4669/241625 James Scott Datson was posted to the 3/6th Battn in January 1916 and transferred to the 2/6th Battn in time to serve in the Easter Rising in April 1916. He arrived in France in February 1917 and later served in the 1st Battn and was captured by the Germans on 25th March 1918.

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4790/241717 Joseph Michael Rooney was from Barrow Hill in Chesterfield. He attested on 11th December 1915 and was posted to the 3/6th Battn in February 1916. He later transferred to the 2/6th Battn and arrived in France on the 26th February 1917. Joseph was wounded in action at Ypres on the 29th September (GSW legs) and after treatment in the 1st Canadian General Hospital was transferred to England on the 27th October 1917.

Joseph suffered a fractured tibia and fibula and was discharged on the 17th September 1918. Unfortunately he died in November 1918. For more information of Joseph see here and here.

Joseph’s wounding therefore dates this casualty list to September/October 1917.