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ß ă Щ  Д  (DC 28/1/1922 listed among Methodist Church Members who had served).  75607 Cpl R.A.M.C. b1894 Hathersage. He lived on Station Road, Hathersage with his brother Frederick Armand Roche above. He is buried in Hathersage Churchyard; with his wife Fanny (who died 15/3/1989 age 95).

(Spelt ‘Hermond’ on 1919 Voters Register). ă   Д  (DC 28/1/1922 listed among Methodist Church Members who had served).  Pte 12/497 Bn York and Lancs (Sheffield City Battalion) a stretcher bearer, left out of 1^st July Somme attack. Later 2 Bn Durham Light Infantry. (DC 12/12/1914; ‘One of Wesleyans to join up’). b 1895 Hathersage. A grocer’s assistant. 1919 Voters register shown living on Station Road. Brother of Victor William Roche below.

ă 33517 R F A. Joined August 1914, but discharged after 24 days on medical grounds. He was later called up again in 1916, 19500 Cpl 13 Bn Y & L., at time of enlistment living at Lilac Walk, Hathersage. (DC 15 Feb 1919; Soldiers who have received their discharge papers includes Cpl Herbert Robinson). b 1892 Litton, Derbyshire. 1911C at Cliffe Cottage, Hathersage, a clerk.

née Dixon. b 1882 Wath on Dearne. 1911C Sheffield. Red Cross record; Main Road, Hathersage, a homeworker, knitting & needlework at Hathersage VAD Hospital.

Gnr R F A. Wounded. The family think he never really recovered from his wounds, which led to his untimely death in 1928. b 1894 Hathersage. 1911C, living at Meersbrook, Sheffield.

ß Щ Although shown on the Bible Class Board, it has not been possible to trace any record of him.

Lt RASC  b 1898 Alford Lincs. 1911C at school. Father was Marmaduke Riggall, b 1851 Wawne, Yorks 1911C Loughborough . Wesleyan Minister for Hathersage – (Belper News 2/7/1909; leaves Hathersage after four years, and died 1927 Alford, Lincs. Brother of Paul Rigauld Riggall and half-brother of Robert Marmaduke Riggall. His mother was Harriett Edgoose, who had previously been married to John Cocker while a servant at Belle Vue, Jaggers Lane, Hathersage, but John and his father died in 1987 within a few months of each other, leaving everything to her. Harriett b1858 Swinshead, Lincs., and died 1916 at Alford, Lincs.

Surgeon RNVR  HMS Brisk torpedo boat flotilla, Capt RAMC. b 1894 Budleigh Salterton, Devon. 1911C away at school. Their father was Marmaduke Riggall, b 1851 Wawne, Yorks. 1911C Loughborough. Wesleyan Minister for Hathersage – (Belper News 2/7/1909; leaves Hathersage after four years). Brother of Francis Edward Riggall and half-brother of Robert Marmaduke Riggall. His mother was Harriett Edgoose, who had previously been married to John Cocker while a servant at Belle Vue, Jaggers Lane, Hathersage, but John and his father died in 1987 within a few months of each other, leaving everything to her. Harriett b1858 Swinshead, Lincs., and died 1916 at Alford, Lincs.

ă 172 Coy R E. It has not been possible to trace his records, but 172 Coy R E was a tunnelling company. 1918 Absent voters address, The Hill, Outseats. (Possibly worked on the digging of the water conduits from the new Derwent Valley dams?)

Z/5144 Able Seaman. b1883 Hathersage.  1911C living at Baslow.