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The War Memorial for Alfreton, Derbyshire
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The War Memorial for Alfreton, Derbyshire, includes the names of three men of the Yorkshire Regiment. Details of these soldiers are below.
Private Frank Davis, 41887. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 62104 RFA. The son of Eli & Susannah Davis. Killed
27 September 1917. Aged 30.
Born Alfreton (Derbyshire), Enlisted Ilkeston, Resided Alfreton.
Buried POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant Stanley Fell Hutton. 12th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Agnes Hutton, of Hunts Bank Cottage,
Wistaston, Nantwich, Cheshire. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 24.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
The following additional biographical information is taken from Roberts Coulson's
Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Stanley Hutton was born at Willaston in Cheshire in 1894.
He first served in the ranks of the Notts and Derby regiment and after his
commission joined the 12th Battalion, Teeside Pioneers, at Moislains in early
November 1917. Later that same month this pioneer battalion were called into
front line action during bitter fighting at the Battle of Bourlon Wood.
In January and February of 1918 2nd Lt Hutton and the battalion were engaged
mainly with roadworks in the Mory area but when the German Spring Offensive
opened on March 21st they were pushed into the line at Hamlincourt.
The battalion fought on the retreat for ten days and when the onslaught was
finally halted they were at Rue de Bois.
In early April they were in action again as the Battle of the Lys opened and
on April 11th 1918 2nd Lt Stanley Fell Hutton was killed in action aged 24
in trenches close to Bac St Maur."
Sapper George Henry Trotter.
Born Alfreton (Derbyshire), Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Sherwood (Notts).
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
The First World War names on the Alfreton War Memorial
(Photo : Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
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