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A to E men served in the great war
Percy Ackerley - Corporal -
SS/15091 Army Service Corps
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William Ackerley - Private - 58164 York and Lancaster
Regiment. At the time William attested in February 1918 he was
attached to the Manchester Regiment, 53rd Battalion. At this time
William was
living at 2 Sunnyside St, Salford.
He was transferred to the York & Lancs 16/08/1918 and his service record
shows that he was detained as a prisoner of war for a short period in
1918. William married Frances Lovett 01/02/1919 and they lived at 9
Hutchinson St, Salford. He was demobilised 26/11/1919.
In February 1921 he joined the Lancashire Fusiliers (3437539) on one
years service at this time he was living at 22 Mottram St, Salford.
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John Allman - Gunner - 282241 Royal
Garrison Artillery. He lived at 93 King Edward St, Salford.
Thomas Anderson - Sergeant- 17372
Lancashire Fusiliers 12th Battalion. Lived at 1 Robinson St, Salford.
William Anlezark - Company Sergeant Major - Manchester Regiment 7th Battalion.
Son of William Henry and Martha Anlezark 50 Gloucester St, Salford.
John Joseph Askew - Private - 359943
Labour Corps, first served with The Rifle Brigade (53).
He lived at 20
Rudman St, Salford.
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Samuel Bailey - Driver - 12527 Royal
Field Artillery 2nd Battalon, 13th Brigade.
He lived at 61 King Edward
St, Salford.
Harry Bailey - Private - 205434
Lancashire Fusiliers 2/5th Battalion. Harry lived at 61 King Edward St,
Salford.
Charles Bainbridge - Private - 36572
Royal Lancaster Regiment. He lived at 26 Rudman St, Salford.
Harry Barrow - Private -
250747 Labour Corps 755th A.E.C.
Harry lived at 21 Oxford St, Salford. He was the
Brother-in-Law of Victor
Winspear.
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Jonathan Tom Battersby - Private - 122626
Labour Corps, first served with The Queens Royal West Surry Regiment
(27640).
He lived at 6 Regent Square, Salford.
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Joseph Arthur Bedford - Driver - 219537
Royal Engineers 402 Field Coy. Lived at 7 Huddart St, Salford with his
wife Esther and children Hilda, Arthur, George Albert and Vera Monica.
Joseph was born in Chapeltown Leeds. Prior to the war he had worked as a
Tailors Cutter at 111 Regent Rd, Salford. He attested 10/10/1915 aged 37
and never served abroad.
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Michael George Bishop - Private - 178605
Army Service Corps.
He lived at 124 Tatton St, Salford.
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Charles Frederick Bishop - Lance Corporal -
17755 Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
He lived at 124 Tatton St,
Salford.
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Ernest W Breeze - Private - 36749 Machine Gun
Corps.
Robert Brockbank - Private - 203119
Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion.
He lived at 2 Coronation St, Salford.
George Edward Brockbank - Shoe Smith - 99090
Royal Field Artillery.
George lived at 13 Hartington St, Salford.
James Henry Brooks - Company Sergeant Major
- 118852 Garrison Company, B.E.F.
He lived at 13 King Edward St,
Salford.
George Arthur Bryden
- 2nd Lt - Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Battalion. George first served with
the Royal Army Medical Corp (78919) and then commissioned to the
Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Battalion. He was awarded the Military Cross
and the following report can be found in the London Gazette. He lived at
7 Regent Square, Salford.

Joseph Burke - Private - 14200 Kings Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment.
Joseph lived at 162 Tatton St, Salford.
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William Henry Carpenter - Private - 75056
Royal Army Medical Corps.
Prior to the war William worked as a driver. He lived at 183 Regent Rd with his wife Emilie and his son Ernest. He
joined the RAMC in October 1915 aged 41 and was discharged in December
1916 due to poor health. As William never served abroad no medals where
issued to him.
Ralph Carroll - Private - 38415 Manchester
Regiment.
He lived at 48 Rudman St, Salford.
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William Colman - Private - 201946 Kings
Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion. He lived at 146
Tatton St, Salford with his wife Charlotte and his three children Alice,
Edith and Arthur.
Prior to the war William was a house painter. He enlisted 10/12/1915 at
the age of 37 and sent to France 16/06/1917.
Joseph Connell - Private - 18837 Lancashire
Fusiliers 2/6th Battalion.
Joseph lived at 59 King Edward St, Salford.
William Cooke - Private - WR/20261
(originally 220693) Royal Engineers.
He lived at 8 Regent Square,
Salford.
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Edward Corey - Sapper - 248224 Royal Engineers. Edward
first served with the Lancashire Fusiliers (19-18712).
He lived at 35
Rudman St, Salford.
Thomas Parker Cornthwaite - Gunner - 186383
Royal Garrison Artillery.
Thomas lived with his mother Mary Jane at 11 Huddart St, Salford.
Born Milnthorpe, Cumberland.Brother of John and William (see below).
John Robinson Cornthwaite - Driver -
104768 Royal Field Artillery 26th Battery.
John attested 27/07/1915 and was posted to France 16/01/1916. He was
transferred to the reserves 14/07/1919. He lived with his mother
Mary Jane at 11 Huddart St, Salford. John was born in Milnthorpe,
Cumberland. Brother of Thomas and William (see above and below).
William Henry Cornthwaite - Private - 33575 Kings Own
Royal Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion.
William lived with his mother Mary Jane at 11 Huddart St, Salford.
Born Milnthorpe, Cumberland. Brother of Thomas and John (see above).
Robert Cragg - Private - 7206 Loyal North
Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion. Robert enlisted in Preston 30/07/1903
aged 19.
Robert served in Gibraltar and South Africa during 1904 to 1906 and
transferred to reserves 29/07/1906. He rejoined the LNL 1st Battalion at
the outbreak of the war and was posted to France 12/08/1914 where he
suffered a wound (left knee) 26/09/1914. Robert was discharged
22/04/1916 due to cataracts caused by being struck by lightening while
serving in South Africa (although the examining doctor is sceptical as
to cause of cataracts). Robert re-enlisted 23/03/1917 as Private
62434 with the 16th South Lancashire Regiment and was discharged
20/02/1919 achieving the rank of Sergeant.
Robert was born in Barrow, on enlistment in 1903 his mother Elizabeth
lived at 8 Germany Street, Lancaster. His address on discharge (1919)
was 41 Oxford St, Salford.
William Cranston - Private - 280855
Lancashire Fusiliers 1/7 Battalion.
He lived at 21 Huddart St, Salford.
William Crawford - Private - 305744 Lancashire
Fusiliers 5th Battalion.
He lived at 47 Tatton St, Salford.
Thomas Cross - Bombardier - 86395 A66th Royal Field
Artillery.
Thomas attested 17/08/1914 aged 19, he embarked for Gallipoli
14/06/1915 and then to Alexandria 10/01/1916. In 1917 he served in
India where he was granted one months leave. He was promoted to Corporal in
1919.
Prior to the war Thomas lived with his parents (Father, Jarvis) at 41 Rudman
St, Salford and had worked as a clerk.
Arthur W Cuddeford - Private - South Wales Borderers.
He lived at 49 Regent
Square, Salford. Son of William Henry and Eleanor Cuddeford. My searches
for a medal card have proved fruitless, I can only assume that
Arthur never served abroad.
Robert Harris Cuddeford - Private - 57102
Kings Own Liverpool Regiment 1/7 Battalion.
He lived at 49 Regent
Square, Salford. Son of William Henry and Eleanor Cuddeford.
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John Dearden - Sapper - 46490 Royal Engineers.
He disembarked in France 11/09/1915 and was demobilised 15/03/1919.
John was born 16/03/1889 in Texas, USA.
George Delaney - Lance Corporal - 10484
Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion (3rd City). Son of James and Mary Elizabeth,
5 Huddart St,
Salford.
Prior to the war George had worked as a Maker Up in a packing warehouse
at Sillitoe and Seares, 52 Princess St, Manchester. He attested
05/09/1915 aged 22 and was sent to France 18/11/1915. George was wounded
twice and was discharged 01/02/1918 (No longer physically fit for duty).
Herbert James Delaney - Lance Corporal -
16594 Royal Engineers. Son of James and Mary Elizabeth, Son of James and
Mary Elizabeth, 5 Huddart St, Salford.
On October 19th 1918 the Salford Reporter reported that Herbert, 23
years of age, was seriously ill in hospital at Alexandria, Egypt.
Charles Delaney - Private - 28757 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
9th Battalion. Son of James and Mary Elizabeth, 5 Huddart St, Salford.
On October 19th 1918 the Salford Reporter reported that Charles, at the
age of 20, had been taken Prisoner of War and was detained in Frankfurt,
Germany. The report also states that he had attended Mount Carmel
School.
Thomas Henry Delaney - Corporal - 34808 Royal
Engineers. He lived at 48 Gloucester St, Salford.
Walter Hine Dickinson - Private - 30134 70th
Training Reserve Battalion. Walter attested 12/12/1915 aged 34 and
demobilised 10/10/1917 "No longer physically fit for War Service" due to
Phthisis Pulmonalis (Tuberculosis) which
had originated in his childhood. This may be the reason why Walter never
served abroad.
Walter lived at 24 Coronation St, Salford with his wife Clara Elizabeth
and his children Florence May & Walter Hine (Jr).
Fred Dorber - Private - 32448 Devon Regiment
and later with the Military Foot Police (P17258). He lived at 35 Regent
Square, Salford. Brother of
John Henry Dorber who was Killed in Action 19/04/1916.
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Jesse Eales - F48807 Royal Naval Air Service.
Jesse lived at 4 Coronation St, Salford.
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Walter Howarth Eaves
- Corporal - 29718 Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion.
Walter lived at 47
Regent Square, Salford with his father Albert. Born in Preston the son
of Albert and Alice. He attested 13/10/1915 aged 24 and landed in
France 23/06/1916. Wounded 15/04/1917 (GSW neck) and demobilised
17/03/1919.
Prior to the war Walter had worked as a Book Keeper.
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Arthur Elliott - Private - 82256 Durham Light Infantry
20th Battalion. Arthur first served with the Manchester Regiment
(63687), he lived at 11 Regent Square, Salford with his parents George
and Annie Elliott.
Prior to the war Arthur had worked as a Warehouse Man. He attested
17/01/1917 aged 17.
Note: Service record available at Ancestry.
John Fred Elliott - Private - 44578 Labour
Corps, he first served with the Liverpool Regiment (68040). He lived at
11 Regent Square, Salford with his parents George and Annie Elliott.
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Fredrick Ennion - Private - 21582 Bedfordshire Regiment 7th
Battalion. Lived at The Regent Hotel, Regent Rd, Salford.
Walter Evans - Sergeant - 13085 Rifle
Brigade. He lived at 168 Tatton St, Salford.
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Frank Evans - Private - 40732 Lancashire
Fusiliers. Frank attested, aged 26 years and 11 months, 22/11/1915 and
first joined the 14th Manchester Regiment (29731) on the 20/6/1916
he was transferred to the 2/1st Yorks Hussars (3825), the 2/1st Yorks
converted to a cyclist unit in July 1916, so Frank then serves with the
Army Cyclist Corps (2099). He was then transferred to the Lancashire
Fusiliers (40732) and embarked for France 12/09/1917.
Prior to the war Frank had worked as a labourer and lived at 79 Oxford
St, Salford with his wife Alice Cecilia Evans and daughter Millicent
(who was born at 39 Regent Square, Salford).
Herbert Evans - Private - 41058 North
Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion. Herbert first served with the
Kings Own Liverpool Regiment (406125), he lived at 39 Regent Square,
Salford.
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