John Brightland Twamley

1888 - 1915  (27 years)

• Name	John Brightland Twamley
  Birth	1888	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christening	8 Jul 1888	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Name: John Brightland Twamley Baptism date: 8 Jul 1888 Baptism place: Yoxall, St Peter County: Staffordshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: Charles Mother's name: Alice Jane Abode: Yoxall Quality, Trade, or Profession: Joiner Archive reference: D730/1/4 Page: 145
  Gender	Male
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Newborough, Staffordshire, England   [4]
  	Address: Thorney Lanes
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [4]
  	Waggoner's boy on farm
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [5]
  	Address: Victoria Street
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [5]
  	Painter
  Death	7 Mar 1915	France   [6]
  Commemorated	Abt 1919	Yoxall, Staffordshire, England   [7, 8]
  	PTE J B TWAMLEY Memorial Yoxall Parish Church (WMR 13430) Yoxall Staffordshire St Peter's Church Main Street, Yoxall, Staffordshire, DE13 8NQ Carved stone ornate dedicatory tablet with wreath and crossed swords in relief at top, an officer resting on his sword, at left and a Tommy resting on arms reversed at right.
  Burial	Fleurbaix, Pas-de-Calais, France   [6]
  	Name: TWAMLEY, J B Rank: Private Service Number: 24887 Date of death: 7 March 1915 Age: 25 Cemetery/memorial: RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX Grave Reference/Panel Number: II. A. 45. Regiment: Canadian Infantry, 13th Bn. Son of Charles and Alice Twamley, of Yoxall, Burton-on-Trent, England Inscription: UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE
  Person ID	I2900	Gilbert
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Twamley,   b. 1853, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England d. 1935, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Alice Jane Mewis,   b. 1866, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England d. 1935, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1883	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F456	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1888 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Christening - 8 Jul 1888 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Residence - 5 Apr 1891 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: Thorney Lanes - 31 Mar 1901 - Newborough, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: Victoria Street - 2 Apr 1911 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Death - 7 Mar 1915 - France Commemorated - Abt 1919 - Yoxall, Staffordshire, England Burial - - Fleurbaix, Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Twamley, John Brightland; Mother's Maiden Surname: Mewis; GRO Reference: 1888 J Quarter in LICHFIELD Volume 06B Page 472 (accessed 25 Dec 2019). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Swamley, John Brightland; Birth year: 1889; Birth town: Yoxall; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Lichfield; Parish: Yoxall; Town: Yoxall; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2216; Folio: 151; Page: 13 (accessed 29 Oct 2019). [S193] Staffordshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Twamley, John Brightland; Baptism year: 1888; Father's name: Charles; Mother's name: Alice Jane; Baptism place: Yoxall, St Peter (accessed 8 Nov 2020). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Twamley, John; Birth year: 1889; Birth town: Yoxall; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Uttoxeter; Parish: Newborough; Town: Newborough; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2634; Folio: 49; Page: 1 (accessed 30 Oct 2019). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Twamley, John; Birth year: 1890; Birth place: Yoxall Staffs; Reg dist: Lichfield; Parish: Yoxall; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG14PN16912 RG78PN1045 RD367 SD2 ED22 SN32 (accessed 29 Oct 2019). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Twamley, J B; Country: France; Cemetery or memorial: Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix; Rank: Private; Service number: 24887; Regiment: Canadian Infantry; First World War (accessed 3 Nov 2019). [S382] War Memorials Register (FindMyPast), (error reported *f) Twamley, J W; Death year: 1917; County: Staffordshire; Country: England (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S383] War Memorials Register (Imperial War Museum - IWM), (error reported *i) Twamley, J W; Memorial county: Staffordshire; Memorial town: Yoxall (accessed 17 Dec 2020).