George Ackerley 1890 - 1915
1890: Born (July - Sept) in Carrington
1891: Census, just Carrington
1901: Aged 10, living at 577 Liverpool Road, Irlam
1911: Aged 20, living at 577 Liverpool Road, Irlam. Employed as a box maker at the Soap works
Regiment: Manchester Regiment , 11th Battalion
Service Number: 13635
1915: Died 22nd August in Gallipoli, grave unknown, commemorated at Helles Memorial
James Bleasdale 1895 - 1915
1895: Born in Carrington on 16th June and baptised in St. George's church on 25th August. Son of Edmund Bleasdale and Alice (Nee Hardy) of Carrington. His Mother's family is recorded having lived in Carrington since 1791.
1901: at the age of 5 he was living with his family in Halls Cottages with his sisters Hannah and Sarah
1911: he was 16 years old working as a Grocery shop assistant.
1914: the former electric motor driver enlisted at Manchester on 9th November. He was 19 years old.
1915: killed in action on 27th December in Gelibolu, Canakkale, Turkey (Battle of Gallipoli ) He is buried in Redoubt Cemetery, Cape Helles, Gallipoli ; commemorated there by a special memorial.
Pte. James Bleasdale, Royal Marines Light infantry, Plymouth Battalion, Royal Naval Division
Family Grave and memorial to James in St. George's churchyard
Halls Cottages
Sidney Foster 1892- 1916
1892: Born Carrington
1911: Living with Grandmother, 34 Heyes Rd, Cadishead
Regiment: Grenadier Guards, 3rd Battalion
Service Number: 21794
1916: Died in Flanders 14th September
Joseph Leeming 1886 - 1916
1886: abt Born in Carrington
1891: Aged 5, Living at Rose Cottage, Father Alfred and Mother Alice, five sisters and two brothers
1901: Aged 15, Family moved to Northwich
1911: Aged 25, Llysfaen, Caernarvonshire, Wales, a farmer labourer
Regiment: Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment, 1st 7th Battalion
Service number: T.F.9555
1916: Died in Flanders, France on 16th September. No grave marker, commemorated at Thiepval Memorial.
Rose Cottage
Jesse Walton 1889-1918
Abt April1889 Born in Carrington, parents John Walton and Mary Grimshaw
1891: Somewhere on what is now Manchester Road, with his family aged 2,
1901: Boarder at Westwood Lodge age 12
1911: Census [Just Carrington]
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment,
Service number 24579
1918: Died of wounds 3rd February Flanders, France
1919: Widow Clara Walton of 19 Field Road, Ashton on Mersey received his Army Pension
Arthur Atkinson 1898 - 1918
1898: Born in Carrington, Parents: William and Sarah Atkinson
1901: Aged 3, living at 25 Liverpool Road, Irlam
Regiment: Manchester Regiment , 25th Battalion
Service Number: 202296
1918: Died 14th October, Flanders France
Thomas Albert Barlow 1900 - 1918
1900: Born in Northwich 3rd August
1911: Aged 10, Living on School Lane, Carrington
Regiment The King's (Liverpool) Regiment , 53rd Graduated Battalion
Service Number: 85965
1918 Died 22 Oct at home from wounds, aged 18
Thomas Albert Barlow, St, George's Churchyard
James (Jim) Holt 1891–1916
1891: Born in Carrington 11th August , Parents Joseph Holt III and Emma Brown. The Holt family records in Carrington go back to 1775.
1901: lived at Back Lane, Carrington [area of School Lane M31 4AQ]
1911: Occupation Printer's compositor. Address: Back Lane, Carrington.
1913: Completed his apprenticeship at A Megson & Sons on 1/9/1913. Megson's printing works was on the NE corner of Cambridge Street & Chester Street, Manchester [M1 5GF]. A Megson & Son was run in 1911 by Clarence Henry Megson, brother-in-law of Amy Winifred Noar, friend and Carrington neighbour of Jim's sister Amy Lois Holt.
1914: Enlisted in Manchester Regiment, 18th Battalion.(Manchester Pals)
Service number: 10027. Grey eyes. Dark brown hair. 6'. 150 lb. Skin rash (psoriasis) both legs. Home address: Moss Cottage, Carrington [area of Moss Green M31 4BE].
1916: 20th April died of broncho-pneumonia at No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, France .
H 11 AUG 1
Boisguillaume Communal Cemetery, Rouen, France
Enlistment Attestation of Jim Holt
1921: Jim was posthumously awarded the 1914-1915 Star ("Pip") by Preston Record Office on 19/8/21. This is kept with his British War Medal 1914-1918 ("Squeak") and Allied Victory Medal ("Wilfred") in a frame, now in Cardiff. RT
Jim Holt live somewhere on Back Lane
Alfred Holt 1891 -1919
1891: Born in Carrington on 23 August, Parents George and Mary Holt
1901: lived at Back Lane, Carrington [area of School Lane M31 4AQ]
1911: Aged 19 Lived at Maypole Cottages, Worked at the Corn Miller at Corn Mill
1915: 9th November, joined1st Royal Marines Battalion Royal Naval Division ,Royal Marine Light Infantry
06/8/15 Bomb wound over left eye
29/9/15 rejoined 2nd Royal Marines Battalion
08/10/15 transferred to 1st Royal Marines Battalion
10/11/18 Gun Shot Wound to left foot
15/12/18 Invalided to UK
1919: Died of wounds 30th March, buried at St. George's Churchyard
Survived WWI
George Frederick Hamnett
Belmont, Carrington, Cheshire
Cheshire Regt
1919 Discharged with sickness
1939 Occupation Plumber, Booth La. Middlewich
John Taylor
Royal Army Medical Corps
1911 Booth Hey Farm, Carrington Cheshire
Occupation Grocers Apprentice
Hugh Ackerley
1893 Born Carrington
1911 579 Liverpool Road Irlam
Occupation Labourer At Soap Works
1920 South Lancashire Regiment
William Henry Reade
Carrington Hall Cottages
25/061915 Cheshire Regiment
Joseph Marsh
Born Carrington, moved to Bristol
Occupation: Carpenter and Joiner
Royal Air force
20 Jun 1916
Jesse Hollinworth
06/02/2015 Returned home with Severe compound right leg fracture
J Yates
Lancashire Fusiliers
Wounded
Robert Harris
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 2nd Battalion
WWII
Full Name Higson, James
Date of Birth 14 Jan 1918
Birth Place Carrington, Cheshire
Date of Capture 18 Sep 1943
POW Camp Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf
Primary Unit Cheshire Regiment