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Pte 1941 King Edward’s Horse. (Not 100% sure this is him, but there is only one Sidney H Hodgkinson who fits). b 1896 Woolwich. Brother of Alfred Charles, above.

Pte 184905 MGC. b 1899 Woolwich. 1911C in Aston, Birmingham. Father Walter Hodgkinson b 1869 Hathersage, and 1911C in Aston. Brother of Sidney Herbert below.

KP/769 Leading Seaman R N V R. Also with Y & L. It was not unusual for Navy personnel to be drafted into Army front line activities.  b 1888 Hathersage, by 1891C living in Norton,  Sheffield and by 1901C in South Leverton, Notts, and he is listed as a tailor’s assistant on the 1911C living in Ulverston Road, Sheffield. His sister Nellie was born 1887 in Long Eaton, Notts, so the family moved about frequently and must have only been in Hathersage only a short time. The father Charles William was a coachman/groom and by 1901 seemed to be estranged from his wife Sarah and the family, who were living with their mother.

✟ ≠ Sapper 158030 173 Tunnel Coy Royal Eng. Presumed killed 29/3/1918. Remembered at Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France and on the Darfield Memorial Tablet, All Saints Church, Darfield. There seemed to have been a number of the soldiers from the same company ‘presumed killed’ that day. This suggested it might have been a tunnel collapse, but according to the records 173 Coy and several other tunnelling companies were converted to emergency Infantry, 25/3/1918 in order to help stem the first German Offensive of 1918.  b 1896 Darfield. 1911C at Darfield, an office boy. His mother was Clara Appleyard, b Hathersage 1875, she also lost a brother; James Appleyard in the conflict. Her nephew,  Wilson Eyre Appleyard also served.

(For details see; NEWTON, Wallace Harry, below).

(For details see; NEWTON, Charles, below).

ă 211052 Pte 412 Labour Corps., b 1885 Hathersage, lived at The Dale, a bricklayers labourer. He was one of 12 children but only 5 had survived by 1911.

✟ ≠ Pte 15/1885 Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regt. KIA 1/10/1916. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial. Do not know of any UK memorial.  b 1887 Leeds. 1911C at Leeds, a carter. His father, William Higginbottom b 1862 Hathersage. He had two other brothers of military age but no details of them have been found.

ă Gnr R G A, wounded. (DC 26/6/1917 listed as wounded although this report may refer to the wrong brother?) (DC 11/9/1917 ‘Ill in Hospital’).  b 1896 Hathersage, lived at The Dale, Hathersage. Brother of John.

ă 99003 Gnr 67 Brigade R F A,  wounded and also caught malaria.  b 1883 Hathersage. Lived variously at The Dale, Nether Hall Lodge and Millers Bank, Hathersage, a gardener. Brother of Joseph. 1919 absent voters address, School Lane, Hathersage.