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Obits from Sheffield Red Book 1918


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A bit of a mammoth post, but here are the obits from one of my "Sheffield Red Book's" (Not sure which section this belonged in so please move if appropriate).

My fingers hurt now..lol..

Obituary 1916-17

1916

Dec.

17 - Robert Lowe, a well known Sheffield Auctioneer, in his 83rd year

19 - Lieut. Guy J. H. Ashwin, Durham Light Infantry, of Wath-on-Dearne, killed in action

18 - Robert Arnison, formerly a well-known Sheffield tradesman and a prominent Freemason in his 81st year

25 - Henry Sayer, formerly Town Clerk of Sheffield, aged 70

25 - Dr William Pettigrew, of 86 na d88 Attercliffe-common aged 66

1917

Jan.

3 - Edward Weston, wholesale newsagent of Change-Alley, aged 82

4 - Herbert Hodkin, founder and chairman of Hodkin & Jones building material merchants, Queen's-road in his 74th year

7 - John Davis, landlord of the Lyceum Hotel, Pond-hill, aged 72

8 - Sydney Broughton Halcomb, Lydgate Hall, Sheffield, a director of the firm Sanderson Brothers & Newbould who died at Beckenham, aged 52

14 - Rev. E.V. Everard, vicar of St Philip's, who died suddenly at Newcastle-on-Tyne aged 53

15 - Thomas Edward Kitchen (sic), head of the firm of S. & J. Kitchin (sic), cutlery manufacturers, Summerfield-street, in his 59th year.

16 - Colonel Herbert Hughes, C.B., C.M.G., who died suddenly at London, aged 63

17 - Dr. Duncan Burgess, Broomfield House, Glossop-road, in his 67th year

18 - Rev. J. H. Stimpson, 8, Huntsman-road, Darnall, for over 30 years minister of Darnall Congregational Church.

18 - C. N. Daniels, American consul in Sheffield from 1903 to 1912, who died at Stourbridge, U.S.A., aged 67

24 - Charles Frederick Augustus Schollhammer, 42 Brocco-bank, one of Sheffield's leading musicians in his 83rd year

24 - William Peveril Turnbull, late inspector of Schools in the North of England, who was well known in Sheffield, aged 75. Mr Turnbull died at Church Stretton, Salop

28 - William Fulford, of 7, Seagrave-road, a prominent Congregationalist, aged 87

Feb.

8 - Rev. George Oyston, B.A., Minister of Montgomery Wesleyan Church, Sheffield

11 - Henry Fitzalan Howard, K.G., P.C., E.M., 15th Duke of Norfolk who died at Norfolk House, St James-square, London, in his 70th year

13 - Walter H. Bacon, 71 Fitzwalter-road of the firm of Parkin and Bacon printers, Orchard-street aged 74

14 - John Biggin, managing director of the firm of Ash, Son & Biggin, builders and contractors, aged 69.

17 - Charles Henry Barnascone, of the firm of Henry Barnascone and sons, cutlery and general merchants, Eyre-street, aged 58

17 - Second-Lieut. C. F. Carr, Sherwood Foresters, of Nottingham, formerly a well known Sheffield chemist, who died from wounds received in bombing practise while on active service

17 - Lieut. R. F. Sandford, K.O.Y.L.I, son of the Archdeacon of Doncaster, killed in action, aged 22

25 - Ex-Chief Police Inspector Raynor, 63, Glencoe-road, Park, in his 79th year

26 - George Muxlow, 112 Shirebrook-road, late headmaster of Meersbrook Bank Council School, aged 65

26 - Hugh McCarter Joel, head of the firm of H. M. Joel & Co., steel and file manufacturers, Well Meadow Works, in his 80th year

Mar.

5 - Samuel Maclaurin, a member of the Sheffield Board of Guardians, and a prominent Methodist, in his 68th year

5 - Lieut. J. W. Davidson, Sherwood Foresters, son of Mr Albert Davidson, Tulloch House, Woodseats, died from wound revceived in action, in his 23rd year

8 - Tom P. Woodcock, for many years in business as a stationer and sub-postmaster in Division-street, aged 55

9 - Henry Hart, principal of the firm of Hart, Moss & Co., sharebrokers and accountants, Sheffield and Rotherham, aged 78

12 - George Malam Wilson, Surrey-street, an arcitect of considerable ability, in his 62nd year

13 - Dr. Chales Westbrook, a well-known medical man in the Meersbrook district, in his 77th year

18 - Rev. Dr. J. S. Banks, president of the Wesleyan Conference in 1902, who died at Leeds aged 82. Dr. Banks was a native of Sheffield.

26 - Harold Thomas, K. C., recorder of Hull and a well known Sheffield barrister, in his 71st year

29 - Simeon Frank Rayovski, Cannon Hall-road, a Polish exile, who fought under Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, in 1848, aged 92

April

1 - Robert Jackson, 63, Gell-street, formerly a member of the City Council and Board of Guardians, aged 68

4 - Robert Murray Gilchrist, Cartledge Hall, Holmsfield, a widely known Sheffield novelist, aged 50

9 - Second-Lieut. P. S. Watson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, of 67 Fitzwalter-road, killed in action

9 - Second Lieut. George Holmes, East Yorkshire Regt., of Hathersage, formerly of Meersbrook Park, Sheffield, killed in action

10 - Second Lieut. V. H. Wiseman, K.O.Y.L.I., son of Dr. and Mrs Wiseman, Walkley House, killed in action, aged 20

12 - Rev. J. C. Blackmore, for eighteen years Rector of Treeton, Near Rotherham, aged 70

12 - Second Lieut. R. S. Dobbie, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, formerly in Messrs. Vickers' Laboratory in Sheffield, died from wounds received in action

15 - J. E. Elcock, 40 Walkley Crescent-road, for 30 years meat inspector for Sheffield Corporation, aged 75

16 - Rev. George Barnes Atkinson, M.A., Rector of Swanington, Norfolk, formerly principal of Sheffield Colliegiate School, in his 84th year

20 - Lieut. Henry Coward, Border Regt., son of Dr and Mrs Coward, of Sheffield, died from wounds received in action

20 - Lieut. B. B. Gray, Canadians, formerly of the "Sheffield Telegraph" editorial staff, killed in action

20 - Second Lieut. Humphrey-Davy, son of Dr. and Mrs Humphrey-Davy, of Bournemouth, formerly of Sheffield, killed in action

23 - Major F. W. Dust, Royal Field Artillery, son of Mr Wm. Dust, solicitor, Sheffield and Eckington, killed in action, aged 27.

May

3 - Second Lieut. W. P. Taylor, York and Lancaster Regt., of 79 Riverdale-road, killed in action, aged 23

3 - Lieut. Donald Robinson, West Yorkshire Regt., of 48 Fossdale-road, Carter Knowle, killed in action, aged 20

3 - Second Lieut. Priestley Kaye, Duke of Wellington's Regt., late of Sheffield, killed in action, aged 22

3 - Lieut. Stanley Spencer, York and Lancaster Regt., of Rob Royd, Chilliwack, British Columbia, killed in action

3 - Major J. W. Richardson, York and Lancaster Regt., son of Mr S. G. Richardson, Stone Grove, killed, aged 35

3 - Lieut Douglas Berry, York and Lancaster Regt., son of Mr W. H. Berry, 3, Endcliffe Grove-avenue, killed in action

4 - Rev. Dr. J. Wolfenden, D.D., F.R.G.S, formerly minister of Glossop-road Baptist Church, who died at Morecambe, aged 75

6 - Capt. W. J. Tulett, 20 Wynyard-road, Hillsboro.' late of Notts and Derby Regt., died on sick leave

8 - Capt. W. S. M. Beeby, York and Lancaster Regt., died of wounds in France aged 26

11 - Rev. J. F. Buckler, formerly vicar of Tinsley, who died at Dulingham, Cambridge, in his 88th year

12 - Second Lieut. Sam Oaks, Royal Engineers of Gilberthorpe-street, Rotherham, killed in action

13 - Second Lieut F. A. Davis, York and Lancaster Regt., of Bower-road, killed in action

26 - Rev. A. H. Griffith, M.A., Rector of Lockington, Yorkshire, formerly curate of St. Silas', Sheffield aged 63

26 - Capt. H. B. Gallimore, F.F.A., son of Mr and Mrs Henry Gallimore, Hallam House, killed in France, in his 32nd year

28 - Lieut. H. C. F. Jeffcock, Sherwood Foresters, son of Mr and Mrs C. E. Jeffcock, Welham Hall, Retford, died of wounds, aged 31

31 - Second Lieut. F. B. Johnson, Rifle Brigade, formerly cashier in the London City and Midland Bank, Church-street, Sheffield, killed in action

June

2 - Capt. Arthur Reynolds, Army Ordnance Corps, brother of Mr L. G. Reynolds, manager of Heeley Silver Rolling Mills, died in France, aged 42

2 - Charles Bradshaw, F.G.S., assistant curator of Weston Park Museum, in his 57th year

3 - Second Lieut. F. J. Nick, K.O.Y.L.I., of 126 Scott-road, Pitsmoor, died of wounds received in action

5 - Capt. and Adjutant Harold Burkett, K.O.Y.L.I., of Junction-road, Sheffield, died of wounds received in action, aged 24

8 - Lieut. H. F. Hall, late of Upperthorpe, killed in action

17 - Dr. V.G.S. Deardon, surgeon, Bush House, Carbrook, aged 68

17 - Acting-Capt. M. W. Barstow, R.G.A., son of the Rev. T. W. and Mrs Barstow, of Greenhill, killed in action, aged 20

27 - Lieut. H. H. Dodson, Hampshire Regt., of Sheffield, killed in action aged 29

27 - George A. Illston, late Master of Rotherham School of Science and Art, aged 83

29 - James Willis Dixon, head of the firm of James Dixon & Sons, silversmiths, &c., Cornish-place, in his 79th year

30 - Second Lieut. R. Wilson, York and Lancaster Regt., of 51 Grove-road, Millhouses, killled in action

30 - John Dodgson, cashier of the Parkgate Iron and Steel Company, in his 89th year

July

10 - Second Lieut. H. A. Barlow, Lancashire Fusiliers, of Ecclesall, Sheffield, killed in action, aged 25

11 - Pte. Charles Cooper Wood, East Yorks Regt., elder son Of Mr G. H. Wood, headmaster of St. John's Schools, Park, Sheffield,killed in action, aged 37

11 - Second Lieut. H. E. Beckett, York and Lancaster Regt., a partner in the firm of Ellis, Willis & Beckett, auctioneers, George-street, killed in action

17 - Councillor S. G. Harrison, a well known Sheffield journalist, in his 61st year

18 - Franklin Ball, Glencoe-road, a prominent figure in political and religious circles, aged 61

23 - Second Lieut. Cyril Hawley, R.F.C., of Abbeydale-road, accidentally killed

28 - Charles Hatfield, formerly a well-known hairdresser in Watson-walk, and a celebrated globe-trotter, in his 76th year

29 - Philip Henry Gardiner, headmaster of Marlcliff-road (Hillsboro') Council School

31 - Lieut. Laurence Whiteley, Black Watch, son of Mr and Mrs Seth Whiteley, Collegiate-crescent, killed in action, aged 32

31 - Capt. J. H. Joseph, King's Liverpool Regt. brother of Mrs Ethel Slagg, Priory-terrace, killed in action

Aug.

10 - H. L. Brown, head of the firm of H. L. Brown & Sons, jewellers and diamond merchants, Market-place, aged 74

10 - Second Lieut. T.A. Skinner, K.O.S.B., son of Mr and Mrs J. C. Skinner, Ivy Park-road, Ranmoor, died of wounds received in action

11 - R. Heber Radford, an eminent consulting engineer of the firm of Radford, Heber Son & Squire, St. James' row

11 - Rev. James Murray, C. M., of St. Vincent's, Sollys-street

18 - Capt. J. C. Addy, East Yorkshire Regt., killed in action

19 - Capt. H. E. Dixon, R.F.C., grandson of the late Mr H. I. Dixon, Stumperlow Hall, accidentally killed, aged 27

17 - Second Lieut. J. C. Mirfin, York and Lancaster regt., of 110, Cowlishaw-road, died of wounds

18 - Second Lieut. W. J. Flower, Worcester Regt. of Wortley-road, High Green, Sheffield, died from wounds

22 - Lieut. H. D. B. Turner, Royal Field Artillery of Wentworth, near Rotherham, died from malarial fever

24 - Capt. G. W. Fitzroy Birch, K.O.Y.L.I., of Brentwood-road, Brincliffe, killed in action

28 - Second Lieut. John Dickinson, Royal Scots, of Bolton-on-Dearne, killed in action

Sept.

1 - Dr. John Somerville, M.D., 78, Carr-road, Walkley, aged 58

11 - William Dover, Sycamore-villa, Ecclesall-road, a prominent social worker at Mount Tabor Chapel, Wellington-street, in his 84th year

15 - Lieut. G. A. S. Craven, F.R.A., grandson of the late Alderman George Senior, died from wounds received in action

15 - William Brough, assistant clerk of the West Riding Police Court, aged 72

15 - Second Lieut E. D. Tyzack, R.E. (T.), attached R.F.C., of Psalter House, Brincliffe, Sheffield, killed while flying, aged 26

20 - Lieut.-Col. D. G. McNicoll, D.S.O., Durham Light Infantry, of Carter Knowle-road, died of wounds received in Flanders, aged 34

20 - Second Lieut. Harper Seed, Sherwood Foresters, of Devonshire-road, Totley Rise, killed in action

21 - Walter S. B. Smith, headmaster of Brightside Council School, in his 63rd year

23 - John R, Blakiston, Chief Government Inspector of Schools for the Sheffield district from 1883 to 1893, who died at Portmadoc, aged 88

25 - Dr. James Milne, suddenly, a well-known medical practitioner in Wincobank

26 - Second Lieut. G. Gregory, York and Lancaster Regt., of Worsboro' Bridge, killed in action

30 - Charles Birch, 18, Manton-street, an Indian Mutiny veteran, and a well-known Freemason, in his 86th year

Oct.

4 - Lieut. F. P. Cliff, West Yorks Regt., of 949 Abbeydale-road, killed in action, in his 23rd year

4 - Capt. Arthur Kingdon, York and Lancaster Regt., son of Mr W. E. Kingdon, tobacconist, High-street, killed in action

5 - Second Lieut. H. G. Adams, R.F.A., formerly legal assistant to the Town Clerk of Sheffield, killed in action, aged 28

9 - Capt. L. C. Kirk, of 31, Beech Hill-road, killed in action

9 - Second Lieut. G. E. Sensicall, York and Lancaster Regt., of Nursery-road, Swallownest, killed in action

9 - Capt. S. Gummer, York and Lancaster Regt., partner in the firm of Gichard & Gummer, solicitors, Rotherham, killed in action, aged 27

9 - Second Lieut. Francis De Bell, York and Lancaster Regt., of Rosedale-road, killed in action, aged 21

9 - Second Lieut. T. K. Donald Hall, R.F.A., Of Totley Brook, near Sheffield, killed in action, in his 21st year

9 - Capt. A. F. Smith, York and Lancaster Regt., of 35, Ecclesall-road, killed in action, aged 22

9 - Second Lieut. J. W. Wright, York and Lancaster Regt., son of the late City Treasurer, killed in action

9 - Second Lieut. F. W. Dixon, of Owlerton, formerly employed at the lithographic department of Messrs. Pawson & Brailsford, printers, Sheffield, killed in action, in his 21st year

9 - Second Lieut. Raymond W. Jackson, York and Lancaster Regt., of 92, Broomspring-lane, killed in action, in his 20th year

10 - Lieut. S. McTurk Spencer, West Riding Brigade, R.F.A. (T.), of Whiteley Wood Grange, killed in action, aged 20

14 - Lieut. Tom Hill, Machine Gun Corps, who was well-known at Millhouses, died suddenly at Clipstone Camp

14 - Second Lieut. Eric Warburton, R.F.A., of Sturton-le-Steeple, killed in action, aged 21

15 - Second Lieut. Edward Durnan, York and Lancaster Regt., of 43, Grove-road, Millhouses, killed in action

19 - Second Lieut. Reginald Pryce-Jones, York and Lancaster Regt., 0f 134, Alexandra-road, Heeley, killed in action, aged 23

20 - Sir Nathaniel Creswick, K.C.B., V.D., of Norton Green, near Sheffield, late Colonel 4th West Riding Volunteer Artillery, and the oldest member of the original British Volunteer Force, aged 86

22 - Second Lieut. T. Manton, York and Lancaster Regt., of 115, Greenhow-street, Walkley, died of wounds, aged 27

27 - Thomas Abbott, a former well-known, Sheffield schoolmaster and school inspector, and who in 1903 was High Chief Ranger of the Ancient Order of Foresters, aged 68

27 - Lieut. Honer, R.F.A., attached R.F.C., of Machon-bank, killed while flying

Nov.

2 - Dr. Thomas A. Sheahan, a well-known and popular medical man, of Carlton House, Attercliffe, aged 52

2 - Second Lieut. F. Martin, Sherwood Foresters, of 15, Vavendish-street, killed in action, aged 21

5 - Lieut. C. H. Jackson, R.F.C., of Dore, Sheffield, killed while flying at Dover, aged 24

8 - Thomas Collier, surgeon, 9, Montgomery-road, who for many years practised at 170, London-road

9 - Second lieut. Charles Nichols, Tank Corps, who died at "West-wood," Sandygate, sheffield, aged 28

11 - Capt. A. J. Revill, of the Canadians, attached R.F.C., of Walkley, killed in action, aged 21

17 - Dr. C. S. Kilham, a well-known medical man, of Barber-road, in his 57th year

20 - Robert Renton Neill, tailor, Change-alley, who was well-known in business and social circles, in his 68th year

20 - Pte. Douglas Chisholm, Artists' Rifles, son of Mr W. W. Chisholm, J.P., editor of the "Sheffield Independent," killed in action

21 - Capt. Malcolm Nicoll, K.O.Y.L.I., of 23, Carter Knowle-road, Sheffield, died from wounds received in action

22 - Second Lieut. F. W. Warmsley, Sherwood Foresters, of Dore, near Sheffield, died from wounds received in action, aged 19

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5,700+ posts, wondered why my fingers hurt and I drink Red wine through a straw from a bucket - saves lifting and getting up for another Bottle !

Great work RichardS. Now, foot to the pedal, go for it ! It's only pain.

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Mar.

29 - Simeon Frank Rayovski, Cannon Hall-road, a Polish exile, who fought under Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, in 1848, aged 92

This belongs in the Pubs section also !

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