Joseph Ambrose Naylor
In 1911 he was a grocery shop assistant.
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Joseph Ambrose was born in 1895 at Ilkeston the son of Robert a colliery deputy and Catherine Naylor née Ward . He was the brother of George Henry, Gladys, Robert Harold, Lily Catherine, Clara Jane, Albert Edward and Beatrice Winifred Naylor.
His father Robert was born in 1867 at Heanor, Derbyshire, his mother Catherine Ward was born in 1870 at Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, they were married in 1889 their marriage was recorded in the Basford registration district, they went on to have 11 children, sadly 1 was to die in infancy or early childhood.
In the 1911 census the family lived at 104 Montpellier Road Dunkirk Robert 44 yrs is a colliery deputy, he is living with his wife Catherine 41 yrs and their children, George Henry 21 yrs a deputy coal miner, Florence Maud 19 yrs a cotton spinner, Joseph Ambose 16 yrs a grocers shop assistant, Ethel Mary 16 yrs a cotton factory worker, Gladys 13 yrs working at home, Robert Harold 10 yrs a scholar, Lily Catherine 10 yrs a scholar, Albert Edward 3 yrs of age and Beatrice Winifred 2 yrs of age.
Private Joseph Ambrose Naylor enlisted at Nottingham he served with the 10th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, he went to France 29th July 1915 and was killed in action, 14th February 1916, aged 21, during heavy German shellfire and the explosion of a German mine, prior to the German attack of the front line trenches, near the canal to the south-east of Ypres, Belgium.
Having no known grave his name is Commemorated : Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41.
additional reseaerch and information Peter Gillings
Photo of Joseph Ambrose Naylor
Ypres Menin Gate memorial, Belgium, courtesy of the cwgc
Photo of Joseph Ambrose Naylor
naylor_john_ambrose_photo courtesy of the Sherwood Foresters Regimrnt roll of honour website.