A German shell landed in the trenches on the BLUFF occupied by men of A Company.
This had a devastating effect and killed 4 men whilst wounding several more.
The men killed were:-
1900 Pte William Clarke (I.C.4.) aged 21 and a machine hand from Chesterfield.
2097 Pte Ralph Ellis (I.C.5.) aged 19 and drilling machinist from Stonegravels.
2344 Sergt John McBride (I.B.6.) aged 37 and a pipemoulder from Barrow Hill. John was born in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal and served in the South African War of 1899-1902.
1890 Pre John Henry Roberts (I.C.6.) aged 23 from Staveley.
All four men are buried close to each other at Chester Farm.
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 
Hi Mike, Great site. The details for John McBride as a pipemoulder from Barrow Hill don’t match the one’s you use elsewhere on the site (as a drayman from Chesterfield) or anything I’ve seen before. As well as serving in the South African War (with the Donegal Artillery) he also spent four years out in India with the Royal Garrison Artillery.
I’ve put more details on the Every Man Remembered site:
http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/446017/
Hi Paul, you’re quite right (and he wash’t from Barrow Hill either) – not sure sure how that mistake crept in. Thanks for letting me know and I’ll get it changed. Glad you like the site, cheers Mike