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Post by mack on Jan 27, 2011 1:57:34 GMT
pte 2806 john,edward chorlton and his brother pte 1797 james chorlton served with the 1/7th lancashire fusiliers at gallipoli,james sailed for egypt before john,the next time they met,was in the front line trenches on gallipoli,during the attack on 8th august 1915,james was killed instantly,john was mortally wounded and died shortly after. john was married with one child,and lived at 13 sharratt st,salford,james lived at the same address john was a miner at pendlebury pit and is named on the agecroft colliers memorial. james worked for salford corporation
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Post by mack on Jan 27, 2011 10:44:36 GMT
L/cpl 5578 george frost 11th manchesters accidently drowned at gallipoli on 25-7-15
13 days later,his brother sgt 1044 john frost was killed in action on the 7th august with the 1/8th lancashire fusiliers,aged 25,worked for woolley+sons[chemists] sons of george+mary,elizabeth frost,42 elton st,lower broughton
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Post by shred on Jan 27, 2011 21:23:13 GMT
Such tragic stories.
We shall remember them. :poppy:
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Post by mack on Jan 31, 2011 4:55:52 GMT
pte 2463 charles,percy wild 1/6th manchesters draughtsman at mather+platt played for eccles rugby club member of trinity congrgational choir killed in action 7-8-15 aged 25
pte PS/10569 samuel,stanley wild 9th royal fusiliers killed in action 11-10-16 aged 19 sons of matthew+martha wild,"avondale"temple drive,swinton
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Post by mack on Jan 31, 2011 7:24:06 GMT
202224 robert,chetham stockwell 2/5th manchesters died of wounds 17-6-17
5461 richard stockwell 4th battalion,south african infantry died 31-10-18
17548 philip stockwell 6th south lancs regt died of dysentary at amara 3-8-16
sons of samuel and the late rachel stockwell,10 clement st,salford
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Post by shred on Feb 4, 2011 0:03:49 GMT
Harold Ackerley - Private - 291564 Welsh Regiment, 10th Battalion. Died of Wounds 24/12/1917 age 24. Commemorated at Rue-David Military Cemetery Fleurbaix G.26. In an article found in the Salford Reporter it is reported that Harold was accidently shot "in the line" after cleaning his rifle he was handing the rifle butt end first, that is the muzzle pointing towards him, having forgotten to apply the safety catch the rifle discharged shooting Harold in both legs. He was taken to the field hospital but died shortly after. He was buried at Rue-David Military Cemetery Fleurbaix where Reverend H Williams presided over his funeral. Prior to the war he worked at St Bartholomew's and was secretary of Salford Junior Conservative Association. Son of Alfred Vernon Ackerley and Clementina Ackerley, of 17 Regent Square, Salford. Brother of Sydney
Sydney Ackerley - Lance Corporal - 8046 Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion. Killed in Action 22/03/1918 aged 22. Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial panel 64 to 67. Prior to the war he worked at Thomas Collier and Sons, High St, Manchester. Sydney was awarded the Military Medal for placing a German machine gun out of action under heavy fire. Son of Alfred Vernon Ackerley and Clementina Ackerley, of 17 Regent Square, Salford. Brother of Harold
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Post by mack on Feb 7, 2011 10:31:55 GMT
L/sgt 2674 charles,keeton tomlinson,1/8th lancs fusiliers,killed in action 7-8-15 gallipoli cpl 10754 barnet tomlinson,18th lancs fusiliers,killed in action 1-6-18.
both worked for salford tramways,barnet had worked for them since leaving school,starting as a trolley boy and worked up to conductor,played football for the tramways club as well as seedley rangers and the mandleworks team,offered trials by man city,but declined the offer,member of st.thomas church+sunday school. wounded in both arms by shrapnel on 2-7-16. sons of susan tomlinson,119 ellor st,pendleton
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Post by Hawker Hurricane on Mar 1, 2011 18:49:47 GMT
Brothers Stanley Mears (Private 19550, 13th Bn., King's Liverpool Regiment) and Thomas Mears (Private 20750, 8th Bn., East Lancashire Regiment) gave their lives within just four days of each other. Stanley died ages 22 on 14th July 1916, and Thomas died on 18th July 1916 aged 25 years. They were both sons of John William Mears and Eliza Mears, from Weaste, Salford originally. Both sons are remembered on the Irlam and Cadishead Memorial.
Stanley worked as a labourer for the Manchester Ship Canal Company, where his father also worked as a ganger. Thomas was a topman at the Partington coaling basin, and played football for the Cadishead team.
The third of the brothers, John Joseph Mears (Gunner 12048, 11th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery) was killed aged 34 on 4th June 1917. Thus, all three sons of John and Eliza Mears made the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of freedom and service of the King.
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Post by Hawker Hurricane on Mar 1, 2011 23:38:32 GMT
Henry and Elizabeth Stringer, of Cadishead, lost two of their three sons in the same year in World War 1.
On 10 May 1917, their 22 year old son, Sydney (or Sidney) Stringer died of wounds, having served as Private 4902 in the 20th (Service) Bn., The Royal Fusiliers.
On 12 September 1917, his younger brother Percy Stringer died whilst serving as Private 41241 in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was 20 years old.
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Post by ebev on Mar 20, 2011 4:53:14 GMT
From the St. Thomas War Memorial....
John Dewhurst Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers C Coy 11375 Died 5th April 1918 Age 26 CWG Son of Samuel and Maria Dewhurst of Pendleton. Husband of Florence Dewhurst of Princetown British Columbia A.13 Quesnoy Farm Military Cemetery
Samuel Dewhurst Born Salford Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion 2460 Died 9th May 1915 CWG Panel G Ploegsteert Memorial
Base on a census report, these 2 men were brothers. John is my grandfather. I didn't know that he even had any brothers until someone researching the family tree sent me a copy of a census which showed Samuel listed at the same address. I wonder why he was in the Irish Rifles if he lived in Pendleton???
Update: I found my Great Uncle Samuel, who served with the Royal Irish Rifles, included in an Irish memorial...
Dewhurst, Samuel. Reg. No. 2460. Rank, Rifleman, 1st Royal Irish Rifles; Killed in action, France, May 9, 1915; born Salford, Lancashire.
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Post by Hawker Hurricane on Apr 3, 2011 11:46:12 GMT
Not quite brothers in arms, but during World War II, Elizabeth Ann Smethurst of Pendlebury lost both her husband and son, on the same date exactly one year apart.
The son, John Worsley Smethurst, died on 14th September 1940, whilst serving as Gunner 851232 in the 1 Field Regt. of the Royal Artillery. He is interred in El Alamein War Cemetery.
The father/husband, John Smethurst, died on 14th September 1941, aged 53, while serving with the Corps of Military Police. He is interred at St. John's Churchyard, Pendlebury.
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Post by shred on Apr 4, 2011 19:08:32 GMT
Again, not brothers but father and son in the two wars.
18082 Private Thomas Bryan of the 20th Manchester Regiment died on the 1st July 1916 (1st day of the Somme). Husband of Mrs. E. Daly (formerly Bryan), of 3, Dingle Fold, Astley, Manchester. Thomas had been awarded the Military Medal for carrying wounded men to safety.
2818267 Private Thomas Bryan of the Seaforth Highlanders died on the 10/06/1940. Son of Pte Thomas Bryan, M.M., The Manchester Regt., killed in Action in France 1st July, 1916, and of Eve Bryan, of Astley, Lancashire.
Both men are remembered on the Boothstown Royal British Legion Memorial.
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Post by Hawker Hurricane on Apr 4, 2011 20:37:54 GMT
I'm sure we were told about the Bryan family when I was at primary school in Astley, being local people, and the fact that father and son had died in the wars, though I don't remember if we were told their actual names. If it's the same people, we were told that the son never really had any memory of his hero father, as he was too young to really remember his father when he'd left for service in World War 1. As kids we always felt sorry for the wife/mother, losing first her husband in one war, and then her son in the other. A sad story from what was then still a relatively small village.
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Post by mack on May 1, 2011 10:22:11 GMT
pte 10630 arthur croker 18th manchesters pte 17864 john croker 20th manchesters sons of george+mary croker,43 cook st,pendleton their parents recieved word that both boys were reported missing on 1st july 1916
their names are carved togethor on the thiepval memorial to the missing
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Post by shred on Jul 20, 2011 22:01:06 GMT
This article tells of a father and two sons who fell. "It is painful to record that Mrs Taylor, Clyde Street, Lower Broughton, has had her husband and two sons killed in action. Her husband was Lance-corporal Robert Taylor, 6th Manchesters, and he and his eldest son, Signaller Thomas Taylor (21), 2nd South Lancashires, were killed on the same day on the Belgian Front. A second son, Lance-corporal Henry Taylor, was recently on leave and he had only been back in France a week when he fell at the age of 19 years." Attachments:
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