Frederick Henry Cave 1887-1916

photograph with thanks to Meryl White

Born: 
1887 Q4 in Bolton on Dearne
Baptised 11th December 1887 in Bolton on Dearne

Son of:
Thomas Cave, born about 1862 in Caldecott, Rutland, railway platelayer and Jane Cave nee Nicholson, born about 1864 in Doncaster.   They married in 1885 Q1 Doncaster registration district

Position in family: The third of 9 known children alive in 1911. (10 children born, all in Bolton-on Dearne)
1. Emma Jane Cave 1885 Q2
2. Elizabeth Cave 1886 Q3
3. Frederick Henry cave 1887 Q4, WW1 KILLED IN ACTION
4. Mabel Cave 1889 Q3
5. Alice Valentine Cave 1891 Q1
6. Thomas Cave 1892 Q4, WW1 SERVICE
7. Edith Cave 1895 Q4
8. Clara Cave 1898 Q1
9. Ivy Cave 1900 Q1

Home address, age and occupation:
1891: 4 Ladycroft, Bolton on Dearne, age 3, scholar
1901: 4 The Crofts, Bolton on Dearne age 13, Railway navvy
1911: 8 Ladycroft, Bolton on Dearne age 23, 'lockerer up colliery'
1914: 8 Ladycroft, Bolton on Dearne on enlistment, age 26, labourer

Frederick was unmarried

Military Service:
Enlisted: 26th October 1914 in Sheffield at the age of 26 years and 11 months
Regiment and Battalion: Royal Engineers, 1st West Riding Division of the Signal Coy.
Service number and rank: 1387, Lance Corporal
Frederick was part of the Expeditionary Force from 13th April 1915 to the date of death.
Awards: Victory Medal, British War Medal, 1915 Star

Personal information: 5' 8 1/4" tall, 38" chest with 3" expansion.

Death:     Killed in action 2nd July 1916 age 29
CWGC Remembered: Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 8A and 8D

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Thomas and Jane Cave of 8,Station Rd, Bolton-on-Dearne, Rotherham

Frederick is also remembered on the Bolton on Dearne Board school memorial, Furlong Road, Bolton on Dearne.

Portraits on the Darfield Village Club WW1 Roll of Honour (P-W)

There are 38 individual images on this Roll of Honour, 18 on this page and 20 (A-M) here - click here to return to the main page.

Pte R Puglsey	Sgt T Pugsley L&Y
F W Roberts Y&L	Herbert Roebuck Y&L
Roebuck	Pte H Smith Y&L
Cpl J Smith	Pte A Statham
Allen Taylor M.T.	Arthur Taylor
Pte H Thompson Y&L	I Vamplew
Gnr W Venables R.G.A.	Lieut W Watson M.P.
Sig H Watts Canadian Reg	Pte T West K.O.Y.L.I.
Pte J Wilford Y&L	Pte G Woodyatt (Killed)

Portraits on the Darfield Village Club WW1 Roll of Honour (A-M)

There are 38 individual images on this Roll of Honour, 20 on this page and 18 (P-W) here - click here to return to the main page.

Pte C Allen R.E.	Pte Chas Bailey Y&L
Pte M Bailey Y&L	!st Class Stoker T Barraclough HMS Dreadnought
Pte T Beach R.E.	David Bradley
Pte A Burnham Y&L	Pte A Dennett Y&L
Pte Foster (Killed)	Fr W Heckingbottom R.N.D.
A Holmes HMS New Zealand	Pte A J Howe
Pte G Inskip	Pte T Inskip
Pte F K Inskipp L&Y	Pte H W King R.E.
Cpl S Lane A.C.C.	Pte S Lane Y&L
Fred Machin (Killed)	Sapper McManus (Killed)

George Hukin Woodyatt 1892-1915

George Woodyatt (from the Darfield Village Club Roll of Honour)

Born:
14 December 1892 Darfield

Son  of:
Thomas Woodyatt b.1851 Herefordshire 1911: Coal Miner at 24 Victoria Street, Darfield
married Ann Timberlake in Q1 1883 in Barnsley Registration District, she died Q1 1887
He then married Mary Ann Hukin b.1862 Watch Hill, Derbyshire d.Q1 1907
in Q2 1888 in Barnsley Registration District
 
Position in family: The fourth of 9 children (First two to Thomas' first wife Anne)
1. Randall Woodyatt b.Q1 1883 (Was a regular soldier 1902-1914)
2. Frank Woodyatt b.Q1 1884
3. John Woodyatt b.Q2 1889
4. George Hukin Woodyatt b.Q1 1892 WW1 KILLED
5. Harvey Woodyatt b.Q1 1894
6. James Woodyatt b.Q4 1895
7. Ruby Woodyatt b.Q3 1897
8. Frederick Roberts Woodyatt b.1901
9. Ivy Woodyatt b.Q4 1905

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: 20 Victoria Street, Darfield aged 9.
1911: 24 Victoria Street, Darfield aged 19.  Miner - Filler

Marriage: George was unmarried

Military Service:
Enlisted: 1 Oct 1914 at York aged 22 years
Regiment and Battalion:    Royal Marine Light Infantry, Portsmouth Battalion, RND
Service number and rank:  PO/592 Private
Awards: 1914/1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal (not claimed)

Death:     6 May 1915  age 23 years
CWGC Remembered: Helles Memorial, Turkey Panel 2 to 7

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Woodyatt, of 24, Victoria St., Darfield, Barnsley.

Remembered:
On the family gravestone in Darfield Churchyard
Darfield, Darfield Village Club, WW1 Roll of Honour 
Darfield, Middlewood Shrine, A635 Doncaster Road, Darfield  
Darfield, Darfield Cenotaph, Welfare Park, Church Street

Notes: 
From his Royal Naval Division record on Find My Past:
In civil life he played football for the Darfield United Football Club and was employed in the Melton Field Seam at the Houghton Main Colliery
Please note that all Portsmouth Bn. casualties recorded by the CWGC as died on the 6th of May 1915 were most likely killed in the charge up Razor-Back hill, Monash Valley, on the 3rd May 1915, but may have been killed at Anzac Beachhead on any date between 28/4/15 & 3/5/15.
Report and photo in the Mexborough and Swinton Times of June 5th 1915.
14/15 Star, BWM & Vic. not issued/claimed.

Matthias Speight 1897-1940

Harborough Hills Road, showing James Street and Vernon Street to the bottom left,
with Redfearn Brothers' Glassworks at the top (from Digimaps)

Born:
Q3 1897 Barnsley, Yorkshire
Baptised on 06 Feb 1898 in Barnsley, St Mary, Yorkshire, England.

Son of:
Zachariah Speight b. Q3 1865 Swinton Yorkshire d. Q2 1917 Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding
1911: Bottle Maker, 25 Vernon Street, Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding
married Q1 1891 in the Doncaster area
Eliza Beech b. Q3 1869 Attercliffe Yorkshire West Riding d. Q3 1909 Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding

Position in family: The 3rd eldest of 6 children
1.    Jane E Speight was born about 1891 in Mexborough, Yorkshire
2.    Charles William Henry Speight was born in Jan 1893 in Mexbro, Yorkshire. WW1 KILLED
3.    Matthias Speight was born about Aug 1897 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.  WW1 SERVICE
4.    Mirian Speight was born about 1900 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.
5.    Doris Speight was born about 1902 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.
6.    John Speight was born in Jan 1904 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: 25 Vernon Street Age 4 Scholar
1911: 25 Vernon Street Age 13 Glass Hand
1915: 28 James Street Age 19 Glass Hand

Marriage: 
He married Martha Blewitt, daughter of John Blewitt and Nancy Blewitt Q1 1920 in Barnsley, St Mary, Yorkshire, England. She was born about 1894 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.   She had previously been married to his brother Charles who was killed in the war.

Children:
1.    William Speight was born in Dec 1920 in Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding.
2.    Nancy Speight was born in 1923.
3.    Doris Speight was born in 1925 in Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding.
4.    Charles H Speight was born in Mar 1927 in Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding.
5.    Ronald Speight was born in Jun 1930 in Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding.
6.    Alfred Speight was born in Jun 1933 in Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding.

Military Service:
Enlisted: 8th February 1915 at the age of 19 years and 184 days
Regiment and Battalion:   York and Lancaster Regiment 14th South Barnsley
Service number and rank:  537 Pte.
Transferred to R.A.M.C. 15/1/1918
Regiment and Battalion:   Royal Army Medical Corps
Service number and rank: 136466  Pte.
Served in Egypt, France and Russia

Discharged 2 November 1919

Personal information:   5’ 5 5/8” tall, 33 1/4” chest,
Awards: Victory and British War Medals

Death:     He survived the war.  He died in Sep 1940 in Staincross, Yorkshire West Riding.
Buried at: Barnsley Cemetery, (d) 619, along with his father, two of his children and his brother's son.
 
Remembered: 
Barnsley, Redfearn Bros Ltd Roll of Honour
 
Notes:
Thank you to Peter West for this story  - he also submitted a story for Charles Speight, Matthias' brother.
 
The address Matthias gave on enlistment, 28 James Street, was that of his sister in law’s parents. 

When he enlisted he claimed he was 19 years and 184 days old.  He was only 17!  He simply added two years to his age, or he was sent off to walk around the block "and come back older" as we hear often happened.

He married his brother's widow in 1920 (very probably). This did only become legal in 1921, but the Act that was passed had the effect of legalising all the marriages where a widow had married her brother in law which had occurred before that date.  This was in part brought about by the First World War, marrying the widow of your brother would have been one way of making sure she and her children were cared for. (Probert, R. (2012) Marriage Law for Genealogists, Kenilworth, Takeaway Publishing, p.66).  The marriage of a man to his deceased wife's sister on the other hand, had been legalised in 1907.

Charles William Henry Speight 1893-1918

Snip of Charles and Martha's Marriage certificate
showing his occupation as Glasshand (image from Ancestry)

Born:
Q1 1893 Doncaster Yorkshire
Baptised Mexborough Yorkshire 2 April 1893

Son of:
Zachariah Speight b. Q3 1865 Swinton Yorkshire d. Q2 1917 Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding
1911: Bottle Maker, 25 Vernon Street, Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding
married Q1 1891 in the Doncaster area
Eliza Beech b. Q3 1869 Attercliffe Yorkshire West Riding d. Q3 1909 Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding

Position in family: The 2nd eldest of 6 children
1.    JANE E SPEIGHT was born about 1891 in Mexborough, Yorkshire.
2.    CHARLES WILLIAM HENRY SPEIGHT was born in Jan 1893 in Mexbro, Yorkshire. WW1 KILLED
3.    MATTHIAS SPEIGHT was born about Aug 1897 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. WW1 SERVICE
4.    MIRIAN SPEIGHT was born about 1900 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.
5.    DORIS SPEIGHT was born about 1902 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.
6.    JOHN SPEIGHT was born in Jan 1904 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: 25 Vernon Street, Barnsley age 8
1911: 25 Vernon Street, Barnsley age 18 Gatherer, for Glass Manufacturer
1914: 28 James Street, Barnsley age 21 Glasshand (at marriage)
1915: 108 Honeywell  Street Barnsley (address given by his brother when naming him next of Kin)

Marriage: 
He was married to Martha Blewitt, daughter of John Blewitt and Nancy Blewitt on 26 Dec 1914 in Barnsley, St Mary, Yorkshire. She was born about 1894 in Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Children:
1.    JOHN M SPEIGHT was born in Mar 1916 in Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding. He died in Sep 1930 in Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding.
2.    ADA SPEIGHT was born in Mar 1918 in Barnsley, Yorkshire West Riding.
 
Military Service:
Regiment and Battalion:    West Riding Regiment then 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment
Service number and rank:  55516 Pte. then  57982 Pte.
Awards: Victory and British War Medals

Death:     He died on 04 Nov 1918 aged 25.
Buried at: Ors Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference: C 18

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Zackeriah and E. Speight; husband of Martha Speight, of 5, Vernon St., Barnsley.
 
Remembered:
Barnsley, Redfearn Brothers Glassworks & Aldham Works  
Barnsley, Redfearn Bros Ltd Roll of Honour 

Notes:
This soldier's story has been put together by Peter West, who found the Redfearn Bros Roll of Honour mentioned above and sent us in some photos.  He also sent us Matthias Speight's story; Matthias was Charles' brother.

He adds that Charles Speight was:
Almost certainly killed during the crossing of the Sambre and Oise Canal.  24 other Manchesters are buried in the cemetery; including 2nd/Lt James Kirk who won a VC that day.