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| PARKE | Harry Frewer aka Henry | Private
26586, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds 3 December
1917. Born Higher Blackley, Manchester, enlisted Manchester. Married
Florence Boardman in the April to June Quarter 1907 in the Prestwich
Registration District, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was listed
as Henry Frower Parke, aged 31, born Manchester, a Clerk, married
to Florence with one daughter, resident 8, Crab Lane, Higher Blackley,
North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 23. |
| PARKER | Thomas | Gunner
48447, 6th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died
4 March 1916. Aged 17. Son of Thomas and Malinda Parker, of "Arnside",
Hill Lane, Blackley, Manchester. Enlisted October 1914. In the 1901
census he was aged 2, born Manchester, son of Thomas and Malinda
Parker, resident 26, Albine Street, North Manchester, Prestwich,
Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Manchester,
at school, son of Thomas and Malinda Parker, resident Isley, Rochdale
Road, Blackley, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. No known
grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel
3 and 4. |
| PARKIN | Leonard | Lance
Corporal 12172, 19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of wounds
27 July 1916. Born Queen's Park, Manchester, enlisted Manchester.In
the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Manchester, son of Joseph R
and Ellen Parkin, resident 24, Ash Street, North Manchester, Prestwich,
Lancashire. Buried in SERAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Aisne,
France. Row B. Grave 56. |
| PARSONS | James | Private
possibly James Parsons,
Private 42301, 2nd/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in
action 20 September 1917. Enlisted Manchester. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 to 60. |
| PATERSON | Harry | Sergeant
possibly Harry Paterson,
Sergeant 405368, 4th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
formerly 42960, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 24 October
1918. Born, resident and enlisted Manchester. No known grave. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3 and 4.
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| PATTERSON | Samuel | Private
25588, 22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 19
May 1916. Aged 18. Born Blackley, Manchester, enlisted Manchester.
Son of Samuel Patterson, of 2, Walker St., Charles St., Moston
Lane, Blackley, Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged 3,
born Blackley, son of Samuel and Isabella Patterson, resident
20, Staveley Street, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire.
In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Harpurhey, at school,
son of Samuel and Isabela Patterson, resident 2, Walker Street,
Blackley, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in
BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME, Somme, France.
Plot I. Row A. Grave 9. Extract from Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 6 June 1916. page 2: HIT BY STRAY BULLET Private Samuel Patterson, Manchester Regiment, of 2, Walker-street, Blackley, and a former employee of Messrs. Slater and Boddington's, Shudehill. Manchester, has been killed. He was eighteen years of age. Captain Worthington writing to Mrs. Pattersonm, says: "Your son was working in the trenches about an hour before dawn on May 19 when he was hit inj the neck by a straybullet. The men who were working with him immediately went to his assistance, but he passed away before anything could be done. His last words were ' Good-bye, lads, I am hit.' " |
| PAUL | Richard Waler | Gunner
36573, "B" Battery, 96th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 17 July 1916. Born Saqlford, Lancashire, enlisted
Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Salford, son
of Richard and Ann Paul, resident 27, Jones Street, Pendleton, Salford,
Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Salford, a Gas
Master Inspector Manchester Corporation, son of Richard and Ann
Paul, resident 51, Wiltshire Street, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire.
Married Ellen Bowling in the January to March Quarter 1913 in the
Salford Registration District, Lancashire. Listed on the Roll of
Honour for Manchester Corporation (Meter Department (Stores)). Buried in FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Plot IV, Row
B. Grave 9. |
| PEACOCK | Thomas | Private
85357, 54th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 32434,
North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 10 August 1917. Aged
20. Born and resident Manchester. Son of Thomas and Julia Peacock,
of 10, Chapel Lane, Blackley, Manchester. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
56. |
| PEARSON | Frederick | Private
possibly Frederick
Pearson, Private 8698, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed
in action 12 October 1916. Born and resident Manchester, enlisted
Bury, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D. |
| PENNINGTON | Abel |
Extract from Manchester Evening News - Thursday 28 June 1917, page 2: FALLEN FIGHTERS. Pte. ABEL PENNINGTON, Manchester Regiment, 14, Ward-street, Blackley, killed. |
| PICKUP | Lawrence | Private
49265, 13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment formerly 22617, Shropshire
Light Infantry. Died of wounds 30 December 1916, suffered from gunshot
wounds to right leg and back 5 December 1916. Aged 24. Born and
enlisted Manchester, native of Glossop. Son of John Edwin and Elizabeth
Pickup (Nee McDonnell), of 55, Rochdale Road, Blackley, Manchester,
Lancs. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Glossop, Derbyshire,
son of John E and Elizabeth Pickup, resident 15, Midland Street,
Nelson, Burnley, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 18,
born Glossop, Derbyshire. a Decorator's Clerk, son of John Edwin
and Elizabeth Pickup, resident 33, Cross Flatts Place, Beeston,
Holbeck, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). Attested at Manchester
18 february 1916, aged 23 years, resident 55, Rochdale Road, Blackley,
an Insurance Agent, unmarried, height 5 feet 8¼ inches, weight
161 lbs, chest 40 inches, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, black hair.
Posted to British Expeditionary Force, France, with 13th Battalion
30 August 1916. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot XX. Row N. Grave 4. |
| POLLARD | William | Private
5109, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) formerly
Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 7 October 1916. Aged 23. Born,
resident and enlisted Manchester. Son of William and Sarah Pollard.
In the 1901 census he was aged 7, born Manchester, son of William
and Sarah Elizabeth Pollard, resident 172, Rochdale Road, North
Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged
17, born Manchester, an Assistant in his Father's Boot Dealership,
son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Pollard, resident 26, Oak Bank
Avenue, Moston, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. |
| POMFRET | Victor Leo | Private
40310, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action 12
October 1916. Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire. Baptised 30 June
1897 in Newton, St. Augustine, Manchester, son of Peter and Mary
Jane Pomfret. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Manchester,
at school, son of Peter and Mary Pomfret, resident 124, Old Road,
Blackley, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
3 C. |
| POSTLETHWAITE | Plato | (Served
as Arthur WARD). Private 201218, 2nd/4th Battalion, Prince Of Wales's
Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment). Killed in action 1 January
1918. Aged 20. Born Salford, Lancashire, enlisted Warrington, Lancashire.
Son of Robert and Hannah Postlethwaite, of 20, Barnes Green, Blackley,
Manchester. His brother Robert William also fell (see below). In
the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Manchester, son of Robert and
Hannah Postlethwaite, resident 42, Worcester Street, Broughton,
Salford, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Manchester,
at school, son of Robert and Hannah Postlethwaite, resident 135,
Upper Conran Street, Harpurhey, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 92 to 93. |
| POSTLETHWAITE | Robert William | Private
241821, 1st/4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment formerly 23096, Shropshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action 25 October 1918. Born Wakefield,
Yorkshire, resident Harpurhey, Manchester, enlisted Ashton-Under-Lyne,
Lancashire. Son of Mr Robert and Mrs Hannah Postlethwaite of 20
Barnes Green, Blackley, Manchester. His brother Plato also fell
(see above). In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born Wakefield,
Yorkshire, son of Robert and Hannah Postlethwaite, resident 42,
Worcester Street, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire. In the 1911 census
he was aged 20, born Wakefield, Yorkshire, a HAirdressers Assistant,
son of Robert and Hannah Postlethwaite, resident 135, Upper Conran
Street, Harpurhey, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried
close to the East end of the Church in OUTRIJVE CHURCHYARD, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. |
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Private
377547, 2nd/10th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action
6 June 1917. Born Salford, Lancashire, enlisted Manchester. Husband
of Ethel Hartley (formerly Pennington, nee Spooner), of 14, Ward
Street, Blackley, Manchester, married in the October to December
Quarter 1914, in the Prestwich Registration District, Lancashire.
In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Lancashire, son of William
and Mary Ann Pennington, resident 9, Halstead Street, Broughton,
Salford, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Broughton,
Lancashire, a Maker Up, son of Mary Ann Pennington (a widow),
resident 11, Fountain Street, Crumpsall, North Manchester, Lancashire.
Buried in CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Row
K. Grave 1.