Lest We Forget |
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To
the honoured memory of the men of the place who fell
in the Great War 1914-1918
Grant
them O’Lord eternal rest and may light
perpetual shine upon them
BARKER | Robert |
Private
9910, 17th Company, Labour Corps, and Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly
55692, South Staffordshire Regiment, killed in action 27th April
1918 aged 43. Son of James & Catherine of Ellastone, Staffordshire
and husband of Ellen Elizabeth Harrison, formerly Barker nee Beard
of Pearl Bank, Marston Montgomery, Derbyshire. whom he married in
1908. Prior to enlistment he was a Carter on a farm in his native
village of Snelston. He is buried at White House Cemetery, St Jean-Les-Ypres,
Belgium |
EVANS | Richard | Lieutenant,
1/6th Territorial, Sherwood Foresters, Notts and Derby Regiment,
died of wounds on the 10th August 1917 aged 20. Son of Reverend
Arthur & Margaret Emma of 11. Marlborough Lane, Bath, Native of
Snelston and is buried at Bethune Town Centre Cemetery, France |
FORMAN | Edwin |
Lance
Corporal 12184, 2nd Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby Regiment,
killed in action 16th September 1916 aged 24. Son of Edwin and Amelia
of Weston on Trent, Derbyshire and brother of Henry who also fell.
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
FORMAN | Henry | Private
27842, 16th Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby Regiment killed in
action 10th September 1916 aged 19. Son of Edwin and Amelia of Weston
on Trent, Derbyshire and brother of Edwin who also fell 6 days after
him. He is also commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
LEASON | Scott |
Private
28939, 10th Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby Regiment, killed in
action 25th May 1918 aged 23. Son of Joseph & Alice of Deggs Place,
Bromley Hurst, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. Native of Snelston,
resident at Buxton, Derbys, enlisted at Rugeley, Staffs and is commemorated
on the Arras Memorial, France |
PELL | Richard Harvey | Lance
Corporal 21003, 4th Grenadier Guards, died of wounds on the 28th
September 1916 aged 28. Son of Richard & Annie of Ashley, Northhants.
Buried at Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, South Wales |
WOOD | Frederick Samuel |
Private
40159, 7/8th Royal Irish Fusiliers, formerly 52801 Sherwood Foresters,
Notts & Derby Regiment, killed in action 20th November 1917 aged
36. Son of William & Eleanor of Newton Regis, Tamworth, Staffordshire
and husband of Rose Campion, formerly Wood of Roston, near Ashbourne,
Derbyshire. Native of Norman’s heath, Staffordshire, Resident at
Ashbourne, enlisted at Snelton, and is commemorated on the Arras
Memorial, France |
1939-1945 |
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INGS | Kenneth | Private
14706556, 1st Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Regiment died 30th September
1944 aged 19. Son of William Bertie & Elsie May of Snelston and
brother of John who also fell. Buried at Valkenswaard War cemetery,
near Eindhoven, Holland |
INGS | John Rupert |
Able
Seaman D/SSX15096, H.M.S. Exeter, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve,
died 20th March 1945 aged 29. Son of William Bertie & Elsie May
of Snelston and brother of Kenneth and husband of Gwendoline of
Doveridge, Derbyshire. Buried at Ambon War cemetery, Indonesia |
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