Samuel Naylor (1894 - abt. 1931)

Born 1894 in Gateshead

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Varey) Naylor — married 1922 in Gateshead

Descendants

Died about 1931 at about age 37 in Gateshead

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Biography

Sam was born in 1894 in Gateshead. In the 1911 census, when 16 he was living at home in Newcastle and a general labourer at a steel works. Shortly after he moved to Newcastle to work as a coal hewer for the Burradon & Coxlodge Coal Co., according to his army release which says he was there 4 years before enlistment. We are not sure if and for how long he worked there after the war. Sam stood 5' 8 1/2" and was stocky.

Sam was enlisted 21.5.15 and was placed in the 2/1 Northumberland Brigade RFA. This was a TA unit created as a reserve for the regular brigade already deployed in France. He served in France from 3.7.16 to 24.12.18 as a gunner with B Battery 315th Brigade RFA, which was attached to the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division from 5.7.16 to 11.2.17, taking part through the armistice in some 11 battles on the western front, including the Somme, Arras and Passchendaele. (His cousin-in-law to-be Arthur Varey-27 was also in action at Passchendaele, with the 63rd Division) The 315th was equipped with horse-drawn 18 pdr field guns. Sam's widow told us he was gassed in the war, and although there is no mention of treatment in his medical or disability record, even minor exposure may have aggravated other conditions (exposure to coal dust at work) and contributed to his early death.

The casualty active service an entry for 21.5.17 relates to rank, not casualty. Sam ended the war a L/bombardier, returned from France 24.12.18 and was demobbed 21.1.19. He was awarded the British war Medal and Victory Medal.

He was back in Gateshead in 1920, and married Lizzie Naylor in 1922, having 4 daughters, before his untimely death at 37 in 1931.

Sources

BIRTH

• England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Samuel Naylor

Name: Samuel Naylor Registration Year: 1894 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: Gateshead Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Durham Volume: 10a Page: 907

• Samuel Naylor

in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name: Samuel Naylor Gender: Male Birth Date: 29 Jul 1894 Baptism Date: 13 Aug 1894 Baptism Place: Holy Trinity Parish, Gateshead, Durham, England Father: Henry Naylor Mother: Dorothy Ann Naylor FHL Film Number: 1514577 Reference ID: it 396 p 164 no 1311

CENSUS

• Samuel Naylor

in the 1901 England Census Name: Samuel Naylor Age: 6 Estimated birth year: abt 1895 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male Father: Henry Naylor Mother: Dorothy A Naylor Birth Place: Gateshead, Durham, England Civil Parish: Gateshead Search Photos: Search for 'Gateshead' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection Ecclesiastical parish: St Edmund County/Island: Durham Country: England Street address: Registration district: Gateshead Sub-registration district: Gateshead ED, institution, or vessel: 64 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 4759 Folio: 23 Page Number: 38 Household schedule number: 200 Household Members: Name Age Henry Naylor 44 Dorothy A Naylor 39 William Naylor 19 Henry Naylor 17 George Naylor 15 John Naylor 13 Thomas W Naylor 8 Samuel Naylor 6 Mark H Naylor 1 Septimus Naylor 4

• Samuel Naylor

in the 1911 England Census Name: Samuel Naylor Age in 1911: 16 Estimated birth year: abt 1895 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male Birth Place: Gateshead, Durham, England Civil Parish: St John County/Island: Northumberland Country: England Street address: 1 Ridley Court Groat Market Newcastle On Tyne Marital status: Single Occupation: Steele Works Labourer Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne Registration District Number: 558 Sub-registration district: St Nicholas ED, institution, or vessel: 15 Piece: 30630 Household Members: Name Age Dorathy Ann Naylor 49 Thomas Wake Naylor 18 Samuel Naylor 16 Stephen Naylor 14 Mark Henderson Naylor 11 Dorathy Ann Naylor 6 John Brathwaite Hendson 31

MILITARY

Gives age in May 1915 as 20 and 9 months...

• Samuel Naylor

in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 Name: Samuel Naylor Gender: Male Residence Place: 15 Litchfield Street, Galeshead on Tyne [13 actually] Regimental Number: 1841 Regiment Name: Royal Field Artillery Number of Images: 37 Form Title: Territorial Force Attestation Other Records: Search for 'Samuel Naylor' in other WWI collections Family Members: Name Relation to Soldier Samuel Naylor Self (Head)

• Samuel Naylor

in the British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Name: Samuel Naylor Regiment or Corps: Royal Field Artillery Regimental Number: 1841, 750697 (Victory and British War Medal)

• www.longlongtrail.co.uk under regiments/royal artillery/royal field artillery, for the 315th deployment, and link to 63rd (Royal Naval) Division for campaigns. The 315th left the division to become an independent army brigade 1.3.17.

ELECTORAL

This is for them living at 13 Lichfield Street, which ties the war record to the censuses.

• Record Transcription:

England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932 First name(s) Samuel Last name Naylor Year 1920 Season Spring Polling district or place Gateshead Constituency P B of Gateshead Constituency in full Parliamentary Borough of Gateshead County Durham Country England Register type Parliamentary Borough Archive The British Library Archive reference SPR.Mic.P.149/BL.G.1 Record set England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932 Category Census, land & surveys Subcategory Electoral Rolls Collections from Great Britain, England

Still at 13 Lichfield Street:

• Record Transcription:

England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932 First name(s) Samuel Last name Naylor Year 1921 Season Autumn Polling district or place Gateshead Constituency P B of Gateshead Constituency in full Parliamentary Borough of Gateshead County Durham Country England Register type Parliamentary Borough Archive The British Library Archive reference SPR.Mic.P.149/BL.G.1 Record set England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932 Category Census, land & surveys Subcategory Electoral Rolls Collections from Great Britain, England

MARRIAGE

• Samuel Naylor

in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name: Samuel Naylor Registration Date: Jul 1922 [Aug 1922] [Sep 1922] Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: Gateshead Inferred County: Durham Spouse: Elizabeth Varey Volume Number: 10a Page Number: 1764

• England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005

Name: Samuel Naylor Spouse Surname: Varey Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1922 Registration district: Gateshead Inferred County: Durham Volume Number: 10a Page Number: 1764

ELECTORAL

In 1923 (Autumn) only Samuel and mother (?) Dorothy are listed at 13 Lichfield St. (and Septimus in the Spring). Why no Elizabeth?

• Record Transcription:

England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932 First name(s) Samuel Last name Naylor Year 1923 Season Autumn Polling district or place North Constituency P B of Gateshead Constituency in full Parliamentary Borough of Gateshead County Durham Country England Register type Parliamentary Borough Archive The British Library Archive reference SPR.Mic.P.149/BL.G.1 Record set England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932 Category Census, land & surveys Subcategory Electoral Rolls Collections from Great Britain, England

Only now, 1924, does Elizabeth appear at 13 Lichfield Street. Women over 30 and who (or whose husband) met property criteria, were allowed to vote. But Elizabeth was born in 1891, so there must be some reason why she was not on the 1923 role as wife of Samuel.

• Record Transcription:

England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932 First name(s) Samuel Last name Naylor Year 1924 Season Autumn Polling district or place North Constituency P B of Gateshead Constituency in full Parliamentary Borough of Gateshead County Durham Country England Register type Parliamentary Borough Archive The British Library Archive reference SPR.Mic.P.149/BL.G.1 Record set England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932 Category Census, land & surveys Subcategory Electoral Rolls Collections from Great Britain, England

They are there together, plus his mother, in 1925.

They are at 25 Second Street, on their own, in 1926.

And at 64 Lichfield Street in 1927, and 1928.

Then 86 Lichfield Street in 1930 and 1931...

DEATH

The 1939 Register has Elizabeth as "widowed".

• England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Samuel Naylor

Name: Samuel Naylor Birth Date: abt 1893 Date of Registration: Dec 1931 Age at Death: 38 Registration district: Gateshead Inferred County: Durham Volume: 10a Page: 859