Roll of Honour - Derbyshire

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

DRONFIELD WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © Louis Mills & Michael Peck 2019

The memorial was originally sited at the White Swan Public House, Chesterfield Road, Dronfield but was later moved into the Public Library garden, Public Library, High Sreett, Dronfield. It takes the form of a plain figure of a soldier, at ease, with right leg resting on a tree stump and hands resting on the muzzle of a bronze rifle, standing on a square plinth and octagonal three stepped base. There are 74 names llsited for World War 1 and 28 names for World War 2. The mason was George Platts and the artist Joseph Syddall; the memorial was unveiled 29 October 1922 by Brigadier General H L Alexander, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. and dedicated by Rev. G. J. Johnson, Rev. W. T. Groocock, B.A., Rev. W. J. Palmer.

THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
THE GLORIOUS
DEAD
IN HONOURED
MEMORY OF THE
MEN OF THIS
TOWN WHO MADE
THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE
THEIR NAMES SHALL
ENDURE FOR EVER

ALLEN	Charles	Company Sergeant Major 6272. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 29th October 1917. Son of Frank and Jane Allen (nee Hall). Born 1897 Dronfield, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 99 to 102.
ALLEN	Stanley	Private 21666. 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died as ‘Prisoner of War’ 7th December 1918. Son of Thomas and Mary Allen (nee Blackwell). Born 1890 Dronfield, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Niederzwehren Cemetery. III.H.13.
BAGGALEY	John Austin	Gunner 34020. XII Corps HQ, Royal Artillery. Died Salonika 11th July 1917. Son of Charles Chapman and Alice Elizabeth Baggaley (nee Wright). Stepson of Mabel Esther Baggaley (nee Osborne). Born 2nd December 1892 Dronfield and enlisted Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Sarigol Military Cemetery. B.329.
BARKER	Clarence	Private 235001. 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 28th May 1917. Son of Albert and Mary Ann Barker (nee Hawkins). Born 1895 Unstone and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Loos British Cemetery. XIX.G.3.
BENNETT	Albert Edmund	[Albert Edmund Wildgoose as 1893 birth record, Albert Edmund Bennett on other records.] Private 42401. 2/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 9th October 1917.Son of Lillian Beatrice Wildgoose (now wife of John Henry Bennett). Born and enlisted Dronfield (attested 9th December 1915, mobilized 18th January 1917). Commemorated Tyne Cot Cemetery. XVIII.D.15.
BIGGIN	James Leonard	Corporal 13496. Army Pay Corps. Died 25th November 1918 Lichfield STS. Son of Arnold and Mary Biggin (nee Bailey) of Gosforth Lane, Dronfield. Born 1893 Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Dronfield Cemetery.
BINGHAM	Bertram	Private 235598. 4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 21st March 1918. Son of Walter Ward Edward and Sarah Ann Bingham (nee Watkinson). Born 1st November 1891 Dronfield, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Duhallow ADS Cemetery. IX.C.5.
BRACKENBURY	Henry	Lance Corporal 201074. 2/4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 3rd May 1917. Son of James Edwin and Mary Ann Brackenbury (nee Ambler). Stepson of Bertha Elizabeth Brackenbury (nee Skelton). Born 1897 Sheffield and enlisted Sheffield. Commemorated H.A.C. Cemetery. IV.K.16. Note: family resident Dronfield 1939.
BOOKER	Frederick Martin	Private 6836. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 18th December 1915. Son of Henry and Janet Booker (nee Reaney). Born 1876 Dronfield and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Ration Farm Military Cemetery. I.E.5.
BRIDGES	Frank	Private 23903. 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 25th November 1916. Son of George and Norah Bridges (nee Williams). Husband of Lavinia Bridges (nee Shufflebottom). Born 20th August 1891 Dronfield, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery. I.J.16.
BROOKS	John Edwin	Private 12/1195. 2/4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 20th July 1918. Son of John Edwin and Mary Ethelred Brooks (nee Simmonite). Stepson of Laura Maud Cockayne Brooks (nee Rhodes, widow of John Henry Harrison). Born 1893 Kirton in Lindsey LIN, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Soissons Memorial.
BRUNTON	William Harold Dooley	Private 13465. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of John William and Janet Brunton (nee Smith). Born 1891 Whittington LAN, enlisted 24th August 1914 Chesterfield and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 10C, 10D and 11A.
BRUSSELL	James	Private 21665. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 8th August 1916. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Brusell (nee Taylor). Husband of Sarah Ann Brussell (nee Barnes, now wife of William M J Rudge). Born 1883 Dronfield, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 10C, 10D and 11A.
BURTON	Alfred	Gunner 123614. 320th Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died Military Hospital Frensham Hill 13th July 1918, aged 36 years. Son of Joseph and Fanny Burton (nee Henson) of Dronfield. Born Keyworth NTT, enlisted Rotherham YKS (attested 30th November 1915, mobilized 16th October 1916) and resident Derby. Commemorated Bordon Military Cemetery. C.E.F.80.
BUTCHER	Herbert Wilson	Private 201923. 12th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 24th March 1918. Son of Reuben Meakin and Jane Elizabeth Butcher (nee Wilson). Husband of Alice May Butcher (nee Higginbottom). Born 7th May 1893 Dronfield, enlisted Derby and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Pozieres Memorial. Panel 13 and 14.
CHADWICK	Hayden Cyril	Private 17366. 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 20th December 1916. Son of Robert and Ann Chadwick (nee Petty). Born 1895 Conisbrough YKS, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery. III.C.1.
CLARKE	Bernard	Bernard Clarke born c1891 Ecclesfield YKS (as census, so possibly Bernard Arthur Clarke born 1890) the son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Clarke (former name unknown, marriage not proven) of Unstone. Gunner 122621. 276th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 553 Casualty Clearing Station 6th December 1917. Commemorated Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Nord. III.E.41. Note: Gunner appears identified by property to sister: Lily Clarke.
COTTERILL	Frank	Second Lieutenant. York and Lancaster Regiment (Battalion unknown). Died of wounds 11th November 1918. Son of Joseph and Ann Cotterill (nee Allen). Born 1895 Sheffield YKS and enlisted Private Coldstream Guards, 16th January 1915. Commemorated Solesmes British Cemetery. I.A.17. Note: mother has Dronfield connection.
CROOKES	Benjamin	Lance Corporal 242780. 2/5th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 6th May 1917. Son of Walter and Emma Crookes (nee Kitchen). Born 1897 Norton Woodseats and enlisted Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 7.
CROOKES	Roland	Private 16003. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly 16584 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 8th August 1917. Son of John William and Sarah Crookes (nee Watson). Born 11th August 1897 Dronfield and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Browns Copse Cemetery. IV.A.44.
DRAYCOTT	John George	Private 241093. 2/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 27th April 1917. Son of John George and Mary Ellen Draycott (nee Hill). Born 1885 Normanton YKS and enlisted Clay Cross. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 10C, 10D and 11A. Note: J Draycott on CWGC and SDGW, Joe Draycott as ‘Soldiers Effects’ but appears verified by name of mother.
EVANS	William	Private 61129. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 24th December 1917. Age and parentage unproven. Born Dronfield, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Rocquigny-Equanacourt Road British Cemetery. VIII.E.4. Note: property to aunt: Ettie (Esther) Evans.
FENNELL	Ernest	Possibly Private 12/365. 12th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of Henry Thomas and Emma Fennell (nee Fisher). Born 1882 Scrooby NTT and enlisted Penistone YKS. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 14A and 14B. Note: no proven Dronfield connection found.
GOLDTHORPE	Albert Edward	Private 13477. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 5th July 1916. Son of Ernest and Ann Elizabeth Goldthorpe (believed nee Staniforth but unverified). Born 17th December 1896 Dronfield, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Mericourt-L’Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension. II.C.2.
GRAY	Walter	Private 202698. 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 2nd October 1918. Son of Walter and Charlotte Emma Gray (nee Robinson, now wife of William Reeves). Born 1886 Sheffield YKS, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Menin Road South Military Cemetery. I.C.13.
GREAVES	Montague Adamson Langley	Corporal 33599. 14th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 4567 York and Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds 10 Casualty Clearing Station 29th September 1918. Son of Fowler Thomas John and Alice Greaves (nee Sheard). Husband of Elsie Greaves (nee Bramhall, now wife of Herbert Robinson). Born 1891 Dronfield, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. XXV.K.25A.
HARRISON	Clarence John Mackay	Private 12/1325. 12th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of Clarence Bailey and Jessie Mary Harrison (nee Cantell, now wife of Rev. George Moore). Born 12th May 1898 Dronfield and enlisted 23rd January 1915 Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 14A and 14B.
HASLAM	Charles	Charlie Haslam as birth record. Private 92929. 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, formerly 43406 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 3rd June 1918. Son of Thomas James and Elizabeth Alice Haslam (nee Fowler). Born 1897 Dronfield, enlisted Chesterfield (called up for service 23rd June 1917) and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Bienvillers Military Cemetery. Xxi.B.3.
HERRINGTON	Ernest	Private 63939. 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 66918 Royal Defence Corps. Killed in action 27th September 1918. Son of George Henry and Annie Elizabeth Herrington (nee Ford). Born 1899 Dronfield and enlisted Chesterfield. Commemorated Lowrie Cemetery. F.6.
HEWITT	Maurice	Private 39902. 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 21st March 1918. Son of Herbert and Ada Hewitt (nee Silcock) of Dronfield. Born 1899 Dronfield and enlisted Chesterfield (attested 11th December 1916, mobilized 15th March 1917). Commemorated Pozieres Memorial. Panel 29 and 30.
HIRST	Harry	Private 103919. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), formerly 63814 North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th October 1918. Only son of Samuel and Mary Eliza Hirst (nee Pugh). Born 14th September 1899 Dronfield, enlisted Chesterfield (attested 1st September 1917, mobilized 24th May 1918) and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Brancourt-le-Grand Military Cemetery. A.20.
HODGSON	Herbert Frank	[Hodgson on memorial, Hodson on all other records.] Private 19711. 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action 3rd May 1917. Son of Thomas and Ellen Hodson (nee Sharman, widow of William Holmes). Born 1890 Whittington, enlisted 12th July 1915 Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 5.
HOWARTH	Henry	Lance Corporal 18185. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of Herbert and Miriam Howarth (nee Turner) of Blue Sloops Hotel. Born 1876 Barlow, enlisted Killamarsh YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Blighty Valley Cemetery. V.H.18.
JACKSON	Charles	Sergeant 1163. Engine Repair Shops, Royal Flying Corps. Died accidentally (noted as: ‘not flying’) 11th November 1917. Son of William Hardy and Alice Jackson (nee Shaw) of Green Lane, Dronfield (as 1911). Born 1893 Nottingham NTT and enlists 14th March 1914. Commemorated St Sever Cemetery Extension. P.III.N.14B.
JOHNSON	Thomas	Private 15892. 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 30th September 1918. Son of Thomas and Ellen Johnson (nee Savage, now wife of Walter Jones). Born 1890 Dronfield, enlisted Dronfield and resident Mansfield NTT. Commemorated Brie British Cemetery. IV.C.7. Note: property to sister: Mary Ann Johnson (now wife of Isaac Rowley).
LAWLEY	Leonard John	Private 12703. 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 14th October 1916. Son of Lewis John and Jane Laweley (nee Brown). Born 1896 Birmingham WAR, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Etaples Military Cemetery. VIII. A.2A.
LEE	Thomas William	Private 31199. 5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 30th August 1918. Son of John Henry and Mary Jane Lee (nee Styan) of Dronfield. Born 1899 Sheffield YKS, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Bancourt British Cemetery. II.D.16.
LOMAS	Thomas William	Private 31992. 2/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).Killed in action 26th September 1917. Son of Thomas and Martha Lomas (believed nee Beecham but unproven) of Unstone (as 1911). Born 1888 Sheffield YKS, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 99 to 102.
LOWCOCK	Harry	Private 2/438. 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 15th September 1916. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Lowcock (nee James). Born 1892 Dronfield and enlisted Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 14A and 14B.
LUCAS	William Herbert	Lieutenant. 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 21st January 1916. Son of Herbert Noel and Florence Ann Lucas (nee Cockayne). Born 1890 Dronfield. Commemorated Merville Communal Cemetery. VII.A.3.
MARGERRISON	Fred	Corporal 241767. 2/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 21st March 1918. Son of Frederick and Sarah Margerrison (nee Thorpe). Born 1896 Dronfield and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 7.
MARKHAM	John Henry	Private 82600. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 5th September 1918. Son of James and Elizabeth Ann Markham (nee Hartley). Born 1895 Alvaston and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Mont Huon Military Cemetery. VII.F.7B.
MATHER	James	Private 1300. 4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 24th July 1915. Son of James and Alice Mather (nee Mundy, now wife of Herbert Taylor). Husband of Florrie Mather (nee Beeson, now wife of Thomas Shaw). Born 1892 Dronfield, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Talana Farm Cemetery. II.E.4.
MAWHOOD	Claude George	Second Lieutenant. 8th Battalion, West Riding Regiment. Died 14th September 1916. Son of George Leigh and Rose Mary Emma S Mawhood (nee Roe). Husband of Myra Gladys Mawhood (nee Stratton, now wife of Alexander Hague). Born 29th June 1885 Shepherds Bush LND and resident Rookery, Dronfield (as probate). Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 6A and 6B.
MINTER	Bertram	Possibly Bertie Ernest Minter. Private 515520. 14th Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action 24th November 1917. Son of Joseph and Rachel Minter (nee Green). Born 1893 St Pancras LND, enlisted and resident Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Cambrai Memorial. Panel 11 and 12. Note: no proven Dronfield connection found.
MOORE	Frank	Corporal 70673. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 20th December 1917, aged 23 years. Son of John James and Mary Moore (nee Pearson). Born Norton Woodseats, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Dronfield. Commemorated St Sever Cemetery Extension. P.V.D.6A.
NAYLOR	Edmund Edward	Private 28638. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).Died 24th October 1918. Son of Eliza Naylor (nee Wainwright, widow of Thomas Naylor. Appears to be acknowledged son of Edward Curren, who appears to be partner of widow). Born 1897 Dronfield and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Cologne Southern Cemetery. V.D.10. Note: birth appears registered as Edmund Edward Curren Naylor.
NAYLOR	William	Private 203123. B Company, 2/6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 24th March 1918. Son of Thomas and Eliza Naylor (nee Wainwright). Husband of Elsie Naylor (nee Birkbeck). Born 1891 Dronfield, enlisted Chesterfield and resident Whittington Moor. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 7 and 8.
NEWTON	Leonard	Private 12/740. 12th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of Samuel and Frances Newton (nee Askey). Born 1888 Birmingham WAR, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 14 A and 14B.
NORRIS	Frederick Adam	Private 15886. 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 7th February 1916. Son of John and Alice Ann Norris (nee Coupe). Husband of Sarah Ann Norris (nee Holmes, now wife of James F Lancaster). Born 1890 Temple Normanton and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Iv.A.38A.
PACKARD	Joseph	[Joe Packard as 1894 birth record.] Private 13475. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 15th September 1916. Son of William and Emily Packard (nee Hanstock). Born Dronfield and enlisted Chesterfield. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 10C, 10D and 11A.
RAWSON	Thomas	Private 1388. 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 5th October 1916. Son of John Henry and Ruth Rawson (nee Guest). Born 1894 Dronfield, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Euston Road Cemetery. I.C.47.
REVILL	Arthur	Sapper 4289. 7 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 29th January 1917. Son of George Heath and Mary Ann Revill (nee Sanderson). Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Revill (nee Galer, now wife of Thomas Bingham) of Dronfield. Born 1880 Chesterfield, enlisted Scarborough YKS and resident Chesterfield. Commemorated Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. I.R.35.
RHODES	Leonard Frank	Private 12/288. 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds 24th May 1916. Son of Albert and Isabella Rhodes (nee Scott). Born 1884 Dronfield, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Essex Farm Cemetery. II.T.10.
RODGERS	Charles Henry	Private 55055. 15th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 50824 Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 30th October 1918. Son of Harriet Rodgers (later wife of George Sharpe). Born 27th February 1898 Dronfield and enlisted Derby. Commemorated Pommereuil British Cemetery. A.4.
ROSE	Frederick	Private 242845. 2/5th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 27th November 1917. Son of William and Julia Rose (nee Grant). Born 6th January 1893 Coal Aston and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Cambrai Memorial. Panel 8.
ROTHERHAM	Christopher	Private 81834. 2/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 21st March 1918. Only child of John Henry and Elizabeth Rotherham (nee Wardle). Born 1895 Unstone, enlisted Derby and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 7.
SHELDON	George Henry	Private 100905. 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 23rd October 1918. Son of William and Frances Sheldon (nee Habberjam). Born 1st November 1894 Dronfield, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension. C.7.
SHUFFLEBOTTOM	George William Wilson	Private 202140. 4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 9th October 1917.Son of William Rawden and Mary Ann Shufflebottom (nee Wilson). Husband of Mary Ann Shufflebottom (nee Mitchell, now wife of John Bullock). Born 10th December 1887 Unstone, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 125 to 128.
SMALLBONES	Russell William Langford	Private 40382. 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, formerly 43742, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died 21st March 1918. Son of William James and Emily Jane Smallbones (nee Biggs). Born 1883 Dronfield and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Pozieres Memorial. Panel 29 and 30.
SMELT	Hugh	Private 270668. 9th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), formerly 242414 Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 1st August 1918. Son of Joseph and Phoebe Ellen Smelt (nee Cavill). Born 1892 Dronfield, enlisted Chesterfield (attested 4th December 1915, mobilized 10th December 1916) and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Raperie British Cemetery. I.E.1.
STACEY	William Henry	Private 48960. 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 9th May 1919. Son of Joseph Robert and Susannah Stacey (nee Bright). Born 1891 Sheffield YKS, enlisted 30th August 1917 and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Dronfield Cemetery,
STATON	Samuel Vaughan	Private 242315. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 23rd March 1918. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Staton (nee Steel, now wife of William Bates). Born 1893 Beighton YKS and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 7.
STEELE	Sam	Possibly Sampson Steel as 1881 birth record, Sampson Steele on other records. Private 27044. 4th Battalion, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917. Son of John and Mary A Steel (nee Kirk). Husband of Hephzibah Steel (nee Cox, widow of William Cooper). Born Sheffield and enlisted 4th March 1915 Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 12. Note: no proven Dronfield connection found.
TAYLOR	John Thomas	Rifleman R/522. 12th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 6th October 1916. Born and enlisted Sheffield (as SDGW). Born 8th February 1893 Dronfield, the son of John Henry and Sarah Elizabeth Taylor (former name unknown, marriage not proven) of Wards Yard, Dronfield (as 1911). Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 13A and 13B Note: Rifleman appears identified by property to father: John H Taylor.
TURNER	Fred	Possibly born 1896 Sheffield, the son of George and Susannah Turner (nee Leah) of Sloads Farm, Dronfield Woodhouse (as 1911). Unable to identify as casualty and appears to die (no military record) 22nd February 1921 and resides 4 Gosforth Lane, Dronfield (as probate). Possible war related death and so on memorial?
WAINWRIGHT	Arthur Herbert	Rifleman R/3360. 12th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 7th October 1915. Son of Herbert and Ellen Wainwright (nee Tagg). Born 1895 Dronfield and enlisted 7th September 1914 Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Rue-Du-Bacquerot No: 1 Military Cemetery. II.D.22.
WARD	Samuel Bennett	Private 241985. 2/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 28th September 1917. Son of Joseph Robert and Emma Ward (nee Tomlinson). Born 1891 Dronfield and enlisted Dronfield. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 99 to 102.
WATSON	John	Rifleman R/520. 12th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 27th February 1917. Son of Thomas and Fanny Watson (nee Garrity) of 21 School Lane, Dronfield (as 1911). Born 1888 Blackburn LAN and enlisted Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 13A and 13B.
WEBSTER	Frederick	Private 14265. 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 14th July 1916. Son of John and Sarah Ann Webster (nee Turner). Born 1893 Dronfield, enlisted 3rd September 1914 Chesterfield and resident Dronfield. Commemorated. Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 2C and 3A.
WEBSTER	Henry Maitland	Lance Sergeant 11238. 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds 26 General Hospital 8th December 1917. Son of Robert and Fanny Webster (nee Hall) of Ashbourne (as 1911). Born 1885 Parwich and enlisted Derby. Commemorated Etaples Military Cemetery. XXXI.B.6.
WHITWORTH	Thomas Ernest	Private 14683. 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 21st March 1918. Son of Thomas and Mary Whitworth (nee Allsop). Husband of Florence Ruth Whitworth (nee Dean, now wife of Albert G Grayer). Born 2nd December 1891 Dronfield, enlisted Cresswell NBL and resident Brighton SSX. Commemorated Pozieres Memorial. Panel 52 to 54.
WOLSTENHOLME	Willis Dyson	Sergeant 15880. 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died 4th April 1918. Son of William and Bethia Wolstenholme (nee Dyson). Born 1890 Dronfield, enlisted 31st August 1914 and discharged ‘no longer physically fit’ (no reason given on record but previously hospitalised for ‘Trench Fever’) 12th July 1917. Commemorated Dronfield Cemetery.
WORNES	John Edward	Private 22605. 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 17th July 1917. Son of Henry and Caroline Wornes (nee Smith). Born 1896 Brimington, enlisted Sheffield YKS and resident Dronfield. Commemorated Dozinghem Military Cemetery. I.D.15.
1939-1945 THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
BROWN	Cyril	Stoker 1st Class P/KX84490, Royal Navy. HM Submarine Urge (lost when struck mine off Malta). Killed in action 6th May 1942. Son of Rufus and Hilda Eliza Brown (nee Horsfall) of Coal Aston. Born 1914. Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial. 68.2.
FARMER	Charlie	Unable to identify and no further information.
MOORE	Arthur	Ordinary Coder C/JX356132, Royal Navy. HMS Blean (Destroyer, sunk by German submarine U-443). Killed in action 11th December 1942. Son of Arthur and Beatrice Mary Moore (nee Adlington) of Dronfield. Born 21st April 1922 Dronfield. Commemorated Chatham Naval Memorial. 60.1.
HALL	Frank	Marine PO/X488, Royal Marines. HMS Revenge. Died of illness Addington Hospital, South Africa 25th June 1942. Son of Henry and Hannah Hall (nee Hancock) of Dronfield. Born 21st November 1908 Stubley. Commemorated Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery. F.243.
BETHEL	Charles	Charles Bethell on records. Captain 93927. 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died 15th February 1942. Son of George and Hannah Jane Bethell (nee Pearce). Born 1910 Chesterfield and resident Sheffield YKS. Commemorated Kranji War Cemetery. Joint Grave 17A.1-2.
BENFORD	William Thomas	Sergeant 2079573. 228 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 16th March 1943. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Benford (nee Morris). Husband of Ruth Eleanor Benford (nee Jennings, now wife of Albert Miller) of Dronfield. Commemorated Bone War Cemetery. III.F.4.
BENNETT	Alec Frederick	Lieutenant 240277. East Yorkshire Regiment attached 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 11th September 1943. Son of Frederick William and Mary Susan Bennett (nee Jackson). Husband of Ursula Bennett (nee Morsbach, now wife of Harold W Smith) of Sheffield YKS. Born 1919 Chesterfield District. Commemorated Salerno War Cemetery. V.E.7.
GOODALL	William	Private 5053443. 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 30th May 1944. Parentage and age unproven. Born and resident Derbyshire (as Army Roll of Honour). Commemorated Beach Head War Cemetery. XVI.B.12.
HANDLEY	John W	Unable to identify and no further information.
HALL	Albert	Guardsman 2654383. 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 23td June 1944. Son of Henry and Hannah Hall (nee Hancock) of Dronfield. Born 1911. Commemorated Bolsena War Cemetery. III.C.13.
LOCKETT	Richard	Private 13070734. Pioneer Corps. Died 14th August 1944. Son of Richard and Louisa Lockett (nee Jones) of Dronfield. Born 1917. Commemorated Dronfield Cemetery. B.U.I.106.
MORRIS	Edward Ernest	Corporal 4396663. 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 17th November 1944, aged 24 years. Son of John and Eliza H Morris (as CWGC, former name unknown marriage not proven) of Coal Aston. Born and resident Sheffield YKS (as Army Roll of Honour). Commemorated Cesena War Cemetery. II.D.6.
MOORE	Francis	Private 4978223. 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. Died 12th November 1943. Son of John James and Mary Moore (nee Pearson). Husband of Lily Rose Moore (nee Linacre). Born 1918 Chesterfield District and resident Derby (as Army Roll of Honour). Commemorated Leros War Cemetery. Sp Mem C.I.C.11.
OWENS	Kenneth	Gunner 14770099. 45 Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery. Died 7th March 1945. Son of Thomas and Annie Owens (nee Webster) of Dronfield. Born 1924. Commemorated Dronfield Cemetery. B.H.I.76.
ROBINSON	Arthur	Private 3459154. 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died 8th October 1942. Son of George H and Florrie Robinson (nee Shufflebottom) of Dronfield. Born 1920. Commemorated Kirkee War Cemetery. 10.G.10.
STENTON	Charles Reginald	Private 4978022. 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died between 1st and 30th June 1943. Son of Charles Edwin and Henrietta Stenton (nee Fielding) of Coal Aston. Born 1918. Commemorated Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. 8.C.59.
STANIFORTH	Herbert	Sergeant 5053534. 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 29th April 1945. Son of George and Sarah Staniforth (nee Tomlinson). Husband of Hilda Staniforth (nee Hawdin) of Dronfield. Born 1914. Commemorated Hamburg Cemetery. 3A.A1.5.
WOOD	Walter Leslie	Bombardier 940535. 486 Battery, 165 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 8th September 1943. Son of Isaac Herbert and Beatrice Ada Wood (nee Gould) of Dronfield. Born 1918. Commemorated Salerno War Cemetery. V.D.30.
WHITE	Tom	Gunner 978056. 154 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 29th September 1941. Son of George and Lillie White (nee Hewitt) of Coal Aston. Born 1920. Commemorated Dronfield Cemetery. B.A.1.18.
WATERALL	Charles	Private 271713. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died 6th March 1944. Son of Arthur and Agnes Waterall (nee Radford) of Ripley (as 1911). Husband of Mary Ada Waterall (nee Luckhurst, now wife of Joseph E Butler) of Ashford KEN. Born 1915 Derbyshire and resident Sheffield YKS (as Army Roll of Honour). Commemorated Ashford (Bybrook) Cemetery. 68.32. Note: Charles Waterall on birth, marriage, death record and Army Roll of Honour. CWGC has James Waterall with identical service details, appears forename in error.
WILSON	Leslie	Driver T/14611743. Royal Army Service Corps. Died 11th April 1943. Son of Ernest Aubrey and Lucy Wilson (nee Ward) of Coal Aston. Born 1925. Commemorated Celle War Cemetery. 3.F.10.
DAINS	John Kenneth	Leading Aircraftman 619769, Royal Air Force. 202 Squadron. Killed in action 5th June 1941 (crewing Consolidated Catalina AH537 lost for unknown reason between Mount Batten and Gibraltar). Son of John Edward and Sarah Ellen Dains (nee Till) of Coal Aston. Born 1919. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial. Panel 56.
GRANGER	Peter Coram	Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 116087, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 35 Squadron. Killed in action 12th September 1944 (piloting Avro Lancaster ND691 on night raid, crashed for unknown reason). Son of Henry Horace and Selina Mary Granger (nee Coram). Husband of Jean Barbara Granger (nee Ramsden, now wife of John K Hartley) of Dronfield. Born 1921. Commemorated Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. 3O.D.12.
HAWCROFT	Derek	Sergeant 1214522, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 69 Squadron. Died 21st July 1943 (no report of loss found). Son of Henry B and Elsie Hawcroft of Unstone. Born 1921. Commemorated Malta Memorial. Panel 8. Column 2. See also Malta Memorial
LOWCOCK	Charles Harry	Flying Officer (Navigator)151519, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 489 Squadron. Killed in action 14th May 1944 (crewing Bristol Beaufighter LZ432 ant-shipping attack Frisian Islands, shot down anti-aircraft fire. Both crew killed). Son of Charles Barker and Mary Lowcock (nee Milnes) of Dronfield. Born 1920. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial. Panel 207.
ROE	John Cecil	Corporal 1484154, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 1st October 1942. Son of John and Agnes Roe (nee Jarvis). Husband of Elsie Roe (nee Leary). Born 1904 Dronfield. Commemorated Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard.
SLATER	Walter	Unable to identify and no further information.
SLACK	Newman Aubrey	[Aubrey Newman Slack as 1912 Chesterfield District birth record.] Leading Aircraftman 1613196, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 16th June 1944. Son of Joel and Elizabeth Ann Slack (nee Gregory). Husband of Margaret Slack (former name unknown, believed New Zealand marriage). Commemorated Delhi War Cemetery. 5.C.11.
GREGORY	Muriel E	Unable to identify Muriel E Gregory with Derbyshire connection, no further information.
WATSON	Joseph Cyril	Able Seaman D/SSX23242, Royal Navy. HMS Jupiter (Destroyer, sunk by mine). Killed in action 27th February 1942. Son of Joseph and Gladys V Walson (nee Taylor) of Dronfield. Born 1921. Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial. 66.3.
GODFREY	William Douglas	Gunner 1521034. 446 Battery, 65 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 11th January 1943. Son of Tom and Charlotte Godfrey (nee Pearcey). Born 1919 Ecclesall YKS. Commemorated Sheffield (Crooke) Cemetery. J.J.5685.
GOLDTHORPE	Thomas James	Private D/21182. 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, Died 27th October 1939. Son of Ernest and Annie Goldthorpe (nee Staniforth). Husband of Ada Elsie Goldthorpe (nee Rudge) of Dronfield. Born 29th February 1892 Dronfield. Commemorated Dronfield Cemetery. B.A.17.
HAWDIN	Harry	Corporal S/179534. Royal Army Service Corps, attached HQ 18th Division. Died 11th January 1944. Son of William and Gertrude A Hawdin (nee Riley). Born 1914 Sheffield District YKS. Commemorated Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. B6.Y.15.
MARGERRISON	George Roderick	Lance Corporal 1873706. 55 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 1st May 1940. Son of George R and Nellie Margerrison (nee Rogerson). Commemorated Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial. Panel 5. Column 2.
PARRY	Noel	Private T/109755. Royal Army Service Corps. Died 17th June 1940. Son of John Thomas and Annie Mary Parry (nee Hewitt) of Dronfield. Born 1916. Commemorated Soulac-Sur-Mer (Olives) Communal Cemetery. Z.15.
RHODES	John	Private 13091050. Pioneer Corps. Died 23rd August 1943. Son of Joseph and Naomi Rhodes (nee Stephenson). Husband of Eva Blanche Rhodes (as CWGC, former name unknown marriage not proven). Born Dronfield 1905. Commemorated Bone War Cemetery. II.C.6.
SHARPE	William Edward	Guardsman 2659815, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 12th February 1944. Son of William and Elizabeth Sharpe (nee Straw). Husband of Violet Sharpe (nee Bellamy). Born 1917 Chesterfield District and resident Huddersfield YKS (as Army Roll of Honour). Commemorated Minturno War Cemetery. V.F.24
SHELDON	William	Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1112127, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 405 Squadron. Killed in action 24th September 1942 (crewing Handley Page Halifax W1274 on night operation to Flensburg. Believed shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed Elso Moor. No survivors). Son of Frank and Mabel Sheldon (nee Bingham) of Dronfield. Born 1921. Commemorated Abenraa Cemetery. Allied Plot 2. Collective Grave 13.
UNWIN	Arthur	Gunner 1502705. 16 Battery, 2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died between 26th and 27th April 1941. Son of Samuel and Charlotte Ann Unwin (nee Heathcote) of Dronfield. Born 1918. Commemorated Athens Memorial. Face 3.
GAMBLEN	Douglas Robert	Flying Officer (Pilot) 39657, Royal Air Force. 41 Squadron. Killed in action 29th July 1940 (piloting Supermarine Spitfire N3038 lost in combat with mixed group German aircraft off Dover). Son of George F and Florence J Gamblen (nee Graham). Born 1915 Gosport HAM and enlisted 1937. Commemorated Runnymede Memorial. Panel 5.
MILLER	Fred	Unable to identify and no further information.

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