Thomas Weston 1/10th battalion 375070

[Pat]

I am wondering if there is any information about Thomas Weston served in the 1/10th battalion of tha Manchester reg number 375070 (previously 969)

I am also trying to find out if the following 2 men served with the Manchesters

John Wiliam Etchells he would have lived on Oldham Road in Royton
John Fallows who would have lived at Campbell Street Oldham

Thanks

[mack]

hiya pat.
there was a thomas weston living at 5 bankside st,hartford,oldham and john fallows at 40 campbell st,coldhurst,oldham,they were still serving in 1918
theres no john,william etchells,there are about a dozen other men called etchells living in the oldham area in 1918,mostly in the st.peters or st.pauls districts.

mack
there was a john william etchells who was killed in 1917,with the 2/9th manchesters,he resided in ashton

[harribobs]

hi pat

and welcome to the group

i'll move this over to the great war section, we are best concentrating on man at a time

cheers

chris

[harribobs]

here is Thomas's medal index card, we can see that he was entitled to the 14/15 star, the british war and the victory medal

we can also see that he was in the 1/10th battalion and would have fought at Gallipoli

he was discharged from the army as he was not physically able to fight any more and was awarded the silver war badge

chris

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[mack]

969 thomas weston[renumbered as 375070]
enlisted 14-7-1909 at oldham
aged 28
1/10th manchesters
6 bankside st,hartford,oldham
landed on gallipoli,on 5-5-15
on 19th june 1915,he was shot in the face,losing some of his teeth,he was evacuated to the government hospital,egypt on the hospital ship,SS clan macgilliby,after recovering,he was sent to mudros on 22nd aug,then sailed for lemnos,on 29th aug,and posted to the 10th infantry brigade depot
on 4th november 1915,he was admitted to the 3rd canadian stationary hospital suffering from a septic arm+myalgia,he was evacuated to england,on 25-11-15
on 6-9-16,he sailed from devonport,and arrived at alexandra,on 17-9-16
on 26-2-17,he sailed from alexandra,arriving in marseille,on 6-3-17
26-4-17,admitted to the east lancs field ambulance,with myalgia
rejoined the battalion,on 2-5-17
on 27-6-17,he was shot in the left thigh,he was evacuated through the 48th casualty clearing station to the 105th field ambulance,then admitted to the 3rd canadian gen hospital,at bolougne
on 9-7-17 his name was published in the london gazette,he had been awarded the military medal,for bravery in the field[page 6837]
18-8-17,rejoined his battalion,from the 7th convalescent depot at bolougne
7-10-17,granted one months leave
rejoined 14-11-17
19-4-18 and 12-9-18 reported sick on both dates
20-9-18,granted 10 days leave,he didnt report back,and tried by FGCM for AWOL from 6-10-18 till 30-10-18,awarded 56 days field punishment No2
rejoined the battalion,on 30-10-18
disembodied,19-3-19

mack

[Pat]

Thanks very much for the info. I still have Thomas in Bankside street up unitl the start of the 2nd world war so he managed to survive quite a bit longer despite his injuries.

The John Fallows at 40 Campbell Street is my Great Grandfather but I have been unable to find out anything about him

Pat

[mack]

pat,does any of this info,match your gt grandfather
private 27014 john fallows
enlisted 14-7-15 at oldham
aged 47
10th manchesters[supernumary coy]
previously served in 6th manchester regt
2 kirkham st,oldham
wife,jane
children,jack,born 16-3-01 and harry,born 4-8-03
occupation,clerk
promoted serjeant,on 31-7-15
29-4-16,transferred to 309th protection coy
5-5-17,posted to 306th protection coy
27-10-17,transferred to 11th battalion royal defence corps
admitted to seaforth hospital,suffering from languicious apoplexy,contracted the day before,while on guard duty at bootle
discharged as medically unfit,on 5-3-18

mack