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War Dead Commemorated in local churchyards

New Mills and Hayfield War Dead
Buried or Commemorated in local cemeteries.


New Mills Cemeteries

Allen, Fred – Private. 2nd/8th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Bates, Walter – Private. Cheshire Regiment - St Georges Parish Church

Belfield, John Edge – Private. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) St Georges Parish Church

Bennett, Charles – Private. 2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Bennett, Joseph – Private. 7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Bottomley, William – Private. 3rd Battalion. Middlesex Regiment - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Bowden, Arthur Vincent – Rifleman. 2nd Battalion. Rifle Brigade. No 8 Company. -Mount Pleasant Churchyard

Bowers, James Alfred – Rifleman.10th Battalion. Rifle Brigade - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Boyle, Ernest – Corporal 39173 South Staffordshire Regiment - Died of wounds April 11th 1918 - St Georges Parish Church

Brocklehurst, Ernest - Private 37047. 2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Broome, James – Private 3715028. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Chadwick, Joseph Wyatt – Corporal 12663. East Lancashire Regiment - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Chadwick, Norman – Rifleman 42285. 3rd Bn 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade - New Mills (St George) Stockport

Checkley, Albert – Sergeant. 27057. Canadian Infantry. (Central Ontario Regiment). - St Georges Parish Church

Cheetham, William – Corporal. 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry - St Georges Parish Church

Clapham, George Charles – Private. 1st/6th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Collins, Richard – Private 53880. Cheshire Regiment - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Conway, Harry – Private 7373733. 160th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps – New Mills Congregational Church Burial Ground

Cooper, Charley – Private. 1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Croft, Edmund Vincent – Bomber. "A" Bty. 14th Bde. Royal Field Artillery - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Dearnaley, John – Private. 16th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Dyson, Joseph – Private. 1st Labour Company. Lincolnshire Regiment. - St Mary’s Roman Catholic Churchyard

Edge, John – Private 202520. 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Fletcher, Albert – Private. 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Froggatt, John Maurice – Private. North Staffordshire Regiment. - St Georges Parish Church.

Garside, Albert – Lance Corporal. 21607. 6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. - St Georges Parish Church

Greenwood, William – Sapper 440164. 428th (East Lancs.) Field Coy. Royal Engineers - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Guthrie Graeme – Private. 2046. London Regiment. Killed 26th May 1915. New Mills (St. George) Churchyard.

Hampson, John – Private. 8th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Hanford, Joan – Civilian. Died as the result of enemy action - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Hartle, Frederick – Sergeant. 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Hartle, William – Private. 9th Battalion. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Hawkyard, John Edward – Private. 4th Company Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Native of New Mills. Emigrated 1908. New Mills (St. George) Churchyard.

Hawkyard, Ernest – Private. 50th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment). - A native of New Mills. His father ran a Drapers shop on High Street. - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Heathcote, Bernard – Sapper 440473. Royal Engineers - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Hill, John Daniel – Aircraftsman 2nd Class. Royal Air Force - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Hill, Thomas – Private. 10th Battalion. Royal Irish Rifles - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Jones, N – Private. Depot Northumberland Fusiliers - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Knowles, Albert Lloyd – Private. 18641. Manchester Regiment. - New Mills (St. George’s Road) Methodist Churchyard

Knowles, Frank – Private. 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment - New Mills (St. George’s Road) Methodist Churchyard

Liddiard, William – Lance Corporal. 7th Battlion Leicestershire Regiment - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Lomas Frank – 2nd Lieutenant. 7th Manchester Regiment. - New Mills Congregational Church Burial Ground

Lomas, Herbert - 2nd Battalion. Manchester Regiment - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Mason, James W - 4th Battalion. Lincolnshire Regiment - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

McKellar, Daniel – Civilian. Died as the result of enemy action - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

McNee, George – Private. 17th Manchester Regiment. - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Middleton, Thomas – Private 25977. Royal Army Medical Corps - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Mills, George – Private. 33969. 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Mitchell, Leonard Fred – Radio Officer, RAF - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Oakes, Roy – Sergeant. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - New Mills (St. George’s Road) Methodist Churchyard

Pollard, Gilbert – Private. 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Potts, Fred – Private. 11th Battalion. East Yorkshire Regiment - New Mills Congregational Church Burial Ground

Redfern, William Isaac Bardsley – Private. Plymouth Battalion. Royal Naval Division. Royal Marines Light Infantry. - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Roxby, Robert Waterworth – Private. 11th Battalion. Cheshire Regiment - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Schofield, Alec – Private. 1st Battalion. Leicestershire Regiment - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Secombe, John
– Private. 10th Battalion. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Sheldon, Samuel – Private 4th Battalion. Cheshire Regiment - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Smith, Walter – Private. 2nd/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Stafford, Gilbert – Private. 7th Battalion. North Staffordshire Regiment - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Taylor, William – Private. Royal Artillery - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Taylor, William John – R.N.B.E.M.

Thornley, Edmund – Private. 3rd Battalion. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Thorpe, Ernest – Private. Royal Army Medical Corps - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Chapelyard

Tomlinson, Arthur Matthias – Private 46602. 1st/5th Battalion. York And Lancaster Regiment - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Turner, James William – Private. 95624. Royal Fusiliers. - New Mills (St. George's Road) Methodist Churchyard

Walker, Wilfred – Private. 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. - New Mills Congregational Church Burial Ground

Waterhouse, Richard – Private. 2nd Battalion. Irish Guards - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Waterhouse, Ronald – Sergeant. 101 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Wild, Arthur – Private. 2nd/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Wild, Fred – Private 263011 2nd/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). New Mills (St. George) Churchyard.

Wild, William – Private 204576 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Killed in Action in France October 23rd 1918 - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Wharmby, James T. – RNVR - St Georges Parish Church

Wharton, J – Gunner. Royal Garrison Artillery transf. to (49063) - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard

Woodward, George William – Private 60673. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). New Mills (St. George) Churchyard.

Wright, E A - Private. 21st Battalion. Royal Fusiliers - New Mills (St. George) Churchyard


Hayfield Church Cemetery

Bates, Samuel Cooper – Private. 2nd Battalion. Cheshire Regiment. - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Bennett, Arnold – Private. 360154. Northumberland Fusiliers. Commemorated Loos Memorial - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Bennett, Raymond – Private. 2nd/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Bradley, Fred – Private. Leicstershire Regiment. - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Brookes, Maria – Civilian. Died as a result of enemy action. - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Gee, John – Private. 6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Hadfield, Thomas – Private. 7th/8th Battalion. Kings Own Scottish Borders - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Hadfield, William – Private. Lancashire Fusiliers - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Handford, Harry – Private. 2nd/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Handford, J N – Private. 2nd/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Harvey, Ernest – Private. 2nd/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Howard, James Roy – Gunner. 3rd Siege Battery. Royal Garrison Artillery - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Jennison, Roy F. – Royal Navy - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Porritt, John Thomas – Private. 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers transf. to (237748) Labour Centre Clearing Office Labour Corps. - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Prestwich, Tom – Private. 35260. Northumberland Fusiliers. - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Ramwell, Issac – Corporal. 16th Battalion. Sherwood Foresters - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Rangeley, Aaron – Corporal. Welsh Fusiliers, transferred from the Cheshire Regiment - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Robinson, Hannah – Civilian. Died as the result of enemy action - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Robinson, Ughtred – Rifleman. 7th Battalion. Kings Royal Rifle Corp - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Shaw, Hubert – Private. 8th Battalion. Kings Own Rifle Corp. - Hayfield New Church Cemetery

Singleton, Frank – Private. 8th Battalion Royal Scots - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Smith, George – Private, 204254 2ND/4TH Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Summerfield, Ronald – Gunner. Died 9th May 1954. – Died as the result of a motorcycle accident whilst on active service. Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Waterhouse, Fred – Private. Manchester Regiment. - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.

Wogin, Edward – Sergeant. D Bty. 72nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery. - Hayfield New Church Cemetery.


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