Month: November 2016

ß Щ b 1893 Sheffield. 1911C living at Station Road, Hathersage and working ‘tempering at tin works’.  He could have been in a reserved occupation and therefore could be the L/Cpl Lee of A coy 5 Volunteer (Hathersage) Battalion who attended Arthur Dobney King’s funeral in Nov 1918. His mother Annie b Sheffield age 37 was a widow in 1911C. Otherwise no other service records yet found.

34829 Pte R.A.M.C. b 1893 Hathersage.  1911C living at Sheffield.

née Johnston.  b 1886 Brazil, a British subject. 1911C in Sheffield.  Husband, William Ernest Laycock (Lt R E) who founded the Laycock Engineering Company, Sheffield.  Red Cross record; a nurse at Hathersage VAD Hospital living in Dronfield. 

ß Щ Allan/ Allen Langdon is Allan Leonard Langdon. We found an A Langdon 2nd Lt Lancs Fusiliers but also had been given a service number, which suggests he was an ‘other rank’ possibly promoted to officer at the end of the war because of the shortage of officers?  b 1894 Longnor, Staffs. 1911C Longnor a postman. (There is a reference to Allen Langdon, in Sheffield Independent 18/7/1923; A Hathersage Insurance Agent involved in a motor accident). He had a younger brother Eric Bernard who served, originally with the Kings Royal Rifles, he later transferred into The Lancashire Fusiliers was wounded and captured at Passchendaele. It is not thought he had any other ‘Hathersage Connections’ than his brother.

b 1868 Donnington, Herts. 1911C The Hollies Hathersage. Red Cross record; Chief medical officer at Hathersage VAD Hospital. Died Oct 1916.

(DC 10/3/1917, ‘Manager of the Hathersage Co-op (28). 4 Months exemption granted provided he joined the Volunteers’). (DC 19/1/1918 Class C3, 6 months exemption granted). (DC 13/7/1918 Grade 3, granted a further 4 months), which would take him to after the end of hostilities. b 1888 Burton on Trent, 1911C living at Sheffield.

ß ă Щ 21387 Pte  9 Bn N & D (he served prior to war). 568968 Pte 194 Coy Labour Corps.  (DC 21/10/1916; Ill in hospital).  (SDT 23/10/1916; has been invalided home and is now in a London hospital, suffering from septic poisoning). (HPN 16/12/1916; has come home to the Bungalow, (Newtown) Sheffield Road, after a long absence in Egypt and Salonica). (DC 22/2/1919 reports his discharge). b 1887 Bonsall, Derbyshire.  1911C living at The Bungalow, Hathersage, a gas fitter. Wife; Maggie.

(DC 31/8/1918; ‘A Roll of Honour of old scholars of the Hathersage Church of England School, who have joined the forces, has been designed by Master T Knighton, a former scholar. The roll consists of 80 names’).

(DC 22/2/1919; reported the ‘Death of 17 year old of Crossland Villas, Hathersage, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Thomas Knighton. He contracted influenza, which became pneumonia). He was probably a victim of the ‘flu pandemic. He was employed in the drawing office of Firths, Sheffield, a member of the Hathersage Volunteers, he may well be depicted front left rank of the photo, p 13 of WHW2W.  He was also a member of Hathersage Wesley Guild, and a former patrol leader of Hathersage Boy Scouts. b 1901 at Eastwood, Notts. 1911C living at Hunter House Road, Sheffield. Buried 21/2/1919 at Eastwood, Notts.

Although too young to serve in WW1, it is thought his story deserves recording. It is not known if the roll of honour has survived.

ă 24576 R.F.C. Sept 1918 home on leave. b 1876 Sheffield. 1911C an accounts clerk, living at Station Road, Hathersage.

b 1873 Hathersage.  1911C Rock House, Hathersage.  Red Cross record; emergency nurse, night duties at Hathersage VAD Hospital