Roll of Honour - Derbyshire - Shuttlewood and Stanfree

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SHUTTLEWOOD & STANFREE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2004

The memorial takes the form of a plaque fixed to a wall.

DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF SHUTTLEWOOD AND STANFREE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS
1914-1918

BENNETT	E	No further information currently available
HAYDEN	Herbert Thomas	Private 14263, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd March 1918. Born Steveley, enlisted Chesterfield, resident Shuttlewood. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 29 and 30.
HOLMES	E	No further information currently available
HOLMES	William Edward	Private 105714, 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 4th NOvembr 1918. Born Temple Normanton, enlisted Derby, resident Suttlewood. Buried in FOREST COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave 2.
HOWARD	A	No further information currently available
KESTLE	Sydney	Private 64873, 76th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 6th October 1918. Aged 23. Born Staveley, enlisted Mansfield, resident Bolsover. Son of Mr. J. and Mrs. H. Kestle, of Chesterfield Rd., Shuttlewood, Chesterfield. Buried in PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 9.
MERRITT	Harry	[Spelt MERRETT on SDGW and CWGC] Guardsman/Private 606, 4th Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. Killed in action 27th September 1918. Aged 23. Born Wednesfield, Staffordshire, enlisted Steveley, resident Chesterfield. Son of Edgar and Sarah Jane Merrett, of 48, Bentinck Rd., Shuttlewood, Chesterfield.Formerly 15293, Coldstream Guards. Buried in HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 16.
PRICE	J	No further information currently available
PRICE	Robert Henry	Private 28759, 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 8th July 1916. Born Shuttlewood, enlsited Chesterfield, resident Hillstown. Buried in DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row N. Grave 6.
PYKETT	George [Herbert]	Private 22730, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 13th April 1918. Aged 32. Born Newark, Nottinghamshire, enlisted Chesterfield, resident Shuttlewood. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Pykett; husband of Ellen Pykett, of Shuttlewood Rd., Shuttlewood, Chesterfield. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 1.
RANDALL	Bertie Willie	Private 79564, 1st/7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 27th May 1918. Aged 19. Born Bolsover, enlisted Chesterfield, resident Shuttlewood. Son of Elizabeth Randall, of 29, Chesterfield Rd., Shuttlewood, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and the late William Randall. Formerly 91629, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.
RAYBOULD	Walter	Private 20254, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds at sea 5th January 1916. Born and enlisted Staveley, resident Stanfree, Chesterfield. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233.
ROBERTS	Harold George	Stoke 1st Class SS/114731, H.M.S. Invincible, Royal Navy. Died 31st May 1916. Aged 23. Son of Herbert George and Family Roberts, of 9, Bentinck Rd., Shuttlewood, Chesterfield. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 19.
SMEDLEY	Henry	Private 13485, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 12th March 1915. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Staveley, resident Shuttlewood. Son of Daniel Smedley, of 7, Seymoor, Norbriggs, Chesterfield. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 26 and 27.
STANLEY	S	No further information currently available
STARKEY	William	Private 12463, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 15th July 1916. Born Old Whittington, enlisted Mansfield, resident Shuttlewood. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A.
TAYLOR	George	Private 3140, 1st/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 19th March 1916. Aged 20. Born Suttlewood, enlisted Bolsover. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Taylor, of Shuttlewood, Chesterfield; husband of Dorothy Parkin Taylor, of 11, Sutton Hall Rd., Caor Vale, Bolsover, Chesterfield. Buried in CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XV. Row K. Grave 14.
1939-1945
BROWN	J	No further information currently available
FLETCHER	J	No further information currently available
MAUGHAN	Thomas	Private 14681538, 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 19th ugust 1944. Aged 19. Son of Daniel and Cecilia Elizebeth Maughan, of Shuttlewood, Derbyshire. Buied in ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX, Calvados, France. PLot IX. Row F. Grave 12.
PECK	G	No further information currently available
WOOLDRIDGE	Edward	Gunner 843519, 8 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died between 1st and 1nd October 1942. Aged 26. Son of Edward and Martha Wooldridge, of Shuttlewood, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SAI WAN MEMORIAL, Hong Kong, China. Column 6. The SAI WAN MEMORIAL forms the entrance to Sai Wan War Cemetery and bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen who died in the Battle of Hong Kong, or subsequently in captivity, who have no known grave.

Last updated 27 May, 2006

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