GREENWOOD, Josiah.

GREENWOOD, Josiah. Dvr 72017 RFA, Pioneer 197143 RE. b1884 Glossop. Brother of Joseph, son of Albert Greenwood b 1861 Glossop, and Emily (née Higginson – although called Newton when she was born) b Hathersage. He was shown as a soldier, and already a widower on his marriage certificate in Feb 1918 when he married Elsie Winterbottom (Joseph’s wife’s sister) at Barlow. In 1911C Josiah is listed as a railway contractor navvy, when living in Llansamlet, Wales, with his first wife Louisa and two children. The reference to Joseph on the Bible Board probably should read Josiah, The confusion probably arose because of a mistake by the military records, where the service medal and award rolls has Josiah Greenwood Dvr 72017 RFA, and Pioneer 197143 RE (which would fit with Josiah being a Navvy) and the same numbers & regiments appear on the medals list for Joseph Greenwood.