MICKLEOVER
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 &
2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Julie Walton 2020
The memorial
is located on the left, just inside the entrance to All Saints Church
Mickleover, overlooking Etwall Road, in a plot of land between the
churchyard and the road. The memorial takes the form of a limestone
Latin cross with trapezoidal bronze plaques on the 6 o'clock and 12
o'clock faces of the base; the Inscription is in raised lettering
in upright roman capitals. A stone vase lies on each side of the base.
The memorial was unveiled 23 May 1920 by Major General Sir Arthur
Reginald Hoskins, KCB, CMG, DSO. The sculptors were W Gadsby &
Co. There are 26 names listed for World War 1 and 20 names for World
War 2. The names have been sorted into alphabetical order here.
Extract
from Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 9 June 1920, page
2:
MICKLEOVER
WAR MEMORIAL.
VOLUNTEERS
SUPPLEMENT MR.
PRESTON JONES'S GIFT. '
The
second part of the Mickleover war memorial scheme consisted in the
acquisition of a permanent building for use as an institute. A considerable
sum of money remained the hands of the treasurer after the payment
of expenses attending the erection of the beautiiul stone cross on
the church front, but it was found that this would be nothing like
sufficient to meet the cost of an erection such as was contemplated.
A
considerable number of meetings had to arrive at a solution of the
problem, and the proposition seemed doomed to failure when Mr. Preston
Jones, of Mickleover House, generously presented the village with
the fine large Y.M.C.A. hut which for some time past occupied a place
in front of tho Midland Station at Derby. Mr. Preston Jones has also
undertaken to defray the cost of removal and the erection of the hut
on the plot of land on Station-road that has been secured for it.
The
Memorial Committeo are responsible tor the drainage, the excavations,
and the foundations; and they arranged a public meeting in the' Council
Schools to invite volunteers to offer their services during the evenings
and on Saturday afternoons to do the digging and draining, bricklaying,
and carrying and carting of bricks, sand etc. Mr Arthur S. Ayre, of
St. John's Lodge, presided, supported by Messrs. H. Ekins, E. W. Nadin,
and others. Explanations to what was required were given Mr Ekins
and Mr. W. Nadin, while Mr. Richard Jerkins offered some useful suggestions
as to the method of executing the work. Mr. T. Radford pleaded for
a hearty and enthusiastic response. A vote of thanks having been accorded
Mr. Preston Jones for his gift a hearty response was given the chairman's
call tor voluntary workers, all grades and all trades offering their
services in a cheery whole-hearted manner.
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TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD
OF MICKLEOVER
1914-1919
AYRE |
Charles |
Gunner
80942, 1st Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 13 June
1915. Aged 32. Son of H. E. and Mary C. Ayre, of The Limes, Mickleover.
Buried in MICKLEOVER (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Derbyshire. |
BALL,
M.M. |
Harry
Harold |
Sergeant
40445, Royal Army Medical Corps attachjed to 1st Battaion, Gordon
Highlanders. Killed in action 28 March 1918. Born Mickleover,
Derbyshire, enlisted Derby. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.).
No
known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 10. |
BALL |
Lawrence
Victor |
Private
3512, 5th Reserve Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Died on service in United Kingdom 4
December 1914. Aged 24. Born Mickleover, resident Derby, Derbyshire.
Parents deceased at attestation time. Next of kin Clarence Ball,
his younger brother, of Station Road, Mickleover, Derbyshire.
Attested and embodied 9 November 1914, height 5 feet 7½
inches, chest 34½-37 inches, unmarried. In the 1891 census
he was newborn, born Mickleover, son of Frederick A and Martha
Ball, resident Common End, Mickleover, Burton upon Trent, Derbyshire.
In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Mickleover, son of Martha
L Ball (a widow), resident Markeaton Road Top, Allestree, Belper,
Derbyshire. Buried in MICKLEOVER (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Derbyshire. |
CABORN |
Arthur
Henry |
Private
18851, 10th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).
Killed in action 9 April 1917. Aged 25. Born Derby, enlisted Coldstream.
Son of Joseph and Jane Caborn, of Common End, Mickleover, Derby.
Buried in COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL, Pas
de Calais, France. Row C. Grave 36. |
COXON |
William
Hugh |
Second
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 1st Battalion, Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle 11 March 1915. Born 19 August 1893 in
Derby. Baptised 24 September 1893 in Derby, Derbyshire, son of
Thomas William and Edith Margaret Coxon. Mobilised at Plymouth
11 September 1914, posted Expeditionary Forces 27 December 1914,
mother E.M. Coxon, resident 14, Montpelier Road, Twickenham..
In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Derby, son of Thomas William
and Edith Margaret Coxon, resident 109, Radbourne Street, Derby,
Derbyshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Derby, Derbyshire,
at school, a boarder in Eastern Road, Brighton, Sussex. No known
grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 26 and 27. |
DUNN,
M.M. |
George
William |
Acting
Company Sergeant Major 12138, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards.
Died of wounds 18 September 1916. Aged 30. Born Mickleover, Derby,
enlisted Derby. Son of Herbert William and Emma Dunn; husband
of Lucy Dunn, of 78, Franchise St., Derby. Native of Mickleover,
Derby. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in GROVE TOWN
CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 26. |
DUNN |
Herbert
Arthur |
Lance
Corporal 17575, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed
in action 15 July 1916. Aged 24. Born Mickleover, Derbyshire,
enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Son of Herbert William and
Emma Dunn, of The Square, Mickleover, Derby; husband of Rebecca
Dunn, of 17, Chapel Rd., Grassmoor, Chesterfield. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
2 C and 3 A. |
DUNN |
Thomas |
Company
Sergeant Major 10245, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged
28. Born Mickleover, Derbyshire, resident South Shields, enlisted
Derby. Son of Herbert William and Emma Dunn, of The Square, Mickleover,
Derby; husband of Florence Dunn, of 7, South Drive, New Town,
Hebburn-on-Tyne. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41. |
DUNSTAN |
Eric
William |
Private
15095, "A" Company, 2nd/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died 9 September 1918.
Aged 25. Son of William Edward and Fanny Dunstan, of Castle Hill,
Mickleover, Derby. Enlisted September 1914. Buried in LE QUESNOY
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 2. |
FOSTER |
Arthur |
Private
269768, 2nd/7th
Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 31. Born and resident
Mickleover, Derbyshire, enlisted Derby. Son of Ann Foster, of
Ash Cottage, Goosecroft Lane, Mickleover, Derby, and the late
William Foster. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
FOSTER |
Arthur
William |
Lance
Corporal 67104, 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 13 October 1917. Born
Mickleover, Derbyshire, resident Littleover, Derbyshire, enlisted
Derby.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 99 to 102. |
FOSTER |
Ernest |
Private
82062, 2nd/7th
Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Killed in action 21 March 1918. Aged 19. Born
and resident Mickleover, Derbyshire, enlisted Derby. Son of James
and Fanny Foster, of The Hollow, Mickleover, Derby. No
known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 7. |
FOSTER |
Percy
John |
Corporal
820578, 46th Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
posted to "Z" 46th Trench Mortar Battery. Killed in
action 22 October 1917. Aged 25. Born and enlisted Derby. Husband
of Edith Foster, of 19, Westbury St., Derby.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 3. |
FOSTER |
Thomas
Hadyn |
Private
15713, 1st Battalion, Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died
of wounds 4 March 1917. Born Mickleover, Derbyshire, enlisted
Derby. Buried in HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, HEM-MONACU, Somme,
France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 4. |
MACHAM |
William |
Private
201395, 6th/7th Battalion,
Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died on service 27 April 1918. Aged 27.
Born Codnor, Derbyshire, resident Mickleover, Derbyshire, enlisted
Derby. Son of Charles and Emma Macham; husband of Amy Macham,
of 5, Station Rd., Mickleover, Derby. Buried in DENAIN COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row A. Grave 45. |
MILLWARD |
Arthur
|
Private
43851, 2nd
Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Died on service 8 March 1917. Aged 41. Born and resident
Mickleover, Derbyshire, enlisted Derby. Son of the late William
and Martha Millward, of Common End Farm, Mickleover, Derby. Buried
in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXII.
Row A. Grave 15. |
MILLWARD |
Robert
Ernest |
Private
63073, 2nd Battalion, Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed
in action 1 July 1917.
Born and enlisted Derby. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.Panel 87 to 89. |
ORME |
Albert
Victor |
Private
1408, Derbyshire Yeomanry. Killed in action at Gallipoli 20 August
1915. Aged 23. Born Mickleover, Derbyshire, resident Common End,
Mickleover, enlisted Derby. Son of William and Mary Orme, of Woodbine
Cottage, Mickleover, Derby. Member of the Derby Borough Police.
No
known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 17 to 18. |
OUTRAM |
David |
Private
80946, 1st/8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
27 May 1918. Born
Chesterfield, enlisted Derby. No known grave. Commemorated on
SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France. |
RAWSON |
Charles
Thomas |
Private
C/7315, 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
15 September 1916. Born and enlisted Derby. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 A and 13
B. |
RAWSON |
Percy
William |
Able
Seaman Bristol Z/4724, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 21
August 1919. Born 10 July 1897. Son of Thomas W and Lucy Rawson,
Orchard Cottage, Planks Lane, Mickleover, Derby. In the 1901 census
he was aged 3, born Derbyshire, son of Thomas Wigley Rawson and
Lucy Ann Rawson, resident 58, Westbury Street, Derby, Derbyshire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Derbyshire, at school,
son of Thomas Wigley Rawson and Lucy Rawson, resident 23, Westbury
Street, Derby, Derbyshire. Religious denomination Church of England,
a Boot Warehouseman by trade, height 5 feet 6 inches, chest 32-34
inches, fair complexion, auburn hair, brown eyes. Wounded 29 September
1918 with wounds to left leg, invalided 3 October 1918, admitted
to Chatham Military Hospital 4 October 1918, 10 december 1918
he was examined and found yo have valvular disease of the heart
and recommended for discharge, disjcharged 7 January 1919. Buried
in MICKLEOVER (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Derbyshire. |
SHARDLOW |
William
Albert |
Private
19426, 7th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment).
Killed in action in South Russia 31 August 1918. Aged 25. Born
Derby, resident Endon, Staffordshire, enlisted Leek, Staffordshire.
Son of Albert and Emma Shardlow, of 72, Woods Lane, Derby. No
known grave. Commemorated on TEHRAN MEMORIAL, Iran. Panel 4. Column
2. |
THOMPSON |
William
Alfred |
Gunner
800700, "D" Battery, 230th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 26 April 1918. Born Mickleover, Derby, enlisted
Derby. Buried in FOUQUIERES CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 5. |
TOWNEND |
Edmund
S |
[Private
on memorial] Rifleman S/5493, 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The
Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 15 September 1916. Born
and enlisted Derby, resident Mickleover, Derbyshire. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 16 B and 16 C. |
WAINWRIGHT |
A
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Private
60059, 10th
Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Regiment). Died of wounds 20 August 1918. Aged 22. Born and resident
Mickleover, Derbyshire, enlisted Derby. Son of Charles and Rose
Wainwright, of Western Rd., Mickleover, Derby. Buried in ST. SEVER
CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section R.
Plot II. Row L. Grave 15. |
WALTERS |
John
Frederick |
Private
43421, 1st
Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of wounds 10 June 1918.
Aged 35. Born and enlisted Derby. Son of John and Elizabeth Walters;
husband of Edith Mary Walters, of 72, Peartree St., Derby. Buried
in PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row
F. Grave 45. |
TO
THE GLORIOUS DEAD
OF MICKLEOVER
1939
- 1945 |
BENTLEY |
Leslie
George |
Sergeant
952706, 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
28 July 1943. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL,
Surrey. Panel 142. |
BODEN |
Thomas
Alfred |
Gunner
1440879, A.A. Training Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a result
of an accident 29 October 1940. Born Derby, Derbyshire, resident
Mickleover, Derbyshire. Buried in MICKLEOVER (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD,
Derbyshire. Section A. Grave 46. |
BOOTH |
Geoffrey |
Flying
Officer 143910, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 26 November
1943. Aged 25. Son of Harold and Beatrice Booth, of Mickleover,
Derbyshire; husband of Doreen Isabel Booth. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945
WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany. Plot 7. Row H. Collective grave
11-14. |
BRADLEY |
Sidney |
Sergeant
749429, 206 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
19 November 1940. Aged 24. Son of Cecil Charles Sidney and Ethel
Selina Bradley; husband of Kathleen Bradley, of Littleover. Buried
in MICKLEOVER (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Derbyshire. Section B.
Grave 46. |
BURGESS |
Harold |
Able
Seaman D/JX253260, H.M.S. President III, Royal Navy/ Died 2 November
1942. Aged 28. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burgess, of Mickleover,
Derbyshire. No
known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel
64, Column 2. |
CLARKE |
Harold
Edwin |
Private
7624737, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died 17 June 1940. Aged 24.
Son of Thomas Edwin and Edith Annie Clarke, of Mickleover, Derbyshire.
Buried inPREFAILLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Loire-Atlantique, France/
Grave 38. |
COTTINGTON |
Frederick |
Sapper
1434579, 1000 Docks Maintenance Company, Royal Engineers. Died
2 March 1943. Aged 22. Son of Sidney Thomas Cottington and Alice
Louisa Cottington, of Mickleover, Derbyshire. Buied in TRIPOLI
WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Plot 10. Row H. Grave 4. |
DAWSON |
John
Robert |
Sergeant
1311085, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
5 October 1942. Aged 27. Son of Frederick and Nellie Dawson; husband
of Berth Dawson, of Mickleover, Derbyshire. Buried in JONKERBOS
WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot 8. Row F. Grave 2. |
DOLPHIN |
Edgar |
Sergeant
970057, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 13
July 1942. Aged 25. Son of Charles and Ada Dolphin; husband of
Annie Dolphin, of Biddulph. Buried in BIDDULPH (ST. LAWRENCE)
CHURCHYARD, Staffordshire. Section C. Grave 221. |
JAMES |
[Jonathan]
Allen |
[Listed
as A James and private on memorial] Signalman 2584308, Royal Corps
of Signals. Died 5 April 1945. Aged 29. Son of George Allen James
and Anne Gaines James, of Mickleover, Derbyshire. Buried in BERLIN
1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany. Plot 11. Row G. Grave
2. |
LANGSTON |
William
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Private
probably William
Frank Langston, Private 6105574, 1/5th Battalion, The Queen's
Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died 23 November 1944. Aged 22.
Born Surrey, resident Derby. Son of Frank and Mildred May Langston;
husband of Dorothy May Langston, of Lipson, Plymouth. Buried in
MOOK WAR CEMETERY, Limburg, Netherlands. Plot III. Row B. Grave
10. |
MOORLEY |
Maurice
Rupert |
Flying
Officer 62707, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 10 September
1942. Aged 29. Son of Charles and Lucy Moorley, of Mickleover;
husband of Catherine J. E. Moorley, of Nuthall, Nottinghamshire.
Buried in MICKLEOVER (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Derbyshire/ Section
D. Grave 76. |
MOSELEY |
Leonard
Granville aka Len |
Sergeant
944593, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 8
February 1943. Aged 23. Son of William Harlow Moseley and Sarah
Moseley, of Mickleover. Buried in MICKLEOVER (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD,
Derbuyshire. Section C. Grave 95. |
PEAKE |
Kenneth
Edwin |
Sergeant
1891075, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
16 March 1944. Buried in VILLARS-LE-PAUTEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
Haute-Saone, France. Grave 7. |
SMITH |
Malcolm
Schofield |
[Listed
as Flying Officer on memorial] Pilot Officer 89356, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 4 May 1941. Aged 24. Son of Capt.
Alfred Leopold Smith, and of Ethel F. S. Smith, of Mickleover.
Buried in MICKLEOVER (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Derbuyshire. Section
C. Grave 14. |
STORER |
C
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Sergeant
- No further information currently available |
THOMPSON |
R
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Sergeant
- No further information currently available |
THORNHILL |
Frederick
Victor |
Sapper
2194376, 291 Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers. Died 21 May
1940. Aged 21. Buried in MORVILLE-SUR-ANDELLE CHURCHYARD, Seine-Maritime,
France. |
WARNER |
Albert |
Ordinary
Seaman C/JX 224572, H.M. Submarine P.33, Royal Navy. Died at sea
20 August 1941. Aged 24. Born 17 January 1919 in Derby, Derbyshire.
Son of Albert Victor and Eleanor Alice Warner, of Mickleover,
Derbyshire. No
known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.
Panel 45, Column 1. |
WRIGHT |
Harvey
William |
Sergeant
745187, 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
18 April 1941. Aged 24. Son of George and Sarah M. Wright, of
Mickleover. Buried in MICKLEOVER (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Derbuyshire.
Section A. Grave 42. |
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