St Mark's Church

1914 - 1919

2467 Private John James Averill 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 5.8.1915, aged 15 Son of Ambrose and Phoebe Averill, of 2, Cartledge Street, Hartshill - also named on the Hartshill memorial
Second Lieutenant Henry Burgess Baines "C" Battery, 240th (S.M.) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 4.6.1917, aged 26 Son of William Edward and Ann Baines, of Dunholme, Basford Park
486374 Sapper Gerard Bailes 468th Field Company, Royal Engineers 21.8.1917, aged 34 Son of William and Elizabeth Bailes, of 180, Oxford Road, Basford Park
T Bates
16491 Private Charles Stanley Bebbington 4th Royal Fusiliers 9.4.1917
Second Lieutenant William Bigham 13th Northumberland Fusiliers 6.9.1915, aged 21 Son of Mr. W. H. Bigham, of 50, Eccleshall Road, Tillington, Stafford
Second Lieutenant Eustace Clement Bladen 11th, attached 8th, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 4.11.1915, aged 18 Son of Mr. J. C. and Mrs. E. G. Bladen, of "Banklea," Basford Park
G/3455 Private Oswald Booth 13th Royal Fusiliers 19.7.1916, aged 22 Son of Mrs. M. E. Booth, of 10, Bedford Street, Basford
A Bourne
J Bowers
Gunner A Braithwaite also named on the Hartshill memorial
W. Briggs - possibly 102215 Sapper John Wilmnott Briggs 179th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers 7.8.1917, aged 36 Husband of Olive Briggs, of 6, Hulme Street, Hartshill
14137 Private Percy Brindley 7th North Staffordshire Regiment 26.7.1915, aged 20 Son of Charles and Rose Brindley, of 119, Stoke Old Road, Hartshill
J.H. Brooksbank - 2854 Corporal J Brooksbank 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 12.6.1916, aged 34 Son of Edwin and Mary Elizabeth Brooksbank - also named on the Hartshill memorial
A Brown
W Brown
2 Lance Corporal Charles Carter 8th Royal Fusiliers 2.3.1916, aged 21 Son of Roger James Carter, of Brunswick House, Basford
41909 Private Frederick Joseph Clarke 4th Bedfordshire Regiment 14.4.1918, aged 19 Son of Frederick Joseph and Elizabeth Clarke, of 14, Belle Vue Terrace, Basford
8390 Private Bert Clewlow 1st North Staffordshire Regiment 30.4.1916, aged 20 Son of William H. and Mary Ellen Clewlow, of 30, Victoria Street, Basford
H. Corn - 652738 Rifleman Harold Frank Corn 2nd/21st London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 13.12.1917, aged 22 Son of Frank William and Maria Corn, of "Fairlight," London Road, Ewell
E. Cornwell - 203793 Private Eric Harvey Cornwell 2nd/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 21.3.1918, aged 19 Son of Thomas Chinsura Cornwell and Emily Cornwell, of "Elmsdale," Alexandra Road, Penzance
201996 Private John William Cotton 2nd/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 3.12.1917, aged 24 Son of Charles William and Christina Cotton, of Newcastle-under-Lyme; husband of Florence M. Cotton, of 21, Milehouse Lane, Cross Heath
2666 Private Arthur Colin Cowlishaw 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 26.9.1915, aged 23 Son of Mr. W. G. and Mrs. M. E. Cowlishaw, of 9, Temple Street, Basford
5189 Company Serjeant Major Ernest Harry Cox 1st Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 29.10.1914, aged 39 Son of John and Eliza Cox, of 89, Victoria Street, Basford; husband of Ethel Maud Cox, of "Lalimli," Lansdowne Road, Hartshill - not named on the Hartshill memorial
92126 Quartermaster Serjeant Peter James Cronie 22nd Tank Corps 30.10.1918, aged 32 Son of James Cronie; husband of Lilian Daly (formerly Cronie), of Louis Villa, Silverdale
A Davies
H Davies - 7831 Private W H Davies 11th Royal Fusiliers 7.7.1916, aged 20 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davies, of 18, Clarence Street, Basford
J Davies
H Downs = possibly 203565 Private Herbert Downs 1st Lancashire Fusiliers 14.10.1918, aged 20 Son of William and Mary Ellen Downs, of 49, Alice Street, Sale, Cheshire
37998 Lance Corporal Robert Louis Downs 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers 25.5.1917, aged 25 Son of Mrs. Harriet Downs, of 49, Stoke Old Road, Hartshill
35092 Private William Griffin 10th Durham Light Infantry 4.3.1917, aged 31 Son of Aaron and Eliza Anne Griffin, of Newcastle-under-Lyme; husband of Fanny Griffin, of 26, Blackwell Street, Cobridge
123514 Gunner Harry Goodliffe 261st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 20.8.1917, aged 30 Son of James and Maria Goodliffe, of Levison Street, Cobridge; husband of Beatrice Goodliffe, of 29, Victoria Street, Basford
55155 Private Percy Maurice Goodwin Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 1st King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 10.12.1916, aged 26 Son of John and Elizabeth Goodwin, of 19, Bedford Street, Basford
L Hart
70010 Private Charles Hesketh 1st Cheshire Regiment 26.9.1918, aged 28 Son of Thomas and Hannah Hesketh, of 41, Ash Terrace, Basford
103966 Gunner John Thomas Hesketh 198th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 17.8.1917
18254 Private Reuben Edwin Higgs 10th North Staffordshire Regiment 22.4.1916, aged 43
A Hill
B. Holland - possibly 57604 Corporal Bert Holland 2nd/4th York and Lancaster Regiment 26.8.1918, aged 20 Son of Mrs. Emily Jane Griffin, of The Bankhouse, Stourport
242298 Private Alfred Hopwood 5th North Staffordshire Regiment 26.5.1917, aged 36 Husband of Martha Ellen Hough (formerly Hopwood), of 20, May Street, Silverdale
T H James
201829 Private Aaron Jones 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 14.3.1917, aged 32 Husband of Lily Jones, of 67, Shelton New Road, Basford
40519 Private E Jones 8th North Staffordshire Regiment 18.11-19.11.1916 Son of Mrs. E. H. Jones, of Spoutfield Cottages, Brick Kiln Lane, Basford
P Jones
93678 Private Francis John Leek 1st Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 27.5.1918, aged 19 Son of Ernest Warburton Leek and Mary Ellen Leek, of 11, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Lieutenant Victor Leese M.M. 16th Canadian Infantry 1.10.1918, aged 31 Son of Thomas and Lizzie Leese, of "Homeleigh," Basford Road, Basford; native of Newcastle-under-Lyme
11878 Private Ernest Mason 8th North Staffordshire Regiment 19.11.1916, aged 21 Son of George H. and Martha Harriett Mason, of 20, King's Terrace, Basford; native of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Private H Mitchell - also named on the Hartshill memorial
A Mountford
E Palmer
40477 Lance Corporal Henry Palmer 8th North Staffordshire Regiment 6.6.1918, aged 37 Son of John James Palmer and Mary Palmer, of Hayward Villa, Shelton; husband of Florence Palmer, of 17, Brunswick Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
820352 Gunner John Kennerley Platt Royal Field Artillery 4.3.1917, aged 20 Son of Howard and Mary Platt, of "Woodlands," Stone
49791 Private Ernest William Pickard 10th Royal Fusiliers 14.9.1918, aged 27
Second Lieutenant Reginald Gilbert Pickard 1st/7th Welsh Regiment, attached King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2.3.1917, aged 28 Sons of William Jasper and Ellen Pickard, of 57, Richmond Park Avenue, Bournemouth
41258 Private William Fletcher Portsmore 2nd/8th Worcestershire Regiment 27.8.1917, aged 19 Son of Robert Fletcher Portsmore and Ann Portsmore, of 102, Victoria Street, Basford
A Pritchard
91282 Corporal Samuel Rathbone 18th Durham Light Infantry 31.7.1918, aged 18 Son of George and Eliza Rathbone, of 81, Clarence Street, Basford
B Richardson
Second Lieutenant Alfred Frank Roberts 17th Highland Light Infantry 18.11.1916, aged 21 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Roberts, of 72, Victoria Street, Basford
J.W. Roberts - possibly 151854 Gunner John William Roberts 250th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 12.10.1917
86539 Gunner William Henry Rowe "B" Battery, 69th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 25.8.1915, aged 24 Husband of Florrie Rowe, of 3, Old Farm Yard, Penkhull
B Ryder
G Salt
556 Gunner Frank Smith 2nd/1st North Midland Battery (Staffordshire) Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery 27.9.1916, aged 26 Son of Ambrose and Mary Maria Smith, of 640, Hartshill Road, Hartshill
J. Stanyer - possibly 18768 Lance Corporal John Stanyer 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers 1.7.1916
15671 Private John Cooper Steadman 7th North Staffordshire Regiment 25.1.1917
41081 Private John Sturge 1st Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 17.5.1917 Also named on the Hartshill memorial
J E Taylor
H. Tunstall - possibly 21866 Lance Corporal Harry Tunstall 137th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 14.6.1917, aged 19 Son of William and Mary Tunstall, of 17, Victoria Street, Stone
3425 Private James Tunstall 1st/5th North Staffordshire Regiment 13.10.1915, aged 16 Son of William John and Elizabeth Tunstall, of 129, Oxford Road, Basford Park
W E Turner
J Wareham
C.C. Watson - possibly Lieutenant Charles Challinor Watson, Mentioned in Despatches "A" Battery, 21st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 1.6.1917, aged 28 Son of Charles and Mary Edith Watson, of "Wood View," Leek; husband of Gladys M. Watson, of 20, Redcliffe Square, Kensington, London
7600 Private William Weatherall 1st North Staffordshire Regiment 21.12.1914, aged 34 Husband of Alice Haylings (formerly Weatherall), of 722, Hartshill Rd., Hartshill
636670 Gunner Cyril Wedgwood 147th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 5.10.1918, aged 27 Son of Mr. E. A. and Mrs. F. L. Wedgwood, of 14, Gladstone Street, Basford
J Welch
14767 Private Harry White 7th North Staffordshire Regiment 22.4.1916, aged 30 Former husband of Ada Pennington (formerly White), of 57, Basford Park Road, Basford
242540 Private George Whittingham 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment 2.5.1918 Son of Mrs. E. Whittingham, of 53, Victoria Street, Basford