Month: August 2026

Sgt Maj 234410 Royal Signals. b1915 at 3 Surprise Villas, Hathersage. Also lived at East Retford. His father Thomas, was employed by the railway, so moved about somewhat.

Enlisted 4/9/1914 Cheshire Rgt. L/Cpl 16885. B1891 Tintwhisle, Cheshire, lived at Glossop. Son of John Philip Chevens, b1868 The Hill, Outseats, Hathersage. A Carter and Publican at Glossop, Uncle to John  Joseph and Louis Chevens.

Dvr 72570 R.G.A. b1883, his mother Anne Wilson b1855, was from a Hathersage family of stonemasons.

Driver of Red Cross Ambulance. b1884 Pink Moor, Qwennap, Cornwall. Had a daughter Bettina, b1918 Hathersage, and a son Cyril Douglas, b 1921 Isle of Mann. (see WW2 personnel).

Sgt 12/50 12Bn Y & L (Sheffield Pals). Later 9^th Y & L. b1884 Milford, Derbyshire. A school teacher in Sheffield. Lived at Hazelford, Hathersage. According to his grand-daughter, he was half German.

Gnr 65411 RGA.. Hospitalized with influenza in Dec 1916 and never really recovered. b1883 Long Itchington, Warwicks, later lived at Bradwell and married Ann Pearson b1892, Hathersage.

Sgt Farrier 48614 RE. Served mainly in the Mediterranean Theatre, wounded at Salonika 28/11/1915. b1897 Burton, Westmorland, a blacksmith at Ringinglow. Died 1931. He married 7/9/1917, Ella Hickinson, b1896, daughter of William Hickinson, b1855 Hathersage. (Another family of Umbrella makers).

Pte 55338 DLI. & 211318 Labour Corps. After 290 days was discharged on medical grounds on 5/12/1917. Born 1898 and lived  in Sheffield, a Fitter, son of John George Adwas and Violet Sarah Wells Outram, b1870 Moorseats, Hathersage, (Married 1895, Sheffield).