Dainty, Hugh Corbett (Served as Franklin)

 

Rank: Rifleman

 

Number: 10614

 

Battalion: 3^rd King’s Royal Rifle Corps

 

Died: 15^th June 1915

 

Age: 20

 

Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, France

 

Additional Information:

Son of John William and Edith Mary Dainty of the Manor House, Collyweston, Stamford, Lincolnshire.

He was wounded in action on 9^th May 1915 and was immediately sent to the hospital at Etaples, France.

At the time of his death his parents were living at Stanley House, Mansfield Woodhouse

 

 

Davis, John Ernest

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 2807

 

Battalion: Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

 

Died: 19^th June 1916

 

Age: 19

 

Buried: Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece

 

Additional Information:

Son of Arthur and Fanny Davis of 19 Mansfield Road, Mansfield Woodhouse.

Enlisted 10^th July 1915, previously worked at the Mansfield Co-Op Society as a grocer.

 

 

Dawes, Arthur

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 72398

 

Battalion: ‘D’ Company 7^th Royal West Surrey Regiment

 

Died: 25^th August 1918

 

Age: 20

 

Buried: Bapaume Post Military Cemetery, France.

 

 

Dennis, George

 

Rank: Driver

 

Number: 73050

 

Battalion: 19^th Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery

 

Died: 31^st May 1918

 

Age: 28

 

Buried: Marfaux British Cemetery, France

 

Additional Information:

He was married and left 2 children. Previous to enlisting into the army, he worked at Sherwood Colliery

 

 

Driver, James

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 15536

 

Battalion: 11^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 1^st July 1916

 

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of Mrs Driver 27 Coke Street, Mansfield Woodhouse

Enlisted September 1914, went to the front in September 1915. He formerly worked at Langwith Colliery.

  

Dunn, John George

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 14008

 

Battalion: 1^st Lincolnshire Regiment

 

Died: 16^th June 1915

 

Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of Elijah and Fanny Dunn of 46 Market Street, Shirebrook: Husband of Elizabeth Mattock (formerly Dunn) of 11 First Avenue, Brownhills, Walsall, Staffordshire. Native of Mansfield Woodhouse

 

 

Fensom, Frederick Austin Wright

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 308306

 

Battalion: 5^th Tank Supply Company, Tank Corps

 

Died: 22^nd August 1918

 

Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of Mr and Mrs T Fensom, 116 Blake Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.

Enlisted 26^th March 1917, prior to which he was employed at Langwith Colliery. He proceeded to the Front on 26^th June 1917.

 

 

Flint, Lionel Herbert

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 3496

 

Battalion: 1/8^th Sherwood Foresters

 

Died: 14^th October 1915

 

Age: 19

 

Commemorated: Loos Memorial

 

Additional Information:

Son of Louis Maddox Flint and Eliza Ann Flint of Kohanja, Clipstone Road, Mansfield.

 

 

Flint, William Maddox

 

Rank: Corporal

 

Number: 61775

 

Battalion: 15^th/17^th West Yorkshire Regiment

 

Died: 12^th April 1918

 

Buried: Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery.

 

 

Foster, George William (Served as Frost)

 

Rank: Private

 

Number: 1927

 

Battalion: Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

 

Died: 20^th May 1918

 

Age: 19

 

Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery

 

Additional Information:

Son of J. George and M. Hannah Foster of Shirland, Alfreton, Derbyshire.