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The Derbyshire Stokers

A project to research and share the stories of the men from Derbyshire's

mining villages who served as ship's stokers during the First World War

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The Stories

Here you'll find links to the stories of individual stokers. Heritage Lottery Fund supported us to research the stories of 5 Derbyshire Stokers. The others have been researched and written by volunteers.

 

We are still adding to the stories so if you are interested in researching a stoker whose story has not yet been told please contact us via our contact us page.

The first five:

 

Thomas Henry Redfern of Bolsover

 

Cledwyn Griffiths Walker of Ashover

 

Bertram Figg of Shipley

 

Isaiah Taylor of Blackwell

 

Elisha Omar of Hasland

 

 

Contributed by volunteers:

 

 

John William Pickering of Creswell

 

William Herbert Timmons of Creswell

 

Alfred Revitt of Barlborough

 

Lawrence Roberts of Alfreton

 

James Reginald White of Barlborough

 

Cyril Treece of Barlborough

 

Job Brassington of Chesterfield

 

Ernest Chapman of Bolsover

 

George Alberry of Clowne

 

Herbert Hadfield Wild of Whaley Bridge

 

Thomas James Tumbs of Chesterfield

 

Clarence Nicholls of Chesterfield

 

Richard Edward Vaughan of Wingfield

 

Joseph Falconbridge Clarke of Alfreton

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