Category Archives: Soldiers

3152 Pte Frank Webb from Stow-on-the Wold

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Enlisted in October 1914 and arrived in France with the 11th Reinforcement in June 1916. Served with A Company and was wounded and captured during a trench raid on the Talus in July 1916.

Many thanks to Ken Holmes for sending this picture

Full details of the Talus raid are here

It is unclear whether Franks was killed on the raid or died as a POW; however, it would appear from the “Nachlassliste’ that he was killed during the raid and his body was not recovered and buried.

31 Ambulance Train: 3rd-21st December

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2/6th Casualties from the battle of Cambria

241743 L/Cpl Archibald Frank Ashton with a gun shot wound in the thumb. Entrained at Grevillers from a casualty clearing station and detrained at Etaples. Born in 1896 and was an insurance clerk from Chisworth in Derbyshire. He enlisted in Manchester in December 1915. Served with C Company and later died as a prisoner of war at Meschede POW camp on 21st June 1918 aged 23. He is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany and was the son of John Albert and Lavinia Ann Ashton of 65 Fatting Hay in Chisworth.

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70788 Pte John Robert Lister. An early member of the 1/8th Battn (3994) and arrived in France on 27th October 1915. He was later transferred to the 1st (70788), 2/6th and 15th Battns. Disembodied 7th April 1919. He was gassed on the 3rd December 1917 and entrained from Achiet-le-Grand (45th and 49th Casualty Clearing Stations). Later served with the 1/5th Battalion.

12901 Pte Anthony Fallowfield suffered a shrapnel wound to his neck, neck and knee. Entrained from Achiet-le-Grand on the 4th December. Original enlisted into the 9th Battalion and arrived in the Balkans on 1st July 1915. Later served with the Northumberland Fusiliers, Machine Gun Corps and Royal Engineers.

240770 Pte Ernest Longden suffered a shrapnel wound to the wrist and entrained from Achiet-le-Grand on the 4th December. Enlisted in October 1914 and later served with the 8th Battalion.

22630 Pte John Bland from Pleasley and suffered a shrapnel wound to the head and was entrained from Achiet-le-Grand on the 4th December. Enlisted in January 1915 aged 34 he was transferred to the 2/6th Battalion in August 1917. Later served with the Labour Corps.

240972 Pte John George Southam from Wirtksworth and enlisted in October 19145. Suffered gun shot wound in the shoulder. Entrained Achiet-le-Grand on 3rd December 1917 and detrained at Etaples. Later served with the 8th Battalion.

Miss Hatty Baker from Ilkeston

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A post card written and sent from the 1910 Camp at Hindlow (near Buxton)

“Dear H

Thanks for the PC received this morning. I should think I do know where it is, I wish I was there now I am about sick of this camp. I am getting on famous under the circumstances. I thought you had forgot to write however your chap getting on now. From your most affectionate.

From AC”

We will never know the identity of ‘AC’. Hatty was born in September 1890 and married Charle Wheatley in April 1911 and their daughter Mariam (1911-1985) was born in August 1911. Hatty died in August 1979.

Interestingly, the Ilkeston address would suggest that ‘AC’ served in the 5th Battalion, but the card is of the 6th Battalion…..we’ll never know…….

Fred L Stevens

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From Long Eaton

“Sincerely Yours Fred L Stevens Dec 1918”

A new purchase of very young looking Sherwood Forester…..

This really has had me pondering…….

There is no suitable match in the SF medal rolls, although we do know that he has a marksman proficiency badge.

And then I saw the photographers details “Valette Studios Long Eaton” They operated from at least between c. 1917 and c. 1922.

So I’m thinking he’s a bit young and maybe didn’t serve overseas – so I checked the 1911 Census and I think this might be him.

4053/306285 Pte Walter Rhodes Moore a grocer from Newark

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Enlisted in June 1915 and served with the 2/8th and 2/6th Battalions. Made a POW on the 21st March 1918.

Walter enlisted in Newark into the 8th Battalion on the 1st June 1915 and was issued the service number 4053. It would appear that he was posted to the 2/8th Battalion because he received dental treatment at Watford in November 1915.

Walter would have served in the Easter Rising in April 1916, before embarking to France with the 59th Division on 27th February 1917. He received his 6-digit number (306284) in March 1917.

On the 29th January 1918, Walter with 5 Officers and 142 Other Ranks were transferred to the 2/6th Battalion – see here. In February 1918 Walter attended a school of cooking before returning in March, just several days before the start of the ‘Kaiserschlacht’ – the German Spring Offensive on 21st March 1918.

Walter was serving with “A Company” when was he captured and was interned in Parchim POW camp. He was finally disembodied in March 1919.

Arrival of the men from Hull

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In May 1916

On the 10th May 1916 approximately 68 men from the Hull area (some who had previously served with the E Yorks R) were (directly?) transferred to the 2/6th Battalion Notts & Derby – I don’t think that they went via the 3/6th (based on records for 2/8th men at the same time).

They were numbered from 241893 to 241960.

I have been able to identify and trace the fate of 60 of these men.

23 men (38%) were transferred to other Battalions and/or Regiments.

13 men (22%) were killed in action or died of their wounds.

21 men (35%) were made prisoner of war on the 21st March 1918.

3 men (5%) were discharged due to wounds received.