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.

Surname

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

 

Surname

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

 

Other information

Born Nottingham.  Also secretary to Nottingham Chamber of Commerce.  Father George Goodall, Lucknow Ave, Mapperley Park

 

Surname

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)


Surname

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


Surname

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


Surname

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


Surname

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

 

Other information

 


Surname

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


Surname

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


Surname

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


Surname

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


Surname

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

 

Other information

 


Surname

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.


Surname

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


Surname

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