METHELEY, Francis Maurice – Hathersage Royal British Legion

F913 PO Mech, Royal Navy. Land based as he served on Armoured Cars. Saw action in the Dardanelles and Eastern Mediterranean.

b1890 Sheffield. Married Mabel Sunderland from Hathersage in 1919 and lived at the Scotsman’s Pack Inn, Hathersage.

Abbreviations used

Agri; Agricultural
AOC; Army Ordnance Corps
b; born,
Bdr; Bombadier
Bn; Battalion
B.R.C.S; British Red Cross Society
Brig; Brigade
C; Census
C.B.; Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
C B E; Commander of British Empire
C.M.G.; Companion of the order of St Michael & St George
Capt; Captain
Coy; Company
CSM; Company Sergeant Major
DC; Derbyshire Courier newspaper
DCM: Distinguished Conduct Medal
D of W; Died of Wounds
DT; Derbyshire Times newspaper
DLI; Durham Light Infantry Regiment
Dvr; Driver
Gnr; Gunner
HPN; High Peak News
KIA; Killed in Action
K.O.Y.L.I.; Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
K.R.R; Kings Royal Rifles
MC; Military Cross
MGC; Machine Gun Corps
MID; Mentioned in Despatches
MM; Miltary Medal
N of K; Next of Kin
OBE; Order of the British Empire
Pnr; Pioneer
POW; Prisoner of War
Pte; Private
RASC (ASC); Royal Army Service Corps
RE; Royal Engineers
Regt; Regiment
RFA; Royal Field Artillery
RGA; Royal Garrison Artillery
RNVR; Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
SB; Service Battalion
SDT; Sheffield Daily Telegraph
Sig; Signaller
Spr; Sapper
Sqdn; Squadron
S T; Sheffield Telegraph
T.A.; Territorial Army
VAD; Voluntary Aid Detachment
WO; Warrant Officer
Y & L; (York & Lancs) York & Lancaster Regiment
1901C 1911C; Date of Census Records
✟; Lost their lives
≠; Killed but not on Hathersage Church War Memorial
ß; On Bible Class Memorial Board
⚜; On Scouts Memorial Board
ă; On 1918/1919 Absent Voters Lists
Щ; In ‘When Hathersage Went to War’ book
Д; On Wesleyan Chapel Tablet 1922.

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