27 HANEY WENTWORTH, ROTHERHAM, , SOUTH YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Died on
14/03/1915
Aged
26
BORN BURN CROSS, CHAPPLETOWN, ROTHERHAM 1888. SON OF WILLIAM WOOD AND MARY JANE COX, 27 HANEY WENTWORTH, ROTHERHAM. (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A SINGLE MAN. FARM LABOURER. ENLISTED SHEFFIELD. DIED ON 14/03/1915, AGED 26. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
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BORN ROTHERHAM 1902. FATHER LIVED IN ROTHERHAM. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. TORO SS was a British Merchant steamer of 3,066grt. On the 12th April 1917 when on route from Alexandria for Hull she was torpedoed by German submarine U-55 and sunk when 200 miles Wnw from Ushant (Ouessant). Vessel was owned by Wilson Line, Hull. Read more at w […]
BORN SWINTON, YORKSHIRE, 1887. ENLISTED ROTHERHAM. LISTED AS A HULL CASUALTY IN HDM 2/1/18. Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE FREEMAN ROBERTS 3/8142. Born in Swinton, Yorkshire in 1887 George is something of an enigma. He was a soldier before the war, appearing on the 1911 Census as part of the 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment […]
26 HANLEY STREET, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS, UK
Died on
27/10/1914
Aged
34
BORN HULL 1883. LIVED ROTHERHAM. ENLISTED KENDALL, WESTMORELAND. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH. WIFE BLANCHE ELIZABETH SMITH (BORN30/01/1892), LIVED AT 26 HANLEY STREET, BIRMINGHAM. THEY HAD ONE SON, JOHN HENRY SMITH, BORN, 09/01/1914. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, SERVING WITH THE 2ND SUFFOLK REGIMENT. HE WENT TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDI […]
BORN HULL 1892. LIVED MALTBY. ENLISTED SHEFFIELD. SON OF ROSE ANN SMITH, THE CRAGGS, MALTBY, ROTHERHAM. SERVED WITH THE 4TH COLDSTREAM GUARDS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/08/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 22/09/1916, AGED 24. BURIED AT BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME, SOMME, FRANCE.
