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129436 R.F.C./R.A.F. Aircraft Mechanic 3^rd Class.  b1890 Sheffield, 1911C living in Sheffield, father Tom Merrill Hughes, lived at Holmedene, Hathersage (1925 Kelly’s).

17193 Sgt East Yorkshire Regt.  Although DC 15/2/16 – refers to ‘Sgt A Hughes, late of Hathersage, killed’  Alfred Taylor Hughes  died at home of diabetes circa 1950, according to his great granddaughter and there is no reference to a Sgt A Hughes being listed on the War Graves between the periods 1/11/15 to 28/2/16.  b 1878 Belper. 1911C, lived at 11 Crossland Road. Hathersage, time keeper at the Water Board.

ă T/306070 Pte 15 Coy M.T., A.S.C.  1918 absent voters list shows military information as above and his address simply; ‘Hathersage’. No other information or other link with Hathersage.

(DC 10/3/1917; 3 months exemption granted but he had to give help to other farmers 3 days a week’). Played cricket for Hathersage.

ă Д  (DC 28/1/1922 listed among Methodist Church Members who had served).  38172 Pte 55 Field Amb R.A.M.C.  b 1894 Highlow. 1911C he and brother Samuel both working at Broadhay Farm, Highlow.

ă 17473 Pte. 8 Y & L. (SDT 15/7/1916; In hospital suffering from wounds in the body). (Later the same year, DC 14/10/1916; Became a POW). b 1892 Highlow. 1911C he and his brother Tom Howe, were both working at Broadhay Farm, Highlow.

✟ Щ  203005 Pte 2 /4 Bn Leicestershire Regt.  K.I.A. 17/4/1918, age 20 (WHW2W gives age 29 incorrectly.) (DT 29/6/1918 p4 Obituary & photo). Memorial; Ploegsteert, Belgium.  b 1889 son of William & Louisa Howe of ‘Chatsworth’ The Dale, Hathersage.  Lived variously at Gate House, Broadhay & Higger Lodge and a relative, Mr G Elliott, lived at Signings Farm, Windmill, Tideswell. His widow later lived at Toothill Farm, Hathersage.

Pte 22068 D Coy 3rd Bn Y & L.  GSW to thigh and hand.  Declared a deserter 5/9/1918.  b Sheffield. 1911C an unemployed labourer in Sheffield. His father, John Robert Howe b1851 Hazelford, was a drayman.

(Derby Daily Telegraph 24/9/1921; ‘Hathersage doctor awarded Red Cross War Medal’ for his work at Hathersage Red Cross Hospital’).  b 1878 Hendon Middlesex. 1911C living at Bradwell. He took over Hathersage Medical Practice following death of Dr Lander in 1916.

Pte 49851 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt ) b 1898 Edgbaston, Warwicks. 1911C at school. His mother was Isabel Broomhead, b 1874 Hathersage (at Eastwood). He later became Consul for Nicaragua.