St Mary's Church

1914 - 1919

43040 Private Harold Abell 8th South Staffordshire Regiment 23.4.1917, aged 35 Husband of Annie E. Abell, of 4, Warmbrook, Wirksworth
17206 Private George Frederick Allsop 2nd Leicestershire Regiment 25.9.1915, aged 28 Son of John and Margaret Allsop, of Wirksworth
21038 Private William Joseph Ault 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers 3.5.1917
Thomas Austin
202776 Serjeant Charles Edwin Barker 15th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 22.4.1918, aged 36 Son of Henry and Alice Barker, of West End, Wirksworth; husband of Louie J. S. Barker, of "West View", Cromford Road, Wirksworth
Thomas Beastall - 241818 Private Thomas Herbert Beastall 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 30.5.1917, aged 25 Son of John and Emma Ann Beastall, of 14, Chapel Street, Ripley
43774 Private Cyril Ernest Beeston 4th Lincolnshire Regiment 14.12.1918, aged 19 Son of Ernest John and Emma Beeston, of Oak House, Wirksworth
75792 Private John Clement Benyon 1st/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry 29.11.1918, aged 21 Son of John and Millicent Benyon, of 9, Cromford Road, Wirksworth
21904 Private Absolom Booth 6th Leicestershire Regiment 5.5.1918, aged 21 Son of Henry and Elizabeth Booth, of 6, Torrs Yard, Wirksworth
1964 Private Matthew Booth 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 26.8.1915, aged 27 Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Booth, of 6, Torrs Yard, Wirksworth
Arthur Bousfield - possibly Lieutenant Arthur Spencer Bousfield Army Service Corps 28.6.1918
513939 Private Joseph Buxton Bowler 2nd/14th London Regiment (London Scottish) 30.4.1918
81439 Gunner James Bowyer 71st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 4.5.1917 Son of James and Emma Elizabeth (nee Wardman) Bowyer
26161 Private Samuel Brewell 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 9.4.1917
37920 Private Edgar Lee Brewer 1st Leicestershire Regiment 1.11.1918
27066 Private John Harold Brewer 16th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 20.9.1917, aged 21 Son of George and Sarah Ann Brewer, of Westbourne House, Chapel Lane, Wirksworth
241599 Private Joseph A Brindley 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 3.10.1918, aged 21 Son of Mrs. F. Brindley, of 24, Wash Green, Wirksworth
49005 Company Serjeant Major Jacob Brooks M.M. 467th Field Company, Royal Engineers 21.3.1918, aged 31 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Brooks, of Hardy's Hill, Wirksworth; husband of M. E. Elsie (formerly Brooks, nee Byard), of 18, Chapel Lane, Wirksworth
240543 Private Jacob Brooks Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 15.2.1919, aged 34 Son of David and Elizabeth Brooks, of Wirksworth; husband of Ada Brooks
William Brooks
21250 Private William Brooks 17th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 3.9.1916
37040 Private Percy Brown 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers 12.10.1916, aged 27 Son of Charles and Margaret Brown; husband of Lucy Brown, of 33, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth
40456 Private Francis W Brown 1st/8th Worcestershire Regiment 10.10.1917, aged 22 Son of Francis George and Annie Brown, of Belper Road, Bolehill
61047 Private John Alfred Bunting 16th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 3.8.1917, aged 28 Son of William and Bertha Bunting, of 9, Green Hill Terrace, Wirksworth
94564 Gunner Thomas Byard 188th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 16.7.1917, aged 30 Son of Thomas and Mary Byard, of Wirksworth; husband of F. J. Gamble (formerly Byard), of 19, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth
Samuel Carlisle - 241402 Private Samuel Carline 1st/5th Northumberland Fusiliers 26.10.1917, aged 27 Son of Mrs. R. Carline, of Yew Tree House, The Green, Bonsall, Matlock; husband of Beatrice L. Taylor (formerly Carline), of 32, Hillside, Holloway
10125 Private John William Clough 2nd Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 20.10.1914, aged 26 Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Clough, of 7, Torrs Yard, Wirksworth
240975 Private Philip Dakin 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 3.10.1918, aged 32 Son of Francis and Ellen Dakin, of 18, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth
299029 Clerk Francis James Dranfield G.H.Q. (Orkney and Shetland Group), Royal Air Force 11.10.1918, aged 26 Son of Mary Conway (formerly Dranfield), of Pitty Wood Farm, Wirksworth, and the late Ernest William Dranfield
49877 Private Arthur Stanley Duroe 8th Lincolnshire Regiment 5.4.1918
51947 Private David Elliott 1st/9th Royal Scots 13.4.1918, aged 19 Son of David and Mary Ellen Elliott, of 33, Wash Green, Wirksworth
28277 Private John William Elliott 17th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1.8.1916, aged 22 Son of Mrs. A. Elliott, of 22, Greenhill, Wirksworth
2133 Private Alfred Else 5th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1.7.1916
Edward Field
353125 Private Mark Flint 15th Highland Light Infantry 3.4.1918, aged 20 Son of Mark and Hannah Flint, of 14, West End, Wirksworth
40907 Private Mark Flint 16th Manchester Regiment 25.4.1917
Willie Fraser - 27832 Private Willam Fraser 16th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 27.5.1917 Son of Robert and Ellen Fraser, of South Kensington, London
305904 Rifleman George Seymour Fritchley 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), posted to 3rd Rifle Brigade 18.10.1918
Second Lieutenant Joseph Bertram Fritchley 6th London Regiment (City of London Rifles) 27.8.1918 Sons of Joseph S. & Agnes Fritchley
11683 Private George Frith 1st Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 12.3.1915, aged 21 Son of William and Emma Frith, of Cromford Road, Wirksworth
202549 Serjeant Ernest George Goodwin 2nd/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 21.3.1918, aged 29 Son of Ernest George Goodwin, of Gilkin View, Wirksworth; husband of Emma Goodwin, of 17, Adrian Street, Derby
13893 Private George Herbert Gould 10th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 25.8.1918, aged 25 Son of Thomas and Betsy Gould, of 41, North Street, Wirksworth
40914 Private Henry Gould 16th Manchester Regiment 13.10.1916
202650 Private Luther Gould 16th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 20.9.1917
Herbert Gratton - 27661 Gunner William Herbert Gratton "C" Battery, 75th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 26.11.1918, aged 26 Husband of C. Gratton, of Brassington
27906 Private William Gratton 15th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 20.7.1916, aged 23
202651 Private Ernest Greatorex 2nd/8th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 26.9.1917, aged 19 Son of John and Sarah Arm Greatorex, of 34, North End, Wirksworth
14463 Private George Edgar Hall 12th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 26.9.1915, aged 23 Son of Luke and Elizabeth Ann Hall, of 27, Studley Terrace, Cromford Road, Wirksworth
306011 Private 2nd Class John Norman Hall Royal Air Force 5.11.1918, aged 17 Son of George and Sarah Jane Hall, of 8, West End, Wirksworth
4426 Private Philip J. Repton Harrison 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1.7.1916
15109 Private John Frederick Higton 10th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 8.7.1916, aged 30 Son of Henry and Grace Higton, of Coldwell Street, Wirksworth
106786 Private John Henry Higton 15th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 29.9.18, aged 19 Son of William and Martha Ann Higton, of 8, The Dale, Wirksworth
107313 Private Cyril Stainsby Hindle 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Canadian Infantry 3.6.1916, aged 26
Lieutenant Arthur Dawson Hodgson 15th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 20.7.1916, aged 23 Born at Richmond, Yorkshire www.the-sherwood-foresters.co.uk/h_names/hodgson_arthur_dawson.html
203761 Private William Holmes 1st Leicestershire Regiment 19.9.1918
1785 Private Frederick Cecil Hooley 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 30.9.1915, aged 18 Son of Fred and Mary Elizabeth Hooley, of 15, Cromford Road, Wirksworth
240445 Lance Corporal Samuel Robert Johnson 1st/5th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 17.10.1918, aged 33 Son of Joseph and Fanny Johnson, of Brassington; husband of Maria Buckley Johnson, of 43, Greenhill, Wirksworth
William Kirkby
Wilfred Land - 124930 Private George Wilfred Land 8th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 24.4.1918
3007 Private Charles McCreery 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 6.8.1916, aged 18 Son of John and Alicia McCreery, of 1, West End, Wirksworth
Harry Marsden
14894 Corporal Job Cyril Marsh 10th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 12.12.1915, aged 24 Son of John and Amy Marsh, of 12, Warmbrook, Wirksworth
2361 Private John William Melbourne 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 18.4.1915, aged 30 Son of Sidney and Mary Melbourne, of Wirksworth; husband of Martha Jane Melbourne, of Rise End, Wirksworth
27576 Private Robert George Melbourne 10th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 25.5.1917
427798 Lance Corporal Albert Edward Miller 13th Canadian Infantry 4.9.1916, aged 29 Son of Henry Edward Miller, of Wirksworth
41288 Private Frederick Nixon 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers 12.4.1918, aged 36 Son of Frederick and Caroline Nixon, of Wirksworth
240188 Private Joshua Oldfield 11th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 5.10.1918, aged 24 Son of Joshua and Mary A. Oldfield, of Wirksworth; husband of Julia Oldfield, of Bowling Green Lane, Wirksworth
99599 Rifleman Albert Oxspring 1st/6th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 19.10.1918
60051 Private Stephen Pickering 1st Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2.1.1917, aged 27 Son of Francis and Hannah Pickering, of The Black Firs, Ashleyhay, Wirksworth
Samuel Powell - 59991 Corporal Samuel Harvey Powell 11th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 28.10.1918, aged 20 Son of Ann Catharine Conway (formerly Powell), of 2, Blind Lane, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, and the late Samuel James Powell
Ernest Gell Radford served as 71077 Serjeant Ernest Gell 17th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 25.9.1917, aged 32 Husband of Mary Hannah Gell Radford, of 10, Torrs Yard, Wirksworth
204357 Private George Repton 16th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 20.9.1917, aged 22 Son of Edward and Hannah Repton, of 11, Water Lane, Wirksworth
192803 Pioneer Benjamin Rhodes 5th Battalion, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers 18.8.1916, aged 30 Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Rhodes, of 33, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth
Second Lieutenant Henry Francis Severne, Mentioned in Despatches 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 10.5.1915, aged 23 Son of Arthur De Milt Severne and Adelaide Elizabeth Severne, of Wirksworth
54455 Private Leonard Baggaley Shaw Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 21.6.1918, aged 18 Son of Frank and Fanny Shaw
George Slater - possibly 240688 Private George William Slater 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2.7.1917, aged 24 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Slater, of Bank Side, Youlgrave
13531 Private Albert Smith 10th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 13.10.1918, aged 30 Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Smith, of The Vaults House, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth
53446 Gunner John Smith 124th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 22.10.1917, aged 28 Son of Samuel and Mary Agnes Smith, of Wirksworth
24782 Private Joseph George Smith 8th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 27.8.1917
Benjamin Sowter - 52142 Rifleman Benjamin George Sowter Rifle Brigade, posted to 1st/28th London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) 27.8.1918, aged 33 Son of John and Sarah Sowter, of 16, Cromford Road, Wirksworth
Charles W. Spencer - 42098 Private Charles Spencer 1st/6th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 3.5.1918, aged 20 Son of Job and Emma Spencer, of New Houses, Middleton
41542 Private John G. Spendlove 18th Highland Light Infantry 4.2.1918
9197 Serjeant Joseph Statham 1st York and Lancaster Regiment 18.10.1916, aged 28 Husband of Clara Statham, of 25, Green Hill, Wirksworth
443187 Private Thomas Henry Stirzaker 7th Canadian Infantry 27.9.1916, aged 28 Son of Richard and Annie Stirzaker, of Hareruns House, Cromford Road, Wirksworth
George Swift - 60428 Private George William Swift Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1918
Second Lieutenant Bernard Arthur Taylor 166th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 30.11.1917
673 Serjeant Charles Walter Taylor 2nd King Edward's Horse 3.1.1916, aged 29 Sons of Walter and Alice L. Taylor, of 17, Cromford Road, Wirksworth
George Thompson
240973 Private Wilfred Thompson 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 3.10.1918
60417 Private Cyril Thurman 2nd/5th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 30.9.1917, aged 19 Son of Amy Thurman, of 16, Dale Street, Wirksworth
Frank Twigge - Second Lieutenant Francis Twigge 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers 9.4.1917, aged 30 Son of John George and Lavinia Jane Twigge, of Steeple Grange
70270 Private George Wain Base Depot, Machine Gun Corps 22.8.1918, aged 38 Son of Richard and Sarah Ann Wain, of Wirksworth; husband of Mary Wain, of 5, Canterbury Terrace, Wirksworth
69436 Sapper Tom Walker 92nd Field Company, Royal Engineers 15.7.1917, aged 29 Son of Thomas and Alice Walker, of Wirksworth
M2/181581 Private Frederick Wardman 689th Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps 30.12.1918 Son of Anthony and Mary Wardman
George Wardman
23610 Private Samuel Wardman 11th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1.7.1916, aged 36 Husband of Millicent Wardman, of West End, Wirksworth
Jack Waterfield - 15868 Private John Henry Waterfield 11th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 30.7.1916, aged 21 Son of Nathaniel and Jane Waterfield, of 108, Bolehill
Second Lieutenant George Hanson Wheatcroft 16th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 11.8.1915, aged 26
Lieutenant Ronald Duncan Wheatcroft 6th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2.7.1916, aged 26 Son of George Hanson Wheatcroft and Ada Maria Wheatcroft, of Waltham House, Wirksworth
56173 Private William Winson Lincolnshire Regiment, transferred to (9232) 244th Company, Labour Corps 27.5.1918
Noel Yeomans - 16437 Private Noel Wilfrid Yeomans 2nd Royal Irish Regiment 27.9.1918

James Bowyer, Joshua Oldfield, and Frederick Wardman were cousins; Samuel Wardman was uncle to Samuel Wardman. www.wirksworth.org.uk/P-WARD-1.htm

1939 - 1945



Harold Atkin
5108045 Private Frank Austin 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16.5.1941, aged 25 Son of Annie Austin, of Wirksworth
1569371 Gunner Robert Bowmer 82 Battery, 25 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 27.6.1942
14703716 Private Arthur Byard 4th Dorsetshire Regiment 22.11.1944, aged 18
Peter Drummond-Hay - 90321 Flying Officer Peter Hay-Drummond-Hay 609 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) 9.7.1940, aged 31 Son of Edward and Margaret Hay-Drummond-Hay; husband of Clare Margaret Hay-Drummond-Hay
153321 Flying Officer (Air Bomber) Martin Peter Frobisher 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 5.11.1944, aged 21 Son of Charles and Dorothy H. Frobisher, of Swaffham, Norfolk
William Gratton
4981659 Private Edward Harris 1/5th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 28.11.1943, aged 30 Son of Beatrice Harris; husband of Olga Harris, of Wirksworth
14389976 Private Leslie Harrison 2/6th South Staffordshire Regiment 12.8.1944, aged 19 Son of Reginald and Beatrice Harrison, of Bolehill
4987203 Private Samuel Houghton Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 26.5.1942, aged 19 Son of Henry and Elizabeth Houghton, of Wirksworth
Sidney Kinder - P/JX 275215 Able Seaman Sydney Kinder Royal Navy, H.M.S. Penelope 18.2.1944, aged 21
Vaughan Lewtas - D/MX 52798 Leading Writer John Vaughan Lewtas Royal Navy, H.M.S. Pelican 22.4.1940, aged 24 Son of John Lewtas, and of Winifred Vaughan Lewtas, of East Dulwich, London
978100 Gunner Charles George Marsden 425 Battery, 107 (The South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 6.6.1942, aged 22 Son of Daniel Roper Marsden and Mary Marsden, of Wirksworth
Angus Moffat - PLY/X120442 Sergeant Angus Donald Moffat Royal Marines 26.4.1944, aged 27 Son of Peter and Elizabeth Moffat, of Wirksworth; husband of Mona Moffat, of Matlock Bath
645259 Sergeant (Pilot) George William Moore, Mentioned in Despatches 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force 13.10.1944, aged 21 Son of William Gamaliel Moore and Elizabeth Moore, of Wirksworth
944612 Radio Officer David Oxspring Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy), H.M.S. Manistee 24.2.1941, aged 41 Son of David and Helena Oxspring; husband of Catharine Barclay Oxspring
Clarence Parker - 1503159 Gunner Clarence Albert Parker 3 Battery, 1 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 13.11.1943, aged 25 Son of Harold Ernest and Thirza Edith Parker, of Wirksworth
Rex Pickering - 1166528 Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) Francis Rex Pickering 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 31.10.1942, aged 31 Son of Francis and Mary Elizabeth Pickering, of Alderwasley; husband of Sissy Joan Pickering
Arthur Redfern - 4977704 Private Arthur Henry Redfern 1/5th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 31.5.1940, aged 19 Son of George Henry Redfern, and of E. Redfern, of Wirksworth
Samuel Spencer
14413153 Private George Taylor 2/6th The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 9.9.1944, aged 20 Son of John Richard and Alice Ann Taylor, of Wirksworth
Edward Udale - 4982311 Private Henry Edward Udale 1st West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12.3.1944, aged 30 Son of Henry and Lily Udale
P/JX 339130 Able Seaman George Wilde Royal Navy, H.M.S. President III 26.3.1945 Son of George and Sarah Ellen Wilde, of Wirksworth
Samuel Wood