THORNEYWOOD RISE
HOLLY GARDENS
THORNEYWOOD MOUNT
HOLLY GARDENS
THORNEYWOOD MOUNT
Source of image https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nottingham 2024
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Thorneywood Mount
Kellys Directory 1956
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Ernest Duke is on the right with two of the other brothers; Samuel on the left, and George Edward Duke in the middle, who died on the first day on the Somme. ....Photo from Neal Green
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My gran’s uncle George Edward Duke, who died on the first day on the Somme, 1st July 1916. He was 20 years old and lived at 33 Thorneywood Rise.. Neal Green
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DUKE, GEORGE EDWARD
Rank: Lance Corporal Service No: 1883 Date of Death: 1/07/1916 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 7th Bn. Grave Reference: I. L. 32. Cemetery: FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Edmund and Alice Duke, of 33, Thorneywood Rise, Nottingham Extra Information Nottingham Post notice 21 July 1916: Killed in action July 1st after 17 months service in France, Lance-Corporal George Ed. Duke, Sherwood Foresters, beloved son of Alice and Edmund Duke, 33 Thorneywood rise, aged 20 years. We sadley miss our boy, who fought for England, home and beauty; but comfort comes with that one thought – he did not shirk his duty. R.I.P. –Sorrowing father, mother, sisters and brothers. Personal inscription on CWGC headstone: 'It is but a little while (-) we shall meet again.' His father, Edmund, was his legatee. Employment/Hobbies In 1911 he was an apprentice litho printer. Remembered on |
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HANFORD Ernest
Rank
Private
Service number
29838
Date of death
03 Sep 1916
Age at death
20
Employment/Hobbies
He was a shop assistant.
Military Unit
17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Family History
He was the son of Philip and Lizza Hanford and the brother of Philip, Nellie, Arthur, Milly, Tom, Rose, Lucy and Mary Hanford. They lived at 282 Carlton Road in 1911 and later at 16 Needham's Avenue Thorneywood Lane (both Nottingham).
Commonwealth Grave No
2853673 - CWGC Website
Military History
He is buried in Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel (grave ref I.D.41)
Remembered on
Rank
Private
Service number
29838
Date of death
03 Sep 1916
Age at death
20
Employment/Hobbies
He was a shop assistant.
Military Unit
17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Family History
He was the son of Philip and Lizza Hanford and the brother of Philip, Nellie, Arthur, Milly, Tom, Rose, Lucy and Mary Hanford. They lived at 282 Carlton Road in 1911 and later at 16 Needham's Avenue Thorneywood Lane (both Nottingham).
Commonwealth Grave No
2853673 - CWGC Website
Military History
He is buried in Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel (grave ref I.D.41)
Remembered on
HAWKINS, John Henry
Rank:
Private
Service No:
9796
Date of Death:
10/03/1915
Regiment/Service:
Leicestershire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Grave Reference:
XVII. C. 31.
Cemetery:
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Family History
He was the son of John and Rebecca Hawkins, who, according to the census had in 1911 been married for seventeen years and by that time had had 16 children of whom only five were still living. John was born in Stafford, and Rebecca in Ripley, Derbyshire. Their son, John Henry, was born in Sneinton, Nottingham (abt 1895), but by 1901 his parents had moved to Wright Street, Derby, which appears to have been a common lodging house. There were five children recorded in the family; George T Yates (11, b. Sheepbridge), Florrie/Florence (7, b. Nottingham), John Henry (6), Mary E (3, b. Derby) and Caroline (6m. b. Derby). In 1911 they were living at 4 Wright Street, Derby, another common lodging house run by a 'deputy' Eliza Frances and by an 'assistant deputy' Laura Goodchild, who was the deputy's cousin. John Hawkins was working as a farm labourer. There were four children with them; John Henry, Florence (16, weaver), Emily (13, b. Derby) and Albert (12, b. Derby). The obituary notice in 1915 gives John Henry's home as Thorneywood, Nottingham. His mother, Rebecca, was named as his legatee.
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was a silk mill winder.
Remembered on
Rank:
Private
Service No:
9796
Date of Death:
10/03/1915
Regiment/Service:
Leicestershire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Grave Reference:
XVII. C. 31.
Cemetery:
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Family History
He was the son of John and Rebecca Hawkins, who, according to the census had in 1911 been married for seventeen years and by that time had had 16 children of whom only five were still living. John was born in Stafford, and Rebecca in Ripley, Derbyshire. Their son, John Henry, was born in Sneinton, Nottingham (abt 1895), but by 1901 his parents had moved to Wright Street, Derby, which appears to have been a common lodging house. There were five children recorded in the family; George T Yates (11, b. Sheepbridge), Florrie/Florence (7, b. Nottingham), John Henry (6), Mary E (3, b. Derby) and Caroline (6m. b. Derby). In 1911 they were living at 4 Wright Street, Derby, another common lodging house run by a 'deputy' Eliza Frances and by an 'assistant deputy' Laura Goodchild, who was the deputy's cousin. John Hawkins was working as a farm labourer. There were four children with them; John Henry, Florence (16, weaver), Emily (13, b. Derby) and Albert (12, b. Derby). The obituary notice in 1915 gives John Henry's home as Thorneywood, Nottingham. His mother, Rebecca, was named as his legatee.
Employment/Hobbies
In 1911 he was a silk mill winder.
Remembered on
- St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as John Henry Hawkins
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
SMITH, HAROLD
Rank:
Private
Service No:
42933
Date of Death:
10/11/1917
Age:
20
Regiment/Service:
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
16th Bn.
Panel Reference:
Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.
Memorial:
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Family History
He was the son of Mrs Ada Smith and the brother of Emma, William, Ernest, Annie and Albert Smith 53 Thorneywood Rise Thorneywood Nottingham .
Employment/Hobbies
He was an errand boy in 1911.
Remembered on
Rank:
Private
Service No:
42933
Date of Death:
10/11/1917
Age:
20
Regiment/Service:
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
16th Bn.
Panel Reference:
Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.
Memorial:
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Family History
He was the son of Mrs Ada Smith and the brother of Emma, William, Ernest, Annie and Albert Smith 53 Thorneywood Rise Thorneywood Nottingham .
Employment/Hobbies
He was an errand boy in 1911.
Remembered on
WALKER, ARTHUR
Rank
Rifleman
Service number
206057
Date of death
3-Oct-18
Military Unit
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 23rd Bn
Family History
He was the husband of Fanny Walker. They lived at 6 Thorneywood Lane Nottingham. He was the father of Frederick, Edith and Elizabeth Walker and the brother of Lizzie Walker.
Memorial
BAREILLY CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot M. Grave 24.
Remembered on
Rank
Rifleman
Service number
206057
Date of death
3-Oct-18
Military Unit
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 23rd Bn
Family History
He was the husband of Fanny Walker. They lived at 6 Thorneywood Lane Nottingham. He was the father of Frederick, Edith and Elizabeth Walker and the brother of Lizzie Walker.
Memorial
BAREILLY CEMETERY
Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot M. Grave 24.
Remembered on
WHEATLEY, Alfred
Rank
Private
Service number
9653
Date of death
20 Oct 1914
Age at death
31
Family History
He was the son of Mrs. Eliza Millership of 31 Thorneywood Rise Marmion Road Carlton Road Nottingham. A Reservist.
Commonwealth Grave No
867135 - CWGC Website
Military Unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Commemorated at
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Location: Hainaut, Belgium
Number of casualties: 11403
Remembered on
In Memory of Private ALFRED WHEATLEY 9653, 2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died age 31 on 20 October 1914 Son of Mrs. Eliza Millership, of 31, Thorneywood Rise, Marmion Rd., Carlton Rd., Nottingham. A Reservist. Remembered with honour PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Rank
Private
Service number
9653
Date of death
20 Oct 1914
Age at death
31
Family History
He was the son of Mrs. Eliza Millership of 31 Thorneywood Rise Marmion Road Carlton Road Nottingham. A Reservist.
Commonwealth Grave No
867135 - CWGC Website
Military Unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Commemorated at
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Location: Hainaut, Belgium
Number of casualties: 11403
Remembered on
In Memory of Private ALFRED WHEATLEY 9653, 2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died age 31 on 20 October 1914 Son of Mrs. Eliza Millership, of 31, Thorneywood Rise, Marmion Rd., Carlton Rd., Nottingham. A Reservist. Remembered with honour PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
My great uncle Alfred Wheatley standing and my grandad William Millership seated. Both lived on Thorneywood Rise, Alfred died in the First World War aged 31. (Jean Marshall)
12/2/2018 : "My Great Uncle Alfred Wheatley died in WW1 at the age of 31 he was my grandfather's half brother.They lived at 31 Thorneywood Rise Marmion Road he was A Reservist in the Notts and Derby Regiment of the Sherwood Foresters" Jo Catley
Name:
Ernest Bonnington
Birth Date:
abt 1896
Residence Place:
50 Thorneywood Rise,Nottingham
Occupation
waste manufacturer
Enlistment Age:
19
Enlistment Year:
1915
Regiment Name:
Royal Field Artillery
discharged
1920
Ernest Bonnington
Birth Date:
abt 1896
Residence Place:
50 Thorneywood Rise,Nottingham
Occupation
waste manufacturer
Enlistment Age:
19
Enlistment Year:
1915
Regiment Name:
Royal Field Artillery
discharged
1920
Name:
Alfred Crofts
Occupation
shoemaker
Residence:
Thorney Wood Mount, (Hope Villa)
Birth Year:
abt 1879
Age at Enlistment:
39
Enlistment Year:
1918
Regimental Number:
7289
Regiment Name:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Alfred Crofts
Occupation
shoemaker
Residence:
Thorney Wood Mount, (Hope Villa)
Birth Year:
abt 1879
Age at Enlistment:
39
Enlistment Year:
1918
Regimental Number:
7289
Regiment Name:
King's Royal Rifle Corps