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Pte 3045 Army Cyclist Corps, 159002 Machine Gun Corps. b 1884 Meltham, Yorks. 1911C at Meltham, a spinning overseer. His father was Charles Broomhead, b 1861 Hathersage.

Pte 26293 66th Field Ambulance RAMC. b 1884 Stockport, 1911C in Stockport, his father was John Crossland Broomhead, b 1855 Hathersage.

ß  ă  Щ  131292 Pte M G C.  b1893 Hathersage. 1911C living at Main Road, Hathersage, a labourer. 1918 Absent Voters address, Station Road, Hathersage.

ă  2/Lt 10 Sherwood Foresters. (HPN 9/12/1916; Lt Brooksbank R.F.C., has been spending his leave in the village this week). (DC 15/9/1917 reported Ill in Hospital). b 1897 West Bridgeford, Notts. His father was Vicar of Hathersage 1910 to 1932. 1919 voters register address, The Vicarage, Hathersage.

Head clerk for the Canadian Pacific Railway based in Chicago, Sept 1918 tries to enlist U S forces but unsuccessful, enlists Canadian forces Oct 1918. 2771168 Canadian Expeditionary Force.  b 1881 Hathersage, parents John Brooker from Kent and Sarah Annie Grayson b Hathersage. 1881C at Ashford in the Water. 1901C at Sunbury on Thames, a boarder.

562395 Pte Kings Own Royal Lancashire Regt, fought in Salonika. 11 Bn, later 9 Bn. Seems to have seen most of his action in the Mediterranean theatre, in and out of hospital with minor ailments – some small military infractions, but 28 days field punishment for being drunk while mounting police duty. (Army record listed him as Geo Samuel Broclehurst). b 1892 Bugsworth, Derbys, 1911C living at Broomfield Cottage, Main Road, Hathersage, a pin grinder, with his mother Maria Lowe Worth (remarried).

ă  184018 Pte M T ASC 179. b 1892 Sheffield. 1911C a mechanic living in Sheffield with in-laws and his young wife, Lena Brown, but 1918 Absent Voters list shows his residence as Dale House, Hathersage.

45932 Pte. S Staffs 3 Bn. Enlisted May 1918 (having been called up and reported for duty in March 1917, but turned away as under age). He was attached to R Berks before returning to S Staffs and then demobbed Jan 1919. b 1901 Abney Grange, then moved with family to Holt Farm, Edale. Brother of Joseph Bramwell above.

50847 Northumberland Fusiliers, enrolled at Buxton on 16/9/1914 but discharged 26/11/1914 as considered medically unfit because of ‘irregular action of heart’. b 1890 Abney Grange. 1914 living at Holt Farm, Edale. Brother of Ritchie Bramwell below.

48914 Pte, Prince of Wales Own West Yorks Regt., later 68790 Royal Defence Corps. Guard at POW Camp, Deepcut. Discharged early in May 1918, due to ill health. b1884 Hathersage, his father William was a school master at Hathersage in 1880. 1911C living at Pudsey, Leeds.