ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY

Private William Walker 10TH Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Regimental Number was 201263 and 3930.  Died  1 July 1917 at France and Flanders. Buried at Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle VIII. D.46. Arleux-en-Gohelle is a village on the main Arras … Read More

ABLE SEAMAN WILLIAM SMITH

Private William Smith his one of the heroes whose name is on the Cenotaph in St Marks Church yard.   William Smith was born 20 August 1892 to Fipp Leonard and Mary Smith, according to 1901 Census, William was 9 … Read More

MHMG MEETINGS

CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST at St Marks Church, High Street, Mosborough Sheffield S20 on Wednesday 3 November 2021 @ 1 pm – 3 pm   non members £3 including refreshments All Welcome, please email Philip Staton at: philipstaton88@gmail.com to confirm you are … Read More

Luke (Pop) Barnes

Luke was born on the 31 of December 1922 at 148 High Street Mosborough   His parents were John (Jack) and Catherine (Kate – nee Snowden) Barnes   After serving in WW1 Jack Barnes returned to his wife & family … Read More

VIMY MEMORIAL

Private Frederick Skelton 58th Bn Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), Regimental number 123293. 8 October 1916, Frederick’s final resting place is unknown.  His name is listed on the VIMY MEMORIAL; Pas de Calais, France, Memorial ID 56683630.   The Vimy … Read More

ADELAIDE CEMETERY

Private Rawson Mundy Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment 2nd Battalion, Regimental number 202255. Died 24 April 1918, Buried Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la somme, Picardie, France.   His inscription says:  LORD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST Villers-Bretonneux is … Read More

LOOS MEMORIAL

Lance Corporal William Jackson Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1st / 6th Battalion.  Service number 240301.  Died 23/10/1917. Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 87 to 89. Index No M R 19 Part six.   The Loos Memorial forms the sides and … Read More

CONTAY CEMETERY

Private Harry E Hayes 17th Battalion Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.  Regimental No 70002, formerly 5363 Lincolnshire Regiment.  Died 10 October 1916 in France and Flanders.   Contay is a village on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The … Read More

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