Hi, extract from Two Towns Go To War (photo attached):
A 28 year old man, Charles George Blease (pictured) of 6 Railway Cottages, Barton Moss, Eccles was killed on Wednesday, 8th May 1946 whilst attempting to cross Barton Moss level crossing. He was hit by the Earlestown-Manchester passenger train. Charles was a former soldier (Lance Corporal 3528232) and had been demobilised from the Army having served 12 years, including over three years as a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp during the war. He was captured on 15th February 1942, probably when Singapore fell to the Japanese.
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Pete