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
SHEFFIELD WOODHOUSE CEMETERY SHEFFIELD
Private Richard Smith 4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Transferred to 194658 Labour Corps. Died 6 July Buried in Woodhouse Cemetery, Sheffield Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield South Yorkshire. B325.
VIS-EN-ARTOIS CEMETERY
Private John Keeton died on 18 September 1918 at the age of 21. He died at Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt Departement du Pas de-Calais, France. Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7. Memorial ID 56668696. … Read More
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Percy Staniforth Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, 1st / 7th Battalion, Regimental number is 307325, formerly 27077, K.O.Y.L.I Died on 13 April 1918 at France, Dthpres. Tyne Cot Memorial. Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 82 to 85. Tyne Cot or Tyne … Read More
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Percy Schwartz 1/6th Battalion Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment. Regimental number 1861 Died10 August 1915 Buried at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders Belgium. Panel 39 and 41. The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, often … Read More
DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Corporal George Henry Smith, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Registration number PO 162(S), 2nd Royal Marines Battalion. Died 8 June 1917. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrum, France but his grave is not known. INDEX No Fr 113. Part II M-Z … Read More