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Roger Woods Articles as shown in WHM Magazines from November 2017


1914 – 1918 A Time to Reflect


The Mapperley Colliery War Memorial

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Column 2 No. 44). Rifleman R/10877 Britus Martin, 7th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle CorpsBorn: 1890, Mapperley, Derbyshire.
  Died: 30 July 1915, Belgium. Aged 25.
  Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Menin Gate Memorial, Bay 53, Stone H.H. Ypres, Leper, Belgium.
  Son of Henry Martin and Fanny Woolley.
  (Brother of Luther Martin (Below). Column 2 No. 45).

Column 2 No. 45). Driver L/8152 Luther Martin, 34th Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery.
  Born: 1883 Mapperley, Derbyshire.
  Died: 23 March 1917 France. Aged 34. Killed in Action.
  Buried: Saint Pol British Cemetery Extension, Saint Pol-Sur-Ternoise, France. Row E. Grave 2.
  Son of Henry Martin and Fanny Woolley.
  (Brother of Britus Martin (Above). Column 2 No 44).

Column 2 No. 46). Private 17988 Clifford Miller, 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 1888 Bottesford, Leicestershire.
  Died: 01 July 1916. Aged 28. Killed in Action.
  No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 10C, 10D and 11A. France.
  Son of John Miller and Mary Worthington.

Column  2 No. 47). Gunner 12881 Archibald “Archie” Moore, “V” 24 Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery.
  Born: 1894 Langley Mill, Derbyshire.
  Died: 27 May 1917 Belgium. Aged 23. Killed in Action.
  Buried: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Leper, Belgium. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 25.
  Son of Jabez Moore (Colliery Under Manager, Swanwick Colliery, Alfreton, Derbyshire).
  Died 22 April 1909 following Colliery accident.
  Mother: Dora Alvina Ratcliffe.

Column 2 No. 48). Driver 775750 Percy Moseley, “B” Battery 310th Royal Field Artillery.
  Born: 1892 Makeney, Milford, Derbyshire.
  Died: Unknown. Aged at Death: Unknown.
  Son of Enoch Moseley (1851-1909) and Clara Mansford (1862-1914).
  (Note: Presumed dead and named on the Mapperley Colliery Memorial, but survived the war
  and died March 1940 Belper, Derbyshire.  Aged 47 Years.)
  Sister of Percy, Mary Moseley also lost her Husband in the Great War:

2nd Corporal WR/256137 Charles Frederick Bloor, 14th Light Railway Operating Company Royal Engineers.
  Born: July 1893 Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
  Died: 13 August 1918  Poperinghe “Pops” Belgium. Aged 25. Killed in Action.
  Buried: Hagle Dump Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium. Plot I.  Row AA.  Grave 8.
  Son of John Bloor and Agnes Bosworth.

Column 2 No. 49). Lance Sergeant 48703 Wilfred Ira Moss, (7th Battalion Prince of Wales) North Stafford Regiment. (Formerly Sherwood Foresters).
  Born: 1895, Smalley, Derbyshire.
  Died: 26 August 1918 Tehran, Iran, Mesopotamia. Aged 23. Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Tehran Memorial, Panel 4.  Column 1.
  Son of John Moss and Harriet Butt.

Column 2 No. 50). Private 21957 Henry “Harry” Newton, 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 1897 Smalley Common, Derbyshire.
  Died: 09 August 1915. Belgium. Aged 18. Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Ypres, Menin Gate, Menenstratt, Leper, Belgium.
  Panel 39 and 40.
  Son of Henry Newton and Eleanor Bliss.
  Brother in Law Arthur Attenborough (Column 1. No. 4.) (Married to Elsie May Newton).

Column 2 No. 51). Private 43200 Archie Page 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.
  Born: 1894 Elksley, Retford, Nottinghamshire.
  Died: 15 May 1917. France. Aged 23. Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.
  Son of William Thomas Page and Amelia Ann Taylor.
 
Archie was the brother of Joseph Page, (Private 7507) 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment.
  Born: October 1889, Retford, Nottinghamshire,
  Died: 14 June 1917. France. Aged 27. Killed in Action, No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4.
  Selina Page, sister of the two men was married to William Charles Hazlewood Private 22977
  of the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Column 1. No. 31.)

Column 2 No. 52). Private 307080  Samuel Peach 1st/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 1886 Smalley Holbrook, Derbyshire.
  Died: 03 June 1917.  France.  Died of Wounds. Aged 31.
  Buried: Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row T. Grave I0.
  Son of John Peach and Mary Eaton.

Column 2 No. 53). Private 20677 William Arthur Place 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: July 1888. Kirby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
  Died: 01 July 1916. France. Aged 29. Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 10C, 10D and 11A.
  Son of Henry Place and Lizzie Snell.
  Husband of Salome Shaw.
  Father of:-

  • John William Place.
  • Doris Place.
  • Harold Place.
  • Gladys Place.
  • Lewis Arnold Place.

Column 2 No. 54). Private 201279 Albert Potter 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 1891, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
  Died: 18 April 1917. France. Aged 26.
  Killed in Action.
  Buried: Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 2.
  Son of James Potter and Mary Webster.
  Another son and brother of Albert also died:

Private 9689 Thomas Edward Potter 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: October 1884, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
  Died: 20 October 1914. Belgium. Aged 30.
  Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Panel 7.

Column 2 No. 55). Private 3/19839 Charles Edmund Radford 8th Service Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.
  Born: July 1896, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
  Died: 19 November 1917. Belgium. Aged 21. Killed in Action.
  Buried: Solferino Farm Cemetery, Brielen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 17.
  Son of Frederick Radford and Sarah Ann Pounder.

Column 2 No. 56). Private 6935 Thomas Robinson 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters. (Formerly 6960 Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry).
  Born: 1882 Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
  Died: 23 September 1915. Belgium. Aged 32. Killed in Action.
  Buried: Potijze Burial Ground. Plot CI. Grave I.
  Son of (Father unknown). Mother Mary Robinson Stepson of Samuel Robey.
  Husband of Ferden Ann Phesant.
  Father of:-

  • Thomas Robinson.
  • Percy Robinson.
Column 2 No. 57). Private 37486 George Sands (12th Battalion Prince Alberts) Somerset Light Infantry.
  Born: 1886. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
  Died: 02 September 1918. France. Aged 32. Killed in Action.
  Buried: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension. Plot III. Row D. Grave 20.
  Son of Benjamin Sands and Ann Matthewson.

Column 2 No. 58). Private 307633 Thomas Arthur Smith 2nd /7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 02 July 1877, Heanor, Derbyshire.
  Died: 02 May1918. Tuesnoy, France. Aged 40.
  Buried: Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 2.
  Reported missing in Action 18 May 1918. Later confirmed as a P.O.W.
  Son of Moses Smith (1831-1890) and Catherine Brough (1839-1911).
  Father Moses Smith a stallman working for the Bailey Brook Colliery (Butterley Iron and Coal Co.)
  was killed in a roof fall 30 Dec 1890.
  Husband of Violet Maud Goddard.
  Father of:-

  • Grace Elizabeth J. Smith.
  • Harold Smith.
  • Alice Lilian Smith.
  • Nora Smith.
  • Maria Smith.

Column 2 No. 59). Pioneer 197139 William Smith (1st Special Company) Royal Engineers.
  Born: 1897, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
  Died: 07 April 1918. France. Aged 21. Killed in Action.
  Buried: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, (Part V), Rouen Seine, Maritime, France. Block P. Plot IX. Row F. Grave 14B.
  Son of William Smith and Anne Rollinson.

Column 2 No. 60). Private 26497 Fred Taylor 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 1894, Holbrook, Derbyshire.
  Died: 08 October 1916. France. Aged 22. Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10C, 10D and 11A.
  Son of Isaac Taylor and Mary Murfin.

Column 2 No. 61). Private 26479 Wilfred Taylor 2nd/ 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 1893, Holbrook, Derbyshire.
  Died: 21 March 1918. France. Aged 25. Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
  (Died alongside his friend and working colleague
  Private 266928 John Thurman Column 2 No. 62 Mapperley Colliery Memorial) (See below).
  Son of William Taylor and Harriet Howitt.

Column 2 No. 62). Private 266928 John Thurman 2nd/ 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 1891, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
  Died: 21 March 1918. France. Aged 27. Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
  (Died alongside his friend and working colleague
  Private 26479 Wilfred Taylor Column 2 No. 61 Mapperley Colliery Memorial) (See above).
  Son of John Thurman and Elizabeth Revill.
  Husband of Eliza Ann Stenson.
  Father of:-

  • John Thurman.

Eliza wrote a poem following the death of her beloved husband and his friend:

Brothers in Arms

You came into this World with Nothing,
We leave this World with Nothing.
In the Eyes of Our Lord, the life of a Rich Man,
Is no-more precious than the life of a Poor Man.
In Death. Each leaves behind a grieving Father and Mother.
And a wife that cannot yet bear your passing.
In times of Peace you laughed, and shared happy times together.
In times of War, you worked together, fought together, cried together, and died together.

Your ever loving wife. Eliza.

Column 2 No. 63). Sapper 158635 Cyril Lancelot Toplis 250th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers.
  Born: 1893. Stoke Newington, Middlesex.
  Died: 24 August 1917. Belgium. Aged 24. Killed in Action.
  Buried: Kemel Chateua Military Cemetery, West-Vlanderen, Belgium Grave A25.
  Son of Herbert Toplis and Lillie Cresswell of 7 Chapel Street, Ilkeston.
  Guardians:-

  • William Ash
  • Kate Ellen Ash (nee Dobson) of 12 French Street, Ashern Road, Bentley, Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Column 2 No. 64). Private 7776 James Weston “B” Company 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: January 1882, Heanor, Derbyshire.
  Died: 12 March 1915. France. Aged 33. Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 26 & 27. (Stone 27D).
  Son of William Weston and Hannah Prince.
  Husband of Mary Elizabeth Dobson of 53 John Street, Heanor, Derbyshire.
  Father of:-

  • William Weston.

Column 2 No. 65). Private 18785 William Henry Whitney 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 1898, Loscoe, Heanor, Derbyshire.
  Died: 09 January 1916. France. Aged 18. Killed in Action.
  Buried: Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d’Armentieres, Nord, France. Grave: Plot I Row D Grave I.
  Son of Frederick Whitney & Berthia Mellors of 45 Park Street, Heanor, Derbyshire.

Column 2 No. 66). Private 16709 George Wilson 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
  Born: 1878, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
  Died: 25 June 1917. Belgium. Aged 39. Killed in Action. No Known Grave.
  Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 41.
  Son of George Wilson & Eliza Ryley.

Under the names of the fallen is written:

“I expect to pass through this world but once. If therefore there is any good thing that I can do, or any kindness I can show my fellow men. Let Me Do It Now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

These wonderful words are credited to Stephen Grellet (1773-1855). The prominent French-born American Quaker Missionary.

I would like to thank relatives of the families who have been kind enough to contact me with information on our lost men. For anyone interested in finding out more, please search: www.ancestry.co.uk where I have placed all their family trees.

Roger Wood.


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