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| FAGAN | John Henry | Private
7294, 17 Platoon, "E" Company, 16th Battalion, Manchester
Regiment. Died of wounds 8 November 1917. Aged 22. Born St. Patrick's,
Manchester, enlisted Manchester. Son of John Henry and Maggie Fagan;
husband of Annie (nee McMillan) Fagan, of 64, Vauxhall Street, Blackley,
Manchester, married 23 December 1915 at St. Anne's R.C. Church,
Manchester. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Mnchester, son
of John Henry and Maggie Faga, resident 30 Dora Street, Manchester,
Manchester, Lancashire. Attested 14 December 1914 at Heaton Park,
Manchester, aged 20 years 1 month, a Carter by trade, unmarried
at time of attestation, height 5 feet 3 inches, weight 118 lbs,
chest 34½ inches, sallow complexion, blue eyes, hair black,
religious denomination orgiinally Roman Catholic but converted to
Church of England 4 August 1915. With British Expeditionary Force
to France, embarked S.S. Victoria at Folkestone 3 February 1916,
disembarked 3 February 1916 at Etaples, joined Battalion 20 February
1916. Buried in POND FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row
O. Grave 3. |
| FAIRBAIRN | William Henry | Gunner
98064, 195th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action 9 September 1918. Born and enlisted Manchester, resident
Blackley, Manchester. Admitted to 18th General Hospital 15 February
1917 with Trench Feet, transferred to 4 Casualty Clearing Station
21 February 1917. In the 1911 census he was aged 23, born Manchester,
a a Silks Salesman, boarding at 58, Irlam Street, Miles Platting,
Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in VIS-EN-ARTOIS
BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row
C. Grave 41. |
| FALKNER | Joseph | Private
- No further information currently available, possible misspelling
on mmeorial could be FAULKNER. |
| FALLOWFIELD | Herbert | Private 17885, 14 Platoon, 'D' Company, 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of wounds 15 March 1916. Aged 21. Born Ardwick, Lancashire, enlisted Manchester. Son of William Henry and Emily Fallowfield, of 76, Rochdale Road Blackley, Manchester. Note the different name for his mother in the census. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Manchester, son of William Henry and Elizabeth Fallowfield, resident 38, Moston Lane, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Manchester, an Apprentice To Making Up, son of William Henry and Elizabeth Fallowfield, resident 76, Rochdale Road, Blackley Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 13. Extract from Manchester Evening News - Thursday 6 April 1916, page 4: RANK AND FILE LOSSES. The following local rank and file casualties are reported in the official lists published today: DIED
OF WOUNDS W. BUTLER
(10342), Thornville, Albert Road, Hale. |
| FALLOWS | William Edward | [Listed
as Lance Corporal on memorial] Private 17623, "A" Company,
15th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action
22 October 1917. Aged 38. Born and enlisted Manchester. Son of William
Edward and Sarah Ann Fallows; husband of Elizabeth Hannah (nee Stanley,
formerly Fallows) Kenworthy, of 55, Grant Street, Blackley, Manchester;
married 14 January 1901 in Victoria Chapel, Queens Road, Cheetham,
Lancashire, one daughter, Hilda, born 11 May 1901 at 43, Middleton
Road, Blackley. In the 1911 census he was a boarder, aged 30, born
Blackley, married, a Greey (sic) Man, resident 8 Annesfield Terrace
Greenfield, Saddleworth, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding).
Attested 7 October 1914 in Manchester, aged 34 years 2 months, a
Stock Keeper by trade, married, born Cheetham Hill, Manchester,
height 5 feet 5½ inches, weight 120 lbs, chest 35 inches,
pale complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination
Wesleyan. Joined at Edinburgh 9 October 1914, assigned to 15th Battalion.
Admitted to 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, 8 January
1917 with influenza, discharged 23 March 1917. Suffered from Myalgia
throughout 1917, admitted to hospital, rejoined Battlalion 26 May
1917. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 11 to 14. |
| FAULKNER | Frederick aka Fred | Private
41420, 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 30
April 1918. Aged 30. Born Salford, Lancs, resident Blackley, Manchester,
enlisted Manchester. Son of John and Matilda Faulkner, of 33, Wilson
Road, Blackley, Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born
Salford, a scholar, son of John and Matilda Faulkner, resident 60,
Church Street, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. Attested
8 December 1915 at Manchester, aged 27 years 7 months, height 5
feet 5 inches, weight 112 lbs, chest 33½ inches, fresh complexion,
blue eyes, dark brown hair, Clerk by trade, unmarried at enlistment.
Religious denomination Church of England. Mobilized 29 February
1916. Embarked Folkestone, disembarked Boulogne 28 September 1916,
joined units at Etaples 29 September 1916. With Field Ambulance
with scabies and Diarrhorea 3 December 1916, then Diarhorrea 7 December
1916, then Casualty Clearing Station with Dysentery 14 December
1916, 25 Field Hospital suspected mild Dysentery 28 December 1916,
transferred to 9 General Hospital, Rouen 2 January 1917, transferred
to England 17 January 1917. Embarked Folkestone, disembarked Boulogne
30 May 1917, joined units at Etaples 31 May 1917. Poasted to 17th
Battalion 16 June 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 120 to 124. |
| FAULKNER | Joseph | Private
54874, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
formerly 4962, 30th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 27 August 1918. Resident Blackley, enlisted Manchester.
No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 3. |
| FERRIER | James William | Private
117746 [T/7746 on CWGC], 12th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
formerly 39330, North Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds 4 October
1918. Aged 35. Born and enlisted Manchester. Baptised 25 October
1885 in Harpurhay, Christ Church, Lancashire. Son of Alexander and
Sarah Jane Ferrier; husband of Florence (nee Whittaker) Ferrier,
of 69, Cobden St., Moston Lane, Blackley, Manchester, married 26
December 1913 in Blackley, Holy Trinity. Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY,
LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France. Division 62. Plot V. Row H. Grave
10. |
| FIELDING | John William | Private
736, 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 21 December
1914. Born and enlisted Manchester. In the 1891 census he was aged
8, born Blackley, son of Samuel and Alice Fielding, resident Exchange
Street, Blackley, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was
aged 18, born Blackley, a General Labourer, son of Samuel and Alice
Fielding, resident 20, Exchange Street, Blackley, Prestwich, Lancashire.
No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panels 34 and 35. |
| FINN | Joseph F | Private
possible information
Death registered April to June 1919 in the Prestwich Registration
District, Lancashire, aged 23. In the 1901 census Joseph Francis
Finn was aged 5, born Manchester, son of William and Elizabeth A
Finn, resident 146, Slater Street, Manchester, Lancashire. |
| FISHER | James | Private
2217, 1st/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action at
Gallipoli 4 June 1915. Born Blackley, Manchester, enlisted Manchester.
No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 159 to 171. |
| FLETCHER | George Arthur | Private
308142, 1st/8th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed
in action 31 July 1917. Born Longton, Satffordshire, resident Blakeley
(sic - Blackley), Manchester, enlisted Manchester. No known grave.
Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 4 and 6. |
| FLYNN | Joseph Michael | [Listed
as Lieutenant on memorial] Temporary Second Lieutenant, 25th (Tyneside
Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 11 May
1918. Son of Mr. W. Flynn, of 108, Rochdale Road, Blackley, Manchester.
Buried in MOSTON (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY, Lancashire.
Section A. Grave 1375. |
| FLYNN | William James | Pioneer
224999, "J" Special Company, Royal Engineers. Died 31
August 1917. Aged 21. Born Andover, Hants, resident Manchester,
enlisted Middleton, Lancashire. Son of William and Anne Flynn, of
"Crumpsall View," Blackley, Manchester. Buried in CROISILLES
RAILWAY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 9. |
| FORCHAM | Joseph W | Private
- No further information currently available, possible misspelling
on mmeorial could be FORDHAM. |
| FORD | Alfred | Private
48575, 19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died on service 5 January
1918. Born 9 November 1895, and resident, Blackley, Manchester,
enlisted Middleton, Lancs. Admitted to Blackley St Peter Church
Of England School (Infants), Gorton, Manchester, 8 June 1899, resident
Grant Street, Blackley, left 6 July 1900 to go to Welseyan School.
In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Blackley, an Office Boy,
son of Walter and Ada Ford, resident 77 Grant Street, Blackley,
North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND
(TRANSPORT FARM), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row V. Grave
6. |
| FORSHAW | Alfred Edmund | [Listed as Afred W FORSHAW on memorial] Private 80252, 31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action 15 September 1916. Aged 31. Born 4 December 1884, in Salford, Manchester. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Forshaw, of The Van, Birche's Farm, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire, formerly 6, Hill Lane, Blackley. Carpenter by trade. Attested 19 April 1915 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, aged 30 years 4 months, unmarried, height 5 feet 5 inches, c155 lbs, hest 37 inches, fair complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. Transferred to 9 Reserve Battalion September 1915, transferred to 31st Battalion 29 November 1915. Embarked for England aboard S.S Northalnd 29 May 1915. Buried in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 28. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3208 - 1 Extract from Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 10 October 1916, page 4: FORSHAW.—Killed in action on September 15, 1916, Private ALFRED EDMUND FORSHAW (80252), Canadian Infantry, age 31, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Forshaw, 6, Hill Lane, Blackley. Deeply mourned by all his FAMILY, and BROTHERS, BROTHERS-IN-LAW, and NEPHEWS (all serving their country). He heard the call afar off, and gladly answered. |
| FOULKES | George Battye | Private
(Signaller) 201284, 2nd/4thBattalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment).
Died 18 April 1919. Aged 23. Born 11 April 1896. Admitted to Christ
Church School, Rochdale Road, Harpurhey, Manchester, 25 March 1901,
son of Joseph (a warehouseman), resident 151 Moston Lane, left 23
August 1901 to go to Moston Lower Board School. In the 1901 census
he was aged 4, born Manchester, son of Joseph and Jane Foulkes,
resident 25, Rochdale Road, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Blackley, a Clerk, son of
Joseph and Jane Foulkes, resident 29 Vauxhall Street Blackley Manchester,
North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in BLACKLEY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD,
Lancashire. Row H. Grave 27. |
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