Listed below are a few men from Mansfield Woodhouse and Forest Town who served in the First World War. More will be added as and when i come across them. If you would require further information or can add anything please contact me via the contact form

 

Surname

Forename

Initials

Rank

Regiment

Additional Information

Adamson

Harry

H

Private

11th Sherwood Foresters

 

Allsop

Joseph

J

Private

Sherwood Foresters

7 Montague Terrace

Bacon

John

J

Gunner

Royal Field Artillery

24 Park Row

Baggaley

 

S

Private

Army Service Corps

Yorke Street

Bailey

Tom

T

Private

2nd Sherwood Foresters

9 Charles Street, Prisoner of War

Baker

 

G

Driver

Royal Field Artillery

67 Old Mill Lane

Barnes

Walter

W

Private

Sherwood Foresters

Greyhound Inn.

Baugh

 

B

Private

Northamptonshire Regiment

 

Beardall

Arthur

A

Private

8th Sherwood Foresters

 

Blagg

Tom

T

Drummer

 

 

Blagg

 

F

Private

1/8th Sherwood Foresters

 

Boden

Frank

F

Private

1/8th Sherwood Foresters

9th Avenue Forest Town

Bonser

 

 

Serjeant

 

Drill Instructor

Bonser

 

E

Private

1st Lincolns

 

Bonser

 

H

Private

3rd Lincolnshire Regiment

 

Bowler

William

W

Lance Corporal

1st Sherwood Foresters

 

Bowler

Joseph

J

Private

Sherwood Foresters

Prisoner of War

Bown

 

J W

Corporal

1st Leicestershire Regiment

29 Blenheim Terrace

Bowskill

Arthur William

A W

Private

 

Blake Street

Bramwell

 

F H

Trooper

4th Dragoon Guards

87 High Street

Briggs

John

J

Private

10th Sherwood Foresters

Wharfedale Cottage

Briggs

James

J

Private

1st Lincolns

 

Briggs

 

J P

Gunner

Royal Field Artillery

 

Briggs

Henry

H

Private

1st Lincolns

 

Brown

Joseph

J

Trooper

4th Dragoon Guards

Coke Street

Bulter

Harold

H

Private

9th Sherwood Foresters

6 Cavendish Street

Cantrill

 

G

Driver

Royal Field Artillery

42 Thoresby Road

Cantrill

John

J

Private

Lancashire Fusiliers

34 Thoresby Road

Cantrill

Frank

F

Private

 

Thoresby Road

Caunt

 

 

Driver

 

 

Clarke

Harold

H

Private

11th Scottish Rifles

36 Park Street

Coaten

George

G

Private

Duke Of Cornwalls Light Infantry

 

Coleman

 

H

Private

Sherwood Foresters

 

Collins

 

E

Rifleman

Kings Royal Rifle Corps

78 Albert Street

Consterdine

John William

J W

Serjeant

Leicestershire Regiment

 

Coupe

Thomas

T

Private

1st Sherwood Foresters

Portland Street

Cowpe

Christian

C

Private

1st Dragoon Guards

 

Crooks

 

E G

Private

 

 

Crowder

 

 

Private

 

 

Dainty

William Richard

W R

Captain

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

 

Dixon

George

G

Private

Royal Army Medical Corps

8 Common Lane

Dolman

Erenst

E

Private

Army Service Corps

12 Manvers Street

Donnelly

James

J

Driver

Royal Field Artillery

15 Crooks Avenue

Dyke

 

W E

Private

Lincolnshire Regiment

145 Sherwood Street

Dyke

Robert A

R A

Private

2nd Lincolnshire Regiment

145 Sherwood Street

Eastmond

 

R A

Doctor

 

Joined Meditteranean Expeditionary Force

Fells

 

W A

Driver

Royal Field Artillery

St Edmunds Avenue

Flannery

 

J

Private

Lincolnshire Regiment

 

Fox

 

C

Private

Lincolnshire Regiment

 

Gammond

 

T

Private

2nd Sherwood Foresters

37 Newcastle Street

Gee

 

P

Lance Corporal

11th Sherwood Foresters

59 Old Mill Lane

Gibson

 

J

Private

 

 

Gibson

 

J

Driver

 

 

Gill

John

J

Private

Sherwood Foresters

 

Grundy

 

W

Private

7th Sherwood Foresters

125 Yorke Street

Hardy

John James

J J

Lance Corporal

 

 

Harrison

Bernard

B

Private

16th Sherwood Foresters

54 Coke Street

Hatton

 

G T

Private

11th Sherwood Foresters

10 Kilburn Terrace

Havenhand

 

H

Rifleman

2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps

 

Hawley

 

R

Private

Royal Engineers

3 Vallance Street

Haywood

Charles

C

Private

11th Sherwood Foresters

 

Hill

 

J S

Private

Royal Army Medical Corps

 

Holmes

Sam

S

Private

 

 

Hood

Arthur

A

Private

9th Sherwood Foresters

 

Horne

 

H

Private

9th Lancashire Fusiliers

57 Coke Street

Houfton

 

G H

Second Lieutenant

Sherwood Foresters

 

Howe

 

W

Private

1st Sherwood Foresters

35 Common Lane

Howley

 

T A

Private

Sherwood Foresters

 

Hunt

 

H

Private

Lincolnshire Regiment

 

Lattimer

 

J C

Lance Corporal

6th Leicestershire Regiment

2 Hospital Terrace

Leeson

Willie

W

Private

Sherwood Foresters

 

Lovely

Levi

L

Private

9th Norfolk Regiment

Wounded Gun Shot Wounds 1918

Mallatratt

Leslie

L

Private

 

High Street, Prisoner of War

Marshall

 

J W

Private

10th Sherwood Foresters

16 Poplar Street

Marshall

Samuel

S

Lance Corporal

2nd Lancashire Fusiliers

Cavendish Street

Massey

 

L

Corporal

2nd Grenadier Guards

POW Doeberitz

Massey

 

L

Corporal

2nd Grenadier Guards

 

Matthews

 

F

 

8th Sherwood Foresters

High Street

Matthews

 

H

Private

7th Leicestershire Regiment

 

Matthews

Frank

 

 

Sherwood Foresters

 

Mayhall

 

A

Lieutenant

Royal Field Artillery

 

McDonald

 

A A W

Private

 

Depot House, Wounded 22/5/1915

Mellors

 

T

Lance Corporal

8th Northumberland Fusiliers

57 Blenheim Terrace: Wounded, Shrapnel wounds, face, right ankle and left thigh

Mellors

Joseph

J

Private

Sherwood Foresters

118 Blake Street

Miller

Percy

P

Gunner

Royal Artillery

53 Blenheim Terrace

Millns

Richard

R

Serjeant

2/8th Sherwood Foresters

 

Mills

 

F

Private

Sherwood Foresters

 

Money

 

F E

Quarter Master Serjeant

Army Service Corps

Coke Street

Moody

Sam

S

Private

Sherwood Foresters

13 Newcastle Street

Munks

George

G

Rifleman

12th London Regiment (The Rangers)

Wounded January 1916: Park Avenue

Munks

Arthur

A

Private

 

Enlisted 4/9/1914

Neale

Charles

C

 

11th Royal Welsh Fusiliers

 

Needham

William

W

Private

1/8th Sherwood Foresters

9th Avenue Forest Town

Newton

William

W

Private

Sherwood Foresters

22 Portland Street

Owen

Richard

R

Private

South Staffordshire Regiment

Prisoner of War 1916

Owen

Edgar

E

Lance Corporal

11th Sherwood Foresters

Montague Terrace

Palfreyman

Thomas

T

Stoker

HMS Achilles Royal Navy

 

Perry

 

 

Serjeant

Royal Army Medical Corps

5th Avenue Forest Town

Pidduck

 

G

Private

 

 

Pilgrim

 

T

Private

Royal Marine Light Infantry

3 Cursham Terrace

Pinnick

John

J

 

Royal Fusiliers

 

Pinnick

Benjamin

B

Gunner

Royal Garrison Artillery

 

Pinnick

George

G

Driver

Royal Field Artillery

 

Pinnick

 

H

Private

11th Sherwood Foresters

 

Raines

 

J R

Private

Grenadier Guards

31 Allcroft Street

Rains

 

J

Private

Grenadier Guards

31 Allcroft Street

Ranby

 

J H

 

Durham Light Infantry

14 Clipstone Road, Forest Town: Missing 27/05/1918

Redfern

Herbert

H

Driver

Royal Field Artillery

73 High Street

Reynolds

William

W

Gunner

Royal Field Artillery

 

Richardson

Alick

A

Private

3rd Royal Scottish Fusiliers

 

Robert

 

J

Seaman

 

 

Roberts

 

T J

 

Royal Marine Light Infantry

Wounded 9/5/1918

Robinson

Victor

V

Private

5th Leicestershire Regiment

 

Rockley

 

W

Serjeant

7th Lincolnshire Regiment

61 Yorke Street

Saxton

Reginald

R C

Second Lieutenant

Sherwood Foresters

 

Sharp

Austen

A

Private

 

Wounded Gun Shot wound right eye 1918

Shaw

 

W

Driver

Royal Field Artillery

Coke Street

Shuttleworth

Robert

R

Private

11th Sherwood Foresters

6 Montague Terrace

Slaney

Wilfrid

W

Seaman

Royal Navy

2 Park Street

Slaney

Clarence

C

Private

4th Sherwood Foresters

 

Smedley

Matthew

M L

 

Royal Navy

46 Coke Street

Smedley

Sam

S

Private

Sherwood Foresters

31 Matlock Terrace

Smedley

 

J

Private

Sherwood Foresters

 

Swinn

 

G

Private

Lincolnshire Regiment

 

Thompson

 

W E

Rifleman

Kings Royal Rifle Corps

 

Thompson

 

G

Private

 

51 Old Mill Lane

Tudge

 

G H

Serjeant

12th Sherwood Foresters

Debdale Gate

Turner

Arthur

A

 

Ceylon Tea Planters Contingent

Wounded in Gallipoli

Turner

Arthur

A

Private

Ceylon Tea Planters Contingent

 

Twyning

 

A W

Lance Corporal

 

 

Walker

Joseph

J

 

Royal Navy

57 Old Mill Lane

Walters

 

J J

Driver

Royal Field Artillery

Morven Avenue

Ward

Albert

A

Corporal

 

Prisoner of War  

Ward

 

H

Gunner

Royal Field Artillery

3 Fishers Row

Wareham

Edwin

E

 

 

Nephew of Harry Wareham, Warsop Road

Warren

 

J

Private

7th Leicestershire Regiment

41 Thoresby Road

Warriner

John Harry

J H

 

Royal Marine Light Infantry

Blake Street

Wass

John Samuel

J S

Corporal

2/8th Sherwood Foresters

 

Webb

 

G H

Seaman

Royal Navy HMS Hercules

111 Coke Street

Webb

William

W

Private

1st Sherwood Foresters

111 Coke Street

West

 

W

Private

Sherwood Foresters

 

Williams

 

P E

Private

Royal Marine Light Infantry

96 Sherwood Street

Williamson

 

W

Stoker

Royal Navy

25 Old Mill Lane

Wilson

 

S E

Private

Sherwood Foresters

Glenleigh Terrace

Woodcock

Sydney

S

Gunner

Royal Artillery

Sheepwash Lane

Wright

 

J

 

Sherwood Foresters

 

Wright

James

J

Private

 

 

Wright

 

W

Private

Royal Marine Light Infantry

51 Old Mill Lane

Wright

Sam

S

Private

 

 

 
A few photos of the lads, i do have many more