Herbert Street
(Eastville St to Westville St)
(Eastville St to Westville St)
The Great War
BREWER, NORMAN
Rank: Private Service No: 14008 Date of Death: 16/04/1916 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 10th Bn. Grave Reference: II. D. 183. Cemetery: BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD Additional Information: Son of James and Ada Brewer, of Nottingham. Family History He was the son of James and Ada Brewer of Nottingham and the brother of William Henry, Alice May and Arthur Cecil Brewer. In 1911 they lived at 19 Herbert Street St Ann's Nottingham. Employment/Hobbies In 1911 he made cardboard boxes. Remembered on Nottingham Central Methodist Mission (Albert Hall) War Memorial as N Brewer St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Norman Brewer Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
CRYER, Claude Alfred
Rank: Rifleman Service No: A/203472 Date of Death: 29/03/1918 Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade 1st Bn. Grave Reference: I. J. 11. Cemetery: POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES Family History He was the husband of Clara Cryer and the father of Robert, Nellie and Clarice Cryer. In 1911 they lived at 24 Herbert Street Nottingham. Employment/Hobbies He was a tailor's cutter. Remembered on St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Claude Cryer Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
EDGLEY, ALBERT EDWARD
Rank: Private Service No: 202121 Date of Death: 26/09/1917 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd/5th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Family History He was the son of John William and Selina Georgina Edgley and the brother of Elizabeth Annie Edgley. In 1911 they lived at 53 Herbert Street St Ann's Nottingham. Employment/Hobbies He was a domestic gardener in 1911. Remembered on St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Albert Edgley Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
JOHNSON, HORACE CYRIL
(no Commonwealth War Graves record)
(no Commonwealth War Graves record)
Rank Rifleman Service number R/10251 Date of death 20-Feb-18 Age at death 25 Military Unit 9th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps Family History Horace Cyril Johnson was born in 1893 the son of William a milk seller and Annie Johnson (née Wall). His father was born in 1868 at Nottingham and his mother Annie Wall was born in 1871 at Bingham. Married in 1890 at Nottingham, they had three children Mabel b.1891, Horace Cyril b.1893 and Harold b.1894. In 1911 they lived at 6 Herbert Street Peas Hill Road St Ann’s Nottingham. Mabel was a blouse hand whilst Harold worked as a bobbin and carriage hand in the lace industry. Employment/Hobbies He was a bobbin and carriage hand in 1911 and a window cleaner upon enlistment. Military History Johnson enlisted on 1st February 1915 at Nottingham and arrived at the battalion’s Winchester barracks on 6th February 1915. He was sent to the Western Front on 29th June 1915. He was wounded – a gunshot wound to the head – in the attack at Hooge 30th-31st July 1915 and was hospitalised, eventually being evacuated to England for treatment, where he arrived on 12th September 1915. Sent back to France on 9th February 1916, he was admitted to hospital having developed epilepsy said to be attributable to his head wound. Brought before an Invaliding Board on 23rd February 1917 he was categorised as CII and finally discharged from the service as medically unfit on 8th May 1917 aged 24 yrs and 10 months. |
Extra Information His condition worsened and his death on 20th February 1918 was reported the following day in the Nottingham Evening Post: 'JOHNSON. – On the 20th inst., Horace after long suffering, patiently borne. Duty nobly done. – Beloved brother Harold (B.E.F.) and wife Mabel.' 'JOHNSON. – On the 20th inst., Horace Johnson, the beloved brother of Mabel and Sam, died of wounds received. A noble sacrifice. Funeral at General Cemetery, Saturday [23rd February 1918], 1 o'clock.' Notices are courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918. Research by Peter Gillings Remembered on St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Horace Cyril Johnson Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (No CWGC record ) Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour Horace Cyril Johnson was awarded a Silver War Badge number 370650. |
LEES, Frederick William
Rank: Private Service No: M/280668 Date of Death: 11/01/1920 Age: 38 Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps Family History He was the son of Fred and Clara Lees. He was the husband of Nellie Lees and the father of Doris and Edna Lees. In 1911 they lived at 8 Ash Street Peas Hill Road and later at 22 Herbert Street Peas Hill Road St Ann's Nottingham. Employment/Hobbies He was a wood sawyer. Grave Reference: 03478. Cemetery: NOTTINGHAM GENERAL CEMETERY Remembered on
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
RAYNOR, HERBERT CHARLES
Rank: Private Service No: 241658 Date of Death: 23/03/1918 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd Bn. Additional Information: Son of John and Mary Ann Raynor, of 10, Herbert St., Nottingham. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Panel Reference: Bay 7. Remembered on St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Herbert Raynor Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |