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Surname: ROBERTS
Forename(s): Joshua
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: J/80726 (Dev)
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Navy
Battalion / Unit: H.M.S. 'Resolution'
Division: ---
Age: 33
Date of Death: 1918-06-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: D. 45.
CWGC Cemetery: LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joshua Roberts (born 8 December 1884) was the son of John and Ann Roberts, formerly Newton, née Clegg. John was born at Silsden, Yorkshire and Ann at Cuerdon Green, Lancashire.
1891 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 25, Bolton Road - Joshua Roberts, aged 6 years, born Silsden, son of John and Ann Roberts.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: North Street - Joshua Roberts, aged 16 years, born Silsden, son of Ann Roberts, widow.
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 18, Hothfield Street - Joshua Roberts, aged 26 years, born Silsden, son of Ann Roberts, widow.
Joshua was married to Ada Greenwood (who was born in 1894 at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire) in 1917. Ada married Frederick Cryer in 1920 and died in 1973.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Joshua. Widow: Ada, born 14.11.94. Address (1) 15, Drury Road, Keighley, Lancs [sic]. Address (2) 42, Drury Terrace, Keighley, Lancs [sic].
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
ROBERTS, Joshua, aged 33, A.B., R.N., H.M.S. 'Resolution,' 18, Hothfield Street North, [Silsden], died June 28, 1918.
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Ordinary Seaman Joshua ROBERTS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Navy
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05 July 1918
A. B. Joshua Roberts, Silsden
News has been received that Able Seaman Joshua Roberts, H.M.S. Resolution, husband of Mrs. Roberts of 18 Hothfield Street North, Silsden, and son of Mrs. Roberts, of the same address, died on the hospital ship from appendicitis on Friday last. He was 33 years of age, and joined the Navy last November, being formerly employed as a loomer and twister by Messrs. Berry and Fletcher, Airedale Shed, Silsden. The interment took place at Orkney Islands on Sunday.
04 July 1919
ROBERTS – In loving memory of my dear husband, Seaman Joshua Roberts, who died on board Hospital Ship (China), on Friday, June 28, 1918.
Only those who have lost can understand.
From his loving Wife (Ada).
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05 July 1918
ROBERTS – June 28th, Able Seaman Joshua Roberts, of H.M.S. Resolution, son of Mrs. Roberts, of 18, Hothfield Street North, Silsden, and husband of Mrs. Roberts, of the same address, aged 33.
05 July 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Death of Able Seaman J. Roberts
News was received on Friday last that Able Seaman Joshua Roberts, of H.M.S. Resolution, son of Mrs. Roberts, of 18, Hothfield Street North, Silsden, husband of Mrs. Roberts, of the same address, had died on a hospital ship from appendicitis. Able Seaman Roberts, who was 33 years of age, joined the navy in November last. He was formerly employed as a twister by Messrs. Berry and Fletcher, manufacturers, Airedale Shed, Silsden. He was interred at Orkney Islands on Sunday last.
12 July 1918
SILSDEN
PRIMITIVE METHODIST MINISTER‘S FAREWELL
The Rev. Wm. Dickinson, who for the past five years had been the minister in charge of the Silsden Primitive Methodist Church, and who left the town this week to take up ministerial duties at Scarborough, preached his farewell sermon at the Silsden Church on Sunday evening last, in connection with which a memorial service was also held for Able Seaman Joshua Roberts, of H.M.S. Resolution, son of Mrs. Roberts, of 18, Hothfield Street North, Silsden, who died recently on a hospital ship from appendicitis. The service was a most impressive one. At the close of the services several of the leaders of the church spoke words of appreciation of Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson’s service during the five years they had been at Silsden, and wished them Godspeed in their new sphere of labour. Tangible proof of the warm affection in which Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson were held by the congregation was shown by the private gifts they have received from the members of the church. The Rev. John Hodges, of Darwen, will be Mr. Dickinson’s successor, and will commence his ministerial duties on Sunday next.
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