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

Swanwick

Major and Honorable Lieut.-Colonel FitzHerbert WRIGHT resigned his commission in June, 1887, but was allowed to retain his rank. He served in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters and he resided in this parish.

His son, Henry FitzHerbert WRIGHT, was commissioned as a captain in the 1st Derbyshire Howitzer Battery of the Royal Field Artillery in 1908. He saw service with the RFA in France from 1914 to 1917. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1927. He is the maternal great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York, through her mother Susan BARRANTES. He died in 1947.

There are two Commonwealth War Graves for World War I and also two for World War II in St. Andrew's churchyard:

  1. Frederick CHALLONER, priv., 4th Btn. Durham Light Inf., age 39, died 16 June 1918. Son of Matthew Ward and Mary CHALLONER.
  2. Albert WAGER, priv., 2nd Btn. Grenadier Guards, age 35, 24 Sept. 1916. Husband of Martha Elizabeth WAGER of Swanwick.
  3. Frederick TAYLOR, srgt., Pioneer Corps, age 45, died 25 Oct. 1942. Husband of Ethel TAYLOR of Somercoates.
  4. James WEBSTER, priv., 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters, died 26 Sept. 1940.

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.

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