St Catherine's War Memorial, Barton

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St Catherines Barton

Charles Holmes Sergeant East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion 19352 Died 9/5/1915
CWG Age 30 Husband of Frances B Holmes of 659 Liverpool Road Peel Green

Bernard Horridge Bernard Arthur Born Salford Resident Barton on Irwell Private Durham Light Infantry 12th Batttalion 52696 Formerly Lancashire Fusiliers Died 7/6/1917
CWG Panel 36 and 38 Ploegsteert Memorial

James Horridge Resident Barton On Irwell Private Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion 353183 formerly Lancashire Fusiliers
CWG B.19 Joncourt East British Cemetery

Harry Jones Born Salford Resident Paytricroft Private Manchester Regiment 1/5th Battalion 201561 Died 28/10/1917
CWG Age 24 Son of Arthur Henry and Annie Jones of 4 Darwell Avenue Patricroft
1V.J.15 Coxyde Military Cemetery

John Jones John Edward Jones Born Barton Resident Barton Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion 24547 Died 29/4/1917
CWG Husband of B G Jones of 169 Ellesmere St Patricroft
111.H.11 Duisans British Cemetery Etrun

Harold Kerfoot Born Preston Resident Barton Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Battalion 5218 Died 3/9/1918
CWG Age 21 Son of Charles and Ada A Kerfoot of 15 Higher Croft Barton on Irwell

Dennis Madden Resident Peel Green Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion 43768 Died 12/10 1916
CWG Pier and Face 13A and 14C Thiepval Memorial

Peter Madden Born Manchester Resident Peel Green Private Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion 1719 Died 20/12/1914
CWG Age 25 Brother of Mrs Margaret Marsh of 20 Holt St Peel Green
Panel 34 and 35 Le Touret Memorial

Thomas Mills Private Royal Army Medical Corp 138th Field Ambulance 76500 Died 22/6/1917
CWG Age 24 Husband of Catherine Mills of 74 Church St Eccles
XVE .15 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

John F Mitchinson Resident Patricroft Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion 43766 Died 13/6/1917
CWG 11.D.15 Poperinghe New Military Cemetery

Lionel Morse Lionel Gordon Morse Born Patricroft Resident Barton Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion 31480 Died 30/12/1918
CWG V11.D.6 Berlin South Western Cemetery

Frank Mosedale Born Manchester Enlisted Manchester Private Manchester Regiment 2/7th Battalion 277066 Died23/7/1917
CWG Age 20 Son of Thomas and Mary Florence Mosedale (nee Miles) of Brook House Urmston

Frederick A Murdock Frederick Born Manchester Resident Barton Private Royal Fusiliers City Of London Regiment 20th Battalion 5363 Died 24/7/1916
CWG Not found

Joe D Nichols Joseph Resident Eccles Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion 39442 Died 28/8/1918
CWG 11.D.9 Queens Cemetery Bucquoy

Percy Oakes Charles Percy Oakes Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 12th Battalion 87975 Died 28/3/1915
Panel 21 to 23 Pozieres Memorial
Charles Percy Oakes Resident Barton 1911 census

Wendy

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St Catherines Barton

Nathan F Parr Faulkner Born Barton on Irwell Corporal Manchester Regiment 2/6th Battalion 251710 Died 31/12/1917
CWG Age 21 Son of Nathan and Louisa Ellen Parr of Crofts Bank House Davyhulme
111.0.20 Menin Road South Military Cemetery

Albert S Pye Albert Sydney Enlisted Birkenhead Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion 24066 Died7/6/1917
CWG Age 26 Son of William and Mary Agnes of Market Drayton Salop
11.D.15 Messines Ridge British Cemetery

Ernest F Pye Ernest Frederick Born Moreton Shropsire Enlisted Birkenhead Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion 12890 Died 16/11/1916
1X.H.7 Serre Road Cemetery No2

Although the 2 Pyes above have no connection to Barton ,it must surely be them

Walford Rayner Born Winton Private Royal Scottish Lothian Regiment 15th Battalion 17992 Died 1/7/1916
CWG aGE 21 Son of George and Alice Rayner of 560 Liverpool Rd Peel Green
Pier and Face 6D and 7D Thiepval Memorial

Samuel Rimmer Born Birkenhead Resident Barton Private Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion 6178 Died 18/2/1915
CWG Age 33 Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Bills formerly Rimmer of 2 Wilding St Patricroft
B.2 Nieuwkerke Neuve Eglise Churchyard

John Rogers Born Barton Resident Barton Private Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion 17715 Died 23/10/1917
CWG Age 32 Son of James and Deborah Rogers of 7 Mees Square Barton on Irwell
Panel 54 to 60 and 163A Tyne Cot Memorail

John M Royle John Henry Royle Born Patricroft Private KORLR 8th Battalion 27615 Died 26/4/1917
CWG Age 37 Son of the late Joseph and Alice Royle Husband of Mabel Tomlinson Royle of 8 Kirkman Avenue Barton Rd Patricroft
Bay 2 Arras Memorial

William M Royle William Henry Royle Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16TH Battalion 74995 Died 4/11/1918
CWG Son of Elijah and Ellen Royle of 84 Ellesmere St Patricroft
C.43 Englefontaine British Cemetery

Philip Rush Born Salford Private KORLR 1st Battalion 8282 Died 29/10/1914
CWG Panel 2 Ploegsteert Memorial

Ernest Schofield Born Patricroft Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/8th Battalion 306613 Died 9/10/1917
CWG Age 21 Son of Herbert and Harriet Schofield of 37 Grange Drive Monton Eccles
Panel 54 to 60 and 163A Tyne Cot Memorial

William Shepherd Born Warrington Resident Irlam Private Manchester Regiment 23rd Battalion 25919 Died 27/7/1916
CWG Age 19 Son of Mr and Mrs Shepherd of Irlam
1.D.67 La Neuville British Cemetery Corbie

Samuel Streets Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 10th Battalion 18599 Died 22/10/1917
CWG 108 Barton Upon Irwell St Catherines Churchyard

Walter Sutcliffe Born Patricroft Resident Stalybridge Sapper Royal Engineers 22933 Died 13/11/1915
CWG Age 22 Son of John Alfred Sutcliffe of 418 Huddersfield Rd Millbrook Stalybridge /.Native of Barton Patricroft
111.E.17 Etaples Military Cemetery

Willaim Turner Born Barton Resident Patricroft Private Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion 7160 Died 29/5/1918
CWG Age 22 Son of Anthony and Minnie Turner of 7 Holt St Patricroft
F.77 Knightsbridge Cemetery Mesnil Martinsart

Frank Walters Born Salford Resident Barton Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Battalion 59279 Died 5/5/1918
1.A.12 Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension

Frederick J Wells James Born Hampstead Norris Berkshire Resident Barton A/Segeant Princess Charlotte of Wales Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion 6590 Died 27/10/1916
CWG Age 33 Son of Charles and Sarah Wells Husband of M Wells of 3 Spring Gardens Chapel Place Barton upon Irwell. Native of Hampstead Norris Berkshire
11,B,12 Grove Town Cemetery Meaulte


Edward Woods Born Openshaw Resident Barton Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion 7275 Died 21/7/1918
CWG Age 27 Son of Andrew and Hannah Woods of 13 Higher Croft Barton on Irwell
XV.C.3 Berlin South Western Cemetery

The End
Wendy

[Hawker Hurricane]

Many thanks once again guys. Fantastic work as always.

[broomy]

Shred---------suggested name for C---LL
(only an idea)

There's several dozen....this is just an example.



In Memory of
Gunner JOHN WILLIAM CARROLL

27341, 50th Reserve Bty, Royal Field Artillery
who died
on 22 May 1918

Remembered with honour
FORESTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

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Thanks Broomy, will take a closer look and see if we ca link him.

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From 'A District at War':

George Gillespie – Killed in action 1st July 1916

Private George W.T. Gillespie (Service no. 11905) served with the 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, 87th Brigade, 29th Division.

He was born c. 1874 at Aldershot, Hampshire, the son of Robert and Lilly Gillespie. He had a sister, Elizabeth M. (born c. 1872 at Canterbury, Kent) and three brothers who were all born at Barton: Robert J.R. (born c. 1877), Joseph A. (c. 1879) and Herbert (c. 1884). George was unmarried and resided with his sister at an address in Peel Green Road, Peel Green, Eccles. He was an ex-scholar of St Catherine's School in Barton Street, Eccles.

George worked at Eccles Magnesium Metal works. He had previous military experience, first as an Eccles Volunteer and later as a Signaller in the Territorial Force. His brother, Herbert, resided at 6 Alexandra Grove, Irlam and was, doubtless, the link between George and the district.

In 1914, at the age of 38, he enlisted into the Borders at Manchester. He disembarked at Gallipoli on 31st July 1915 and joined the 1st Battalion of the Border Regiment, which had been in Gallipoli since April. After the evacuation from Gallipoli in December he served in Egypt between January and March 1916. In March the 29th Division was sent to France in preparation for the July offensive on the Somme.

George was killed in action on Saturday, 1st July 1916, aged 40, in the area south of Y Ravine, near Beaumont Hamel. He is not listed on the Irlam and Cadishead War Memorial but he is commemorated in Joseph Cooke's 1917 Official Record and Roll of Honour. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and also St Catherine's War Memorial at Barton-upon-Irwell. Medal Entitlement: 15 Star Trio.[img src="[/img]"]

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From 'A District at War':

John William Johnson – Died of wounds 24th August 1915

Private John William Johnson (Service no. 13942) served with the 11th (Service) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, 34th Brigade, 11th (Northern) Division.

He was the son of Noah and Mary Ann Johnson of 9 Talbot Road, Davyhulme, Urmston and his father was a well known Baritone vocalist. John resided at 7 Primrose Terrace, Urmston and he had previously lived in Patricroft. He was initially employed at the CWS Soap Works in Irlam and is later believed to have worked as a fitter at the British Westinghouse Company in Trafford Park before enlisting at Manchester in 1914.

He enlisted, along with a number of local men in November 1914. The 11th Battalion disembarked at Gallipoli on 14th July 1915 and on 6th August they took part in the assault landings at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli.

John was wounded during fighting in Gallipoli and died on board a hospital ship on Tuesday, 24th August 1915, aged 32. He was buried at sea and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli. His name does not appear on the Irlam and Cadishead War Memorial, but his link with the district is signified by his inclusion in the 1917 Official Record and Roll of Honour compiled by Joseph Cooke. He is commemorated on the War Memorial at Davyhulme (Nag's Head circle) and also the Barton-upon-Irwell War Memorial at St Catherine's Church, Barton. Medal Entitlement: 15 Star Trio.


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From 'A District at War':

Joseph William Griffin – Killed in action 17th April 1918

Private Joseph William Griffin (Service no. 3663) served with the 1st/7th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, 127th Brigade, 42nd (East Lancashire) Division.

Joseph lived with his wife, Alice Ann Griffin, at 62 Davis Street, Eccles and worked in Irlam at the CWS Soap Works. He was born in East Leach, Cirencester, Gloucester, the son of Jesse and Mary Jane Griffin who, by the time of the Great War, were living at 17 Andover Street, Eccles. Joseph was the eldest of five children (four sons and one daughter). He enlisted into the Royal Army Medical Corps as Private 47856 but was later transferred to the 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (Private 3663) and disembarked at Gallipoli on 14th July 1915. Later in the war he was posted to the 1st/7th Battalion.

He was killed in action on Wednesday, 17th April 1918, aged 35 and is buried at Couin New British Cemetery, France. The memorial inscription on his grave reads "Some day, sometime our eyes shall see the dear face we keep in memory.‟ Joseph is also commemorated on the Irlam Soap Works panel of the CWS Memorial at Balloon Street, Manchester and the Barton-upon-Irwell War Memorial at St Catherine's Church, Barton. He is not listed on the Irlam and Cadishead War Memorial. Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star Trio.

[carolinerimmer]

Just read all this and have to say Councillor Christine Turner worked hard to get Peel to take on the upkeep of this cemetery as it was in a very bad state for many years. my children's great great grandfather is commemorated on the war memorial. There is a transcript of all St Caths graves at the Local history library at Waterside. One of the war graves B Bills is their Gt Uncle.
I do have a photo of the war memorial from about ten yrs ago and you could just make out the names then.

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Caroline,

Welcome to the forums, thank you for joining us. The last time I visited the cemetery it was in not so bad a state, free from litter, grass cut, etc... there were some areas that had become overgrown with bushes and brambles these areas looked like they had been like this for some years though.

One of our members "Hurricane" has a copy of the graves transcript.

Would you be kind enough to provide a scan of the picture that you took of the memorial?

Regards,

Garry

[sagefemme]

I visited St Catherine's war memorial last week and then popped into Salford local history library- I managed to find a cutting from Eccles and Patricroft Journal dated 14th October 1921 which listed the names on the memorial. Rather than list them all again, I've just highlighted the ones that are missing or are different.
William P ALLEN
Jeffrey BROGDEN
George F BURNS
William CAMPBELL
John J CASH
Joseph CHAPMAN
John W CLARK
Samuel CONCANNON
Henry CORDWELL
Charles CRIMES
Harry CUSSACK
Edward H GIBBINS
David D GRAHAM
Walter H HARRISON
Patrick J HIGGINS
Charles HOMES
John W JOHNSON
Arthur JONES
Fredrick JONES
Patrick LONG
Peter MADDEN
John F MITCHINSON
Job D NICHOLS
John N ROYLE.
According to the newspaper, eight bells were also dedicated as well as the memorial, I don't suppose anyone knows what happened to them.

Jane

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Jane,

This is great news, thank you for this valuable piece of research.

If we can help you or your husband with regards to any work for the War Memorials Trust please let us know.

Garry

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Hopefully this is the completed list of names.


ALLEN John
ALLEN William P.
ASHES Herbert
BATESON Ernest
BEESLEY William
BENNETT Frank
BOWEN David
BROGDEN Jeffrey
BROUGHTON Thomas
BRUCE William
BUCKLE Benjamin
BURNS George F.
CAMERON James
CAMPBELL William
CASH J John
CHAMBERLAIN George
CHAPMAN Joseph
CLARK W John
CONCANNON Samuel
CONNELL Edwin
CORDWELL Henry
CRAILS Amos
CRIMES Charles
CROWLEY Henry
CUSSACK Harry
DACRE Richard
DARBYSHIRE Herbert
DOCHERTY John
EDWARDS John
ELLIS Robert
ELLIS William
FIRTH John
FRITH George
FRITH James
GIBBINS Edward H.
GILLESPIE George
GRAHAM David D
GRUNDY David
GREEN Walter
GRIFFIN Joseph W.
HALLWOOD Richard
HAMER Harry
HARRISON Walter
HIGGINS Patrick J
HITCHEN Samuel
HOMES Charles
HORRIDGE Bernard
HORRIDGE James
JOHNSON John W
JONES Arthur
JONES Frederick
JONES Harry
JONES John
KERFOOT Harold
LONG Patrick
MADDEN Dennis
MADDEN Peter
MILLS Thomas
MITCHINSON John F.
MOORHOUSE Herbert
MORSE Lionel
MOSEDALE Frank
MURDOCH Frederick A.
NICHOLS Job D.
OAKES Percy
PARR Nathan F.
PYE Albert S.
PYE Ernest F.
RAYNER Walford
RIMMER Samuel
ROGERS John
ROYLE John N.
ROYLE William M.
RUSH Philip
SCHOFIELD Ernest
SHEPHERD William
STREETS Samuel
SUTCLIFFE Walter
TURNER William
WALTERS Frank
WELLS Frederick J.
WOODS Edward
BARCHARD Bruce

[sagefemme]

Sorry for the delay in responding, based on the names in the 1921 article, a few amendments still needed.

Edwin CONNELL should read Frank CONNELL
No Amos CRAILS on the original list
Harry CUSSACK should be Harry CUSACK
No David GRUNDY
John JONES should read John E JONES
Lionel MORSE should read Lionel G MORSE
Fredrick A MURDOCK should read Fredrick A MURDOCH
No Bruce BARCHARD listed ( Could this be a later edition as it appears to be at the end of the list and not in alphabetical order)

[mack]

are you certain the name is bruce barchard,i cant find anyone who existed with this name,also theres no david grundy on this memorial
if a correct and complete list of names can be compiled,then its possible to save this memorial,it would only take a couple of hundred pounds to have three brass panels made,bearing the names,and they could be fixed to the existing memorial,its too late to do anything with the original names because they are too weather beaten,ime sure someone from the area would pay for the cost

mack