Pte 4752 James Samuel Kean

[Tim Bell]

Pte Kean enlisted in the KORL 17068 on 6/1/1915. He was poste to 7th KORL discharged from Depot unfit on 26/1/1915. Warehouseman resident 8 Beech St, Peel Green, Manchester.
James re-enlisted in 3/8th Manchesters on 6/10/1915. 6 Thistle St, Oldham Rd, Manchester. He was fit for Home service. He was transferred to 52nd Prov Bttn & treated in Mil Hosp Shoeburyness for TB before being discharged unfit on 19/2/1916. He had a Tuburcle of the Lung aggravated by service.
James died from Pulmonary TB and Broncho Pneumonia on 16/11/1918. Buried St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Churchyard, Moston. St Anthony 2008.
Widow Barbara Gentilla Kean and son, Thomas Frances Kean born 7/8/1914, 1 Allen St, Pendleton.  19 Henry St, Patricroft. Son of Mary & Thomas Kean.
James shares a grave with his parents and sister Frances. Also RSM James Corrigan MC of KORL, who died 14/3/1920. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/372437/corrigan,-james/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183824749

Credit for Mack's tip offf
Address added with Grave Plot

[Tim Bell]

James Kean has a clear inscription on his grave at St Joseph's Moston.  No action needed when commemoration approved.

[Tim Bell]

James Kean'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 a clear inscription on the family headstone.  This will then commemorate 2 Great War casualties, the other was James' brother in law, an RSM in the KORL.

[Tim Bell]

James Kean's plot at Moston was accepted as a double War Grave today. As there is a legible headstone, commemoration is complete.