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BOLSOVER (ST. MARY) NEW CHURCHYARD
Derbyshire
England

 Location Information

Bolsover is a town in Derbyshire situated 6 miles east of Chesterfield. The new churchyard (Or Bolsover Communal Cemetery contains four graves of the Great War and six of the Second World War. Certain graves are a little difficult to find.

World War One Burials


L/Cpl. W. ABBOTT, Sherwood Foresters. 20th Oct. 1916, aged 26. Husband of Florence Elizabeth Crosby (formerly Abbott) of 4 Spencer Street, Carr Vale, Bolsover. Grave 126

Pte. 
Horace Tom COWLEY. Sherwood Foresters. 30th Sept. 1916, aged 30. Husband of Sarah Ann Stokes (formerly Cowley), of 13 New Street, Bolsover. Grave 120

Pte. 
A. GASCOYNE. R.A.S.C. 4th June 1919. Grave 229

Pte. 
F. YATES. 81909. Royal Defence Corps. 11th Nov. 1918, aged 32. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Yates of 42 Town End, Bolsover. Grave 178



World War Two Burials

Pte. A. HALLATT. York & Lancaster Regt. 16th Nov. 1947, aged 21. Grave 2593

Pte. 
C. G. LEANING. Devonshire Regt. 18th April 1941. Son of Albert & Joyce Leaning of Bolsover. Grave 2004

Sgt. 
Alan MARSH. 580966. 83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 23rd May 1940. Grave 400

Pte. 
G. RANDALL. Lincolnshire Regt. 11th Feb. 1946, aged 22. Foster-son of George & Ethel May Greveson of Shuttlewood. Grave 2490

L/Sgt. 
Thomas RYAN. York & Lancaster Regt. 29th June 1944, aged 31. Son of Thomas & Edith Ryan; husband of Elizabeth May Ryan of Shuttlewood. Grave 2373

Leading Aircraftman 
R. R. SMITH. 751145. R.A.F.V.R. 4th April 1940. Grave 1885


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