Arthur was born to Frederick, Arthur and Nellie Wetton in 1910 Regiment: The South Notts Hussars Regt – Royal Horse Artillery Service No: 1126755 Died: 18 January 1943 Age 33 Buried: Tropoli War Cemetery, Libya Wife: Mary Wetton Inscription … Read More
John James was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Knowles, of Mosborough Sheffield in 1915 Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps Service No: 7354877 Died: 06/04/41 Aged 26 Buried: Grave 133, Eckington Burial Ground, Derbyshire www.ancestry/cwgc/BNA Collated by Linda … Read More
Gerald Wood born to William, Joseph and Ruth Wood in 1919 at Mosbro. They lived at 3 Elm Crescent according to the newspaper clipping. Gerald joined the Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion his service no was 5887735. Before entering the Army, … Read More
Aircraftman 1st Class George Cecil Cooke Born to George and Bertha Cooke, Mosborough Derbyshire in 1919 Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Service No: 944038 Died: 16 December 1940 Age 21 Buried: El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt … Read More
Albert was born to Alfred Herbert & Sarah Hannah Clarke, who lived at 47 Duke Street Mosborough Derbyshire. Albert William was born on 25 December 1916. He enlisted into the Devonshire Regiment 12th (Airborne) Bn. His Service No was 5626557 … Read More
Ezra Boulton was born in 1908 to William H and Clementina Boulton, he lived at 28 South Street, Mosborough Derbyshire with his sisters Florence aged 14 years, Sarah Ann aged 12, Edith Mary aged 10, Marion aged 8 and Esther … Read More
Able seaman Frederick Bircumshaw Fred Bircumshaw was born to Frank and Rosa Bircumshaw on 18/7/1920 in Mosborough, Derbyshire. Enlisted into the Royal Navy onto the ship the HMS Exeter. Service No. D/JX214712 Died: 10 March 1945 Age 25, Fellagra. Whilst a Prisoner … Read More
Kenneth Baker was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Baker in 1919. Regiment: 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment, Infantry Service No: 6298989 Died: 28 April 1943 age 24 Buried: Medjez-EI-Bab War Cemetery North Africa He was married to Margaret Sadler … Read More
MY IMAGINARY DAUGHTER I have more or less been dominated by male company from birth. My uncles bossed me around when I was young, then my three brothers bossed me as I grew up. In those days (the twenties) … Read More
Within a second, with one unguarded step, Susan was lying flat on her back on the cold, hard, unyielding paving slabs and the ugly black vulture, the harbinger of pain was hovering over her, waiting to feed his voracious appetite … Read More