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Щ Understood from relatives to have been in 12 Bn Y & L (Sheffield City Battalion), although 12 Y & L archivist has not been able to verify this and it has not been possible to find out his service number at that time. He was wounded and afterwards transferred to 262594 Dvr R.A.S.C. 27/11/1916 transferred to clerical duties. When he came home on leave, his wife put a tub of hot water outside so he could scrub out all the lice. It is also remembered that as he was Hathersage Church choirmaster, he organised Church Parades for Officers and their wives, and ended up doing other entertainments for them. There is a group photograph of him captioned “Offence Section RASC Records. Roneu (Rouen?). France 6-4-1919”.  b 1888 Leam, Eyam Woodlands. 1911C at Leam a gardener. (See article & photo p52 WHW2W). Brother of George Thomas above. He laid the new ‘Lawrence’ Bowling Green grass surface in 1935.

467120 Pte. 63 Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force. Photo shows him Cpl on Canadian Army Garrison Gym Staff in March 1918. b 1885 Grindleford Bridge. 1901C living at Padley a railway porter at Grindleford Station. 1911 emigrated to Canada. Brother of Victor below.

In 1910 he married Hilda Mary Lena Miller and emigrated to Canada in 1911. 1916 Canadian Census he is listed as a soldier living in Calgary with wife Hilda and son Wilfred. 11/1/1917 Mrs Sharman decamps to Ardenode, Alberta, together with the Anstice family, her next-door neighbours. 1921 Census sees George Thomas Sharman living as a lodger in Vancouver, status married, home address Calgary. August 1922 George Thomas Sharman marries Florence May Beeston in Vancouver, and remains in Vancouver. 14/11/1922—3/3/1923. Mrs Hilda Sharman and son Wilfred take a holiday back to England, on her return passenger declaration, her status is listed as ‘married’.

77547 L/Cpl D L I. Wounded 1918.  b1899 Chesterfield.  1911C living in Chesterfield. He worked at Parr’s Bank Hathersage, which later became the National Westminster Bank.

29211 Sgt. R.E., Postal Section. Received Victory, British War & Star medals.

b 1894 Woodford, Essex. 1901C living at Wilford Villa, Barnfield, Hathersage with his family. Minnie (Mary Ann?) Winterbottom was a servant with them. He married Olive J Cowell and had a son, Kenneth.

ß Щ He had already served 3 years with 2 Bn Notts and Derbys, before transfer to 7/8 Y & L.  Wounded in April 1916, and classed as dangerously ill. Recovered and was wounded again Aug 1917.  b 1887 Hathersage. 1901C living at White House Farm, Hathersage a ‘cow-boy’. 1911C, married, he was living at Fern Royd, Hathersage, a builders labourer. Two children were born 1912/1913, while living in Sheffield. Living in Chesterfield by 1916. Married in 1909 at Bakewell to Gertrude May Fletcher b 1890 Sheffield. She had two brothers who lived at Monmouth Street, Sheffield and were killed in WW1; Horace Fletcher b1889 Pte 3/1401 KOYLI. KIA 1/7/1916, grave; Serre Road Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, and  Leonard Fletcher b 1897. Pte 20897 2nd KOYLI.  KIA 2/7/1915, buried Voormezeele Enclosure no 3, West Vlaanderen.

b 1864 Hathersage  father John/ 1871C Living at ‘Throstles Nest’, The Booths, Hathersage. 1881C  living with Uncle in  Chinley. Emigrated to Canada 1885. Enlisted Canadian Forces, 790992 131st Overseas Bn. Lied on application, said; BORN 1874. Died 1924 in New Westminister, B.C. Canada.

ß Щ He lied on his application form to the TA as 34 years old in 1909 (he was 37 and the age limit for the TA was 38, and they had to sign on for 4 years).  According to Herbert’s Pension Record he originally served 1102 Pte 6 Bn Notts & Derbys. He re-joined 331291 1/6 Notts & Derbys, (DC 27/7/1915 Wounded). Herbert was wounde by shrapnel in his abdomen in France 19/7/1915. He was shipped home 2/8/1915. (HPN 30/12/1916; ‘Pte Herbert Schofield, Sherwood Foresters, visited his home in Hathersage last week’). He spent the duration of the war in the UK until his discharge 10/10/1917 as unfit for further duties.  b 1872 Hathersage. 1911C; living at The Dale, Hathersage, son of Charlotte Schofield, (née Wiggett), widow, of The Dale, Hathersage. His father was Robert Schofield who died in 1904. Despite his wounds, Herbert lived to be 80, dying in 1953.

ă He had already served with Y & L, before 17148 Guardsman, attached to 1 Bn 2 Coy Coldstream Guards. He served on garrison duty at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament, before going to France where he took part in several big engagements. When the Armistice was signed he was on leave, but was recalled to serve with the Army of Occupation in Germany until 1919. He was standard bearer for Hathersage Royal British Legion and was one of ten members selected to represent Derbyshire in Czechoslovakia in October 1938. In his younger days he played full back for Hathersage F C and sustained a broken leg in round two against Bishop Auckland in the 1914 Amateur Cup. At one time he spent 3 months in an army prison for striking a superior officer. A letter from Pte H Schofield was printed in High Peak News 9/12/1916 and tells of conditions at the front; (The H Schofield who wrote the letter from the front would have to be Harry as Herbert was wounded in France 19/7/1915, shipped home 2/8/1915, where he spent the duration of the war till his discharge 10/10/1917).

“I do not know what kind of weather you are having, but it is terrible out here. We are up to our knees in mud all day long, and sometimes it is up to our waist, and if we are not careful where we are going – it is nothing to hear of someone going out of sight altogether. There are very few casualties considering the conditions we are under. There is not a stick or stone left standing. The ground where we are billeted at present is where the big push started. Some of our chaps have just revealed a German dressing station, underground, of course, with two German nurses and two doctors in it, all gassed. I have been looking at a mine-crater to-day, and you could get half of Hathersage into it. It is terrible to see the destruction of things. People in England cannot realise what it is like. I see by the paper there are disputes about money matters for work done. Well there are thousands of men who would willingly work for their bare keep if they had the chance and someone would come out and fill their place. We do not get much chance of fighting, and we are only too pleased to get on some fresh ground so that we can get about better. It takes four of five pair of horses to pull a small cart along through the mud, and then there are shells of all descriptions whissing about you, and your mates falling; it is not pleasant, but the most surprising thing is to see the boys coming out of the trenches, when they have had a day’s rest and a change of clothes; they are ready for anything again. Give my best respects to all the people of Hathersage, and tell them I say we are winning. It is slow but sure, – From an old scholar and affectionate friend.”

b 1883 Hathersage. 1904 married Sarah Wilson (b1883 Sheffield) and who died 1939. 1911C, living at The Dale, Hathersage, a railway platelayer. In the 1919 voters register he is still at The Dale. 1945 he marries Gladys Andrew, widow of Oscar Andrew. He dies 3/11/1965, and is buried in Hathersage Churchyard.

Probate given to Alice Florence Andrew, his step daughter. He is 1^st on right on the WHW2W p 54 photo.  Father of Major Harry ‘Dobbin’ Schofield, who served in WW2, and who became headmaster of Hathersage C of E School.

ă 39113 Pte South Staffs Regiment. 1918 Absent voters address; The Dale and still serving with North Staffs.  b 1885 Hathersage. 1911C at Broom Cottage, The Dale, Hathersage, a labourer. Brother of Albert above.

ß  ă  Щ  63358 Gnr 26 D A C., R F A. (DC 7/8/1918 – L/Cpl Albert Schofield had been home on leave). b 1894 Hathersage.  1911C living at Broom Cottage, The Dale, Hathersage, a labourer. Brother of George Robert below.