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Suffolk Road and the Loxleys


Richard Hibberd

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In searching my family tree I have found many members of the Loxley living along Suffork Road - numbers 1, 27 and 48 all feature for various Loxley relatives including Edwin Loxley who was killed in August 1918 in Flanders. He was a private in the Loyal North Lancs regiment (not sure why he ended up here as the Loxleys were all S Yorks born and bred.)

There seems little sign of houses now - see photo - presumably following the Sheffield Blitz. Please any information, photos etc would be useful.

Thanks Richard.

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One on picture Sheffield - Suffolk Road at junction with Turner Street. No 5, 7, 9 and 11, Sid Hibberd, Tool Merchant

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You would be wrong about the blitz clearing houses. It was the Council that would sweep away these old properties to build flats etc. The above photo dates to 1948 - so the war didn't get them!

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He had a rough war...he joined the York & Lancs Regiment in September of 1914 but was transferred to the Connaught Rangers. He was wounded at Gallipoli and transferred to the Royal Irish Regt for a short time before being sent to the Loyal North Lancs.

You are lucky in that a pretty full and very interesting Service Record survives for him on Findmypast

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo363-4%2f007392456%2f00887&parentid=gbm%2fwo363-4%2f7392456%2f38%2f883

You'll have to pay unless there is still a free trial period available....here's a bit below.

 

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There is a snippet in the British Newspaper Archives about him...he discovered the body of a girl drowned in the river

 

 

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