Cpl James I'anson 21st Bnt.

[johnno]

Ref my earlier post these are the photos of Cpl I'anson and some of his pals. Can anyone identify the medal if indeed it is a medal. Just to remind you all Cpl I'anson Fell on the 29/08/1916.

[mack]

hiya johnno.
these are great pictures,i think the medal,could be from the sports day events at heaton park.
the cross symbol on the board,in the first photo,is something to do with these events,three of the other men,seem to have one as well.

is it ok,if we put the pictures in our photo gallery,if anyone should want copies,they must ask you for permission.

mack

[tonyrod]

hi johnno, great photos,  did you know his medals were listed on ebay,  sept 08  tonyrod




  PTE  19416   J I'ANSON                                                                             

                                         1914-15 Star TRIO.

James I'Anson was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on the 29th August 1916, he was aged 24 years and serving with the 21st Battalion Manchester regiment. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commision website shows the following information:

Casualty Details
Name: I'ANSON, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: 21st Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 29/08/1916
Service No: 19416
Additional information: Son of John and Martha I'Anson, of 122, Crosscliffe St., Moss Side, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

[johnno]

Hi Mack. Thanks for the info, you're welcome to post the photos in the gallery. The uniforms they are wearing, are they what we used to call "No 1 dress" used only for ceremonial occasions, and you had to sign for them from the Bnt QM. Tonyrod thanks for the info regarding his medals I will let his neice know.

[mack]

19885 mark baron
3 romiley st,queens park,manchester
joseph+mary
aged 21

26245 alfred,james beale
22 union st,lower broughton
alfred,james+rachel
aged 24

19831 herbert birtles
32 inkerman grove,manchester
mother agnes
wife martha,23 ella st,harpurhey
aged 34

19832 george brown
61 boundary st west,chorlton on medlock
john+agnes
wife emily
aged 27

18837 elijah chamberlain
1 king st,audenshaw
george+mary
aged 25

19351 thomas,frederick clark
77 church st,harpurhey
thomas+esther
aged 24

19094 george coxey[C.coy]
linwood st hulme[wife]
james+catherine,14 patten st,withington
aged 31

26819 owen,henry curran
16 piggott st,greenheys
aged 21
reported wounded+missing between 29-8-16 and 5-9-16

18861 robert fitzgerald[B.coy]
8 wood st salford
james+elizabeth
aged 17

18862 james,joseph flanagan[B.coy]
from manchester
reported missing

19914 thomas foley
miles platting,manchester
reported missing

19116 george,herbert freeman
10 ronald st,clayton
herbert+sarah,ellen
aged 20

19130 james greenwood[C.coy]
23 lanfair st,beswick
aged 22
killed by shrapnel
brother killed a few weeks previous

18603 frank,brooks hart[A.coy]
10 beech range,levenshulme
frank+mary
aged 26

19836 albert hawes
201 warde st,hulme
married

18611 thomas henshaw[A.coy]
11 lime st,hightown
reported missing 3rd/4th sept

19809 alfred holland
joy st,bolton

4937 martin hoath
41 princess st,bradford
wife mary,elizabeth
aged 36

19416 james i,anson
122 crosscliffe st,moss side
john+martha
formerly lived at lever place,hulme
aged 24

27281 james leach
291 featherstall rd,oldham
samuel+elizabeth
aged 21

26754 william,john logan
37 richmond st,newton heath
aged 20

26037 henry mccomish
grimshaw lane,newton heath
aged 23

19190 samuel mcdermott
33 essex st,hulme
aged 21
mother,mary 9 dalton terrace,hulme
military medal

19451 stephen,ambrose mcintyre[D.coy]
gorton,manchester
aged 21

18665 edward mellor
of manchester

18675 john,henry pacey[A.coy]
9 pilling st,manchester
samuel+elizabeth
aged 26

35237 henry parker
believed to be buried in quarry cemetery,montauban

32509 william,theodore parker
39 edge lane,chorlton,cum hardy
mother elizabeth
aged 39

18678 frank parkinson
25 bridge st,stalybridge
wife sarah,elizabeth
father,thomas
aged 31

18684 harry percival[A.coy]
6 springfield buildings,broughton
amos+mary
aged 26

18689 ernest,lewis playfoot[A.coy]
6 walmer st,gorton
louis+sarah,ann
aged 24

18971 thomas price[B.coy]
17 lime st,newton heath
battalion bomber
missing after the bombing raid,on 4th sept

19837 robert reeves
high chatterton farm,stubbings,ramsbottom
john+elizabeth,ellen
aged 24

19638 john renshaw
robert hall st,salford

18982 joseph rowles[B.coy]
22 pitt st,manchester
edward+elizabeth
aged 22

28327 william,john senior
11 broster st,salford
george+elizabeth
aged 22

19891 william smith
16 herne st,bradford,manchester
wife mary,ellen

19004 alexander stevenson
238 barlow rd,levenshulme
married
aged 23

34680 john taylor
of manchester

19023 william venebles[B.coy]
adswood farm,stockport
james+mary

18757 james white
139 tipping st,ardwick
wife,mary,ellen
aged 21
peter+annie

19296 albert wilkinson
171 tipping st,ardwick
mother,elizabeth
aged 22

4647 william wilson
43 higher ardwick
aged 19
attatched from 2/6th manchesters

26122 charles wood
of manchester

17806 charles,stewart wright
126 roseberry st,hightown
joseph+ellen
aged 23

19028 john wright
of manchester

no date of death is given,because many of these men,were not killed on 29th august 1916,as stated by the CWGC.
most were killed in the bombing raid,on the german trenches,on 4th sept 1916.

mack

[Robert Bonner]

The blue uniforms were certainly not the equivalent of No 1 dress.  They were issued as a stop gap whilst khaki uniforms were being manufactured.  They came from some large existing stocks and whilst they were popular in the early stages their popularity quickly disappeared as the men of the Pals Battalions were constantly teased about their "tramguards" uniforms.  Khaki uniforms were issued to nearly everyone in the Pals by February 1915 and were then reserved for walking out and ceremonial parades.
 

[harribobs]

i have got to agree with robert, those are the original blues as first issued

interestingly you can see by the chalk on the wall that they have been billeted at that house

the 21st (6th city) were at morecombe i believe

chris