Carrbrook War Memorial

Kate Booth has undertaken extensive research into the military history, family and social life of every soldier, man and boy, from Carrbrook and Millbrook and nearby areas, that served in the First World War. In St James's school, Carrbrook, there was a framed list of the members of H M Forces, from the village, who served in the Great War. Nearby was another list of those who gave their lives. Thanks to Kate alone the names that were listed on the wooden war memorial are now listed below. Her extensive study is a work of reference.

This list was republished, on this web page, in 2004 - the year that saw the 90th Anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. During the First World War out of 140 from this parish who were killed, about 30 Young Men were from Carrbrook. In 1901 the population of Carrbrook had been 574 people, 212 children and 363 adults. The number of young men killed represented about 10% of the adult population. Thank you Kate for all your efforts and achievements. Should anyone have any details in connection with any Carrbrook or Millbrook First World War Soldier could they please send an e mail to the site, carrbrookvillage@btopenworld.com

Carrbrook War Memorial
		Thanks also to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site for information and photographs. Thanks to City of Manchester Central Library for supplying information about the War Memorial at the Calico Printers Association Headquaters at St James' House, Oxford Street. The Calico Printers Association Roll of Honour for the Buckton Vale Works was published in 1949 in their 50th Anniversary Handbook. The Carrbrook Memorial was printed in the The Reporter Newspaper on 25 January 1920. Information has also been obtained from the 1901 Census.

Name	Date Died	Age	Last Known Carrbrook Address
Bates, Wilfred	23 July 1917	37 years	Carrbrook
Boden, Frederick G	31 May 1918	24 years	South View
Casey, Thomas	7 June 1917	38 years	6 Moorgate
Dodd, John	2 August 1916	20 years	Shireclough Farm
Galt, Peter	27 May 1918	35 years	Barlow School
Hanshaw, George W	28 August 1918	24 years	24 Beaconsfield Terrace
Harrison, Herbert	2 October 1918	25 years	Tatton Street, S/B
Haslam, Ernest	22 June 1918	25 years	Moorgate Cottages
Healey, Phillip	25 September 1915	20 years	Dr's son, Staley Road, Mossley
Hopwood, Walter	11 October 1918	29 years	Moorfield Terrace
Hunt, Benjamin Coe	18 March 1917	18 years	Buried Mossley
Hyde, Arnold	4 January 1916	17 years	12 Long Row
Johnson, Arthur	14 April 1918	24 years	1 Heyheads
Jones, John	11 April 1916	28 years	5 Blackrock Heyrod
MacKenzie, John T	9 October 1916	28 years	10 Moorgate
Marshall, Frederick	29 October 1917	25 years	20 Carr Cottages
Marshall, George	13 May 1917		20 Carr Cottages
Marshall, Harry	11 December 1915	20 years	20 Carr Cottages
Metclafe, Henry	24 September 1916	26 years	490 Huddersfield Road
Mitchell, Squire	30 August 1917
Nield, John
Ogden, Milton	14 March 1916	24 years	473 Huddersfield Road
O'Pray, Robert	28 January 1917		12 Moorfield Terrace
Richardson, Joseph	9 September 1915		Father a Manager at the CPA
Robertson, Peter	7 June 1917	27 years	7 South View
Shepley, Albert	6 April 1918	24 years	4 Long Row
Shirt, Samuel	Due to Service 1919	42 years	Millbrook
Turner, Frank	18 August 1916		488 Huddersfield Road
Turner, Robert	16 November 1917	22 years	20 Long Row
Whitfield, Joseph	11 May 1916	25 years	486 Huddersfield Road
Williamson, Robert	13 September 1918	27 years	22 Long Row

Wilfred Bates	Killed in Battle	23 July 1917 Age 37 years
Service No 244652	Private	The Loyal North Lancashire Regt
	Wilfred is buried 5 miles South West of Armentieres in the Rue-David Military Cemetery, in the village of Fleurbaix, France. The cemetery was begun in December 1914 and closed in December 1917. There are 897 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 428 are unidentified. The Grave/Memorial reference for Wilfred is I. F. 37.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 7 Boundary Cottages, Stalybridge							Place Born
Bates	John	Head	Male	Age	51	Calico Printer	Failsworth
Bates	Elizabeth	Wife	Female	Age	45		Manchester
Bates	Wilfred	Son	Male	Age	22	Calico Printer Assistant	Manchester
Bates	Edna	Daughter	Female	Age	19	Cardroom Hand	Mossley
Bates	Joseph	Son	Male	Age	15	Cardroom Hand	Stalybridge
Bates	Lillian	Daughter	Female	Age	13		Stalybridge

Fred Grimke Boden	Killed in Battle	31 May 1918 Age 24 years
Service No 288990	Pioneer	Royal Engineers 2nd Special Co
	Fred was 24 years old when he was killed on 31 May 1918. Opened in April 1918 and closed in October 1918 La Kreule Military Cemetery, in the small hamlet of Hazebrouck, Nord, France contains 576 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 11 German War Graves. The Grave/Memorial reference for Fred is I.B.16.

Census Returns 1901
Address: Beaconsfield Terrace, Mossley							Place Born
Boden	William Hy	Head	Male	Age	34	Cloth Checker At Printworks	Manchester
Boden	Annie	Wife	Female	Age	32		Manchester
Boden	Fred G	Son	Male	Age	7		Whitefield
Boden	Annie	Son	Female	Age	4		Whitefield
Boden	Elsie	Daughter	Female	Age	2		Carrbrook

Thomas Casey	Killed in Battle	7 June 1917 Age 38 years
Service No 25175	Private	Cheshire Regiment 10th Bn
	Thomas was the son of John and Maria Casey and husband of Minnie of 6 Moorgate, Stalybridge. He had served in the South African Campaign. His commemoration can be found on Panel 19-22 of the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, Belgium. Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in West Flanders. Each night at 8pm the last post is played under the Memorial's arches. The Menim Gate is one four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders.
The town of Ypres was secured before the onset of winter 1914 and the Germans were pushed back to the Passendale Ridge. The second battle of Ypres began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into the Alied lines north of Ypres. This was the first time gas had been used by either side. The third battle of Ypres began in 1917 when the Commonwealth forces attempted to divert the Germans from Messines Ridge and was a complete success. The compaign came to a close in November 1917 with the capture of the Passendale Ridge. The Menin Gate commemorates the commonwealth forces, with no known graves, who died prior to 16 August 1917. There are 54,338 names on the memorial.

John Dodd	Killed in Battle	2 August 1916 Age 20 years
Service No 20524	Corporal	Kings Own Scottish Borderers
	27 Kilometres south west of Boulogne lies the military cemetery of Etaples. During the First World War the area was the scene of immense concentrations of commonwealth reinforcement camps and hospitals. It was remote from attack except by aircraft. The cemetery contains 10,773 First World War Commonwealth burials (most are identified) and 119 Second World War burials. The Grave/Memorial reference for John is IX.C.3. The cemetery is the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in France. John had worked for the CPA at Carrbrook.

Census Returns 1901
Address: Shire Clough, Stalybridge							Place Born
Dodd	George	Head	Male	Age	36	Labourer Print Works	Salop
Dodd	Jane	Wife	Female	Age	38		Sunderland
Dodd	Nellie	Daughter	Female	Age	13	Cotton Cardroom Hand	Mottram
Dodd	Harry	Son	Male	Age	11		Mottram
Dodd	George	Son	Male	Age	9		Mottram
Dodd	Edith	Daughter	Female	Age	7		Mottram
Dodd	John	Son	Female	Age	5		Mottram
Dodd	Dorothy	Daughter	Female	Age	1		Stalybridge

Peter Galt	Killed in Battle	27 May 1918 Age 35 years
Service No 5693	Lance Sgt	Manchester Regt 12th Bn
	Peter was the son of William and Agnes Galt and he is buried at Knightbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, in the Somme Region of France. The cemetery is named after a communication trench begun at the outset of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and contains 548 First World War burials. The Grave/Memorial reference for Peter is F.74 . Peter had worked for the CPA at Carrbrook.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 166 Mottram Road, Hyde							Place Born
Galt	William	Head	Male	Age	52	Machine Printer Print Works	Scotland
Galt	Agnes	Wife	Female	Age	50		Scotland
Galt	William	Son	Male	Age	20	Baker Journeman	Crawshaw Booth
Galt	Peter	Son	Male	Age	18	Engraver In Print Works	Tottington
Galt	Annie	Daughter	Female	Age	16	Hand Hooker In Print Works	Gamesley
Galt	Sidney	Son	Male	Age	15	Leather Dresser	Droylsden
Galt	Jeannie	Daughter	Female	Age	12		Droylsden

George W Hanshaw	Killed in Battle	28 August 1918 Age 24 years
Service No 11844	Private	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt) 9th Bn
	Martinpuich village, in France, was captured by the allies in September 1916, lost in April 1918, and retaken in August 1918. The British Cemetery was begun November 1916 and used until June 1917 and again from the end of August 1918. The cemetery contains 106 burials and 9 commemorations. The Grave/Memorial reference for George is A.2.

Herbert Harrison	Killed in Battle	2 October 1918 Age 25 years
Service No 28227	Coporal	Hampshire Regt
	Hooge Crater Cemetery is 4 kilometres east of Ieper (Ypres) and was begun October 1917. There are 5,922 Commonwealth First World War burials and commemorations, 3,578 of the burials are unidentified. Hooge Chateau and its stables were the scene of very fierce fighting throughout the first world war. On 31 October 1914 the staff of the 1st and 2nd Divisions were wiped out when the chateau was shelled.
The chateau was defended against German attack in May and June 1915 and the crater was made by a mine in July 1915. The Germans took the chateau on 30 July 1915. On 9 August the chateau and the crater were regained by the allies. The Germans retook Hooge on 6 June 1916 and it was regained on 31 July 1917. It was lost for the last time in April 1918 and regained 28 September 1918. Herbert was the husband of Alice and his Grave/Memorial reference is XIV.K.5

Census Returns 1901
Address: 152 Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge							Place Born
Harrison	James H	Head	Male	Age	39	Book Keeper Cotton Mill	Stoke-on-Trent
Harrison	Annie	Wife	Female	Age	38		Newcastle, Staffs
Harrison	William E	Son	Male	Age	12		Tintwistle
Harrison	Louisa	Daughter	Female	Age	10		Tintwistle
Harrison	Herbert	Son	Male	Age	7		Tintwistle

Ernest Haslam	Killed in Battle	22 June 1918 Age 25 years
Service No 267916	Private	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt)
	Ernest had worked for the CPA in the making up room and had been a striker on the Carrbrook football team. He was killed fighting at the Italian Front. The front had been comparatively quiet until the Battle of Asiago when the Austrians attacked in force. 1000 metres of allied line was penetrated on 15 June but the lost ground was retaken on the 16 June and the line re-established. Ernest is buried at Barenthal Military Cemetery, Italy, which is in a mountainous region rarely accessible from November to May due to deep snow falls.

Census Returns 1901
Address: Moorgate Cottages, Carrbrook							Place Born
Haslam	Henry	Head	Male	Age	43	Engraver Print Works	Salford
Haslam	Sarah Ann	Wife	Female	Age	43		Pendleton
Haslam	Edward	Son	Male	Age	21	Engravers Apprentice	Pendleton
Haslam	Annie	Daughter	Female	Age	19	Roller Painter Engraver	Pendleton
Haslam	Arthur	Son	Male	Age	16	Joiner Apprentice	Pendleton
Haslam	Harry	Son	Male	Age	13		Pendleton
Haslam	Wilfred	Son	Male	Age	10		Pendleton
Haslam	Ernest	Son	Male	Age	7		Pendleton
Haslam	Frank	Son	Male	Age	4		Stalybridge
Ratcliffe	Bramley	Nephew	Male	Age	23	Woolen Manufacturer	Denton

Phillip Healey	Killed in Battle	25 September 1915 Age 20 years
Service No Unknown	2nd Lieutenant	Manchester Regt 3rd Bn
	Phillip was the son of Dr Healey who lived on Stayley Road, Mossley. His memorial can be found on Panel 103 of the Loos Memorial to 20,597 officers and men who have no known grave and who fell in the River Lys area. The memorial is in the Dud Corner Cemetery, named after a large number of unexploded enemy shells found in the neighbourhood. In the centre of the photograph the Cross of Sacrifice can be seen.

Census Returns 1901
Address: Stayley Road, Mossley							Place Born
Healey	John	Head	Male	Age	31	Medical Practitioner	Chester
Healey	Phillip	Son	Male	Age	5		Mossley
Healey	Geoffrey	Son	Male	Age	11m		Mossley
Dodd	Mary		Female	Age	29	Cook	Widnes
Dodd	Annie		Female	Age	23	General Domestic	Widnes
Dodd	Margaret		Female	Age	18	Housemaid	Widnes

Walter Hopwood	Killed in Battle	11 October 1918 Age 29 years
Service No 269360	Private	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt)
	The Wellington Cemetery is in the village of Rieux-en-Cambresis, Nord, France. The village was captured in October 1918 and immediately afterwards the cemetery was made by the Duke of Wellington's Regt . There are 225 identified 1914-1918 casualties and 80 unidentified. The Grave/Memorial reference for Walter is I.E.1.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 4 Moorfield Terrace, Stalybridge							Place Born
Hopwood	Emma	Wife	Female	Age	38		Saddleworth
Hopwood	George	Son	Male	Age	17	Moulders Apprentice	Stalybridge
Hopwood	Joseph	Son	Male	Age	15	Blacksmith Apprentice	Stalybridge
Hopwood	Walter	Son	Male	Age	12	Wollen Piecer	Stalybridge
Hopwood	Earle	Son	Male	Age	6		Stalybridge
Hopwood	Bertha	Daughter	Female	Age	3		Stalybridge
Hopwood	Grace	Daughter	Female	Age	1		Stalybridge

Benjamin Coe Hunt	Killed in Battle	18 March 1917 Age 18 years
Service No TR 3/14678	Private	Training Reserve 51st Bn
	Benjamin was the son of Thomas and Mary Hunt and he was born and buried in Mossley. Enter the cemetery and follow the path to the right which immediately goes steeply downhill. The Grave/Memorial reference for Benjamin is Non Conformist 1353. Benjamin's grave can be found on the right, backing onto the Miller Hey cottages. Benjamin had worked for the CPA at Carrbrook.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 6 Waggon Road, Mossley							Place Born
Coe	Benjamin	Head	Male	Age	54	Cloth Dresser Printworks	Barnsley
Coe	Ellen	Wife	Female	Age	54		Manchester
Coe	Martha	Daughter	Female	Age	25	Confectioner Baker Own	Mossley
Coe	Hannah	Daughter	Female	Age	23	Cloth Doubler Printworks	Mossley
Hunt	Mary	Daughter	Female	Age	28		Stalybridge
Hunt	Thomas	Son-in-Law	Male	Age	35	Cloth Dresser Printworks	Litton
Hunt	Mary E	Grandaughter	Female	Age	6		Mossley
Hunt	Benjamin C	Grandson	Female	Age	2		Mossley

Arnold Hyde	Killed in Battle	4 January 1916 Age 17 years
Service No 4625	Gunner	Royal Field Artilery
	On the Eastern side of the city of Alexandria the Chatby Military cemetery was used until April 1916 and again in the Second World War. There are 2,259 First World War burials and 503 Second World War burials in the cemetery. The Chatby Memorial commemorates 1,000 Commonwealth servicemen who have no other grave but the sea. Many of them lost when hospital or transport ships were sunk in the Mediterranean. Others died of wounds or sickness while aboard such vessels and were buried at sea. The Grave/Memorial reference for Arnold is C.55. Arnold had worked for the CPA at Carrbrook.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 1 Pickfords Yard, Stalybridge							Place Born
Hyde	Percy	Head	Male	Age	37	Porter Railway Goods	Dukinfield
Hyde	Annie	Wife	Female	Age	23		Derby
Hyde	Arnold	Son	Male	Age	2		Wombell, Yorks

Arthur Johnson	Killed in Battle	14 April 1918 Age 24 years
Service No 20336	Corporal	King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt)
	Arthur was the son of Emma A Johnson of 1 Hey Heads, Stalybridge. He is buried in the small town of Pernes-en-Artois, France. The British Cemetery here was not begun until April 1918. The Canadians were driving back the German advance and were joined by the allies. There are 1,075 First World War burials here. The Grave/Memorial reference for Arthur is I.B.29. There are also 18 Second World War graves, all dating 3/4 September 1944.

Census Returns 1901
Address: Heyheads, Stalybridge							Place Born
Johnson	Emma	Head	Female	Age	32		Marlebone
Johnson	Arthur A	Son	Male	Age	7		Marlebone
Johnson	Ada Marne	Daughter	Female	Age	10		Paddington
Johnson	Edward	Son	Male	Age	2		Micklehurst
Johnson	Alice Lucy	Daughter	Female	Age	4m		Micklehurst

John Jones	Killed in Battle	11 April 1916 Age 28 years
Service No 66159	Private	Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
	Near Ypres (Ieper) is the village of the village of Dikkebus. The New Military Cemetery was begun in February 1915 and was used until May 1917 by fighting units and field ambulances, with a few further burials taking place in March and April 1918. The Extension was used from May 1917 to January 1918. The New Military Cemetery contains 624 First World War burials, the Extension 547. The Grave/Memorial reference for John is I. 37. John was the husband of Edith Jones, of 5, Blackrock, Heyrod, Stalybridge, England.

John T MacKenzie	Killed in Battle	9 October 1916 Age 28 years
Service No 35456	Private	Cheshire Regt 10th Bn
	On 1st July each year a major ceremony is held at the Thiepval Memorial to commemorate the date in 1916 when the Commonwealth Forces supported by the French launced an attack which met unepected fierce resistance. Following weeks of fighting Thiepval was finally captured at the end of September. The memorial at Thiepval bears the names of 72,103 who died in the Somme Sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Of those commemorated over 90% died between July and November 1916. The Grave/Memorial reference for Jack is on Pier and Face 3C and 4A. John had worked for the CPA at Carrbrook.

One of the saddest stories concerning the Carrbrook War Memorial is in regard to George and Ann Marshall who lived at 20 Carr Cottages, Carrbrook. They lost 3 sons in the Great War, all in Belgium, and a fourth son emmigrated to Canada, so in a way they also lost him.

Harry Marshall	Killed in Battle	11 December 1915 Age 20 years
Service No 2567	Private	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt)
	12 Km west of Ypres(Ieper) is the village of Lijssenthoek which was situated on the main communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear and the Ypres Battlefields. Close to the front but out of the extreme range of most German field artilery it became a casualty clearing station. The military cemetery contains 9,901 Commonwealth Burials and is the second largest Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium. The Grave/Memorial reference for Harry is IV.C.25A.

George Marshall	Killed in Battle	13 May 1917 Age Not Known
Service No 242470	Private	South Lancashire Regt
	5 Km west of Ypres(Ieper) is the Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery. Here there is a very high proportion of graves of territorial units, in particular Lancashire Territorials. During the early months of 1917 the dead were brought back from the front for burial here. There are 1,175 First World War Commonwealth Burials at the cemetery. The Grave/Memorial reference for George is V.M.11.

Fred Marshall	Killed in Battle	29 October 1917 Age 25 years
Service No 266419	Private	Cheshire Regt 1st/6th Bn
	A memorial to Frederick can be found on Panel 61 to 63 at the Tyne Cott Memorial, 9 Km north east of Ypres(Ieper). The memorial lists 34,872 who died after 16 August 1917 and have no known grave and the site marks the furthest point reached by the Commonwealth Forces until nearly the end of the war. The cemetery at Tyne Cott contains the graves of 11,952 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War, 8,365 are unidentified.

Henry Metcalf	Killed in Battle	24 September 1916 Age 26 years
Service No 2213	Private	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt)
	On the main road from Amiens to Arras is the village of Contay where the British Cemetery contains 1,130 First World War burials. Plots 1 to 4 are for the period August 1916 until March 1917. When the Germans withdrew to the Hindenburg Line in the Spring of 1917 the cemetery was not used until April 1918 when the Germans advanced to Albert. The Grave/Memorial reference for Henry is II.C.18. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Metcalf of 490 Huddersfield Road, Hey Heads, Stalybridge, and had worked for the CPA at Carrbrook.

Squire Mitchell	Killed in Battle	30 August 1917 Age Unknown
Service No 41657	Private	West Yorkshire Regt (Prince of Wales Own)
	The graves in the Communal Cemetery at Villers-Faucon are those who died in February-August 1917. The Grave/Memorial reference for Squire is E1. The graves in the extension are those April 1917-October 1918. Villers-Faucon is the Somme locality, the village was captured on 27 March 1917, lost on 22 March 1918 and retaken on 27 September 1918.

Milton Ogden	Killed in Battle	14 March 1916 Age 24 years
Service No 1023	Private	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt)
	Milton's grave can be found in Mossley Cemetery. Enter the main gate and follow the path to the left. You will find Milton's Grave immediately on the left just before the memorial gardens (which are on the site of the old chapel ruins) , the reference is Roman Catholic 3376.

Census Returns 1901
Address: Ash Hill, Mossley							Place Born
Ogden	Henry	Head	Male	Age	54	Grocers Assistant	Mossley
Ogden	Mary H	Wife	Female	Age	45		Millbrook
Ogden	George	Son	Male	Age	19	Joiners Apprentice	Mossley
Ogden	Arthur E	Son	Male	Age	17	Mechanic	Mossley
Ogden	Milton	Son	Male	Age	9		Blackpool

Robert O'Pray	Killed in Battle	28 January 1917 Age Unknown
Service No 4670	Private	Machine Guns Corps (Infantry)
	Vend'huile was very nearly reached in the Battle of Cambrai 1917, it was taken in September 1918. After the fight men were buried by the 50th Division and the name of the cemetery, Unicorn, is taken from the mark of the 50th Division. After the Armistice graves were brought in from isolated sites and small cemeteries of 1917 and 1918 in the surrounding battlefields. The Grave/Memorial reference for Robert is III.E.11

Peter Robertson	Killed in Battle	7 June 1917 Age 27 years
Service No 36210	Private	10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
	Peter was the son of John and Elizabeth Robertson 7 South View, Carrbrook. He had been a team mate on the Carrbrook football team. He is buried at Westhof Farm Cemetery in Heuvelland, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Westhof Farm was used by the New Zealand Division as HQ in May and June 1917. The cemetery was begun in May 1917. It was used until April 1918 when it fell into German hands for 5 months. Peter had worked for the CPA at Carrbrook.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 16 Long Row, Carrbrook							Place Born
Robertson	John	Head	Male	Age	42	Calico Printer	Scotland
Robertson	Elizabeth	Wife	Female	Age	36		Scotland
Robertson	William	Son	Male	Age	13	Messenger Boy	Scotland
Robertson	Peter	Son	Male	Age	11		Scotland
Robertson	Annie	Daughter	Female	Age	7		Bromley
Robertson	Maggie	Daughter	Female	Age	2		Manchester
Johnson	Samuel	Boarder	Male	Age	29	Calico Printer	Handforth

Albert Shepley	Killed in Battle	6 April 1918 Age 24 years
Service No 39624	Corporal	126th Bn Machine Gun Corps (Inf)
	Albert had worked at the Calico Printers Association, Buckton Vale print works, had played for the Micklehurst Cricket Club, had been a defender on the Carrbrook football team and had been a headmaster of the Sunday School held at St James' School. He enlisted in June 1915, he served in the Dardanelles, the Suez Canal and was posted to France in January 1917 where he died in France on 6 April 1918, age 24. At the time his family were living at 4 Long Row. His grave is one of almost 750 in the Gommercourt Wood New Cemetery, two thirds of which are unidentified. His obituary ws printed in The Reporter on 4th May 1918.

Census Returns 1901
Address: Brookhouses, Carrbrook							Place Born
Shepley	Edward	Head	Male	Age	29	Etcher Print Works	Stalybridge
Shepley	Mally Kenworthy	Wife	Female	Age	30		Saddleworth
Shepley	Albert	Son	Male	Age	7		Carrbrook
Shepley	James Rad	Son	Male	Age	3		Carrbrook
Shepley	Edward	Son	Male	Age	1		Carrbrook

Samuel Shirt	Died Due To Service 1919	Age 42 years
Service No Unknown
Samuel had worked for the CPA at Carrbrook.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 17 Fitzroy Street, Stalybridge							Place Born
Shirt	Eliza	Head	Female	Age	51		Stalybridge
Shirt	Hariet A	Daughter	Female	Age	25	Cotton Beam Warper	Stalybridge
Shirt	Samuel	Son	Male	Age	24	Flanne... Raiser	Stalybridge
Shirt	Mary E	Daughter	Female	Age	19	Cotton Cardroom Hand	Stalybridge

Frank Turner	Killed in Battle	18 August 1916 Age Unknown
Service No S/15647	Private	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
	On 1st July each year a major ceremony is held at the Thiepval Memorial to commemorate the date in 1916 when the Commonwealth Forces supported by the French launced an attack which met unepected fierce resistance. Following weeks of fighting Thiepval was finally captured at the end of September. The memorial at Thiepval bears the names of 72,103 who died in the Somme Sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Of those commemorated over 90% died between July and November 1916. The memorial reference for Frank is on Pier and Face 15A and 16C.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 506 Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge							Place Born
Turner	George	Head	Male	Age	43	Iron Turner	Stalybridge
Turner	Emma Louise	Wife	Female	Age	41		Hunts
Turner	Charles	Son	Male	Age	16	Iron Turner	Mossley
Turner	George	Son	Male	Age	15	Labourer Printworks	Hunts
Turner	Mary Elsie	Daughter	Female	Age	13		Oldham
Turner	John Robert	Son	Male	Age	10		Stalybridge
Turner	Frederick	Son	Male	Age	8		Stalybridge
Turner	Frank Sydney	Son	Male	Age	6		Stalybridge
Turner	Mabel Elizabeth	Daughter	Female	Age	3		Stalybridge
Turner	Harold Raymond	Son	Male	Age	1		Stalybridge

Robert Turner	Killed in Battle	16 November 1917 Age 22 years
Service No 28142	Private	Loyal North Lancashire Regt
	Robert is amongst 8,345 buried in the large communal cemetery on the eastern edge of the southern Rouen suburbs, his Grave/Memorial reference is P.III.R.8B. During the First World War a number of hospitals stationed in this area. There were 8 general, 5 stationary, 1 Red Cross, 1 labour hospital, and a Convelescent Depot. The great majority of dead from these hospitals were taken to the cemetery at St Sever. In September 1916 the extension was begun. There are also 328 commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War , many of whom died as prisoners of war during the German occupation.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 20 Long Row, Carrbrook							Place Born
Turner	John Wm	Head	Male	Age	47	Steamer, Works	New Mills
Turner	James	Son	Male	Age	19	Plater Cloth Works	Turton
Turner	Esther	Daughter	Female	Age	17		Turton
Turner	Timothy L B	Son	Male	Age	15	Black Dyer, Works	Turton
Turner	Wm Hy	Son	Male	Age	12	Labourer Works	Turton
Turner	Robert	Son	Male	Age	7		Warrington
Turner	Dorothy Kay	Daughter	Female	Age	4		Stalybridge
Turner	Elizabeth Alice	Daughter	Female	Age	1		Stalybridge
Bridge	Edwin	Boarder	Male	Age	38	Calico Printer	Ardwick

Joseph William Whitfield	Killed in Battle	11 May 1916 Age 25 years
Service No 60442	Driver	Royal Engineers 69th Fld Co
	29 Km north of Arras, Bethune was compartively free from bombardment during the First World War and remained an important railway and hospital centre. Early in 1918 Bethune began to suffer constant shell fire and in April 1918 the German forces reached Locon 5 Km north. It was not until October that the pressure from the Germans relaxed. The town cemetery contains 3,004 First World War burials and the reference for Joseph is V.C.31. He was the son of Joseph and Margaret Jane Whitfield of 486 Hey Heads, Stalybridge.

Census Returns 1901
Address: Warmton Tower Lodge, Greenfield							Place Born
Whitfield	Joseph	Head	Male	Age	41	Gardener Domestic	Urmston
Whitfield	Margaret J	Wife	Female	Age	41		Bangor
Whitfield	Joseph W	Son	Male	Age	10		Oldham

Robert Williamson	Killed in Battle	13 Sept 1918 Age 27 years
Service No 246349	Lance Corporal	Royal Engineers
	Bob who had been a team mate on the Carrbrook football team was 27 years old when he died on 13th September 1918. He had served in France for 2 years when he was fatally wounded by shell fragments whilst asleep. He had worked for the CPA at Carrbrook, was married to Edith, who was living at Laburnum Cottage, Well-i-hole, Greenfield. Bob is buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. The cemetery contains 8,345 burials from the First World War. A base supply depot and the General HQ were established in the city. Camps, a convalescent depot and 15 hospitals were stationed on the outskirts of Rouen.

Census Returns 1901
Address: 22 Long Row, Carrbrook							Place Born
Williamson	Robert	Head	Male	Age	41	Calico Printer	Derbyshire
Williamson	Hannah	Wife	Female	Age	37		Hathersage
Williamson	Nellie	Daughter	Female	Age	14	Ring Spinner	Dinting
Williamson	James	Son	Male	Age	13	Cloth Plater	Dinting
Williamson	Edith	Daughter	Female	Age	11		Glossop
Williamson	Robert	Son	Male	Age	9		Mossley
Williamson	Mary Jane	Daughter	Female	Age	7		Mossley
Williamson	Gertrude	Daughter	Female	Age	5		Mossley
Williamson	Elsie	Daughter	Female	Age	3		Mossley
Williamson	Hannah	Daughter	Female	Age	11mn		Stalybridge