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BALL, WILLIAM 
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  Sherwood Foresters, 15th Battalion, (Notts & Derby Regiment) Link
Service No. 331157
Enlisted in Clay Cross, Derbyshire
Date of Death: 28 March 1918
Husband of M. E. Ball, of 26 Main Street, Aughton, Sheffield
Cemetery:  POZIERES MEMORIAL, FRANCE Link 
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 52 to 54
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston
Remembered on the First World War Plaque outside Aughton Council School, Main Street (now Aughton Early Years Centre.


BARLOW, HERBERT
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion
Service No. 2484
Date of Death: 11 July 1915
Son of Arthur and Eliza Anne Barlow of Aughton
Cemetery:  FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY, BELGIUM Link 
Grave/Memorial Ref. Plot 1. Row J. Grave 7
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston.


BARNISH. WILLIAM
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  York and Lancaster Regiment, 5th Battalion
Service No.1842
Enlisted:  Treeton, South Yorkshire
Date of Death:  10 July 1915
Born:  Aston, South Yorkshire
Living at 33 Aughton Road, Swallownest, Sheffield
Cemetery:  YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 36 and 55
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


BARSBY, CLARENCE    (See entry for Clarence Tinsley
Who died in the First World War
Son of William and Mary Barsby of 26 Falconer Lane, Fence, Woodhouse Mill, Sheffield
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill First World War Memorial


BARTLE, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  Manchester Regiment, 21st Battalion
Service No. 51730
Date of Death:  04 October 1917, age 25
Son of Thomas and Lois Bartle of Ulley, Sheffield.
Cemetery:  TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Grave NO. LX. J. 17.
Remembered on the Ulley War Memorial and in Holy Trinity Church Ulley


BEARDALL, JOSEPH PERCY
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion
Service No. 20617
Enlisted Swallownest
Date of Death:  17 October 1918
Born:  Nottingham
Cemetery:  HIGHLAND CEMETERY, LE CATEAU, FRANCE Link
Grave/Memorial Ref.  Grave No. III G9
Memorial Grave in Aston Cemetery, Aston, near Sheffield
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


BEETON, LEWIS
Rank:  Lance Bombardier
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery, 116th Siege Battery
Service No. 58366
Date of Death:  27 May 1918, age 21
Son of Mr. T. and Mrs. L. Beeton, of 6, Mount Pleasant Fence
Woodhouse Mill, Sheffield
Cemetery:  VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE Link
Grave/Memorial Ref.  Grave No. I.H.12
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in
All Saints Church, Aston
Remembered on the First World War Memorial, Woodhouse Mill


BELK, CHRISTOPHER
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  York and Lancaster Regiment, “A” Coy. 2nd Battalion
Service No. 24435
Date of Death:  12th October 1916, age 21
Son of Edwin and Margaret Susannah Belk, of 1, Aston Terrace,
Swallow Nest, Sheffield.
Native of Todwick, Sheffield.
Bellringer and assistant church-keeper of Parish Church of
All Saints, Aston, Sheffield.
Cemetery:  BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE Link 
Grave/Memorial Ref.Grave No. IV. M. 5
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston
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BENNETT, HORACE
Rank:  Private
Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion
Service No. 44944,
Enlisted:  Pontefract
Date of Death:  13 November 1918, age 22
of 2 Egerton Road, Swallownest
Born in Aston
Cemetery:  CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE Link
Grave/Memorial Reference III. A. 3
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


BLOWER, WILLIE
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  York and Lancaster Regiment, 6th Battalion
Service No. 204347,
Enlisted in Sheffield
Date of Death:  14 June 1917, age 21
Husband of Mrs. A. M. Fitzakerley (formerly Blower),
of 11, Talbot Rd., Bircotes, Harworth, Doncaster Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Link
Grave Ref.  Panel 36 and 55
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill First World War Memorial


BONSALL, GEORGE
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment:  York and Lancaster Regiment, 14th Battalion
Service No. 8/13586
Date of Death:  16 October 1917, age 20
Son of John and Bethesta Bonsall, of “Ash Lea,” High Street, Swallow Nest, Sheffield.
Cemetery:  ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Grave No. I.E. 19
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


BERESFORD, JIM
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps, 17th/21st Lancers
Rank:  Lance Sergeant
Service No. 328939
Date of Death:  22 April 1945, age 28
Born at Aston Terrace.   Son of Henry and Harriet Beresford of 11 Main Street, N. Anston.  (Formerly of Aston Netherthorpe.
Husband of Iris Beresford, of 23 Railway Cottages, Kiveton Park, Yorkshire.
Cemetery:  FAENZA WAR CEMETERY, ITALY Link
Grave No. VIII D. 6.
Jim Beresford was killed in North Africa when a bomb from an American plane hit his tank.
As far as we know, his name is not recorded in the Second World War Memorial Book in Aston Church.


BELK, JOSEPH 
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 2nd Battalion.  Transferred to (116619) Labour Corps
Service No.13793,
Date of Death:  20 September 1920, age 26
Son of Edwin and Margaret Susannah Belk, of 1 Aston Terrace, Aston.
Born at Todwick, Sheffield.
Cemetery:  ASTON-CUM-AUGHTON CEMETERY, NEAR SHEFFIELD
Grave No. “C” 746
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston, Sheffield


BRADDER, BERT
Regiment:  Princess Charlotte Of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 1st Battalion.
Rank:  Private.
Service No. 4755807.
Date of Death:  13 May 1944, age 30.   Died in Burma.
Son of Charles and Beatrice Rosina Bradder  (née Ferrett)of Aston, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Husband of Ivy Bradder.
Cemetery:  KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY, INDIA. Link
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston


BRIGGS, CHARLES
Rank:  Private
Regiment:  East Yorkshire Regiment, 7th Battalion.   Formerly
40369 West Riding Regiment
Service No.52020
Enlisted in Sheffield
Date of Death: 11 December 1918, age 22
Son of George and Martha Briggs; husband of Carlinor Briggs, of 18, Maun Way, Brushes Estate, Firth Park, Sheffield.
Born in Swallow Nest, Sheffield
Cemetery:  ASTON-CUM-AUGHTON CEMETERY
Grave No. “C” 663
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston, Sheffield