Pte 4340 Bernard Woolley

[Tim Bell]

Pte Wooley enlisted on 30/6/1915.  He served with 8th Bttn and was discharged from 3rd Bttn on Medical Grounds on 18/11/1915.  He received a SWB and had not served overseas.
Bernard died from Phthisis & Exhaustion “agg by active service”, on 26/4/1919, aged 45.  Reg Manchester Q2 1919 8d/167.
Bernard’s Widow Martha Eliza received a Pension. Abbott St, Rochdale Rd, Manchester. The couple had 1 daughter (b 1913) and Bernard left 2 other daughters (b1898 – 1900) from his previous marriage.  In civilian life Bernard had been a Painter.
DC ordered. Need burial details

[Tim Bell]

DC attached confirming cause of death.

[Tim Bell]

We need the burial record for Bernard Wooley.  His children were christened at St Phillips, Salford, but burial records for 1919 can't be found.

[Tim Bell]

Bernard Wooley is buried at St Joseph's Moston. St Patrick's Plot in a common grave 668.  This would have had inscriptions of the names of the people buried there, though this may now be eroded. Another has been snapped off by tree growth. Credit Chris Harley.

[Tim Bell]

Bernard Wooley's commemoration was approved by CWGC today. He now has an entry in UKBOR, pending acceptance of his burial at St Joseph's R C Cemetery, where he has an inscription on the common grave headstone.