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1914-19 World War – The Hathersage Connections

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STEEL, William Sayer.

Pilot Officer 60934 RAF. Lived in Bucks, b1900 Sheffield, his mother was Elizabeth Lee Marsden, b1873 at Derwent Villa, Hathersage.

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SNOWDON, Frank.

RAF 77150 . b Sheffield 1891, WW1 living at High Cliff, Hathersage. Uncle to the two Snowdon brothers, killed in WW2.

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SMITH, Robert William.

 RFC/RAF 57195. b1881, Nottingham, married Gertrude Cooper b1886 at Newtown Row, Hathersage. Her mother was of the Darvill family.

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SMITH, Frederick Darvill.

Enlisted 16/3/1919 328665 RAF. Left 1931, b 1902 Plymouth, brother of Reginald John Smith, b 1900 Devonport, who was a Fire Brigade Superintendent in Plymouth during WW2. Sons of John Francis Smith b 1873, Police Constable of Hathersage, whose mother Priscilla Darvill b 1852, married a soldier in 1872 and moved to Plymouth.

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SIMS, Edwin. M.M.

Pte 39286 Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Severe gun shot wound 15/3/1918. Transferred to R.E. Railway Construction Bn 16/10/1918., then Pnr WR/2027392  and discharged 12/12/1918 as unfit. Awarded M.M. for Gallantry. 1918 married Annice Hallam b1876, The Hill, Outseats, Hathersage.

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SIMPSON, George Frederick.

96906 RAF. b 1887 Bentley, Yorks, a joiner. In 1912 he married Catherine Maria Ronksley, b 1883 Hathersage, daughter of George Ronksley b 1858 Hathersage.

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SHELDON, Basil Edgar.

Pte 4070/226718 Monmouthshire Rgt. Commissioned Lt 29/5/1917 King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. b1890 Upton Magna, Shropshire, son of Alfred Sheldon, b Hathersage 1844.

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SALTER, George Albert.

Pte 658074. 162 O.S. Bn Canadian Exp Force. A Farmer, b1896, Barrie, Ontario, married 1925 at Parry Sound, Canada, to Lillian Wigglesworth, b1900 Oddfellows Row, Hathersage.

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RODWELL, Benny.

Pte 78267 3rd West Yorkshire Regt. b1897 and lived at Keithley. 1919 married Annie Frost, b1899 Main Road, Hathersage.

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PRINCE, Mary Annie.

Nurse at 4th Northern Hospital, Sheffield. b1884 Kettle House, Hathersage, daughter of gamekeeper. Wife of George William Inkley.

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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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