Idris Green
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Idris was born in 1897 in Lyn Pier Glamorgan and was the son of Thomas Green, a coal miner and Bessie Green 6, Potter Street, Worksop. Thomas and Bessie had a large family of 13 children , however sadly only eight were to survive , five dying in infancy. Their children were :- Guy, Credwen, Spurgeon, Emrys, Idris, Margaretta, Emma and Bessie. In the 1911 census the family are living at 141 Station Road, Haydock Lancashire, at this time Idris is 14 years of age and is working as a coal haulier , below ground. At some point the family moved to Worksop where they lived at Potter Street. In 1916 at Watford in Hertfordshire he married his wife Annie Beaumont.
Pte. Idris Green Worksop Guardian 25 January 1918 Mr. Thomas Green, 6, Potter Street, Worksop, has received official information that his son, Pte. Idris Green, Warwickshire Regiment who has been missing since November 18th, 1916, is now reported dead. Nothing further has been heard of him, and it is concluded that he must have been killed on or about that date. Pte. Green was only 17 when he enlisted in the 28th Sherwood Foresters, and took part in the Dublin Rebellion, being transferred later to the Warwick’s, with which regiment he saw much fighting. Prior to enlisting he worked at Manton Colliery. The deceased was a smart and steady lad and liked by all who knew him. He was held in great affection by his comrades and the NCOs’ and men of the Sherwood Foresters, who speak in high terms of him as a soldier. Mr. Green and his family will have the sympathy of many friends in their sorrow. Pte. Idris Green, had he lived, would have completed his 21st year next Sunday
Formerly 2836, Notts and Derby Regt. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Research by Colin Dannatt
