Etwall and Burnaston Local History Society
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Details of War Graves for WW1 Soldiers from Etwall
This page depicts the final resting places of the men of Etwall and surrounding areas who died during the Great War and are named on the village war memorial.
The project was prompted and encouraged by Marianne Pritchard-Jones who had carried out such strenuous and dedicated research into the lives of the men and their part in village life before they made the ultimate sacrifice.
Sadly, Marianne is no longer with us but her enthusiasm in bringing to life the early years of ‘her boys’ has ensured that their memory will live on.
This record is intended to complement the book already published by Marianne and I would like to dedicate this to her memory.
Should anyone wish to visit any of the cemeteries there are GPS co-ordinates included in the index. If any further information is required, then please contact me on 01283 732703.
Paul Sephton
Etwall
November 2010
Index of Contents in Alphabetical Order
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Date of Death |
Cemetery |
GPS Co-ordinates |
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Pte George Adams |
16/09/1916 |
Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension |
La 49.915503, Lo 2.519903 |
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Pte Thomas Adams |
13/11/1917 |
Tourgeville Military Cemetery |
La 49.33396. Lo 0.050898 |
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Pte Thomas Blood |
20/09/1917 |
Tyne Cot Memorial |
La 50.88736. Lo 2.998989 |
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Pte James Burton |
15/07/1916 |
Dive Copse Cemetery |
La 49.929019. Lo 2.605157 |
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Lt Arthur Chaplin |
03/05/1917 |
La Targette British Cemetery |
La 50.350677. Lo 2.748427 |
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Lt Humphrey Chaplin |
11/05/1915 |
Menin Gate Memorial |
La 50.8522023. Lo 2.891024 |
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Major Alfred Dawson, MC |
20/05/1917 |
Fosse No 10 Communal Extension |
LA 50.44614. Lo 2.6859 |
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Pte William Garrett |
19/11/1916 |
Thiepval Monument |
La 50.050539. Lo 2.685696 |
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Sgt Frank Gregson |
11/12/1918 |
Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta |
La 35.887286. Lo 14.536865 |
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Gnr Harold Gregson |
16/05/1918 |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery |
La 30.013796. Lo 31.231942 |
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Rfn James Griffin |
08/08/1916 |
Essex Farm Cemetery |
LA 50.87091. Lo 2.873032 |
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Pte Thomas Mansfield |
06/03/1917 |
St. Helen’s Church Yard, Etwall |
La 52.885554. Lo 1.602491 |
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Pte John Rushby |
15/01/1917 |
Warlencourt British Cemetery |
La 50.080153. Lo 2,799776 |
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Pte John Slater |
20/10/1918 |
Bissegem Communal Cemetery |
La 50.818595. Lo 3.231477 |
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Pte George Smith |
18/08/1915 |
Citadel New Military Cemetery |
La 49.976549. Lo 2,718451 |
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Pte Joseph Statham |
15/10/1916 |
London Cemetery Extension, Longueval |
La 50.038179. Lo 2.78129 |
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Gnr George Toon |
17/05/1917 |
Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery |
La 50.197987. Lo 2.518004 |
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Pte Robert Welch |
07/04/1917 |
St. Helen’s Church Yard, Etwall |
La 52.885554 Lo 1.602491 |
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Gnr William Whitworth |
15/11/1918 |
St. Sever Cemetery Extension |
La 49.409898. Lo 1.065609 |
N.B Latitudes and Longitudes in Italics are approximate
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Pte George Edward Adams
Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
Corbie is a small town 15 kilometres East of Amiens. The military cemetery is in an extension of the town cemetery and is in a quiet area of the town. It contains 918 casualties mostly from the casualty clearing stations from the battle of the Somme.
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Aged 27
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Pte Thomas William Adams
Tourgeville Military Cemetery
This is a very small but beautifully serene cemetery on a hillside close to the sea looking towards England. The cemetery contains 295 casualties from both sides.
Died 13th November 1917
Aged 23
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Private Thomas Richard Blood
Tyne Cot Memorial
This imposing memorial bears the names of almost 35,000 Officers and men with no known grave. In addition the large cemetery contains nearly 12,000 graves of Commonwealth servicemen.
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Aged 38
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Pte James Burton
Dive Copse Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec
This isolated cemetery containing 559 graves, mainly from the battle of the Somme, stands on a hill overlooking the Somme Valley. It provides a far reaching view to the 3rd Australian Division monument that commands the dominant ridge.
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Aged 20
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Lt Arthur Chaplin
La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St Vaas
This is a small cemetery, containing 638 First World War burials, situated next to a vast French Military cemetery (40,000+ graves). The cemetery contains a number of Canadian graves including Lt Chaplin who was working in Canada at the outbreak of the war.
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Aged 34
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Lt Humphrey Marmaduke Chaplin
Menin Gate Memorial
This significant memorial bears tribute to 54,326 officers and men with no known grave who perished on the Ypres Salient. Each evening, beneath the arches, the local fire service play ‘The Last Post’ in memory of the servicemen who died in the Ypres Salient.
Died 11th May 1915
Aged 23
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Major Alfred Dawson, MC
Fosse N0 10 Communal Extension, Sains-En-Gohelle
This is a small cemetery, containing nearly 500 First World War casualties. The cemetery, shared with the local population, is built next to an old mine.
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Aged 30
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Pte William Henry Garrett
Thiepval Memorial
This enormous monument bears the names of the 73,367 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20th March 1918 and have no known grave.
Died 19th November 1916
Aged 24
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Sergeant Frank Gregson
Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta
This is a large cemetery containing 2,624 casualties representing a mixture of First and Second World wars and non-war burials.
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Aged 30
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Gunner Harold Gregson
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
This is a large cemetery containing 2411 casualties from the two World Wars. It is within the Cairo Old Cemetery area.
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Aged 27
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Rifleman James Griffin
Essex Farm Cemetery
This medium sized cemetery contains 1,199 Commonwealth Graves. It is flanked by a road on one side and a canal on the other. It was whilst stationed at this former dressing station that Lt-Col. John McCrae of the Canadian Army Medical Corps wrote the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ in May 1915.
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Aged 31
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Private Thomas Mansfield
St. Helen’s Church, Etwall, Derbyshire
The Commonwealth War Grave is to be found amongst the community headstones in the village churchyard where Thomas went to school.
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Aged 18
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Pte John Rushby
Warlencourt British Cemetery
The cemetery is situated on a major road leading to the strategically placed town of Arras, a large cemetery containing 3,505 commonwealth graves that retains a great degree of tranquillity despite the proximity to the main road.
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Age Unknown
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Private John Charles Slater
Bissegem Communal Cemetery
This is a communal cemetery in a small Belgian town. There are 33 commonwealth graves. 25 are First World War casualties from the Allied advance in October 1918 with 8 Second World war graves from the withdrawal to Dunkirk during May and June 1940.
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Aged 20
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Pte George Smith
Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt
This is a small cemetery in the Somme Valley typical of so many in the area. There are 379 casualties here, many of whom were buried from field ambulances before the battles on the Somme.
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Aged 17
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Pte Joseph Statham
London Cemetery Extension, Longueval
One of several cemeteries in the Longueval area, this is situated directly outside High Wood and is a stark testimony to those who perished there. This is a large cemetery compared to the majority found in the Somme area and contains 3,873 WW1 burials of which 3,114 are unidentified.
Died 15th October 1916
Aged 21
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Gnr George Harold Toon
Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty
The medium sized cemetery contains 1,266 commonwealth war graves, set back from a busy road into Arras. It has a great beauty and serenity with a perfect symmetry of flowers amongst the headstones.
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Aged 37
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Private Robert William Welch
St. Helen’s Church, Etwall, Derbyshire
The Commonwealth War Grave is to be found amongst the community headstones in the village churchyard in which Robert was born and raised.
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Aged 18
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Gnr William Arthur Whitworth
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
This is a very large cemetery containing 8,658 Commonwealth Soldiers. It is beautifully kept in the grounds of a French community cemetery in a quiet area of the city overlooked by the local football ground.
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Aged 23