JOS.+NAYLOR

Naylor, Joseph, Private, 5000, 1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Born Rodsley, Derbyshire Enlisted Warwick Resided Ashbourne, Derbyshire Killed in action 25th July 1916 aged 27 Son of Mary Naylor, of Moor End, Bradley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and the late Samuel Naylor. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

1911 Census: A domestic gardener Resided at Mentmore Gardens, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Ashbourne News, 25th August 1916 He was the sixth son, and he enlisted in March 1916. He was employed as a gardener, first at Osmaston Manor, before joining the staff of Lord Rosebery, afterwards working for Lord Derby at Knowsley, and later working for Lord Willoughby de Broke at Compton Verney, Warwick. Was a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Red Cross Society.


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