TICKHILL WAR MEMORIAL. WORLD WAR 1 P to S.

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1 TICKHILL WAR MEMORIAL WORLD WAR 1 P to S. Harry Parker Able Seaman Tyneside Z/5195 Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division Son of the late James and Emma Parker husband of Elisabeth Spafford (formerly Parker) of Clarel House, Westgate, Tickhill. Prior to enlisting 0n 07 June 1915, Harry was employed by the Great Central Railway Company as a plate-layer. He was killed on 23 April 1917, aged 31 He has no known grave and is Commemorated on Bay 1 of the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Great Britain, Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, Name:Harry Parker Service Branch:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit:Nelson Bn. Rank:Able Seaman Death Date:23 Apr 1917 Cause of Death:Killed in action Burial:Arras Memorial (MR 20) Service History:Enlisted 7/6/15 ; Draft for MEF 5/10/15, joined Nelson Bn. 21/10/15-9/11/15 Enteritis, rejoined Nelson Bn. 26/1/16-23/4/17 DD. Service Number:Tyneside Z/5195 Notes:Attached to A.D.A.S. 4th Corps for signalling instruction (Wireless & Pigeon) 13/6/16-26/6/16 ; A Plate-layer ; b.28/10/1886 ; Wife, Elizabeth, Dunfield Cottage, Balby Sidings, Balby, Doncaster, later of: Clarel House, Westgate, Lickhill, Rotherham. Thomas (Tom) Pearson Gunner th Battery Royal Garrison Artillery - Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Pearson of Fold s Cottages, on the Sandbeck Estate, Tickhill. Tom died on 10 June 1918, aged 29 He is buried in Pernois British Cemetery located on the Somme grave reference Plot II, Row B, Grave 1. Halloy-les-Pernois is a village about 16 kilometres south east of Doullens

2 Pernois British Cemetery was opened towards the end of April 1918, during the German advance, for burials from No 4 The British Cemetery is just south of this road.casualty Clearing Station. Opposite is the graves of Daniel and Elizabeth Pearson including a memorial to Tom - located in St Mary s churchyard in Tickhill. Name: PEARSON, TOM Initials: T Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Gunner Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery Unit Text: 225th Bty. Age: 29 Date of Death: 10/06/1918 Service No: Additional information: Son of Daniel and E. Pearson, of Fold's Cottages, Tickhill, Rotherham. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 1. Pernois British Cemetery. Percy Porter Report from the Doncaster Gazette dated Friday, 21 July 1916.

3 Lance Conway Rowbotham Private th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales s Own) Died 18 September 1918, aged 21 Buried Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery but his grave has been lost and he is commemorated on Special Memorial B. 10. Son of Ernest and Edith Alice Rowbotham of High Street, Askern. Native of Tickhill. Enlissted in Rotherham. Arthur Shepherd Private nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment - Enlisted in Lincoln Died 25 September 1915, aged 17 Commemorated on Panel 3 of the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of Thomas and Fanny Shepherd of Northgate, Tickhill. Albert Shirtliff Able Seaman Tyneside Z/4106 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Formerly Drake Battalion) - Albert was born 29

4 January 1897, the second son of Arthur and Mary Ellen Shirtliff of Westgate, Tickhill. Prior to enlisting, his civilian occupation was listed as being a Pony Driver. The cap tally shown in the above photograph reads 'Royal Naval Division' (RND) it would appear that the photographs date between June/July 1915 at the RND Camp at Blandford. The RND cap tally was worn by recruits at the Depot before posting to their respective battalions. The newspaper cutting is not dated but indicates that Albert was serving in the navy in some capacity. Subsequent research has revealed that Albert enlisted on 05 April 1915 and was transferred to the 1 st Reserve Battalion at Blandford some seven months later on 05 November 1915, he was admitted to No 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital with dysentery. No. 3 CSH opened on the island of Lemnos during August 1915 for the treatment of patients from Gallipoli. Lemnos and its deep water harbour at Mudros was only 60 miles and some four hours sailing time from the Dardenelles. The site assigned to No 3 CSH had been previously occupied by a camp of Egyptian labourers, it had primitive sanitary provisions and a precarious water supply. Dust and flies abounded; food was scarce and "unsuitable for the personnel and almost impossible for patients". By September 1915, ninety five per cent of the hospital staff had developed acute enteritis, while the wards were crowded with cases of amoebic diseases from Gallipoli. Autumn brought heavy rains and floods, which caused extreme discomfort until tents were replaced by huts in October. After the evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula four months later, No. 3 CSH left Lemnos and was transferred to France in April Albert was invalided to England from Mudros in HS Aquitania on 21 October He spent time in the hospital at Portland, before transferring to the Stoker Unit, CP Depot at Devonport. It is believed in served on HMS Cumberland in this capacity from May 1916 he was demobilised on 20 February 1919 and died on 03 July 1922 at the South Devon Hospital in Plymouth, of pancreatic cancer, aged 25. He left a widow Elsie, who registered his death. Albert s death occurred on 03 July 1922 and was witnessed by his widow, Elsie Shirtliff of 8 High Street, Plymouth, Devon.

5 Oswald Shirtliff Private th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Oswald was the eldest son of Arthur and Mary Ellen Shirtliff of Westgate, Tickhill. He is believed to have been shot and wounded by snipers whilst serving with the 8 th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in the Dardanelles. This information was printed in the Doncaster Gazette, however, other documents indicate Oswald died of dysentery in Malta. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers were present at the battles of Suvla Bay, Sari Bair and Scimitar Hill. If wounded in these battles he would have been transferred to one of the hospitals established on the islands of Malta and Gozo. These hospitals were set up from the Spring of 1915 and dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded, chiefly from the battlefields of Gallipoli and Salonika. It would have been in one of these hospitals that Private Shirtliff succumbed to dysentery on 05 January 1916, aged just 21. He is buried in the Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta Plot C, Row V, Grave 5. The cemetery is located on Our Lady of Sorrows Street in Pieta. 2 kilometres south west of Valetta on the road to Sliema. Maurice Stables Private th (Service) (2 nd Barnsley) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Died 07/09 March 1917c, aged 19 No known grave, commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 14A and 14B. Born Son of William and Lily Stables (Nee Ellis) of Sunderland Street, Tickhill.

6 Allen Stocks Signaller C Battery, 155 th Brigade. Royal Field Artillery Allen Stocks Original Grave Marker at Arvon Cemetery Allen was born in Tickhill, the son of Joseph and Sarah and brother of Edmund Stocks He married Fanny Stocks (nee Bradley) of Northgate, Tickhill, on 02 February 1913, with whom he had two children. Allen enlisted some two and a half years earlier. Prior to enlisting Allen was employed for several years at the Tickhill branch of the Doncaster Cooperative Society as a drayman. He was killed in action on 18 September 1918 at the Battle of Epehy and was originally buried at Arvon Cemetery, near Cambrai, but after the Armistice, casualties from the battlefields of Cambrai were moved to Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery - Grave Reference Plot I. Row G. Grave 17.

7 Allen s parents graves in St Mary s Churchyard with an inscription in memory of their son Allen. George Swift Private th Battalion KOYLI Died 24 April 1918, aged 20 Buried in Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension Reference: Plot III, Row C, Grave 3. Born Wellington, Shropshire. Enlisted at South Kirby, a former resident of Wrockwardine Wood. William Swinburn Lance Corporal th Battalion, Connaught Rangers - William was the second son of James and Sarah Ann Swinburn of 1 Prospect View, Doncaster Road, Tickhill. A report in the Doncaster Chronicle of 15 September 1916 states: William s parents have received official notification on Monday last that he was killed in action on 31 May He had been previously been reported missing. William joined the Connaught Rangers about two years ago and after undergoing his training in Dublin, he went out to the Dardanelles, where he contracted a fever and was home on sick leave for about three months. On his recovery he took his place in the firing line, this time doing his duty in France. His last letter home was dated 18 May William had two brothers in the armed forces, James and George, one in the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the other in the Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons. Their father James Swinburn served in Salonica, with the Army Service Corps. William was just 23 years of old and has no known grave, he is commemorated on Panel 124 of the Loos Memorial.