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ß Щ 96560 Gnr R F A. (DC 11/12/1915; Gnr Harry Turner R.F.A. received a gunshot wound to left hip in France.) He never seemed to properly recover. Posted to Reserve Bn R F A Woolwich Oct 1916.  b 1892 Hathersage, son of Henry (b 1852 d 1891 before Harry was born?) & Hannah Turner. 1881C & 1901C at Besom Lane, Hathersage. 1911C at Oddfellows Terrace, Hathersage. He was the brother of Willie b1882, John b1884, and Charles b1878, (and also Arthur b1886, Herbert Fred b1874 and Fred b1889, none of whom appeared to serve. although three siblings had died by 1911C) Sister Emma, married J P J Watts, (see below). All siblings b Hathersage

ß ⚜ Щ  Probably the F Turner D.L.I. on Scouts Memorial Board. (DC 6/4/1918; ‘wounded’)

b1898 Hathersage. Son of Thomas and Annie Turner of ‘The Meadows’ (Crossland Road), Hathersage. Brother of Albert, Thomas, William (and Arthur who didn’t appear to serve?).

(DC 8/6/1918 (age 41) Grade 3, greengrocer, granted 3 months exemption, as had his own business.  It is unlikely he would have been called up after that.  b1878 Hathersage, son of Henry (b 1852 d 1891) & Hannah Turner. 1881C & 1901C at Besom Lane, Hathersage. 1911C at Oddfellows Terrace, Hathersage. He was the brother of Willie b1882, John b1884, and Harry b1892, (and Arthur, Herbert Fred and Fred, who did not appear to serve, although three siblings had died by 1911C). Sister Emma, married J P J Watts, (see below). All siblings born Hathersage. He played cricket for Hathersage.

(often shown as just ‘Albert’) ă  5040 Pte 1/7  Duke of Wellingtons West Riding  Regt, living 6 Crossland Road, Hathersage at time of enlistment, a labourer. Later 6544 K O Y L I, and 202991 K O Y L I, Labour Division. (DC 19/5/1917  ‘Shrapnel wound May 1917’) (D.C. 7/8/1917 ‘Gassed July 1917’). (DC 26/10/1918 ‘Gun Shot Wound to leg’).  b 1884 at Totley, son of Thomas and Annie Turner of ‘The Meadows’ (Crossland Road), Hathersage. Brother of Fred, Thomas, William (and Arthur who didn’t appear to serve), 1911C a railway labourer. His 1919 Voters register address, was still Crossland Road, with a military vote.

ă 200357 Cpl 1/4 Leicestershire Regt. b 1891 Sheffield. 1911C in Sheffield, a draper’s assistant.  On the 1918 absent voters list his address was ‘Rock Lea’, (Station Road,) Hathersage.

✟ ≠  40538 Pte 6 Bn Northamptonshire Regt. Enlisted Buxton. (DT 25/8/1917; ‘wounded and had both legs amputated but died of his wounds 10/8/1917 age 25. It is understood he was with the Canadians’). Grave ref XVii.J.14; Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, near Ypres, Belgium. Awarded British & Victory medals. He is also mentioned on Bamford War Memorial.  Born 18/4/1892 Bretton Clough, Highlow. 1899 at Hathersage Roman Catholic School. 1901C at Oakes Farm Highlow, 1911C; a farm labourer at Cunnliffe House, then he worked for several years as farm man for Mrs Wallwork at the ‘Anglers Rest’, Bamford. Maurice married Collette Holmes at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Hathersage,  sister of Bernard Holmes (see above). They lived at The Hollow, Bamford, and had three children, the eldest then not four years old. Collette’s address was Croft Cottage, Bamford in 1917. She later married John Talbot of Bamford, and they had a son John Leslie Talbot who was killed in WW2 in the Royal Navy on 25 November 1941, when his ship HMS Barham was torpedoed.  Brother of Ellis and Geoffrey Townsend and Lottie, who married Willis Wilson of The Farm, bottom of Hathersage village Main Road. An older brother Joseph it would appear was not called up. up. Sons of Joseph & Fanny Townsend whose family had been at Bretton Clough for some 200 years, but recently (1917) of Coplow Dale Farm, Hazelbadge, Bradwell.

(Some information from Geoff Wilson, Grandson of Willis Wilson, who had ‘The Farm’ at the bottom of the Hathersage Village, now called Hathersage House and who had married Lottie Townsend, the sister).

✟ ≠  27072 L/Cpl 9 Bn K O Y L I. Went to France in 1916.  (DT 27/10/1917, ‘received wounds to shoulder and thigh on 3 October and is in Canadian Hospital near Boulogne’). K.I.A. 26/4/1918. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

b 1894 as ‘Jeffrey’, Bretton Clough, Highlow, appears on 1901C as ‘Jeffory’ at Oakes Farm, Highlow.  Worked as a gardener in Sheffield, brother of Maurice and Ellis Townsend, and Lottie, who married Wllis Wilson of The Farm, bottom of Hathersage village Main Road. His older brother Joseph, it appears was not called up. Sons of Joseph & Fanny Townsend whose family had been at Bretton Clough for some 200 years, but recently (1917) of Coplow Dale Farm, Hazelbadge, Bradwell. (Information from Geoff Wilson, Grandson of Willis Wilson, who had ‘The Farm’ at the bottom of the Hathersage Village, now called Hathersage House and who had married Lottie Townsend, the sister).

Interestingly the incorrect story passed down from the Wilson/Townsend family was that Geoffrey was lost when his ship was torpedoed.

21411 Pte 2 & 9 Bn Notts & Derbys, later 6588 Connaught Rangers. (DT 1/9/1917; ‘While in Connaught Rangers he was wounded in Mesopatamia on 3 August and was in Hospital in Amara. Previously wounded in Dardanelles (Gallipoli) in July 1915, then again in France May 1916’). Medals; WW1 Trio.

b 1896 Bretton Clough, Highlow. 1901C at Oakes Farm, Highlow, 1911C a farm labourer at Leam. Brother of Maurice and Geoffrey Townsend who were both killed, and Lottie who married Wllis Wilson of The Farm, bottom of Hathersage village Main Road. An older brother Joseph would  appear was not called up. Parents; Joseph & Fanny Townsend whose family had been at Bretton Clough for some 200 years, but recently (1917) at Coplow Dale Farm, Hazelbadge, Bradwell. After the conflict Ellis worked at Eyam View. He died in 1973.

Pioneer 378286 RE, Spr 3399 RE, b 1892. He was an electrician before the war. Brother to Arthur and Joseph Alfred above, all were born Pendleton and on 1911C were living in Didsbury, Manchester. Their parents were Alfred Towe and Emma Bocking (b 1863 Hathersage and by 1871C living at The Hill, Outseats). (Emma’s sister Fanny married her husband Alfred’s brother, Joseph Towe).

Pte 372916 ASC. MT. b 1887 became a commercial traveller. Brother to Arthur and Walter Jarvis, all were born Pendleton and on 1911C were living in Didsbury, Manchester. Their parents were Alfred Towe and Emma Bocking (b 1863 Hathersage and by 1871C living at The Hill, Outseats). (Emma’s sister Fanny married her husband Alfred’s brother, Joseph Towe). Also on the same Didsbury memorial as his uncle Arthur Towe above, is Joseph Alfred’s son; Flight Sgt Eric Towe, air gunner, shot down in WW2 over the Netherlands 26/6/1943