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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Nottingham & Nottinghamshire |
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On the Victoria Embankment, Nottingham, overlooking the River
Trent, is the main Nottingham War Memorial. This is a Triumphal Arch and Gateway
flanked by a colonnade with terraces. Three arched openings are filled with
ornamental wrought iron gates.
The City Coat of Arms is in high relief above themain cornice.
The whole is set in a 36 acre Memorial Garden.
A War Memorial for all those from Nottinghamshire who lost their
lives in the First World War is set in the Memorial Garden. This memorial
is a central stone pillar with an inscribed dedicatory inscription. This is
surrounded by a polished stone circle with the names of those commemorated
in gold lettering.
13501 names of those from Nottinghamshire who lost their lives in the First
World War are inscribed on these plaques.
Illustrations of the two memorials are
shown below.
Unfortunately there is currently no available list of names of those commemorated
on the Nottinghamshire War Memorial.
The names commemorated on the memorial are barely legible (they seem to have
deteriorated rapidly).
Previously there have been readily available Rolls of Honour for Nottingham
/ Nottinghamshire on the internet. For whatever reason these virtual Rolls
of Honour have been withdrawn.
Until such virtual Rolls of Honour are available again, the names of Yorkshire
Regiment soldiers assumed to be on the Nottinghamshire War Memorial will be
taken from the database of names on the Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance website,
principally using information from Soldiers Died in the Great War.
The names of Yorkshire Regiment soldiers from Nottingham / Nottinghamshire obtained from this database, and assumed to be commemorated on the Nottinghamshire War Memorial, are below.
Private William Thomas Atkin. 34633. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly S/4/146600 A.S.C. Son of James and Elizabeth Atkin, of
163, Trent Boulevard, Bridgford, Notts. Killed 24 July 1918. Aged 24.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant Oliver Herbert Ball. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Alfred Holmes Ball and Emma Ball, of "Sunnyside,"
7, Nelson Rd., Daybrook, Nottingham. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 25.
Buried GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS.
(younger brother of Walter William Ball, below)
Antony Ball (<antony.ball@ntlworld.com>) has researched all
the names on the Arnold
and Daybrook Memorial, and has kindly forwarded the photos
of the Ball brothers for use on this website.
Further biographical information on Oliver Ball is on the website for the
Nottingham
High School Roll of Honour.
2nd Lieutenant Walter William Ball. 10th
Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred Holmes Ball and Emma Ball,
of "Sunnyside," 7, Nelson Rd., Daybrook, Nottingham. Killed 24 November
1915. Aged 28.
Buried HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(elder brother of Oliver Herbert ball, above)
Antony Ball (<antony.ball@ntlworld.com>) has researched all
the names on the Arnold
and Daybrook Memorial, and has kindly forwarded the photos
of the Ball brothers for use on this website.
Further biographical information on Walter Ball is on the website for the
Nottingham
High School Roll of Honour.
Captain Harold Bass, MC. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
attached to 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1918.
Commemorated on Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
The following comments are provided by Robert Coulson in his "Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment";-
" Harold Bass joined the 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in October
of 1915, just after the battalion came out of the Battle of Loos. He served
in the Armentieres sector through until the spring of 1916 when the battalion
moved down to prepare for the Somme offensive. Captain Bass saw action just
to the north of Fricourt on July 1st 1916, the opening day of the Somme.
He fought at Arras and at Passchendaele in 1917 where he was adjutant to the
10th Battalion.
In February of 1918 the battalion was disbanded and Captain Bass was attached
to the 2nd Battalion of the West Yorks.
Captain Harold Bass was killed in action with the West Yorks at the “Action
of Villers Bretoneux” on April 24th 1918."
Lance Corporal Arthur John Battersby. 8381. The Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Arthur John Battersby, of 14, Carter Gate, Nottingham, and Lucy Battersby
(stepmother). Died at home 17 November 1919. Aged 32.
Buried NOTTINGHAM GENERAL CEMETERY.
Lance Corporal Samuel Bilbie. 42549. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 17548 East Yorks Regt. Son of William and Emma Bilbie,
of 6, Garden City, Carlton, Notts. Killed 27 October 1918. Aged 27.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Commemorated on the GIAVERA MEMORIAL.
Private Arthur James Bonsall. 48340. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly TR/5/110415 87th T R Battn. Killed 30 August 1918.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Jack Brett. 144834. 17th Battalion Machine
Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 87255 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1918.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEXAINCOURT.
The following additional information is provided on the Nottingham
Central Virtual website;-
"Known as Jack, he was the son of Charles and Eliza Brett and the brother
of Ethel (later Rowley), Charles, William (killed in action 9/10/1918) and
Albert Brett. In 1901 they lived at 8, Bellar Gate, Nottingham. In 1911, John,
Albert and Charles lived with grandparents Nicholas and Maria Brett and other
family members at 13 Bellar Gate."
Corporal William Brown. 65048. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 68496 E Yorks Cyclists Battn. Son of Margaret Brown, of
19, Kent St., Glasshouse St., Nottingham, and the late William Brown. (buried
Ust-Vaga Burial Ground). Killed 19 April 1919. Aged 22.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY, RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(Biographical information on William Brown is provided on the Nottinghamshire
County Council Roll of Honour website.)
Private Vivian Brough Burdell. 35098. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 88740 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of Walter and Ida Burdell,
of 229, Ilkeston Rd., Nottingham. Killed 4 June 1918. Aged 19.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Derby, Resided Nottingham.
Buried COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY.
Serjeant Ronald Cartwright. 17943. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Ebenezer and Emily Florence Cartwright, of Ely Villa, Arundel Rd.,
Kemp Town, Brighton. Born at Nottingham. Killed 9 January 1916. Aged 32.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Brighton.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.
The following additional information is provided on the Nottingham
Central Virtual website where Ronald Catrwright was 1 of 83 names on the
Nottingham
High Pavement School Memorial;-
"Ronald was born in 1884 in Nottingham and was the son of Ebenezer a
solicitor and Emily Florence Cartwright née Clapham of Ely Villa, Arundel
Road, Kemp Town Brighton.
His father Ebenezer was born in 1841 in Leicester and his mother Emily Florence
Clapham was born in 18148 in Camberwell, London, they were married in 1873
in Kensington and had 8 children 1 of whom died in infancy, their children
listed on the 1901/1911 census were Hubert b1875, Allan b1876, Oscar b1877,
Basil b1879,Stanley b1881, Ronald b1884 and Mary b1885 all were born in Nottingham.
In 1891 and 1901 the family lived at 41 Baker Street Nottingham.
In 1911 Ebenezer and Emily along with Mary were living in Beckenham Kent with
their son Basil Cartwright, a soft goods agent, he was the head of the household.
Ebenezer and Emily later lived at Ely Villa Arundel Road Kemp Town Brighton.
In the 1911 census Ronald is shown as being 27 yrs of age, single and a pork
butcher , he is a boarder at 32 Birkland Ave, Nottingham, he is boarding with
Hannah Ecles 51 yrs a boarding house keeper."
Private William Chambers. 29992. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly in the Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 13 August 1918.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE.
(The following additional information is provided on the Sneinton District
Virtual War Memorial;-
"Mr HE Chambers of No 2 Nelson Place, Walker Street, Nottingham was contacted
following his death.")
Private Harry Cox. 35122. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 88500 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 26 June 1918.
Born Toddington (Beds), Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried GRAND SERAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private James Charles Dixon. 35130. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 35830 9th T R Battalion. Son of Charles and Susan Dixon, of 24, Carnarvon
Rd., West Bridgford, Notts. Died 12 April 1918. Aged
18.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Ilkeston, Resided West Bridgeford (Notts).
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Captain Francis Edward Fish. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
attached to 2nd Battalion. Son of Ralph and Elizabeth Margaret Fish. Killed
13 March 1915. Aged 39.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.
(Further biographical details in De
Ruvigny's Roll of Honour).
Robert Coulson has provided the following biographical information in his
biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment who lost their lives in the First
World War;-
"Francis Fish was born at Heaton Chapel, Manchester on March 24th 1876,
the son of Ralph and Elizabeth Fish of Manchester.
He was educated at King Edwards School in Birmingham and Askern College at
Doncaster.
He was commissioned into the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Yorkshire Regiment at
Scarborough in April of 1901 and was promoted to Lieutenant in May of 1904
continuing to serve until he retired in July 1909.
In March 1912 he married Miss Elizabeth Ackroyd in Southport but sadly she
died just over two years later in June 1914.
On the outbreak of war he was gazetted back as a Captain with the 3rd (home
based) Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. During the bombing of the Hartlepools
in December of 1914 Captain Fish had a lucky escape, being blown off his feet
by a shell burst.
In 1915 he sailed for France and joined the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
just after the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March of that year.
May saw the battalion in action at the Battle of Festubert fighting against
enemy positions close to La Quinque Rue.
Captain Francis Edward Fish was killed at Dead Cow Farm near Festubert on
May 17th 1915 at the age of 39."
Captain Fish is not shown on the Nottngham High School War memorial,
but additional biographical details are provided on the Nottingham
High School Roll of Honour.
Private John Robert Frettingham. 29417. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 28439 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of Thomas and Emma Frettingham,
of 85, Bloomsgrove St., Radford, Nottingham. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 21.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Leonard Garton. 78970. 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry,
formerly 243489 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Elizabeth
Garton, of 40, Radford Boulevard, Nottingham. Killed 30 March 1918. Aged 30.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
Private Fred Gent. 55763. 16th Labour Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
transferred to (12788) 22nd Coy Labour Corps, formerly 39387 South Staffs
Regiment. Killed 6 September 1917.
Born Mansfield (Notts), Enlisted Mansfield (Notts).
Buried DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Elijah Henry Godber. 41404. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 4965 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of Aaron and Mary Alice
Godber, of Nottingham; husband of Minnie Elizabeth Godber, of 175, Gladstone
St., Forest Fields, Nottingham. Killed 15 May 1918. Aged 26.
Born Kimberly (Notts), Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Bobbers Mill.
Buried in NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Serjeant Walter Hemsley. 29406. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 28299 Sherwood Foresters. Killed 26 September 1916.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Frederick Holmes, 78974. 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry,
formerly 36063 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of David and Rebecca Holmes, of
Carlton-le-Moorland, Newark. Killed 13 April 1918. Aged 28.
Enlisted Carlton (Notts), Resided Netherfield.
Buried MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Albert Johnson. 29788. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 32044 Notts & Derby Regiment. Died 13 April 1918.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Derby, Resided Long Eaton (Derby).
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Serjeant James Lewis Kitchen. 8068. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Emily Kitchen, of Barkestone, Bottesfold, Notts, and the late John
Kitchen. Killed 2 November 1914. Aged 27.
Born Grantham, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Nottingham.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(Further family and military history information is on the Nottinghamshire
North, South & East Virtual War Memorial website.)
Private Harry Stanley Lane. 35200. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 35455 9th T R Battalion. Son of Harry and Ellen Lane, of 84, Blue
Bell Hill, Nottingham. Died 11 April 1918. Aged
18.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Commemorated on Panel 4, THE LOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Arthur Thomas Moorcroft. 40509. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 54982 Leicestershire Regt. Husband of Florry Moorcroft,
of 78, Lamcote St., Nottingham. Killed 11 October 1917. Aged 25.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, WEST VLAANDEREN.
Lance Corporal Ernest Morley, 29624. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formrely 30676 Notts & Derby Regiment. Died 9 October 1917.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Hyson Green (Notts).
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Corporal Arthur Moss. 15119. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Native of Nottingham. Son of Fredrick and Alice Moss, of I, Witham Place,
Grantham; husband of the late Jane Moss. Killed 21 September 1917. Aged 33.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried THE HUTS CEMETERY.
Private Joseph Pilkington. 9692. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Pilkington, of 15, Redoubt St., Nottingham. Died 18 October 1918.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried NOWSHERA MILITARY CEMETERY L. 3.
Commemorated on the DELHI MEMORIAL GATE.
Private Willie Rippin. 48301. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly TR/5/10570 87th T R Battn. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Ilkeston, Resided West Bridgeford.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
Data from the Nottingham
South (Meadows & West Bridgford) - Virtual Memorial;-
He was the son of George Arthur and Emily Rippin and the brother of Edith
May, Arthur Herbert and Irene Rippin. In 1911 they lived at 26 Bruce Grove,
Meadows and later 84 Rutland Road, West Bridgford (both Nottingham).
Date of death : 27 May 1918. Age at death : 18
Private Herbert Rudd. 34089. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 56975 Lincs Regt. Killed 3 February 1918.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Newark.
Buried CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Further family and military history information is on the Nottinghamshire
North, South & East Virtual War Memorial website.)
Corporal Cecil Edgar Sheppard. 8036. 6th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, of 90, Beverley St.,
Nottingham; husband of Annie Sheppard, of 12, Roberts St., Sneinton Road,
Nottingham. Killed 27 September 1916. Aged 30.
Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Nottingham.
Buried REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY.
(From the biographical information in the Nottinghamshire
County Council Roll of Honour website;-
Cecil Edgar Sheppard was born in Tralee,Co. Kerry, Ireland. His parents were
William and Susan Sheppard, and he had 7 brothers and sisters.)
Private William Smith, 23234. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 20 September 1916.
Born Swinton (Notts), Enlisted Attercliffe (Sheffield).
Commemorated on Pier and face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Thomas (Hart). 5083. 4th (Reserve) Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, attached (42214) to the Royal Defence Corps). Died
at home 25 November 1918.
Buried SUTTON BONINGTON CHURCHYARD.
(Joseph Thomas served as "Joseph Hart".}
(Further family and military history information is on the Nottinghamshire
North, South & East Virtual War Memorial website.)
Private George Edward Wainwright. 35271. 5th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35370 9th T R Battn. Son of Charles William
and Penelope Wainwright, of 9, Port Arthur Rd., Sneinton, Nottingham. Killed
12 June 1918. Aged 19.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried COURMAS BRITISH CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant Charles Edward Whitworth.6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Arthur George and Clara Evelyn Whitworth, of 409, Mansfield
Rd., Nottingham. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 23.
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Further biographical details of Charles Whitworth can be found on the Yorkshire
Regiment Remembrance website, as well as on the Nottingham
High School Roll of Honour.
Private Leslie Wightman. 64680. 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers,
formerly 47001 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George and Annie Wightman, of 113, Northumberland St., Nottingham.
Killed 23 October 1918. Aged 19.
Enlisted Nottingham.
Buried CAPELLE-BEAUDIGNIES ROAD CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant Robert Wilford. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Robert Levi Wilford and Jane Eliza Wilford, of The Black Bull Hotel,
Yarm, Yorks. B.A. (London University). Died 23 November 1917. Aged 23.
Commemorated Panel 5, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.
The following biographical information is from the website Yarm1914;-
"Robert was the fourth son of Robert Levi and Jane Eliza Wilford. Robert
Levi was the licensee of the Black Bull Hotel, Yarm and Clerk to the Cemetery
Committee. Robert Levi, the father died in 1916, and there were 9 other children
in the family.
Robert was educated at Yarm Grammar School, where he won a North Riding Scholarship.
He was also a pupil at Middlesbrough High School (Middlesbrough College).
He passed junior and senior Cambridge exams, gaining an exemption in the London
Matriculation exam.
Being successful in winning a training college scholarship he spent two and
a half years at University College, Nottingham where he received the Board
of Education certificate for Teaching.
He passed the Intermediate BA at London University and was reading for the
final part when war started.
He was posthumously awarded a full BA (War Degree) on 19 Jun 1918.
Robert Wilford joined the (Nottingham) University OTC in which he remained
for a year before being commissioned into the Yorkshire Regiment on 23 Nov
1916. He went to France in January 1917 and was killed on 23 November 1917.
In 1919 his mother presented the Catholic Church in Yarm with a beautiful
Holy Water Stoup in the form of an angel holding forth the bowl, in memory
of her son. Unfortunately, this bowl no longer survives."
Private Claude Albert Wood. 48073. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 629628 R A O C. Son of John and Sarah Wood, of 39, Talbot St., Nottingham;
husband of Ada Wood, of 27, Market St., Devonport. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged
36.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Plymouth.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Cyril Garnet Wyld. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Henry and Fanny M. Wyld, of Eastwood, Notts; husband of Emily L. Wyld,
of "Tirril," 30, Wilford Grove, Skegness, Lincs. Mentioned in Despatches.
Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 30.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Further biographical information on Cyril Wyld is on the website for the Nottingham
High School Roll of Honour.
The
Nottinghamshire War Memorial
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The
Nottinghamshire War Memorial
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
Some of the Names Commemorated on the Nottinghamshire War Memorial.
Select the above image for a larger sized image which opens in a new window
Photo : Les Smith of the Imperial war Museum's
Register of War Memorials website.
The
War Memorial Arches for Nottingham
Photo : Peter Gillings of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website
The War Memorial Arches for Nottingham on the Victoria Embnakment
Photo : Google Earth
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