WW1 Exhibition

There is now a small display remembering the men Of Old Whittington who died in WW1 in the foyer of the Swanwick Memorial Hall. 

The exhibition will be available to view when Old Whittington Library is open. The opening hours are Tuesday 10-1 then 2-6pm, Thursday 10-1 then 2-6pm and Saturday 10-1. 

I would like to thank MacIntyre for letting us set up the display in the foyer. I

 have posted some photos but please feel free to pop in and have a look. If you have any information you would like to share then please contact me or if you prefer give Chris the librarian your details and I can contact you directly.

William Leslie Gaunt

I was searching the Derbyshire Times for something else and came across this article, in Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald 3rd November 1917, for WiIliam L Gaunt who died on 28th September 1917. 
His story can be read in full here https://oldwhittingtonops.com/gaunt-wm-leslie/

BERTRAM LOVE

I have been kindly contacted by family members of Bertram who have supplied me with a photograph of him in uniform.

His story is available to read at https://oldwhittingtonops.com/love-bertram/

WE REMEMBER TODAY

Today we remember Herbert Widdowson who died 5th October 1916 age 32 years. 

He is buried at Vermelles British Cemetery and his story can be found here at https://oldwhittingtonops.com/widdowson-h/

PHOTOS

I have found  another photo in the Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald from 16th June 1917 of George Barker who died in July 1916 and whose story is here 

George was just 20 years old when he died and he is commemorated at Thiepval.

WE REMEMBER TODAY

Today we remember three men from Whittington

Charles Lievesley (DCM) and Bertram Love who died 100 years ago today on 3rd October 1918. Their stories can be read on https://oldwhittingtonops.com

We also remember Joseph Norton who died on 3rd October 1915 he is commemorated on the Loos Memorial
If any descendants of Joseph have any information they would like to share on the website please get in touch

WE REMEMBER IN OCTOBER

We remember the men of Old Whittington who died in WW1 during October, who left the village never to return.

Charles Lievesley      Died 3rd October 1918

Bertram Love             Died 3rd October 1918

Joseph Norton           Died 3rd October 1915

H Widdowson            Died 5th October 1916

Percy Carlile             Died 8th October 1916

Alexander Carlile      Died 12th October 1916

John E Green           Died 12th October 1917

John McGee             Died 12th October 1918

Reginald Benton      Died 18th October 1916

For the Fallen

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.

Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)