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11th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Soissons Memorial, France
Son of William and Gertrude E. Dronfield,
of Grindleford, Sheffield.
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Luther Priestley
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Private
201848
abt. 1898
10 July 1918 (CWGC: 19 July 1918)
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12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
Son of Septimus and E. J. Priestley,
of White Edge Lodge, Calver, Sheffield.
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Frank Westby
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Private
240635
abt. 1898
11 August 1918
25 (CWGC: 20)
2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany
Son of Mrs. Jane Westby,
of Sheffield.
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Ernest Cecil Barley
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Corporal
572556
abt. 1922
11 October 1941
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Royal Air Force
Shelford (Ss. Peter and Paul) Churchyard, Nottinghamshire, UK
Son of Thomas Wrigley Barley and Annie Maud Barley,
of Grindleford, Derbyshire.
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Robert Gordon Bower
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Midshipman

abt. 1924
25 November 1941
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Royal Naval Reserve, H. M. S. "Barham"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
Son of Joseph Gordon Bower and of Marie Bower (nee Petitjean).
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Charles Trevor Davis
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Pilot Officer (Pilot)
33563
Distinguished Flying Cross
abt. 1921
26 March 1941
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238 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Woking (St. John's) Crematorium, Surrey, UK
Son of John and Ethel Davis,
of Grindleford, Derbyshire.

Michael Harburn Davis
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Lieutenant

abt. 1914
19 October 1940
26
Royal Navy, H. M. Submarine "Rainbow"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
Son of John and Ethel Davis,
of Grindleford, Derbyshire.
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Kenneth French
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Gunner
4977454
abt. 1923
05 March 1943
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7 Coast Regt. Royal Artillery
Singapore Memorial, Singapore
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Peter Robert Kenyon
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Private
7600666
abt. 1914
31 August 1940
25 (CWGC: 26)
4 Ordnance Field Park Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Grindleford (St. Helen) Churchyard, Derbyshire, UK
Son of Peter James Kenyon, and of Ada Kenyon,
of Frecheville, Sheffield.
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Charles Eggington Pennock
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Staff Serjeant (CWGC: Serjeant)
4037174
abt. 1917
03 September 1942
26 (CWGC: 25)
9th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Son of Pte. Frank Pennock,
Yorkshire Regt. (died on active service, 15th November, 1917),
and Ethel Pennock,
husband of Joan Lomas Pennock,
of Tideswell, Derbyshire.

Frank Leslie Pennock
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Corporal
531518
abt. 1913
08 May 1941
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113 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Son of Pte. Frank Pennock,
Yorkshire Regt. (died on active service, 15th November, 1917),
and Ethel Pennock,
of Grindleford, Derbyshire.
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Henry Bonnington Ridgeway
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Lieutenant
293725
abt. 1923
03 August 1944
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142nd (7th Bn. The Suffolk Regt.) Regt. Royal Armoured Corps
Florence War Cemetery, Italy
Son of Clement Bernard and Doris Ethel Ridgeway,
of Padley, Derbyshire.
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Leslie Leonard John Smith
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Sergeant (Air Gunner)
1473490
abt. 1924
08 May 1944
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138 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Frederikshavn Cemetery, Denmark
Son of Leonard and Mabel Eveline Smith,
of Castleton, Yorkshire.

Walter Smith
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Private
14810592
abt. 1926
15 May 1945
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2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Rangoon War Cemetery, Myanmar
Son of Leonard and Mabel Eveline Smith,
of Castleton, Yorkshire.
His brother Leslie Leonard John also died on service.
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Ronald Victor Trueman
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Pilot Officer
61969
abt. 1919
24 July 1941
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405 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK
Son of Roland and Gertrude Trueman,
husband of Eleanor Joan Trueman,
of Shatton, Derbyshire.
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