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Pioneer 220290 no 3 Special Coy R E. Badly Gassed 10/4/1918 when a shell exploded in the ammunition dump, where he was fitting fuses at the time. Commemorated on the St Peter’s Church Roll of Honour, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield (demolished in 2003).  b 1894 Bridlington 1911C in Sheffield, an Analytical Chemist. brother of Arthur Stanley above, their mother was Rosanna Grayson b 1862 Hathersage 1871C at Sheffield Road, Hathersage. This roll of honour is now in St Peter & St Oswald’s Church, Abbeydale Road. See pictures.

ß Щ This could be Sgt or L/Cpl Taylor of A Coy 5 Volunteer (Hathersage) Battalion, who attended Arthur Dobney King’s funeral, Nov 1918.

(née Oxspring). b 1859 Sheffield. 1911C at Hathersage, mother of Marguerite (Daisy) Taylor, see below. Red Cross record; at Barnfield, Hathersage; general duties at Hathersage VAD Hospital.

Pte 46077 12th Y & L. Acting Corp RE 16977.  Commemorated on the St Peter’s Church Roll of Honour, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield (demolished in 2003). b 1887 Sheffield. 1911C  living at 23 Gatefield Road, Sheffield, an Analytical Chemist. Brother of Lance Neville below, their mother was Rosanna Grayson b 1862 Hathersage, 1871C living at Sheffield Road, Hathersage. This roll of honour is now in St Peter & St Oswald’s Church, Abbeydale Road. See pictures.

Lived at Meadow Bank Avenue, Sheffield. A nurse at Longshaw Red Cross hospital, but otherwise nothing definitive discovered about her.

ß ă Щ  43552 Pte  2/6 Sherwood Foresters, also 99678 Kings Liverpool Regt. (HPN 9 Dec 1916; ‘After being in hospital for a long time on the south coast, he has returned to duty after ten days leave in Hathersage with his friends’). (DC 24/11/1917; Ill in Hospital). (DC 7/9/1918; wounded).  b1896 Hathersage, 1911C living with his grandparents at Fern Royd, Hathersage, and still at the same address per 1918 absent voters list.

Pte 200690 B Coy. Prince of Wales Volunteer Regt, South Lancs.  Enlisted 1/9/1914, wounded 21/12/1916 “When a shell hit the communication trench he was in, completely shattering his arm“ which was amputated. b 1882 (possibly in Hope, only appears on 1891C. His father was Joseph Swindells b 1857 Hathersage. 1861C at Barn i’th Wood, Note Car Lane, (near Harpur Lees) later census refer to it as  ‘The Barn in the Wood’ farm.

attested 29/7/1916, 56019 Pte  19 Bn Notts & Derbys, 29778  25 Bn DLI, 166778 Labour Corps. b 1879 Crich, 1911C a stone cutter at Whatstandwell.  Father Samuel Swindell, b Hathersage. 1861C family at the Toll Bar Cottage, Hathersage, brother of Frederick and Samuel, above. 1911C father working in Wigston, Leics, a labourer and widower.

91798 Pte RAMC, attested 21/12/1916, discharged 1/11/1917 due to arthritis. b 1881 Ripley. 1911C at Belper, a fish fryer. Father; Samuel Swindell, b Hathersage. 1861C family at the Toll Bar Cottage, Hathersage, brother of Frederick, above and William, below. 1911C father working in Wigston, Leics, a labourer and widower.

1414 Pte West Yorkshire Regt, 2 Leeds Bn, 659475 Dvr Labour Corps. b 1885 Ripley, not on 1911C but was working at Moss Farm, Dore when he joined up. Father Samuel Swindell, b1852 Hathersage. 1861C family at the Toll Bar Cottage, Hathersage, brother of Samuel and William below. 1911C father working in Wigston, Leics, a labourer and widower.