ABBOTT STREET
THE GREAT WAR
DUNN, WALTER Rank: Serjeant Service No: 4232 Date of Death: 17/08/1915 Age: 37 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd Bn. Grave Reference: IV. C. 7. Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Additional Information: Husband of Harriett M. Dunn, of 25, Abbott St., Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham. Remembered on Nottingham - St Bartholomew's Church (demolished) War Memorial as W Dunn Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
SOLES, William
Rank: Private Service No: 201994 Date of Death: 1/08/1918 Regiment/Service: Royal Scots 1st/9th Bn. Age at death - 20 years Grave Reference: II. D. 7. Cemetery: RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE Family History Son of Arthur and Annie Soles, of 26, Abbott St., Nottingham William was 13 at the time of the 1911 census; he had a younger sister, Florence, aged 9. Employment/Hobbies occupation: carter Member of 2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade (Dakeyne Street Lads' Club). Remembered on Nottingham - Dakeyne Street Lads' Club (2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade) War Memorial as SOLES Private Nottingham - St Bartholomew's Church (demolished) War Memorial as W Soles St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as William Soles Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WHITBY, WILLIAM HENRY
Rank: Private Service No: 266609 Date of Death: 26/03/1918 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1st Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 52 to 54. Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of William and Katherine Whitby, of 46, Randolph St., Carlton Rd., Nottingham. Family History He was the son of William and Kate Whitby and the brother of Florence, Kitty and Richard Whitby. In 1911 they lived at 10 Abbott Street Blue Bell Hill Road St Ann's Nottingham. Employment/Hobbies He was an errand boy in 1911. Remembered on Nottingham - John Player & Sons War Memorial as William Henry Whitby Pte. 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as William Henry Whitby Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |