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