Vol I – The Fallen of WWI – Tutbury Book of Remembrance

The printed version of Volume I has been given free to relatives of the Fallen who have helped with the research and to churches, museums and schools in the area.

While stocks last, it is available to anyone else for £10.00 (slightly less than printing costs), delivered free in the Tutbury area or P&P to elsewhere (please contact us for a copy).

If you would like to use part or parts of the book for any purpose, online or in print, then please observe the copyright notice on page 4 of the book and contact us prior to use.

The Table of Contents and List of Names from the book are listed below.

This is the Second Edition of Volume I of the Tutbury Book of Remembrance. It includes the 47 men from WWI listed on the Stone Cross War Memorial at St. Mary’s plus 3 more from other Church Memorials that are covered in the First Edition plus another 40 Fallen from WWI who had their roots in the Tutbury area and would have been known in the village.

The Second Edition also has the following updates:

The appendices on CWGC cemeteries and on regiments have been updated to reflect the additions
The Tutbury and Hatton section has been updated with then and now maps
A section has been added on what life was like in Britain in 1914, both at the turn of the year and the events leading up to the declaration of War on August 4th 1914

We hope you find the 2nd edition interesting. Please observe the following copyright notice

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Volume I of the Tutbury Book of Remembrance can be read or downloaded here

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Volume I Main Contents

Chapter	Page
Alphabetical List of Names	9
Foreword to the 2nd Edition	11
Foreword to the 1st Edition	13
Preface	15
Acknowledgements	16
Notes on Terms and Terminology	17
Introduction	21
Tutbury and Hatton – 1914	23
Britain – 1914	27
Did You Know	31
The Fallen – WWI – 1st Edition	35
The Fallen – WWI – 2nd Edition	97
Appendix 1 – Local War Memorials	151
Appendix 2 – Rolls of Honour	159
Appendix 3 – Cemeteries and Memorials of the Tutbury Fallen	165
Appendix 4 – Cemetery and Memorial Descriptions	169
Appendix 5 – Cemeteries Location Maps	201
Appendix 6 – The Tutbury Fallen and Their Regiments	203
Appendix 7 – WWI Timeline	213
Appendix 8 – WWI Theatres of War	215
Appendix 9 – The Western Front	217
Appendix 10 – The Christmas Truce 1914	219
Appendix 11 – Commonwealth War Graves Commission	221
Appendix 12 – North & South Staffords Battalions	223
Appendix 13 – Fallen by Date	227
Bibliography	235

Volume I Alphabetic List of Names

Name	Page
ALLSOP, Private Harry	38
ASKEY, Private Albert	99
BANNISTER, Private Frederick William	39
BENNETT, Private Frederick William	40
BENNETT, Lance Corporal George Frederick	41
BENTLEY, Private George Edward	42
BENTLEY, Private William	43
BLOOD, Private John	101
BLOOD, Private Robert	101
BLOOD, Private James Andrew	100
BOND, Private Charles	44
BOND, Private David	45
BRETTELL, Gunner Alfred Henry	46
BRIDGEN (Brigden), Lance Corporal Frank	102
BRINDLEY, Private William Percy	103
BROUGHTON, Private Edwin (Ted)	47
BULL, Sergeant Charles W	48
BUNTING, Private Owen	49
CAUSER, Driver George Edwin	50
COATES, Private Thomas	51
COOK, Private William	52
COTTON, Company Sergeant Major Charles William	104
DUNICLIFFE, Able Seaman Eric Charles	53
DYCHE, Private John Edward	105
DYCHE, Private Richard William	106
ELTON, Steward Ernest Harris	107
ELTON, Private Sydney	108
FARMER, Private Abraham	54
FEARN, Private George	55
FELTHOUSE, Private Thomas	109
FOSTER, Private Henry	110
GENT, Private William Henry	57
GEORGE, Private Albert Edward	111
GREGSON, Private George	112
HADLAND, Private Edward Frank	58
HAND, Lance Corporal James John	59
HAWKSWORTH, Private Jack	113
HILL, Private William Henry	113
HINDS, Private William	60
HOOD, L/Corp Frank Ernest	115
HUDSON, Private Samuel John	116
JOHNSON, Private Alfred	117
KIDD, Sergeant John James	61
KNIGHT, Gdsmn William Henry	117
LEADBETTER, Private John Henry (Jack)	62
LEADBETTER, Private Robert	118
LEEDHAM, Private Stephen	63
LOWE, Private William Gordon	119
MATTHEWS, Private Frederick Arthur	120
McGUIRE, Private John Phillip	121
MERREY, Private Tom	64
MORETON, Private James	122
NASH, Private James Thomas	65
NEWTON, Lieutenant William Trafford	66
OWEN, Private Alick	68
OWEN, L/Crpl Henry John	123
PAGE, Private Bernard Henry	124
PARKER, Sergeant Alfred James	69
PARKER, Private William Henry	70
PATEMAN, Private Ogden	71
PEGG, Private Joseph	72
PERKINS, Driver Ernest Albert	73
PLUMB, Private Ernest Lewis	74
POWELL, Rifleman Edwin	75
POWELL, Corporal Wilfred	76
PRESS, Private George	147
PRESTON, Private Bert	124
PRIESTLEY, Private William Edgar	77
RADFORD, Private Robert	78
REDFERN, Private William	125
RICHARDSON, Thomas	126
ROE, Driver Thomas Henry	128
SCRIVEN, Private Albert Henry	149
SIDDALLS, Private George Henry	129
SMITH, Frederick	80
SMITH, Private Frederick James Henry	80
SMITH, Private Frederick John Harbridge	80
SMITH, Private James William	130
SMITH, L /Crpl Thomas Richard	131
SMITH, Private William	83
STARLING, Private Percy	133
TALBOT, Private Joseph	84
TAYLOR, Private George	134
TIMMINS, Private Albert Charles	85
TREADWELL, Private Arthur	86
UPTON, Private William John	135
VAUGHAN, Private Wilfred	136
WALKER, Private William Harry	87
WEAVER, Private Vernon James	137
WHEAT, Corporal Samuel	90
WHEELDON, Shoeing Smith William	92
WILLIS, Private John Henry	138
WILSON, Private James Arthur	139
WILSON, Private John Charles	141
WOODALL, Lance Sgt Ernest	93
WOODHALL, Private Samuel	94
WOOLLEY, Private Edward	142
WOOLLEY, Private William	143
WOOLLEY, Private William Vivian	145
WORRALL, Private James	95