Wirksworth War Memorials

1914-19 and 1939-45

Also see Prisoners of War

Hello John Please find attached a file which shows the Great War casualties as listed on the Wirksworth War Memorial, and has re-arranged the men in date order of falling, and gives the individual links to the CWGC site. There are a few for whom I could not find an accurate match in the CWGC site, and did not want to guess a match. It is interesting to note that the CWGC site includes men interred after 1918 in Wirksworth cemetery who are not on the War Memorial. Please feel free to use on your site if you so wish. Best wishes David Wardman

Wirksworth Great War Casualties

[Links to Census] Soldier HAROLD ABELL GEORGE F.ALLSOP WILLIAM J.AULT THOMAS AUSTIN CHARLES E.BARKER THOMAS BEASTALL CYRIL E.BEESTON JOHN C.BENYON ABSOLOM BOOTH MATTHEW BOOTH ARTHUR BOUSFIELD JOSEPH B.BOWLER JAMES BOWYER SAMUEL BREWELL EDGAR L.BREWER J.HAROLD BREWER JOSEPH A.BRINDLEY JACOB BROOKS JACOB BROOKS WILLIAM BROOKS WILLIAM BROOKS PERCY BROWN FRANCIS W.BROWN JOHN A.BUNTING THOMAS BYARD SAMUEL CARLINE JOHN W.CLOUGH PHILIP DAKIN FRANCIS J.DRANFIELD ARTHUR S.DUROE DAVID ELLIOTT JOHN W.ELLIOTT ALFRED ELSE EDWARD FIELD MARK FLINT MARK FLINT WILLIE FRASER GEORGE S.FRITCHLEY J.BERTRAM FRITCHLEY GEORGE FRITH ERNEST G.GOODWIN GEORGE H.GOULD HENRY GOULD LUTHER GOULD HERBERT GRATTON WILLIAM GRATTON ERNEST GREATOREX GEORGE E.HALL J.NORMAN HALL PHILIP J.R.HARRISON JOHN F.HIGTON JOHN H.HIGTON CYRIL S.HINDLE A.DAWSON HODGSON WILLIAM HOLMES F.CECIL HOOLEY SAMUEL R.JOHNSON WILLIAM KIRKBY WILFRED LAND CHARLES McCREERY HARRY MARSDEN JOB C.MARSH JOHN W.MELBOURNE ROBT G.MELBOURNE ALBERT E.MILLER FREDERIC NIXON JOSHUA OLDFIELD ALBERT OXSPRING STEPHEN PICKERING **SAMUEL POWELL ERNEST G.RADFORD GEORGE REPTON BENJN RHODES HENRY E.SEVERNE LEONARD B.SHAW GEORGE SLATER ALBERT SMITH JOHN SMITH JOSEPH G.SMITH BENJN SOWTER CHARLES W.SPENCER JOHN G.SPENDLOVE JOSEPH STATHAM T.HENRY STIRZAKER GEORGE SWIFT BERNARD A.TAYLOR CHARLES W.TAYLOR GEORGE THOMPSON WILFRED THOMPSON CYRIL THURMAN **FRANK TWIGGE GEORGE WAIN TOM WALKER FREDK WARDMAN GEORGE WARDMAN SAMUEL WARDMAN JACK WATERFIELD GEO.H.WHEATCROFT RONALD D.WHEATCROFT WILLIAM WINSON NOEL YEOMANS [**=In Wirksworth 1911 Census]

Photo of Memorial

[Links to CWGC] Soldier Death Memorial Harold Abell 23/04/1917 Arras George Allsop 15/09/1915 William J Ault 03/05/1917 Arras Thomas Austin Charles C Barker 22/04/1918 Thomas Beastall 10/05/1917 Cyril E Beeston 14/12/1918 John C Benyon 29/11/1918 Absolom Booth 01/01/1918 Matthew Booth 26/08/1915 Arthur Bousfield Joseph B Bowler 30/04/1918 James Bowyer 04/05/1917 Samuel Brewell 09/04/1917 Arras Edgar L Brewer 01/11/1918 J H Brewer 20/09/1917 Tyn Cot Joseph A Brindley 03/10/1918 Jacob Brooks 21/03/1918 Jacob Brooks 15/02/1919 Wirksworth William Brooks 03/09/1916 William Brooks Percy Brown 12/10/1916 Thiepval Francis W Brown 10/10/1917 John A Bunting 03/08/1917 Thomas Byard 16/07/1917 Samuel Carline 26/10/1917 Tyn Cot John W Clough 20/10/1914 Philip Dakin 03/10/1918 Francis J Dranfield 11/10/1918 Kirk Ireton Arthur S Duroe 05/04/1918 David Elliott 13/04/1918 John W.Elliott Alfred Else 01/07/1916 Edward R Field 03/09/1916 Mark Flint 25/04/1917 Mark Flint 03/04/1918 Willie Fraser 27/05/1917 Vlamertinghe George S Fritchley 18/10/1918 Wirksworth J Bertram Fritchley 27/08/1918 Vis en Artois George Frith 12/03/1915 Ernest G Goodwin 21/03/1918 George H Gould 25/08/1918 Vis en Artois Henry Gould 13/10/1916 Luther Gould 03/09/1916 Herbert Gratton 26/11/1918 William Gratton 20/07/1916 Ernest Greatorex 26/09/1917 George E Hall 26/09/1915 Loos J Norman Hall 05/11/1918 Wirksworth Philip J R Harrison 01/07/1916 Thiepval John F Higton 08/07/1916 Thiepval John H Higton 29/09/1918 Cyril S Hindle 03/06/1916 A Dawson Hodgson 20/07/1916 Thiepval William Holmes F Cecil Hooley 30/09/1915 Samuel R JOHNSON 17/10/1918 William KIRKBY Wilfred LAND 24/04/1918 Charles McCREERY 06/08/1916 Harry MARSDEN 06/10/1917 Job C MARSH 12/12/1915 John W MELBOURNE 18/04/1915 Robert G MELBOURNE 25/05/1917 Arras Albert E MILLER Frederic NIXON 12/04/1918 Joshua OLDFIELD 05/10/1918 Albert OXSPRING 19/10/1918 Stephen PICKERING 02/01/1917 Samuel POWELL 28/10/1918 Ernest G RADFORD 25/09/1917 George REPTON 20/09/1917 Tyn Cot Benjn RHODES 18/08/1916 Henry F SEVERNE 10/05/1915 Leonard B SHAW 21/06/1918 Wirksworth George SLATER Albert SMITH John SMITH Joseph G SMITH Benjamin SOWTER 27/08/1918 Charles W SPENCER John G SPENDLOVE 04/02/1918 Joseph STATHAM 18/10/1916 Wirksworth T Henry STIRZAKER 27/09/1916 George SWIFT Bernard A TAYLOR 30/11/1917 Charles W TAYLOR 03/01/1916 George THOMPSON Wilfred THOMPSON Cyril THURMAN 30/09/1917 Francis TWIGGE 09/04/1917 George WAIN 22/08/1918 Tom WALKER 15/07/1917 Frederick WARDMAN 30/12/1918 George WARDMAN 12/09/1918 Vis en Artois Samuel WARDMAN 01/07/1916 Thiepval Jack WATERFIELD 30/07/1916 Geo H WHEATCROFT 11/08/1915 Ronald WHEATCROFT 02/07/1916 William WINSON 27/05/1918 Noel YEOMANS 27/09/1918

Wirksworth WW2 Casualties 1939-45

St Mary's Parish Church On a pillar in the South Transept

Soldier Death Relatives Harold ATKIN 02/07/1943 Frank AUSTIN 16/05/1941 son of Annie AUSTIN Robert BOWMER 27/06/1942 Arthur BYARD 22/11/1944 Peter DRUMMOND-HAY Martin Peter FROBISHER 05/11/1944 son of Charles and Dorothy H FROBISHER William GRATTON 04/07/1943 son of Arthur & Ann GRATTON Edward HARRIS 10/04/1945 son of Edward & Jane HARRIS Leslie HARRISON 12/08/1944 son of Reginald and Beatrice HARRISON Samuel HOUGHTON 26/05/1942 son of Henry & Elizabeth HOUGHTON Sidney KINDER Vaughan LEWTAS 22/04/1940 son of John & Winifred Vaughan LEWTAS Charles George MARSDEN 06/06/1942 son of Daniel Roper & Mary MARSDEN Angus MOFFAT 26/04/1944 son of Peter and Elizabeth MOFFAT George William MOORE 13/10/1944 son of William Gamaliel & Elizabeth MOORE David OXSPRING 24/02/1941 son of David & Helena OXSPRING Clarence PARKER 13/11/1943 son of Harold Ernest & Thirza Edith PARKER Rex PICKERING Arthur REDFERN 31/05/1940 son of George Henry & E REDFERN Samuel SPENCER George TAYLOR 09/09/1944 son of John Richard & Alice Ann TAYLOR Edward UDALE 12/03/1944 son of Henry & Lily UDALE George WILDE 26/03/1945 son of George & Sarah Ellen WILDE Samuel WOOD

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----Anyone with more details for publication on this webpage, please email ---- ---------------------------------------------- From Jenni Dobson 14aug2014 Dear John Palmer, I may have been in touch with you before, but owing to a disastrous hard drive failure I lost my former e-addressbook & so I can't tell. I've done some research into one of the soldiers on the Wirksworth war memorial & on Monday this week we went to look for his grave. Thanks to a helpful local council assistant we found it immediately, and not least because it has an Imperial War Graves headstone. The soldier is Joseph Statham & he is gt-grandfather to my stepson, which is why I researched him. I wondered if you might like to have a copy of my most recent summary of Joseph's story and maybe also a photo of the headstone, whether to add to your comprehensive website or purely for your own interest. Sincerely, Jenni Dobson Statham, Joseph Born 1888, reg. at Bakewell district, Derbyshire but on army attestation papers says he was born at Starkholmes, Matlock. 17 May 1907 joined the Notts & Derby Regiment, army no. 10346, (a Territorial force), where he gave his former occupation as railway labourer, later recorded as ‘plate layer’. He signed his name. Served 76 days until 1 Aug 1907, when discharged on payment of £10 within 3 months of attestation (Para 1805(v) Kings Regs). Discharge money provided by Mr Statham, Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbys, ( believed by me to be father). Married Clara Else 31 Aug 1907, Wirksworth.` Son Alfred Statham born 19 Nov 1907, Wirksworth, baptised 29 Jan 1908, Wirksworth. 27 May 1908 joined York & Lancaster Regiment, army no 9197: answers “No” to the question ‘Are you married?’ 16 Dec 1908 posted to India` appointed L. Cpl. 9 Aug 1910, later same month demoted;` 1911 census, a Private serving at Hyderabad, India with York & Lancasters:` appointed L. Cpl. 25 Jun 1912` appointed paid L. Cpl 8 Jan 1914` 18 Nov 1914, returned to ‘Home’ service` appointed Cpl. 26 12 1914` 15 Jan 1915, to Expeditionary Force, France ` appointed Sgt. 17 Jun 1915` Sep 1915, Battle of Loos` 24 Oct 1915, to Expeditionary Force, Mediterranean, till 25 Jan 1916` 26 Jan 1916 to 29 Mar 1916 posted ‘Home’ (having served a total of 7 yrs 308 days, incl. 5 yrs 338 days in India.) 15 Mar 1916, Western General Hospital, Manchester, Royal Army Medical Corps. T.F. Medical Board records show his disability to be ‘Vascular disease of heart, aortic & mitral disease’; Date of disability: Sept 1915; Place of origin of disability: Loos ‘Had severe rheumatism (rheumatic fever) & dyspnoea but worked till Dec 1915 when admitted to hospital at Salonica’ Board declares him ‘Discharge’, ‘unfit for war service or home service, unfit for light duty at home’ Discharge proceedings state Intended place of residence 57 Cromford Rd, Wirksworth. Military character ‘Very good’; Reference: ‘a clean, hardworking and reliable man’. Army pension: 16s 6d/week plus 1s 3d/week for one child; for 6 months, conditional on Board. Medical Board 17 Jul 1916 note ‘Prevents ½’ ; Invalid Board note ‘Srgt earning 28/- Dies 18 Oct 1916, Wirksworth, aged 28 years; buried 21 Oct 1916, Wirksworth: Imperial War Grave stone erected on grave at subsequent date. In case it's of interest, you may also like confirmation that Joseph had only the one child, Alfred, who subsequently married a local girl from the Steeples family in the Wirksworth Methodist church & they had three children, all eventually married and parents themselves. Joseph's widow Clara remarried well into the 1902s and appears to have had two children in this second marriage. As we are then in the realm of the living I have not traced these people any further. ----------------------------------------------- Amanda Goddard writes on 11feb2013: John You've established a great website! I was interested in the names on the WW1 Memorial and found my great-uncle name recorded as Willie Fraser. I noticed that David Wardman who provided you with the information didn't have any information about Willie. I can confirm the following: William S Fraser (family name Willie) - Service No: 27832 Died 27/05/1917 He served as a Rifleman in the 16th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). His residence was noted as Wirksworth, Derbyshire and enlisted in Matlock, I would be grateful if you could pass this information on to David as he may want to update his records...at the moment he looks anomalous. If you should have any further information about Willie Fraser I would dearly love to have it. He was estranged from his family who were all living in Acton London who didn't seem to know he was living in Wirksworth. Kind Regards Amanda Goddard

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