Baines, Joseph. King's Royal Rifle Corps "B" Coy. 1st Bn. Lance Corporal. Service No. 2138. Age 33. Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoué, Pas-de-Calais, France. 05-Jan 1915. Joseph Baines was a member of the Highfield Section of the Ecclesall division of the Sheffield police force. Son of William and Susannah (Nee Johnson) Baines, of Sheffield. Husband of Ivy (Nee Wilson) Baines, of 49, Club Garden Road, Sheffield. They married in Sheffield, 1911. He had an elder brother, William, born 1875 and a younger sister and brother, Edith, born 1885 and Frank, born 1898. His parents married in 1872 and they lived at 277 Upper Allen Street, Sheffield. His father was an Inn Keeper and a Metal Smith. Joseph was killed in action. Le Touret Cemetery was used by Field Ambulances and fighting units

Barber, George. Royal Garrison Artillery 135th Heavy Bty. Gunner. Service No. 162427. Age 26. Ribécourt British Cemetery, Nord, France. 03-Dec 1917. Son of Thomas Barber, of Fulwood, Sheffield. Husband of Letitia (Nee Toynbee) Barber, of Navenby, Lincoln. They married in Lincoln, 1915.

Bark, Francis. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 9th Bn. Sergeant. Service No. 24787. Age 26. Pernes British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 02-May 1918. Born in Fareham, Hampshire. Son of John and Margaret Bark, of Curbar, near Sheffield. Francis enlisted in Sheffield and died of wounds at a casualty clearing station. He was awarded the Military Medal (MM) for work near Beaumont Hamel on the 27th November 1916. This medal was awarded for individual or associated acts of bravery. His award was announced in the London Gazette, 16th February 1917. It read "His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the field to the undermentioned Non-commissioned Officers and Men" ... 24787 Pte. F. Bark, Notts. and Derby. R.

Batty, William Henry. Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. Lance Corporal. Service No. 7780. Age 26. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France. 19-Jan 1915. Born in Sheffield on the 13th January 1889. Son of William and Helen Batty. Husband of Lillian (Nee Moore) Batty. They married at Wadsley Bridge in 1913. William was a policeman, PC number 320. William enlisted in 1908, he served 3 years and left to join the police. He was called up as a reserve when the war started. He went to France on the 8th August 1914 and he was wounded at La Bassee on the 26th September 1914. Boulogne was one of the main hospital areas. The men who died in these hospitals were buried in the Eastern Cemetery. William died in hospital.

Booker, Thomas Henry. 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) Private. Service No. 5528. Age 32. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. 11-Apr 1917. Husband of Kate (Nee Shippam) Booker, of 13, Industry Street, Walkley, Sheffield. They married in Sheffield, 1911. The Arras Memorial bears the names of 35,000 men whose graves are not known.

Clay, Henry C. York and Lancaster Regiment 'A' Coy. 12th Bn. Sergeant. Service No. 12/1388. Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France. 17-Jun 1916. Henry was a policeman. The 12th York and Lancs were known as the 'Sheffield Pals'. Their formal title was the Sheffield City Battalion, They trained initially at Redmires.

Crapper, Charles Hoyland. Yorkshire Regiment. Second Lieutenant. Age 31. Bradfield, St Nicholas Churchyard. 26-Apr 1918. Born in Aston. Youngest son of Jonathon & Emily Crapper. Husband of L. Crapper of 8 Cavendish Road, St John's Road, London. Charles was awarded the Military Medal (MM). His award was announced in the London Gazette, published 8th December 1916. It read "His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the field to the undermentioned Non-commissioned Officers and Men" ... 34959 Cpl. (Actg. Sjt.) C. Crapper, R.A.M.C. At this time, Charles was a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps. The 1891 shows Charles aged 3 living with his family at Lawn Farm in Aston, Rotherham. His father Jonathon Crapper is aged 49 and listed as a farmer. Charles has three brothers, Bernard, William and Francis. They all have the second name Hoyland, including Charles. He has three sisters, Frances, Marrion and Edith.

Crich, Sidney. Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. Private. Service No. 5616 La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France. 28-Sep 1914. Sidney Crich was a policeman, PC number 475. Born in 1882, Sheffield. Sidney was approx. 32 when he was killed. Sidney married in 1908. The Sheffield Daily Independent ran a report on the 30th Sept 1914 which said Sidney had saved the life of PC Edwin James who had been shot whilst in action. The La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial remembers nearly 4,000 officers and men of the B.E.F. who died in 1914 and who have no known grave.

Cullimore, Arthur S. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Bn. Private. Service No. 58957. Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. 15-Nov 1918. Died of wounds. Arthur also served in the York and Lancaster Regiment, no. 61043

Gautier, Francis, Herbert. Cheshire Regiment 11th Bn. Sergeant. Service No. 10885. Age 44. Sheffield General Cemetery, England. 11-Jun 1916. Francis Herbert Gautier was a policeman. Husband of Edna (Nee Hoyland) Gautier, of 34, Tapton Bank, Manchester Road, Sheffield. They married in Sheffield, 1897. Francis and Edna also lost two sons to the Great War. Wilfred Gautier (1921) is also buried in the same Cemetery as his father. A E Gautier (1915) lies in the Kemmel Château Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Francis is also remembered on a screen wall at Sheffield City Road cemetery.

Hawkins, Herbert. Royal Garrison Artillery 144th Siege Bty. Corporal. Service No. 64601. Age 29. Bard Cottage Cemetery, Boesinghe, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 08-Oct 1917. Born 1898, Wales, Sheffield. Herbert Hawkins was a Police Constable, Lived at 36 Tavestock Road, Sharrow, Sheffield. Son of William and Hannah Hawkins, of Waleswood, Sheffield. Husband of Annie Louisa (Nee Wary) Hawkins, of 2, Hill Cottages, Layer Breton, Kelvedon, Essex. They married at St Peters Church, Abbeydale on the 10th June 1914. They had a Son, Richard Arthur, born on the 26th May 1915. Herbert enlisted, aged 26 on the 3rd November 1915 and he was killed in action. He is also remembered on the Kiveton Park and Wales war memorial at Wales Square.

Jupp, Thomas. East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn. Private. Service No. 8593. Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany. 15-Sep 1915. Thomas was born 1891 at Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire. His parents were Henry Jupp (a Boot & Shoemaker) of Stoney Middleton, and Annie Ford of Wolstanton, Staffs. They married 1890 in Wolstanton. Thomas lived in Walkley and enlisted in Sheffield. Thomas was a fireman, he was wounded in earlier actions. He returned to the front and was taken prisoner. he was held in Germany. Thomas died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and was buried at Ohrdruf Prisoner of war cemetery, Thuringia which had 107 burials between 1915-1918. He was later moved to the cemetery he now lies in. The Niederzwehren cemetery was begun by the Germans in 1915 for the burial of prisoners of war who died at the local camp. After the war men where brought in from other areas of Germany

Lunn, Arthur. Royal Field Artillery 7th Div. Ammunition Col. Bombardier. Service No. 58393. Age 25. Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. 13-Apr 1917. Arthur Lunn was a policeman. Husband of Elsie (Nee Hayes). They married in 1914. Elsie remarried after Arthur's death and became Elsie Lowey. He enlisted on the 30th October, 1915 with Frederick Selch and George Orme when they were granted permission to enlist by the police force.

Misson, Edward Robert. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 7th Bn. Private. Service No. 24791. Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. 16-Sep 1916. Born in Malta. Edward was a Police Constable (383) in the Central Division for four years. Aged 30 and a native of Syerston near Newark, where his parents lived. Edward lived in Hillsborough, Sheffield. He was mentioned in despatch from Sir Douglas Haig for gallant and distinguished services and devotion to duty. His name appeared in the London Gazette, 2nd January 1917. Edward's name is on the Thiepval Memorial which bears the names of more than 73,000 men who at one time had been listed as missing and have no known grave.

Orme, George Thomas. Royal Garrison Artillery "V" 47th Heavy T.M. Bty. Bombardier. Service No. 63992. Albuera Cemetery, Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult, Pas-de-Calais, France. 04-Nov 1917. Born in the parish of Church Gresley, Derbyshire, 1889, George was a policeman. He enlisted on the 30th October, 1915 with Arthur Lunn and Frederick Selch when they were granted permission to enlist by the police force. George was killed in action.

Pearson, Charles Richard. Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. Lance Corporal. Service No. 7300. Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Zillebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 11-Nov 1914. Charles Pearson was a policeman. Born in Owlerton, Sheffield. He enlisted in Sheffield. Charles went to France on the 12th August 1914. He was killed in action.

Roberts, W. Royal Field Artillery

Salsbury, Jack. Grenadier Guards No.1 Coy. 1st Bn. Private. Service No. 11581. Age 26. Brompton Cemetery, London, England. 02-Nov 1914. Born at King's Newton, South Derbyshire, 1888. Jack Salsbury was a policeman. Son of Tom and Mary (Nee Dexter) Salsbury. Husband of Ada Mary (Nee Taylor) Salsbury, of Church Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire. They married in the district of Shardlow, 1909. His father, Tom was a Market Gardener.

Sanderson, Alfred. Coldstream Guards 1st Coy, 1st Bn Lance Corporal. Service No. 15930. Age 31. Bleuet Farm, Ypres, Belgium. 25-Jun 1917. Son of Albert and Elizabeth Sanderson. Husband of Harriet Sanderson of Greenside, Stannington, Sheffield. Born at Stannington. Bleuet Farm was a dressing station during the 3rd Ypres 1917 Allied offensive. The cemetery began in a corner of the farm and was in use from June to December 1917. Alfred is also remembered on the Stannington Village War Memorial.

Selch, Frederick William. Yorkshire Regiment 9th Bn. Second Lieutenant Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. 14-Nov 1918. Born 1887, in the market town, March, Cambridgeshire. Son of John and Emily (Nee Moon) Selch. His father was a Bricklayer. His mother died in 1894. Frederick was in the Walkley Division of the Sheffield Police. He enlisted on the 30th October, 1915 with Arthur Lunn and George Orme when they were granted permission to enlist by the police force. Frederick was killed in action, aged approx 31. Frederick had served in the Sheffield Police since 1909. He had been married shortly before his death to Gwendoline Ann Spouse, 1918 in her home town of West Hartlepool.

Smith, Walter. Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Sergeant. Service No. 6507. Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France 14-Mar 1916 Walter Smith was a policeman. He was killed in action in the Maricourt area, Somme, France.

Treacey, Michael. Royal Munster Fusiliers 4th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Second Lieutenant. Age 27. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. 21-Mar 1918. Son of the late Patrick and Mary Treacy, of Kiltullagh, Glenamaddy, Co. Galway. The Pozieres Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21 March to 7 August 1918.

Ward, Thomas Edward. Military Police Corps Military Foot Police Lance Corporal. Service No. P/16817. Age 33. Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. 06-Jan 1919. Born in Ecclesall, Sheffield. Son of George and Ellen Ward, of 126, Lansdowne Road, Sheffield. His father was an ex-Policeman, born Skegby, Notts. In the 1901 census the family is at 119, Lansdowne Road. Thomas is listed as an Errand Boy, aged 14. He had an elder brother, George who was a butcher aged 20 and a younger brother, John aged 5. He also had 2 elder sisters, Mary Ann, aged 25, Jessie who was aged 16 and a cabinet case liner. he had a younger sister, Margaret, aged 10.

Whitman, George Samuel. Royal Army Medical Corps 94th Field Ambulance. Private. Service No. 60722. Age 25. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas-de-Calais, France. 18-May 1917. Born in Sheffield, 1892. Son of Stephen Francis and Sarah Whitman (nee Sellers). His parents married in the Shardlow district, 1890. His father died aged 32 in 1896. His mother, Sarah remarried in 1902 to James Cook. They lived at 862, Grimesthorpe Road, Grimesthorpe, Sheffield. He enlisted in Sheffield and Died of wounds.