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Post by shred on May 2, 2011 19:52:18 GMT
Name: NIGHTINGALE, FRANK
Initials: F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: 1st/6th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 19/11/1915
Service No: 3391
Additional information: Son of William Nightingale, of 94, Shakespeare Crescent, Patricroft, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 158 to 170.
Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
Died at Sea
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Post by shred on May 2, 2011 19:55:21 GMT
Name: POOLE
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: 1st/6th Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Royal Engineers
Secondary Unit Text: attd. (East Lancs) Div. Signal Coy
Age: 25
Date of Death: 05/07/1915
Service No: 1112
Additional information: Son of Frederick and Margaret Norbury Poole, of 30, Trafford Rd., Eccles, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sp. Mem. C. 25.
Cemetery: TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY
Born: Longsight
Killed in Action
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Post by shred on May 2, 2011 20:02:17 GMT
William Smith. Could be one of a few, wouldn't like to say.
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Post by shred on May 2, 2011 20:16:06 GMT
Name: TURNER, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 29/05/1918
Service No: 7160
Additional information: Son of Anthony and Minnie Turner, of 7, Holt St., Patricroft, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 77.
Cemetery: KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART
Killed in Action.
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Post by shred on May 2, 2011 20:22:14 GMT
This is the closest Edward Wilson I can find , it may not be the Edward Wilson on the memorial
Name: WILSON, EDWARD
Initials: E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Piper
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 10th Bn.
Age: 18
Date of Death: 07/11/1915
Service No: S/8067
Additional information: Son of Charles and Sarah A. Wilson, of 228, Wellington Rd., Eccles, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. B. 27.
Cemetery: VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Post by shred on May 2, 2011 21:00:23 GMT
Any help with the men not yet found and any extra information/corrections to those already posted would be greatly appreciated.
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mack
Second Lieutenant
Posts: 481
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Post by mack on May 4, 2011 22:56:12 GMT
hiya gary.
i think you have the right edward wilson,he enlisted in patricroft on 14-12-14,although he was underage,the gordon highlanders accepted him because he was a first class piper,he was shot in the right leg and taken POW on 25th sept 1915,he died of his wounds at the military hospital,south canton,valenciennes on 7-11-15,his occupation was pattern card maker,he gave his birth as 9-12-1896,but the mayor of valenciennes stated that edward was born on 4-4-1897
mack
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Post by shred on May 8, 2011 18:15:29 GMT
Pretty sure that William Davenport is:
Name: DAVENPORT, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 10/04/1918
Service No: 290766
Additional information: Son of Mrs. Alice Davenport, of 29, New Lane, Winton, Patricroft, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 115 to 119.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL
In the 1901 census William, aged 5, is living with his parents Adam & Alice and siblings Elena & Joseph at 50 Bell Terrace, Eccles.
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Post by shred on Jan 18, 2014 19:34:32 GMT
Frank John: Name: JOHN, FRANK Initials: F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment Unit Text: 17th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 10/07/1916 Service No: 26495 Additional information: Son of Sarah John, of 16, Hampden Grove, Patricroft, Manchester, and the late Henry Joseph John. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Killed in Action  |
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Post by shred on Jan 23, 2014 21:26:06 GMT
Joseph Hewson - requires further research. JOSEPH EDWARD HEWSON Rank: Second Lieutenant Date of Death: 10/07/1916 Regiment/Service: East Lancashire Regiment 8th Bn. Grave Reference I. R. 9. Cemetery BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT  |
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Post by shred on Jun 2, 2014 19:46:01 GMT
Name: TURNER, WILLIAM Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment Unit Text: 12th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 29/05/1918 Service No: 7160 Additional information: Son of Anthony and Minnie Turner, of 7, Holt St., Patricroft, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: F. 77. Cemetery: KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART Killed in Action.  |
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Post by shred on Jun 11, 2014 20:45:07 GMT
James Lea, 8 Hamilton Av, Patricroft, Clerk, attested 10/08/1916 aged 26. Husband of Minnie (Speakman), Father of James. Died of purpura hemorrhagica 04/07/1918 after bing admitted to Brook War Hospital, Woolwich with influenza. Name: LEA, JAMES Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps Unit Text: 3rd Reserve Horse Transport Depot Age: 28 Date of Death: 04/07/1918 Service No: S4/215819 Additional information: Son of Henry and Martha Lea, of Patricroft; husband of Minnie Hampson (formerly Lea), of 2, Hamilton Avenue, Roberts St., Patricroft, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: C2. NC. 6215. Cemetery: PEEL GREEN CEMETERY  |
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Post by shred on Jun 22, 2014 17:56:24 GMT
Name: GERRARD Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers Unit Text: 11th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 27/04/1918 Service No: 21836 Additional information: Son of Richard Phipps Gerrard and Annie Gerrard, of 49, Shakespeare Crescent, Patricroft, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XXVIII. C. 9. Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY Born: Salford Killed in Action  |
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Post by shred on Jul 20, 2014 12:23:06 GMT
From a District at War (well done Bootneck!): William Fishwick – Killed in action 17th January 1917Private William Fishwick (Service no. 11453) served with the 19th (Service) Battalion (3rd Salford), The Lancashire Fusiliers, 14th Brigade, Pioneer Battalion of the 49th (West Riding) Division. He was born in 1884 at Eccles, the son of John and Mary Fishwick and worked in Irlam at the CWS Soap Works. He enlisted in 1914 at Salford into ‘B’ Company of the 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Salford) and at some point in the war was posted to the 19th Battalion. He was killed in action on Wednesday, 17th January 1917, aged 33. He is buried at Berles-au-Bois Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France. He is commemorated on the Irlam Soap Works panel of the CWS Memorial at Balloon Street, Manchester and the Patricroft Congregational Church memorial, but he is not listed on the Irlam and Cadishead War Memorial. Medal Entitlement: 15 Star Trio.  |
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Post by shred on Dec 21, 2014 15:24:10 GMT
Pretty sure that William Davenport is: Name: DAVENPORT, WILLIAM Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders Unit Text: 6th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 10/04/1918 Service No: 290766 Additional information: Son of Mrs. Alice Davenport, of 29, New Lane, Winton, Patricroft, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 115 to 119. Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL In the 1901 census William, aged 5, is living with his parents Adam & Alice and siblings Elena & Joseph at 50 Bell Terrace, Eccles.  |
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