A.+HAMMERSLEY

__Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919__

Hammersley, Arthur, Lance Bombardier, 806279, Royal Artillery (Territorial Force) Born Yeldersley, Derby Enlisted Derby Died of wounds France & Flanders 5th May 1918

__Commonwealth War Graves Commission__ (www.cwgc.org) 17th Battery, 296th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Aged 22 Son of Albert and Hannah Hammersley, of Yeldersley, nr. Ashbourne, Derbyshire Buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 2, II, A, 30

__Ashbourne News, 7th June 1918__

Died of wounds caused by shell splinters. Parents lived at Yeldersley Hall Home Farm. Was educated at Osmaston, and was well known in the Osmaston and Yeldersley areas. After the death of his parents, went to live with his sister, Mrs. Meadows, of Goodale Street, Derby, where he was apprenticed to Mr. Williamson, butcher, of Friar Gate, Derby. Joined up October 1915, and underwent training at Derby Barracks, Luton and Hemel Hempstead. Served in Ireland during the uprising in 1916, before proceeding to France in March 1917. Letter from a comrade: “He had just returned to his battery from a 24 hours’ duty, and went over to the cookhouse for his tea. Instead of bringing his tea away with him as usual, he stopped chatting with the cook and others. I had only left the place two minutes before the shell came over and did the damage.’ Four men were hit, two dying of their wounds, including Arthur, who was hit in the head, back and shoulder.