Month: November 2016

ß 67737 Pte. K O Y L I. b 1883 Barnfield Cottage, Hathersage. 1911C still living at Barnfield Cottage, with father Thomas (55) b Hathersage and presumably his step mother, Maria (45) b Sheffield and three half-brothers, Alfred (8), Harold (5) and Tom (4). All born Hathersage.

✟ ≠ Щ 18726 Pte. Served with 1st & 2nd Bn Y & L, wounded soon after arriving in France. D of W 21st April 1916. (DC 13/5/1916; listed as Pte K.I.A. Article goes on to say ‘Mr & Mrs Samuel Eyre’s son of Abney, of York & Lancaster Regt killed in France. He had been previously wounded twice. The intimation of his death has been conveyed by letter from one of his comrades’). Grave; Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium. See photo of him in 2 Eastern General Hospital on p 15 WHW2W after having been wounded for the first time. b 1892 Millhouse Farm, Abney. (baptized 4/12/1892 Hathersage) son of Samuel Eyre and grandsons of Jacob Eyre of Derwent Woodlands. 1901C at Hope Woodlands. 1911C shows him with James Jacob and Rose (both b Hathersage) with their Uncle Joseph Stubbs and Aunt Ruth at Laneside Farm, Hope Woodlands. He was living with Thomas Wain at the Strines Inn at time of enlistment, and is remembered on both Abney and Derwent Woodlands Memorials. His mother, Fanny Wilson was born at Nether Hurst, Outseats.

Samuel Eyre’s family moved to Abney in 1911 when all farmers, (tenants of the Duke of Norfolk) in and around the Howden Dam were evicted once the dam began to fill.  Until then Samuel Eyre’s father Jacob rented Marebottom Farm, next to the Dam wall and from quite a young age Sam was at Bank Top Farm. It is said that all the livestock were walked from Bank Top, Derwent, to the new farms at Abney, in appalling weather, and, (according to anecdotes gathered from Derwent Valley Water Board workers,  gleaned from them during breaks between drives when Grouse beating on Ronksley moor), the horses returned to Bank Top several days later, and were seen swimming across the water in a direct line to their old pastures.

Samuel’s other sons were James Jacob, George Arthur and Benjamin Wilson, of his daughters; Ruth committed suicide in 1933, aged 42, during a fit of depression due to ill health. It was Ruth who was sent Wilfred’s effects, so she must have been his next of kin at that time. His other daughter, Rose Ann, married William Bramall of Broad Hay Farm. Their son Wilfred (husband of Jacqueline Gregory) was named after his uncle.

ă Cpl 1740 RAF Repairs Shop, and address, Mill Cottage, Hathersage, according to 1918 absent voters list.  b 1891 Manchester. 1901C living at Main Road, Hathersage. Father John was originally an Ostler at the Ordnance Arms, Hathersage, in 1881 and in 1891 listed as a groom in Manchester. There were five brothers of military age, John A Eyre, George Claude Eyre, Thomas Walter Eyre, William Eyre b1887 Manchester, & James Henry Eyre. Nothing has been found for William in any military records

ß (DC 17/8/1918: Returned from leave). Otherwise nothing has been found about his military career.  b 1884 Stalybridge. 1911C living The Dale, Hathersage. Father John was originally an Ostler at the Ordnance Arms, Hathersage, in 1881 and in 1891 listed as a groom in Manchester. There were five brothers of military age, John A Eyre, George Claude Eyre, Thomas Walter Eyre, William Eyre b1887 Manchester, & James Henry Eyre. Nothing has been found for William in any military records

(DC 24/8/1918; James Eyre, Sherwood Foresters, returned from leave on Monday’). However no Military record has been found.  b 1889 Hathersage. 1901C, living with his uncle, Joseph Unwin (whose wife Ruth was b Hurst, Hathersage) and their other nephew Wilfred and niece Rose at Laneside Farm, Hope Woodlands. 1911C living and working on family farm, Mill Farm, Abney, with his parents. Son of Samuel, brother of Arthur George, Benjamin Wilson and Wilfred. Sons of Samuel Eyre and grandsons of Jacob Eyre of Derwent Woodlands.

It is thought he is; 75312 Pte Household Cavalry, previously no 1965 Derbyshire Yeomanry Dragoons. b 1885 Stalybridge. 1911C a groom at Sutton-on-the Hill, Derbys. Father John was originally an Ostler at the Ordnance Arms, Hathersage, in 1881 and in 1891 listed as a groom in Manchester. There were five brothers of military age, John A Eyre, George Claude Eyre, Thomas Walter Eyre, William Eyre b1887 Manchester, & James Henry Eyre. Nothing has been found for William in any Military Records. Parents were John and Martha Eyre of Main Road, Hathersage in 1911C

ß Щ Most probably George Claude Eyre b 1893 Main Road Hathersage. Parents were John and Martha. 1911C Hotel Ostler for the Marquis of Granby. Cannot find more military information.

Father John was originally an Ostler at the Ordnance Arms, Hathersage, in 1881 and in 1891 listed as a groom in Manchester. There were five brothers of military age, John A Eyre, George Claude Eyre, Thomas Walter Eyre, William Eyre b1887 Manchester, & James Henry Eyre. Nothing has been found for William in any military records.

Listed as in Agricultural Coy.  b 1894 Hathersage.  Wilfred, Arthur George, & James Jacob are his brothers, living at Abney in 1911C.

Listed as in Agricultural Coy.  b 1897 Hathersage, and living at Abney in 1911C. Wilfred, Benjamin, & James Jacob are his brothers.

✟ Щ  165857 Gnr 130 Battery 40 Brigade R.F.A.  D of W. 13/10/1917 age 20, Grave; Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. Reginald’s name also appears on Abney, Bradwell and Hope Memorials as well as Hathersage.

His family’s grave is in Hathersage Churchyard. b 1896 Hathersage. 1901C living at Mount Pleasant, Highlow. He was engaged to Alice Mosley, from Harper Lees Farm, who after Reginald died became Mrs Albert Stuart Botham in 1922. The Eydes family can be traced to around 1786 at Peppercorn (just S of Shatton, in the grounds of Westfield) then Old Lees Farm, (cow keepers, farm labourers, game keepers and farmers) until about 1871 when the main part of the family migrated to Sheffield.  At some stage in the late 19 century, Thomas b 1853 at Hope, one of the family of the nine, and  Reginald’s father, farmed at Callow Farm, Highlow, near Offerton Hall, where in the mid-20 century, Lawrence Dungworth farmed (see above). 1911C family lived at Callow Farm, Highlow, with father Thomas and mother Martha Hestor (neé Frost b Eyam Woodlands 1867). Thomas and Martha were married at Hathersage in 1892. Reginald’s siblings were; Frank, b Hathersage, April 1894, died 1/7/1912, (never married), Robert b Hathersage Oct 1895, died Mar 1966, (married Maud Bagshaw 1919, at St Barnabas Church, Bradwell. No children traced), who probably lived at the Homestead Farm, Eyam. There was also a sister; Mary b and d 1899.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ypres Grave