Arthur Heeley 1923-1945

Arthur Heeley's CWGC headstone in Silkstone Churchyard

Photograph by Pete Schofield

Grave Location and Inscription:
Row C Grave 9
Flying Officer / A Heeley / Royal Air Force / 4th March 1945 Age 22


Arthur is also remembered on the Shelley War Memorial and the Holme Valley War Memorial.

 Arthur is commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website where his next of kin are given as Fred and Gladys Heeley of Shelley. 

Joseph Oxley Steele 1897-1916

Joseph Oxley Steele

Born:
9th January 1897 in Silkstone

Son of:
Frederick Shaw Steele b.1859 Dodworth d.1936 aged 76
1911: Fall Head Cottages Silkstone age 50 Iron Foundry Engineer and Farmer
married Q4 1884 to
Lucy Anne (nee Oxley) b.1858 Leeds d.1918 Silkstone aged 60
Lucy Ann had previously been married in 1882 to Benjamin Horsfield who died Q3 1883 age 29.

Position in family:
8th of 12 children
1. Step-brother William Oxley Horsfield b.1883 d.1932
2. Caroline Mary b.1886
3. Thomas b.1887
4. Lucy Ellen b.1889
5. Elizabeth Oxley b.1892
6. George Frederick b.1894
7. Margaret Alice b.1895
8. Joseph Oxley b.1897
9. Lillian  b.1899
10. Unknown
11. Unknown
12. Unknown
 
1911 census shows 12 children born 9 living. Since William Oxley Horsfield was from a previous marriage, there may be another 'Unknown' birth.

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: Fall Head Cottages, Silkstone age 4
1911: Fall Head Cottages, Silkstone age 14 Scholar

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: 1st/5th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
Service number and rank: 2387 Private promoted Sergeant
Awards: Victory Medal, British War Medal, and 1915 Star

Personal information:  
5 feet 10¾ inches tall with a chest 36¾ inches and had normal vision and physical development.

Death: 
10 am Monday 3rd July 1916 age 19
CWGC Remembered: Thiepval Memorial, France on Pier and Face 14A and 14B.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial and Dodworth War Memorial

Notes:
Remained in England until sent to France on 13th April 1915. During training he was twice put on a charge - 4th May 1915 for being twenty five minutes late on parade (docked two days pay) and 12th June 1915 for not complying with an order for not loading a dixie (seven days fatigue).

Joseph was killed in action when a German shell exploded in his trench. He has no known grave.

He is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.



With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
Additional research by Pete Schofield

Marcus George Hewitt 1895-1919

Born:
1895 in Thrybergh

Son of:
Josephus George Hewitt (b.1865 Garforth) d. 1946 aged 81 Garforth
1911: Ashfield, Kirk Smeaton, age 46, Butler to Fullerton family
married 11th February 1893 St. Peter Bradford to
Alice Mary (nee Weightman) b.1870 Sheriff Hutton

Position in family:
Eldest of 7 children 
1. Marcus George b.1895
2. Mabel b.1899,
3. Gladys b.1901
4. Thomas Noel b.1903
5. Mary b.1908
6. John Reginald b.1910
7. Unknown

1911 census shows 7 children born, six alive

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: Thirkleby, Nr. Thirsk age 6
1911: Silkstone age 16 Apprentice Pipe Fitter

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: Army Service Corps 49th Div. Mechanical Transport Company
Service number and rank: M2/076118
Awards: Victory Medal, British War Medal and 1915 Star

Death:
2nd November 1919 aged 24
Buried at: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Grave Reference: S.II.BB.21.

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Josephus George and Alice Mary Hewitt, of "Saint Sever," The Green, Acomb, York.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial


With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
Additional research by Pete Schofield   

James Henry Garside 1889-1916

James Henry Garside

Born:
1889 Hunshelf

Son of:
James Garside b.1869 Delph d.1924 Silkstone
1901: 44 South Yorkshire Buildings, Silkstone Coal Miner
married 24th April 1889 St John, Penistone
Sarah Ann (nee Downing) b.1867 Sheffield d.1933 Silkstone

Position in family:
Eldest of 9 children 
1. James Henry b.1889
2. Polly b.1891
3. Emma b.1893
4. Harold Downing. b.1895 (see note)
5. Alfred Ernest b.1899
6. Victoria b.1900
7. Marian b.1903
8. Sarah Ann b.1906
9. Joseph b.1909.

Home address, age and occupation:
1891: Tin Mill, Hunshelf age 1
1901: 44 South Yorkshire Buildings, Silkstone Common age 12
1915:  8 South Yorkshire Buildings, Silkstone Common

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: 10th Hussars Household Cavalry
Service number and rank: 7959 Lance Corporal
Awards: Victory Medan, British War Medal and 1915 Star

Death: 
3rd February 1916 aged 27
Buried at: Quarry Cemetery, France
Grave Reference:  D.2.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial

Notes:
A newspaper report of the time, says:

"He was exceedingly popular in the Regiment, being liked by officers and men, and a pathetic part of the tragedy is that he had arranged to get married when he had secured his furlough, his fiancée being Miss Lottie Morgan, with whom sympathy  has been expressed."

Lottie later married Joshua Robinson in 1918.

His brother Harold joined the 14th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment on 12th January 1915 at Barnsley. He had previously worked for six years at Old Silkstone Colliery, Dodworth, and the family were now living at 8 South Yorkshire Buildings

Harold served at home from 12th January 1915 to 27th December 1915 then dispatched to the Mediterranean on 28th December 1915 until 10th March 1916, and then France between 11th March 1916 until 20th June 1916. He received gunshot wounds to his right wrist and foot and was discharged on 18th May 1917 having been promoted to Corporal during his service. He married Anna Macdonald on 9th June 1917 at Sunderland Registry Office and lived at 15 Providence Place, Gilesgate Moor, Durham.


There is an Interesting historical observation about South Yorkshire Buildings and nearby areas here:
http://sytimescapes.org.uk/zones/barnsley/B11




With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
Additional research by Pete Schofield

Robert Carr 1893-1916

Robert Carr

Born:
22nd November 1893 Baptised 21st January 1894 Silkstone All Saints

Son of:
James Carr b.1851 Silkstone d.1903 aged 52
1901: Coal miner (Hewer) Hillside, Silkstone aged 50
married 2nd September 1872 to
Alice Carr (nee Arrand) b.1855 Silkstone d.1913 Silkstone aged 58

Position in family:
13th of 14 children
1. John Gillot, b.1873 d.1947 aged 74
2. Eliza b.1874 d.1875
3. Ellen Gertrude b.1877 d.1885 aged 7
4. Arthur b.1879 d.1879 aged 3 weeks
5. Ann b.1880 d.1959 aged 78
6. Margaret b.1882 (twin) d.1945 aged 62
7. Henry (Harry) b.1882 (twin) d. 1882 7 weeks
8. Frederick b.1884 d.1964 aged 79
9. Victoria b.1887 d.1940 aged 52
10. Ada b.1890 d.1968 aged 78
11. Hetty b.1892 d.1892 aged 6 weeks
12. Albert b.1892 d.1893 aged 3 days
13. Robert b.1893
14. Mary Alice b.1899 d.1899 aged 6 months

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: Hillside, Silkstone aged 8
1911: Hillside, Silkstone aged 17 Trammer (underground)

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: 9th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Service number and rank:  23611 Private
Awards: Victory Medal and British War Medal

Death: 
24th April 1916 aged 22
Buried at: Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, France
Grave Reference: IX.G.42.

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of James and Alice Carr of Silkstone, Yorks

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial

Notes:
At letter to his brother from a comrade conveyed the sad news:
"Dear Mr. Carr :- It is with the deepest regret that I have to write and tell you of your brother's death and at the same time express how sotty we all are to lose such a bright and happy companion. He was one of the brightest boys in the platoon and used to keep us all merry during our long hours in the trenches. It might be of little comfort to you to know that his death was painless and caused by an exploding shell. I cannot write any more, again expressing our deepest sympathy for you and all in your sad loss. Believe me yours sincerely on behalf of the boys of 14 Platoon and myself, Sergt T Daglish."

Barnsley Chronicle (Barnsley Archives)


With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
Additional research by Pete Schofield    

Richard King Funnell 1887-1918

Richard Funnell is remembered on the Hoyle Mill War Memorial

Born:
1887 in Lincoln

Son of:
Walter Funnell b.1861 Lincoln d.1896 Lincoln, aged 35.
1891: Boilermaker, 32 Grantham Street, Lincoln married 6 December 1885 to
Catherine Newton (nee Wilson) b.1864 Boultham, Lincoln.
Catherine married 1903 to Amos Newton b.1856 Silkstone Barnby Basin, d. 20 November 1934 Silkstone, aged 78, 1911: 15 Hoyle Mill Road, Ardsley, Colliery Weighman.

Position in family:
Eldest of 4 children
2. Elizabeth Jane b.1890 Lincoln d.1964 Barnsley
3. William Robert b.1893 Lincoln d.1976 Walsall
4. Thomas b. 1894 d.1894 Lincoln

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: 32 Grantham Street, Lincoln, aged 13
1911: 15 Hoyle Mill Road, Ardsley, aged 23

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Enlisted: Barnsley
Regiment and Battalion: York and Lancaster transferred to 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Service number and rank: Private 41605, Private 91611
Awards: Victory Medal and British War Medal

Death:
29 May 1918, aged 31, Killed in action
CWGC Remembered: Scissons Memorial

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Mrs. Catherine Newton, of 15, Cupola Cottages, Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorks.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial
Hoyle Mill War Memorial, Bethel Chapel, Hoyle Mill
Family gravestone in Silkstone Churchyard
Ardsley, Christchurch WW1 Memorial Plaque 

With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.

Reported missing in the Barnsley Chronicle 13 July 1918
"R.K. Funnell, Durham Light Infantry, is missing in France as from May 27.  He joined up in March, 1917, and was wounded in France early in October, being shot in the arm above the elbow.  After being in Engalnd six months he recovered from his wounds and was sent again to France at the end of March.  He is a stepson of Mr. Amos Newton, of 15, Cupold Cottages, Hoyle Mill."


Additional research by Pete Schofield

Horace Bramall 1892-1914

Horace's baptism entry at Silkstone Church

Born:
14th June 1892 Baptised 18th July 1892 Silkstone All saints

Son of:
George b.1860 Oxspring d. 1918 Dodworth
1911: landlord of the Station Inn, Silkstone Common aged 51
married Q2 1885 to
Elizabeth Mary (nee Sykes) b.1868 Penistone, d.1895
After Elizabeth died, George married Alice Mary Palmer in 1898

Position in family: 3rd of 4 children 
1. Albert b.1885,
2. Eli b.1889 WW1 Service (see notes)
3. Horace b.1892 WW1 Killed
4. Frank b.1894  WW1 Killed

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: Station Inn, Silkstone Common, aged 8
1911: Station Inn, Silkstone Common, aged 18 Mill Engineer (Electrical)

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: Royal Navy H.M.S. Aboukir
Service number and rank: M/7357 Acting E.R.A. 4th Class

Death:
22nd September 1914 age 22
CWGC Remembered: Chatham Naval Memorial Panel 4

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of George and Alice Mary Bramall, of Wentworth Rd., Penistone, Sheffield. Native of Silkstone Common, Barnsley.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour Vol 1 P.48

Notes:
HMS Aboukir sunk by U9 off Dutch coast with the loss of all 1459 crew

http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/cressycommander.htm
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1914-09Sept.htm
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Ships/HMSAboukir.html
http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/cressy.htm

Horace's brother Frank also served in York and Lancaster Regiment, Corporal 201448. He died of wounds and is buried in Brouilly Cross Roads Military Cemetery, France

Horace's brother Eli also served in the army during the war - a press cutting dated 19 October 1918 states that "Private Eli Bramall, Australian Contingent, is in hospital in Rochdale suffering from injuries to the face". In the 1911 census Eli was living with his Aunt Emma Bramall and brother Frank (working as a pork butcher) at 117 Dodworth Road, Barnsley and working as a joiner. It is believed he emigrated to Hobart, Australia on 1st November 1915, and enlisted there as Private 1875 in the 53 Infantry Btn. and embarked on 14th April 1916 in Sydney bound for Egypt.





With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
 
Additional research by Pete Schofield

Herbert Dickinson 1894-1917

Form from the Infantry Record Office returning Herbert's property to his wife Lily

Born:
1894 Haxey, Doncaster

Son of:
Joseph Dickinson b.1863 Haxey
1911: Westwoodside, Doncaster aged 48 Navvy (Railway Contractor)
married c.1893 to
Rose Ann Dickinson b.1870 Mexborough d.1921 Doncaster

Position in family:
Eldest of 5 children
1. Herbert b.1894  WW1 Killed
2. Ernest b.1895 WW1 Service (see note)
3. George b.1897
4. Harold b.1901
5. Leslie Stanley b.1908

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: Nethergate, Haxey age 8
1911: Top Farm, Westburton, Retord age 18 Waggoner on farm with brother Ernest (cowman)
1917: Station Terrace, Silkstone age 23 working as a Shunter on Great Central Railway

Marriage:
Married to Lily Thompson at Silkstone All Saints on 19th February 1917

Children;
Herbert b. 8th April 1918, Silkstone Common

Military Service:
Enlisted: 11th December 1915 age 23 at Penistone
Regiment and Battalion: 1st/5th York and Lancaster
Service number and rank: 43425 Private
Awards: Victory Medal and British War Medal

Personal information:  
5reet 7 inches tall, weighed 157 pounds, with a 37 inch chest, and had 4 vaccination marks on his left arm.

Death: 22nd October 1917 aged 33
CWGC Remembered: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Panel 125 to 128

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial
Silkstone All Saints, British Legion Memorial Plaque WW1 & WW2 
 
Note:
He was mobilised on 8th May 1917 and posted to France the following day. On 2 August he transferred to 13th Btn York and Lancaster, then 3rd Btn. at Etaples on 3rd August, and 1st/5th on the 18th August. He was killed in action on 22 October 1917, and has no known grave.

Herbert's personal property was sent to Lily on 11th February 1918, comprising 1 pocket watch, 1 photograph and 1 mirror.

Their son Herbert was born 8th April 1918. On 26th April 1918 Lily was granted a pension of 13s 9d. per week.

Brother Ernest enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment on 23rd September 1914, and later transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps on 1st March1915. He received a gunshot wound to the right thigh on 29th April 1915, and was discharged on 16th June 1916 with a pension.

Herbert was awarded the Victory Medal and British War Medal.




With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
Additional research by Pete Schofield

George Padgett 1899 -1918

George Padgett's Commonwealth War Graves Commission stone in Silkstone Churchyard

Born:
1899 Silkstone Baptised 6th September 1899 at St. Peter's, Barnsley.

Son of:
Charles Padgett b.1864 Cawthorne d.1954 Silkstone aged 90
1911: Tanyard, Silkstone, Coal Miner Hewer
married 24th February 1890 Silkstone All Saints to
Martha Ann Padgett (nee Newton) b.1869 Silkstone d.1938 Silkstone aged 67

Position in family:
4th of 7 children
1. Emma Matilda b.1890 d.1974
2. Arthur William b.1892 d.1955
3. Samuel b.1895 d.1935 WW1 Service (see notes) 
4. George b.1899 WW1 Died
5. Sabra b.1903 d.1989
6. Florence b.1907 d.1993
7. Charles Walter b.1908 d.1978

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: High Street, Silkstone age 1
1911: Tanyard, Silkstone age 11 Scholar
1918:  age 19 *address on enlistment* Age **  Trade on enlisting (if available)

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Enlisted: 22nd April 1918 age 19 years
Regiment and Battalion: 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Service number and rank: 47334 Private
Awards: Victory Medal and British War Medal

Personal information:  
5 feet 7 inches tall, with a 35 inch chest.

Death: 
13th December 1918 aged 19
Buried at: Silkstone All Saints
Grave Reference: South-east of Church

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Charles and Martha Arm Padgett, of Tanyard, Silkstone

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial
Silkstone All Saints, British Legion Memorial Plaque WW1 & WW2 
 
Notes:
George was posted to France - Folkestone to Boulogne - on 3rd October 1918, sent back to England 29th November 1918, admitted to hospital on 30th November and transferred to Dykebar Hospital, Paisley on 1st December, where he died from pneumonia on 13th December at 10.35 am.

George's elder brother Samuel also enlisted, in the Reserve Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment (Private 45601) on 11th December 1915, but was not mobilised until 13th May 1918, and discharged 12th February 1919. He was 5 feet 2½ inches tall with 38 inch chest. light brown hair, grey eyes and a good physical development.

In 1901 the family were next-door neighbours to Arthur Beaumont and his family.


With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.

Additional research by Pete Schofield

George Brook 1888-1918

George Brook is remembered on the family gravestone in Silkstone Churchyard

Born:
6 May 1888 Thurgoland Baptised 24th September at Holy Trinity, Thurgoland

Son of:
Hiram Brook b.1846 Stainborough d.1914 Silkstone
1911: Holling Moor, Thurgoland General labourer
married 17th December 1867 Silkstone All Saints to
Emma John Brook (nee Denton) b.1848 Stainborough d.1919 Silkstone

Position in family:
13th of 14 children
1. William b.1869
2. Agnes b.1870
3. Frank b.1873
4. Rodger b.1874 d.1951
5. Mina b.1875
6. Andrew b.1876
7. Thomas b.1880
8. Charles b.1881
9. Ann b. 1883
10. Ada b.1884 d.1885
11. Martha b.1885
12. Fred b.1886
13. George b.1888
14. Friend b.1891 d.1891

Home address, age and occupation:
1891: Crab Row, Eastfield, Thurgoland age 2
1901: Crab Row, Eastfield, Thurgoland age 12
1911: Holling Moor, Thugoland age 22 Butcher

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion:  2nd/4th York and Lancaster (Hallamshire)
Service number and rank:  29190 Private
Awards: Victory Medal and British War Medal

Death: 
30th October 1918 aged 30
Buried at: Etaples Military Cemetery, France
Grave Reference: LXXI.C.5.

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Brother of William Brook, of Crabb Row, Holling Moor, Thurgoland, Sheffield

Remembered: 
George is also remembered on the Silkstone War Memorial, the Thurgoland War Memorial, on the WW1 Roll of Honour and Memorial Plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Thurgoland and on the Hood Green War Memorial and (see above) the family gravestone in Silkstone Churchyard.

Notes:
George died in hospital in France from pneumonia following influenza on 30th October 1918, aged 29, just three weeks after returning to France from home leave, having spent sixteen months in France.


With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
 
Additional research by Pete Schofield

George Bostwick 1890-1917

George Bostwick's Medal Index Card (image from Ancestry)

Born:
1890 Manchester

Son of:
Walter Bostwick b.1857 Manchester d.14 February 1918 age 61
1911: Beer Retailer (Publican) 24 Tempest Street, Ardwick, Manchester
married to Emily Bostwick (nee Dyson) b.1858 Silkstone d.13 Aug 1913 age 56

Position in family: The third of six children
1. Ada b.1886
2. Thomas b.1888
3. George b.1890 WW1 Killed
4. Bertha b.1892
5. May b.1894
6. Walter b.1897 WW1 Service 7292 Private Manchester Rgt. City Btn.

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: 28 Queen Street, Ardwick, Manchester, age 11
1911: 24 Tempest Street, Ardwick, Manchester, age 21, Barman

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: Manchester Regiment 'D' Coy. 17th Btn. attd. 2nd Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
Service number and rank: 26465 Private
Awards: Victory Medal, British War Medal

Death:  30 June 1917 age 27
Buried at: Ramparts Cemetery, Belgium
Grave Reference: J.7.

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of the late Walter and Emily Bostwick, of Manchester.

Remembered:
George is not remembered on any War Memorial, but the following inscription was recorded by George R.K. Birkhead who surveyed the churchyard at Silkstone All Saints. Unfortunately a clearance of headstones in that section of the churchyard by the Urban District Council means the memorial no longer exists:

"In Memory of Lily the wife of Walter died 13th August 1913 aged 56 years. Walter Bostwick died 14th February 1918 aged 61 years. Also George their son died killed in action in Belgium June  30 1917 aged 27 years."

Notes:
Brother Walter enlisted 14th December 1914, giving his age as 19, although he was only 17.  Rising to rank of Sergeant, After having his left arm amputated from gunshot wounds, he was eventually invalided out on 31st May 1919, He applied for and was granted, the 1914-15 Star although this does not appear on his Medal Record. His wife Lily, notified the Ministry of Pensions that he had died on 16th February 1925.

Fred Walshaw 1917-1944

Born:
Q4 1917

Son of:
Fred Walshaw b. 25th October 1884 d.1977 aged 93
married at Silkstone All Saints on 2nd August 1908
Martha Walshaw (nee Haigh) b.1888 d.1955

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion:  5th Btn. Coldstream Guards
Service number and rank: 2663654 Lance Corporal

Death:
21st July 1944 aged 26
Buried at: Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery
Grave Reference: IX.C.2.

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Fred and Martha Walshaw, of Silkstone, Yorkshire.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial
Silkstone All Saints, British Legion Memorial Plaque WW1 & WW2 

Frank Basford 1920-1942

Frank Basford is remembered on the family gravestone

Born:
Q2 1920

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion:  Royal Artillery 2nd Battery 1st Light A.A. Regt
Service number and rank:  1569556 Gunner

Death:
14th June 1942 aged 22
CWGC Remembered: Alamein Memorial. Column 33

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial 
Silkstone All Saints, British Legion Memorial Plaque WW1 & WW2
Family memorial Silkstone All Saints

Frank Mellor 1899-1918

Frank Mellor

Born:
9th February 1899 Silkstone, Baptised 30th April at Silkstone All Saints

Son of:
Senosta Mellor b.1872 Silkstone d.1925 Silkstone aged 53
1911: High Street, Silkstone, age 38, Colliery Engineman
married Q3 1898 to
Rebecca Womersley b.1876 Chapeltown d.1935 Silkstone

Position in family:
Eldest of 5 children 
1. Frank b.1899 WW1 Accidently Killed
2. Ben b.1900 d.1902
3. Emma b.1904 d.1992
4. Ezra b.1907 d.1908
5. Miriam b.1908 d.2001

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: High Street, Silkstone age 2
1911: High Street, Silkstone age 12 Scholar
1918: High Street, Silkstone age 19 Colliery Rope Runner

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Enlisted: 26th April 1918, Barnsley at the age of 18 years
Regiment and Battalion: 3rd Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding)
Service number and rank: 40517 Private

Personal information:
5 feet 4½ inches tall, weighed 122½ pounds, chest 34 inches, with auburn hair, blue eyes and a fresh complexion

Death:
26th August 1918 aged 19
Buried at: Silkstone All Saints
Grave Reference: South of Chancel

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Mrs. Rebecca Mellor, of High St., Silkstone.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial, Martins Croft, Silkstone
Silkstone All Saints, British Legion Memorial Plaque WW1 & WW2 



Notes:
Frank died on 26th August 1918 at 10.45 am at Northern General Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne from self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the left side of chest. According to witness reports, it seems he shot himself whilst cleaning his gun, and the Coroner's court concluded that he "died from effects of gunshot wounds self-inflicted but evidence does not show whether by accident or design."

 

Close up of the inscription on the Mellor family gravestone in Silkstone Churchyard

With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
 
Additional research by Pete Schofield

Ernest Frederick George Taylor 1909 -1940

Probate Calendar Entry (from Ancestry)

Born: 
Q1 1909 in Warwickshire (6d 760)

Probably the son of:
Son of Guy William George Taylor and Alice Elizabeth Taylor (nee Walters)

Who married in Warwickshire in Q4 1907 (6d 1228)

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion:  Royal Army Service Corps
Service number and rank:  T/216142 Driver

Death: 
18th October 1940 aged 32
Buried at: Coventry (London Road) Cemetery
Grave Reference: Square 348 Collective Grave 46

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial and Memorial Plaque at Whitely Common, Coventry

Notes:

http://joybertofcoventry.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/seven-brave-men.html

Was one of seven men, the others were bomb disposal men that had recovered a 250 kilograms (550 lb) bomb from a Coventry housing estate. The still active bomb was transported via lorry to be defused at Whitley Common. The bomb exploded during unloading from the lorry, killing all of the men. Following a funeral service at Coventry Cathedral on 25 October 1940, the squad were buried in a collective grave.

Probate Calendar Entry (from Ancestry)
Taylor Ernest Frederick George of Noblethorpe Lodge, Silkstone near Barnsley.  Died 18 October 1940 on war service.  Administration granted 30 January 1941 at Llandudno to Alice Elizabeth Taylor (wife of Guy William George Taylor).  Effects £185 15s 7d

Ernest Bottom 1884-1915

Ernest Bottom

Born:
1884 Silkstone, Baptised 6 July 1884 Silkstone All Saints

Son of:
John Walter Bottom b.1850 Silkstone d. January 1914 Silkstone.
1911: John aged 60, was a retired coal miner living at Hillside, Silkstone.
married Q1 1872 to
Margaret Jane Bottom (nee Briddock) b.1850 Manchester d. January 1921 Silkstone

Position in family:
9th of 12 children
1.George William b.1871 d.1924 aged 53
2. Emma Rebecca b.1873 d.1905 aged 32
3. Frederick b.1873 d.1952 aged 79
4. Ann Elizabeth b.1876 d.1884 aged 8
5. Alice b.1877 d.1951 aged 74
6. Harry b.1879 d.1879 aged 5 months
7. Coniah b.1880 d.1948 aged 67
8. John James b.1882 d.1947 aged 65
9. Ernest b.1884 WW1 DIED OF WOUNDS
10. Thomas b.1887 d.1905 aged 18
11. Albert Edward b.1889 d.1925 aged 39
12. Eleanor Mary b.1891 d.1972 aged 80

Home address, age and occupation:
1891: Hillside, Silkstone aged 6
1901: Hillside, Silkstone aged 16 Coal Miner
1911: 45 South Yorkshire Buildings, Silkstone Common aged 26, Coal Miner (Hewer)

Marriage:
Married to
Clementine Bailey b. 1887 Silkstone d.1943 at Silkstone All Saints on 1st March 1909
(Clementine married to Willie Dyson in December 1921)

Children:
1. Elsie Bottom b.1909 d.1995
2. George Wilfred Bottom b.1911 d.1985
3. Annie Rebecca Bottom b.1913 d.1969
4. Ernest Walter Bottom b.1915 d.1985

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: 1st/5th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI)
Service number and rank:  4128 Private
Awards: Victory Medal, the British War Medal, and 1915 Star.
Death:
19th December 1915, aged 30 from wounds received in action
Buried at: Hospital Farm Cemetery, Belgium
Grave Reference: D.14.

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Husband of Clementine Bottom, of High St., Silkstone, nr. Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial
 Silkstone All Saints, British Legion Memorial Plaque WW1 & WW2  
 

Notes:
Ernest's Grandmother Rebecca Bottom (nee Hoyland) was the sister of Frances Hoyland who drowned in the Huskar Pit Disaster of 4th July 1838 at Silkstone

Barnsley Chronicle 29 January 1916

With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.

Additional research by Pete Schofield

Cyril Senior 1896 - 1918

Permission was given by the Great Central Railway for Cyril to Join Up

Born:
January 1896 in Dodworth

Son of:
James Senior b.1859 Dodworth
1911: Warren Royd Farm, Silkstone, Coal Miner
married 1884 to
Harriet Ann Senior (nee Smith) b.1868 Barnsley

Position in family:
3rd of 4 children
1. William George b.1887 d.1903 age 16
2. Smith b.1891
3. Cyril b.1896 WW1 DIED
4. Ernest b.1899

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: 7 Jackson Square, Dodworth age 4
1911: Warren Royd Farm, Silkstone age 14 Colliery Labourer above ground
1915: Warren Royd Farm, Silkstone Age 19 Railway Clerk

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Enlisted: 29th March 1915 Barnsley at the age of 18 years under the Group System
Regiment and Battalion:  2nd/4th Btn York and Lancaster
Service number and rank:  24214 Private
Awards: Victory Medal and British War Medal

Personal information:
5 feet 5½ inches tall with a 35 inch chest.

Death:
1st December 1918 aged 22
Buried at: Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Grave Reference: VIII.B.34

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Born at Dodworth, Barnsley. Son of James and H. A. Senior, of Flash House Farm, Thurlstone, Penistone, Yorks.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial, Silkstone All Saints, British Legion Memorial Plaque, and Dodworth War Memorial

Notes:
Cyril remained in England from 29th November 1915 until 19th May 1916 when he was sent to France to join the battalion at Etaples. In June he got scabies and on 27th February 1917 he was wounded in action with a gunshot wound to the left thigh. He was sent back to England on Hospital Ship Cambria on 5th March 1917 and admitted to Bethnal Green Military Hospital where the bullet was removed, until 27th April 1917. He was given furlough from 27th April to 7th May 1917 and stayed with his Aunt, Mrs Farnsworth at 4 Green Road, Dodworth, and discharged from hospital on 21st August.

Cyril then went back to France  on 17th February 1918 but on 27th July 1918 was again wounded in action with gunshot wounds to right thigh. leg and fingers, and treated in Trouville Field Hospital, rejoining his regiment 7th September 1918.  It was at Trouville Field Hospital where he died of bronchial pneumonia on 1st December 1918, age 22.



With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
 
Additional research by Pete Schofield

Arthur Beaumont 1892 - 1918

Arthur Beaumont's Medal Index Card (from Ancestry)

Born:
Q2 1892 Silkstone

Son of:
Walter b.1869 Hoylandswaine, d. November 1935 Silkstone
1911: Walter was a Greengrocer in High Street, Silkstone
married Q1 1892 to
Alice (nee Holmes) b.1873 in Silkstone, d. 1949 Silkstone

Position in family:
The eldest of 4 children
1. Arthur b. 1892 WW1 DIED
2. Mary Lydia b.1894 Silkstone
3. Clara b.1896 Silkstone
4. Hilda b.1899 Silkstone

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: High Street, Silkstone, aged 8
1911: High Street, Silkstone, aged 18, Colliery Trammer underground

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Enlisted: 11 September 1914
Regiment and Battalion: 13th Btn York and Lancaster
Service number and rank: 13/135 Private
Discharged: 11 January 1917 being 'No longer physically fit for war service'
Awards: Victory Medal and British War Medal

Death:
21 November 1918 age 22
Buried at: Silkstone All Saints
Grave Reference: to South-east of church

Arthur Beaumont's Gravestone in Silkstone Churchyard

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Walter and Alice Beaumont, of Silkstone.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial
Silkstone All Saints, British Legion Memorial Plaque

Notes:
The family lived next-door to George Padgett who was also a war casualty.
 
With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.
 
Additional research by Pete Schofield

Charles Allen Clarke Fullerton 1895 - 1918

Charles Allen Clarke Fullerton

Born:
1895 Ackworth

Son of:
John Skipwith Herbert Fullerton Esq. b.1866 d.1940 of Thrybergh Hall, Rotherham
married at 7 May 1893 at Silkstone All Saints to
Mary Grace Fullerton (nee Clarke) b.1872 d. 1956 of Noblethorpe Hall, Silkstone

Position in family:
2nd of 3 children
1. John Robert Ranken b.1894 d.1966
2. Charles Allen Clarke b. 1895 WW1 ACCIDENTLY KILLED
3. David William b.1902 d.1977

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: Ashfield, Kirk Smeaton age 6
1911: Charterhouse School, Surrey age 16

Marriage:
Unmarried

Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion: Royal Flying Corps 72nd Training Squadron
Service number and rank: 2nd Lieutenant

Death:
29th May 1918 aged 22
Buried at: Thrybergh St. Leonard Old Churchyard
Grave Reference: North-west corner

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of John Skipwith Herbert Fullerton, of Thrybergh Park, Rotherham, Yorks.

Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial
Silkstone All Saints, British Legion Memorial Plaque

Notes:
At the time of the 1911 census Charles was at Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey, his elder brother John Robert Ranken was at Eton, and younger brother David William at home Ashfield, Wentbridge with his French Governess Margaret Rusch, and a retinue of servants. His parents were visiting the Lane Fox family at Bramham Park.
Charles joined the Royal Air Force, appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in 72nd Training Squadron. He received his 'wings' on 9th April 1918 and seven weeks later was killed in an air accident, age 22.

http://www.bishopburton.org.uk/s1/attachments/article/410/CAC%20Fullerton.pdf
http://johndoxey.100freemb.com/fullerton_family_pg2.htm

Charles Fullerton's Grave at Thrybergh

With special thanks to late Rosemary Lee of the Roggins Local History Group, and Heritage Silkstone who hold Rosemary's archive of research into the men remembered on Silkstone War Memorial.

Additional research by Pete Schofield