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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 13:02:47 GMT
Manchester Tennis & Racquets Club 33 Blackfriars Road Salford Greater Manchester M3 7AQ  The Latin inscription loosely translates as: In honour of the members who willingly gave their lives in war for King and Country. 1914 - 1918 J K GARNETT D N GRAHAM W GREENWOOD H M KENDAL S R KERSHAW S H MILNES GORDON ROSS E T YOUNG 1939 - 1945 P T ECKERSLEY J KERSHAW A KERSHAW G C SUTTON |
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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 13:19:08 GMT
JERRY KNOWLES GARNETT Rank: Lieutenant Date of Death: 06/11/1915 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery 3rd East Lancs Bde. Grave Reference D. IV. 6. Cemetery PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Frank Garnett, of The West House, Buxton. Born 16th April 1895 Died at Malta of Enteric fever contarcted while on active service at the Dardanelles. The 1911 census shows Jerry as a 15 year old boarder at Charterhouse School, Godalming.   |
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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 13:37:01 GMT
DONALD HATT NOBLE GRAHAM Rank: Captain Date of Death: 25/09/1915 Age: 41 Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) "A" Coy. 9th Bn. Grave Reference III. 2. Opposite Rows B. and C. Cemetery DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS Additional Information: Son of Donald Graham, C.I.E., of Airthrey Castle, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire; husband of Lucy Graham, of "The Firs," Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Bucks. Born 12th November 1874. 1911 census - Donald was living with his wife Lucy and daughter Lucy at Hartford Hall, Northwich.  |
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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 14:24:41 GMT
W GREENWOOD Cannot identify. I believe that H M Kendal is Herbert Mowle Kendal. His medal card shows that he served with the French Red Cross.  I also believe that he was the son of Thomas and Mary Kendal who are shown in the 1901 census as living at Gatley Hill House, Cheadle. Born in 1878. Herbert and his father had been silk merchants. He died at Soissons, France on the 28th May 1918.  Herbert was also remembered on the Cheadle Congregational Church memorial (demolished). He is not commemorated by the CWGC. |
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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 14:45:33 GMT
SAMUEL RYDER KERSHAW Rank: Second Lieutenant Date of Death: 11/05/1917 Age: 32 Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers 7th Bn. attd. 1st/1st Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Grave Reference I. C. 20. Cemetery TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES Additional Information: Son of James Kershaw, of Holly House, Bury Old Rd., Manchester. Type of Casualty: Killed in action 1911 census - Samuel is shown as a 26 year old land surveyor living at Holly House, Bury Old Rd, Manchester, with his father James, and brothers Harold and Geoffrey.   |
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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 14:59:10 GMT
SIDNEY HERBERT MILNES Rank: Captain Date of Death: 07/08/1915 Age: 35 Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Bn. Panel Reference Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219. Memorial HELLES MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Edmund and Isabella Jane Milnes, of Seedfield, Bury. Type of Casualty: Killed in action Born on the 23rd April 1880 1911 census - Sidney is shown as a 30 year old cotton mill manager living at Seedfield, Bury, with his brother Henry.   |
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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 18:25:23 GMT
GORDON ROSS I am now confident enough to suggest that he is: FREDERIC GORDON ROSS Rank: Lieutenant Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Age: 46 Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 20th Bn. Grave Reference V. I. 10. Cemetery DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ Additional Information: Son of the late F. B. Ross, of Alderley Edge, Cheshire; husband of Kathleen Ross, of Colwood Hill, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Here is an article about the Manchester Tennis & Racquet Club that was published in 1913 giving the initials F G.   EDMUND TAYLOR YOUNG Rank: Lieutenant Date of Death: 10/06/1915 Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 6th Bn. Panel Reference Panel 158 to 170. Memorial HELLES MEMORIAL Type of Casualty: Killed in action The 1911 census and probate record his name as Edmund Turner Young. 1911 census - Edmund can be seen as a 26 year old Director living at Strand Hall, Whitefield, with his mother Margaret, and siblings Roger, Malcolm and Mary.   |
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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 18:41:31 GMT
WW2PETER THORP ECKERSLEY Rank: Lieutenant (A) Date of Death: 13/08/1940 Age: 36 Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve H.M.S. Raven. Grave Reference Sec. G. Grave 340. Cemetery TYLDESLEY CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of William Eckersley, C.B.E., J.P., and Eva Mary Eckersley (nee Thorp), of Tyldesley; husband of Audrey E. J. Eckersley, of Ashley, Cheshire. J.P., Member of Parliament for Exchange Division of Manchester, 1935-40; Captain Lancashire County Cricket Club, 1929-35. Peter died in 1940 in a flying accident near Eastleigh, Hampshire whilst serving with the Fleet Air Arm, becoming the fourth MP to be killed in World War II. 
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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 19:41:13 GMT
The following two men are the nephews of Samuel Ryder Kershaw who was a member of the club and died in the First World War.
JOHN KERSHAW
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 72503
Date of Death: 16/07/1940
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force 4 Sqdn.
Grave Reference Panel 16.
Cemetery MANCHESTER CREMATORIUM
Additional Information: Son of Harold Slaney Kershaw, C.B.E., and Pleasance Kershaw, of Macclesfield, Cheshire. B.A.(Oxon.).
Flew into reasonably high ground near East Barnby, to the north of Whitby, on the 16th of July 1940 in bad visibility whilst on reconnaisance patrol along the East coast of Yorkshire. The crew were ordered to return to base if the weather turned bad or if the pilot had to fly below 1000ft. It was thought that the pilot was trying to make a landing in bad weather and had broke cloud thinking he was actually over the sea and not over land. The aircraft crashed at 650 feet above sea level, it was totally wrecked and both airmen on board were killed. There was no fire reported.
ANTHONY KERSHAW
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 91191
Date of Death: 19/03/1941
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) 1 Sqdn.
Grave Reference Panel 16.
Cemetery MANCHESTER CREMATORIUM
Additional Information: Son of Harold Slaney Kershaw, C.B.E., and Pleasance Kershaw, of Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Killed in Action.
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Post by shred on Oct 20, 2012 19:49:55 GMT
GEOFFREY CHARLES SUTTON
Rank: Lieut-Commander (S)
Date of Death: 02/10/1942
Age: 37
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve H.M.S. Curacoa.
Panel Reference 66, 2.
Memorial CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of William Rowley Sutton and Elizabeth Maud Sutton; husband of Joan Rosalind Sutton, of Westminster, London. M.A. (Cantab.), A.C.A.
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Post by shred on Nov 27, 2013 21:15:18 GMT
The following two men are the nephews of Samuel Ryder Kershaw who was a member of the club and died in the First World War. JOHN KERSHAW Rank: Flying Officer Trade: Pilot Service No: 72503 Date of Death: 16/07/1940 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force 4 Sqdn. Grave Reference Panel 16. Cemetery MANCHESTER CREMATORIUM Additional Information: Son of Harold Slaney Kershaw, C.B.E., and Pleasance Kershaw, of Macclesfield, Cheshire. B.A.(Oxon.). Flew into reasonably high ground near East Barnby, to the north of Whitby, on the 16th of July 1940 in bad visibility whilst on reconnaisance patrol along the East coast of Yorkshire. The crew were ordered to return to base if the weather turned bad or if the pilot had to fly below 1000ft. It was thought that the pilot was trying to make a landing in bad weather and had broke cloud thinking he was actually over the sea and not over land. The aircraft crashed at 650 feet above sea level, it was totally wrecked and both airmen on board were killed. There was no fire reported. ANTHONY KERSHAW Rank: Pilot Officer Trade: Pilot Service No: 91191 Date of Death: 19/03/1941 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) 1 Sqdn. Grave Reference Panel 16. Cemetery MANCHESTER CREMATORIUM Additional Information: Son of Harold Slaney Kershaw, C.B.E., and Pleasance Kershaw, of Macclesfield, Cheshire. Killed in Action.  |
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