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The Dale, Hathersage a nurse at Hathersage Red Cross VAD Hospital.

✟ ß Щ Enlisted at Chatsworth into Derbyshire Imperial Yeomanry, later Derbyshire Yeomanry, of 2/1, then 2/2 Notts & Derbys Mounted Brigade. Some 165 men and four officers from the regiment were drafted to France to reinforce the 14 Bn D.L.I., in October 1916. 42963 Pte Thorpe received his wounds in action in France and died on 31/3/1917 age 24. (there is some discrepancy about his age). Grave; Bethune Town Cemetery, France.  b 1893 & baptised at Hathersage, son of Charles and Mary (b Hathersage). The family lived at Kimber Court for many years. Brother of Charles Henry, George Elliott (who went to Greens House Farm) and Joseph. Sister Annie married Frank Hutchinson, Brown Hills Farm, Fulwood.

ă 337094 Pte 695 Agri Coy Labour Corps.  (DC 4/8/1917;  At Charles Thorpe’s exemption hearing his father states, his son helps on 210 acre farm, and that he had already lost one son and had another one serving. Granted 4 months exemption).  b 1884 Brampton, son of Charles and Mary (b Hathersage). The family lived at Kimber Court for many years. Brother of Christopher, George Elliott and Joseph.

ă 24393 Pte Grenadier Guards. P.O.W. 1918. b 1883 at Derwent. 1911C at Derwent, a farm hand. 1918 Absent voters address; The Dale, Hathersage.

Referred to in Newspaper articles but otherwise have been unable to find much detail about his Military service. b 28/2/1889 Fox House, brother of Harold, Alfred and John Thomas. and cousin of Frederick, George and Percy Roberts Thompson.  His father was innkeeper at The Fox House Inn and his mother took over the licence after his death in 1895. The family later moved to Station Road, Hathersage. 1911C shows him living at Oddfellows Row, Hathersage and working as an engine cleaner at Derwent Water Works. Played cricket for Hathersage.

Joined the Royal Navy; Ord Seaman SS9126 at Portsmouth on 9/7/1918. From 24/9/1918 to 8/11/1919 he served on HMS Furious, a cruiser converted into the first RN Aircraft Carrier. Went to Archangel, Russia in December 1919 as part of the evacuation of the ill-fated ‘North Russian Intervention’ by British, USA & other allied forces. He became Able Seaman and released to Royal Fleet Reserve on completion of his five year ‘short service’ contract on 9/7/1923. Mobilised again prior to WW2 on 28/9/1938 until 29/9/1945. b1900 Eyam Woodlands (Grindleford) son of Alfred Roberts b1867 at Fox House & Maria (Garlick) Thompson. Brother of Frederick Thompson and George Thompson above, and cousins of Alfred Thompson, John Thomas Thompson, Harold Thompson and William Henry Thompson.

ß ă Щ (HPN 30/12/1916; ‘L/Cpl John Thompson Sherwood Foresters, visited his home in Hathersage last week’). 1918 Absent voters, 104259 Cpl 2 AM R A F address The Dale. (DC 22/2/1919; Cpl Thompson has been discharged’). b 29/12/1878 Hathersage, His father was innkeeper at The Fox House Inn and his mother took over the licence after his death in 1895. The family later moved to Station Road, Hathersage. Brother of Harold, Alfred and William Henry and cousins of Frederick, George and Percy Roberts Thompson.  John Thomas married Beatrice Mary Schofield in 1906. 1911C living at Millstone Row, The Dale. He was a joiner, builder, decorator and undertaker.

ß Щ Pte 34524 9/6/2^nd K O Y L I (DC 10/10/1916; ‘youngest of four brothers serving with the colours, sons of Mrs T Thompson, Station Rd, (Hathersage), wounded in the back by shrapnel and is in Birkenhead Hospital’). Discharged 6/5/1918 because of disability.

b 4/4/1892 at Fox House, Hathersage son of Thomas and Elizabeth (White), and brother of John Thomas, William Henry & Alfred  and cousins of Frederick, George and Percy Roberts Thompson. His father was innkeeper at The Fox House Inn and his mother took over the licence after his death in 1895. The family later moved to Station Road, Hathersage. Harold was father of Alan, George, Derek and Mary.

Northumberland Fusiliers (and probably K O Y L I from the hat badge on his photo, a bandsman possibly a drummer).  (DC 18/11/1916 p1 & 4; wounded). (HPN 25/11/1916; ‘seriously wounded Oct 1916 in Somme Offensive’). He was buried for several hours after the trench was blown in by a shell, and was later removed to the base hospital at Sheffield  suffering from internal injuries and ulcerated eyes. His daughter said he had shrapnel injuries to his eye.    Otherwise it has not been possible to find out much more about his army career, other than he was a ‘bandsman’.  b 15 Jan 1896 Fox House, Hathersage, brother of Frederick Thompson above and Percy Roberts Thompson below. Son of Alfred Roberts & Maria (Garlick) Thompson, and cousins of Alfred Thompson, John Thomas Thompson, Harold Thompson and William Henry Thompson. . Listed on 1918 Absent voters shows him as living at Grindleford which gives no service information. He was a member of Grindleford Brass Band. He married Nellie Askham from Eyam in 1925. Died 2/6/1954.

21947 Pte K O Y L I. He joined up soon after outbreak of war, along with Cpl Enoch Hallam (Curbar) and Pte Fred Uttley who was killed in the engagement in which Frederick was himself severely wounded, in the Nov 1916 Somme Offensive. Frederick was buried for several hours after the trench was blown in by a shell, and was later removed to the Sheffield Base Hospital, suffering from internal injuries and ulcerated eyes. He returned to a Military Hospital in Blackpool. (DC 18/11/1916 p1 & 4; wounded).  b 16/12/1894 at Fox House, Hathersage, brother of George and Percy Roberts Thompson, sons of Alfred Roberts & Maria (Garlick) Thompson and cousins of Alfred, John Thomas, Harold and William Henry Thompson. His sister Agnes married James Hulley, shown on this photo with Frederick, Enoch Hallam and possible Fred Uttley. He was a member of Grindleford Brass band.

He married Florence Wood from Eyam in 1919 and died at Eyam in 1975.