Stuart Meakin (1897 - 1924)

Born Dec 1897 in Newton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 1 Jan 1924 at age 26 in Tibshelf colliery, Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Stuart's birthdate is recorded differently in various documents, I have settled on December 1897 because the helpful vicar recorded the birth dates of his 'clients' in the margin of his baptism record of Febuary 1898. In 1918 Stuart 'joined up' in the First World War and was sent to Clipstone training camp in Nottinghamshire, he later joined the machine gun corp. As a coal miner Stuart was working in a 'reserved occupation' and as such was not compelled to go and fight. Within less than a month of the armistice being signed in 1918 Stuart was 'demobbed' and sent back to Tibshelf colliery by the army. In an ironic tragedy on New Year's Day 1924 Stuart was killed by a fall of coal at Tibshelf colliery. He was unmarried.

Sources

• "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8D-6M8G : 8 September 2021), Stuart Meakin, 6 Feb 1898; citing 6 Feb 1898; citing Baptism, Blackwell, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Derbyshire Record Office, England.

"United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBR-64DB : 16 March 2018), Stuart Meakin, 1918; citing , Derbyshire, England, Training Reserve, regiment #5/137387, publication WO 363, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 7,382,451.

"United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBP-VQPR : 16 March 2018), Stuart Meakin, 1918; citing , Derbyshire, England, Machine Gun Corps, regiment #173637, publication WO 363, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 7,382,451.

"England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLC-B6P8 : 17 September 2018), Stuart Meakin, 25 Jan 1924; citing Probate, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .