Middleton Memorials

Photos of these Memorials from the 1st World War were sent by Keith Brooks, thanks Keith. An attempt has been made to locate as many names as possible in the 1901 Census, to discover their age and background.

To the Glory of God And in Memory of the following Parishioners Who gave their lives for their Country in the Great War 1. Daniel SHELDON 2. John W MELBOURNE 3. Joseph LAMB 4. John Y BROOKS 5. George KENWORTHY 6. Thomas SPENCER 7. Francis GRATTON 8. Thomas BROOKS 9. Arthur GOODALL 10. Harry S GOODALL 11. William GRATTON 12. William K HALLOWS 13. Albert WHEELDON 14. Joshua BUCKLEY 15. Francis E SPENCER 16. Frederick FEARN 17. William B BIRLEY 18. George L PETTS 19. John W SHELDON 20. George KILLER 21. John F PEARSON 22. Fred T ROBINSON 23. John A HALL 24. Samuel J HALLOWS 25. John SPENCER 26. Leonard ADAMS 27. Henry L SLACK 28. George HODGKINSON 29. Louis W SPENCER 30. Thomas S SPENCER 31. Leonard KILLER 32. John F DOXEY 33. Charles SPENCER 34. Alec WALKER 35. Walter MARPLES 36. Lawrence SPENCER 37. Joseph SPENCER 38. Percy F DOXEY 39. Leonard WILBRAHAM 40. Norman HOWARD 41. F William GRATTON "Their names shall be held in everlasting remembrance" 1914-1919 This war memorial is inside the Holy Trinity Church at Middleton.

For King, Country & Humanity Roll of Honour For the Brave Men who have gone forth at the Call of Duty To the Great War of 1914 Rank & Name - Branch of Service - Date of joining - Record 1. Lc.Cpl. Joseph R Goodall - 1/6th Duke of Wellington West Riding - Aug 4th 1914 - Three times wounded once gassed 2. Pte William Hallows - 1/6th Notts & Derbys (Territorial's) - Aug 4th 1914 - Killed in Action Aug 30th 1916 3. Pte Francis Gratton - 12th Batt Sherwood Foresters - Aug 20th 1914 - Killed in Action Jun 17th 1916 4. Pte Arthur Goodall - 12th Batt Sherwood Foresters - Sept 7th 1914 - Once wounded, Killed in Action June 17th 1916 5. Lieut John Walker - Loyal North Lancasters - Nov 24th 1914 - Gassed 6. Sapper Robert Adams - A.P. 6 S 100 - Feb 1st 1915 - Italian Expeditionary Force 7. Pte Laurence Brace - 3rd Batt Sherwood Foresters - Feb 15th 1915 8. Pte Thomas Beeston - Machine Gun Cavalry Corps - Apr 29th 1915 - Allenbys Exped. Force Palestine 9. Pte Fredrick Pearson - 2nd Batt Lancs Fusilliers - June 21st 1915 - Reported missing May 1916 Presumed killed March 1917 10. Pte Joseph W. Spencer - 3rd/6th Sherwood Foresters - July 26th 1915 - Twice wounded & once gassed 11. Pte William S.B. Else MM - 2nd/6th Sherwood Foresters - Nov 16th 1915 - 9 months Prisoner of war 12. Cpl Frank Boden - 3rd Batt Lincolns - Nov 19th 1915 - Wounded in offensive March 1918 13. Pte John Brooks - 11th Batt Manchesters - Aug 26th 1914 - Killed of wounds received in the Dardanelles Expedition 14. Pte Edward Brooks - 1st Lincolns - Feb 15th 1915 - Wounded 3 times 15. Trooper Alec Spencer - Derbyshire Yeomanry - Dec 6th 1915 - Salonic Exped Force 16. Pte Arthur Harrison - 16th Batt Machine Gun Corps - Feb 1st 1916 - Twice wounded once gassed 17. Pte Samuel Doxey - 2nd South Lancashire - July 20th 1916 - France 18. Pte Harry Goodhall - 8th Batt Sherwood Foresters - July 26th 1916 - Once wounded Killed in Action Sept 15th 1917 19. Sapper George Holmes - 169 Co. RE - Oct 11th 1916 - France 20. Pte John A Hall - 9th Royal Scots - Oct 20th 1916 - Died in France from intestinal obstruction July 20th 1917 21. Pte Ernest Bunting - Highland Light Infantry - Nov 23rd 1916 - 9 months prisoner of war 22. Pte Alec Walker - Lancashire Fusiliers - Jan 23rd 1917 - Killed in Action May 31st 1918 23. Sapper Arthur Milner - Railway Section RE - Feb 5th 1917 - France 24. Pte William Slack - Northumberland Fusiliers - Feb 26th 1917 - France 25. Pte Samuel R Hall 26. Sapper John W Spencer - Railway Section RE - Aug 2nd 1917 - Egyptian Expd Force 27. Pte Alfred Harrison - 3rd Batt Essex - Oct 16th 1917 - Gassed 28. Pte Ernest Spencer - 1st/4th Leicesters - May 12th 1918 - France 29. Pte Leslie Spencer - 51[7?]st Grade Notts & Derbys - June 16th 1918 30. Pte Benjamin Staton - A.S.C. Motor Transport - July 15th 1918 - France 31. Sapper Walter Wright - No 4 Section 180Co RE British Expeditionary Force France Not once or twice in our rough island-story The Path of Duty was the Path to Glory This scroll was originally in the Primitive Methodist Church at Middleton, and is now at Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock, reference D6793 2/1.

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