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✟ ≠ An acting Major in the 21 Siege Bty R G A awarded the M.C. (SDT 5/1/1917 & Daily Mirror 9/1/1917 with picture). Died of wounds 12/7/1917 near Ypres, (SDT 4/7/1918 & London Illustrated News 28/7/1918 with picture). Buried Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais, France.

 

 

 

 

b1891, Hampstead, eldest son of Sebastian Ziani De Ferranti, founder of Ferranti Electric, and Gertrude Ruth (Ince) His father took up residence in 1905 at the Commercial Hotel, Grindleford then all the family went to live at ‘Ingleside’, Nether Padley before moving in 1913 to Baslow Hall.  Educated at Repton School and Sheffield University. See also brother Gerard Vincent and brother-in-law, William Pyecroft (below).

Prior to the war, in charge of the Territorials; Hallamshire’s 8n Y & L.  Then 4 & 5 K O Y L I. Mentioned in Despatches; London Gazette 1/1/1916 & 15/6/1916.  West Surrey Regt. (DC 8/1/1916; Colonel, late of Derwent House, Hathersage is temp Brigadier General on the headquarters staff). Given Command of the 39 Division, and therefore the man in charge at The Battle of The Boars Head, Richebourg, 30/6/1916. A largely forgotten battle as it occurred on the day before the Somme, and known “As the Day Sussex Died“ due to the slaughter of the Sussex Companies. He was side-lined by 1918. b 1862 Woodleigh, Devon. (Yorkshire Post 22/4/1913; ‘Mrs Dawson wants a cook Derwent House). (Cheltenham Chronicle; ‘Col R Dawson, Hathersage attends the funeral of Cyril Grant Cunard).

Pte 335924 Y & L. R.A.M.C. 139779 Labour Corp. b 1889 Sheffield. 1911C in Sheffield, a grocer. His mother was Sarah Ann Schofield b Hathersage 1853.

Д  (DC 28/1/1922 listed among Methodist Church Members who had served), but no military information discovered. b 1886 Hathersage. 1911C at Bank Top, Hathersage, a millstone dresser, living with his widowed mother Millicent Cocker Darwent (b 1859 Hathersage), Brother to Minnie Darwent b 1874. (See John Bates above), and Charles (above), brother-in-law to Charles Burkinshir (b 1893 Dore) and sister Kate (b 1882 Hathersage). 1912 marries Amy Amelia Long In Knaresborough, dies 1931 Wharfedale. From about 1912 the family were living in Harrogate according to relatives.

ß ă  Щ  1674499 L/Cpl 378 H S (Home Service) Labour Coy. 1918 Absent Voter’s list address given as; Bank Top, Hathersage. b 1876 Hathersage. Parents; Samuel and Millicent Cocker Darwent. 1891C at Bank Top, Hathersage. 1911C living School Lane, Hathersage, a gardener. Brother to Minnie Darwent b 1874. (See John Bates above), and John William Darwent (below).

Д  (DC 28/1/1922 listed among Methodist Church Members who had served).  ă  Pte Tractor Depot A.S.C. On 1918 Absent Voter’s list his address given as; 5 Fern Royd, Hathersage. Wife; Amey. (Possibly b 1891 Shatton?). (Could this be Pte Dalton of A coy 5 Volunteer (Hathersage) Battalion who attended King A D Funeral Nov 1918?)

Groom Sgt RASC No 3026.  b1892 Derby, 1911C at Derby, his mother was Mary Bolton (Boulton) b Hathersage 1853. She is on 1861/1871 censuses.

Application for exemption – rejected, and he finally reported for duty 8/8/1917. 340378 Spr R.E.. Inland Waterways and Docks Division. b 1877 born at the Hathersage Vicarage as his father Charles was Vicar until 1910. Among his professions listed were; writer, waiter and professional photographer. 1911C living at Worcester.

Capt Royal Defence Corps, which was formed from Home Service battalions in 1916 for guarding and protecting sensitive locations in the U K., including POW camps. According to his medal list he became Capt 1st K O Y L I and served in Malta theatre of War from 1917 onwards.

b 1875 Handsworth, Sheffield. 1911C living at Moorseats, Hathersage, a solicitor (Russell & Creswick), details; Cambridge Alumni.

✟ ≠ F.5325 Air Mechanic 1st Grade, as a Carpenter and Joiner. He signed up on 2/6/1915 and served on HMS President III (his land base station) then at the Royal Naval Air Station Dunkirk. D of W on 15/2/1917 ‘caused by a bomb from hostile aircraft’, Buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery Extension, France.  b 27/8/1894 at Liverpool, father George Cowin, b 1866 Sheffield. On George’s Navy records he is listed as living at 73A Harvey Clough Road, Norton. His mother Agnes (née Thompson) b1871, Fox House Inn, Hathersage. 1901C he is living at Stoke, Grindleford with his uncle George Arnold Turner, of Stoke Quarry.