PINXTON WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Graham Freeman 2009
additional information Martin Edwards

The memorial is to be found in the middle of the churchyard, southeast of the church, in St. Helen's Churchyard, Oark Lane, Pinxton. Originally a Cornish granite cross but flanking walls were subsequently added and the inscriptions were later covered by brass plaques. The potent wheel cross has chamfered limbs and fleurs-de-lys on each quadrant and surmounts a shaft with base and capital. The square capital has a Christograph in relief on the 6 o'clock face, the tapered octagonal shaft has delicate carvings in bands near the head and foot and the base is octagonal with mouldings at the top. The shaft surmounts an octagonal pedestal with chamfered top, which had the incised inscription on the faces in upright capital lettering infilled in black. The pedestal surmounts a moulded octagonal plinth and a plain octagonal three-stepped base. Subsequently the cross was flanked by two polygonal walls of random coursed stone. At the eastern end of the northern wall was set a further panel, probably a stone tablet with an incised inscription in upright capital lettering. Later all of the inscriptions were covered with brass plaques and a further plaque was added at the eastern end of the southern wall. Each of these ten oblong plaques has a raised border, a black ground, a raised depiction of a poppy wreath and an inscription in raised upright block lettering, mostly capitals. Built by Alan and Andrew Thomlin. Dedicated 8 October 1920 by Bishop of Derby,Rev S Coke, unveiled 8 October 1920 by Major George Coke Robertson, rededicated October 1965 by Rev. Gwyther, unveiled October 1965 by Mrs Nicholson, and Mrs Millington, further rededicated 8 October 2006. There are 72 names for World War 1, 21 for World War 2 and 4 for post 1945.

Please note that some of these entries may not be the correct ones.

"In grateful memory of the men from this parish who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918"
"At the Going Down of the Sun and in the Morning We Will Remember"

1914-1918

ALLSOP	A M	Private 30677, 17th Battalion (Welbeck Rangers), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 7 July 1916. Born Hucknall, Notts, resident Mansfield, Notts, enlisted Worksop, Notts. Buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row J. Grave 18.
AMOS	Cecil	[Listed as T E AMOS on memorial] Sergeant 12080, 7th Battalion, Leicester Regiment. Died 14 July 1916. Aged 31. Born Little Gonerby, Lincs, resident Widmerpool, Leicestershire, enlisted Mansfield. Son of Mrs. Anne Amos, of North St., Pinxton, Notts. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A.
ANTHONY	Noah	Corporal 527336, 1st (London) Sanitary Company, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 24 February 1919. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Pinxton, son of Noah and Hannah Anthony, resident Town Street, Pinxton, Mansfield, Derbyshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Pinxton, a Coal Miner Hewer, son of Noah and Hannah Anthony, resident Victoria Road, Pinxton, Derbyshire. Buried in Cambrai East Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 22.
BARKER	Walter	Corporal 139120, 180th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers formerly 22820, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 31 July 1916. Aged 35. Born Sharlston, Yorkshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
BINGHAM	Herbert North	[Listed as H H BINGHAM on memorial] Private 440278, 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action 30 April 1917. Aged 46. Born Pinxton, Derbyshire. Son of Joseph and Emma Bingham; husband of Annie Bingham, of 25, Chaucer Street, Mansfield, Notts, England. Attested 28 April 1915 at Saskatoon, a Pool Room Proprietor, aged 36 years 9 month, married, height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 148lbs, chest 33-36 inches, fair complexion, grey eyes, fair hair with a touch of grey, religious denomination Church of England, suffered shrapnel wounds to his neck, right knee and left hand before 27 September 1916, in No. 3 Canadian Staionary Hospital, Boulogne until 12 October 1916 then transferred to No. 7. Convalescent Camp, Boulogne discharged 6 November 1916. Sailed to England on the S.S. Empress of India from Halifax, 10 June 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 736 - 1
BINGLEY	Stephen Murray	Private 117143, 36th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 89701, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 5 April 1918. Aged 30. Born and resident Pinxton, enlisted Ilkeston. Son of Mrs. Agnes Bingley; husband of Ethel May Bingley, of 5, Council House, Church St., Pinxton, Notts. Buried in Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 16.
BROOKS	Thomas A	Private 17700, 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 1 October 1916. Aged 28. Born Clay Cross, Derbyshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Ripley, Derbyshire. Son of Charles and Mary Jane Brooks, of 77, Park Lane, Pinxton, Nottingham. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D.
BURNELL	J L	Private 15240, 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 23 March 1918. Born Somercotes, Derbyshire, resident Alfreton, Derbyshire, enlisted Nottingham. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
BURROWS	William	Private 49127, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 8 October 1918. Aged 24. Born Brampton, Derbyshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Derby. Buried in Marcoing British Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 15.
BUTLER	Joseph	Private 17296, 5th Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light Infantry). Died of wounds 3 August 1915. Aged 21. Born South Wingfield, Nottinghamshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 32.
BYE	Harry	Lance Corporal 32472, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 4 March 1917. Born Wood Ditton, Cambridgshire, resident Cambridge, enlisted Nottingham. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
CLARIDGE	Harry	Private 7897, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died 31 October 1914. Born Charlbury, Oxon, resident Enstone, Oxon, enlisted Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37 and 39.
COKE	Langton Sacheverell	Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Killed in action 31 October 1914. Aged 36. Son of the late Col. W. L. Coke, J.P., D.L., of Brookhill Hall, Derbyshire; husband of Dorothy Sacheverell Coke, of Brookhill Hall, Derbyshire. In the 1881 census he was aged 3, son of William Langton and Ada C C Coke, resident Kirkby Old Hall, Kirkby in Ashfield, Basford, Nottinghamshire. Married Dorothy Maye Huntingford in the October to December Quarter 1908 in the Cheslsea Registration District, London. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11. Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume2, Page 74: COKE, LANGTON SACHEVERELL, Lieut., 1st Battn. Irish Guards, eldest s. of the late Vol. Coke, of Brookhill Hall. Alfreton, co. Derby, J.P., D.L., 4th Light Dragoons ; served for a time with the Royal 'Warwickshire Regt., joining the Irish Guards in 1901: subsequently served for two years with the Egyptian Army ; retired in 1008. when he joined the Special Reserve ; rejoined his old regiment on the outbreak of the European War ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 11 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke. near Ypres. 31 Oct. following. He m. in Nov. 1908, Dorothy Maye, dau. of Capt. George Huntingford. R.N.. and had two children : Roger Sacheverell, b. Oct. 1912, and Elizabeth Joan, b. Aug. 1909. Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, Volume 1, pages 82-83: LIEUTENANT LANGTON SACHEVERELL COKE, J.P., 1st BATTN. IRISH GUARDS, RESERVE OF OFFICERS, owner of Brookhill Hall, Alfreton, Derbyshire. was the eldest son of the late Colonel Coke, J.P., D.L., 4th Light Dragoons, of that place, whom he succeeded in 1913. This property has been in the family direct from father to son for twenty - three generations ; one of Lieutenant Coke's ancestors was Sir John Coke, Secretary of State to Charles the First. Lieutenant. Coke was born on the 25th January, 1878, and was educated in Germany and France. He joined the Irish Guards in 1901, after serving for a short time with the Warwickshire Regiment. He was seconded for service with the Egyptian Army for two years, and in 1908 he left his Regiment, joining the Special Reserve. Intending to take up a political career, he obtained the appointment of Private Secretary to Mr. Hobhouse, Postmaster-General in 1913. On the outbreak of the Great War he rejoined his old regiment, and went to France on the 11th September. He was killed at Klein Zillebeke, near Ypres, on the 31st October, 1914, a critical day on which the Germans nearly broke through our lines. Lieutenant Coke, who was a member of the Travellers' and Guards' Clubs, was a good big game shot, fisherman, and motorist. He married in November. 1908, Dorothy Maye, daughter of Captain George Huntingford, R.N., and left a daughter, Elizabeth Joan, born August, 1909, and a son, Roger Sacheverell, born October, 1912, who succeeds to the Brookhill estate.
COOPER	Harold	Private 266853, 2/7 Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 26 September 1917. Aged 21. Born South Wingfield, Derbyshire, enlisted Alfreton, Derbyshire. Son of George Cooper, of Home Cottage, Birches Lane, Oakerthorpe, Alfreton, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102.
CRAM	Charles	Private 23794, 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 25 February 1917. Aged 29. Born Silkstone, Derbyshire, enlisted Alfreton, Derbyshire. Buried in Fouquescourt British Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 2.
CUTTS	William	Private 65620, 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 10 August 1917. Aged 27. Born and resident Pinxton, enlisted Alfreton. Son of James and Mary Cutts, of Pinxton, Derbyshire. Buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 3A.
DAY	George William	Private 238057, 24th Battalion (Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers formerly 4150, King's Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 28 April 1917. Aged 27. Born Chesterfield, Derbyshire, enlisted Wakefield, Yorkshire. Buried in Bailleul Road East Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 37.
DONNELLY	A E	Private 17784, 3rd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 18 November 1915. Aged 28. Buried in Cromarty Gaelic Chapel, Ross and Cromarty. Section K. North-East. Grave 24.
DUTTON	Clifford [Henry]	Stoker 1st Class K/29892, H.M.S Dartmouth, Royal Navy. Died from disease 8 October 1917. Aged 21. Born 11 April 1896 in Pontypridd, Glamorganshiore. Son of Thomas and Thermuthis Lucy Dutton, of 7, Nantmelyn Terrace, Tonyrefail, Glamorganshiore. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Ystrad, Gamorganshire, a Storekeeper Aboveground, son of Thomas and Thermuthis Lucy Dutton, resident Brynclydach Ynysybwl, Llanwonno, Glamorganshire, Wales. Buried in Carrington St John Churchyard, Nottinghamshire. Old section 5. Grave 2.
DYE	Arthur	Private 16608, 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died 8 May 1915. Aged 25. Born Pinston (sic, s/b Pinxton), Derby, enlisted Derby. Son of William and Elizabeth Dye; husband of Elizabeth Dedson (formerly Dye), of 61, Talbot St., Pinxton, Notts. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 8 and 12.
EDSON	George	[Listed as D EDSON on the memorial] Private 19624, 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 22 June 1916. Aged 27. Born and resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 50 to 52.
ELLIOTT	Albert	Lance Corporal 15393, 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 10 February 1916. Aged 24. Born and resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Buried in Rue David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaux, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 31.
EVANS	Archibald	Private 116650, 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 4 November 1918. Aged 24. Born Ripley, Derbyshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Buried in Caudry British Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 9.
FAULKNER	Thomas Levi	Private 1st Class 76068, 14th Kite Balloon Section, Royal Air Force. Dangerously ill 1 November subsequently died of broncho pheumonia 2 November 1918. Joined service 16 April 1917. Married Jessie Betts in 1917 in Marsden Street United Methodist Free Chapel, Chesterfield. Buried in Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 26.
GELL	Albert [Henry]	Private 19942, 8th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action at Gallipoli 7 August 1915. Aged 22. Born Aberdare, Monmouthshire, enlisted Mansfield. In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Glamorganshire, Wales, son of Ernest G and Sarah Gell, residemt Storth Lane, Pinxton, Mansfield, Derbyshire. Buried in Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 78 to 81.
GLOVER	George	Private 38726, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Pinxton, Derbyshire, enlisted Mansfield. Son of Tom William and Martha Glover, of 66, Pool Close, Pinxton, Nottingham. Buried in Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 23 and 24.
GREGORY	James William	Private 12972, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 24 December 1914. Aged 31. Born Moorison, Colorado, USA, enlisted Alpeton, Derbyshire. IN the 1901 census he was aged 18, born United States, a Trammer Down Coal Mine, stepson of Abraham Taylor, son of Felicia Taylor, resident Wood End, Riddings, Alfreton, Belper, Derbyshire. IN the 1911 census he was aged 28, born Colorado, USA, a Coal Miner Loader, resident 101 Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Alfreton, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 2.
HILL	F	Private, Canadians. Died.
HOTEN	Albert	Private 33184, 8th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 11 April 1917. Aged 23. Born and resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Son of William and Harriett Hoten, of Spring Cottages, Wharf Rd., Pinxton, Nottingham. No known grave. Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 15.
HOTEN	Algie	Private G/100194, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 3 October 1918. Aged 24. Born and resident Pinxton, enlisted Ilkeston. Son of George and Charlotte Hoten, of Town St., Pinxton, Nottingham. Buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Section R. Plot III. Row I. Grave 17.
JESSOP, MM	Richard	Driver 63727, "B" Battery, 95th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died on service 27 May 1918. Aged 38. Resident and enlisted Pinxton, Derbyshire. Husband of Lily Jessop, of 4, Byron St., East Kirkby, Notts. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France.
LANE	William	Private 11814, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 24 September 1914. Aged 27. Born Horfield, Gloucestershire, enlisted Alfreton. Son of Mrs. H. Lane, of Nottingham; husband of A. Lane (now Stevens), of 54 Beech Rd., Dartford, Kent. Buried in Bouilly Cross Roads Military Cemetery, Marne, France. Grave lost. Special memorial.
LANE, MM	Richard Harold	Sergeant 242148, 1st/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment formerly 2447, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 27 August 1917. Aged 29. Born Lowton, Leigh, Lancashire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Blackwell, Derbyshire. Husband of Mary Ann Lane, of 109, West End, Pinxton, Nottingham. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXV. Row H. Grave 13.
LEATHERLAND	Ernest Clark	Private R/8006, 7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 14 December 1915. Aged 21. Born and resident Pinxton, enlisted Nottingham. Son of Samuel and Sarah Elizabeth Leatherland, of "Lyndisfarne," Victoria Rd., Pinxton, Nottingham. Buried in La Brique Military Cemetery No. 2, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row A. Grave 21.
LINES	Harry	Private 43520, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment formerly 48961, North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 30 August 1918. Born Sidford Ferris, Oxon, resident Selston, Notts, enlisted Hucknall, Notts. Buried in Orival Wood Cemetery, Flesquieres, Nord, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 32.
LUDLAM	Walter Elijah	Private 19458, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 25 September 1915. Aged 21. Born South Normanton, Derbyshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 50 to 52.
MARSH	Harold	2nd Lieutenant, 5th Battalion attached to 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment). Killed in action 4 October 1918. Aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marsh, of 131, The Marsh, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent. Buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 13.
MATKIN	Samuel	Corporal 16605, 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action in the Mediterranean 10 September 1916. Born and enlisted Derby. Buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece. Plot V. Row E. Grave 3.
MILLS	William Henry	Private 6338, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 9 December 1915. Aged 35. Born Nottingha,. resident Alfreton, Derbyshire, enlisted Derby. Husband of Odessa Mills, of West Back Way, St. Columb, Cornwall. Buried in Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 76.
NAYLOR	Peter	Sapper 112859, 172 Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 24 October 1916. Aged 37. Born and resident Pinxton, Derbyshire, enlisted Nottingham. Husband of Eliza Naylor, of 5, Kirkstead, Pinxton, nr. Alfreton, Derbyshire. Buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row H. Grave 14.
NOAKES	Thomas	Private 3557, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 7 July 1916. Enlisted Wakefield. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A.
PARNHAM	Henry	Private 19622, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died of wounds 4 November 1915. Aged 22. Born Claycross, Derby, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Son of Hezekiah and Emily Parnham, of Town St., Pinxton, Nottingham. Native of Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 54.
POLLOCK	James William	Lance Corporal 268780, 2nd/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died on service 18 October 1918. Aged 36. Born Buttevant, Co. Cork, resident Pinxton. enlisted Mansfield. Son of James Neth Pollock, of Skibbereen, Co. Cork; husband of Mrs M. E. Pollock, of King St., Pinxton, Derbyshire. Buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany. Plot I. Row B. Grave 12.
PRITCHARD	Joseph	Private , 8th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action at Gallipoli 17 August 1915. Aged 19. Born Derby, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Son of Joseph H. and Elizabeth Pritchard, of 22, Doncaster Rd., Askern, Doncaster. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 78 to 81.
PRITCHETT	James	Driver 219135, 66th Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 26 July 1917. Aged 33. Born Aslockton, Notts, enlisted Nottingham. Buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row A. Grave 24.
REVILL	Denis	Private 16413, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 5 March 1917. Aged 24. Born and resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Revill, of 48, Kirkstead Row, Pinxton, No19459ttingham. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D.
REVILL	John James	[Listed as John Walter REVILL on CWGC] Private 9816, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 29 April 1915. Aged 24. Born Selston, Nottinghamshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Nottingham. Son of Mathew and Mary Revill; husband of Elizabeth Revill, of 19, Cairns Rd., Beighton, Sheffield, Yorks. Buried in Rue Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaux, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 45.
RIGBY	William	Sergeant 19461, 8th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died on service in Mesopotamia 9 September 1916. Aged 20. Born Bolton, Lancashire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Son of William and Annie Rigby, of Pinxton, Derbyshire. Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot IX. Row F. Grave 18.
RODGERS	Frank	Private 19969, 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers attached 58th Trench Mortar Battery. Died on service 22 August 1917. Aged 30. Born Northwinfield, Derbyshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Husband of Mrs. E. Rodgers, of 105, Park Lane, Pinxton, Nottingham. Buried in South-East corner of Coulomby Churchyard, Pas de Calais, France.
ROHUN	Edward	Sergeant 19466, 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action (lost at sea) in Egypt 15 April 1917. Aged 24. Born Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. No known grave. Commemorated on Mikra Memorial, Greece.
SAVAGE	John Henry	Private 22899, 2nd Battalion, Leicester Regiment. Died on service in Mesopotamia 17 August 1916. Aged 23. Born and resident Pinxton, Derbyshire, enlisted Sutton-In-Ashfield, Notts. Son of Henry and Julia Savage, of Arthur St., Pinxton, Nottingham. Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot III. Row B. Grave 1.
SEARSON	John	Private 25510, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 24 October 1918. Aged 35. Resident Derby, enlisted Pontefract. Son of Mrs. S. Keeling, of 8, Council Houses, Church Lane, Pinxton, Nottingham. Buried in Verchain British Cemetery, Verchan-Maugre, Nord, France. Row B. Grave 14.
SHARMAN	Frederick	Private R/58025, 25th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps formerly 17/31866, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) and 406052, Labour Corps. Died on service 29 October 1918. Aged 27. Born Luffenham, Rutland, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Nord, France. Plot V. Row F. Grave 8.
SHAWCROFT	Frederick Edward	Driver 8253, "C" Battery, 152nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 26 July 1918. Aged 22. Born Worksop, Notts, enlisted Mansfield, Notts. Son of Mrs. Emma Shawcroft, of 42, Wharf Rd., Pinxton, Notts. Buried in Vauxbuin French National Cemetery, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 15.
SLATER	William Edward	Private 52219, 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment formerly 98402, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died 1 September 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Reddings, Derbyshire, enlisted Derby. Son of Thomas and Annie Maud Slater, of 29, Kirkstead, Pinxton, Nottingham. Native of Riddings, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Buried in Favreuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 14.
SMITH	Bertram	Private 18548, Royal Army Pay Corps (Blackheath) formerly 64735, Royal Scots. Died on service in United Kingdom 20 May 1918. Aged 38. Born Burton, Staffs, enlisted Nottingham. Buried in the South end of Rolleston St. Mary, Churchyard, Staffordshire.
SMITH	Henry	Private 16170, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 20 October 1918. Aged 39. Born Grantham, resident Pinxton, enlisted Ilkeston. Buried in Caudry British Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row F. Grave 34.
SNOWDEN	W	Private 13597, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 14 [CWGC] or 24 [SDGW] January 1915. Aged 20. Resident Basford, Notts, born Woodborough, Notts, enlisted Derby. Son of the late Henry and Charlotte Snowden. No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 26 and 27.
STEVENS	Henry	Private 6457, 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 2 September 1917. Aged 32. Born Marebay, Derbyshire, resident Burton Joyce, Notts, enlisted Alfreton, Derbyshire. Son of William and Mary Ann Stevens, of Marchay, Derby. Buried in Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 2.
STOCKS	Ben	Private 19677, 8th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action in Gallipoli 11 August 1915. Aged 20. Born Pinxton, resident Pye Bridge, Nottinghamshire, enlisted Mansfield. No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 78 to 81.
STREET	Robert	Lance Corporal 201234, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died on service 29 March 1918. Aged 25. Enlisted Derby. Son of James and Lucy Street, of Aifreton Rd., Pinxton, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2 and 3.
TAYLOR	Bernard	Acting Sergeant 21031, 14th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 30 January 1916. Born Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 2.
TRUEMAN	Joseph Harold	Private 34435, 2nd/5th Battalion, Leicester Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1917. Aged 19. Born West Hallam, Derbyshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Ilkeston. Son of the late Joseph and Caroline Ann Trueman. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 50 to 51.
UPTON	John Henry	[2nd Battalion on SDGW] Private 22397, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 22 November 1915. Aged 28. Born Pinxton, enlisted Nottinghamshire. Buried in Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 1.
WARD	John Thomas	Private 19552, 17th Battalion (Welbeck Rangers), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 1 August 1916. Aged 35. Born Hawksworth, Notts, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. Husband of Edith Wilkinson (formerly Ward), of Staunton-in-the-Vale, Orston, Notts. Buried in Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 23.
WATSON	Albert	Private 40229, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 26. BornEast Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire, resident Pinxton, enlisted Mansfield. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35 to 37.
WATSON	Harry	Private 19464, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 5 July 1916. Born and resident Pinxton, enlisted Nottingham. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 4 A.
WHITEHEAD	Edward	Private 16165, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 28 April 1917. Aged 37. Born Greenhill Lane, Lincs, resident South Normanton, Derbyshire, enlisted Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Buried in Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3 and 4.
WINFIELD, MM	Samuel	Sergeant 16604, 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 27 May 1918. Aged 21. Born Pinkston, Derbyshire, enlisted Derby. Son of Mrs. Mary Crampton (formerly Winfield), of Toll Bar, Pinxton, Nottingham. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France.
WOOD	Thomas Matthew	Private 22782, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 3 March 1916. Aged 22. Born and resident Pinxton, Derbyshire, enlisted Mansfield. Son of James and Mary Wood, of Mill Lane, Pinxton, Nottingham. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 47.
1939 - 1945,
Fallen in the Cause of the Free
BRETTON	George	Engineman LT/KX 113682, Trawler Franc Tireur, Royal Navy Patrol Service. Died 25 September 1943. Aged 27. Son of James and Jane Bretton, of Pinxton, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Suffolk. Panel 12, Column 2.
BUTLER	Thomas Allen	Fusilier 6981827, 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Killed in action 18 February 1943. Aged 29. Born Nottinghamshire, resident Nottingham. Son of Thomas Walter and Mary Ann Butler; husband of Nora Maisie Butler, of Selston, Nottinghamshire. Buried in Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar (Burma). Face 11.
CLARKE	William	Gunner 402224, 12th Battery, 6 Heavy A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died in Fukuoka #4 Camp (Moji) from acute colitis as a Japanese Prisoner of War 6 December 1942. Aged 33. Son of Henry and Mary Hannah Clarke; husband of Olive Mary Clarke, of Normanton, Derbyshire. P.O.W. No. 1023.No known grave. Commemorated on Yokohama Cremation Memorial, Japan. Panel 2.
COOPER	Horace Oscar	Gunner 1592037, 222 Battery, 10 Heavy A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of wounds from enemy action in Malta 29 April 1942. Aged 25. Born Alfreton, Derbyshire, resident Alveston, Derby. Son of Benjamin and Charlotte Cooper; husband of Eva Elizabeth Cooper, of Pinxton, Nottinghamshire. Buried in Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot 4. Row 1A. Collective grave 16.
GENT	Eric	Gunner 14353967, 12 (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. Died of wounds in Italy 6 July 1944. Aged 20. Born and resident Pinxton, Derbyshire. Son of William and Dora Gent, of Selston, Nottinghamshire. Buried in Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy. Plot V. Row A. Grave 3.
HUSKINSON	Sydney	Able Seaman P/SSX 27736, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy. Killed when his ship was sunk by the german ship "Bismark" 24 May 1941. Aged 19. Son of George Frederick and Sarah Ann Huskinson, of Pinxton, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 48, Column 2.
JONES	Allan	Steward C/LX 25240, H.M.S. Achates, Royal Navy. Died at sea 31 December 1942. Aged 27. Born 22 April 1915 in Pinxton, Derbyshire. In the 1939 Register he was single, an Insurance Agent, resident 22 North Street, Blackwell R.D., Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Panel 64, Column 3.
LAWRANCE	Dennis	[Spelt LAURANCE on memorial] Bombardier 2089668, 502 Battery, 149 (6th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters [Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment]) Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of multiple injuries 22 September 1944. Born and resident Pinxton. Son of Arthur and Annie Lawrance; husband of Edna Lawrance, of Pinxton, Derbyshire. Buried in Oostende New Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 9. Row 9. Grave 34.
MILLINGTON	Ernest	Sergeant (Pilot) 1125315, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 9 March 1942. Aged 22. Death registered in the January to March Quarter 1942 in Banbury Registration District, Oxfordshire. Buried in St Helens Churchyard, Pinxton, Derbyshire. Plot 1. Row 14. Grave 38.
RHODES	Sidney	Flight Sergeant 564006, Royal Air Force. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 29 October 1942. Aged 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Rhodes, of Pinxton, Nottinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Sinagpore. Column 414.
SEVERNS	Stanley	Able Seaman P/JX 239359, H.M.S. Ilex, Royal Navy. Died 14 May 1943. Aged 25. Son of George and Emily Severns, of Pinxton, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 75, Column 3.
SLATER	[Francis] Victor [Matthew]	Flight Sergeant (Navigator) 1579284, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 28 November 1943. Aged 32. Son of George and Annie Slater; husband of Vera Annie Slater, of Pinxton. Buried in St Helens Churchyard, Pinxton, Derbyshire. Plot 2. Row 17. Grave 1.
SMITH	Ernest [Reader]	Private 5053527, Corps of Military Police. Died as a result of an accident 27 March 1941. Aged 28. Born and resident Nottingham. Son of William and Ada Smith, of Pinxton. Buried in St Helens Churchyard, Pinxton, Derbyshire. Plot 1. Row 13. Grave 35.
STEPHENSON	Bernard Hamilton	Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) 1190561, 431 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 12 June 1943. Son of James Alfred and Edith May Stephenson; husband of Alice Doreen Stephenson, of Nottingham. Buried in Oostende New Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 9. Row 5. Grave 22.
SYDALL	John	[Spelt SIDDALL on CWGC] Able Seaman P/SSX 22432, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy. Died 24 May 1941. Aged 18. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 49, Column 2.
TRUSWELL	George Thomas	Private 4858239, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Between 12 - 15 February 1942 during the Japanese invasion of Singapore. Aged 26. Born Nottingham, resident Nottingham. Son of Thomas Truswell, and of Eva Truswell, of Pinxton, Nottinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Sinagpore. Column 4.
TRYNER	Jim	Private 4748167, 1st Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action in Sicily 13 July 1943. Aged 24. Born Derbyshire, resident Nottinghamshire. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Tryner, of Pinxton, Nottinghamshire. Buried in Syracuse War Cemetery, Italy. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 13.
VALE	Harold	Private 5052755, 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment. Accidentally killed 12 May 1945. Aged 28. Born and resident Nottinghamshire. Buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 54. Row D. Grave 5.
WALTERS	Robert Reginald	Sergeant 7371018, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action in North Africa 22 November 1942. Aged 25. Born and resident Nottinghamshire. Husband of Myra Evelyn Walters, of Pinxton, Derbyshire. Buried in Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery, Algeria. Plot 3. Row F. Grave 18.
WETTON	Eric	Private 100272, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Missing believed killed in action 24 February 1944. Aged 28. Born Derby, resident Nottinghamshire. No known grave. Commemorated on Cassino Memorial, Italy. Panel 4.
WILSON	Albert [Mons Henry]	Fusilier 14670226, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 4 April 1945. Aged 22.Born Derbyshire and resident Nottingham. Son of T. H. and Ethel Wilson, of Pinxton, Derbyshire. Buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 55. Row A. Grave 14.
1918- 1919,
GILBOURNE	Gerald	Private, TR/5/222468, 51st Garrison Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died on service in United Kigdom 20 November 1918. Aged 18. Born Brinsley, Notts, enlisted Derby. Son of William Gilbourne, of 23, Park Lane, Pinxton. Buried in north-east corner of St Helens Churchyard, Pinxton, Derbyshire.
Post 1945
ANTHONY	C	Able Seaman JX/169083, H.M.S. Cardiff, Royal Navy. Died 23 March 1946. Aged 25. Buried in St Helens Churchyard, Pinxton, Derbyshire.
HENSON	Frederick William	Lance Bombardier 22929313, 29 Heavy A.A. Battery, Royal Artillery. Died 31 August 1955. Aged 20. Born 9 July 1935. Buried in Hanover Military Cemetery (Limmer Military Cemetery), Hanover, germany. Plot 5. Row C. Grave 9.
RENSHAW	John Thomas	Bombardier 14406048, 33rd Airborne Light Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 18 October 1947. Aged 23. Born 15 January 1924. Buried in Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Israel
SMITH	Ernest	Flight Lieutenant (Navigator) 164809, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 13 February 1947. Buried in Buxton Cemetery, Derbyshire. Grave 4259.

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