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Post by shred on Jan 31, 2011 12:50:52 GMT
Chatting with a colleague in work who informed me that his Grandfather who was a Salfordian served with the Royal Engineers during WW1, he is 99718 Acting Corporal Harry Cassin. He is pictured top right. Attachments:
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Post by shred on Jan 31, 2011 12:52:42 GMT
And another picture showing him in the second row, 2nd from the right. Attachments:
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Post by mack on Jan 31, 2011 20:18:19 GMT
harry lived with his parents thomas+dorothy,at 99 stowell st,weaste,his brother was pte 11150 john cassin,18th manchesters
i think his brother edward was killed in the blitz at 31 stowell st,weaste,along with his wife annie and 20yr old son edward[jnr] on 22-12-1940,their bodies were not discovered till 27th
mack
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Post by shred on Jan 31, 2011 20:44:38 GMT
Mack,
Thanks for this information. I had found the family living at 99 Stowell St in the 1901 census but my colleague never mentioned anything about Edward, Annie or Edward Jnr. I will let him know tomorrow.
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Post by mack on Jan 31, 2011 20:46:53 GMT
Mack, Thanks for this information. I had found the family living at 99 Stowell St in the 1901 census but my colleague never mentioned anything about Edward, Annie or Edward Jnr. I will let him know tomorrow. they were still at the same address when the war began gary mack |
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Post by shred on Feb 2, 2011 21:04:54 GMT
Mack,
I had noticed that they were at the same address. My colleague had not been told about his great uncle's family losing their lives in WW2 and called his father immediately. This jogged his father's memory and a few more details; the family are believed to have been sheltering in the cellar of the house but it wasn't enough protection against a direct hit. We have now found the grave of this family in Weaste Cemetery.
Thank you.
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Post by smudger on Jun 7, 2014 21:39:46 GMT
Hi sorry to re open an old thread but I am slightly confused , I am the granddaughter of Margret Cassin , who I believe also lived in the same house . She worked at the telephone exchange in central Manchester and was working a night shift during the evening that the house was bombed , the next morning she returned home to find her parents and brothers had been killed (this is how my dad told me anyway) I presume Dorothy was her mother can anybody tell me if I am correct
Thanks, smudge
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Post by shred on Jun 8, 2014 14:41:26 GMT
Hi Smudge,
Welcome to the forum.
Margaret's mother was Annie (nee Platt), Edward her father. Dorothy was the mother of Edward Cassin.
HTH
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Post by oldsalfordian on Jul 22, 2018 19:55:25 GMT
Hi Smudge, Welcome to the forum. Margaret's mother was Annie (nee Platt), Edward her father. Dorothy was the mother of Edward Cassin. HTH I have only just seen this. In the 1870s my grandfather's uncle married into this Cassin family, who descend from a Denis Cassin who was born in Malta in 1817. Malta and 1817 suggested to me a military connection, and sure enough there was a Serjeant Denis Cassin, an Irishman, serving in the garrison there, who must have been his father: right name, right place and right age. There's material relating to Denis senior's military service on Ancestry and particularly on Find My Past - he was nearing the end of 13 years service when Denis junior was born. Wars clearly have an important place in Cassin family history. Old Salfordian |
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Post by smudger on Jul 23, 2018 9:45:35 GMT
Hi Smudge, Welcome to the forum. Margaret's mother was Annie (nee Platt), Edward her father. Dorothy was the mother of Edward Cassin. HTH I have only just seen this. In the 1870s my grandfather's uncle married into this Cassin family, who descend from a Denis Cassin who was born in Malta in 1817. Malta and 1817 suggested to me a military connection, and sure enough there was a Serjeant Denis Cassin, an Irishman, serving in the garrison there, who must have been his father: right name, right place and right age. There's material relating to Denis senior's military service on Ancestry and particularly on Find My Past - he was nearing the end of 13 years service when Denis junior was born. Wars clearly have an important place in Cassin family history. Old Salfordian . Hallo 👋 I recall my father mentioning a Dennis Cassin, I believe that he was a grenadier guard. l remember being told that he had been shot in the chest and survived, which was lucky in those days. A lot of this side of the family Were connected to the army. After her parents were killed, Margret joined the Royal corps of signals, l she was posted to Y stations to eves drop on the German radio signals, she married Wilf, who had also served, so i guess it’s only right that I’ve been in for 4 yrs now 😂 I’ll speak to my dad & see what more he knows about Dennis. Smudge |
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