13317 john siderfin

[mack]

13317 john Thomas siderfin
11th manchesters
Enlisted 26/10/1914
6 walter st,ancoats
parents joseph+mary
labourer
discharged 17-4-15 with TB "Caused by Service".
died july-sept 1915. Cause n/k. No Dependents Pension Chorlton 8c/729
age 33

[Tim Bell]

Pte 13317 John Thomas Siderfin – 11th Bn
John Siderfin had been a labourer when he enlisted at Ashton on 26/10/1914. He was posted to 11th Bn on 04/11/1914 and discharged inefficient on 17/04/1915.  John received a pension for early pulmonary TB “Caused by Service”.
John Siderfin died at Withington Workhouse on 06/09/1915, aged 33. Cause of death was Phthisis accelerated by injuries due to fall.  The Coroner returned an open verdict in an Inquest on 08/09/1915. As the principal cause of death was TB due to service commemoration appears positive.
Son of the late Joseph and Mary Siderfin of 6 Walter Street, Ancoats.  The Workhouse Death Register indicates Joseph was buried by friends at Moston.  This probably refers to St Joseph’s RC Cemetery. Thomas was Catholic.
1901
1891
Birth

[Tim Bell]

Burial confirmed at St Joseph's. St Patrick's section 531. Public grave.

I think we now 17 have new commemorations in hand at St Joseph's.

[Tim Bell]

John Siderfin's commemoration in the UKBOR was accepted today.  In due course his burial at St Joseph's Moston should be accepted as a War Grave.  As this is a common grave with no inscription, a special memorial or screen wall entry may be adopted.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75469809/john-thomas-siderfin/