Unnamed Duxbury(b. 21 JUN 1885, d. ?)

Source: (Birth)
Title: Trish Catryse Family Bible

Occupation: Place: Gardner

Census: Date: 1881
Place: Leicester St Margaret

Census: Date: 1881
Place: Leicester St Margaret

Note: In Memory of
WILLIAM DUCKSBURY
Private
11950
8th Bn., Leicestershire Regiment
who died on
Saturday, 15th July 1916. Age 22.
Additional Information: Son of John and Eliza Jane Ducksbury, of Gordon House, Highfields, Coalville, Leicester.


Commemorative Information
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A

Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).


Historical Information: On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter. In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 9011172f those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 31 July 1932. The dead of other Commonwealth countries who died on the Somme and have no known graves are commemorated on national memorials elsewhere.

Source: (Name)
Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Event: Type: Military
Date: 1916
Place: Private 11950 8th Bn Leicestershire Regiment

Source: (Name)
Title: 1881 census
Media: Electronic

Note: 3 Children also from her marriage with Thomas Lindsay 1828-31

Source: (Name)
Title: Geoff Duxbury Personal Research
Media: Other

Data:
Text: Date of Import: 11 Jan 2001

Source: (Name)
Title: Geoff Duxbury

Source: (Name)
Title: Geoff Duxbury Personal Research
Media: Other

Data:
Text: Date of Import: 11 Jan 2001

Note: My Grandfather also called George was quite a character. He was an activist for the early Union on Mineworkers at the time when many mines were privately owned. His activities got him banned from working in the Yorkshire coalfields so he moved to the Lancashire coalfields, then the Kent coalfields where the same thing happened. He eventually settled for sometime in the Scottish coalfields at Blantyre near Glasgow where my Father was born, The Family moved back to their roots in Wombwell, Yorkshire where I and my Sister were born.

He served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and was aboard H.M.S Warrior when she was in action in the Battle of Jutland. The ship was sunk in the action and he was rescued by a damaged Cruiser, no name I am afraid, which was retiring from the battle, heavily damaged. I was told that this ship actually sank of the coast of Norfolk within sight of land and all those aboard swam the last 10 miles or so to land. I believe that somewhere my Mother has his medals and service record.

Geoff Duxbury. September 2000

Source: (Name)
Title: Birth Certificate
Note: ABBR Birth Certificate

Source: (Name)
Title: Geoff Duxbury Personal Research
Media: Other

Data:
Text: Date of Import: 11 Jan 2001

Source: (Name)
Title: Edward Chapman --- Personal Research

Source: (Name)
Title: Edward Chapman --- Personal Research

Source: (Name)
Title: Edward Chapman --- Personal Research

Note: Possible GRO
18401DUXBURYThomasBlackburn2148
18401DUXBURYThomasBlackburn2130
18402DUXBURYThomasBlackburn2143
18403DUXBURYThomasBlackburn213
18404DUXBURYThomasBlackburn2127

Census: Date: 1881
Place: Darwen, Lancashire, England

Source: (Birth)
Title: 1881 census
Media: Electronic

Source: (Name)
Title: 1881 census
Media: Electronic

Source: (Name)
Title: 1881 census
Media: Electronic

Source: (Name)
Title: 1881 census
Media: Electronic