I now have 3 files bursting with information on our 85 brave men.
Up to now I have used the following resources to enable me to identify the men from the initial and surname given on the memorial-
*www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Grave Commission for dates of death and memorial place - to cross reference with .....
*www.ancestry.co.uk for service records, medal cards and a list of soldiers who died in the great war, census returns, birth and marriage details.
*www.findmypast.co.uk for service records, navy records and census returns.
*Chesterfield Local Studies Library - for mentions in the local newspaper The Derbyshire Times. From this newspaper I have been lucky enough to obtain some photos of some of the men, but it would be nice to find family who have copies of the originals.
My next step will be a check of the absent voters list which is held at the Derbyshire Archives at Matlock and from there I want to piece together family connections and dates using the parish registers for New Whittington Churches; both St Barnabas and St Bartholomew.
Here is a list of the names that I have identified so far only eight more to identify -
ADAMS
Harry
ANDREWS John
Arthur
BELFITT John
Henry
BENNISON George
Henry
BENNISON James
BOOTH Joseph
BURTON
Edward Henry
CALLISS
Arnold
CLEWLEY Tom
COLLINS John
COOKE Ambrose
COOPER
Ernest
COX Albert
CRAIG James
CRESSWELL David
CROSSDALE George
CROSSDALE Norman
CROSSDALE Arthur
DAVIDSON Leonard
William
FURNESS Walter
GARDNER
William
GILBERTHORPE
Ernest
GOODWIN Arthur
GOWER William
GREEN Harry
GRIFFIN Harry
HALL John
William
HEELEY Arthur
HOLROYD John
Ernest
HOUSTON William
Bamford
HUSBAND William
JACKLIN William
Ewart
KIRK John James
KIRK
Wilfred
LETTS
Harry Alfred
LOCKETT William Henry
LONGDEN James Clement
LONGMATE John William
MARTIN George
MASKREY Francis
MEARS George
MILLBAND Harry /
Henry
MILLINGTON Bernard
MITCHELL Arthur
MITCHELL
Frederick
MORLEY William
Percy
MUSGROVE
Frederick William
MUSGROVE Walter
NEEDHAM William
NURSE
John William
O'BRIEN Thomas
PARKIN
Walter
PERKS
Arthur Cornelius
PRATT George
Edward
PURKISS Arnold
ROBERTS Thomas Henry
ROBERTS Victor
ROSE
Norman
SHARMAN
Frederick
SKEVINGTON Harry
Ernest
SKEVINGTON
Walter Elliott
SMITH James
STRAW Harry
STUART Dennis
Redfern
TART Harry
VAUGHAN
Johnathon
WARDLE Jack
(WARDEL)
WARREN Arthur
WARREN Henry
WARREN William
WEDGWOOD Arthur
WHITHORN Frederick
Arthur
WILSON ?Bertram
WOOD William
YATES Thomas William
YOUNG Harry
BOOTH G
COX ART
FREEMAN A
LEESON J P
RUSH J
SAVAGE W
STRAW J A
TOLLEY W H
If you know of any family of the men or may have photos or information on them please contact me, I would love to hear from you.
