15th (Service) Battalion (Nottingham)
Feb 1915 Formed by the Mayor and a Committee at Nottingham as a bantam battalion and then moved to Masham, Yorks to join the 105th Brigade of the 35th Division.
27.08.1915 Taken over by the War Office.
Aug 1915 Moved to Salisbury Plain.
01.02.1916 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1916
The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The fighting for Arrow Head Copse and Maltz Horn Farm, The fighting for Falfemont Farm.
1917
The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The fighting in Houthulst Forest, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The First Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Courtrai, The action of Tieghem.
11.11.1918 Ended the war N.E. of Renaix, Belgium.
Regiment: Notts Derby Sherwood Foresters Regiment 15th Battalion (Nottingham)
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE & MARY JANE MATHEWS, OF HULL AND 22, CLAYTON STREET, NOTTINGHAM. LIVED IN NOTTINGHAM. WORKED AS A BOOT MAKER. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST, ROUND SCAR ON SHOLDER, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN NOTTINGHAM, ON 11/11/1915/ CALLED UP ON 24/02/1916. FORMERLY, PR […]
BORN HULL 1888. SECOND SON OF JACOB O'GRADY, OF 56 CLIFTON TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED IN 1910. HIS WIFE, MRS MARY ELIZABETH CRAWFORTH, LIVED 23 PEMBERTON STREET, DANSOM LANE, HULL AND AT 33 , HUMBER STREET, HULL. A FORMER BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/11/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 029780, R.A.S.C. TRANSFERRED TO THE SHER […]
5 BRIGHTON TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
20/10/1917
Aged
26
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF PHILIP HENRY & CHARLOTTE E WAKEFIELD AT THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK. EX 26618 NORFOLKS. TRANSFERRED TO THE NOTTS AND DERBY REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/10/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL
