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Matlock's WW1 Casualties Not Listed on the Memorial |
List of those who died in WW1 (1914 - 1919).
Background information about those who died is provided.
Includes names missing from the Memorial,
but commemorated in St. Giles' Church
All names included on this page (quick check)
Men commemorated only on the gritstone tablets
in St. Giles' Church (4)
Not on the Memorial but wreaths sent to the Unveiling
Ceremony (3)
Additional names linked to Matlock but not on
the Memorial (47)
There are photos of Arras, Thiepval and Etaples
elsewhere on this site
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All listed under Additional names linked
to Matlock (47 names)
unless there's a note/number against the name (green coloured
hyperlink),
in which case click that instead
All had relatives in or links to the district, but aren't on
the memorial
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G. ACKROYD
A. ALLEN
A. K. APPLEBY
J. L. BAGSHAW
G. H. BAILEY
G. BONHAM-CARTER1
F. BRINDLEY
J. BROOKS
F. BUCKLEY
J.BUNTING
S. CARLINE2
E. CHELL
H. COATES
H. DARRELL
L. DRURY
H. S. EDWARDS
A. H. ELVIDGE
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A. FEARN
G. I. FEARN
A. FOOTITT
E. GREGORY
W. HAMILTON
J. HARGREAVES
T. HARTLE
J. HOLLINGWORTH
R. HOLMES
B. HOUGHTON
W. H. HURSTHOUSE2
E. JOHNSON
W. J. KNOWLES2
R. J. R. LEACROFT1
H. MARSDEN
H. MARSH
G. MELLOR
F. NEWTON |
A. E. OAKLEY
RYDER D. G.
W. C.SEENEY
G. W. SKINNER
H. SMITH
F. G. SPENCER
F. D. STONES1
G. C. STONES1
E. A. TAYLOR
J. THOMPSON
M. E.TOMLINSON
J. TOPLIS
J. TURNER
J. UPTON
G. E. D. WESTCOMBE
F. WHITEHEAD
F. C.WHITEHEAD
C. WILLIAMS |
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 Abbreviations |
DoW - Died of Wounds
KiA - Killied in Action
MC - Military Cross
ToW - Theatre of War
F & F - France and Flanders |
M Bank - Matlock Bank
M Bath - Matlock Bath
M Cliff - Matlock Cliff
M Dale - Matlock Dale
M Green - Matlock Green
M Moor - Matlock Moor |
Mar - Married
s/o - son of
Unm - Unmarried |
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| Commemorated only on the
gritstone tablets in St. Giles' Church |
BONHAM-CARTER, Guy
Born London 1884
DoW 15 May 1915, aged 30 He was wounded by a sniper in a support
trench at about 3 a.m. on 15th May 1915 and died the same day.
Captain 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars - Acting
Adjutant of The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars when war broke
out. A professional soldier.
s/o the late Alfred Bonham-Carter, C.B., and the late Mary Henrietta
Bonham-Carter. Mar at the Arkwright Church in October 1911,
Kathleen, (only) daughter of Frederic C. Arkwright, of Willersley.
Wife returned to Willersley when war broke out. L a young daughter
and son of six weeks.
Buried: Vlamertinge Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. The cemetery is remarkable for the care with which
men of the same unit were buried side by side if they died at
about the same time.
Grave Reference: I. G. 3.
There is a Memorial to him in Cromford Church. |
LEACROFT,
Ranald John Ranulph
Born 1894 Weston Nr Stafford
Captain 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
KiA 1 Jul 1916, aged 22. He died on the first day of the Battle
of the Somme. All the officers were killed or wounded.
Awards: MC
Living Rowberrow SOM in 1901. s/o Edward R. and Alice Leacroft,
of Rowberrow Manor, Winscombe, SOM.
Memorial: Redan Ridge Cemetery,No.1, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 40. |
STONES, Francis
Dawbarn
Born Wisbeach 1878 (brother of GCS below)
Died 28 Sep 1917, aged 39
Captain 2nd/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Awards: MC
ToW: F & F
s/o Thomas and Maria Yelverton Stones; husband of Margaret Julia
Stones. Mar Margaret Julia Moxon in 1906, the daur of Dr. Moxon.
Living at Ashfield, M Bath in 1901. He was an Articled Clerk
account
Cemetery: Mendinghem Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. F. 9. |
STONES, Gerald
Cunliffe
Born Wisbeach 1879 (brother of FDS above)
Death 30 May 1917 (shot down near Gaza)
Nationality: Australian
Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps
Secondary Regiment: Australian Light Horse
Secondary Unit: and 4th
ToW: Egypt & Palestine
s/o Thomas and Maria Y. Stones. Native of Wisbeach. Living at
Ashfield, M Bath in 1901. He was an art student in 1901, later
an orchid grower in Australia.
Cemetery: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 32. |
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wreaths sent to the Unveiling Ceremony |
CARLINE, Samuel4
Born Matlock 1888
Private 1st/5th Bn.Northumberland Fusiliers
Died: 26 Oct 1917 aged 27
Service No: 241402
ToW: F & F
s/o Mrs. Ruth Carline, of Yew Tree House, The Green, Bonsall,
Matlock; husband of Beatrice L. Taylor (formerly Carline), of
32, Hillside, Holloway, Matlock. Enlisted Wirksworth. Parents
Samuel and Ruth Carline and family living Gladstone Terrace,
M Bank in 1891. Mar Beatrice Pickering 1911.
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 19 to 23 and 162.
1. The High Peak News of August 13 1921 reported the
name S. CARLINE as being amongst those inscribed on the memorial,
but his name does not actually appear.
2. Stuart Brown has contributed the following quotation:
'Wirksworth Soldier Missing
Private S. Carline of the Northumberland Fusiliers is reported
missing as from October 26th. His wife and three young children
reside at Wirksworth. Before the war Pte Carline worked at Ambergate.'
[Source: Derby Mercury newspaper, dated 14th December
1917.] |
HURSTHOUSE, W. H.
Amongst the wreaths was one commemorating the life of William
Ernest HURSTHOUSE but his name does not appear on the memorial.
Searches for a birth for a person with this combination of names
have been unsuccessful. No one with those names seems to have
been born in the UK, or at least in the years leading up to
the First War. So was he the William Hursthouse born in Tibshelf
in 1885 and living there still in 1901? Further details would
be gratefully received.
There's a medal card for Hursthouse, W H
He is listed as:
Royal Field Artillery 82484 Gunner
Royal Garrison Artillery 226560 Gunner |
KNOWLES, William James
(Willie)
Born Matlock 1898
Rifleman 16th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
DoW 23 Apr 1917
Service No: R/36989. Formerly TR/13/26741, 109th T.R. Battn.
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Matlock
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 7. |
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| Additional names linked
to Matlock but not on the Memorial |
ACKROYD, George
Born Matlock (Birthplace given in Soldiers Died but n/f)
DoW 01 Mar 1917
Private 16th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's
Own)
Service No: 19281
ToW: F & F
s/o Mr. J. Ackroyd, of 30, Springfield St., Manningham, Bradford.
Enlisted Matlock
Buried: Couin New British Cemetery, Pas de Calais. Couin is
a village 15 km east of Doullens
Grave Reference: B. 10.
Query: Has there been some slight confusion and this should
be of Little Matlock, Sheffield, Yorkshire? If you know, please
email (see footer) |
ALLEN, Arthur
Born M Bath 1891, bap 22 Nov 1891 Holy Trinity
KiA 25 Dec 1917, aged 26
Private "C" Coy. 1st/8th Bn. Manchester Regiment
Service No: 301558
ToW: F & F
s/o Frank and Frances Allen, of 82, Walter St., Harpurhey, Manchester.
Enlisted Manchester. Family living Glenorchy Cottages in 1901.
Cemetery: Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. N. 19. |
APPLEBY, Albert Keeling
Born Matlock 1876
DoW 22 Apr 1917, aged 41
Private 27th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 34670
s/o Matilda Appleby, of 203, St. Ann's Rd., Rotherham, YKS.
Enlisted Rotherham. Living there 1901 and employed as Assistant
In Glass Warehouse
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery
Grave Reference: XIX. F. 9.
See War Graves photos (Etaples)
elsewhere on this site |
BAILEY, George Henry
Born M Bank 1892
Died 29 Oct 1914
Private 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
Service No: 10761
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Coventry
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, one of four Memorials
to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known
as the Ypres Salient
Memorial Reference: Panel 11. |
BOOTH, William
[Is he J.W. Booth commemorated on the memorial?]
Born Matlock
KiA 8 May 1915
Private 1st Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
Service No: 18685
Enlisted Barnsley
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, one of four Memorials
to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known
as the Ypres Salient
Memorial Reference: Panel 36 and 55. |
BRINDLEY, Frank
Born M Bath
KiA 30 Jun 1915
Rifleman 3rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service No: 9641
ToW: F & F
Brother of Mr. F. Brindley, of 82, Wolfe St., Derby. Enlisted
Derby
Cemetery: Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery, Houplines. (1 km
south-east of the village)
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 87. |
BROOKS, John
Born Matlock
Private 11th Bn. Manchester Regiment
DoW 18 Aug 1915
Service No: 24731
Enlisted Derby
ToW: Gallipopi
Buried: Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. From the spring of 1915,
the hospitals and convalescent depots established on the islands
of Malta and Gozo dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded,
chiefly from the campaigns in Gallipoli and Salonika
Grave Reference: A. VII. 4. |
BUCKLEY, Frank
Born Matlock 1885
KiA 12 Mar 1917
Private 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 61542
ToW: F & F
Living M Dale in 1901
Cemetery: Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais.
Philosophe lies between Bethune and Lens.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. M. 46. |
BUNTING, John
Born Bonsall, Matlock
DoW 13 Oct 1915, aged 25
Private "H" Coy. 2nd Bn.
Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 10813
s/o John and Ruth Bunting; husband of Florence Mary Bradley
(formerly Bunting), of 1, Ash Yard, Sherwood St., Nottingham.
Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen.
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 12 km west of Ieper
town centre
Grave Reference: I. B. 11A. |
CHELL, Ernest
Born Wensley, Matlock 1899
Died 27 May 1918
Private 1st/4th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service No: 75862, Formerly 114170, 51st Grad Batt Northumberland
Fusiliers.
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Bakewell
Memorial: Soissons Memorial, Aisne. 100 km north-east of Paris |
COATES, Harry
Born Matlock
DoW 14 Sep 1916
No regt given, but L/Cpl, No 8142
Enlisted Derby |
DARRELL, Harry
Born Matlock
Lance Corporal 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
KiA 14 Sep 1916
Service No: 23025
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Leeds.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 8 D. |
DRURY, Leslie
Born Matlock 1894
KiA 16 Aug 1917
Private 11th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Service No: 43013. Formerly 22129, Notts and Derbys Regt
ToW: F & F
Living Derby 1901. Enlisted Buxton Residence London
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 70 to 72. |
EDWARDS, Henley Spencer
Born Matlock 1897
KiA 23 Oct 1916, aged 19
Private "D" Coy. 2nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment
Service No: 23099
ToW: F & F
s/o Dr. Arthur and A. M. Spencer Edwards, of "St. Elmo,"
Halling, Rochester, KEN. Living there in 1901. Enlisted Chatham.
Cemetery: Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais (Bancourt
is a village which lies approximately 4 km due east of Bapaume)
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. F. 2. |
ELVIDGE, Albert Henry
Born Matlock 1893
KiA 1 Dec 1917
Private 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards
Service No: 24701
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Nuneaton
Memorial: Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord. The Cambrai Memorial
commemorates more than 7,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom
and South Africa who died in the Battle of Cambrai in November
and December 1917 and whose graves are not known.
Memorial Reference: Panel 2. |
FEARN, Abraham
Born Matlock 1894
DoW 8 May 1916 (Home)
Private 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 18837
Enlisted Chesterfield
Cemetery: Newbold (St. John) Churchyard
Grave Reference: B. 4. 16. |
FEARN, George Isaac
Born Matlock 1890
DoW 31 Jul 1916, aged 26
Private 97th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Service No: 8845. Formerly 228866, Notts and Derbys Regt.
ToW: F & F
s/o Mrs. Mary Ann Fearn, of 52, New Bridge St., Old Whittington,
Chesterfield. Living Cobden Terrace in 1891. Enlisted Chesterfiled.
Resided Sheepbridge.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. L. 21. |
FOOTITT, Arthur
Born M Bath 1884
KiA 23 Aug 1916
Serjeant 13th Bn Yorkshire Regiment
Service No: 29691. Formerly 31057, Notts and Derby Regt
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Leeds. Living Temple Road, M Bath 1891. s/o Henry and
Harriett
Cemetery: Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, Pas de Calais. Maroc
British Cemetery is located in the village of Grenay, which
is about 15 km south-east of Bethune.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. J. 31. |
GREGORY, Ernest
Born Matlock
KiA 1 Oct 1918
Private 1st/5th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service No: 201342
ToW: F & F
Resided Belper. Enlisted Derby
Cemetery: Anneux BRITISH Cemetery, Nord.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. D. 33. |
HAMILTON, Walter
Born Matlock (on Soldiers Died)
KiA 28 Jul 1916, aged 30
Private 11th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 15749
ToW: F & F
s/o Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hamilton, of Baslow Rd., Bakewell.
1901 census has b. Ashford-I-t-W
Resided Bakewell. Enlisted Derby
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. |
HARGREAVES, James
Born Matlock (The only James H found was born in 1860.)
Died at Sea 4 May 1917
Private 3rd Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Service No: 266051
Enlisted Stockport. Resided Dukinfield
Memorial: Savona Memorial, Italy. On 4 May 1917, the Hired Transport
"Transylvania", proceeding to Salonika with reinforcements,
was sunk by torpedo off Cape Vado, a few km south of Savona,
with the loss of more than 400 lives. The bodies recovered at
Savona were buried two days later, from the Hospital of San
Paulo, in a special plot in the town cemetery. |
HARTLE, Thomas
Born Matlock 1897
Died 19 Mar 1916, aged 37
Corporal "L" 104th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Service No: 9147
ToW: Persian Gulf
s/o Elias and Lavinia Hartle, of Laburnum Cottage, Crich, Matlock.
Enlisted Middlesbrough. Resided Matlock.
Cemetery: Kut War Cemetery, Iraq. See http://www.fco.gov.uk/
about Iraq
Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 6. |
HOLLINGWORTH, Joseph
Born M Town 1898
DoW 19 Sep 1915
Private 2nd Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Service No: 10087
ToW: F & F
Living Burton Upon Trent in 1901. Enlisted Birkenhead.
Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord)
Grave Reference: II. A. 33. |
HOLMES, Reuben
Born Matlock
KiA 3 Sep 1916
Private 17th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 29732
ToW: F & F
Resided Derby. Enlisted Hucknall NTT
Cemetery: Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme
Grave/Memorial Reference: XVI. D. 4. |
HOUGHTON, Bertram
Born Matlock 1898
KiA 10 Nov 1917
Gunner 158th Bde Royal Field Artillery
Service No: 671862
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Matlock
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 4 to 6 and 162. |
JOHNSON, Ernest
Born Matlock
KiA 12 Oct 1916, aged 20
Private 7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Service No: S/11056
ToW: F & F
s/o William and Elizabeth Johnson, of 59, Brougham St., Stoneyholme,
Burnley.
Living New Street in 1901
Cemetery: Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery, Somme.
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 16. |
MARSDEN, Harry
Born Matlock
DoW 06 Oct 1917, aged 21
Private 2nd/7th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 266828
ToW: F & F
s/o Tom Henry and Annie Marsden, of Oaker, nr. Matlock. Enlisted
Nottingham. Living Darley in 1901.
Buried: Wimereux Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference: VI. C. 14. |
MARSH, Harold (Harry)
Born Matlock 1901
Died 12 Aug 1916
Private 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 14867
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Derby. Resided Matlock.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. |
MELLOR, George
Born Matlock
Died 6 Apr 1915 (Home)
Sapper 59th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Service No: 6743
s/o the late G. and S. A. Mellor.
Enlisted Sheffield. Resided Crich.
Cemetery: Cley-Next-The-Sea (St. Margaret) Churchyard
Grave/Memorial Reference: North-West of Church. |
NEWTON, Frederick
Born Matlock (Alderwasley, though Matlock on Soldiers Died))
KiA 27 Sep 1917, aged 33
Private 2nd/5th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
Service No: 40184
ToW: F & F
s/o John and Lucy Newton, of Hull; husband of Minnie Gertrude
Newton, of 10, River Head, Driffield, YKS.
Enlisted Hull. In 1901 working as Fireman at Oil Works.
Cemetery: Wieltje Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 23. |
OAKLEY, Albert Ernest
Born Matlock 1880
KiA 2 Nov 1914
Private 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Service No: 9013. Formerly 8421 K.O.S.B.
ToW: F & F
s/o Husband of F. M. Oakley, of 250, Mansfield Rd., Sutton-in-Ashfield,
NTT. Enlisted Alfreton. Resided Preston LAN. Living with grandmother
M Cliff in 1891
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 5 and 6. |
RYDER, Douglas Gerald
Born M Bath 1886, bap 22 Jul 1886 at Holy Trinity
Died 12 Apr 1918, aged 32
Private 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Service No: PS/9915
ToW: F & F
s/o James Insole Ryder and Ada Evelina Ryder, of Foundry House,
Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, WAR. Living Masson Road, Brunswood
House in 1901. Enlisted and resided Nuneaton.
Cemetery: Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais (4 km north-west
of Bethune)
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. P. 29. |
SEENEY, William Creasy
Born Matlock 1892
KiA 9 Mar 1917, aged 24
Sapper 71st Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Service No: 140372
ToW: Mesopatamia
s/o Eli and Ann Seeney, of 24, Padiham Rd., Burnley, LAN. Enlisted
Burnley, living there in 1901
Memorial: Basra Memorial
Memorial Reference: Panel 5 and 61. |
SKINNER, George William
Born Matlock (Darley) 1886
Private 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
KiA 14 Mar 1915
Service No: 9873
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Chesterfield. Resided Hurstbourne, Tarrant, HAM.
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 9.
Cemetery: Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery , Lacouture
(Vieille-Chapelle is a village north east of Bethune) |
SMITH, Harold
Born Matlock
KiA 9 Jul 1917
Private 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 58931
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Derby. Resided Matlock.
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 7.
(Two other Harold Smiths. One on Darley Dale memorial and one
on Matlock) |
SPENCER, Francis George
Born Matlock 1870
KiA 28 Mar 1916, aged 46
Corporal 4th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Service No: 12067
ToW: F & F
s/o Husband of Ellen Spencer, of 2, Ashton St., Merefield, Rochdale.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: Cambrin Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais.
Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 33. |
TAYLOR, Ernest Arthur
Born Matlock 1887
KiA 26 Oct 1917, aged 30
Private 91st Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Service No: 24962
ToW: F & F
s/o Richard and Mary Taylor, of Lime Tree Rd., M Green. Living
there in 1901
Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four
Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders
Memorial Reference: Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. |
THOMPSON, Joseph
Born Matlock
DoW 25 Aug 1916
Private 12th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Service No: 16053
ToW: F & F
Buried: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme
Grave Reference: III. A. 31. |
TOMLINSON, Malcolm Elias
Born Matlock 1880
Died (Home) 20 Dec 1914, aged 34
Gunner 285th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
Service No: 21754
s/o Elias and Mary Tomlinson, of Matlock St., Bakewell, DBY.
Cemetery: Deepcut Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference: J. 43. |
TOPLIS, Joseph
Born Matlock 1896
KiA 12 Jul 1916, aged 20
Lance Corporal 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Secondary Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment
Secondary attd. 1st Bn.
Service No: 13267
ToW: F & F
s/o A. Lydia Toplis, of Clifton Villa, New St., Matlock, and
the late John Toplis. Living in the same house in 1901
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. |
TURNER, John
Born Matlock
KiA 9 Apr 1918
Private 1st/6th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Service No: 77330
ToW: F & F
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial. The Ploegsteert Memorial commemorates
more than 11,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South
African forces who died in this sector during the First World
War and have no known grave.
Memorial Reference: Panel 8 and 9. |
UPTON, Joseph
Born Matlock (Darley) 1890
KiA 14 Sep 1916, Salonika
Private 12th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Service No: 7122
s/o Husband of Mrs. Eliza Upton, of 50, Heys Buildings, Shawforth,
Rochdale, LAN. Living Bamford in 1901.
Memorial: Doiran Memorial, Greece |
WESTCOMBE, George Eric Dixon (Eric)
Born Matlock 1891
KiA 21 May 1916
Private 1st/15th Bn. London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil
Service Rifles)
Service No: 530022
ToW: F & F
s/o Bessie and George Westcombe. Living Sevenoaks, KEN in 1901.
Previously lived at Rockleigh, Matlock Bridge. Enlisted Somerset
House. Resided Camberwell.
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 10. |
WHITEHEAD, Frank
Born Matlock
KiA 27 Jul 1916
Private 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
Service No: 17920
ToW: F & F
Enlisted Guildford, SUR. Resided Ashted
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the
Missing of the Somme
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 11 D. |
WHITEHEAD, Frank Carr
Born M Bank 1895
KiA 15 Nov 1916, aged 20
Private 13th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
Service No: 32826
ToW: F & FEnlisted Staleybridge, CHS. Resided Dukinfield
s/o John and Mary Elizabeth Whitehead, of 483, Astley St., Dukinfield,
CHS. Living there in 1901
Cemetery: Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut
(12.5 km south of Ieper)
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. J. 6. |
WILLIAMS, Charles
Born Matlock
KiA 20 Nov 1917
Private 12th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's
Own)
Service No: 51756
ToW: F & F
Enlisted and resided Bristol
Memorial: Arras Memorial
Memorial Reference: Bay 4. |
Notes:
4 Rob Hamilton, who has a web
site about Calderdale, WRY memorials kindly sent some helpful
information, which is incorporated into the piece about S. Carline.
There is a full report of the unveiling of Matlock War Memorial in:
High Peak News August 13 1921
This can be read at County Hall Local Studies Library
 How to
contact County Hall Local Studies Library
Matlock St Giles', MIs in
the church
where there is a Book of Memory to the men who died in WW2
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With very grateful thanks to Mr. Charles Beresford for help and additional
material. Background research from "The High Peak News",
GRO BMD indexes and FreeBMD, from returns for the 1891
census and 1901 census (click link
to go to on-site transcripts), parish registers and family members.
Names also compared with information provided on "Soldiers
Died in the Great War" CD.
If you know any more about the above men, we would particularly like
to hear from you. Please email and put Matlock
War Dead in the subject line. Thank you.
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