from a walk in mapperley woods bluebells and creepies

View from Mapperley Top .. route of the new Gedling Access Road (Colliery Way)

Taylor, Fred, Private, 26497, 16th Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment

Born Holbrook, Derbyshire

Enlisted Derby

Residence Holbrook, Derbyshire

Killed in action 8th October 1916 aged 23

Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France

1911 Census

No occupation stated

Son of Isaac, a domestic under gardener, and Mary Taylor, of Old Turnpike, Holbrook, Derbyshire

Pension Records

Husband of Lilian Taylor (born 24th August 1897), of Holbrook Moor, Nr Derby

Lilian remarried - Wright

from a walk in mapperley woods bluebells and creepies

Belper

Via Denby and Smalley

Hazlewood, William Charles, Private, 22977, 9th Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment

Born Stanley Common, Derbyshire

Enlisted Derby

Residence Mansfield, Notts

Disembarked for service 28th August 1915

Died of wounds 23rd November 1915 aged 27

Son of the late Henry and Betsy Hazlewood, of Burton-on-Trent; husband of Selina Whiten (formerly Hazlewood), of 15, Quarry Lane, Mansfield, Notts

Buried in Hill 10 Cemetery, Gallipoli, Grave Reference: II. A. 17.

1911 Census

A coal miner filler below ground

Boarding at the home of Charles Henry Bowler, a coal miner dataller, of Newdigate Street, West Hallam, Derbyshire

Pension Records

Husband of Selina (born 29th May 1891); father of Phyllis Agnes Hazlewood (born 7th April 1915), of Mill House, Horsley Woodhouse, Nr Derby

Toplis, Cyril Launcelot, Sapper, 158635, 250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers

Born Stoke Newington, Middlesex

Enlisted Derby

Resided Smalley Common, Derbyshire

Died of accidental injuries 24th August 1917 aged 24

Son of William and Kate Ash, of 12, French St., Askern Rd., Bentley, Doncaster.

Buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave Reference: A, 25

1911 Census

A colliery screens labourer

Adopted son of Joseph, a colliery banksman, and Elizabeth Cresswell, of 62, Blunt Street, Smalley Common, Derbyshire

Also commemorated on the Richardson Endowed School, Smalley War Memorial; and the Mapperley Collieries War Memorial

Taken at Mapperley Wood DWT Reserve

Some shots from Chatsworth House, some from around Mapperley and some from the Lomowalk

Canon AE-1 Program

Developed and scanned at home

Taken just before getting in to Mapperley, Noittingham. Used some filtering in Photoshop to help with the sky.

Toplis, Cyril Launcelot, Sapper, 158635, 250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers

Born Stoke Newington, Middlesex

Enlisted Derby

Resided Smalley Common, Derbyshire

Died of accidental injuries 24th August 1917 aged 24

Son of William and Kate Ash, of 12, French St., Askern Rd., Bentley, Doncaster.

Buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave Reference: A, 25

1911 Census

A colliery screens labourer

Adopted son of Joseph, a colliery banksman, and Elizabeth Cresswell, of 62, Blunt Street, Smalley Common, Derbyshire

Also commemorated on the Richardson Endowed School, Smalley War Memorial; and the St. John The Baptist Church, Smalley War Memorial

from a walk in mapperley woods bluebells and creepies

Too tranquil to jump..............................Sandiacre

this little chap and his mates where busy today in the mild weather

canon 7d, lens canon300f4 is

Robinson, Thomas, Private, 6835, 2nd Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment

Born Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Enlisted Derby

Residence Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Disembarked for service 21st April 1915

Killed in action 23rd September 1915 aged 30

Buried in Potijze Burial Ground, Belgium, Grave Reference: CI. 1.

1911 Census

A coal miner hewer

Nephew of Samuel, a coal miner hewer, and Mary Robey, of 47, Ebenezer Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Some shots from Chatsworth House, some from around Mapperley and some from the Lomowalk

Canon AE-1 Program

Developed and scanned at home

Athorn, George Immison, Private, 203393, 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

Previously served with 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

Formerly 27649, Leicestershire Regiment

Born Leicester

Residence Leicester

Killed in action 28th April 1917 aged 28

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Athorn, of Leicester; husband of Gertrude M. Hannaway (formerly Athorn), of 3, Cecil Rd., Leicester

Buried in Roeux British Cemetery, France, Grave Reference: C. 67.

1911 Census

A coal company clerk

Husband of Gertrude Athorn. Son of John Sam, a post office telegraphist, and Ellen Athorn, of 77, Mere Road, Leicester

Pension Records

Husband of Gertrude Mary (born 7th August 1891), father of John Maurice (born 17th August 1911) and Eric Thomas Athorn (born 18th May 1913), of 3 Cecil Road, Leicester

Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

great spotted woodpecker in mapperley

woods this morning

Some shots from Chatsworth House, some from around Mapperley and some from the Lomowalk

Canon AE-1 Program

Developed and scanned at home