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Offline mack

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back in blighty
« on: August 24, 2009, 03:43:05 AM »
wounded and sick men of the 2nd manchesters,who arrived by hospital train,in manchester,on 19-9-14,and admitted to 2nd western general hospital on whitworth st,manchester.believed to have arrived in england on the hospital ship ASTURIAS

pte 5829 thomas robinson,crook st,ardwick wounded
cpl 1885 albert stallard,broughton st,bolton wounded
pte 630 harold smith,327 dukinfield rd,hyde shrapnel left forearm
pte 9936 frank saville,railway view,springhead wounded
sgt 4884 john,colin tallantire,92 tootal drive,weaste GSWs arm,face and shoulder
pte 131 thomas thornhill,christopher st,salford wounded
pte 8019 thomas warburton,9 west stable st,salford wounded
pte 9691 charles,f woods wounded slightly
pte 8787 charles,a kinsey,cranworth st,ardwick wounded
L/cpl 9510 will mills,43 millgate,hollins,oldham epilepsy
L/cpl 8520 samuel mellor,minto st,ashton rheumatism
pte 9198 john moran,64 russell st,pendleton wounded slightly
pte 9853 alfred mills,wasnidge st,hulme severly wounded
pte 267 james o,brien,13 lord st,chorlton on medlock wounded slightly
L/cpl 1083 arthur richard pinchien everton rd,chorlton on medlock wounded slightly
pte 7911 james gillcrist,8 cross place,paddock st,ardwick GSW right forearm
pte 8107 edward halton,birchall row,godren craig,swansea valley wounded
pte 2505 harry howard,5 bridgewater st,leigh wounded in left foot
pte 866 arthur,henry hunkin,slightly wounded[killed at arras 9-9-17]
pte 9946 frederick jackson,40 high st,weaverham,northwich,GSW left knee
L/cpl 9729 edward jackson,norfolk st,werneth wounded
pte 135 john jones seriously wounded
pte 2241 harold allen,82 walter st,harpurhey wounded
pte 8477 thomas anderson,cornbrook park rd,manchester wounded
pte 9494 john bridge,wounded
pte 9665 john corbett,broughton st,bolton wounded[killed 1-7-16]
CQMS 3911 joseph,michael connory,willow bank,henritta st,ashton sick
L/cpl 8965 alfred foy,cannon st,burnley seriously wounded
pte 531 john freeman,john st,stockport,wounded

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Re: back in blighty
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2009, 06:11:10 AM »


Harold is one of my boys Mack .... sorry to say he must have been sent back  :-\

Name: ALLEN, HAROLD
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: No. 2 Coy. 19th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 02/04/1917
Service No: 2241
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. G. 8.
Cemetery: WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY

Offline Robert Bonner

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Re: back in blighty
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2009, 02:39:10 PM »
Joseph Michael Connery was one of the distinguished Manchester Regiment family of Connery. Curiously enough he was commissioned as Lieutenant Quartermaster on the day after he returned to the UK - 20 September. 1917.  Later Captain Quartermaster 17 January 1918.
Robert