John Edwin Naylor
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John Edwin Naylor was born on 4th December 1891 at Sutton in Ashfield, he was baptised on 18th March 1892 at St Marys Church, Sutton in Ashfield, he was the son of James a coal miner hewer and Harriett Naylor née Ball of 6 Frederick Street, Mansfield.
His father James was born in 1862 at Sutton in Ashfield, his mother Harriett Ball was born in 1864 at Manfield, they were married in 1891 at Mansfield, they went on to have 7 children, sadly 1 was to die in infancy or early childhood.
In the 1911 census the family are living at 6 Frederick Street, Mnasfield, James 49 yrs is a coal miner hewer, he is living with his wife Harriett 47 yrs and their children John Edwin 19 yrs a coal miner hewer, Eliza 17 yrs a doubler at a cotton mill, James 11 yrs , Phyliss 9 yrs, Ivy 3 yrs and Winifred 22 yrs a doubler in a cotton mill.
Private John Edwin Naylor enlisted on 5th September 1914 into the Sherwood Foresters Regiment and transferred to RMLI on 16th September 1914 he was killed in action on 4th May 1915 at Gallipoli, having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.
Naylor was one of 'Kitchener's Marines' who were transferred from the Sherwood Foresters to the RMLI. Des Turner notes '600 RMLI transfers came from 2 regiments - 200 from the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) and 400 from the Sherwood Foresters. They were predominantly ex-miners and labourers, fit men wanted for their ability to dig trenches and tunnels. The 200 KOYLI recruits were transferred to Plymouth Division RMLI and were given service numbers PLY/1(S) to PLY200(S). This was also the case for the Sherwood Foresters 200 who were dispatched to Portsmouth where already 30 men were recruited and so they became PO/31(S) to PO/230(S). 200 remaining Foresters went to Chatham and were numbered CH/1 to CH/200(S).'
furtehr research and information Peter Gillings
Photo of John Edwin Naylor
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli