Month: October 2016

✟ ≠ 70662 Pte 2 Bn Notts & Derbys. He enlisted 4/2/1915 and was in the Irish Rebellion in summer 1916 (Easter Rising?), before going to France in September. Killed 9/2/1917 when in the raid on German trenches near Mazingarbe, age 24. Grave; Vermelles British Cemetery , Pas De Calais. (Listed as P Froggett on Sherwood Foresters Roll). (DT 24/2/1917, article about his death with photograph, his mother Hannah (née Darwent b Thornhill), received a letter from a comrade and friend saying he was killed about 7.10 am and did not suffer). Also appears on Hope Memorial.  b 1892  Hazleford son of John Berrisford Froggatt and grandson of John Bocking Darwent, a well-known local preacher. Brother of John Beresford Froggatt above. Family farmed at Hazelford before moving to Thornhill following the untimely death of his father John in 1893. 1911C living at Thornhill.  Before joining up he worked for Aaron Turner, farmer of Bamford. He was the main supporter of the household.

(DC 26/10/1918, ‘Age 39, Grade 2. Coal Dealer with 500 customers and a farm of 36 acres, granted 4 months exemption’). Unlikely to have been called up later.  b 1879 Hathersage. 1911C Station Road, Hathersage, a widower, coal merchant and carter.

née Machen. b 1864 Wadsley Bridge. 1911C Station Road, Hathersage, husband; George Richard Froggatt. Red Cross records; Back Lane, Hathersage, a home worker, knitting & needlework at Hathersage VAD Hospital.

Gunner 167491 RGA. b 1889 Leam, son of John Berrisford Froggatt and grandson of John Bocking Darwent, a well-known local preacher. Family farmed at Hazelford before moving to Thornhill following the untimely death of his father John in 1893, brother of Percival Froggatt below.

(DC 7/4/1917 (32) Coal Merchant, Carrier and Farmer, granted 6 months exemption).

(DC 26/10/1918 (age 36) of Hathersage, Grade 3 Motor Engineer, granted 3 months exemption). After when he would have been unlikely to be called up.

(DC 11/3/1916. Slate & timber Merchant, granted 6 months exemption, and 2 months for his unidentified Thrashing Machine Attendant). (Belper News 15/9/1916; A Hathersage Timber Merchant, who also owns a Threshing Machine, applied for exemption age 37, who had two brothers, single men who had gone into munitions in order to evade military service. Three months exemption granted but it would be hopeless to make any further appeal). 1911C living at Corn Mill House, Hathersage, (now called Leadmill House). There were three Beresford Brothers, this David, Herbert & William. It has not proved possible find out anything on the others, even though they were of military age.

He didn’t serve. DC 10/3/1917 (40) married. Class C3, 2 months exemption granted provided he found work of national importance. DC 24/7/1917;  It is believed he is the Insurance Agent listed as exempt. DC 19/1/1918 (41). Class 3. Auctioneer & Valuer. Granted 6 Months exemption. The conditions of his previous exemption had been complied with. DC 28/9/1918 granted a further 4 months.

b 1876 Hathersage. 1911C Roslyn Crescent, a Coal Merchant, married to Edith Mary Swain with children; Harry and Mary. Brother of George Herbert Armfield (who did serve) & Frederick Percy.

Played in Hathersage football team, Percy Armfield b 1887 Shrewsbury. 1911C a boarder in Shropshire. By 1912 back in Hathersage –(newspaper report Sheffield Telegraph 4 Nov 1912). Brother of George Herbert, & Ralph Joseph (Auctioneer; exempted). He was christened Frederick Percy; it is believed he served, but nothing has been found.

Pte 300574 5th London Regt , 512875 Labour Corps.  b 1891 Forest Green Essex. 1911C in Essex a clerk. His father William Henry Frith b 1855 Hathersage a Stationary Engine driver.