47319 george,edward madden
born 24-1-1894
worked for bagley+wright,industry mill,oldham as card and blowing room operative
203 horsedge rd,oldham
enlisted 10-12-15 but wasnt called up till 6-5-1916
11th manchesters
sent to france 30-12-16
invalided home 27-2-17 on the hospital ship dieppe suffering from rheumatism+pleurisy,admitted to st.lukes hospital,bradford
26-7-17 posted to 3rd manchesters at cleethorpes
returned to france 31-3-18 posted to 17th manchesters
transferred to 10th east yorks regiment 2-4-18
invalided home pleurisy+debility from the 2nd australian military hospital,france on 30-6-18,admitted to edmonton military hospital
sent to lancashire convalescent hospital,blackpool 27-8-18
discharged from the service 31-1-1919
medals war+victory medal
married miss beatrice tewson 1925
1930s lived at 10 high lee st,oldham
children terence
brian
bernard
christine
beatrice lost her only brother tom in the war,he served in 24th manchesters and then transferred to the labour corps,died of influenza on 4-2-1919 in france
resided 12 high lee st,oldham
28388 thomas tewson
george lost his younger brother pte 2596 frank,knox madden,killed in action 15th july 1916 with the 1st loyal north lancs,aged 20
mack
george+beatrice are buried in greenacres cemetery.section AB11.grave 39[george died in february 1945]