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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 22:25:29 GMT
 Name: DAVIES, LAWRENCE Initials: L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sapper Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Age: 24 Date of Death: 21/06/1940 Service No: 1894718 Additional information: Son of Arthur and Mary Davies, of Salford; husband of Jean Davies, of Cheetham, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 18. Grave 21. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 22:27:37 GMT
 Name: HOLMES, HAROLD Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) Unit Text: 9th Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: 22/12/1940 Service No: 3864441 Additional information: Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Holmes, of Salford, who were killed in the same incident; husband of Margaret Holmes; father of Beryl Holmes and brother of Joseph Holmes, all of whom were killed in the same incident. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY Death due to enemy bombing raids. |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 22:32:39 GMT
 Name: SALISBURY, JOHN GEORGE Initials: J G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Corporal Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Unit Text: 8 Bomb Disposal Coy. Age: 27 Date of Death: 21/02/1941 Service No: 1880543 Additional information: Son of John William and Margaret Salisbury; husband of Hilda Salisbury, of Besses o' th' Barn. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 18. Grave 22. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 22:34:01 GMT
 Name: MALKIN, JOHN Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sapper Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Age: 32 Date of Death: 17/07/1941 Service No: 2132387 Additional information: Son of Herbert Jos and Lily Malkin, of Salford. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 18. Grave 23. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 22:36:28 GMT
 Name: SMITH, ARTHUR Initials: A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Corporal Regiment/Service: Royal Welch Fusiliers Unit Text: 13th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 18/08/1941 Service No: 4195943 Additional information: Son of Arthur and Harriet Smith, of Salford. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 18. Grave 24. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 22:38:26 GMT
 Name: MULLIGAN, WILLIAM Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sapper Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Age: 43 Date of Death: 06/09/1944 Service No: 14617456 Additional information: Son of William and Ada Mulligan, of Salford; husband of Edith Mulligan, of Salford. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 18. Grave 25. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 22:39:40 GMT
 Name: THOMASON, LESLIE Initials: L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Army Catering Corps Age: 37 Date of Death: 18/03/1945 Service No: 3451242 Additional information: Son of John Walton Thomason and Margaret Isabella Thomason; husband of Anne Thomason, of Higher Broughton, Salford. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 18. Grave 26. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 22:41:13 GMT
 Name: MURRAY, JOSEPH CLIFFORD Initials: J C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment Unit Text: 7th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 23/12/1940 Service No: 3657555 Additional information: Son of Thomas and Jane Murray, of Seedley, Salford. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 23:04:14 GMT
 Name: William Alfred Conquest Birth Place: Manchester Residence: Salford, Lancs Death Date: 4 May 1917 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Manchester Rank: Private Regiment: Manchester Regiment Battalion: 20th Battalion Number: 18430 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 23:15:02 GMT
 Name: WHITEHEAD, FREDERICK Initials: F Nationality: Australian Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit Text: 16th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 08/08/1915 Service No: 2273 Additional information: Son of the late Thomas Whitehead and of Mrs. Isabel Whitehead, of 23, Mountfield, Prestwich, Manchester, England. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 57. Memorial: LONE PINE MEMORIAL |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 23:20:04 GMT
 Name: WILLIAMS, EDWARD Initials: E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Border Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 13/08/1915 Service No: 16698 Additional information: Son of Nancy Howles (formerly Williams), of 169, Whit Lane, Pendleton, Manchester, and the late Alfred Williams. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 119 to 125 or 222 and 223. Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL Died when the Royal Edward ship was hit by a torpedo. |
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Post by shred on Jul 9, 2011 23:38:31 GMT
This inscription is a puzzle. The words under Edgar's name are for a soldier.  A SOLDIER of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away, And bent with pitying glances, to hear what he might say. The dying soldier faltered, and he took that comrade's hand, And he said, "I nevermore shall see my own, my native land: Take a message, and a token, to some distant friends of mine, For I was born at Bingen, -- at Bingen on the Rhine. "Tell my brothers and companions, when they meet and crowd around, To hear my mournful story, in the pleasant vineyard ground, That we fought the battle bravely, and when the day was done, Full many a corpse lay ghastly pale beneath the setting sun; And, mid the dead and dying, were some grown old in wars, -- The death-wound on their gallant breasts, the last of many scars; And some were young, and suddenly beheld life's morn decline, -- And one had come from Bingen, -- fair Bingen on the Rhine. Ancestry shows Edgar returning from Africa on the 2nd March 1914. He must have returned quite soon to have died there in August of that year. I don't think he was a WW1 casualty. Can anyone help? |
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Post by shred on Jul 10, 2011 11:58:39 GMT
 Name: FERRIER, ALEXANDER Initials: A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery Unit Text: 1 Medium Regt. Age: 33 Date of Death: 15/12/1945 Service No: 321194 Additional information: Son of James and May Ferrier; husband of Lillie Ferrier, of Blackpool. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 15. Grave 278. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jul 10, 2011 12:00:21 GMT
 Name: JOHNSON, WILLIAM Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Trooper Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps Unit Text: 107th (5th Bn. The King's Own Royal Regt. [Lancaster]) Regt. Age: 27 Date of Death: 08/03/1942 Service No: 3715809 Additional information: Son of William and Florence Johnson, of Salford; husband of Irene Johnson, of Salford. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 15. Grave 288. Cemetery: SALFORD (AGECROFT) CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jul 10, 2011 12:05:11 GMT
 Name: FOULKES, LAWRENCE Initials: L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 49 Sqdn. Date of Death: 22/05/1944 Service No: 3010396 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Row 2. Grave 2. Cemetery: ROOSENDAAL-EN-NISPEN GENERAL CEMETERY Attachments:
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