Mack told me this about III Pln. 17th Bttn
'two of the sergeants in your granddads platoon were teachers for the manchester education commitee
sgt 8087 frank,e chandler was a teacher at all saints church school he was commissioned into the royal engineers,won the military cross
sgt 9045 lewis,charles brownjohn taught at st.lukes national school,he was killed at guillemont on 30th july 1916'
As usual, members seem to have data beyond the payfor sites. I was chasing up any record Sgt Chandler and didn't know which school Louis Brownjohn taught at.
I'll start another thread on the Edinburgh teachers, when I have full details, but if anyone has detail of other City teachers that joined the Pals, please tell us.
Tim
ps I'm not a teacher...