Saturday, 8 November 2014
Another of our family heroes
BRACEGIRDLE , W
Private 19194
25/10/1916
Unknown
South Lancashire Regiment United Kingdom
O. I. C. 10. ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
In Memory of Private William BRACEGIRDLE
19194, 2nd Bn., South Lancashire Regiment who died on 25 October 1916
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bracegirdle.
Remembered with honour ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
his mother was Margaret Bardsley Broome.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56260169
I joined find a grave yesterday and found all of the relatives we lost in the first world war, added the photos I had and left messages and virtual flowers.
Strangely John Edwards already had flowers from someone so I emailed and asked if they were related.
The person, am presuming it is a lady, has emailed back and said she is not related, but his grave had no flowers and she puts virtual flowers on lots of graves.
What a nice gesture. I have thanked her on behalf of all the families.
Linda
Monday, 11 August 2014
JOHN AND PETER EDWARDS, two brave brothers
Peter Edwards was born in Earlestown in June 1887 he was the son of John Edwards of Mold in North Wales (the same village as the father of his cousin John Peters) and Martha Ann Edwards formerly Stokes (sister of Mary Peters.
The family moved to Westleigh in Leigh, Lancashire and on the 1901 census Peter is working above the pit as a bunkerman and whilst I have no record for the 1911 though prior to his enlisting in the army he was employed at Pretoria Pit.
Peter died at the Battle of Loos on the 25th September 1915 and is named on the Loos Memorial.
Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
Name: Peter Edwards
S/7914, "B" Coy. 8th Bn., Gordon Highlanders
who died age 28
on 25th September 1915
Son of Martha Ann Edwards, of 6, Holt St., Leigh, Lancs, and the late John Edwards
John Edwards his brother was born in Leigh, Lancs in 1893 and prior to enlisting in the army was employed as a collier in the mines of Fletcher, Burrows and co.
Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
Name: John Edwards
Birth Place: Leigh, Lancs
Residence: Leigh, Lancs
Death Date: 3 Jul 1916
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Atherton, Lancs
Rank: Private
Battalion: 1st Battalion
Regiment: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Number: 19993
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Cemetery GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
This is the article that appeared in the local newspaper on the death of John.
Thank you both Peter and John for your sacrifice.
WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
JOHN PETERS another family hero
John Peters was born in Earlestown in 1893, his parents were John Peters from Mold in North Wales and Mary Peters, formerly Stokes born in Bolton from Bank Street in Earlestown. On the 1911 census John was employed in the colliery as a labourer driftsman at age 17.
He died in Mesopotamia from wounds.
Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about John Peters
Name: John Peters Birth Place: Earlstown, Lancs
Residence: Earlstown
Death Date: 5 Apr 1916
Death Location: Mesopotamia
Enlistment Location: Warrington, Lancs
Rank: L/Corporal
Age 22
Regiment East Lancashire
Battalion 5th Battalion
Number: 11414
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Asiatic Theatres
Thank you John for your sacrifice. WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
One of our family heroes WALTER JOSEPH STOKES
Walter Joseph Stokes was born in Earlestown in 1884 to Joseph Stokes and Elizabeth nee Taft,on the 1901 Census he is a steel bolt maker at the Viaduct Works close to where he lived with his mother and father in Viaduct Street. In 1903 he marries Martha Croxford and they have two children John and Elizabeth. They move to Warrington where Walter works as a furnaceman (according to 1911 census) for Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Co, Warrington.
He enlists in Warrington and on his death on the 22.6.1916 in Mesopotamia of cholera, he is an acting bombadier in the royal field artillery.
Keen football player he played for Garswood, then Richmond Gas Association team.
In Memory of
Acting Bombardier W J STOKES
97272, "C" Bty. 56th Bde., Royal Field Artillery
who died
on 22 June 1916 in Mesopotamia.
Remembered with honour
BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Remembered on the Warrington War Memorial
Thank you Walter for your sacrifice. WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
Thursday, 26 December 2013
I was very sad to learn that my cousin Abel Broome died in August from cancer, I had last spoken to him in April and he promised he would be back online to chat, he never did come back online and I had phoned his mobile a couple of times.
I was on facebook and noticed someone called Eve Allen, she had asked to be a friend and I just thought it was to play one of the games, but decided to have a look at her profile, on the profile was a photo of my lovely auntie sally, so I thought she must be related, and she was, she is Abel's daughter, so I got to know her and her sister janet. So more to do on the family website.
Linda
I was on facebook and noticed someone called Eve Allen, she had asked to be a friend and I just thought it was to play one of the games, but decided to have a look at her profile, on the profile was a photo of my lovely auntie sally, so I thought she must be related, and she was, she is Abel's daughter, so I got to know her and her sister janet. So more to do on the family website.
Linda
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Lancashire leads the way me lads
Lancashire leads the way
Whatever they do in London, we DID IT YESTERDAY
Whatever they do tomorrow WE'RE DOING IT TODAY
Lancashire, Lancashire, Lancashire leads the way.
Yay
My cousin in Texas, Jim Broome's response Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
You can take the lad from Lancashire, but you can't take Lancashire from the lad.
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