Photo courtesy Ken Pykett
Local men assembling at Ripley before setting off for war, August 1914
Photo courtesy Ken Pykett
5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters marching from Ripley Drill Hall on Shirley Road.
Recalled from Filey Training Camp Sunday and mobilized the next day.
4th August 1914
Photo courtesy Rosemary Hall
This photograph below, taken at Crich, shows local men enjoying a pint before going off to their units.
Photographs from the Crich Heritage Partnership Collection
Youths of Crich enlisting for World War I in 1914
Macdonald, Ian P. - Cauldwell, Jack - Burr, Billy - Walker, ? (father of Ivan) - Kneebone, Jack (killed) - Mellors, Walter (Wammy) - Porter, Jack - Curzon, Billy - Martin, ? - Frost, Billy (killed) - Perry, Billy - Tomlinson, Noble
New recruits from Crich, World War I in the gardens of Rosskeen, Crich during 1914
Some names Macdonald, Ian P., - Curzon, Billy - Walker, ? (father of Ivan) - Porter, Jack - Mellors, Walter (Wammy) - Kneebone, Jack (killed) - Burr, Billy - Tomlinson, Noble - Coleman, Tom - Martin, ? - Frost, Billy (killed) - Cauldwell, Jack
Victory Parade at the top of Bownes Hill
Photo courtesy
Sue Worboys
Floral tribute in Crich on Peace Day 1918
Photo courtesy
Sue Worboys
Peace Day celebrations in Crich Market Place 1918