Church Gresley War Memorial, Derbyshire

Church Gresley War Memorial, Derbyshire
Located at Market Street, Church Gresley, not far from the cemetery

Erected to the Glory of God and in grateful remembrance of the men from Church Gresley who gave their lives for us in the Great War 1914 to 1918.

Their name liveth for evermore.



J S HALL. Lieutenant

O M MANSFIELD. Lieutenant

F O MANSFIELD. Lieutenant


A ARONOLD . Sergeant

W PITTAM. Sergeant

J T SMITH. Sergeant



W GREEN. Corporal

S LEYLAND. Corporal

G MASSEY. Corporal

P T RUSS. Corporal

J STALEY. Corporal

A TILLEY. Corporal

P WATSON. Corporal

H WRIGHT. Corporal



Clifford BANTON. Lance Corporal 201018 1/5th Sherwood Foresters

John Clement BARNES. Lance Corporal 8050 1/6th North Staffordshire Regiment

R DOWELL. Lance Corporal

W ELTON. Lance Corporal

W H MIDDLETON. Lance Corporal

R S TAYLOR. Lance Corporal

T VALLANCE. Lance Corporal

A YATES. Lance Corporal



William Arthur ADAMS. Private born 1896 derby

James BARKER. Private 4039, 1/6th North Staffordshire Regiment

William Ernest BEECH. Private, 204612, 10th Sherwood Foresters;

William Ewart Gladstone BENNETT. Private G/18050, 4th Royal Fusiliers, (City of London Regiment)

R BENNETT. Private

Joseph BLOOR. Private (Rifleman)same rank. 4216 1/5th Sherwood Foresters

E BROWN. Private

Albert Montaque BUSHWELL. Private E/1512, 17th Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

John William CHAPMAN. Private S/22092 7th Cameron Highlanders

Joseph CHAPMAN. Private 4126, 1/5th Sherwood Foresters

W W CLAMP. Private

J A CLAMP. Private

W CLARK. Private

S G COATES. Private

J COOK. Private

J H COOK. Private

P COOPER. Private

G T COPESTAKE. Private

J CRESSWELL. Private

J DEAKIN. Private

F DOWELL. Private

G T DRAPER. Private

G DRAYCOTT. Private

E J DUNN. Private

W DYER. Private

A EAMES. Private

G V ELLIOTT. Private

R A ELEY. Private

B FARMER. Private

C FEARN. Private

J R FLETCHER. Private

W FOLWKES. Private

A E GARLAND. Private

G GILLIVER. Private

L GLOVER. Private

J A GOODGER. Private

A HAIR. Private

J HALL. Private

G T HARRISON. Private

H G HARRISON. Private

B C HART. Private

G W HART. Private

J HEAP. Private

W H HICKINBOTHAM. Private

P W HODGKINS. Private

E HOLLAND. Private

H HOLLAND. Private

G H HYMAN. Private

W C HYMAN. Private

H JACQUES. Private

T JOHNSON. Private

D LATHBURY. Private

T LIVERSAGE. Private

H MANSFIELD. Private

A A MARSHALL. Private

J W MASSEY. Private

H G MEAD. Private

T MELLOR. Private

G W MELLOR. Private

T E MOLE. Private

A MOUSLEY. Private

A NEWTON. Private

J NICHOLLS. Private

W OAKLEY. Private

G T ORME. Private

J PEACE. Private

A PEET. Private

E W PICKERING. Private

A POYNTON. Private

A H ROBINSON. Private

M ROBINSON. Private

L ROE. Private

S ROWLAND. Private

H RUSS. Private

A SHARPE. Private

C SMITH. Private

J A SMITH. Private

J W SMITH. Private

J STANYARD. Private

H STORER. Private

W W SUMMERS. Private

D SUMMERS. Private

E SUMMERS. Private

C SWAIN. Private

T J TALBOT. Private

D J TEBBETT. Private

A TILLEY. Private

J B THOMPSON. Private

G THOMPSON. Private

J W TISSINGTON. D.C.M, M.M. Private

L R TOPLISS. Private

G T TRUMAN. Private, not sure of 1st initial

M I TUNNICLIFF. Private

A E TUNNICLIFF. Private

L C WADSWORTH. Private

L WALTERS. Private

A E WARD. Private

H G WALTON. Private

H WHETTON. Private

W WHITE. Private

A WILEMAN. Private

C L WYATT. Private

S G WAR. Private

A WILKINS. Private

W G WRIGHT. Private

E MARTIN. Private

G C MEARS. Private

W SIMPKIN. Private

George ASHMORE. Private 204595, 16th Sherwood Foresters.

M J orme. Private



GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

G W BAILEY

E BANTON

H BANTON

H BODELL

R BROOKES

H COOK

N BROTHERHOOD

H COLLIN

F J ELLIOTT

C H HARDING

J JONES

J COOK

J JONES

G MOODY

J ORDISH

E PERRY

S SHARPE

L ROE

A SMITH

M S SMITHARD

C STRETTON

F SUTTON

R A TALBOT

A EYLEY

J W EYLEY



POST WW2

Private 24889546 Carl MOULT. 3rd Royal Staffordshire Regiment. killed in action 26th February 1991 aged 22. He was in C Company, on the evening of the 26th February 1991 they rolled up to a small cluster of buildings defended by a battalion of Iraqi troops. After some assault the Iraqis threw up their hands in surrender but when Private Moult dismounted to round up the prisoners an RPG 7 rocket blew through his chest, killing him and setting fire to his Warrior armourded car. He was aged 22, and native of Church Gresley, Derbyshire. He was to have been married a few weeks later to his fiancee, Vicki Dolman, aged 18, of Swadlincote. He is at rest in Church Greseley, South Derbyshire. Photograph taken on the 13th November 2014 at Werrington Millennium Rock Memorial, Staffordshire. Commemorated on the Church Gresley War Memorial, Derbyshire

Marine P062021D Jason Martin HYLTON Royal Marines, 439 Assault Squadron Royal Marines (ASRM). Born 1st September 1973 killed in action in Basra 12th November 2006 aged 33 He was killed when the patrol boat in which he was travelling was hit by an "improvised" bomb on the Shatt al-Arab waterway in Basra.

At rest in Church Gresley Cemetery, York Road, Derbyshire also commemorated on Church Gresley War Memorial, a short distance from the cemetery