Lieutenant Joseph Cotterill, Manchester Regiment. A possible War Grave from 1914

Lieutenant Joseph Cotterill A possible War Grave from 1914 and the biography of a Manchester Regiment family

Battlefield Sleuth Series – December 2019

Tim Bell

A Military Biography Lieutenant Joseph Cotterill is being considered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) as a casualty of the Great War. His burial at Peel Green Cemetery, near Joseph’s address in Barton-upon-Irwell, may be commemorated as a War Grave. Joseph Cotterill was newly commissioned in 13th Battalion Manchester Regiment, having been an Army Pensioner and serving more than 21 years in the ranks. He died on 6th November 1914.

The research on Joseph Cotterill opened up interest in his son William, who was killed in Belgium six days after his father’s funeral. William is buried in the CWGC cemetery at Kandahar Farm Cemetery and he is also commemorated on his father’s headstone.

Joseph & William Cotterill

One of Joseph’s brothers and three other sons also enlisted in the Manchester Regiment, with the youngest brother and son serving in the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and Grenadier Guards respectively.

This journal records the life of the Cotterill family, before and after Joseph died. Published almost 104 years after his death, it brings some satisfaction that Joseph may now be properly commemorated for his service to the Crown. As inscribed on Joseph’s grave - “HE DIED WHILST SERVING HIS COUNTRY”.

CWGC accepted Joseph Cotterill as a casualty of the Great War on 05/11/2022.

Joseph & William Cotterill’s Graves courtesy Antony Mills and Marvin & Samme Termplin

Joseph Cotterill Frances (Fanny) Jacques 1845-1886 Joseph Ellen Olden Hannah Beardow 1865/7-1914 1864-1911 1880-1941 Manchester Regiment 1886-1908 & 1914

Joseph 1890-1931 Manchester Regiment 1904-1919

William Frances 1895-1914 Manchester Regiment 1914

1843-1912

Alfred Alexander 1870-1931 South Lancashire Regiment 1886 Manchester Regiment 1887-1899

George 1873-1922 No known Service

Thomas 1876-1954 King's Own Royal Lancs Regiment 1895-1917

Alfred Alexander 1900-1942 Manchester Regiment 1914-1924+

John James 1903-1966 Manchester Regiment 1917-1921+

Kenneth Johnson 1913-1989 Grenadier Guards 1931+

Cotterill Family tree of men with military service

Index ➢ First Generation of Cotterill men in the Army ➢ Joseph Cotterill’s service and family 1886-1908 ➢ Cotterill family in the Great War and beyond ➢ Commemoration ➢ Acknowledgements ➢ Battlefield Sleuth Series

Battlefield Sleuth Series – December 2019

FIRST GENERATION OF COTTERILL MEN IN THE ARMY Joseph Cotterill was born in Hulme, Manchester on 13th April 1865 (Christening Record) or 14th November 1867 (Application for Commission). He was the son of Joseph and Frances Cotterill (nee Jacques), who had married in St Simon’s Church Salford in Q2 1865. Joseph and his brother Alfred Alexander were christened at St George’s Church, Hulme on 12th December 1869.

The family lived in Hulme in 1871, when Joseph’s father was employed as a Railway Clerk. They had moved to 34 Lynton Street, Salford in 1881 and Joseph’s father was then a Labourer. Joseph was a 15 year old Glass Worker. He had three brothers, Alfred, George and Thomas; with two sisters, Sarah Anne and Emily. A Joseph Cotterill’s death is recorded in Salford in Q1 1886, aged 40. This was probably the father of the Cotterill family.

Circumstances will have been very challenging for Frances Cotterill and it seems three of the widow’s sons found a solution to the family problems by joining the Army. A Frances Cotterill’s death was recorded at Salford in Q2 1891.

Joseph Cotterill enlisted as a Private 2041 in the 3rd Militia Battalion of the Manchester Regiment on 4th December 1886, aged 20. He was employed as a Glass Blower and had lived at Tatton Street, Salford for eight years.

Joseph subsequently attested in the Regular Army at the Manchester Regiment Depot at Ashton-under-Lyne on 17th January 1887. He claimed to be 19 years 1 month old and is recorded as being 5’4 ¾” tall and weighed 127 lbs. Joseph received the new Regimental Number 1794 and indicated his religion as

Church of England; which he changed to Roman Catholic prior to his marriage [see below].

(C) IWN INS 854 1898-1923

Joseph’s brother Alfred joined the Manchester Regiment at Ashton on 3rd January 1887, with the Regimental Number 1768. Alfred had previously served in the 3rd Militia Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment. He was 18 years and 8 months old and had previously been employed as a Labourer. His mother’s address was noted as 15 Talbot Street, Salford.

Alfred was posted to 1st Battalion on 8th February 1887 and he served with 2nd Battalion in India from 22nd February 1889 to 18th June 1893. He returned home and was discharged after 12 years’ service on 2nd January 1899. Records indicate Alfred died in 1907.

No Army service has been identified for the third son George, who was twelve when his father died. George worked as a Labourer when he married in 1899 and employed in a dye works in 1911.

The youngest son, Thomas had been ten years old when his father died in 1886. He enlisted as Private 4913, in the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (KORL), at Lancaster on 5th April 1895. He had previously served in the 3rd Militia Battalion from 20th February that year.

Thomas trained with the 1st KORL at Portsmouth and Devonport and transferred to

Depot at Lancaster.

JOSEPH COTTERILL’S SERVICE AND FAMILY 1886-1908 Private, KORL, Marching Order, 1896 © King’s Own Museum

2nd Battalion in 1896. He returned to 1st Battalion in Malta in March 1897, with a posting to Hong Kong in December that year.

He was granted Good Conduct pay on 5th April 1897 and moved to Singapore from January 1999, returning Home to Aldershot in March 1900. Thomas had been hospitalised on a number of occasions with various conditions.

Thomas served in the Boer War from March 1900 to April 1903 and received the Queens South Africa Medal with Clasps for action in the Transvaal and 1901-02. He had received his second Good Conduct pay in April 1901.

Thomas received his 3rd Good Conduct Badge in April 1907, but this was forfeited for misconduct at the KORL Depot in June 1907; for allowing a Prisoner in his charge to smoke.

Thomas was appointed Lance Corporal on 17th October 1910, although the 1911 Census identifies Thomas as a Private in the KORL

Joseph joined 1st Battalion, with his brother Alfred, at Aldershot on 8th February 1887. He promptly rose through the ranks; from Lance Corporal in February 1888, to Corporal in August that year.

Haulbowline Barracks

Joseph had relocated to Tipperary in April 1888 and Cork Harbour in Ireland in 1888. On 5th May 1889 he married Ellen Olden. Joseph was then posted to the garrison at Spike Island, returning to Tipperary in November 1889 and back to Cork Harbour in December 1889. Their first son, Joseph junior, was born at Haulbowline, next to Spike Island on 12th February 1890.

MR00051 2nd Battalion Parade Sialkot, India 1891 Trooping the Colours of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, in Lancaster, 23rd February 1906. © King’s Own Museum

Joseph transferred to 2nd Battalion in September 1890 and arrived in India on 17th

October 1890, as a newly promoted Sergeant.

He will have been pleased to see his bother Alfred, who had been with the Regiment in India since the previous year. Records show various hospital admissions and service at Amritsar, Bombay, Rawalpindi, Sialkot and Thappa. Ellen and Joseph Junior had joined Joseph in India and they were included as part of the married Establishment of the 2nd Battalion. The couple had a daughter in October 1891. Abina Mary died in infancy.

1897 and extended his service again, in December 1898.

Joseph was a Lance Sergeant and extended his service to 12 years in March 1893, having received Good Conduct pay and badges in 1889 and 1893. Suffering the effects of Malaria, a Medical Board recommended Joseph should return to England.

Joseph returned to Ireland with postings at Kinsale in July 1901 and Cork in 1902. Fourth son John James Cotterill was born on 21st or 25th January 1903.

Joseph was transferred to 4th Battalion in June 1900 and appointed Sergeant Instructor of Musketry. The Battalion did not serve in the Boer War, but trained around 1,000 men for service in South Africa. The third son, Alfred Alexander Cotterill was born at Aldershot on 28th September 1900. Joseph was later posted to Portland.

Records show Joseph, Ellen and Joseph Junior returned to Britain to serve in the 1st Battalion in November 1893. Joseph was admitted to hospital with Malaria, for 23 days, at Netley, Hants in February 1894. He was then posted to Chipping, Preston and finally 1st Battalion at Aldershot in 1895.

William Francis Cotterill had been born at Fulwood Barracks, Preston on 6th November 1895. A second daughter, Emily was born in November 1896 and died in infancy.

Joseph was posted to the Permanent Staff of 3rd Battalion at Ashton-under-Lyne in February 1897 and then transferred to 5th Battalion. He was promoted to Colour Sergeant in May

MR00240 Offices and Bandsmen on 4th Bttn at Cork in 1902. The Sgt to the left of the bass drum resembles Sgt J Cotterill

The designation of Joseph’s rank became Colour Sergeant Instructor of Musketry in June 1904. Another daughter, Alice May, was born on 23rd May 1905, who also died in infancy. 4th Battalion was disbanded in 1906 and Joseph was posted to the Permanent Staff 1st Volunteer Battalion in January 1906.

Joseph was discharged from the permanent staff of 1st Volunteer Battalion, at Patricroft on 16th January 1908. He had completed his second period of engagement and 21 years service. He lived at 15 Holly Avenue, Urmston. Joseph’s record describes him as “Thoroughly reliable and industrious”. He was 40 years and one month old.

MR00245 4th Bttn Officers & Sergeants outside school 1901.

Sgt Cotterill should have been present

Ellen Cotterill died in 1911 and Joseph lived at 23 Shaftesbury Street, Eccles with three of his sons. . He worked at British Petroleum as a Commissionaire. William also worked there, as an Office Boy. The younger boys, Alfred Alexander and John James, were still at school.

Joseph remarried 30 year old Hannah Beardow at Ashover, Derbyshire on 28th October 1911. The couple had one son, Kenneth Johnson, born at Barton upon Irwell on 4th January 1913.

COTTERILL FAMILY IN THE GREAT WAR AND BEYOND Joseph Cotterill Senior re-enlisted as a Private 3048 in the 14th Battalion Manchester Regiment on 12th September 1914. He was later described as a Non-Commissioned Drill Instructor and Quarter Master Sergeant. 14th Battalion was formed at Ashton-under-Lyne in September 1914 and went on train at Seaford in Sussex.

Joseph applied for a commission on 3rd October 1914. He was declared fit by the Brigade Medical Officer and recommended by his Commanding Officer. The War Office approved his commission and Joseph became a Temporary or Honorary Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment on 17th October 1914, with a recommendation for service in 14th Battalion. Records confirm Joseph’s posting then changed to 13th Battalion at Seaford.

MR00023 1st Bttn Quartermaster, senior Warrant Officers and Sergeants 1897. The Sgt sat 2nd from right resembles Sgt J Cotterill with insignia over his stripes that may be the crossed rifles of a Musketry Instructor

Joseph never took up duties as an officer with 13th Battalion. It appears he was hospitalised with pneumonia, on the day after his commission was approved. A Medical Board in Brighton determined that Joseph was permanently unfit on 26th October. He was discharged from hospital on 27th October 1914 and returned to Eliza at the family home at 40 Lansdown Road, Monton, Eccles.

Lieutenant Joseph Cotterill passed away at his home on 6th November, aged 46. The Death Certificate states that Joseph died from Broncho pneumonia.

At the beginning of the Great War, Joseph’s youngest brother, Thomas Cotterill was a paid as a Lance Corporal in the 1st KORL at Shaft Barracks, Dover. The Battalion sailed from Southampton on board SS Salamanca and disembarked in France on 22nd August.

1st KORL took part in the Retreat from Mons in August 1914 and Battles at Le Cateau (late August), The Marne (7-10 September) and The Aisne (12-15 September)

His trade was noted as a Plumber and Thomas went on to live in Pendleton, Salford.

Thomas returned Home on 16th October 1914.

He was possibly suffering from wounds in the Battle of Armentieres. The War Diary recounts 46 men killed, 36 wounded and 15 men missing on 13th October.

Thomas was promoted to Acting Corporal on 24th November 1914 and posted to the Regimental Depot on 16th December 1914, reverting to Lance Corporal Appointment. He was treated in hospital in January 1915 for abrasion of his left leg caused by barbed wire.

This may have been associated with the wounds leading to his return from the Western Front in the previous month.

Thomas was posted to 9th Battalion in February 1915. He returned France on 17th July 1915 and joined 7th KORL on 25th July. 7th KORL was a New Army Battalion and Thomas’ front line experience was undoubtedly appreciated by his new commanders. He was immediately promoted to Corporal; subsequently appointed Lance Sergeant in April 1916 and Sergeant on 8th July. 7th KORL took part in significant action in the opening days of the Battle of the Somme, notably assaults at La Boiselle and Bazentin le Petit.

Thomas was Tried for being drunk on active service. He was found guilty, fined £1, reverted to Private and given 2 months Field Punishment No 1 on 11th August 1916. 103 members of 7th KORL are recorded as deaths in July 1916 and one may consider that Thomas’ episode of drunkenness may have been a reaction to his experience of the slaughter.

Thomas was posted Home in April 1917 and discharged at Lancaster on 4th April 1917, aged 41. He had completed 22 years’ service.

MR00388 1st Battalion The Corps of Drums Ireland, Cork, possibly including Joseph Jnr.

MR00361 2nd Bttn Band at Guernsey for General's inspection. Possibly including Drummer Joseph Cotterill

Joseph Jnr enlisted in the Manchester Regiment as a Boy 9806 on 17th February 1904. He was 14 years old and joined the Regiment in Cork. Joseph was appointed as Drummer in 1905 and posted to 2nd Battalion in 1906. He was posted to the Permanent Staff of 6th Volunteer Battalion, at Oldham in February 1908 and married Alice Smith at St James’ Church, Ashton on 22nd October 1910.

His father was then a Clerk and Joseph was still a Drummer, noted as playing the side and bass drums.

The couple lived at 4 Water Street, Hurst Broom in 1911. They had three sons, Thomas Smith (1910-1988), Alfred (1911-1932) and Joseph (1915-1992). They were all born in Ashton. At some stage, possibly April 1908, Joseph had transferred to the Permanent Staff of 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion.

complaint appears to have been attributable to his War service, he was not acknowledged as War casualty, as the qualifying period ended in 1921.

3rd (Special Reserve) and 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalions were formed in 1908. Men undertook basic training alongside Regular Army recruits and then became part time soldiers, maintaining readiness for war service in the 1st or 2nd Battalions, by attending three to four weeks training each year.

Joseph had an operation in 1914, due to a gastric condition and this probably explains why he did not serve overseas in the Great War. From 1914, 3rd and 4th Battalions were based at Riby and Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire.

They were responsible for the Humber Defences and continued to train men for the Regular Battalions. As time passed, the Humber Garrison acted as a reserve training unit, for men returning to duty after recovering from wounds. It was an unpopular posting for men who were waiting to return to the Western Front, where the commanders and permanent staff struggled to gain respect from the battle hardened men.

Joseph was discharged from the 4th Manchesters on 12th March 1919, with the rank of Private. In April 1919, Joseph lived at 167 Turun Lane Ashton under Lyne. He received a Pension due to his stomach condition until 1925.

MR01091 9th Bttn Band 1920s. Possibly including Joseph Cotterill.

MR00480 Mobilization of the 2nd Battalion The Curragh, 1.8.1914

The Cotterill’s second son, William was serving in the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment at the Curragh in Ireland, when Britain declared war on Germany, on 3rd August 1914. The sequence of his Regimental Number of 2719 indicates he had attested in

Joseph rejoined the 9th Territorial Battalion at Ashton on 31st January 1923 as a Private 3518519. Reengaging as a Bandsman, Joseph continued to attend the 9th Battalion Annual Camps, until he died during a stomach operation at Ashton Infirmary on 28th September 1931. While Joseph’s stomach MR00478 2nd Bttn Boarding trains at the Curragh 1.8.1914

the Battalion at Ashton in late 1913 – early 1914. Prior to enlistment, William had worked with his father at British Petroleum Company at Silk Street, Eccles.

joining the Territorial or Reserve Battalion Bands, as Drummers and Buglers, with a view to them joining the Regular Battalions when they reached their 18th Birthday.

1st Battalion sailed for France as part of the British Expeditionary Force. William was entitled to the 1914 [Mons] Star for embarking for France on 15th August 1914.

The Battalion was involved with the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne. In November 1915, the 2nd Manchesters served in the Ypres area. William was killed in action at Walvergham, south of Ypres in Belgium on 17th November 1914.

The Battalion War Diary recounts:“Our trenches were heavily shelled during the day. Casualties, Killed Lieut H Nicholson 1/Cheshire Regiment, Lieut Horridge 4th Battalion Manchester Regiment, Cpl Faulkner.

Wounded 12 men. Lieut A J Scully and 2/Lt G Leach admitted to hospital. “ William and Private Patrick Burke were not mentioned as casualties, even though they are recorded as killed in action. It is possible they were recorded as members of the group of twelve wounded men and succumbed to their wounds before treatment. This theory has a reservation because Patrick Burke has no known grave, being commemorated on the Menin Gate.

William is buried at Kandahar Farm Cemetery.

He left his Effects to his brothers, Joseph and Alfred, along with a share to his step mother, Hannah.

MR03863 4th Battalion Band 16.12.1916. Probably including Joseph Jnr and Alfred.

It is not known whether Alfred joined Joseph Junior in 4th Battalion before, or after, Joseph Senior’s death. In common with the plight of his father’s generation, being orphaned at a young age, the Army offered support and a career for Alfred. His brother’s service and father’s record would undoubtedly have assisted in his recruitment application.

As Alfred was still only 18 years old when the Armistice was signed, he remained underage for overseas service in the Great War. Alfred was probably transferred to a Regular Battalion after his 19th birthday, in September 1919. He was serving with 2nd Battalion in Mesopotamia from 13th February to at least

In late 1914, the third brother, Alfred Alexander was also a Drummer Boy 7706 in 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion Manchester Regiment at Cleethorpes. The minimum age for enlistment was 18 years, with men needing to be 19 years old for overseas service. The exception was made for Boys MR00966 2nd Battalion Band Jubbulpore, India 1924. Alfred is 3rd from left in 3rd Row.

August 1920, receiving the General Service Medal with Iraq Clasp.

Alfred then went to India in January 1921, renumbered 3512641. He was a keen cricketer and member of the Band and Drums team, which won the Battalion Cricket Shield in 1921/22 and 1922/23. He is known to have been serving with 2nd Battalion at Jubbulpore, India in 1924.

Royal Hibernian School, Dublin © historicalpicturearchive.com

Hibernian Military School in Dublin and received a Compassionate Allowance for school holidays. Records indicate John had been resident in Ireland when he was admitted to the school, suggesting this may have been in 1911, when his mother died.

John subsequently became a Drummer Boy 49029 with the Depot of 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment at Ashton under Lyne on 22nd February 1917. He had recently celebrated his 14th Birthday and followed his father into the Regiment.

MR00964 Band and Drums of 2nd Battalion, winners of Battalion Cricket Shield 1921-23. Alfred Cotterill is 2nd from Left in the Front Row

2nd Battalion served in Burma in 1926, although it is not evident whether Alfred still remained with the Regiment. The Battalion returned to England in 1933.

While enlisting as a Drummer Boy, it is not known why John did not join Joseph Junior and Alfred in the 4th Battalion Band. John was serving in 1st Battalion at Aldershot in 1920 and in the Battalion Band at Cork in 1921, later renumbered 3512853.

John was entitled to the Compassionate Allowance of £16 per year. He received payment of more than £16 in 1921, although it appears the draft was not cashed.

MR03592 2nd Battalion Band 1929-32. Secunderabad, India

Alfred married Mary Elizabeth Neynoe in Q3 1931. The couple lived a 147 Zachariah Street, Salford in 1939, when Alfred was employed as a Musician. He died in Q4 1942.

John James was 11 years old when his father died. He was maintained at the Royal

John married Lillian Dorothy Rayner at St Mary Magdalene Church, Winton on 18th February 1928, describing his occupation as Musician. In 1939, John was employed a builders labourer and appears to have had two children. He died in Barton in Q2 1966.

After some delays, it was decided that Joseph’s widow, Hannah would receive a widow’s pension of £40 per year and allowance for the younger children. There had been some debate as to the level of

Widow’s pension, as Joseph hadn’t actually arrived for duty with 13th Battalion. His status as an officer was established, with associated family allowances and the War Office published Joseph’s commission in the London Gazette of 23rd February 1915.

the Army. He died at 12 Campbell Road, Winton on Christmas Day 1989.

Joseph’s youngest three surviving sons received support from the War Office.

Kenneth was two years old when his father died and Hannah received his allowance.

Somewhat strangely she stated ‘None Known’ for other relations, suggesting she was not in contact with elder step sons. She had initially omitted Alfred from the Pension returns, possibly due to the capping of the total family allowance from the War Office. As Joseph did not have a Will, two thirds of the Estate (£46.10.6 total) was shared between his children and reducing the number of children provided a greater share to the younger boys.

The money was placed in the Orphans Savings Bank until they reached 21 years.

Joseph, William & Hannah Cotterill’s grave. Courtesy Antony Mills

COMMEMORATION Lieutenant Joseph Cotterill was buried at Peel Green Cemetery in Eccles on 11th November 1914. As there had been some debate about the validity of Joseph’s Pension, it seems this may have been his grave was not acknowledged on the register of the Imperial

The War Office discovered the omission of Joseph from the family record in October 1915. Hannah confirmed that William was dead and she had not had any contact with Joseph, who was acknowledged to be serving as Drummer with 4th Battalion. William’s Estate also received a share of his father’s Estate.

Hannah lived at 73 Catherine Street, Winton in 1920 to 1939. She died in Barton in Q1 1941 and is buried with her late husband.

Kenneth joined the Grenadier Guards and was posted as Guardsman 2612485 to No 1 Company, 2nd Battalion at the Tower of London in 1931. Kenneth returned to the north west and married Margaret Minnitt in Barton upon Irwell in 1938. Margaret lived with her parents in Barton in September 1939, when Kenneth was absent, possibly serving in

William Cotterill’ Grave Credit Marvin & Samsme Termplin

War Graves Commission – the predecessor of CWGC. Hannah was buried on 18th January 1941 and shares the plot with her late husband, where the headstone also commemorates the death of William.

The photograph of Joseph’s grave and obituary was posted on Facebook by Antony Mills. Brief research found William commemorated on the CWGC website, acknowledging his burial in Kandahar Farm Cemetery, near Wulvergem, Belgium. It can be seen that William has a standard CWGC Headstone.

The records inaccurately refer to Hannah as William’s mother, but the detail of her address opened further leads for the identity of Joseph. Service and Pension records identified Joseph’s pre-War service, his commission entry in the London Gazette and other census records helped build a picture that he died in service.

In From the Cold Project (IFCP) assist the public, CWGC and the National Army Museum in researching numerous casualties of the Great War who are not commemorated by CWGC. They agreed to review the evidence.

Previous research with IFCP identified Corporal Joseph Locker of 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment as having died at home in Salford, but omitted from CWGC records.

The project provided a satisfying result, with Joseph Locker’s new commemoration in 2016 and his burial in Salford being identified in 2017 and acknowledged as a War Grave in Ashcroft Cemetery, Salford.

Confirmation that Lt Cotterill was paid until the day he died

The Service File forms the backbone of this journal and importantly confirms that he was paid as an officer until the day he died; proving that he died in service.

Joseph’s Death Certificate was obtained and this showed he died from Broncho pneumonia, apparently a short term condition that Joseph must have contracted in service with the Regiment. IFCP submitted the records for consideration in October 2019.

Joseph and William Cotterill were commemorated on the War Memorial at St Mary Magdalene, Winton, Eccles.

Special thanks to members of the IFCP and Manchester Regiment Forum for their help with the project and hope that Lieutenant Cotterill may now be properly acknowledged as a Great War casualty, 105 years after he died.

The research on Joseph Locker identified the criteria required for War Grave status. In respect of Joseph Cotterill it was necessary to identify whether he was still serving when he died, or his death was attributable a condition arising during his service.

The National Archives provides free access to Officers Service Files. Visitors can take photographs of each document in the files.

Joseph’s file provided a mine of extensive information on his service and records of his family that wouldn’t otherwise be available.

St Mary Magdalene, Winton, Eccles – War Memorial Credit Mike Berrell

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Long Long Trail In From the Cold Project Manchester Regiment Forum http://www.themanchesters.org/index.html Salford War Memorial Project Manchester Regiment Image Archive Copyright acknowledged where images are prefixed MR

St Mary Magdalene, Winton, Eccles – War Memorial Panel Credit Mike Berrell

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