Manchester Regt. Casualties : W.W.Jones,Dooly & Co.

[PhilipG]

This firm recorded on its Roll of Honour twelve names of those serving in the Great War.   I note the following became casualties: -

1812 Pte. Frank Needham : 6th Manchesters  Kia 5.6.15 No known grave - recorded Helles Memorial.  He was only 18 yrs old.

24420 Pte. James S. Peach : 11th Manchesters Dow  5.10.16  Buried Contay British Cemetery.   Married.

10768 Pte. George Dauncey : 18th Manchesters  Kia  1.7.16 No known grave - recorded Thiepval Memorial.

The firm traded in the Manchester and Salford area.   It would be interesting to learn in what trade they operated.     PhilipG.

[Tim Bell]

George Wilson Bradley Dauncey Obit. Commemorated Four Churches Memorial, Blaenavon.

Jones Dooly entry in 1914 Grace's Guide
Freight, Shipping, and Insurance Agents, 7, James Street, Liverpool. Hours of Business: Usual. Established in 1886. Present Principals: W. W. Jones, T. H. Dooly. Branches: 95, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.; 38, Victoria Buildings, Manchester; 36, Brook Street, Bradford. Distributors' Warehouses: Ordsall Lane, Salford, and Trafford Park Warehouses, Manchester. (Telegrams: "Depot, Manchester.") Business: Freight, Shipping, and Insurance Agents, Warehousemen. Connection: United States and all Colonies. Telegraphic and Cable Addresses: "Wastall," Liverpool, Manchester, and Bradford; " Conformist, London." Bankers: Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Co., Ltd.; West Yorkshire Bank Co., Ltd.

Younger brother was Cpl Allen Richard. Died of Wounds 25/11/1916 in Greece, with 3rd Bttn Royal Fusils. Also on the employers Roll as 30th RF.

[PhilipG]

Tim,

Many thanks for this interesting info.     Interesting to me because I once worked in Leadenhall Street.   I think one of the firm's bankers is now the Royal Bank of Scotland.  With regard to Pte Needham I found it particularly sad that he was killed when only 18.    PhilipG.