Month: November 2016

Pte 366795 Northumberland Fusiliers. b 1899 Leeds, 1911C Leeds, his father; John Francis Hickinson b 1867 Hathersage and 1871 C living at The Dale, Hathersage.

✟ ≠ Pte 26094 2nd Bn Lincs Regt.  KIA 31/7/1917. Remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, also at St James, Kalendar Memorial, St James Church, Grimsby. (There is a pamphlet published listing all the fallen from Grimsby). b1887 Grimsby. 1911C living in Grimsby, a marine fireman. Son of Edwin (some times; Edward) Hickinson b 1866 Hathersage and on 1911C living in Grimsby a blacksmith’s striker, who had two siblings, both b Hathersage (to mother Ann Higginson b 1821 Barnsley. On 1871C she was a widow), John William b 1870 and Elizabeth b 1868. On their birth register they are called ‘Higginson’. By 1881C their mother Ann had remarried and become Ann Clark, living in Lincolnshire and the children’s name changed to ‘Hickinson’, future records including marriage then used ‘Hickinson’ and Edwin alternates between Edward and Edwin.  John William never married, but Elizabeth on 1911C is widowed, (her husband had been a mariner) living in Grimsby and she had two sons who served, who were therefore Ernest’s cousins; see below for James Henry Johnstone b Grimsby 1891, and George Arthur Johnstone also b Grimsby.

ß ⚜ (DC 27/7/1918, Joined the colours 25 July 1918, previously worked on munitions in Sheffield). On the Scouts Board shown as served in the Notts & Derbys Regt.  b 1900 Hathersage, son of George Alfred and Gertrude, nephew of Hugo Charles Hickinson, and cousin of John Cotterill Hickinson and William Henry Hickinson. 1901C & 1911C living at The Dale, Hathersage. He was the father of Jean Hickinson who married Don Gray from Stannington and whose family lived at Hathersage.

b 1878.  (DC 28/9/1918 Grade3, (40) working at Hathersage, granted 4 months exemption). Unlikely to have been called up after that. 1911C Arthur Hickinson, living at Overstones, Hathersage, a gritstone setter, Wife; Ann Priestly. He had a half-brother, Stenton Hickinson. Their mother was Clara Hickinson (later Clara Green)

✟ ≠ Pte 16755 Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 12/10/1915, buried Helles Memorial Cemetery. Gallipoli. b 1895 Stannington. 1911C at Stannington a spring knife cutler, His father Joseph Hickinson b 1864 Hathersage (The Dale). Brother of Leonard Furness Hickinson below.

Acting L/Cpl 26476 Kings Liverpool Regt.  b 1891 Clay Cross. 1911C at Mansfield Woodhouse, a coal miner. His wife was Annie Elizabeth Lewis b1891 Hathersage and her mother was Sarah Ann Schofield.

ă b 1873 Bakewell. 1919 Absent Voters list address; Yarncliffe, Longshaw, Fox House. Wife, Lucy. A gamekeeper for the Duke of Rutland, a bit old to serve, he was possibly in Militia. No other military records found.

Pte 267453 N & D.  b 1898 Holmesfield. 1911C at Holmesfield. His father Henry Helliwell b 1867 Hathersage. 1871/1881 the Helliwell’s farmed Cow Close Farm. Quite a number of them emigrated to New Zealand.

(DC 19/1/1918. Hathersage, War Agricultural certified. 4 Months exemption granted).

b 1896 Sheffield. 1911C at Thornhill working on father William Helliwell’s farm. Father William was born in Hathersage.

Pte 6774 16 Bn Australian Imperial Force. Shipped back to Australia 12/3/1918 on medical grounds. Served in N & D T.A. prior to emigration in 1912. b 1888 Bakewell, brother of Edward, George Thomas and Herbert, their mother was Elizabeth Ann Hickinson, b1862 Hathersage and 1871C living at The Dale, Hathersage. Their father was George Thomas Hayto, b c1853 Derby, but was dead before the 1911C.