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Military Records information for Derwent (Darwent) and places above it in the hierarchy

Derwent (Darwent)

  • Lorna WILSON gives us these names off the War Memorial:
  1. George Squire COTTRILL, 12 Btln. King's Royal Rifle Corps, age 25, died 2 Apr 1918.  Son of William and Mary Emma COTTRILL.
  2. Arthur DEAKIN, private, 6th Alexandra (Yorkshire) Regt., died 22 Aug 1915, Gallipoli.
  3. George J. DUNN, born Derwent 1894, corporal, 1st Btln. York & Lancs regt., age 25, died 11 Oct 1916, son of John and Emma DUNN.
  4. Wilfred EYRE, born Derwent, 2nd Btln. York & Lancs regt., died 21 Apr 1916, brother to Ruth EYRE.
  5. Walter HEATHCOTE, 2nd Btln. York & Lancs regt., born Sheffield in 1895, age 18, died 21 Sep 1914.
  6. David KENNEDY, unknown.
  7. Jason PRIESTLEY, 2/6th Btln. Sherwood Foresters, age 21, died 19 Apr 1918, son of David and Elizabeth PRIESTLEY.
  8. Gregory THORPE, (Actually: William Alexander Gregory THORP), 3rd Grenadier Guards, brother to John Joseph THORPE age 25, died 20 Dec 1916.
  9. John Joseph THORPE, driver RFA, age 25, died 29 July 1928, brother to William Alexander Gregory THORP, son of John Henry and Mary Thorp.
  10. John WILSON, unknown.

If you know any of these men, please let the site maintainer know any additional details.

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