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Albert Spooner (an extract from his book "The Place where I lived - Old St Anns Well Road 1913-1940")
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28 July 2015
I've been clearing out cupboards and boxes this morning (they are smelling a bit stale!) and came across a yellow coloured booklet called "The Place Where I Lived" (Old St Ann's Well Road, Nottingham) 1913 - 1940. It's written by Albert Spooner, who as far as I can make out without reading it all, lived on Edwin Street. It's in good nick, published in 1991. Must have been my Mum's copy. It appears to have a copy placed in the British Library as it has an ISBN number 185620-120-1. |
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CENTENARY YEAR - 2018
The Great War (WW1) 1914–1918
Armistice Day 11th November 1918
The Great War (WW1) 1914–1918
Armistice Day 11th November 1918
THE GREAT WAR
‘In Memoriam’, 15 October 1915:
Blatherwick. In loving memory of Harry, lost in the Hawke, October 15th, 1914. - him most who loved him best. Mother
‘In Memoriam’, 14 October 1916:
‘Blatherwick. In loving memory of Harry Thompson Blatherwick, lost with HMS Hawke, October 15th, 1914. Forget you no we never will, we loved you then, we love you still.
Mother and brothers.
Blatherwick. In loving memory of Harry, lost in the Hawke, October 15th, 1914. - him most who loved him best. Mother
‘In Memoriam’, 14 October 1916:
‘Blatherwick. In loving memory of Harry Thompson Blatherwick, lost with HMS Hawke, October 15th, 1914. Forget you no we never will, we loved you then, we love you still.
Mother and brothers.
BEANLAND, George Edward
Rank Second Lieutenant Date of death 30 Apr 1917 Age at death 21 Military Unit 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) Family History George Beanland was the son of Charles Henry Beanland and Hannah Maria Baker, who married at Derby in 1880. They had nine children. These were; Joseph Arthur, born in 1881, Benjamin, born in 1883 (killed in action 4/4/1917), Louie, born in 1885, Hannah, born in 1888, Elizabeth Eleanor, born in 1890, Albert, born in 1891, Frank Baker, born in 1893, George Edward, born in 1895 and Stanley Baker, born in 1898. The first four children were born in Bradford, but the others were born in Nottingham. The family lived at 519 Rooley Lane, Bowling in Bradford, 34 Edwin Street, St. Ann's, Nottingham, 48 Hunger Hill Road, St. Ann's and 136 Dame Agnes Street, St Ann's. Charles Henry Beanland was a self-employed tailor who died in 1924. His wife died in Nottingham in 1915. Military History Second Lieutenant George Edward Beanland, served in the ranks of the Army Ordnance Corps before receiving his commission into the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment,) He landed in France on 15th August 1914. He as killed in action on 30th April 1917 and is buried in St Patricks Cemetery, Loos, grave reference I K 7 Extra Information His brother Benjamin Beanland enlisted in Nottingham on 14/11/1916, and following training he was drafted to France on 26/02/1917. He was killed in action on 04/04/1917 at the start of the Battle of Arras. He is buried in Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy (grave ref IV.A.19). Cemetery St Patricks Cemetery, Loos, grave reference I K 7 Remembered on |
BLATHERWICK Henry Thompson
Rank: Boy 1st Class Service No: J/26731 (Po) Date of Death: 15-Oct-14 Age: 16 Regiment/Service: Royal Navy Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel Reference: 3 Employment/Hobbies In 1911 he was working for the Post Office and was a telegraph messenger, and presumably still with the Post Office, when he joined the Royal Navy in August 1913. Family 1911 he and his family lived at 23 Edwin Street, Henry's younger brother, Arthur, enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters on 2 September 1915 (Arthur Blatherwick); he was 15 years old but claimed to be 19 years 4 months. He served at home until 10 March 1916 (196 days) when he was discharged 'having made a misstatement as to age on enlistment Remembered on St Ann's Nottingham - Parish and Congregation War Memorial as Blatherwick S Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
BRIGGS, Ernest
Rank: Private Service No: 8019 Date of Death: 19/09/1916 Age: 25 Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers 1st/6th Bn. Grave Reference: IV. E. 26. Cemetery: HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE Family History He was the son of Eliza Briggs and the brother of Dora. They lived at 39 Edwin Street Nottingham in 1911 with their aunt Lucy Briggs and her brothers and sisters Employment/Hobbies He was a coal porter. Remembered on St Ann's Nottingham - Parish and Congregation War Memorial as Briggs E Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
COOKE, John
Rank: Private Service No: 17008 Date of Death: 24/05/1915 Age: 30 Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 8 and 12. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Additional Information: Husband of Annie Cooke, of 77, Knight's Row, Bloomgrove St., Radford, Nottingham. Eldest son of Mr & Mrs Cooke 38 Edwin St Remembered on Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
LANDER, ALBERT WILLIAM
Rank: Private Service No: 14359 Date of Death: 14/07/1917 Age: 35 Regiment/Service: Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Bn. Grave Reference: XIX. G. 12. Cemetery: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Husband of Elizabeth Ann Lander, of 37, Edwin St., St. Ann's Well Rd., Nottingham. Remembered on Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
PEET, ERNEST
Rank: Armourer's Crew Service No: M/19330 Date of Death: 02/08/1918 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. "Vehement." Panel Reference: 28. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Employment/Hobbies He was a turner when he joined the Royal Navy in 1916. Extra Information Son of Edward Peet 19 Edwin St Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged) 14 August 1918: 'PEET drowned at sea as a result of enemy action, August 2nd 1918, Armourer Ernest Peet, age 21. Mother, father, brothers, sisters.' Another Nottingham sailor, Petty Officer George Shirley Simons, J.2429 (Dev), whose family lived on Wilford Crescent West, Meadows, was also lost in HMS Vehement. Remembered on Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
PRIDE, HERBERT
Rank: Private Service No: 3375 Date of Death: 12/11/1914 Regiment/Service: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 41 and 43. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Family History He was the son of Kate Pride. She lived at 73 Edwin Street St Ann's Well Road Nottingham. She received £13 9s 1d War Gratuity as next of kin. Employment/Hobbies He was a labourer. Remembered on St Ann's Nottingham - Parish and Congregation War Memorial as Pride L Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
SLATE, Albert
Rank: Private Service No: 136286 Age at death 25 Date of Death: 25-Oct-1918 Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps Memorial: Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery Panel Reference: Grave Reference: II D 17 Family History Albert Slate was the son of Arthur, a baker, and Elizabeth Ann Slate (née Mills) .....Brother Henry b.1883 Nottingham (killed in action 28/8/1918), 1911 census 59 Edwin St Military History 8th Bn He enlisted at Nottingham and initially served (49484) in the South Staffordshire Regiment before transferring to the MGC. Extra Information In Memoriam 27th August 1919 in the Nottingham Evening Post : “SLATE. – In loving memory of Sergt. Henry Slate, killed in action August 27th, 1918 [sic]; also Pte. Albert Slate [1], killed in action October 25th, 1918. The supreme sacrifice. – From brother Arthur, Annie, and boys. “SLATE. – In loving memory of our dear brother, Sergt. H. Slate, killed in action August 27th, 1918. Also our dear brother, Pte. A. Slate, killed in action October 25th, 1918. Reunited, not dead to those that loved them. – Loving sisters, Edie and Nellie, and Tom (in Germany).” Remembered on St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Arthur Slate Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
Henry Slate was wounded on 4th March 1917. He was interviewed in a Norfolk hospital about the circumstances following was published on 18th April 1917 in the Nottingham Daily Express :-
“HIT AFTER 27 MONTHS.
“Nottm. Soldier Satisfied with his Experience in France.
“In a letter typical of the indomitable spirit of the British soldier Sergeant H. Slate, an employee of the Mapperley Brick Co., writes from a hospital in Norfolk where he is being treated for a wound in the right knee and a fractured little finger: “Never mind, it has taken the Germans long enough to find me; 27 months is not so bad in France after all, and I can assure you I have been a nuisance to them more or less during that period. So I am highly satisfied with my bargain, and with a little luck I shall soon be right again. I was only about one mile from Bapaume when this bit happened, and my platoon was advancing grandly at the time I was hit, so I was rather disheartened, and try as I would I could not possibly stand, and if I could have done so I should either have been a landowner or got my own back. But as I got “done” about ten o'clock in the morning I stayed till dark with my men when reinforcements arrived. I was compelled to crawl to the dressing station as best I could, but not till I saw the whole objective was won.”
In memoriam published 27th August 1919 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
“SLATE. – In loving memory of Sergt. Henry Slate, killed in action August 27th, 1918 [sic]; also Pte. Albert Slate [1], killed in action October 25th, 1918. The supreme sacrifice. – From brother Arthur, Annie, and boys.
“SLATE. – In loving memory of our dear brother, Sergt. H. Slate, killed in action August 27th, 1918. Also our dear brother, Pte. A. Slate, killed in action October 25th, 1918. Reunited, not dead to those that loved them. – Loving sisters, Edie and Nellie, and Tom (in Germany).”
Above are courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
“HIT AFTER 27 MONTHS.
“Nottm. Soldier Satisfied with his Experience in France.
“In a letter typical of the indomitable spirit of the British soldier Sergeant H. Slate, an employee of the Mapperley Brick Co., writes from a hospital in Norfolk where he is being treated for a wound in the right knee and a fractured little finger: “Never mind, it has taken the Germans long enough to find me; 27 months is not so bad in France after all, and I can assure you I have been a nuisance to them more or less during that period. So I am highly satisfied with my bargain, and with a little luck I shall soon be right again. I was only about one mile from Bapaume when this bit happened, and my platoon was advancing grandly at the time I was hit, so I was rather disheartened, and try as I would I could not possibly stand, and if I could have done so I should either have been a landowner or got my own back. But as I got “done” about ten o'clock in the morning I stayed till dark with my men when reinforcements arrived. I was compelled to crawl to the dressing station as best I could, but not till I saw the whole objective was won.”
In memoriam published 27th August 1919 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
“SLATE. – In loving memory of Sergt. Henry Slate, killed in action August 27th, 1918 [sic]; also Pte. Albert Slate [1], killed in action October 25th, 1918. The supreme sacrifice. – From brother Arthur, Annie, and boys.
“SLATE. – In loving memory of our dear brother, Sergt. H. Slate, killed in action August 27th, 1918. Also our dear brother, Pte. A. Slate, killed in action October 25th, 1918. Reunited, not dead to those that loved them. – Loving sisters, Edie and Nellie, and Tom (in Germany).”
Above are courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
SLATE, Henry
Rank: Sergeant Service No: 13706 Age at death 35 Date of Death: 28/08/1918 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) 1st Bn Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL Panel Reference: Panel 7 Employment/Hobbies In 1911 Henry was a quarry man. Remembered on Carlton - St Cyprian's Church War Memorial as H Slate Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
SPOONER, ARTHUR
Rank: Lance Corporal Service No: 24147 Date of Death: 10/08/1917 Age: 19 Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 33. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Sam H. and Emily A. Spooner, of 35, Edwin St., St. Ann's Well Rd., Nottingham. Also served at Gallipoli. Twice wounded. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
SPOONER, HARRY
Rank: Rifleman Service No: Y/1619 Date of Death: 9/05/1915 Age: 18 Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 32 and 33. Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Spooner, of 15, Edwin St., St. Ann's Well Rd., Nottingham. Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
TAYLOR, FRED
Rank: Private Service No: 1986 Date of Death: 13/04/1918 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Royal Guernsey Light Infantry 1st Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 11. Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of George James Taylor, of 42, Edwin St., St. Ann's Well Rd., Nottingham. Remembered on
Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
TIMSON, GEORGE ARTHUR
Rank: Private Service No: 20302 Date of Death: 27/10/1918 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Bn. Grave Reference: Plot 2. Row D. Grave 10. Cemetery: TEZZE BRITISH CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Hannah Timson, of 22, Edwin St., Nottingham. Remembered on Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WAKEFIELD, ALBERT
Rank: Private Service No: 15524 Date of Death: 15/09/1916 Regiment/Service: Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Bn. Panel Reference: Pier and Face 2 C. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Residence: 46 Edwin St (census 1901) Remembered on St Bartholomew - Parish and Congregation ROH War Memorial as A Wakefield Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
WORTHINGTON Rupert Henry
Rank: Private Service Number: 270192 Date of Death 26 August 1917 Regiment Name: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 5/6th Bn Nottingham Evening Post 24 Sept 1917 Rupert H. Worthington (better known as RupertMusson), Royal Scots, aged 32. One of the best that God could send.—From the loving family. Occupation: Coal Dealer 47 Edwin St Memorial: NIEUPORT MEMORIAL Remembered on
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Name:
BLATHERWICK, Arthur Birth year abt 1896 Enlistment Year 1915 Enlistment age 19 Residence 31 Edwin St Arthur Blatherwick was discharged Mar 1916 having mis-stating age (actual 15yr 10mth) Brother of BLATHERWICK Henry Thompson died 15 Oct 1914 |
Name:
Walter Briggs Birth Date: abt 1885 Residence Place: 39 Edwin St, Nottingham Occupation furniture salesman Enlistment Age: 33 Enlistment Year: 1918 Regimental Number: 137073 Regiment Name: Royal Garrison Artillery demob 1919 |
Pension record
KNIGHT, ALBERT enlisted at the age of 50 1 Dec 1914 Royal Defence Corps. His address on enlistment was 17 Edwin St, occupation scaffolder. He had previously served from Dec 1882 Royal West Surrey Regiment |
Name:
Edward White Birth Date: abt 1893 Residence Place: 27 Edwin St, Nottingham Occupation factory hand lace Enlistment Age: 22 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: L2367 Regiment Name: Royal Field Artillery demob 1920 |
Name:
George Frederick White Birth Date: abt 1879 Residence Place: 81 Edwin St, St Anns Well Rd Occupation: Butcher Enlistment Age: 36 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 29634 Other Regimental Numbers: 347647 Regiment Name: Royal Engineers, Transportation Branch demob1919 |
Name:
Fred Frankton Birth Date: abt 1880 Residence Place: 34 Edwin St, Nottingham Occupation: town labourer Enlistment Age: 35 Enlistment Year: 1915 Regimental Number: 129369 Regiment Name: Army Service Corps discharged1918 |
Name:
Thomas Newberry Birth Year: abt 1889 Residence Place: 38, Edwin St, Nottingham Age: 29 Enlistment Year: 1918 Regimental Number: 74044 Regiment Name: Royal Defence Corps |
Name:
SMITH, Herbert Birth Year abt 1879 Residence Place 10 Edwin St Occupation bobbin & carriage hand Regimental Number: Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) Service No 79744 enlistment age 36 Enlistment year 1915 |