STUBBS, John (Jnr)

ß ⚜ ă Щ  Enlists Newcastle 1915  12/18470 Pte, D L I. Went to France 4/4/1916. Promoted to Cpl. 18 Bn. (DC 12/5/1917 reported him with ‘a thigh shrapnel wound, in France, having joined up 12 months previously’). 29/1/1918 commissioned 2/Lt Notts & Derbys, (DC 9/3/1918; roll of honour with photo). (DC 24/8/1918; ‘of Machine Gun Section, returned from leave on Saturday’).  b 1893 Highlow, son of Joseph Stubbs, brother of Percy, Ernest, and Joseph William.  1901C & 1911C and on 1918 absent voters list, address is Main Road, Hathersage. Medals sent to Hillfoot House, Hathersage in 1923. A railway clerk with Midland Rail at Wicker Goods Depot, Sheffield. He married Mabel Brassington. He was secretary of Hathersage Bible Class Football Club.