From Ancestry...
JOHN DOGGETT was born in 1874 in Clophill Bedfordshire England. He died in 1916 in France. He married Fanny Swan in 1902 in Basford, Notts.
Notes for John Doggett:
1901 Yardman on farm to John P Ogle, Pentrich, Derbyshire
1911 coal miner Hewer - 2, Gregorys Row, Woodlinkin, Langley Mill - Children: - Lucy Jane 7, Ada 6, Vincent 3, Hannah 1.
2 comments:
Pentrich, Woodlinkin, Langley Mill, that's our neck of the woods, know it very well. My wife's great grandfather was a miner from that general area although there were many mines at that time. We still have his miner's pick, quite short it is, probably for getting at narrow seams down the pit.
I wondered if you might know these places, AK! GGU John was a miner, and as he was so short, he eventually joined the Bantam Regiment, which allowed soldiers to be less than the regular height of 5'3"! I guess miners were good for Flanders or The Somme, as their digging skills were put to task as well as getting shot at! The Nottinghamshire Miners were always an admired group, our relatives might well have shared a fag or a joke or three!
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