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Abbotsford St
(off Corporation Road)
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This was in the post when the milk man was retiring. My Grandmother Grace Lees..... St Ann's.....and my Auntie Sheila Sims.
BEECROFT, HAROLD WILLIAM
Rank:
Private
Service No:
93218
Date of Death:
28/08/1918
Age:
28
Regiment/Service:
Royal Army Medical Corps
52nd Field Ambulance
Grave Reference:
A. 15.
Cemetery:
MARTINPUICH BRITISH CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Maria, and the late William Beecroft; husband of Ellen Beecroft, of 74, Abbotsford Rd., Nottingham.
Remembered on
- St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Harold William Beecroft
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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FOWLER, George
Rank Private (Drummer) Service number 7041 Place of birth Paris, France Family History He was born in 1890 in Paris and was the son William, a metal organ pipe maker, and Mary Emily Fowler née Search of 34 Abbotsford Street, Nottingham., George is also shown on the 1911 census as being 22 yrs single a drummer with the 2nd battalion Lincolnshire Regiment in barracks at Fort Gomer, Gosport, England. Employment/Hobbies He was a professional soldier. Date of death 10-Mar-15 Age at death 25 Military Unit 2nd Bn Lincolnshire Regiment Military History 'C' Coy. Private 7041 George Fowler enlisted at Dover and served with the 2nd battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. He originally enlisted as a drummer boy. In the 1911 census he is with his battalion in barracks at Gosport. He landed in France on 5th November 1914. He was killed in action on 10th March 1915 at Neuve Chappel; he had served for 12 yrs in the army. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on panel 8 of the Le Touret Memorial, France. Remembered on |
GELL, JOHN EDWARD
Rank:
Private
Service No:
61775
Date of Death:
6/10/1917
Age:
36
Regiment/Service:
Northumberland Fusiliers
4th Bn. transf. to (26564), 45th Coy. Labour Corps
Grave Reference:
I. K. 41.
Cemetery:
VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2
Additional Information:
He married Emma Gamble at St Matthias Church 3/4/1915 and lived at 52 Abbotsford St
Employment/Hobbies
Worked as a milk seller and then he was in charge of a bottle cleaning machine.
Remembered on:
Rank:
Private
Service No:
61775
Date of Death:
6/10/1917
Age:
36
Regiment/Service:
Northumberland Fusiliers
4th Bn. transf. to (26564), 45th Coy. Labour Corps
Grave Reference:
I. K. 41.
Cemetery:
VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2
Additional Information:
He married Emma Gamble at St Matthias Church 3/4/1915 and lived at 52 Abbotsford St
Employment/Hobbies
Worked as a milk seller and then he was in charge of a bottle cleaning machine.
Remembered on:
- Loggerheads War Memorial as Gell 61775
- St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as John Gell
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
WOOLL, Herbert E
Rank:
Quartermaster Serjeant
Service No:
15152
Date of Death:
6/02/1919
Age:
24
Regiment/Service:
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Depot
Grave Reference:
Beech. 1964.
Cemetery:
NOTTINGHAM CHURCH CEMETERY
Family History
He was the son of Herbert and Annie Wooll and the brother of Charles and Annie Wooll. Born circa 1895. In 1911 they lived at 68 Abbotsford Street St Ann's Nottingham. His brother Charles also served and survived the war
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was a clerk.
Rank:
Quartermaster Serjeant
Service No:
15152
Date of Death:
6/02/1919
Age:
24
Regiment/Service:
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Depot
Grave Reference:
Beech. 1964.
Cemetery:
NOTTINGHAM CHURCH CEMETERY
Family History
He was the son of Herbert and Annie Wooll and the brother of Charles and Annie Wooll. Born circa 1895. In 1911 they lived at 68 Abbotsford Street St Ann's Nottingham. His brother Charles also served and survived the war
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was a clerk.
SILVER WAR BADGE
The Silver War Badge was issued in the United Kingdom to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness Silver War Badge awarded to Alfred Brewer Badge Number: 498232 Piece: 3153 List Number: O 5201/1-5500/1 Record Group: WO Record Class: 329 |
Name: Alfred Brewer Occupation: printer Residence: 58 Abbotsford St, Nottingham Birth Year: abt 1899 Age at Enlistment: 17 Enlistment Year: 1916 Regimental Number: 8334 Regiment Name: 2nd (H S ) East Yorkshire Regiment demob 1917 |
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Name:
HAYES, George Occupation: clerk Residence: 38 Abbotsford St Birth Year: Age at Enlistment: Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 128299 Regiment Name: Royal Army Medical Corps demob 1919 |
Name:
SHAW, William Arthur Occupation: miner Residence: 48 Abbotsford St Birth Year: abt 1893 Age at Enlistment: 22 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 79025 Regiment Name: Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment demob 1919 |
Name:
Weatherall William Occupation postman Residence: 2 Abbotsford St, Birth Year: 1896 Age at enlistment: 19 Enlistment Year 1915 Regimental Number: 29 Regiment Name: 3/1 N M Dis Cyclist Corp Discharged 1916 |
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Name:
Wootton Edward Occupation Printer Residence: 11 Alfred Terrace, Abbotsford St Birth Year: abt 1896 Age at enlistment: 20 Enlistment Year 1915 Regimental Number: 33938 Regiment / Service Yorkshire Regiment Discharged: 1919 |
Name:
Wootton Alfred Occupation: factory lace Residence Place: 11 Alfred Terrace Abbotsford St, Birth Year: abt 1892 Age at enlistment: 23 Enlistment Year 1915 Regimental Number: 41926 Regiment / Service South Staffordshire Regiment Demob 1919 |
Name:
Wooll Charles Frederick Occupation: Sorting clerk Residence: 68 Abbotsford St, Nottingham Birth Year: abt 1893 Age at enlistment: 23 Enlistment Year: 1916 Regimental Number: 53743 Regiment Name: 28th (Reserves) Battalion Royal Fusiliers Discharged: 1916 |