W.+Barber+Duckmanton

 Barber, William, Lance Sergeant, 12902, 9th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, disembarked with the rank of Corporal Born Duckmanton, Derbyshire Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire Accidentally drowned, Sandon Hall, Staffordshire, 14th May 1917 aged 26 Son of James and Selina Barber, of 142, Arkwright Town, Chesterfield. Buried in Duckmanton Church Cemetery, Derbyshire

1911 Census A colliery blacksmith's striker Son of James, a coal miner hewer, and Selina Barber, of Nursery House, Arkwright Town, Derbyshire



(Photograph and article from the Derbyshire Courier, 19th May 1917)




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