
AULT
HUCKNALL WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 &
2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Peter English 2010
The memorial
consists of a simple obelisk set upon a block of stone on the faces
of which is inscribed the names and ranks of the fallen. The memorial,
which is contained within iron railings, stands upon a grassy area
at a minor road junction close to Stainsby Mill and the entrance to
Hardwick Hall Park.

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Photograph
copyright © Peter English 2010 |
TTHE
GLORIOUS DEAD
1914 – 1918
ERECTED
IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY
TO THE BRAVE MEN OF AULT HUCKNALL
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
ALLGOOD |
F |
Private |
BAKER |
F |
Private |
BARGH |
Walter |
Guardsman
18202, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 25 September
1916. Born Ault Hucknall, enlisted Bolsover, Derby. ** Cannot
locate CWGC entry *** |
BATTY |
Hayden |
[Memorial
states Quartermaster Serjeant] Serjeant G/74263, 5th Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers attached 2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles.
Died 3 July 1918. Aged 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Batty, of
1, Doe Lea, Chesterfield. Born at Killamarsh Sheffield. Buried
in LUMBO BRITISH CEMETERY, Mozambique. Plot I. Row D. Grave 1. |
BURCUMSHAW |
J |
Private |
BERRY |
A |
Private |
CHARLESWORTH |
C
C |
Private |
COOK |
T |
Private |
CLAYTON |
J
A |
Private |
DUTTON |
C |
Private |
GREEN |
John |
Private
13068 [SDGW] or 12068 [CWGC], 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 12
October 1917. Born Ault Hucknall, enlisted Chesterfield, resident
Sheepbridge, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162
to 162A. |
GRAINGER |
William
[Henry] |
Private
18789, 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Died 23 July
1918. Aged 32. Son of the late William and Hannah Grainger, of
Ault Hucknall, Buried in GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 1. |
HARRISON |
E |
Private |
ISON |
A |
Private |
LIMB |
J |
Private |
LIMB |
George |
Private
201383, 6/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of wounds
30 September 1917. Aged 23. Born Ault Hucknall, enlisted Chesterfield.
Son of Elizabeth Limb, of Hardwich, Doe Lea, Chesterfield, and
the late John Limb. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 42. |
LEE |
G |
Private |
MITCHELL |
J |
Private |
MITCHELL |
S |
Private |
MASKERY |
F |
Private |
MURDEN |
J |
Private |
RICHARDS |
W |
Private |
RAMSELL |
W |
Private |
SHAKESPEARE |
F |
Private |
SAXTON |
Lawrence |
Able
Seaman SS/5276, H.M.S. Nymphe, Royal Navy. Killed by an explosion
9 July 1917. Aged 20. Born 9 October 1896 in Chesterfield. Son
of Herbert and Ann Saxton, of 7, Doe Lea, Chesterfield. Collier
by trade. Height 5 feet 7½ inches, girth 36½ inches, ginger hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH
NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 25. |
TAYLOR |
Wm |
Private |
TAYLOR |
Wfd |
Private |
THOMPSON |
A |
Private |
TAFT |
R |
Private |
TARLTON |
H |
Private |
WAIN |
D |
Private |
WAIN |
W |
Private |
THEIR
NAMES SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER |
THE
GLORIOUS DEAD
1939
- 1945
|
GARDENER |
E |
Sapper
- No further information currently available |
HOLE |
George
Henry |
Serjeant
549147, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps. Died
27 December 1942. Aged 27. Son of Charles Edward and Mary Hole;
husband of Hilda Hole, of Doe Lea, Derbyshire. Buried in ALEXANDRIA
(HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 4. Row H. Grave 15. |
HOLE |
William
Lenard |
Gunner
856082, 8 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died from Cardiac Arrest
and Beri-Beri as a Japanese Prisoner of War 10 February 1944.
Aged 25. Camp 03B (Oeyama). Buried in YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY, Japan.
British Section Plot B. Row B. Grave 13. |
MAXEY |
Arnold |
Driver
T/182219, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 16 December 1944. Aged
28. Son of Ruth Maxey, and stepson of Charles Percival Ashmore,
of Pilsley, Derbyshire. Buried in ROOSENDAAL-EN-NISPEN ROMAN CATHOLIC
CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Row A. Grave 2. |
REDFERN |
H |
Lance
Corporal - No further information currently available |
THOMAS |
J |
Private
- No further information currently available |
WILD |
Ernest
Haydon |
Lieutenant
277910, 12th (Airborne) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 24
March 1945. Aged 22. Son of John James Wild and Ethel Wild, of
Bramley Vale, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST
WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 39. Row C. Grave
3. |
Last
updated
16 August, 2016
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