This memorial is compiled with additional information with kind permission
of the Common Wealth War Graves Commission
To the Glory of God and in grateful and loving memory of the Hartington men who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914 1919
BROOMHEAD Frank, Private 5044, 14th Australian Machine Gun Corps died 1 February 1917 age 20. Son of Henry and Fanny Broomhead of Hartington. Buried at Bancourt British Cemetery, France
FYLDES Aubrey William, Second Lieutenant, 1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 9th August 1915, aged 18. Son of the Rev. William. and Amy L. Fyldes, of Witton Vicarage, Blackburn. Native of Hartington, Derbyshire. Buried at Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, Turkey
OLIVER, James, Private 931564, 54th Canadian Infantry Central Ontario Regiment died 9th April 1917 age 19. Son of Sophia Elizabeth nee Thomas and late Sydney Oliver of Trail British Columbia and son of Sydney who also fell and brother of William Evelyn Buried at Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus, France
OLIVER, Sydney, Lance Corporal 23428. 7th Canadian Infantry [British Columbia Regiment] killed 24th April 1915 age 50. Son of James and Dora Oliver of Hartington and husband of Sophia E Oliver of Trail, British Columbia had father of William Evelyn who also fell on the same day, the same battle and both commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium
OLIVER, William Evelyn, Private 23429, 7th Canadian Infantry [British Columbia Regiment] killed 24th April 1915 age 21. Son of Sophia Elizabeth nee Thomas and late Sydney Oliver of Trail British Columbia and son of the above Sydney who also fell on the same day and battle and who is also commemorated on the same memorial at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium and brother of James who also fell in 1917
PEACH, Walter, Sergeant 24134, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 27th April 1918. Born Hartington, enlisted Buxton. Formerly 24742, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).Buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Cologne, Germany
REDFERN, William, Private 3553 perviously Private 201044, 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th April 1916. Aged 22. Born Hartington, Son of Mrs. E. H. Redfern, of 59, Henley St., Lincoln. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France
SHIRLEY, Charles, Private 21789, 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 26th September 1916. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
SUTTON, George Victor, Private 100896, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 23rd October 1918. Aged 20. Son of George Herbert and Mary Annie Sutton, of Hartington. Buried at Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay France
WARDLE, Joseph Frederick, Lieutenant, 334th Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Died 14th February 1919. age 32. Son of John Francis and Elizabeth Wardle; husband of Ruth Wardle, of "Laverock," Berry Head Rd., Brixham, Devon. Born at Hartington, Derbyshire. Surveyor to the Wirksworth U.D.C. and Bolsover U.D.C. Buried at Rangemore All Saints Churchyard,
1939-1945
BAILEY, William, Driver S/L 18001, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 29th May 1944 age 23. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bailey, of Hartington. Buried at Malo-Les-Bains Communal Cemetery France
BATES, James William, Sapper 5892287, 585th Corps Field Park Coy, Royal Engineers. Died 7th January 1943 age 19. Son of James William and Dorothy Burnett Bates, of Hartington. Commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey.
