Our next Military hero is
Edwin Cooper Tivey, he was the son of Frederick Tivey and Mary
Jane Hulse of Melbourne. He took his middle
name from the maiden name of his paternal grandmother Mary
Cooper. He was born in the Derbyshire Market Town of Melbourne
in 1884, in his young teenage years he worked in the shoe
manufacturing business that his grandfather Sidney Tivey had
founded, he eventually qualified as a mechanical engineer
working on the factory machinery. On the 11th April 1914 he
married May Leale Brooks at Ashby de la Zouch Registry Office.
Their daughter Winifred Maud had been born 11 months earlier.
Edwin had previously been in the army in the 5th Battallion
Notts and Derby regiment according to his first attestation
(voluntary) in September 1914. After two months training he was
actually discharged with the reason of "not a suitable soldier"
and "bad character" listed on his discharge sheet. However, he
enlisted once again in June 1916 and served for 1 year and 160
days in the labour corps before being declared unfit for further
military service in 1917. His character was listed as Good and
he was granted a partial war pension in 1919. Edwin was a keen
cricketer and played for Melbourne Cricket Club from an early
age. His brothers Oswald, Fred and Henry Albert also fought in
the the war, sadly Henry Albert was killed in 1918. His daughter
Winifred married Sydney Kettle in 1952. Edwin met an
unfortunate end in 1933 when he lost his life in a bicycle
accident in Stanton-By-Bridge, he collided with another cyclist
and died from his injuries of a fractured skull and broken neck,
he was killed instantly in the collision.
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Name:
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TIVEY, Edwin Cooper
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Regiment, Corps
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3rd Bttn Sherwood Foresters and
later Labour Corps
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Surname:
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Tivey
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Forename(s):
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Edwin Cooper
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Initials:
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E C
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Birthplace:
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Melbourne, Derbyshire
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Enlisted:
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9/1914 and 6/1916
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Residence:
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Melbourne, Derbyshire
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Rank:
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PRIVATE
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Number:
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57160/ 239590
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Theatre of war:
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France , Home
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| Unfortunately, it doesnt look like Edwin was
awarded any medals after the war even thought he was in the
labour corps and worked in the agricultural section, seems
strange as he was granted a war pension but didnt receive medals. The photo below
was taken whilst playing cricket 1912, it is the only one I have
of him, so if anyone can help with a better one, please get in
touch. |
The work he and many others did in the
war sometimes goes unrewarded, yet without these dedicated
labourers those at the front would have starved. (Above) extract
from Edwin's discharge papers.
Article (Below)- Appeared in the Derby Daily Telegraph 24 August
1933 |
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Pension record also available (contact for a copy) |