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Post by rebbyvid on Apr 8, 2013 9:59:36 GMT
I attended this ceremony as my uncle Henry Rae Rebbitt was one who had lost his life at Gallopi, Appreciate all the work done on saving the memorial by the Old Salfordians
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Post by shred on Apr 10, 2013 21:33:04 GMT
Rebbyvid,
Welcome to the forum.
I also attended the re-dedication of the memorial. The Old Salfordians did a grand job of honouring their men.
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Post by shred on Oct 26, 2013 14:28:42 GMT
A Shepherd is: 2nd Lieutenant Sheppard Asa F, 24, Died 23-Feb-1917, Royal Flying Corps (27th Sqd) Great Cheetham St Higher Broughton. Buried: Weaste A4 144 Flying Accident Born at Lower Broughton in 1892, the son of Alfred Sheppard, 117 Great Cheetham Street, Higher Broughton Educated at Salford Municipal Secondary School and at Manchester University in 1912 (textile industries) Employed by Samuel Hunter, Yarn Agents, Manchester Enlisted in the 20th Bn, Royal Fusiliers on 19 Nov 1917 Gazetted 2nd Lieut, RFC in Sept 1917 Served on the Western Front with 27 Squadron Accidentally killed while flying at Gosport on 23 Feb 1917 CWGC: Name: SHEPPARD, ASA FREDERICK Initials: A F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps Unit Text: 27th Sqdn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 23/02/1917 Additional information: Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Ellen Sheppard, of 117, Great Cheetham St. West, Higher Broughton, Salford. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: A4. 144. Cemetery: SALFORD (WEASTE) CEMETERY  |
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Post by shred on Oct 27, 2013 10:02:10 GMT
Believe this could be H Warburton, but requires further investigation. Name: WARBURTON, HAROLD JOHN Initials: H J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Signalman Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: H.M.S. "Laurentic." Date of Death: 25/01/1917 Service No: Mersey Z/1451 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 25. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL From the UK Royal Navy and Royal Marines War Grave Roll 1914-1919, available on Ancestry: Name: Harold John Warburton Rank: Sig Birth Date: 19 Jul 1897 Branch of Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action Official Number Port Division: Mersey Z/1451. (Dev) Death Date: 25 Jan 1917 Ship or Unit: HMS Laurentic Location of Grave: Not recorded Name and Address of Cemetery: Body Not Recovered For Burial Relatives Notified and Address: Father: John, 56 Manchester Road, Inlams O' th' Height, Manchester I think this pretty much confirms this is the right man.  |
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Post by shred on Nov 3, 2013 17:20:48 GMT
Old Salfordians Memorial J T Motler John Fred 2nd Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 4th Battalion died 30/7/1916 CWG Age 21 Son of John and Mary Ann Motler of the Shears Hotel 580 Oldham Rd Manchester XXX1V.E.3 Serre Rd Cemetery No 2 Wendy   |
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Post by 8055bell on Nov 23, 2013 16:27:10 GMT
"R L Johnston Robert Loudon 2nd Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion died 13/12/1915 CWG Age24 son of Robert and Julia Mary Johnston of Tetua Park St Kersal Salford 1.K.28 Foncquevillers Military Cemetery Probate 4/3/1916 Robert Loudon Johnston of Vetna Park St ( 2 different spellings)Kersal Salford 2nd Lieutenant Manchester Regiment died 13/12/1915 at Bayencourt France while in actual military service to Florence Margaret Johnston effects £1027 5s 11d" The loss of 2nd Lt Johnston was the 17th Battalion's first casualty and sole loss in 1915. The Official History 16th-19th Bttns records that 24 year old 2nd Lieutenant Johnston was killed by an anti-aircraft shell at Bayencourt while he was in command of the transport section. T |
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Post by oldsalfordian on Feb 3, 2014 22:05:07 GMT
Old Salfordians Memorial B Hopewell Bertram born Salford resident Pendleton Private Cameronians 1st Battalion 25576 formerly 5046 Royal Fusiliers died 28/10/1916 CWG Age 23 son of Christopher M and Eleanor Hopewell of 10 Grange Rd St Annes on Sea. Native of Pendleton. His brother Charles also fell U.17 Carnoy Military Cemetery G Hough Gilbert enlisted Salford Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/8th Battalion 305608 died 9/10/1917 CWG Panel 54 to 60 and 163A Tyne Cot Memorial J Howard too many with Salford connections F James can not link one R L Johnston Robert Loudon 2nd Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion died 13/12/1915 CWG Age24 son of Robert and Julia Mary Johnston of Tetua Park St Kersal Salford 1.K.28 Foncquevillers Military Cemetery Probate 4/3/1916 Robert Loudon Johnston of Vetna Park St ( 2 different spellings)Kersal Salford 2nd Lieutenant Manchester Regiment died 13/12/1915 at Bayencourt France while in actual military service to Florence Margaret Johnston effects £1027 5s 11d H Kenyon Hubert born Manchester resident Salford Private Cheshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion 5378 died 18/11/1916 at home CWG D2610 Camebridge City Cemetery R B Lett Ralph Brotherton born Salford resident Salford Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion 42091 died 27/5/1918 CWG Age 19 son of Henry B and Amy Lett of 50 Whitelow Rd Chorlton Cum Hardy Soissons Memorial G Lewis George born Salford resident Pendleton gunner RGA 47064 died 12/4/1917 CWG Pier and Face 3C and 3D Thiepval Memorial A P Lindley Arthur Platt Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy HMS Defence died 31/5/1916 CWG Age 22 son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lindley of 319 Bolton Rd Kearsley 13 Plymouth Naval Memorial Wendy There were two Pendleton men called George Lewis killed in WW1: Gunner Lewis KIA 12/4/17 and Pte Lewis, KIA First Day of the Somme and remembered on the Thiepval memorial. Details of both can be found elsewhere on the SWARM website. The George Lewis above is a combination of the two men. iN FACT, THE oLD sALFORDIAN WAS gUNNER lEWIS. |
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Post by shred on Feb 3, 2014 22:19:12 GMT
Oldsalfordian,
Many thanks for pointing this out.
So the Old Salfordian George Lewis is:
G LEWIS
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 47064
Date of Death: 12/04/1917
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Heavy Bty.
Grave Reference I. N. 45.
Cemetery PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
Additional Information: Son of Mr. W. J. Lewis, of 22, Richmond Avenue, Sedgley Park, Prestwick, Manchester.
Birth Place: Salford, Lancs
Residence: Pendleton
Death Date: 12 Apr 1917
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Salford
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Number: 47064
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Is this correct?
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Post by oldsalfordian on Feb 5, 2014 12:45:54 GMT
1916 at the speech day of salford secondary school,the headmaster,mr h.b winfield said that five members of staff had joined the forces and most of the 800 boys who had left the school,three of these have won the DCM. sgt 1737[200259] cyril barnes,5th manchesters,myrtle villa,hazelhurst,worsley,also MID 11-7-16,wounded at gallipoli on 26-12-15 but remained on duty cpl 106100 isidor balban,187th coy RE,7 devonshire st,broughton,later commissioned in kings liverpool regt,died in ancoats hospital 23-5-1951 L/cpl s/714 alfred quick,12th rifle brigade,"sunnyside"yew st,broughton,killed in action 15-4-16 mack He was Balaban, not Balban - in later life Dr. Isidore Balaban, D.Sc., Ph.D, D.C.M. He had opened the carriage door and was riding the running board as his commuter train drew into Piccadilly Station (London Road in those days). He lost his footing and fell between train and platform. He was taken to Ancoats but died there shortly after, aged 55. He and his brother Harry appear on a class photo in the album in the Local History Library. I'm told Harry was so badly shell-shocked in the war he remained in care until his death in the 1960s. The Headmaster wrote to Quick congratulating him on his DCM and telling him Balaban had also been awarded one. In his reply Quick modesty described the action he had been in, and, given the manner in which he took command in a very serious situation, with all the officers down, faced with an equally brave and determined enemy, it's no surprise he was being recommended for a commission as well as awarded the DCM. He was killed a few days after the exchange of letters. Old Salfordian |
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Post by oldsalfordian on Feb 5, 2014 20:22:03 GMT
Old Salfordians Memorial H V Taylor Harry Vivian Captain Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion died 22/3/1918 Comments MC CWG Age 24 son of Henry and Elizabeth of "Netherly" Rivington Rd Pendleton 1.G.21 Savy British Cemetery He was born in Salford resident 47 Seedley Park Rd in 1901 census C Thompson Cyril 2nd Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers died 1/6/1918 CWG Age 28 son of Thomas and Sarah Thompson of Branwood House Clarendon Crescent Eccles 1.F.7 Martinsart British Cemetery J Trenbath Jack 2nd Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment died 8/9/1918 CWG Age 21 son of George and Edith Mary Trenbath of Whiteley View Glossop. Native of Manchester 111.C.5 Pont D'Achelles Military Cemetery Born in Longsight resident Pendleton 1901 census H Warburton can not link one A J Welsh Alan James born Salford resident Broughton L/corporal Machine Gun Regiment 107332 formerly 166295 Lancashire Fusiliers died 25/4/1918 CWG Age 20 son of Mr W J C and Mrs Alice A Welsh of 39 Kipling St Higher Broughton .A clerk in Parrs and Westminster Bank Pendleton 111.F.7 Wulverghen Lindenhoek Rd Military Cemetery H H Wilding Horace Holden 2nd Lietenant Kings Royal Rifle Corp died 13/9/1918 CWG Age 22 son of Matilda Wilding of 19 Kingswood Rd Prestwich and the late John Frederick Widing 1.9.15 Le Bucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension Born Prestwich 1896 C Willett Joseph Cyril Temp 2nd Lietenant Machine Gun Corp died 15/5/1917 CWG Age 23 son of Joseph and Florence Beatrice Willett of Cambria House 246 Great Clowes St Higher Broughton Probate Joseph Cyril Willett of 246 Great Clowes St Broughton 2nd Lieutenant in Machine Gun Corp died 15/5/1917 in France or Belgium while in actual military service Administration 9/10/1917 to Joseph Willett effects £154 10s 5d A Winkup Arthur Driver RFA 1633 died 15/12/1918 CWG Age 20 son of Arthur and Betsy Winkup of Wardley Ty Croes Abergele . Native of Prestwich 1.C.1 Mons Bergen Cemetery or Albert Wincop on Ancestry records but Winkup in 1901 census born Salford resident Lower Broughton as stated in records Private South Wales Borderers 5th Battalion 41654 died 29/4/1918 CWG not found J A Wolfendale John Ashton enlisted Salford Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Battalion 2852 died 7/8/1915 Gallipoli CWG Age 20 son of Rev T A Wolfendale MA and Elizabeth Wolfendale of 2 Grove Bank Duffield Rd Derby Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219 Helles Memorial G Wolfenden George born Swinton resident Worsley L/Corporal Manchester Regiment 2/6th Battalion 250769 died 26/11/1917 CWG Age 20 George Hubert son of Joseph and Alice Wolfenden of "Ashby" 56 Hazelhurst Rs Worsley 111.C.8 Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery Resident Moorside Rd 1901 Father Joseph a Schoolmaster T Wood Thomas born Salford Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion 10747 died 2/2/1916 CWG Age 22 Husband of Sarah Ann Wood of 13 Archer St Bradford Manchester T Yates Thomas enlisted Salford Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion 281494 died 6/4/1917 CWG V1.C.68 Bethune Town Cemetery The end Wendy It's entirely possible that not one of the 74 on this memorial left a child. Certainly, not one of the 64 confidently identified so far did. Captain Taylor had no nephews or nieces either, so it is satisfying to report that his medals and his copy of the New Testament have been treasured by a distant relative since he inherited them in 1978. Old Salfordian |
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Post by oldsalfordian on Feb 7, 2014 16:45:56 GMT
Old Salfordians Memorial H V Taylor Harry Vivian Captain Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion died 22/3/1918 Comments MC CWG Age 24 son of Henry and Elizabeth of "Netherly" Rivington Rd Pendleton 1.G.21 Savy British Cemetery He was born in Salford resident 47 Seedley Park Rd in 1901 census C Thompson Cyril 2nd Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers died 1/6/1918 CWG Age 28 son of Thomas and Sarah Thompson of Branwood House Clarendon Crescent Eccles 1.F.7 Martinsart British Cemetery J Trenbath Jack 2nd Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment died 8/9/1918 CWG Age 21 son of George and Edith Mary Trenbath of Whiteley View Glossop. Native of Manchester 111.C.5 Pont D'Achelles Military Cemetery Born in Longsight resident Pendleton 1901 census H Warburton can not link one A J Welsh Alan James born Salford resident Broughton L/corporal Machine Gun Regiment 107332 formerly 166295 Lancashire Fusiliers died 25/4/1918 CWG Age 20 son of Mr W J C and Mrs Alice A Welsh of 39 Kipling St Higher Broughton .A clerk in Parrs and Westminster Bank Pendleton 111.F.7 Wulverghen Lindenhoek Rd Military Cemetery H H Wilding Horace Holden 2nd Lietenant Kings Royal Rifle Corp died 13/9/1918 CWG Age 22 son of Matilda Wilding of 19 Kingswood Rd Prestwich and the late John Frederick Widing 1.9.15 Le Bucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension Born Prestwich 1896 C Willett Joseph Cyril Temp 2nd Lietenant Machine Gun Corp died 15/5/1917 CWG Age 23 son of Joseph and Florence Beatrice Willett of Cambria House 246 Great Clowes St Higher Broughton Probate Joseph Cyril Willett of 246 Great Clowes St Broughton 2nd Lieutenant in Machine Gun Corp died 15/5/1917 in France or Belgium while in actual military service Administration 9/10/1917 to Joseph Willett effects £154 10s 5d A Winkup Arthur Driver RFA 1633 died 15/12/1918 CWG Age 20 son of Arthur and Betsy Winkup of Wardley Ty Croes Abergele . Native of Prestwich 1.C.1 Mons Bergen Cemetery or Albert Wincop on Ancestry records but Winkup in 1901 census born Salford resident Lower Broughton as stated in records Private South Wales Borderers 5th Battalion 41654 died 29/4/1918 CWG not found J A Wolfendale John Ashton enlisted Salford Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Battalion 2852 died 7/8/1915 Gallipoli CWG Age 20 son of Rev T A Wolfendale MA and Elizabeth Wolfendale of 2 Grove Bank Duffield Rd Derby Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219 Helles Memorial G Wolfenden George born Swinton resident Worsley L/Corporal Manchester Regiment 2/6th Battalion 250769 died 26/11/1917 CWG Age 20 George Hubert son of Joseph and Alice Wolfenden of "Ashby" 56 Hazelhurst Rs Worsley 111.C.8 Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery Resident Moorside Rd 1901 Father Joseph a Schoolmaster T Wood Thomas born Salford Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion 10747 died 2/2/1916 CWG Age 22 Husband of Sarah Ann Wood of 13 Archer St Bradford Manchester T Yates Thomas enlisted Salford Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion 281494 died 6/4/1917 CWG V1.C.68 Bethune Town Cemetery The end Wendy This is the wrong T Yates, I'm afraid. The man on the Old Salfordians' Plaque is the Thomas Yates who has a personal memorial plaque in St. Luke's, Weaste, illustrated elsewhere on this website. He attended our School for its first two years, 1904 to 1906 and then joined Parr's Bank. In 1911 he emigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan (on the Hesperian which would later be sunk by the same u-boat as the Lusitania), and there he kept up his tennis and cricket in what was still a very Anglo community. He came back across the Atlantic with the CEF but got a "Blighty one" in France in May 1915. Recuperating at his parents' house on Liverpool Street, he used the time to further his accountancy studies. In 1917 this 6' 3" tall sportsman was commissioned in the 28th Battalion (Saskatchewans). He was part of the Canadian assault on Passchendaele village itself, on the 99th day of the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). He was consolidating his men's position in the village when he was shot through the head by a sniper. 68 Saskatchewans were killed that day, along with many Winnipegs and Albertas. Second Lieutenant Jack Trenbath (above) is listed in the Roll of Honour of the University of Manchester, published as a book in 1922. It is in two sections, those who served and died and those who served and survived. Jack was mistakenly included in the latter section, those who served and survived, so he is not on the bronze memorial plaque on the outside wall of the John Owen Building, in the Old Quad. However, three Old Salfordians who are on that University of Manchester memorial are Signalman Harold John Warburton (above), who went down with the Laurentic on 25th January 1917, Second Lieutenant John Frederick Motler and Second Lieutenant Asa Frederick Sheppard who suffered fatal injuries when his plane crash-landed. The Carlscam website has full details of the U of M plaque and the companion WW2 plaque on the same wall. Someone on the WW2 memorial at Manchester University worthy of a mention on the SWARM website is Captain Norman Altham of the RA Medical Corps. He was a son of Josiah Goodacre Altham, who taught many of the boys named on the Old Salfordians’ Plaque. Mr. Altham joined the School staff in 1907 and became the Headmaster in 1927, and it was on his initiative that the name of the School was changed to Salford Grammar School in 1932. He retired in December 1941, a day or two before his son Norman died in a PoW camp in Poland. For a number of reasons I'm quite sure it is Driver Arthur Winkup (above) who is remembered on our Plaque. For the record, John Ashton Wolfendale (above) was always known as Jack. As for the T Wood suggested above, I don't think there is anything to make one think he might have attended our School, and he simply doesn’t feel right. For one thing, there are 74 men on the Plaque, only 4 of the 64 so far identified with confidence were married, and all four of them were a good bit older than 22. So, all things being equal, the chances of our T Wood being a married man like the one suggested above are 15 to one against. In those days bout half the boys at our School paid fees, which were not abolished until April 1945. Lots of the boys came from places like Monton and Pendlebury (though that changed when Eccles Grammar School opened in 1911). Given all that, I think there is a strong candidate in the form of Bombardier Thomas Wood, who was 24 and unmarried when he was killed on 15th June 1917 serving with the Royal Field Artillery. His father in the 1911 census was a butcher working on his own account, and they lived at 321, Worsley Road, Winton, Patricroft. There were just two children, and in peacetime Thomas had been a clerk with the L&NWR. It seems likely he is the man on the memorial at St. Mark’s Church, Worsley Brow, and the St. Mary Magdalene’s War Cross, both of which happen to bear the name of Old Salfordian Harold Pickering. There was only about 9 months between them and they probably knew each other, particularly if, as I strongly suspect, they were schoolmates. (There is a lot of clustering of our lads on other memorials – 10 on one, 8 on another, 6 on another, 5 on another, 4 on several, etc. Needless to say, it has only been possible to make a statement like that thanks to the work done by and for SWARM.) Old Salfordian |
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Post by oldsalfordian on Feb 9, 2014 23:56:25 GMT
Old Salfordians Memorial S Anderson Samuel Sergeant Manchester Regiment 20541 died 15/2/1916 CWG Age 19 son of Mr and Mrs James Anderson of 259 Monton Rd Eccles VB7 Citadel New Military Cemetery Fricourt P E Appleton not found G Ashton George Resident Higher Broughton enlisted Salford Private Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion 12536 died 2/7/1916 CWG Pier and Face 3C and 3D Thiepval Memorial enlisted aged 19 years and 6 months address 192 Great Clowes St Broughton occupation clerk( from service records) J M Barbour John Morton wireless telegraph operator Royal Naval Reserve HMS Trawler "Anthony Hope" died 16/11/1916 CWG Age21 son of Neil Smith Barbour and Jessie Morton Barbour of 69 South Grove Brooklands Sale 18 Plymouth Naval Memorial D O B 21/5/1895 born Lytham H Barrett Herbert born Salford Enlisted Salford L/Corporal Royal Inniskillin Fusiliers 8th Battalion 41274 formerly 46957 Kings Liverpool Regiment died 16/8/1917 CWG Panel 70 to 72 Tyne Cot Memorial T C Broadhurst Thomas Clifford 2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corp died 28/9/1917 CWG 635 Pendlebury St Augustine of Canterbury Churchyard born 1899 Pendlebury H Brookes Herbert Corporal LNLR 9th Battalion 30048 died 14/4/1918 CWG Age 23 son of Elizabeth Brookes and the late Walter Brookes. Native of Swinton B9 Tourcoing (Pont Neuville) Communal Cemetery G E Broome George Elliot born Salford Private Manchester Regiment 1/6th Battalion 1665 died 10/9/1915 at sea Panel 158 to 170 Helles Memorial L Butler Leslie Born Eccles Resident Bramhall Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion 17035 died 1/7/1916 CWG Age 20 son of Harry and Catherine Butler of "Ashbourne" Ack Lane Bramhall Stockport V.A.10 Dantzig Alley British Cemetery Resident Parrin Lane 1901 census G A Carruthers George Alfred born St Johns Salford Resident Salford L/Corporal Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion 10591 died 9/7/1916 CWG Age 27 son of the late George and Elizabeth E Carruthers of Salford brother of Elizabeth Carruthers of 4 Acton Square Salford 7F8 London Cemetery Extension Longueval Enlisted aged 25 years 4months on 10/9/1914 occupation Teacher (from service records) Wendy It has been suggested that George Ashton of 192 Great Clowes Street is the man on the Old Salfordians memorial and the St. Clement’s with St. Matthias memorial. He is an obvious candidate whom I was satisfied with, until I looked at his very brief army record. He enlisted on 3rd December 1914, but his record says that two days later, on 5th December, he was “discharged, not likely to become an efficient soldier”. Unless someone can prove he somehow managed to get back in again, we must rule him out. I’m afraid I’m unable to offer an alternative, just thoughts. The Sacred Trinity Thiepval memorial to men killed on 1st July 1916 has a G. Ashton with the 16th Bn. Lancs. Fus. (2nd Pals), but there isn’t a match for him on the CWGC website. 9 Ashtons died that day, but none had an initial G. Just one died the next day, 12536 Private George Ashton, serving with that battalion. The chances are, this is the guy on the Sacred Trinity memorial, but if he is not the guy who lived on Great Clowes St, who is he? Whoever he is, he is not necessarily the man on the other two memorials. For them, we also need to consider 1432 Private George Ashton who was born in Blackburn in 1888 or ’89 and killed at Gallipoli on 29th June 1915, serving with 1st Bn. Lancs Fusiliers, when his parents John & Bella Ashton were living at 23 Collier Street, Blackfriars Road, Salford. He was a professional soldier, serving with the LF in the 1911 census, and he was in India in 1914 when war broke out in Europe. Old Salfordian |
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Post by shred on Feb 10, 2014 19:38:19 GMT
Old Salfordian,
I agree with you; 12536 Private George Ashton, Lancashire Fusiliers, died 02/07/16 is probably not the same man as George Ashton (15721 - Manchester Regiment) of 192 Clowes St.
I will try and find if any articles appeared in the Salford Reporter for 12536 Ashton and 1432 Ashton when I visit the History Library on Wednesday evening.
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Post by shred on Feb 10, 2014 21:01:28 GMT
Old Salfordian, I agree with you; 12536 Private George Ashton, Lancashire Fusiliers, died 02/07/16 is probably not the same man as George Ashton (15721 - Manchester Regiment) of 192 Clowes St. I will try and find if any articles appeared in the Salford Reporter for 12536 Ashton and 1432 Ashton when I visit the History Library on Wednesday evening. Old Salfordian, It seems that I may be wrong in my presumption that George Ashton (12536, LF) and George Ashton (15721, Manchesters) were not the same man. It would seem that Wendy and Lester may have found the following tribute from the family: ASHTON – In affectionate and ever-loving memory of Pte. GEORGE ASHTON. 16th Batt. Lancashire Fusiliers, Killed in action July 1, 1916. Fondly remembered by his MOTHER, SISTER, and BROTHERS 192, Great Clowes Street, Broughton. linkLooks like George wanted to do his bit and didn't let his earlier rejection stop him serving. I will still take a look at the Reporter on Wednesday. |
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Post by shred on Feb 12, 2014 20:27:15 GMT
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