War service.xlsx

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
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2		Chesterfield FC: First World War combatants
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4									2nd XI only				death due to war service
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6		Name		date & place of birth				first	rank	Regiment	decoration	wounded
7		Name		date & place of birth				season	rank	Regiment	decoration	died

8		Alton	Charles	24	12	1891	Chesterfield	1912-13	Cpl.	40th Signal Co., Royal Engineers.
9		Bagnall	Samuel	31	8	1892	Neepsend, Sheffield	1912-13		Manchester Regiment		w	Discharged December 1916 with 50% disability.
10		Bailey	John William	8	8	1881	Hucknall	1907-8		Royal Engineers?
11		Bell	Charles Oliver	18	5	1894	Dumfries	1914-15		17th Middlesex ("Footballers Battalion")
12		Bennett	William		Q3	1866	Chesterfield	1888-9		3/6 Notts & Derbys			Enlisted 1915 after knocking 12 years off his age. Did not serve overseas.
13		Booth	Arthur					1911-12		5th Bttn CLB
14		Booth	John Frederick			1894	Hasland	1913-14	Gunner	131st Heavy Battery, RGA.
15		Bowmer	Alfred	12	3	1886	Fritchley, Derbys	1911-12	pte	Labour Corps
16		Bowmer	Vernon		Q2	1895	Crich, Derbys	1913-14	Lt.	21st Royal Fusiliers > 16th Sherwoods	Military Cross	w, d
17		Broad	Thomas Higginson	31	7	1887	Stalybridge, Cheshire	1907-8		Royal Field Artillery, then Army Gym Staff.
18		Bromage	John	19	4	1888	Derby	1908-9		Royal Flying Corps
19		Brooks	Walter			1891	Shardlow	1912-13	pte	16th Sherwoods (Chatsworth Rifles)
20		Bulcock	Frederick		Q2	1889	Chesterfield	1911-12	pte	Royal Scots Fusiliers		d
21		Bunyan	Charles	28	1	1869	Campton, Bedfordshire	1892-3	l-cpl	17th Middlesex ("Footballers Battalion")		w	46 years old on enlistment.
22		Burcher	Frederick E	17	10	1888	Sheffield	1910-11		2/8 Sherwoods
23		Cavill	Thomas	29	12	1885	Whittington	1913-14		16th Sherwoods
24		Clay	Eustace Arthur		Q3	1886	Kimberley, Notts	1906-7		NZ Army Service Corps		d	Practice match player only. Died of malaria 12/10/1918, Jerusalem.
25		Collishaw	Henry	20	2	1888	Grassmoor	1908-9	Sgt.	46th Brigade Royal Field Artillery			Prisoner of war in Merseberg, captured 21/3/1918 at St. Quentin
26		Cook	Herbert	16	8	1887	Sheffield	1913-14		Royal Flying Corps
27		Crane	EJS "Stanley"	6	5	1878	Walton on the Hill, Lancs.	1901-2		Australian Expiditionary Force
28		Crossley						1912-13		Grenadier Guards?			In army before WW1. Possibly recalled.
29		Davis	Felix	10	7	1869	Great Bridge, Staffs.	1891-2		Royal Engineers			Invalided out in 1916.
30		Dexter	Leonard	23	3	1886	Awsworth	1911-12		12th Sherwoods			Discharged after 39 days with chronic bronchitis.
31		Dickie	John H	5	12	1886	Mauchline, Ayrshire	1909-10		Royal Engineers
32		Donald	David Morgan	21	7	1885	Coatbridge	1912-13		4th East Yorkshires
33		Downie	Edwin	29	9	1876	Montrose, Angus	1899-0		Royal Navy, then Merchant Navy.
34		Draper	Harry	30	4	1891	Rawmarsh	1912-13		4th Yorks & Lancs
35		Ewing	David Alexander		Q2	1881	Elsecar, Yorks	1907-8	QMS	6th Bttn, South Wales Borderers
36		Fitzpatrick	Henry James	19	12	1880	Liverpool	1908-9		Gordon Highlanders			Interned in Holland
37		Foster	Frank	19	2	1889	Barrow Hill	1911-12		Royal Garrison Artillery (38th HB)
38		Frith	Bernard	23	2	1892	Beighton, Derbys	1914-15		King's Royal Rifles
39		Gadsby	Ernest "Scan"	21	6	1884	Whittington, Derbys	1904-5		Royal Field Artillery		w	(Gassed)
40		Gerrish	Wiliam Webber (Walter)	26	6	1888	Bristol	1912-13	pte	17th Middlesex ("Footballers Battalion")		d
41		Graham	Gerald Gordon	25	1	1885	Chesterfield	1910-11		21st West Yorkshire Regiment		d
42		Green	Adrian "Haydn"	11	3	1887	Greasley, Notts	1908-9		17th Middlesex ("Footballers Battalion")
43		Griffiths	Harry	25	3	1883	Wednesbury	1908-9		355th Labour Corps (South Staffs Regiment)
44		Handley	George Albert	22	11	1885	Totley, Yorks	1904-5		RAF			Air Mechanic 1st Class
45		Hardy	Sam	26	8	1882	Newbold, Derbys	1902-3	os	Royal Navy
46		Hibberd	Cyril Marples	8	5	1895	Sheffield	1913-14		12th Yorks & Lancs
47		Hibberd	Frank Marples	21	2	1891	Ecclesall Bierlow	1914-15		Royal Field Artillery
48		Hickinson	William Thomas	5	8	1884	Stratford on Avon	1908-9	pte	County of London Yeomanry
49		Holmes	Albert	21	5	1885	Arnold	1907-8		17th Middlesex ("Footballers Battalion")
50		Howarth	Henry	2	6	1888	Church	1914-15		Lancashire Fusiliers		w
51		Kirkwood	Joseph Josiah	18	4	1885	Pinxton, Derbys	1909-10		17th Middlesex ("Footballers Battalion")
52		Knowles	James		Q1	1887	Brampton	1913-14	pte	10th Sherwoods		d
53		Lacey	Arthur Darrell	23	2	1895	Hasland	1913-14		Royal Navy (HMS Pembroke & others)
54		Lawton	James Allsopp	27	9	1893	Ripley	1913-14	Lt.	16th Sherwoods > Rifle Brigade		w
55		Logan	James Henry	17	10	1885	West Barnes, Dunbar	1906-7	Capt.	Royal Scots
56		Macey	Charles	24	1	1882	Aston, Warwicks.	1912-13		Royal Engineers
57		Marsh	John	8	3	1879	Hasland	1903-4		RGA		w	Gassed.
58		Martin	John	13	8	1880	Stapleford	1908-9		1st Grenadier Guards / 12th Hampshire Regiment			A Recruiting Sergeant in the latter part of the war.
59		McCorry	Henry	10	12	1887	Felling on Tyne	1913-14		1st Reserve Bttn, KOYLI			On absent voter list, Newcastle, 1919.
60		McLaverty	John George	14	10	1891	South Shields	1914-15	pte	Royal Marine Light Infantry
61		Mellor	Willie		Q2	1876	Chesterfield	1894-5		RAMC (in East Arfica)
62		Morris	William	12	2	1888	Danesmoor	1911-12		RASC
63		Newcombe	Charles Neil	16	3	1891	Great Yarmouth	1910-11	Lt.	7th Bttn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry		d
64		Orme	Joseph Henry	8	1	1884	Staveley	1909-10		17th Middlesex ("Footballers Battalion")
65		Orwin	Percy	31	10	1891	Doe Lea	1911-12		6th Notts & Derby
66		Owers	Ebenezer Fuller	21	10	1888	Leytonstone	1908-9		23rd Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)		w	Discharged Feb 1917 after receiving a gunshot wound to a thigh.
67		Paltridge	James William	24	7	1891	Plympton, Devon	1913-14	QMS	Army Service Corps	Meritorious Service Medal
68		Revill	Arthur E	19	12	1889	Newbold	1912-13	l-cpl	2nd Bttn., Grenadier Guards		d
69		Revill	Ernest M "Monty"	8	1	1894	Bolsover	1912-13	Sgt.	8th Lincolnshires			POW
70		Shawcroft	Edward	2	2	1893	Cutthorpe	1910-11		8th Bttn. King's Royal Rifles			POW - captured 21/3/1918 at Orvillers.
71		Smelt	Alfred	26	9	1885	Wombwell	1914-15	l-cpl	5th Yorks & Lancs
72		Smith	John W	30	1	1892	Derby	1912-13		Royal Flying Corps
73		Smith	Joseph Enoch	23	8	1889	Kilnhurst	1914-15	CSM	17th Middlesex ("Footballers Battalion")		d
74		Stevens	Percy	16	11	1891	Aylesbury	1913-14		"Two years in Salonika"
75		Stevens	Thomas	3	12	1889	Aylesbury	1909-10		Royal Engineers / Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry
76		Strettle	Sam		Q4	1885	Latchford, Cheshire	1909-10		Royal Engineers
77		Summers	Percy	27	9	1888	Sheffield	1910-11		17th Middlesex ("Footballers Battalion")		w	Wounded in the hand and stomach by a rifle grenade.
78		Tomlinson	Thomas	16	12	1886	Newbold, Derbys	1906-7		Grenadier Guards		w
79		Turner	Allen	24	10	1891	Heath	1913-14		RAMC
80		Tye	Albert Edward	22	9	1882	Aston, Warwicks.	1904-5		4th North Staffordshire		d
81		Unwin	Matthew James	21	9	1879	Clay Cross	1902-3	CSM	1/6 Sherwoods	Military Medal	w
82		Walker	Harry Digby	10	11	1886	South Anston	1913-14		South Wales Borderers
83		Watson	Walter	30	7	1893	Sheffield	1914-15		York & Lancaster Regiment		w	Gassed; shell-shock
84		Weller	Lewis Charles "Luke"	7	5	1887	Stoke on Trent	1912-13		RFA; Machine Gun Corps; Cheshire Regiment
85		Wheatley	James Richard	25	3	1888	Bolsover	1906-7		12th Sherwoods
86		Willows	William Henry	6	7	1884	New Tupton, Derbys	1906-7		Royal Engineers
87	80	Woolley	George Arthur	17	4	1875	Langley Mill, Derbys	1901-2	a/cpl	177th Tunnelling Coy, Royal Engineers		d
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89		Officials
90		Gillies	Gilbert	15	11	1869	Glassary, Argyllshire			2nd Training Bttn., RAMC			Former Secretary/manager. 48 yrs old upon enlistment.
91		Weston	Reginald	3	11	1880	Tanfield, Yorks.		pte	London Rifles			Secretary/Manager
92	3	Nuttall	Albert			1880	Chesterfield		pte	Liverpool Scottish		d	A Director
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94		Chesterfield Municipal / Chesterfield FC players:
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96		Abbott	Shirley Wray	10	2	1889	Alfreton	1924-5	pte	Middlesex Rgt.; London Rgt.; Royal Sussex Rgt.
97		Addenbrooke	John Edwin	4	1	1900	Sheffield (Carbrook)	1924-5	pte	West Yorkshire
98		Bailey	Wilfred William	5	4	1898	Leiston	1922-3		West Surrey Regiment
99		Baker	James Harold	13	9	1898	Chesterfield	1920-1					Obituary says he joined the army at 16 and was invalided out in 1916, aged 18.
100		Beel	George William	26	2	1900	Bracebridge Heath	1922-3		RAMC