Monthly Archives: December 1918

Pte. W.M. Beresford

Posted on December 26, 1918 by geconway

Pte. William Mellor BERESFORD Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Unit: 1st/6th Battalion (“C” Company, 12 Section) Service Number: 203841 (Formerly: 25060, 5th (TF) Battalion) Date of Death: 26 December 1918 – Died (Heart Failure)    Age: 32 Cemetery: ÉTAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY … Continue reading →

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Gnr. J. Goodwin

Posted on December 22, 1918 by geconway

Gunner John GOODWIN Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit: “A” Battery, 174th (2/2nd London) Brigade Service Number: 152357 Date of Death: 22 December 1918 – Died (Home) Age: 42 Cemetery: BUXTON CEMETERY Grave Reference: 3064 Personal: John was born in Rushton, … Continue reading →

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Pmst. Lt. L. Needham

Posted on December 20, 1918 by geconway

Paymaster-Lieutenant Louis                NEEDHAM Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve Unit: H.M.S. Godetia. Flagship of 1st/2nd Fleet-Sweeping Flotillas (Formerly: 10th Battalion, Liverpool Scottish Regt.) Service Number: 3592 (Liverpool Scottish Regt.) Date of Death: 20 December 1918 … Continue reading →

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Pte. J.H. Kiel

Posted on December 14, 1918 by geconway

Private John Hermann KIEL Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Unit: 15th Battalion Service Number: 60240 Date of Death: 4 December 1918   (CWGC Records) 14 December 1918 (Service Records) Age: 19 Cemetery: BUXTON CEMETERY Grave Reference: 2403 Personal: John was born … Continue reading →

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Pte. F. Winterbottom

Posted on December 10, 1918 by geconway

Private Frank WINTERBOTTOM Regiment/Service: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (Formerly: The Leicestershire Regiment) Unit: 9th Battalion Service Number: 27926 (Formerly: 45531 The Leicestershire Regiment) Date of Death: 10 December 1918 – Died (of wounds and illness) Age: 41 Cemetery: MIKRA … Continue reading →

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Pte. F. Holmes

Posted on December 7, 1918 by geconway

Private Frederick (Fred) HOLMES Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Unit: 6th (Reserve) Battalion Service Number: 331224  (Formerly: 2475) Date of Death: 7 December 1918 – Died (Home) Age: 25 Cemetery: BUXTON CEMETERY Grave Reference: 2562 Personal: Frederick (known as ‘Fred’) was … Continue reading →

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Pte. R.P. Peacock

Posted on December 2, 1918 by geconway

Private Richard Pratt PEACOCK Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Unit: 1st/6th Battalion Service Number: 2423 Date of Death: 2 December 1918 – Died (Home) Age: 22 Cemetery: FAIRFIELD (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD Grave Reference: North of Church. Personal: Richard was born … Continue reading →

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