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Post by shred on Sept 13, 2011 19:03:18 GMT
Name: DODD, JOHN Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Wireless Telegraph Operator Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve Unit Text: H.M. Tug "Char." Date of Death: 16/01/1915 Service No: 140WTS Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Name: John Dodd Rank: W/T Op Birth Date: 28 Oct 1886 Birth Place: Manchester, Lancashire, England Branch of Service: Royal Naval Reserve Cause of Death: Killed or died by means other than disease, accident or enemy action Official Number Port Division: 140 .W.T.S. (Dev) Death Date: 16 Jan 1915 Ship or Unit: HM Tug Char Location of Grave: Not recorded Name and Address of Cemetery: Body Not Recovered For Burial Relatives Notified and Address: Father: J Dodd, 19, Bowker St, Nr Broughton, Manchester
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Post by shred on Sept 13, 2011 19:13:07 GMT
Name: JOHNSTON, ROBERT LOUDON Initials: R L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment Unit Text: 17th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 13/12/1915 Additional information: Son of Robert and Julia Mary Johnston, of "Tetua," Park St., Kersal, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. K. 28. Cemetery: FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY Attachments:
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Post by shred on Sept 13, 2011 19:19:50 GMT
Name: EDWARDS, ARTHUR LLOYD Initials: A L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 2nd/5th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 31/07/1917 Service No: 242690 Additional information: Son of Owen and Henrietta Edwards, of 75, Devonshire St., Higher Broughton, Manchester. Born at Earlestown, Lancs. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: LXII. C. 4. Cemetery: TYNE COT CEMETERY Name: Arthur Lloyd Edwards Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Salford, Lancs Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
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Post by shred on Sept 13, 2011 19:24:53 GMT
Name: BRENNAND, JAMES Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 04/04/1918 Service No: 306722 Additional information: Son of William and Esther Brennand. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 10. Cemetery: ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY Birth Place: Lower Broughton, Lancs Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Salford, Lancs Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
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Post by shred on Sept 13, 2011 20:12:01 GMT
Name: HASTINGS, JOSEPH LORTON Initials: J L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 10th Bn. Date of Death: 12/05/1917 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 5. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL Type of Casualty: Killed in action Previously a Private (PS4100) with the 21st Royal Fusiliers (Public School Btn), embarked to France 14/11/1915. Commissioned 25/09/1916.
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Post by shred on Sept 13, 2011 21:09:37 GMT
Name: BRITTON, HAROLD Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 1st/8th Bn. Date of Death: 06/09/1917 Service No: 306542 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 54 to 60 and 163A. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Birth Place: Prestwich, Manchester Residence: Prestwich Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Lower Broughton, Manchester Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre and Name: BRITTON, NORMAN Initials: N Nationality: Australian Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit Text: 10th Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 21/09/1917 Service No: 731 Additional information: Son of William Henry and Lillyan A. Britton; husband of Mary Britton, of Woodlands, Rainsough, Prestwich, Manchester, England. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: V. A. 12. Cemetery: HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY His service number is incorrect on CWGC it is 2731. Norman joined the Australian Army 28th May 1915 aged 25 years. He was married to Mary, they had two children Harry and Stanley. Prior to the war he had worked as a labourer. 29/12/15 disembarked in Alexandria To Mudros 25/11/15 04/01/16 sick in hospita (jaundice) 02/02/16 discharged to duty. 04/03/16 Re-joined to detail- Front line canal defence. 07/03/16 Proceed to join BEF 03/04/16 Disembak Marseilles 29/07/16 Wounded in action (S.W. Buttock) 09/08/16 Hospital in England 17/01/17 Back to France (Etaples) 22/09/17 Killed in Action (Belgium) After his death his wife Mary returned to England and was living at The Woodlans, Rainsough, Prestwitch
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Post by shred on Sept 15, 2011 20:40:33 GMT
Name: YATES Initials: A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 16th Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: 23/08/1918 Service No: 63658 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: V. J. 2. Cemetery: HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES Name: Albert Yates Birth Place: Darwen, Lancs Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Blackburn, Lancs Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Comments: Formerly 2581, East Lancs Regt.
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Post by shred on Sept 15, 2011 20:48:49 GMT
Name: STANDRING Initials: H E Nationality: New Zealand Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: New Zealand Field Artillery Unit Text: Trench Mortar Bty. Date of Death: 17/08/1917 Service No: 9/481 Additional information: Son of the Rev. James Standring, of 11, Douglas St., St. Kildar, Dunedin. New Zealand; husband of Doris Standring, of Higher Broughton, Manchester, England. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 13. Cemetery: PONT-D'ACHELLES MILITARY CEMETERY, NIEPPE FULL NAME Hubert Eric Standring RANK LAST HELD Lieutenant FORENAME(S) Hubert Eric SURNAME Standring WAR World War I, 1914-1918 SERIAL NO. 9/481 FIRST KNOWN RANK Sergeant NEXT OF KIN Reverend James Standring, Middlemarch, Central Otago, New Zealand MARITAL STATUS Single ENLISTMENT ADDRESS 78 Frederick Street, Dunedin, New Zealand MILITARY DISTRICT Otago BODY ON EMBARKATION Main Body EMBARKATION UNIT Otago Mounted Rifles EMBARKATION DATE 16 October 1914 PLACE OF EMBARKATION Port Chalmers, New Zealand TRANSPORT HMNZT 5 HMNZT 9 VESSEL Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay DESTINATION Suez, Egypt PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL 686 LAST UNIT SERVED New Zealand Field Artillery PLACE OF DEATH Ypres, Belgium DATE OF DEATH 17 August 1917 YEAR OF DEATH 1917 CAUSE OF DEATH Killed in action BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Rank last held was listed as Temporary Lieutenant ARCHIVES NZ SOURCE Military personnel file SOURCES USED Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
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Post by shred on Sept 15, 2011 21:02:42 GMT
Name: SMITH Initials: W C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: South Lancashire Regiment Unit Text: 6th Bn. Date of Death: 11/07/1917 Service No: 36686 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XX. M. 5. Cemetery: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY Birth Place: Salford, Lancs Residence: Kersall, Lancs Death Location: Mesopotamia Enlistment Location: Cheetham, Lancs Type of Casualty: Died Theatre of War: Asiatic Theatres Attachments:
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Post by shred on Sept 15, 2011 21:15:43 GMT
Name: MEADOWCROFT Initials: H C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Corporal Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment Unit Text: 20th Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 17166 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. F. 10. Cemetery: DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ Birth Place: Workington, Cumberland Death Date: 1 Jul 1916 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Manchester Rank: Corporal Regiment: Manchester Regiment Battalion: 20th Battalion Number: 17166 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre and Name: HARGREAVES, WILLIAM CAREY Initials: W C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Gunner Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "A" Bty. 286th Bde. Age: 35 Date of Death: 14/04/1918 Service No: 218936 Additional information: Son of Albert and Isabella Hargreaves; husband of Amelia Glanville Hargreaves, of 8, Moss Bank Rd., Higher Crumpsall, Manchester. Native of Rusholme, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 20. Cemetery: EBBLINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY Birth Place: Manchester Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Manchester Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
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Post by shred on Sept 16, 2011 20:38:10 GMT
Name: CALVERT, SAMUEL Initials: S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Gunner Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: 110th Bty. Age: 41 Date of Death: 11/12/1917 Service No: 118357 Additional information: Son of the late Joseph and Annie Calvert. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. A. 18. Cemetery: ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT Birth Place: Manchester Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Manchester Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
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Post by shred on Sept 16, 2011 20:42:14 GMT
Name: FLETCHER, HERBERT Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Coldstream Guards Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Age: 33 Date of Death: 27/08/1918 Service No: 22146 Additional information: Son of Esther Fletcher, of 1, Woodlands, Hilton Lane, Rainsough, Prestwich, Manchester, and the late Samuel Fletcher. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. A. 21. Cemetery: CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY Birth Place: Manchester Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Manchester Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
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Post by shred on Sept 16, 2011 20:50:41 GMT
Name: DARLINGTON, CECIL DUTTON Initials: C D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 204th Sqdn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 15/08/1918 Additional information: Son of Mrs. L. Darlington Banks, of Ottawa, Canada. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 1. Cemetery: ST. JULIEN DRESSING STATION CEMETERY Left aerodrome at 06.50 in a Camel number D9630, shot down east of Ypres. Attachments:
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Post by shred on Sept 16, 2011 20:56:38 GMT
Name: CAUSER, EDGAR BRETTELL Initials: E B Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Corporal Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment Unit Text: "C" Coy. 1st/6th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 27/09/1918 Service No: 251253 Additional information: Only son of Walter Brettell Causer and Alice Causer, of 16, St. Mary's Rd., Crumpsall, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. E. 19. Cemetery: FLESQUIERES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY Birth Place: Manchester Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Manchester Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Attachments:
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Post by shred on Sept 16, 2011 21:04:10 GMT
Name: SHEARD, THOMAS MOSS Initials: T M Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment Unit Text: 2nd/5th Bn. Age: 39 Date of Death: 21/03/1918 Service No: 202197 Additional information: Son of John James Sheard, of Regent Rd., Manchester; husband of Frances Mary Sheard, of "Avondale", Flixton Rd., Urmston, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 64 to 67. Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL Birth Place: Dukinfield, Cheshire Residence: Davyhulme, Lancs Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Manchester Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Thomas appears in the book A District at War by Pete Thomas and Neil Drum.
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