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Post by tobytyler191148 on Nov 8, 2012 20:18:35 GMT
Not sure which regiment he was with as I cannot make out his cap badge.it will be either the L/Fs or Manchesters...Thanks.
Phil
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Post by shred on Nov 9, 2012 12:57:29 GMT
Phil,
Can you add any more information? Did he live in Salford?
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Post by tobytyler191148 on Nov 9, 2012 19:05:06 GMT
Sorry Shred How stupid of me to forget that..Yes he did live in Salford.He lived either in Pendleton or Ordsall.I think he worked in an abbatior,which makes me think of Ordsall...
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Post by shred on Nov 9, 2012 21:45:56 GMT
Sorry Phil, I cannot pin George down.
We have the following possibilities from medal cards (only looking at the Manchester Regiment & Lancashire Fusiliers):
George Heywood Manchester Regiment, Northumberland Fusiliers 13601, 41183
George Heywood Manchester Regiment 34267
George E Heywood 1/Lan Fus, South Lancashire Regiment, Labour Corps, Hampshire Regiment 2558, 65042, 164223, 08369
and a pension record for this George Haywood:
George Heywood
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Age at enlistment: 19
Birth Parish: Pendlebury
Birth County: Lancashire
Document Year: 1915
Regimental Number: 13192
Regiment Name: 1st Salford Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
Number of images: 6
Address: 365 Bolton Rd, Pendlebury
Occupation: Labourer
Attested: 06/01/1915
Discharged: 07/05/1915 (Not likely to become an efficient soldier).
The absent voters list did not yield any results.
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Post by shred on Nov 10, 2012 21:46:10 GMT
There is also a George Heywood who served with the Australian Army. He gives his wife's name as next of kin: Matilda Heywood 196 Beaucliffe House, Eccles Old Rd, Manchester link to recordsAttachments:
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