T.+WARDLE

 Wardle, John Edward, Private, 17771, 10th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Disembarked for service 14th July 1915 Born Ilkeston, Derbyshire Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire Killed in action 4th July 1916 aged 23 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

1911 Census A coal miner pony driver Son of Joseph, a coal miner hewer, and stepson of Edith Wardle, of 48, Mafeking Terrace, Spital Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

(The 1901 Census proves that Albert Henry and John Edward Wardle were brothers)

(Photograph from the Derbyshire Courier, 22nd July 1916)


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