The Names of the Tutbury Fallen
Lest We Forget
The names of Tutbury Fallen from the Boer War, World War I, World War II and the Fauld explosion are given below – the names are listed in the order of date of death where known.
Name on Tutbury War Memorials Date of Death Age Regiment/ Service Cemetery
Boer War
Trooper Edward Bentley Thu 10 Jan 1901 Imperial Yeomanry Harrismith ORC, South Africa
World War One
Gdsn. William Edgar Priestley Fri 25 Dec 1914 22 Grenadier Guards Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France
Sergeant John James Kidd Tue 23 Mar 1915 32 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
Lance Sergeant Ernest Woodall Tue 18 May 1915 29 South Staffordshire Regiment Le Touret Memorial, France
Private Owen Bunting Wed 11 Aug 1915 22 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli
Private Robert Radford Sat 21 Aug 1915 19 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery, France
Bombardier Frederick William Smith Mon 27 Sep 1915 20 Royal Field Artillery Bethune Town Cemetery, France
Private William Henry Gent Wed 13 Oct 1915 31 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Loos Memorial, France
Private Ernest Lewis Plumb Wed 13 Oct 1915 33 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Cabaret-rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France
Private James Worrall Wed 13 Oct 1915 35 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Vermelles British Cemetery, France
Sergeant Charles W Bull Tue 18 Jan 1916 31 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l’Avoue, France
Private George Edward Bentley Thu 02 Mar 1916 27 Lincolnshire Regiment Bedford House Cemetery, France
Corporal Wilfred Powell Sat 17 Jun 1916 32 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Dranoutre Military Cemetery, France
Private Frederick Bannister Sat 01 Jul 1916 31 Lincolnshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial, France
Lance Corporal George Frederick Bennett Sat 01 Jul 1916 21 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Thiepval Memorial, France
Private Charles Bond Sat 01 Jul 1916 21 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Thiepval Memorial, France
Private Thomas Coates Sat 01 Jul 1916 20 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) Thiepval Memorial, France
Private Tom Merrey Sat 01 Jul 1916 17 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Thiepval Memorial, France
Lieutenant William Trafford Newton Sat 01 Jul 1916 21 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, France
Private James Nash Sun 16 Jul 1916 39 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Amara War Cemetery, Mesopotamia
Private Arthur Treadwell Sat 12 Aug 1916 24 Lincolnshire Regiment Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France
Rifleman Edwin Powell Fri 18 Aug 1916 22 Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France
Private William Cook Sat 19 Aug 1916 42 King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Faubourg D’amiens Cemetery, Arras, France
Private Joseph Talbot Wed 27 Sep 1916 38 Irish Guards Thiepval Memorial, France
Private Frederick William Bennett Sat 30 Sep 1916 19 Lincolnshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial, France
Private William Bentley Sat 30 Sep 1916 20 Lincolnshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial, France
Private Samuel Woodhall Between
30 Sep 1916
& 30 Oct 191634 South Staffordshire Regiment Unknown
Driver George Edwin Causer Mon 30 Oct 1916 42 Army Service Corps Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom
Private Stephen Leedham Thu 09 Nov 1916 27 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Able Seaman Eric Charles Dunicliffe Mon 13 Nov 1916 19 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Thiepval Memorial, France
Private Abraham Farmer Wed 22 Nov 1916 23 Canadian Machine Gun Corps Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom
Private William Hinds Thu 25 Jan 1917 29 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Amara War Cemetery, Mesopotamia
Lance Corporal James John Hand Thu 08 Feb 1917 21 Bedfordshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial, France
Private Edwin Broughton Tue 24 Apr 1917 27 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Bray Military Cemetery, France
Shoeing Smith William Wheeldon Wed 25 Apr 1917 24 Royal Field Artillery Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Mesopotamia
Driver Ernest Albert Perkins Mon 30 Apr 1917 20 Royal Field Artillery Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom
Private Alfred Charles Timmins Wed 09 May 1917 30 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Doiran Military Cemetery, Salonika
Private George Fearn Thu 24 May 1917 42 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Arras Memorial, France
Private John Henry Leadbetter Fri 29 Jun 1917 20 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Arras Memorial, France
Gunner Alfred Henry Brettell Thu 09 Aug 1917 27 Royal Garrison Artillery Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, France
Corporal Samuel Wheat Wed 29 Aug 1917 28 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France
Private William Smith Thu 11 Oct 1917 33 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire) Regiment (Pioneers) Tyne Cot Memorial, France
GDSN. Joseph Pegg Fri 12 Oct 1917 39 Grenadier Guards, Welsh Guards Artillery Wood Cemetery, France
Private William Henry Parker Fri 07 Dec 1917 20 Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Private Harry Allsop Thu 28 Mar 1918 40 Northumberland Fusiliers Pozieres Memorial, France
Private Alick Owen Sun 31 Mar 1918 19 Durham Light Infantry, Formerly North Staffs Pozieres Memorial, France
Private David Bond Tue 09 Apr 1918 Durham Light Infantry Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom
Private Horace Frederick John Smith Fri 27 Sep 1918 31 Queens’ Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Cambrai, France
Private Ogden Pateman Tue 29 Oct 1918 21 South Staffordshire Regiment Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom
Private Edward Frank Hadland Fri 08 Nov 1918 25 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), North Staffs Etaples Military Cemetery, France
Sergeant Alfred James Parker Tue 31 Dec 1918 22 Norfolk Regiment Tehran War Cemetery, Mesopotamia
WWI NOT ON THE MEMORIAL
Private William Harry Walker Thu 28 Jun 1923 45 Canadian Expeditionary Force Field of Honour, Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
World War II
Private Sidney Herbert Jones Sun 07 Jan 1940 Royal Norfolk Regiment Sheringham Cemetery, United Kingdom
Driver Richard Alfred Fuller Tue 04 Jun 1940 Royal Army Service Corps Escoublac-la-Baule War Cemetery, France
Volunteer William Henry Brown Sat 03 Aug 1940 Home Guard Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom
Private Leonard Percy Shipley Thu 11 Sep 1941 The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) Tutbury (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom
Bombardier George Millward Sat 20 Jun 1942 Royal Artillery Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya
Pilot Officer Arthur Eaton Wed 19 Aug 1942 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom
Private Daniel Wilson Woolley Fri 09 Apr 1943 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
Private Alfred Clews Sun 22 Aug 1943 Pioneer Corps Massicault War Cemetery, Tnisia
Private Frank Townsend Ratcliff Sun 06 Feb 1944 Royal Norfolk Regiment Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand
Private Alan Tom Sanders Mon 28 Feb 1944 Cheshire Regiment Cassino Memorial, Italy
Serjeant Charles William Bull Thu 07 Sep 1944 Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C Gavere Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Private Hector Frederick Michael Oates Fri 27 Oct 1944 Leicestershire Regiment Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Netherlands
Ordinary Seaman Raymond Charles Watson Sun 18 Feb 1945 Royal Navy Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
Flight Lieutenant Robert Cuthbert Thorn Wed 01 Aug 1945 Royal Air Force Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom
NOT ON THE MEMORIAL
Fauld
Joseph Bell Mon 27 Nov 1944
James Brassington Mon 27 Nov 1944
Lawrence Cockayne Mon 27 Nov 1944
Louis Frow Mon 27 Nov 1944
William Gent Mon 27 Nov 1944
Charles Hogg Mon 27 Nov 1944
Frederick Nicklin Mon 27 Nov 1944
Ambrose Patterson Mon 27 Nov 1944
Samuel Pickering Mon 27 Nov 1944
George Powell Mon 27 Nov 1944
George Priestley Mon 27 Nov 1944
Tom Sanders Mon 27 Nov 1944
Henry Shepherd Mon 27 Nov 1944
William H Shepherd Mon 27 Nov 1944
George Smith Mon 27 Nov 1944
Edmund Wooley Mon 27 Nov 1944
Iraq
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