Martin Feledziak Posted 15 June , 2015 Share Posted 15 June , 2015 The following 15 men died as a result of the Great War 1914 -1918.Their names are recorded on the Stone Calvary and headstones within the Churchyard at St Nicholas. Fulford, Staffordshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Martin Feledziak Posted 15 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 15 June , 2015 (edited) From the original research by Roger Keight, December 2006, and by Martin Feledziak June 2015 Great care has been taken to present accurate information however with old documents mistakes are easily made. Edited 6 November , 2018 by Martin Feledziak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 19 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 19 June , 2015 Cyril Bertram ALLERTON Sgt 1/5 Btn North Staffs Regt. Service Number 2918 From the LLT 1/5th BattalionAugust 1914 : in Walsall. Part of Staffordshire Brigade in North Midland Division. Moved to Luton area and in November 1914 went on to Bishops Stortford.Landed at Le Havre 3 March 1915.12 May 1915 : formation became the 137th Brigade, 46th (North Midland) Division. From the web: They first went to the Ypres Salient where they experienced the German Liquid fire attack at Hooge on the 30th and 31st July. The Division then moved south into France eventually taking part in the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt where, on 13 October, the Division was decimated. Cyril would be one of them. From the LLT 46th (North Midland) Division sent 137th Brigade to attack on their right, to cross Big Willie and Dump Trench, to take Slag Alley and occupy Fosse Alley. To their left, 138th Brigade was to clear the Hohenzollern Redoubt and gain the Fosse 8 Corons. Thus the Dump itself was to be avoided and outflanked. On this front the gas barely moved, instead settling into shell holes and not reaching the enemy. On leaving their positions, the advancing troops of 137th Brigade were immediately hit by heavy fire from machine guns concealed around the foot of the Dump and in the Corons. The attacking battalions were annihilated without achieving anything. Of the two companies of the 1/5 South Staffords who were already holding a section of Big Willie, every single officer and man was hit as they tried to advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 26 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 26 June , 2015 William Bowers Corporal 1/5 Btn North Staffs Regt Service Number 12 Born in Hanley, Staffordshire. Died 8 July 1915 - France and Flanders, Regimental No 12. Killed in Action. William would have set out to France with Cyril, as above. I can't work out where William was killed. He is remembered on the Menin Gate. From the LLT 1/5th BattalionAugust 1914 : in Walsall. Part of Staffordshire Brigade in North Midland Division. Moved to Luton area and in November 1914 went on to Bishops Stortford.Landed at Le Havre 3 March 1915.12 May 1915 : formation became the 137th Brigade, 46th (North Midland) Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woollamc Posted 27 June , 2015 Share Posted 27 June , 2015 Martin According to the Battalion's istory, they were in trenches A9 to A12 at Sanctuary Wood between 5th July and 12th July 1915. There is one entry in the war diary for the period from 7th to 10 July: "Quiet time generally but enemy crumped the wood at intervals from the direction of Hill 60". C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 27 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 27 June , 2015 Thanks Woollamc. Just found this map for July 1915 and A9 to A12 is on that Blue line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 14 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 14 July , 2015 William Henry Cotton Corporal 9th Btn South Staffs Regt Service Number 14721 From the LLT 9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) Formed at Lichfield in September 1914 as part of K3. Moved to Aldershot and in December 1914 went into Talavera Barracks.Attached as Army Troops to 23rd Division, and became Pioneer Bn December 1914. Moved to Shorncliffe in March 1915 and went on in May to Oxney Park (Bordon).Landed at Boulogne 24 August 1915. William has 24th August 1915 on his medal index card entering France. He was Killed on 10th June 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 16 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 16 July , 2015 Arnold Statham COULTON Pte 1st/4th Btn Seaforth Highlanders Service Number S/43374 From the LLT Battalions of the Territorial Force1/4th (Ross Highland) BattalionAugust 1914 : at Dingwall. Part of Seaforth & Cameron Brigade in the Highland Division.7 November 1914 : left the Division and landed at Le Havre, and on the 12 December 1914 joined the Dehra Dun Brigade in 7th (Meerut) Division on the Western Front.6 November 1915 : transferred to 137th Brigade in 46th (North Midland) Division.13 November 1915 : transferred to 46th Brigade in 15th (Scottish) Division.7 January 1916 : transferred to 154th Brigade in 51st (Highland) Division. Not sure how Arnold fitted into this. He is also listed as served with the Army Service Corps 1584103 and C/92188 London Regiment. He died 31 October 1918 and is buried at Cambrai East Military Cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 20 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 July , 2015 Thomas DAVIES L Cpl 1st Btn North Staffs Regt Service Number 9763 From the LLT 1st BattalionAugust 1914 : at Buttevant. Part of 17th Brigade in 6th Division. Moved to Cambridge and quickly on to Newmarket.12 September 1914 : landed at St Nazaire. Died of wounds 24 October 1914 although he is shown as 20th October on the above entry. Thomas was 16 for the 1911 Census so died aged around 19 years of age. He is listed on the Ploegsteert Memorial The below is a screen grab from Addeter's data sheet. Which shows the lost souls for the short period from 20 October https://docs.google....dit?usp=sharing The below is an excellent report of the 1st Battalion North Staffs for this very period. http://www.1914-1918.org/despatches/2015/02/04/a-north-stafford-at-war-a-soldiers-diary/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 20 July , 2015 Share Posted 20 July , 2015 Soldiers' Effects has a date of death as 24.10.14 "near Chapelle D'Armentieres" Initial money order - 10s 8d to (aunt) Mrs Agnes Collier, and £6/5/8 to Mrs Martha Spooner. Subsequent War Gratuity of £5 paid to Mis [sic] Sarah Spooner SDGW states a birth place of Stone, Staffs., and an enlistment place as Stoke-on-Trent' Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 20 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 20 July , 2015 Thanks ChrisI am guessing that he died as a result of the fighting on 21st October, but they were in action for most days. It did say died of wounds so they must have buried him and his grave was lost, like 6920 Private James Nuttall, mentioned in the full account. ( and at item 35 in the spreadsheet post 10 above )this is a tiny passage from the below link.http://www.1914-1918...soldiers-diary/On the night of 21 October 1914, the 1st North Staffords were positioned along the Armentieres-Lille Road at Rue du Bois. At 10.30 p.m., a determined German assault managed to break through the 3rd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade on the left flank of the North Staffords. “B” Company, commanded by Captain George Leman, also came into contact with a detachment of German infantry and both sides clashed. James Nuttall was killed in the fighting, but the circumstances of his death are recorded in a story regarding a German officer’s sword that is now displayed at the Staffordshire Regiment Museum. Here is his photo included in the local paper for 1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 21 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 21 July , 2015 This is a 1917 map of the area. The farm top left is where a number of North Staffs are buried. DESPLANQUE FARM CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES including Captain George HUME-KELLY Captain Eric Bruce REID PTE DEWSBURY PTE CORFIELD The trenches for Rue du Bois are centre map. interactive 1917 map below http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=50.6586&lon=2.9076&layers=101464966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 24 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 24 July , 2015 Thomas SCOTT Pte 1st Btn North Staffs Rgt Service Number 19494 From the LLT 1st Battalion August 1914 : at Buttevant. Part of 17th Brigade in 6th Division. Moved to Cambridge and quickly on to Newmarket.12 September 1914 : landed at St Nazaire.18 October 1915 : transferred to 72nd Brigade in 24th Division. The Service record for Thomas indicates that he went out to France on 21st June 1916 He was killed on 30th August 1916, aged 19 From Addeters data sheet 5 other 1st Bn North Staffs lads lost their lives on the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woollamc Posted 24 July , 2015 Share Posted 24 July , 2015 Martin Thomas Scott died on the same day as my second cousin, Christopher Woollam. The Battalion had been sent to the infamous Delville Wood to relieve the 9th Rifle Brigade and were shelled at intervals during the relief. I should imagine that this was how Scott, Woollam and the three others were killed. According to the Battalion history, the relief was "very protracted" as, despite having done a "careful reconnaisance" and being sent "an abundance of guides", "nearly everybody got lost". The Battalion were at the north west east corner of Delville Wood. C Company were in Edge Trench, D Company at the junction of Cocoa Lane and Inner Trench, B Company in Devil's Trench and A Company (in reserve) were at York Avenue. C Corrected 25 07 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woollamc Posted 24 July , 2015 Share Posted 24 July , 2015 Map of Delville Wood, extracted from "History of the 1st & 2nd Battalions, The North Staffordshire Regiment 1914-1923" (1932). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 24 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 24 July , 2015 I was just looking for a map and I see you posted one. I think you could be right, That they were taken out by shelling. I don't think they were found. It is quite amazing how these discoveries are connected. In 1911 Thomas was working on a farm in my home village of Fulford. Near Stone. all these young lads were collected from remote areas, shoved into uniform and sent overseas, how very sad. The below is from modern day Google Earth. Thanks for pinpointing the location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedesomme Posted 25 July , 2015 Share Posted 25 July , 2015 HI, Roll of Honour of the 1st NorthStaffordshire for the Battle of the Somme. http://www.somme-roll-of-honour.com/Units/british/1st_north_staffordshire.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 25 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 25 July , 2015 Many thanks marechalfayolle Those Division graphics are very good and the whole website is excellent. Thanks for the link. Really gives a great impression of how the troops were organised. From what I have seen the Germans arranged their forces with the same pattern. But during the time of Napoleon we all shared military formations. http://www.somme-roll-of-honour.com/index.htm This is the graphic for the 24th Division. 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 27 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 27 July , 2015 I know I am jumping around on the timeline but I am just including the data for the 13 killed on 13th October 1914. When I was at Cabaret Rouge a few years ago I spotted this memorial. 6376 F T MAYBE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 29 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 29 July , 2015 Hugh Harold HODGSKISS South Staffs Regt Service Number 40072 Hugh was 17 in 1911 and working on the family farm in Stallington, Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire. So born around 1894 Looking at his medal index card Harold served with both of the Staffordshire Regiments. He was Formerly 20301 with North Staffs. I see no service record for him so the reason for his transfer is not known. It is clear that he lost his life with so many others on 12th May 1917 at Bullecourt. He would be 23 Years old. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=50.1933&lon=2.9287&layers=101465080 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 29 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 29 July , 2015 Data sheet for 12th May 1917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 3 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 3 August , 2015 James Henry FIELDHOUSE 9th Btn North Staffs Regt Service Number 15395 From Greenstych Farm, Hilderstone, Fulford Stoke on Trent. The Medal Index Card for James indicates that he went out to France on 28th July 1915, Killed in action 7th August 1917. From the LLT 9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)Formed at Lichfield on 20 September 1914 as part of K3. Moved to South Downs, attached as Army Troops to 22nd Division. Moved to billets in Hastings in December 1914.20 April 1915 : became Pioneer Bn and transferred to 37th Division.29 July 1915 : landed at Le Havre. There are also a number of pages from his service record on Ancestry which I have viewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woollamc Posted 5 August , 2015 Share Posted 5 August , 2015 9th Battalion war diary says; "Tues 7 August 1917 - Wytschaete, Mt Kemmel. A Co. worked on BOB trench clearing shell holes and renewing floor boarding and revetment between ULSTER Ho. and HOW Farm. C & D worked on MANCHESTER especially in the neighbourhood of MAHIEU Farm. A draft of five men arrived." No mention of any casualties. Fieldhouse was in D Company. This map shows the location of Mahieu Farm (but none of the other places mentioned in the diary). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 7 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 7 August , 2015 Thanks Woollamc How did you work out that James was with Company D ? I don't think Mahieu Farm survived on it's original plot. Van Howe could still be standing if it is the same one referred to as HOW Farm. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=50.7855&lon=2.9132&layers=101464681 just found Company D ref. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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