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ATTENBOROUGH, Bertram Reuben
Rank:
Private
Service No:
164382
Date of Death:
4/11/1918
Regiment/Service:
Machine Gun Corps
100th Bn.
Grave Reference:
LXXI. A. 2.
Cemetery:
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Family History
He was the son of Reuben Walter and Mary Jane Attenborough and the brother of Ernest Arthur, Elsie Annie, Edgar and Walter Attenborough. In 1911 they lived at 2 Conway Street St Ann's Well Road Nottingham.
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was employed as a hosiery traveller.
Remembered on
Rank:
Private
Service No:
164382
Date of Death:
4/11/1918
Regiment/Service:
Machine Gun Corps
100th Bn.
Grave Reference:
LXXI. A. 2.
Cemetery:
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Family History
He was the son of Reuben Walter and Mary Jane Attenborough and the brother of Ernest Arthur, Elsie Annie, Edgar and Walter Attenborough. In 1911 they lived at 2 Conway Street St Ann's Well Road Nottingham.
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was employed as a hosiery traveller.
Remembered on
- Nottingham - St Andrew's Church War Memorial as B.R. Attenborough
- Nottingham - Mansfield Road Baptist Church War Memorial as BR Attenborough
- Nottingham Central Methodist Mission (Albert Hall) War Memorial as B Attenborough
EYRE George William
Rank
Private
Service number
4962675
Date of death
09 Aug 1921
Age at death
21
Family History
He was the son of Walter and Florence Eyre and the brother of Ivy and Florence Eyre. In 1911 they lived at 47 Conway Street Nottingham.
Commonwealth Grave No
108752 - CWGC Website
Military Unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Extra Information
Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery
Remembered on
St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as George Eyre
BOSTOCK, FREDERICK
Rank:
Private
Service No:
307152
Date of Death:
23/02/1918
Age:
31
Regiment/Service:
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st/7th Bn.
Grave Reference:
VIII. F. 15.
Cemetery:
DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Arthur James Bostock, of 4, Conway St., St. Ann's Well Rd., Nottingham.
Military History
Pte. Bostock was called up for service and following training he was drafted to France. In 1918 the battalion moved to the Ypres Salient where Pte Bostock was wounded and taken to the Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station. He died there on 23/02/1918 and was buried in the dressing station cemetery.
Remembered on
Rank:
Private
Service No:
307152
Date of Death:
23/02/1918
Age:
31
Regiment/Service:
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st/7th Bn.
Grave Reference:
VIII. F. 15.
Cemetery:
DUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Arthur James Bostock, of 4, Conway St., St. Ann's Well Rd., Nottingham.
Military History
Pte. Bostock was called up for service and following training he was drafted to France. In 1918 the battalion moved to the Ypres Salient where Pte Bostock was wounded and taken to the Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station. He died there on 23/02/1918 and was buried in the dressing station cemetery.
Remembered on
HUFTON Samuel
Rank
Private
Service number
DM2/117964
Date of death
04 Jul 1918
Age at death
47
Family History
He was the husband of Harriet Hufton and the father of Florence, William, Eveline, Doris and Sidney Hufton. In 1911 they lived at 2 Wycliffe Grove Nottingham, before moving to 43 Conway Street, Nottingham
Employment/Hobbies
He was a lamp lighter in 1911, and had worked for the Corporation lighting department for 25 years before enlisting.
Military Unit
Army Service Corps
Military History
Pte. Hufton enlisted in Nottingham and was drafted to Salonica, where he served with the Spares Department of the Army Service Corps. Unfortunately he contracted dysentry, which was endemic in Salonica, and died on 04/07/1918. He was buried at Lembet Road Military Cemetery (1439)
Remembered on
Rank
Private
Service number
DM2/117964
Date of death
04 Jul 1918
Age at death
47
Family History
He was the husband of Harriet Hufton and the father of Florence, William, Eveline, Doris and Sidney Hufton. In 1911 they lived at 2 Wycliffe Grove Nottingham, before moving to 43 Conway Street, Nottingham
Employment/Hobbies
He was a lamp lighter in 1911, and had worked for the Corporation lighting department for 25 years before enlisting.
Military Unit
Army Service Corps
Military History
Pte. Hufton enlisted in Nottingham and was drafted to Salonica, where he served with the Spares Department of the Army Service Corps. Unfortunately he contracted dysentry, which was endemic in Salonica, and died on 04/07/1918. He was buried at Lembet Road Military Cemetery (1439)
Remembered on
- St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Samuel Hufton
SELBY, Philip John
Rank
Private
Service number
14031
Date of death
03 Nov 1915
Age at death
18
Military Unit
12th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
Family History
He was the son of Frederick John and Fanny Selby of 18 Conway Street Nottingham
Military History
Died of wounds in the Metropolitan Hospital, London, and interred in the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park.
Extra Information
Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged) 6 November1915: 'SELBY, died of wounds, Metropolitan Hospital, London, November 3rd, Private Philip John Selby, 12th Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Frederick John and Fanny Selby, 18 Conway Street.'
Remembered on
Rank
Private
Service number
14031
Date of death
03 Nov 1915
Age at death
18
Military Unit
12th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
Family History
He was the son of Frederick John and Fanny Selby of 18 Conway Street Nottingham
Military History
Died of wounds in the Metropolitan Hospital, London, and interred in the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park.
Extra Information
Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged) 6 November1915: 'SELBY, died of wounds, Metropolitan Hospital, London, November 3rd, Private Philip John Selby, 12th Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Frederick John and Fanny Selby, 18 Conway Street.'
Remembered on
- Nottingham - St Andrew's Church War Memorial as P.J. Selby
TOPLIS. Ernest
Rank
Sapper
Service number
182903
Date of death
26 Jun 1917
Age at death
36
Employment/Hobbies
Ernest Toplis worked as a painter.
Military Unit
104th Field Coy Royal Engineers
Family History
Father: Albert E. Toplis, born in 1849 at Bulwell, Nottingham and working as an iron turner. Mother: Mary Ann Toplis, born in 1852 at Nottingham. Brothers:Tom, born 1876 and working as a labourer, Harry, born in 1879, Ireand(?), born in 1883, Charley, born in 1886, Leonard, born in 1887 and Herbert, born in 1890. All the children were born in Nottingham. The family lived at 30 Marple Street, Nottingham before moving to 35 Conway Street, St. Ann's Well Road, Nottingham. Ernest Toplis married Ellen Toplis in 1903 and they had one son, Albert Ernest born in Nottingham in 1908.
Military History
Spr. Toplis was called up for service and following training he was drafted to France. He was killed in action in the Ypres Salient on 26/06/1917, and was buried at Bedford House Cemetery.
Remembered on
Rank
Sapper
Service number
182903
Date of death
26 Jun 1917
Age at death
36
Employment/Hobbies
Ernest Toplis worked as a painter.
Military Unit
104th Field Coy Royal Engineers
Family History
Father: Albert E. Toplis, born in 1849 at Bulwell, Nottingham and working as an iron turner. Mother: Mary Ann Toplis, born in 1852 at Nottingham. Brothers:Tom, born 1876 and working as a labourer, Harry, born in 1879, Ireand(?), born in 1883, Charley, born in 1886, Leonard, born in 1887 and Herbert, born in 1890. All the children were born in Nottingham. The family lived at 30 Marple Street, Nottingham before moving to 35 Conway Street, St. Ann's Well Road, Nottingham. Ernest Toplis married Ellen Toplis in 1903 and they had one son, Albert Ernest born in Nottingham in 1908.
Military History
Spr. Toplis was called up for service and following training he was drafted to France. He was killed in action in the Ypres Salient on 26/06/1917, and was buried at Bedford House Cemetery.
Remembered on
- Nottingham - St Andrew's Church War Memorial as E. Toplis
- Loggerheads War Memorial as Toplis 182903