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Nottinghamshire County Council
First World War monument
Personnel details (names G - L)
Sources include: Commonwealth War Graves Commission database, Nottinghamshire County Council Register of Employees who Served in the First World War, Army service records, Soldiers Died in the Great War database, 1901 Census, school log books and regimental records.
GARRATT |
|
First Names |
Albert Edward |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
19 March 1893 |
Occupation |
Police Constable, Notts Constabulary |
Home address |
Redhill, Nottingham |
Rank |
Gunner |
Service number |
67616 |
Unit |
Royal Garrison Artillery (176th Siege Battery) |
Service history |
Enlisted 29 October 1915. Western Front 26 September 1916 |
Date of death |
8 February 1917. KIA Ypres Salient |
Age |
23 |
Buried |
Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, near Ieper |
Next of kin |
Henry and Mary Garratt (parents), 191 Mansfield Road, Daybrook |
Other information |
Born Arnold |
GOODALL |
|
First Names |
George Percy |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
1878 |
Occupation |
(Solicitor) Clerk to Bingham Bench of Magistrates |
Home address |
Lucknow Avenue, Mapperley Park, Nottingham |
Rank |
Captain |
Service number |
|
Unit |
Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derbys (10th Bn) |
Service history |
Enlisted Nov 1914. Commissioned 15 Dec 1914 |
Date of death |
14 February 1916 |
Age |
38 |
Buried |
Ypres Menin Gate Memorial |
Next of kin |
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Other information |
Born Nottingham. Also secretary to Nottingham Chamber of Commerce. Father George Goodall, Lucknow Ave, Mapperley Park |
GOSLING |
|
First Names |
Richard |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
About 1882 |
Occupation |
Police constable, Nottinghamshire Constabulary |
Home address |
|
Rank |
Sergeant |
Service number |
9552 |
Unit |
Grenadier Guards (2nd Bn) |
Service history |
Reservist. Enlisted GG 11 April 1901 age 19y5m (labourer). Transferred from 3 year short service engagement 11 April 1903. Transferred Army Reserve on completion period Army service 11 April 1914. Mobilized 5 Aug 1914. Western Front 22 Nov 1914. Promoted L/Cpl 19 Sep 1915, Sgt 23 April 1916. Total Army service 15y158days |
Date of death |
15 September 1916 |
Age |
32 |
Buried |
Guillemont Road Cemetery |
Next of kin |
Herbert and Mary Gosling (parents) |
Other information |
Born Hucknall. Wife Ethel Gosling of ‘Woodthorpe’ Westfield Drive, Skegness, Lincolnshire. Mabel Ethel nee Parker, DOM 19 July 1906, parish church Lincoln. Siblings: Thomas, Herbert, Arthur, Ellen (1901 Census, parent’s address Mansfield Rd, Daybrook). NOK (Army 1901) Valentine (brother), Elizabeth (sister). |
Sources |
CWGC. SDGW. ASR(GG). 1901 Census. The Arnold and Daybrook War Memorial: an account of each man commemorated on the memorial (Milquest Publications) |
HARRIS |
|
First Names |
Albert Edward |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
23 February 1887 |
Occupation |
Certificated Assistant, Hardwick Street Boys County School, Sutton in Ashfield, Notts |
Home address |
Church Street House, Shirebrook, Notts |
Rank |
Private |
Service number |
30063 |
Unit |
East Yorkshire (1st Bn) |
Service history |
Enlisted 18 July 1917. Passed as 1st Class Signaller March 1918. Western Front 29 March 1918 |
Date of death |
16 April 1918 |
Age |
30 |
Buried |
Tyne Cot Memorial |
Next of kin |
D Harris (wife), Church Street House, Shirebrook |
Other information |
Parents John and Kate Harris, Underwood, Notts |
HAYES |
|
First Names |
Frederick Richard |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
28 October 1892 |
Occupation |
2nd Class Constable, Notts Constabulary |
Home address |
On enlistment: 47 Laurel Avenue, Littleworth, Mansfield |
Rank |
Lance Corporal |
Service number |
22739 |
Unit |
Grenadier Guards |
Service history |
Enlisted 4 Feb 1915 (Mansfield). Home Service 4 Feb 1915-5 Nov 1915. Western Front 6 Nov 1915 Promoted L/Cpl 6 June 1916. Posted missing, NOK informed 16 Oct 1916, informed death 5 July 1917. Total service 1y234days. |
Date of death |
25 September 1916 |
Age |
23 |
Buried |
Serre Road Cemetery No 2 |
Next of kin |
Mrs S Bircumshaw (formerly Hayes) (mother), 8 Edward Road, Hill Top, Eastwood. ASR gives mother’s name as ‘Fanny’. |
Other information |
Born Bulstead, Kent. Siblings: Ethel, Mabel. Register completed by John William Hayes (brother) |
Sources |
Register (266). CWGC. SDGW. ASR(GG). 1901 Census |
HINCHLIFFE also Hinchcliffe |
|
First Names |
Frederick James |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
12 January 1889 |
Occupation |
1st Class Constable, Notts Constabulary |
Home address |
Toll Bar House, Mansfield Road, Pleasley |
Rank |
Serjeant |
Service number |
295272 |
Unit |
Royal Garrison Artillery |
Service history |
Engagement reckoned from 17 June 1915. Western Front 17 July 1916. Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Jan 1917 |
Date of death |
25 March 1918. DOW (SW) sustained 22 March. Died 3 Aust Hosp |
Age |
28 |
Buried |
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension |
Next of kin |
Joseph and Ellen Hinchliffe (parents) |
Other information |
Wife Alice May Hinchliffe (formerly Moult, widow), Scarcliffe, Chesterfield |
HOPKINSON |
|
First Names |
Edward |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
3 June 1890 |
Occupation |
School Master (head master), Newstead County School, Notts |
Home address |
School House, Newark |
Rank |
Lieutenant |
Service number |
|
Unit |
Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derbys (8th Bn) |
Service history |
Colour Sergeant TA. Enlisted 4 Aug 1914. Western Front 1 March 1915. Commissioned Aug 1915. Awarded MC 1917 (Hindenburg Line) |
Date of death |
23 April 1917. KIA Gommercourt |
Age |
36 |
Buried |
Arras Memorial |
Next of kin |
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Other information |
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HOULDSWORTH |
|
First Names |
John Gordon |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
29 January 1896 |
Occupation |
Assistant Teacher, Chapel Street Schools, Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts |
Home address |
Hucknall |
Rank |
Lance Corporal |
Service number |
68486 |
Unit |
Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derbys (2nd Bn) |
Service history |
Enlisted 29 Jan 1915, Army Service Corps. Western Front July 1915. Transferred SFN&D (own request) 1916 |
Date of death |
23 March 1918 |
Age |
22 |
Buried |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy |
Next of kin |
John D and Agnes Houldsworth (parents), 51 Annesley Road, Hucknall |
Other information |
Born Hucknall |
JACKSON |
|
First Names |
Arthur Selby |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
26 September 1889 |
Occupation |
Head Master, Holme Pierrepont |
Home address |
|
Rank |
Second Lieutenant |
Service number |
|
Unit |
Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (9th Bn) |
Service history |
Enlisted 8 Dec 1914, Sherwood Foresters (14th Bn). Western Front 11 Oct 1915. Transferred SF 11th Bn 11 Oct 1915. Commissioned 10 Sep 1916 Northumberland Fusiliers and attached KOYLI. |
Date of death |
16 September 1916 |
Age |
26 |
Buried |
Thiepval Memorial |
Next of kin |
Richard and Anna Jackson (parents), Darlton |
Other information |
Born Sheffield. Only son |
JOHNSON |
|
First Names |
Sam Charles |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
About 1872 |
Occupation |
Caretaker, Warsop Vale Stavely County School |
Home address |
170 Stavely Road, Warsop |
Rank |
Private |
Service number |
23978 |
Unit |
RAMC |
Service history |
Enlisted 19 May 1915. Home Service. Medical discharge 25 Feb 1917 |
Date of death |
16 April 1917 |
Age |
45 |
Buried |
Warsop SS Peter and Paul churchyard |
Next of kin |
Maria Johnson (wife) |
Other information |
Formerly a coalminer. Eight children at enlistment |
JONES |
|
First Names |
Joseph Alfred |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
19 July 1890 |
Occupation |
Certificated Assistant, Hardwick Street Boys Dept, Sutton in Ashfield, Notts |
Home address |
Stoke Newington, Middx |
Rank |
Serjeant |
Service number |
14103 |
Unit |
Lincolnshire (A Coy 1st Bn) |
Service history |
Enlisted 4 Sept 1914, Leicestershire Rgt |
Date of death |
16 June 1915 |
Age |
24 |
Buried |
Ypres Menin Gate Memorial |
Next of kin |
Joseph Morris and Mary Jones (parents) |
Other information |
Born South Hornsey, Middx |
KERRY |
|
First Names |
Thomas Anthony |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
27 March 1885 |
Occupation |
1st Class Constable, Notts Constabulary |
Home address |
Rose and Crown, Smalley Common, Derbys |
Rank |
Lance Corporal |
Service number |
2440 |
Unit |
Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derbys (1st/7th Bn) |
Service history |
Enlisted Sept 1914. Western Front 27 Feb 1915 |
Date of death |
1 June 1915 |
Age |
|
Buried |
Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery |
Next of kin |
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Other information |
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KETTLE |
|
First Names |
Stephen |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
22 December 1888 |
Occupation |
Constable, Notts Constabulary |
Home address |
Bourne, Lincs |
Rank |
Co Serjeant Major |
Service number |
7857 |
Unit |
Lincolnshire (1st Bn) |
Service history |
1911 - lance corporal, 1st Bn Lincs Rgt (Aden). Reservist. Enlisted 4 Aug 1914. Western Front 14 Aug 1914 |
Date of death |
4 October 1917 (KIA Paschendale Ridge) |
Age |
28 |
Buried |
Tyne Cot Memorial |
Next of kin |
Mrs Kettle (mother), East Gate, Bourne, Lincs |
Other information |
Born Bourne. Copy of letter of condolence from Company Commander survives |
Sources |
Register (339). CWGC. SDGW. 1911 Census. Details to Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Museum. |
KNIGHT |
|
First Names |
Charles Ernest |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
16 January 1891 |
Occupation |
Certificated Assistant, Worksop St John’s Boys School |
Home address |
|
Rank |
Lance Corporal |
Service number |
2336 |
Unit |
Leicestershire (5th Bn) |
Service history |
Enlisted 6 Sep 1914. Western Front 23 Feb 1915 |
Date of death |
16 October 1915. DOW |
Age |
|
Buried |
Lillers Communal Cemetery |
Next of kin |
|
Other information |
Born Uppingham. Parents George H and Harriet A Knight, Uppingham |
LOWE |
|
First Names |
William |
Identification |
Confirmed |
Date of birth |
About 1890 |
Occupation |
Police constable, Nottinghamshire Constabulary |
Home address |
|
Rank |
Serjeant |
Service number |
27229 |
Unit |
Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derbys (17th Bn) |
Service history |
Western Front by 1915 |
Date of death |
23 June 1916 |
Age |
|
Buried |
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue |
Next of kin |
Mrs Elizabeth A Lowe (mother), New Westwood, Jacksdale |
Other information |
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