Luke Sills Norwood
In 1911 he was a corporal in a coal mine.
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Luke Sills Norwood was born in 1886 at Sutton in Ashfield, he was of the late George a colliery winding engineer and Hannah (née) Norwood Sills. of 57 Mason Street Sutton in Ashfield
His father George was born in .1861 at Carnfield, Derbyshire, he died in 1914 at Mansfield he was 53 yrs old, his mother Hannah Sills was born in 1861 at Sutton in Ashfield, they were married in 1881 at Suton in Ashfield They had fourteen children and Luke was one of nine to survive infancy. His siblings were Lily, James, Leah May, William (killed in action 6/7/1917), Eliza, Henry, John and Ernest Norwood.
In 1911 they lived at 21 Stonyford Road, Sutton in Ashfield, Lane and George 50 yrs a colliery winding engineer, he is living with his wife Hannah 52 yrs a housewife and their children, Luke 22 yrs a corporal in a coal mine, Lily 22 yrs a hosiery hand, James 20 yrs a coal miner pony driver, Leah May 18 yrs assisting in house duties, William 17 yrs a colliery banksman, Eliza 14 yrs a hosiery hand and Henry 12 yrs of age.
Luke was the husband of Lucy Ann (née Kingston) Norwood (married J/F/M/1916) at Mansfield and the father of Ernest Norwood who was born in 1919 they lived at Lane End, Sutton in Ashfield.
Following his death his widow was refused a pension because his death was not due to his army service.
Corporal Luke Norwood, enlisted and served with the 258th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers, he died on 11th April 1921 of a carcinoma of the duodenum and he is buried in Sutton in Ashfield Cemetery.
His brother William also served during the Great War in the Highland Light Infantry and was killed in action on 6th July 1917.
Courtesy of Peter Gillings
Luke Norwood's headstone in Sutton in Ashfield Cemetery