Laurel St
Dame Agnes St to Sycamore Rd) and Laurel Tce
STORIES FROM RESIDENTS OF THIS STREET: BRIAN ARAM
BAKEWELL Charles William
Rank:
Private
Service No:
27611
Date of Death:
2-Jun-16
Age:
16
Regiment/Service:
17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Grave Reference:
III. G. 6.
Cemetery:
LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
Additional Information:
Place of birth 8 Laurel Terrace, Nottingham
Address given on enlistment probably 11 Thorneywood Lane, Nottingham where his mother Mary Key was living.
Remembered on
Rank:
Private
Service No:
27611
Date of Death:
2-Jun-16
Age:
16
Regiment/Service:
17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Grave Reference:
III. G. 6.
Cemetery:
LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
Additional Information:
Place of birth 8 Laurel Terrace, Nottingham
Address given on enlistment probably 11 Thorneywood Lane, Nottingham where his mother Mary Key was living.
Remembered on
- Carlton - St Cyprian's Church War Memorial as CW Bakewell 17th Bn Sherwood Foresters
- Nottingham - St Mary War Memorial as Charles Bakewell
- Nottingham - St Mary (Roll of Honour) War Memorial as Charles C. Bakewell 17th Bn Sherwood Foresters
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
HODGKINSON, Henry Stanley
Rank
Private
Service number
14227
Regiment
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry
Date of death
07 Feb 1917
Age at death
31
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was a lace warper.
Family History
Henry Stanley Hodgkinson was born in 1886 the son of Henry Truman a lace maker and Eliza Ann Hodgkinson (née Greasley) who died in 1902 aged 51. His father was born in 1847 Basford and his mother in 1852 at Nottingham. Married in 1876 at Radford, they had six children. Henry’ siblings surviving infancy were Mabel b.1878, Florence b.1882, Clarice b.1885 and Kate Lilian b1890. All the children were born at Nottingham. In 1911 the family lived at 2 Laurel Avenue Dame Agnes Street Nottingham. Henry’s father worked in the lace industry and Kate was a machinist.
Cemetery
Maroc British Cemtery, Frenay
Cemetery/memorial reference: I. N. 11.
Remembered on
Rank
Private
Service number
14227
Regiment
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry
Date of death
07 Feb 1917
Age at death
31
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was a lace warper.
Family History
Henry Stanley Hodgkinson was born in 1886 the son of Henry Truman a lace maker and Eliza Ann Hodgkinson (née Greasley) who died in 1902 aged 51. His father was born in 1847 Basford and his mother in 1852 at Nottingham. Married in 1876 at Radford, they had six children. Henry’ siblings surviving infancy were Mabel b.1878, Florence b.1882, Clarice b.1885 and Kate Lilian b1890. All the children were born at Nottingham. In 1911 the family lived at 2 Laurel Avenue Dame Agnes Street Nottingham. Henry’s father worked in the lace industry and Kate was a machinist.
Cemetery
Maroc British Cemtery, Frenay
Cemetery/memorial reference: I. N. 11.
Remembered on
- St Ann's District Virtual War Memorial as Henry Stanley Hodgkinson
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
TOWLE, HERBERT ARTHUR
Rank:
Private
Service No:
42122
Date of Death:
5/09/1918
Age:
22
Regiment/Service:
East Surrey Regiment
8th Bn.
Grave Reference:
II. F. 8.
Cemetery:
ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Additional Information:
Son of Ruth Towle, of 44, Laurel St., Dame Agnes St., Nottingham, and the late Walter Arthur Towle.
Employment/Hobbies
He was a French polisher.
Remembered on
Rank:
Private
Service No:
42122
Date of Death:
5/09/1918
Age:
22
Regiment/Service:
East Surrey Regiment
8th Bn.
Grave Reference:
II. F. 8.
Cemetery:
ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Additional Information:
Son of Ruth Towle, of 44, Laurel St., Dame Agnes St., Nottingham, and the late Walter Arthur Towle.
Employment/Hobbies
He was a French polisher.
Remembered on