A young soldier who died on the Western Front during World War 1 has finally been laid to rest just yards from where he was found.
This was the strap line that appeared in article that appeared on a government website in November 2022 - Sheffield soldier of the Great War laid to rest 105 years after his death
It is quite a poignant article but ultimately an uplifting one as well. I wanted to know whereabouts in Walkley the Greaves family lived - and the 1911 UK Census provided an answer - 58 Channing Street. The Street is still there but the house was demolished in the 1960's. Channing Street is in Lower Walkley and now forms part of the Langsett Estate
Name: Herbert Greaves
Birth Place: Walkley, Sheffield
Death Date: 15 May 1917
Death Place: France and Flanders Enlistment Place: Sheffield
Rank: Private : King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Battalion: 6th Battalion
Regimental Number: 28126
Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
1901 Census
1911 Census
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