In memoriam

Charles Ernest Farr, L/Cpl 28399 Cheshire Regiment. Died 24/05/16, France & Flanders.

John Joseph Hakes, Private 307494 Sherwood Foresters. Died 07/04/17, France & Flanders.

William Hakes, Private 49891 South Staffordshire Regiment. Died 06/10/17, France & Flanders.

Alfred Jennings, Private 67114 Sherwood Foresters. Died 04/03/17, France & Flanders.

William John Key, Private 37104 Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 12/10/16, France & Flanders.

Edward Marsh, Private 19007 Sherwood Foresters. Died 14/02/16, France & Flanders.

Harry Marsh, Private 15102 Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 21/04/18, France & Flanders.

Bertie Skelton, Private 202260 North Staffordshire Regiment. Died 21/03/18, France & Flanders. Son of Joseph and Ann Skelton. Born in Cuckney 1898. His brother George was turned down for medical reasons from serving his country.

George Blatherwick Stubbins, Private 5/29754 53rd Young Soldiers Garrison Battalion. Died 21/03/17, at home.

Ernest Williams, Cpl 14138 Sherwood Foresters. Died 23/03/18, France & Flanders.

Thomas Needham, L/46877 Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 10/10/1918 (related to Sybil Wyers nee. Needham who was both a teacher and pupil at Cuckney School).

The following information comes from the Norton and Cuckney Parish magazine (courtesy of Ann Barber).

NOVEMBER 1914 FOR KING AND COUNTRY The following names were unfortunately omitted in the list given last month, of those from this Parish serving in His Majesty's Forces - HAROLD STOCKDALE, R.G.A; WILLIAM BEAUMONT, ERNEST WILLIAMS, SYDNEY ASHMORE, TOM TAYLOR, SHERWOOD FORESTERS; HARRY TAYLOR, ALFRED TAYLOR, LINCOLN REGIMENT. The last three are brothers, sons of Mrs. Taylor, Schoolyard. JAMES HARRISON a former choirman visited the Church on Sunday, October 24. He went to Canada, some time ago and entered into the Canadian Contingent. Mrs Burgess' only son, ALFRED BURGESS, who has a post in Nigeria, has volunteered and is serving with the Forces in Nigeria. JANUARY 1915 FOR KING AND COUNTRY The following are additions to the list already published of those serving in His Majesty's Forces from this Parish. L. KIRK, SHERWOOD RANGERS R.LAWTON, (INSTRUCTOR), L.GREEN and J TAYLOR, SHERWOOD FORESTERS The following offered themselves but were not accepted:- G. SKELTON, A .HALL, O. NEEDHAM, P.NEEDHAM, E.TINKER, N.PARKIN, G. ROGERS, F. RAWSON, H. TAYLOR, E. HARVEY. Mrs Sandra Little has also written to the school and provided the following information; William and John Hakes were the two youngest sons of John Hakes Snr. who was a butcher and farmer. They lived at Wisteria House, Creswell Road, Cuckney (still standing). There were two girls in the family who both lived into their late 90's. The children would have attended Cuckney School. Two older brothers survived the war-Frank joined the Coldstream Guards and was later commissioned into the Royal West Surrey Regiment. The other brother Alfred was a miner in 1916. He took over the farm in 1925, but died in 1931. Alfred's children continued to farm in Cuckney until the 1960's. When Frank was at school between 1892 and 1900, the children didn't have paper and used slate and chalk instead.