Parkes, William

 

Rank: Corporal

 

Number: 23323

 

Battalion: 1^st Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 19^th May 1916

 

Age: 46

 

Buried: Bois De Noulette British Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Son of James and Mary Ann Parkes of 12 Strutts Yard Mansfield Woodhouse: Husband of Mrs Buckland (Formerly Parkes) of 98 King Street, Warsop Vale.

Home address prior to enlisting 7 Charles Street, Mansfield Woodhouse

He had served in the Boer War of 1899-1902, having been twice wounded.

Previously employed at Mr Sills’ quarry

 

Pearson, Thomas

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 21139

 

Battalion: 10^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 6^th February 1917

 

Buried: Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery

 

 

Peat, Alfred

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 11962

 

Battalion: 7^th Leicestershire Regiment

 

Died: 14^th July 1916

 

Age: 35

 

Buried: Thiepval Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of Mr and Mrs John Peat of 17 Common Lane Mansfield Woodhouse

 

 

 Peat, William

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 267215

 

Battalion: 12^th/13^th Northumberland Fusiliers

 

Died: 12^th October 1918

 

Buried: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany

 

Additional Information:

Died as a Prisoner of War.

 

 

Peatman, Arthur

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 124944

 

Battalion: 167^th Company, Machine Gun Corps

 

Died: 28^th March 1918

 

Commemorated: Arras Memorial

 

 

Percival, John Clarence

 

Rank: Lance Corporal

 

Number: 16237

 

Battalion: 11^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 1^st July 1916

 

Age: 20

 

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial

 

Additional Information:    

Son of Joseph Walter Percival of 12 Lewis Square, Rancliffe Street, Nottingham and the late Mary Percival

 

 

 Phillips, Henry Herbert

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 72472

 

Battalion: 7^th Royal West Surrey Regiment

 

Died: 17^th August 1918

 

Age: 22

 

Buried: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

Additional Information:

Son of Henry and Mary Ann Phillips of 2 Castle Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, Husband of Ada Phillips.

 

Phillips-Taylor, Albert

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 10099

 

Battalion: 2^nd Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 20^th October 1914

 

Age: 26

 

Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of John and Sarah Eliza Phillips-Taylor of 4 Hardstaff Homes, Mansfield Woodhouse.

Called up by General Proclamation he joined the 2^nd Battalion on 5^th August 1914. He sailed to France on 7^th September 1914

One of the very first from Mansfield Woodhouse to fall.

 

 

Pickering, Francis Sydney

 

Rank: Corporal

 

Number: 305597

 

Battalion: 1/8^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 8^th June 1917

 

Age: 29

 

Buried: Loos British Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Husband of Alice Pickering of 5 Clipstone Road, Forest Town.

Home address 4, Fourth Avenue, Forest Town.

Enlisted 9^th September 1914.

Killed along side Private Thomas Clarke when a shell landed in the trench they were in whilst waiting to be relieved.

They lie buried side by side.

 

 

Pinnick, Alfred

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 15982

 

Battalion: 11^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 3^rd July 1916

 

Age: 19

 

Buried: Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension

 

Additional Information:

Son of Charles and Rhoda Pinnick of Mansfield Woodhouse.

One of 5 brothers who served in the Great War.

 

 

Plant, John

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 36494

 

Battalion: 9^th Leicestershire Regiment

 

Died: 27^th May 1917

 

Age: 42

 

Buried: Mansfield Woodhouse Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Husband of Priscilla Jackson (Formerly Plant) of 23 Burns Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse

 

 

Playfoot, George

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 6407

 

Battalion: 1/6^th Cheshire Regiment

 

Died: 31^st July 1917

 

Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

 

Powell, James William

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 268554

 

Battalion: 1/8^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 21^st October 1916

 

Age: 20

 

Buried: Mansfield Woodhouse (St Edmund) Churchyard Extension

 

 

Powner, Thomas

 

Rank: Lance Corporal

 

Number: 28208

 

Battalion: 17^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 8^th September 1916

 

Buried: Achiet Le Grand Communal Cemetery Extension

 

 

Purseglove, Joseph

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 17280

 

Battalion: 2^nd Leicestershire Regiment

 

Died: 6^th July 1916

 

Age: 23

 

Buried: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq

 

Additional Information:  

Died of Heat Apoplexy after a short illness.

Worked at Shirebrook Colliery prior to enlisting in March 1915. After training he was drafted to France and from there on to India. He was wounded in the leg on 19^th March 1916 in Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq.

He was a keen bird watcher

 

 

Radford, George Henry

 

Rank: Rifleman

 

Number: R/12900

 

Battalion: 1^st King’s Royal Rifle Corps

 

Died: 27^th July 1916

 

Age: 23

 

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of John and Lucy Radford of 6 St Edmunds Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse

Was a member of St Edmunds church, and was also a Sunday School teacher.

He was employed at Sherwood Colliery before enlisting on 12^th May 1915. After three months training at Winchester and Sheerness he was drafted to France on 19^th August 1915.

 

 

Raven, Albert George

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 12675

 

Battalion: 7^th Leicestershire Regiment

 

Died: 26^th September 1915

 

Age: 21

 

Buried: Bienvillers Military Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Home address 39 Old Mill Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse.

Prior to enlisting he worked at Warsop Main Colliery

 

Richardson, Ernest

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 2551

 

Battalion: 1/8^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 20^th July 1915

 

Age: 20

 

Buried: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Son of Charles and Ellen Rebecca Richardson of 32 Sixth Avenue Forest Town.

Enlisted 9^th September 1914, prior to which he worked at Mansfield Colliery.

He answered the call at the big recruitment meeting held at Forest Town, and after training at Newark, Harpenden and Braintree he went to France on 25^th February 1915. He went into the trenches for the first time on Palm Sunday 1915.

Whilst in a Front Line trench, he was killed by a rifle grenade.

His brother Private Alick Richardson, later wounded on the 1^st July 1916 whilst taking part in the big offensive, opened the letter which contained news of his death.

 

 

 

 Roberts, John Edward

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 19583

 

Battalion: 10^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 22^nd May 1916

 

Age: 28

 

Buried: Mansfield Woodhouse (St Edmund) Churchyard Extension

 

Additional Information:

Husband of Cissie Roberts of 9 Hospital Terrace, Mansfield Woodhouse.

Enlisted for army service in November 1914, 3 months after the outbreak of war. He received training at Lichfield before being drafted to the front in July 1915.

At the Front he was attached to 177^th Field Company Royal Engineers and it was whilst attached to them that he was wounded by a high explosive shell which destroyed the sight in one eye.

Due to the seriousness of his wounds, he was sent to the 24th General Hospital which was stationed at Etaples in France. Due to this only being a base hospital and not having the treatment he required available, he was then transferred to the Dublin Castle Hospital in Ireland. After spending 2 months undergoing treatment he was then taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital which was based in Dublin. Here he underwent 9 operations and was attended to by 4 specialists.

After the operations he contracted Meningitis which led to his death.

 

 

Robertson, Samuel Robert

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 15376

 

Battalion: 12^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 22^nd March 1918

 

Age: 23

 

Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of the late Mr and Mrs Roberson of Pleasley Vale.

  

 

Robinson, Ernest

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 1641

 

Battalion: 1/8^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 12^th July 1915

 

Age: 19

 

Buried: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Son of A and F Robinson of 14 Woodland Grove, Mansfield Woodhouse

In civilian life he was employed by the Mansfield Light Railway Company but was also a pre-war Territorial. When war was declared he was in camp at Scarborough.

He was sent with his Battalion to the Front on 2^nd March 1915.

Just before he was killed he had been talking to Drummer John William Newton

 

 

Roe, George Thomas

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 30315

 

Battalion: 7/8^th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

 

Died: 28^th November 1918

 

Buried: Belgrade Cemetery

 

 

 Sanderson, Bernard

 

Rank: Lance Corporal

 

Number: 46584

 

Battalion: 15^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 24^th March 1918

 

Age: 20

 

Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of Alfred and Hannah Sanderson of 11 Pleasley Vale.

Commemorated

  

 

Sanderson, Edgar

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 203355

 

Battalion: :  1/4^th York and Lancaster

 

Died: 14^th August 1917

 

Age: 24

 

Buried: Adinkerke Military Cemetery

 

Additional Information

Husband of Charlotte Sanderson of 40 Park Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse

 

 

Sansom, Oswald

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 28453

 

Battalion: 2^nd Cheshire Regiment

 

Died: 3^rd October 1915

 

Age: 17

 

Commemorated: Loos Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of Charles and Emily Sansom of 19 Common Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse.

The youngest known casualty of Mansfield Woodhouse

 

 

Sargison, Charles MM

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 15096

 

Battalion: 6^th Lincolnshire Regiment

 

Died: 22^nd August 1917

 

Age: 31

 

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of George and Sarah Sargison: Husband of Lois Sargison of 42 Portland Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.

 

  

Savage, Frederick

 

Rank: Lance Corporal

 

Number: 27468

 

Battalion: 10^th Royal Warwickshire Regiment

 

Died: 20^th November 1916

 

Buried: Warloy Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension

 

 

Savage, John DCM

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 8584

 

Battalion: 2^nd Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 16^th May 1915

 

Age: 32

 

Buried: Strand Military Cemetery

Additional Information:
Home address 13 Fletcher Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
Private Savage lost his life after he had volunteered to rescue 3 men who were trapped in the trench after the Germans had blown it up using mines which had been dug underneath. He managed to rescue 2 of the men but whilst attempting to rescue the 3^rd he was overcome by poisonous fumes.

He left a widow and four children

 

Saxelby, George William

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 14920

 

Battalion: 7^th Lincolnshire Regiment,

 

Died: 10^th December 1915

 

Buried: Menin Road South Military Cemetery

 

 

Shaw, Joseph

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 3/3489

 

Battalion: 1^st King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

 

Died: 8^th May 1915

 

Age: 40

 

Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Husband of Ella Rushby (formerly Shaw) of 26 Vallance Street, Mansfield Woodhouse

 

 

Shawcroft, Frederick Carey

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 1733

 

Battalion: 6^th York and Lancaster Regiment,

 

Died: 7^th March 1917

 

Age: 27

 

Buried: Mansfield Woodhouse Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Son of Joseph and Isabella Shawcroft: Husband of Jane E Howell (Formerly Shawcroft) of 62 Station Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
A few years before the war Frederick left Mansfield Woodhouse and went to live in Brodsworth, Yorkshire. Whilst living there, he became a deputy at the Colliery.Before he left the village he was connected with the Congregational Church and was the secretary of the Sunday School. He enlisted in 1915 into the York and Lancaster Regiment, and went with his Regiment to Gallipoli, Turkey.
In November 1916, Frederick received wounds to his left arm. He was taken to Hospital in Bristol and after undergoing treatment here he returned to his unit but was subsequently given a temporary discharge from the Army. He returned to Brodsworth to resume his civilian occupation, but could only work for 3 weeks before his wounds began to get worse. Leading up to the weeks that he died he suffered great agony and a few days before he died he became completely blind.

He left a widow and a child

At his funeral, he was given full military honours

 

 

Sheldon, William

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 5061

 

Battalion: 9^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 19^th November 1915

 

Age: 20

 

Buried: Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey

 

Additional Information:

Son of Mrs A M Short (Formerly Sheldon) of 22 2^nd Avenue, Forest Town.

 

 

Sherratt, William

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 11390

 

Battalion: 1^st Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 9^th May 1915

 

Age: 24

 

Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of George and Jane Sherratt of 55 Thoresby Road, Mansfield Woodhouse

 

 

 Sirdifield, James Thomas

 

Rank: Stoker 1^st Class

 

Number: K/18336

 

Ship: HMS Hampshire Royal Navy

 

Died: 5^th June 1916

 

Age: 22

 

Commemorated: Portsmouth Naval Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of William Sirdifield of 10 Greyhound Yard, Mansfield Woodhouse.

 

 

Sissons, Harold

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 42933

 

Battalion: 7/8^th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

 

Died: 21^st March 1918

 

Age: 19

 

Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of Harold and Annie Sissons of 5 Sherwood Street, Mansfield Woodhouse

 

Slater, Herbert

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 306701

 

Battalion: 2/8^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 26^th September 1917

 

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial

 

 

 Smith, Ernest

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 31864

 

Battalion: 8^th South Staffordshire Regiment

 

Died: 14^th October 1917

 

Age: 36

 

Buried: Mendinghem Military Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Son of J Smith: Husband of Amelia Smith of 7 Station Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
Before the war Ernest was a jeweller and a Sunday school teacher at the Primitive Methodist Church. He enlisted in November 1916 and had only been in the army for 8 weeks when he was first sent to France.

He died at a casualty clearing station from the effects of wounds to the arm, head and legs. 

 

Smith, Fredeick

Rank: Private

 

Number: 16164

 

Battalion: 2/5^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 26th September 1917

 

Age: 19

 

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of Harriett Nixon of 135 Sherwood Street, Mansfield Woodhouse

Brother of J W Smith
He had enlisted in September 1914

 

 

Smith, Horace Bernard

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 36664

 

Battalion: 12/13^th Northumberland Fusiliers

 

Died: 23^rd August 1918

 

Buried: Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval.

 

 

 Smith, James William

Rank: Private

 

Number: 18478

 

Battalion: 1^st Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 9^th May 1915

 

Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial

 

Additional Information:,.

Brother of Frederick Smith
Home address 39 Newcastle Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.
He enlisted on 7^th November 1914, leaving his job at Pleasley Colliery. When his enlistment was complete he was sent to train at Plymouth until early April 1915, when he was sent to the Front.

He left a widow and a child, aged 5

 

 

Smith, William

 

Rank: Stoker 1^st Class

 

Number: 293135

 

Ship: HMS Pembroke II Royal Navy

 

Died: 1^st September 1916

 

Buried: Maltby Burial Ground, Yorkshire

 

 

Smith, William

 

Rank: Gunner

 

Number: 44953

 

Battalion: 19^th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

 

Died: 12^th September 1917

 

Age: 28

 

Buried: Canada Farm Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Son of William and Celia Smith of Hartshorne Burton on Trent.

Lived 7 Fletcher Street, Mansfield Woodhouse

 

 

  

Stacey, Joseph Henry

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 19364

 

Battalion: 12^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 17^th June 1916

 

Age: 24

 

Buried: Dranoutre Military Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Husband of Bertha Standish (Formerly Stacey) of 56 Sheffield Street, Scunthorpe

 

 

Starbuck, Joseph

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 29424

 

Battalion: 13^th Yorkshire Regiment

 

Died: 1^st July 1916

 

Buried: Loos British Cemetery

 

 

Strauther, George Henry

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 19755

 

Battalion: 4^th South Wales Borderers

 

Died: 9^th April 1916

 

Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq