William was Born in Derby in 1889. William enlisted at Alfreton, Derbyshire into the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) into the 10th battalion, in June 1914. He worked has a miner at Moorhole Colliery up to the time of … Read More
ARRAS MEMORIAL FAUBOURG D’AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS At the entrance to the Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery in France stands the Arras Memorial. The memorial commemorates nearly 35,000 soldiers of the British, South African and New Zealand forces with no known grave. … Read More
PRIVATE ARTHUR STATON – Died 29 May 1915 – Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery. Belgium. Row E. Grave 24. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery is located 8 Kms south of Ieper on … Read More
PRIVATE ERNEST RAYMOND BUXTON – Died 1 May 1917 – Boulogne Eastern Part II UK Graves A – F France Cemetery/memorial reference: IV. C. 43. PRIVATE WILLIAM CARRINGTON – Died 22 January 1918 – Memorial ID 56254227, Grave reference … Read More
PRIVATE GUNNER FRED TURNER died 23 October 1918 in France and Flanders, he was buried at Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Cemetery memorial reference II.B.8 Maissemy is a village about 5 kilometres north-west of St. Quentin and about two kilometres … Read More
A TALK GIVEN TO MOSBOROUGH HISTORY MEETING GROUP BY DAVE DARWIN ABOUT HIS CHILD HOOD IN MOSBOROUGH When Dave lived at Mosbro, he lived near farms and spent a lot of time on them. He was always working on the … Read More
Saxon House, Bake House, 31 South Street Mosborough Sheffield S20 5DE It is not every day that a house been around for over a thousand years comes onto the market. We have had the pleasure and privilege of living … Read More
Ernest Edson was born around 1890, he came from Killamarsh according to 1901 and 1911 Census, and he lived at 73 Bridge Street, Killamash, he lived with his parents William and Hannah Edson, plus his brothers Albert and George. Ernest … Read More
Benjamin was one of the War Heroes whose name was not on the Cenotaph at St Mark’s Church Mosborough but was one of the fallen heroes. Benjamin was enlisted into the Royal Tank Corps, 78684, Formerly 16174, East Yorkshire … Read More
Extract from the “Eckington, Stavely & Woodhouse Express”, October 8th 1904 A MOSBRO’ WORTHY. Mr John Ibbotson Hayes, School Master & Registrar A number of years before Charles Dickens, the philosopher of Gadshill evolved from his fertile brain the various … Read More