Major, James
Believed to be:
Rank: Private
Number: 16042
Battalion: 11th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 22nd July 1916
Age: 26
Buried: Nottingham Northern Cemetery
Mapletoft, Robert
Rank: Private
Number: 19408
Battalion: 1st Northamptonshire Regiment
Died: 19th July 1916
Age: 38
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
Additional Information:
Enlisted 1914 into the Sherwood Foresters but was shortly afterwards transferred into the Northamptonshire Regiment.
Prior to enlisting he had worked at Shirebrook Colliery.
Marchant, Alexander
Rank: Private
Number: 203422
Battalion: 1/5th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 2nd April 1917
Age: 30
Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of Henry Marchant of 24 Pleasley Vale.
Brother of the below
Marchant, George
Rank: Private
Number: 12443
Battalion: 2/5th Leicestershire Regiment
Died: 6th December 1917
Buried: Orival Wood Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of Mr H Marchant of 24 Pleasley Vale.
Marples, George Edwin
Rank: Lance Corporal
Number: 17707
Battalion: 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died: 30th July 1916
Age: 23
Buried: Guillemont Road Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of George Edwin Marples of 129 Sherwood Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
Rank: Private
Number: 18138
Battalion: 6th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died: 1st August 1915
Buried: Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of William Marriott of Blenheim Terrace, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Enlisted 19th August 1914.
Marsh, Harry
Rank: Private
Number: 15102
Battalion: 1st Lincolnshire Regiment
Died: 21st April 1918
Age: 30
Buried: Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery
Additional Information:
Husband of Ivy Reeves (formerly Marsh) of 45 Portland Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
Mee, Harry
Rank: Private
Number: 302675
Battalion: 12th Durham Light Infantry
Died: 17th October 1917
Age: 41
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial
Additional Information:
Husband of Charlotte Mee of 14 Kilburn Terrace, Mansfield Woodhouse
Rank: 203815
Number: Private
Battalion: 16th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 15th June 1918
Buried: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany
Additional Information:
Enlisted 22nd April 1917, previously worked at Messrs Hollins and Co’s works at Pleasley Vale
He was wounded 21st March 1916 and subsequently taken prisoner. He never recovered from his wounds
Merrin, Alfred
Rank: Private
Number: S/9891
Battalion: 8th Seaforth Highlanders
Died: 6th February 1917
Buried: St Sever Cemetery Extension
Rank: Serjeant
Number: 2416
Battalion: 1/8th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 14th October 1915
Age: 26
Commemorated: Loos Memorial
Additional Information:
Son of Arthur and Theresa Millband: Husband of Hilda Challis (formerly Millband) of 60 Booth Crescent, Bull Farm, Mansfield
He volunteered with twelve others, including Non Commissioned Officers, to hold a captured position until relief came. After fiftenn hours of continuous bomb throwing only two were left. The other soldier fell exhausted and Ernest took his place. He was hit in the head by a German grenade and killed instantly.
Enlisted 7th September 1914. This was not the first time that Ernest had served his country. He had served 2 and a half years before he re-enlisted. Previously he worked at Sherwood Colliery. He left a wife, to whom he had only been married for 2 years.
Miller, Sidney
Rank: Sapper
Number: 180809
Battalion: 409th Field Company Royal Engineers
Died: 4th November 1918
Buried: Le Rejet De Beaulieu Communal Cemetery
Additional Information:
Home address 40 Albert Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Born Pleasley Vale 5th March 1884
He was a plasterer by trade and left a wife and 8 children.
Moody, Joseph
Rank: Private
Number: 26441
Battalion: 16th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 8th November 1916
Age: 34
Buried: Mansfield Woodhouse Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of the late Joseph and Phoebe Moody
Six weeks before his death, whilst at the front, he had become entangled in the German’s barbed wire and lost most of his kit and clothing. It was whilst he was trapped that he received wounds which were to cause his death. He lay in No-Man’s land for 4 days until he was discovered and brought back to the British lines. He was immediately sent to the Lord Derby hospital in Warrington and it was whilst here that he was told that the doctors would have to amputate his leg. A week after this, Private Moody succumbed to his wounds.
Moore, George Edward
Rank: Private
Number: 61398
Battalion: 18th Yorkshire Regiment
Died: 17th December 1918
Age: 22
Buried: Mansfield Woodhouse (St Edmund) Churchyard Extension
Additional Information:
Son of Mrs Sarah Moore of 9 Priory Square, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Mould, Jonathan
Rank: Private
Number: 40833
Battalion: 12th Manchester Regiment
Died: 9th September 1918
Commemorated: Vis En Artois Memorial
Moxon, Walter
Rank: Private
Number: 242605
Battalion: 1/6th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 3rd June 1917
Age: 28
Buried: Fosse 10 Communal Cemetery Extension
Additional Information:
Son of Edwin and Eliza Ann Moxon of 22 Fifth Avenue, Forest Town.
Previously employed at Mansfield Colliery.
He went to France in February 1915, took part in the battle of Loos, during which he was wounded on 13th October. He was sent to the Sheffield Hospital for 3 months to recover from these wounds and was sent back to the Front in December 1916.
Munks, Fred
Rank: Private
Number: 14124
Battalion: 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment
Died: 10th March 1915
Age: 22
Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial
Additional Information:
Son of William Lindley Munks and Bertha Harrison Munks of 9 Seventh Avenue, Forest Town.
Munnings, Frederick James
Number: 6206
Battalion: 2nd King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died: 15th November 1914
Age: 34
Buried: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Additional Information:
Husband of Elizabeth Munnings of 31 Eight Avenue, Forest Town.
Was a member of the regular army for 6 years. Prior to enlisting he worked at Crown Farm Colliery. Whilst employed at the Colliery he was in the Colliery Band and held 36 medals for playing the Cornet. He was also a member of St Albans church choir aswell as the Forest Town Boy’s Brigade. A brass plaque was unveiled in his memory in St Albans Church, Forest Town by the Forest Town Boys Brigade
Murden, David
Rank: Private
Number: 13520
Battalion: 3rd Grenadier Guards
Died: 11th April 1916
Buried: Poperinghe New Military Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of the late William Murden of 34 Second Avenue Forest Town
Enlisted 30th December 1907 for 12 years service aged 18 years and 6 months. He was 5 feet 7 inches tall with Grey eyes and Brown hair. His religion was stated as Wesleyan
Murden, Thomas
Rank: Private
Number: 2534
Battalion: 1/8th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 21st April 1915
Buried: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery
Additional Information:
A comrade and friend, Pte T Richardson wrote
‘He enlisted on a September day
A brave and noble lad
People remarking on the way
In Khaki, no better was ever clad.
He went to fight with a good heart
And always known to smile
His pals would not like to part
With him, they would go mile after mile.
He stood at his post one day
On sentry go was he
A bullet came and there he lay
No more for us to see
And now he lies in the grave
His pals do not forget him
For he his life for his Country gave
In dear old little Belgium
And now his soul to heaven has gone
In rest among the angels
His life’s battles ended and won
He’s joined the heavenly Territorials’
Murrell, Walter John
Rank: Private
Number: 16381
Battalion: 1st North Staffordshire Regiment
Died: 11th August 1916
Buried: Peronne Road Cemetery
Additional Information:,
Enlisted 15th January 1915. Prior to enlisting he was the gardener at Park Hall gardens. He was a devoted Sunday School teacher .
Naylor, William
Rank: Private
Number: GS/19387
Battalion: 5th Dragoon Guards
Died: 26th November 1917
Age: 25
Buried: Anneux British Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of Robert and Millicent Naylor of 11 Charles Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Neale, Harry MM
Number: 18556
Battalion: 16th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 20th September 1917
Age: 24
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial
Additional Information:
Son of Arthur and Fanny Neale of Mansfield Woodhouse: Husband of Lois Neale of 39 Gladstone Street, Mansfield.
Enlisted 4th November 1914. Formerly employed at Messrs Alcocks at Mansfield. He was a member of the Sherwood Lodge and Manchester University.
Went to the front, December 1915. In July 1916, Serjeant Neale was wounded and returned to England to recover from his wounds. He was sent back to the front in January 1917.
Awarded the Military Medal for gallant conduct, his citation reads: ‘ For gallantry and devotion to duty during operations in the St Julien sector between 31st July and 5th August 1917’
He was killed during the attack on the German lines at Shrewsbury Forest, Belgium.
Neale, Louis Bernard
Rank: Private
Number: 8332
Battalion: 8th Royal Scots
Died: 27th December 1916
Age: 27
Buried: Varennes Military Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of Bernard Joseph and Hannah Neale of Mansfield Woodhouse: Husband of Ada Florence Neale of 13 Charles Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Enlisted 1st May 1915. Prior to the war he was a trooper in the Yeomanry and was employed in the offices of Mr C Vallance, Clumber Street, Mansfield.
His brother Charles Neale served with the 11th Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Newton, Arthur
Rank: Private
Number: 19343
Battalion: Essex Yeomanry
Died: 24th October 1917
Age: 32
Buried: Oxford Road Cemetery
Additional Information:
Enlisted November 1915 into the Sherwood Rangers. He was transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards after many months training with the Sherwood Rangers. Arriving in France with the Dragoon Guards on the 20th April 1917 he was immediately transferred to the Essex Yeomanry.
Previous to the war he was employed as a slater by Mr Singleton of Mansfield.
He was killed by a bomb being dropped from a German aircraft which bombed the trench he was in.
He left a wife and 3 small children.
His brother, Frank also fell in the war.
Newton, Ernest Alfred
Rank: Private
Number: 36125
Battalion: 5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died: 28th March 1918
Age: 19
Commemorated: Arras Memorial
Additonal Information:
Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Newton of 11 Leeming Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse
Newton, Frank
Rank: Private
Number: 37134
Battalion: 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers
Died: 6th September 1917
Age: 21
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial
Additional Information:
Son of Mrs Mary Newton of 13 Charles Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Enlisted into the Army 28th April 1916 and trained at Forest Hall, Newcastle and Whitley Bay. He went to France in September 1916. He returned to England in April 1917 suffering from frost-bite. He was transferred from the North Staffordshire Regiment into to the Lancashire Fusiliers.
His brother Arthur also fell.
Newton, John William- Medal of St George (Russia) 4th Class
Number: 2228
Battalion: 1/8th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 29th September 1915
Age: 22
Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of George and Eliza Ann Newton of Mansfield Woodhouse.
Succumbed to shrapnel wounds received during a German bombardment of the British Front line only a few days after returning to the firing line, following his return from leave which he spent with his Grandmother Mrs H Jackson of 30 Warsop Road. This was the first leave that he had had since being sent to the front in over a year. During this time Drummer Newton had personally accounted for 27 Germans, in his role as Battalion sniper.
He was very highly respected by the Battalion. Lieutenant Colonel Huskinson searched 21,000 hospital beds in order to find him.
There were two incidents which led to Drummer Newton won the Russian Medal.
On the night of 21st April 1915 Drummer Newton, along with Drummer Robb and Second Lieutenant Eddison ventured out into No-Man’s land to connect some wires which were only 100 yards away from the German front line. Whilst out in No-Man’s land Second Lieutenant Eddison was wounded and fell into a shell hole. Both Drummers went to his assistance through intense rifle and machine gun fire as the Germans had by this time been alerted to their presence.
Drummers Newton and Robb managed to drag Second Lieutenant Eddison out of the shell hole and back to the relative safety of the British Front Line. Unfortunately, by the time they managed to get back into the British trenches Second Lieutenant Eddison had already died of his wounds.
On another occasion Drummer Newton dragged another comrade who had been shot in the leg a distance of 600 yards back to the British lines. He was wounded in the arm whilst performing this task.
Newton, Tom
Rank: Private
Number: 17401
Battalion: 9th Leicestershire Regiment
Died: 25th September 1916
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial
Northwood, Charles
Number: 23687
Battalion: 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died: 25th February 1916
Age: 20
Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery
Additional Information:
Son of Mr and Mrs Northwood of Mansfield Woodhouse
Before enlisting he was employed at Crown Farm Colliery. He died of wounds received to the head in the 18th General Hospital.
Odam, Joseph Thomas
Rank: Private
Number: 22230
Battalion: 2nd Sherwood Foresters
Died: 9th August 1915
Age: 18
Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Additional Information:
Son of Florence Odam of 250 Commercial Road, Bulwell, Nottingham. His address is given as Thoresby Road, Mansfield Woodhouse
Enlisted along with his father in January 1915. After his training he was drafted to France on 22nd June 1915 and saw severe fighting around Hooge, Belgium. It was in this area that he was posted as missing on 9th August.
Rank: Private
Number: 6930
Battalion: 1st Lincolnshire Regiment
Died: 20th October 1914
Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial
Additional Information:,.
Lived at 56 Blenheim Terrace, Mansfield Woodhouse
Prior to the war he was in the employment of the Mansfield Post Office, having been transferred from Creswell.
Acted as orderly to Captain Hollins, whose family owned the Mills in Pleasley Vale. Pte O’Gorman had worked at these mills.
One of the very first from Mansfield Woodhouse to fall.
Rank: Private
Number: 27813
Battalion: 17th Sherwood Foresters
Died: 1st August 1916
Age: 35
Commemorated: Loos Memorial
Additional Information:
Son of the late George Osborne: Husband of Sarah Burn (Formerly Osborne) of 27 Old Mill Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse. Home address 69 Old Mill Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Enlisted on 1st July 1915, previously employed at Langwith Colliery
