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Surname: DERBYSHIRE
Forename(s): Stanley
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire
Service No: 253286
Rank: Sapper
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Engineers
Battalion / Unit: 19th Division Signal Coy
Division: 19th (Western) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-04-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 8.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Stanley Derbyshire was the son of Bannister and Elizabeth Ann Derbyshire, née Whiteley. Bannister was born at Heath Charnock, Lancashire and Elizabeth at Settle, Yorkshire.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 3, Robert Street - Stanley Derbyshire, aged 10 years, born Oldham, Lancashire, son of Bannister and Elizabeth Derbyshire.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 3, Robert Street - S. Derbyshire, aged 20 years, born Oldham, Lancashire, son of Bannister and E.A. Derbyshire.
Stanley was married to Mary Jane Dugdale in 1911. (When signing the marriage register and joining the Army, Stanley spelt his surname as Darbyshire).
The British Army Service Record for Stanley Darbyshire exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Stanley Darbyshire, 134841, Royal Field Artillery & [Spr], 253286, Royal Engineers.
A short biography of Stanley is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
DARBYSHIRE, Sapper Stanley, aged 29 years, R.E., 3, Park Road, [Barnoldswick], killed April 26, 1918.
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Sapper Stanley DERBYSHIRE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Engineers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 19th (Western) Division
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