Crown St (Bluebell Hill to Flewitt St)
This is the Reynolds family from Crown St in 1958/9 en route to Brookwood Cemetery nr Windsor for the unveiling by of a memorial to servicemen killed in WW2 who didn't have a grave. Queen Elizabeth performed the ceremony and I am the little blonde girl at the front. Sue Lawson
THE GREAT WAR
CHAMBERS, HAROLD OLIVER
Rank: Private Service No: 35490 Date of Death: 3/11/1918 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th Bn. Grave Reference: VIII. B. 8. Cemetery: ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Additional Information: Husband of Mabel Chambers, of 30, Crown St., Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham. Remembered on
Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
CHAPPELL, ALBERT
Rank: Private Service No: 30053 Date of Death: 26/03/1918 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: East Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 42 and 43. Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of James and Cecilia Chappell, of 16, Crown St., Carlton Rd., Nottingham. Also served on H.M.S. "Malaya," in the Battle of Jutland. Remembered on
Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
COMERY, HERBERT
Rank: Private Service No: 58396 Date of Death: 25/08/1917 Age: 28 Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 144th Coy. Grave Reference: XVIII. G. 3A. Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Comery, of 12, Crown St., Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham; husband of Mrs. E. Comery, of 7, Lincoln Terrace, Hawkesley Rd., Hyson Green, Nottingham. Employment/Hobbies In 1911 he was a skin cleaner. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
COOK, GEORGE
Rank Private Service number 265873 Date of death 08 Jan 1918 Age at death 22 Military Unit 2/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) Family History George Cook was born in 1896 in Nottingham and was the son of Albert a house painter and Mabel Cook, née Barnett of Bell Terrace, Bell Street, Nottingham. His father Albert was born in 1875 in Nottingham and his mother Mabel Barnett was born in 1877 also in Nottingham, they were married in 1895 in Nottingham and went on to have 5 children sadly two of whom died in infancy or early childhood , their surviving children were George b1896, Mabel Clarice b1901 and Lily b1909, all the children were born in Nottingham . In the 1911 census the family are living at 37 Crown Street, Blue Bell Hill Road, Nottingham and are shown as Albert 36 yrs a house painter he is living with his wife Mabel 34 yrs and their children George 15 yrs an errand boy, Mabel Clarice 10 yrs a scholar and Lily 2 yrs of age. Employment/Hobbies Member of 2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade (Dakeyne Street Lads' Club). Military History Pte. George Cook, enlisted at Nottingham and served with the 2/7th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Robin Hood Rifles), he died of wounds on 8th January 1918. He is buried in Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre. Extra Information Death notice published 15th January 1918 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- COOK. – Died of wounds, January 8th, Pte. G. Cook, Sherwood Foresters, dearly loved and only son of Albert and Mabel Cook, 5, Bell Terrace, aged 22. God's will be done, though hearts might break; no loved ones stood beside you to hear your last farewell, not a word of comfort could you have from those that loved you dearly. – From broken-hearted mother, father, and sisters.” CEMETERY Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre. Remembered on
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ELLIS, JOHN THOMAS
Rank: Stoker 1st Class Service No: SS/106864 Date of Death: 22/09/1914 Age: 28 Regiment/Service: Royal Navy (RFR/CH/B/9481). H.M.S. "Cressy." Panel Reference: 5 Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Employment/Hobbies He was a railway porter when he joined the Royal Navy in 1908. He transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 9 March 1913 and was mobilized in July 1914. Additional Information: Son of Harriet Ellis, of 26, Crown St., Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham, and the late Thomas Murden Ellis. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
FREEMAN, HERBERT
Rank: Gunner Service No: 18996 Date of Death: 27/03/1919 Age: 26 Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Command Depot Grave Reference: 4088 Cemetery: NOTTINGHAM GENERAL CEMETERY Additional Information: Husband of Leonie Freeman, of 31, Crown St., Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham. Remembered on:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
FUKES, WILLIAM
Rank: Private Service No: 23461 Date of Death: 20/07/1916 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 15th Bn. Panel Reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of William and Mary Fukes, of 34, Crown St., Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham; husband of Alice Lilian Fukes, of 3, Alpine Terrace, Hunt St., Gordon Rd., Nottingham. Remembered onSources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour **includes photo** |
GLOVER, ERNEST
Rank: Private Service No: 26320 Date of Death: 25/01/1917 Age: 30 Regiment/Service: North Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 34. Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of William Glover, of Wilford, Nottingham; husband of Bernice Glover, of 81, Russell Rd., Nottingham Employment/Hobbies Glover worked as a hosiery warehouseman for I. & R. Morley of Fletcher Gate, Nottingham. Remembered on Loggerheads War Memorial as Glover 26320 St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Ernest Glover Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
PICK, CHARLES WILLIAM
Rank: Private Service No: 136116 Date of Death: 31/12/1916 Age: 30 Regiment/Service: 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion Grave Reference: III. D. 3. Cemetery: LOUEZ MILITARY CEMETERY, DUISANS Additional Information: Son of William and Caroline Pick; husband of Emily Pick, of 44, Crown St., Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
THOMPSON, ALBERT RICHARD
Rank: Able Seaman Service No: 211537 Date of Death: 1/11/1914 Age: 29 Regiment/Service: Royal Navy (RFR/PO/B/1994). H.M.S. "Good Hope." Panel Reference: 2 Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of William Thompson, of Nottingham; husband of G. E. Bird (formerly Thompson), of 42, Crown St., Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham. Remembered on
Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WALLIS, CHARLES H.
Rank: Private Service No: 30519 Date of Death: 12/04/1918 Age: 19 Regiment/Service: East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 4. Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of John and Annie Wallis, of 38, Crown St., Carlton Rd., Nottingham. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WESTBY, GEORGE
Rank: Private Service No: 14266 Date of Death: 1/07/1916 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Bn. Grave Reference: I. H. 52. Cemetery: MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of William Westby, of 11, Crown St., Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham, and the late Catherine Westby. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
Name:
George Simmonds Birth Year: abt 1895 Residence: 33 Crown St Occupation stock keeper Age at enlistment: 20 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 34044 Regiment Name: 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters discharge 1916 |
Name:
George Woodward Birth Year: abt 1876 Residence Place: 48 Crown St Bluebell Hill Rd Occupation: lacemaker Age at enlistment: 42 Enlistment Year: 1918 Regimental Number: 223091 Regiment Name: Royal Field Artillery discharge 1918 |
Name:
William Henry Bentley Birth Year: abt 1893 Residence 15 Crown St Bluebell Hill Rd Occupation brushmaker Age at enlistment: 24 Enlistment Year: 1917 Regimental Number: 296818 Regiment Name: Labour Corps |
Name:
HOLBROOK, Leonard Thomas Occupation munitions worker Residence: 25 Crown St Birth Date: abt 1881 Age at Enlistment: 26 Enlistment Year: 1917 Regimental Number: 161810 Regiment Name: Royal Garrison Artillery demob 1917 |