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Nile Street from Lower Parliament Street 1934 picture the past
BERESFORD, Charles
Rank
Private
Service number
11785
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was a hairdresser's apprentice.
Date of death
18 Apr 1915
Age at death
19
Military Unit
2nd Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers
Family History
Charles was the second son of Richard and Emily Beresford (nee Barnes). . An article in the local paper about the brothers in July 1916 gave the boys' address as 1 Nile Street and George's CWGC record names both parents and gives their address as 1 Nile Street. Charles' CWGC record gives no personal information.
Military History
Charles probably joined the King's Own Scottish Borderers (11785 Private) in 1914 as he served in France from 19 January 1915. He was killed in action on 18 April 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He qualified for the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 22.
Extra Information
CWGC record gives no information about Charles' next of kin. However, John's Naval record and CWGC record and the article in the local paper in July 1916 give the boys' address as 1 Nile Street, Sneinton. Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Charles named his father, Richard Beresford, as his legatee. Nottingham Evening Post, 4 July 1916; photographs with caption: (left) C Beresford (KOSB) killed in action April 18th [1916], age 19. (right) 1st Class Stoker JG Beresford, lost with HMS Shark, aged 22, both of 1 Nile street, Nottingham.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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Rank
Private
Service number
11785
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was a hairdresser's apprentice.
Date of death
18 Apr 1915
Age at death
19
Military Unit
2nd Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers
Family History
Charles was the second son of Richard and Emily Beresford (nee Barnes). . An article in the local paper about the brothers in July 1916 gave the boys' address as 1 Nile Street and George's CWGC record names both parents and gives their address as 1 Nile Street. Charles' CWGC record gives no personal information.
Military History
Charles probably joined the King's Own Scottish Borderers (11785 Private) in 1914 as he served in France from 19 January 1915. He was killed in action on 18 April 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He qualified for the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 22.
Extra Information
CWGC record gives no information about Charles' next of kin. However, John's Naval record and CWGC record and the article in the local paper in July 1916 give the boys' address as 1 Nile Street, Sneinton. Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Charles named his father, Richard Beresford, as his legatee. Nottingham Evening Post, 4 July 1916; photographs with caption: (left) C Beresford (KOSB) killed in action April 18th [1916], age 19. (right) 1st Class Stoker JG Beresford, lost with HMS Shark, aged 22, both of 1 Nile street, Nottingham.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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- Frank Fisher
Private
Service number
8420
Date of death
20 Aug 1914
Age at death
21
Military Unit
2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment
Family History
He was the son of the late Thomas and Mary Ann Fisher and the brother of Annie, Samuel and Ada Fisher. In 1901 they lived at 22 Bromley Street Nile Street St Ann's Nottingham (St Catharine's Parish).
Employment/Hobbies
He was a professional soldier. In 1911 he was serving at Fort St George Madras India with 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.
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Thomas Woolley
Rank
Private
Date of death
16 Sep 1916
Age at death
39
Service number
6077
Military Unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Family History
Thomas Woolley was born in 1877 the son of John a provisions hawker and Jane Woolley née Wilson. They had 5 other children and lived at 38 Bromley Street Nottingham. Thomas married Elizabeth Boultby at St Paul's Church Nottingham on 19th December 1894 and they lived at 40 Bromley Street and later at 12 Nile Street (both Nottingham). He was the father of Jane Elizabeth (b. 1895) Thomas Henry (b. 1898) Eliza (b. 23/10/1899) Mary Ann (b. 02/08/1901) Albert John (b. 08/04/1904) Samuel (b. 28/04/1906) Charles (b. 12/10/1907) Ernest (b. 18/09/1909) John Robert (b.06/06/1911) Edith (b. 20/02/1913) and Henry (b. 15/12/1914). In 1911 they lived at 40 Bromley Street Nottingham. Elizabeth worked as a blouse clipper.
Employment/Hobbies
He was a bricklayer's labourer in 1911.
Military History
Thomas Woolley had seen previous military service prior to his enlistment having served in the Sherwood Foresters in the 1st Derbyshire Regiment but purchased his discharge in 1896.
Extra Information
Obituary published in the Nottingham Evening Post dated 28th October 1916 :- ‘Woolley’ killed in action Sept 13th 1916 (sic) Private Thomas Woolley, Sherwood Foresters, No 12 Nile Street, also son killed in action 1914 (sic) in a far and lonely battlefield, where the tress their branches bend, lies my loving husband and son, gone to their untimely end, sleep on, dear husband and son in a hero’s grave, a grave we may never see, but as long as life and memory last we remember thee. From his sorrowing wife and children. He was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and British War medals His eldest son Thomas Henry Woolley also served during the Great War in the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters and was killed in action on 13th May 1915. He is buried in Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery. Peter Gillings
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Rank
Private
Date of death
16 Sep 1916
Age at death
39
Service number
6077
Military Unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Family History
Thomas Woolley was born in 1877 the son of John a provisions hawker and Jane Woolley née Wilson. They had 5 other children and lived at 38 Bromley Street Nottingham. Thomas married Elizabeth Boultby at St Paul's Church Nottingham on 19th December 1894 and they lived at 40 Bromley Street and later at 12 Nile Street (both Nottingham). He was the father of Jane Elizabeth (b. 1895) Thomas Henry (b. 1898) Eliza (b. 23/10/1899) Mary Ann (b. 02/08/1901) Albert John (b. 08/04/1904) Samuel (b. 28/04/1906) Charles (b. 12/10/1907) Ernest (b. 18/09/1909) John Robert (b.06/06/1911) Edith (b. 20/02/1913) and Henry (b. 15/12/1914). In 1911 they lived at 40 Bromley Street Nottingham. Elizabeth worked as a blouse clipper.
Employment/Hobbies
He was a bricklayer's labourer in 1911.
Military History
Thomas Woolley had seen previous military service prior to his enlistment having served in the Sherwood Foresters in the 1st Derbyshire Regiment but purchased his discharge in 1896.
Extra Information
Obituary published in the Nottingham Evening Post dated 28th October 1916 :- ‘Woolley’ killed in action Sept 13th 1916 (sic) Private Thomas Woolley, Sherwood Foresters, No 12 Nile Street, also son killed in action 1914 (sic) in a far and lonely battlefield, where the tress their branches bend, lies my loving husband and son, gone to their untimely end, sleep on, dear husband and son in a hero’s grave, a grave we may never see, but as long as life and memory last we remember thee. From his sorrowing wife and children. He was awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and British War medals His eldest son Thomas Henry Woolley also served during the Great War in the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters and was killed in action on 13th May 1915. He is buried in Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery. Peter Gillings
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