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captains courageous 1/6th manchesters
« on: September 15, 2009, 12:27:48 AM »
killed in action,4th june 1915 gallipoli

capt edgar kessler
son of phillip,william+grace,mary kessler,fernlea,fallowfield,later resided at west lynn,dunham rd,altrincham
A.coy
aged 28
commissioned feb 1908
promoted captain shortly after the outbreak of war
worked with his fathers shipping company,kessler of dale st,manchester
believed to be buried in redoubt cemetery

capt hugh,brocklehurst pilkington
son of charles+mabel pilkington,headlands,prestwich,later moved to acresfield,alderley edge
aged 27
MIDs

capt stanley,foster jackson
elscot,timperley
aged 27
stockbroker at manchester stock exchange in the firm of s.f jackson
D.coy
son of james,foster+alice jackson,holly bank,hale
played rugby for lancashire+manchester
member of timperley golf club
won the balfour cup in 1913
married miss winifred parkin,of 3 st georges square,st anns on sea,in 1914
he was married shortly before he went to egypt,and sailed with his wife after their honeymoon,she returned home when he went to gallipoli and never saw him again.
buried in twelve trees copse cemetery

capt robert,gerald edgar
20 booth st,manchester
son of robert,ashburn+emma edgar,cefny mynach,landrillo-yn-rhos,colwyn bay
born 10-5-1885
educated rugby+orrel college oxford
member of rugby corps of volunteers
BA degree 1907
admitted to the bar,feb 1911
joined his fathers law firm,boote,edgar,grace+rylands in april 1911
joined 6th manchesters 9th march 1909,as a 2/Lt,promoted captain in august
aged 30
prosecuting solicitor in court martial of a german spy at alexander
commandant of the POW camp at alexander
in command of the escorts that conveyed nearly 1000 german,austrian and turkish POWs to malta
killed in the attack on achi baba
believed to be buried in redoubt cemetery
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Re: captains courageous 1/6th manchesters
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2009, 05:24:11 AM »


CAPT. STANLEY FOSTER-JACKSON (6th Manchester Regiment) was killed in the Dardanelles on June 10, aged 28. He was educated at St. Winifred's Kenley, and Shrewsbury, scoring for the latter 99 runs in 1904 with an average of 19.80. He had also played football for Lancashire.

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Re: captains courageous 1/6th manchesters
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2009, 09:04:12 AM »
he attended shrewsbury school from 1901 till 1904,played for the school cricket+football elevens,he was also an excellent horseman