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Military Records information for Duffield and places above it in the hierarchy

Duffield

The nine Commonwealth War Graves in Duffield Cemetery (data from the CWGC site) are for:

NameRankUnitDiedOther info.
John Philip Wilfred Henry DAVISsecond lieutenantRoyal Corps of Signals14 June 1942Chr. on 18 Jun 1921, son of Wilfrid Henry and Julia DAVIS.
Sam EYREprivateK coy., Army Service Corps13 Feb. 1917Age 36, son of George Augustus and Millicent EYRE
John Rainsford HASLAMgunner439 Indep. H.A.A. Bty., Royal Artillery3 Oct. 1944Age 28, son of John William and Edith Annie RAINSFORD of Milford.
Kenneth Arthur HILLmajor501 Coast Regt., Royal Artillery16 Feb. 1943Age 43, husband of Kathleen M. HILL of Mablethorpe, LIN.
Charles Melville JONESco. quartermaster serjeant10th Btln., Sherwood Foresters15 Feb. 1919Age 31, husband of Ann JONES of Milford.
Reginald KINDERsapperRoyal Engineers13 May 1941Age 26, son of Violet Lilian KINDER
Wingfield LANDprivate2/4 Yorkshire Regt.23 Nov. 1918Age 39, husband of Susan LAND of Milford
Norman SMITHlance serjeant155 Rly. Works coy., Royal Engineers23 Dec. 1943Age 43, husband of Ethel Lillian SMITH
Maurice STONEsapper297 Rly. coy., Royal Engineers15 Dec. 1919Age 31, husband of Violet Lilian STONE

William WASS was born 1884 in Windley, died 20 July 1916 Fromelles, France. He was a srgt. in the 54th Bn. Australian Infantry. Marg O'Leary believes him to be one of the soldiers exhumed from a mass grave in 2008. His parents were Germain WASS and Harriet MELLOR of Windley.

Derbyshire

Derbyshire Militia: Enlistments into the Regular Army at Dover, 1813 - a record of the names from this list was also published in the Derby Mercury, 1814.

Names from Musters of the Derbyshire Militia 1781-82 are available for purchase on floppy disk or microfiche through Family History Indexes (the link to Militia Musters is part way down the page).

There is an online website for looking up Prisoners of War from World War One at the Int'l Comm. of the Red Cross Archives.

UK and Ireland