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

Balderton

There has been a project to record the names on the joint Newark and Balderton War Memorial. Most are from Newark.

  • For a photograph and the list of 44 names on the War Memorial plaque in St Giles Church see the Nottinghamshire County Council site.
     
  • The Great War Bulletin for November 16th, 1914; tells us that the following men were selected as Special Constables for Balderton for the duration of the war: John CULLEN, nurseryman; George PARKIN, foreman fitter; Robert ATTER, farmer; Slade SADLER, draughtsman; William HOLMES, assistant overseer of the poor and collector of taxes.
     
  • The Great War Bulletin for January 1st, 1915; tells us who volunteered to fight in the Great War (not all may have been accepted).
     
  • The Great War Bulletin for February 8th, 1915; tells us that Harry HEALED died on 2 January 1915 in France. Harry's family was in Redmile, NTT, at this time.
     
  • The Newark Great War Bulletin for October 4th, 1915; tells us that private Arthur GRAVES, age 21, was badly wounded and recovering in the Carrington Military Hospital in Nottingham with a bullet close to his spine. His friend, Ernest ALLISON, age 21, was killed in the fighing.
     
  • The Newark Great War Bulletin for December 6th, 1915; tells us that private Harold TURNER, age 21, had succumbed to head wounds received at Gallipoli. He was a sapper in the Royal Engineers.
     
  • The same edition of the Newark Great War Bulletin tells us that private Walter Gilbert MOORE, age 22, a lance corporal in the 8th Btln. Sherwood Foresters had been recommended for a bravery award. His family lived on Farndon Road. Walter had been born in Burma in 1893 where his father was serving in the Army. Walter would die in June, 1916, while serving at the front.
     
  • The 44 men who are listed on the St. Giles Monument tablet are:
  1. George William BARKS
  2. Henry BOND
  3. George E BROMPTON
  4. Walter BULMAN
  5. Christopher Collins BURGIN
  6. Jesse CHAPMAN
  7. George Thomas Harold COULBY
  8. Francis Mark CRAGG
  9. Charles CRAMPTON
  10. Richard Pearson ELSON
  11. Arthur EWIN
  12. Arthur FELL
  13. Henry GARROD
  14. John Harry GIBSON
  15. Matthew William GRANDORGE
  16. William Edward HOLLIS
  17. George Henry Joseph HUNT
  18. Walter HUNT
  19. John William HYDE
  20. Henry John JAMES
  21. Eric JOHNSON
  22. Albert James KITCHEN
  23. John William KNOTT
  24. Benjamin MARSDEN
  25. Albert MAWSON
  26. Walter MAWSON
  27. David MURDEN
  28. Frederick John OLPHERT
  29. George Henry PILGRIM
  30. Alfred Algarnon Horace RANSLEY
  31. William ROBINSON
  32. John Robert ROE
  33. Robert SANDERS
  34. Leonard George STEEL (see Genealogy topic.)
  35. Robert Jackson TAYLOR
  36. Arthur Ernest Gerald TILLIN
  37. Harold TURNER, Royal Engineers
  38. Albert Percy WALKER
  39. Arthur WALSHAM
  40. John Henry WHITEHEAD
  41. Arthur WILSON
  42. Samuel WITHERS
  43. Albert Edward WOOD
  44. Philip WOOLFITT (brother to Sir Donald WOLFIT)

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