He died of cholera on the 7 June 1919, aged 23 years, and he is buried in Kohat Cemetery 174. He is also commemorated on Delhi Memorial (India Gate), India.
Daniel Adamson was born at Denton in 1896 to Dr Daniel Adamson and Alice Maud Ryder who were married at Holy Trinity Church, Horwich, Bolton, in 1895. In 1901 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Two Trees Ln, Haughton Green, Denton. In 1911 he was a pupil at St Bees School, St Bees, Cumberland, with a scholarship from Mostyn House School, Parkgate, near Neston, Wirral, Cheshire. In 1913 he left school to join the family business of Joseph Adamson & Co at Croft St, Hyde, Cheshire. Joseph Adamson was his grandfather and the company specialised in the manufacture of boilers.
Subsequently, he entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich as a Gentleman Officer Cadet and on the 27 Feb 1917 he was gazetted as a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers. Here he was awarded the Pollock Medal for the best cadet of the year. He was posted to France in Sep 1917 where he was wounded in May 1918. In Aug 1918 he was gazetted as a Lieutenant and in Dec 1918 he was posted to India. Here he was stationed at Bangalore with the 2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Sappers and Miners Corps of the Royal Engineers but his company was mobilised to proceed to Kohat on the North West Frontier of India where he contracted cholera and died.
He entered Theatre of War 4a (Egypt) on the 25 Sep 1914 and he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. He was demobilised after the Armistice on the 11 Nov 1918.
Arthur Adshead was born at Denton on the 24 Jan 1895 to Arthur Adshead and Ellen Spooner who were married at Christ Church, Denton, on the 23 May 1893. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Manchester Rd, Denton, employed as a felt hatter.
He enlisted on the 7 Sep 1914 and entered the Gallipoli (Dardanelles) Theatre of War on the 4 Aug 1915 where he was wounded by a hand grenade. After the war he was demobilised.
Arthur Andrew was born at Denton in 1896 to John Thomas Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Raw who were married at Ashton-under-Lyne in 1881. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and brother, Jack, on Wilton St, Denton, employed as a leather dyer for Robert Noblett, a leather dresser of Audenshaw. His father was a postman.
He was killed in action on the 15 June 1918, aged 31 years, and he is buried in Barenthal Military Cemetery, Italy.
Alfred Arnold was born at Denton in 1886 to John Arnold and Fanny Phillips who were married at Christ Church, Denton, in 1883. He married Hannah Eliza Wood at St Thomas’s Church, Hyde, in 1907. In 1911 he was resident with his brother and family on Acre St, Denton, and his wife was resident on Ridling Ln, Hyde.
He was killed in action on the 21 Nov 1915, aged 23 years, and he is buried in Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium.
Herbert Beeley was born at Broadbottom, Cheshire, in 1892 to Alfred Beeley and Martha Ann Barlow who were married at Hayfield in 1891. In 1911 he was resident on Railway View, Hyde, with his parents and siblings, employed as a cotton spinner. Later he became a weaver, operating Northrop looms. Another Hyde residence was on Queen St. He married Ethel May Lanham at Christchurch, Hampshire, between June and Aug 1915. His name is on the Denton War Memorial and the Denton Roll of Honour records a residence on Edward St, Denton, which is possibly that of the source. His widow was resident on Ashdale Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
He served as a doctor in France where he was wounded in the left hip when a shell exploded near a dugout where he was working.
Norman Booth was born at Denton in 1882 to James Booth and Alice Cooke who were married at Altrincham in 1879. In 1891 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Denton Rd, Audenshaw. He married Nellie Pickford at Christ Church, Denton, in 1915. By 1922, after he was demobilised, he was resident on Breek Hill Rd, Mapperley Plains, Mapperley, Nottingham. His father, James Booth, was a partner in Wilde & Booth Ltd, hat manufacturers of Wilton St, Denton.
He was killed in action on the 1 May 1917, aged 23 years, and he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Harold Bridge was born at Hyde in 1894 to Edward Bridge and Eliza Ives who were married at St Mark’s Church, Bredbury, in 1882. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Bradbury St, Hyde, employed as a piecer at a cotton mill. He married Minnie Johnson at St Anne’s Church, Haughton, Denton, in 1915. Following his death, his widow married Fred Harrison at St Mary’s Church, Haughton Green, Denton, in 1919 and they were resident on Two Trees Ln, Denton.
He enlisted on the 29 Aug 1914 and he was discharged on the 5 May 1918 due to shell shock and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 367275. A period of his service was in Gallipoli (Dardanelles).
Thomas William Cadden was born at Belfast on the 25 Feb 1896 to William Henry Edwin (aka Edward) Cadden and Margaret McIlroy who were married at Belfast on the 13 May 1893. His mother and wife were resident together on Wilton St, Denton. Prior to the war he was employed at Walker, Ashworth & Linney Ltd, hat manufacturers of Denton.
His father was born at Malta in c.1866. He was a regular soldier in the army and he enlisted in the 17th Infantry Brigade on the 18 May 1881 with Service No. 1860. On the 12 Oct 1914 he re-enlisted as a private in the 3rd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, at the age of 48 years. He rose through the ranks becoming a serjeant and then company quartermaster serjeant in the 22nd Local Reserve Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Finally, he was transferred to a Training Reserve Battalion. The 22nd Battalion was stationed at Whitchurch, Shropshire. Other known Service Nos are 3566 and 6583. Before the war he was employed as a clerk at Denton Labour Exchange.
Thomas William Cadden’s brother also served in the army as 291512 Gunner Frederick Robert(s) Cadden of the Royal Field Artillery. He was born at Belfast on the 22 Feb 1900.
William Henry Edwin Cadden diied at Audenshaw on the 18 Jan 1945, aged 78 years. His wife, Margaret, diied at Audenshaw in 1942, aged 69 years. Thomas William Cadden diied at Denton in 1968, aged 72 years and Frederick Robert(s) Cadden diied at Hyde in 1972, aged 72 years.
He was killed in action on the 5 Feb 1916, aged 24 years, and he is buried in the Cambrian Church Extension, France.
Philip Leonard Davies was born at Sheffield in 1892 to Obadiah Davies and Martha Chorlton who were married at St Mark’s Church, Bredbury, in 1885. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Stockport Rd, Denton, employed in the hatting industry. Later the family was resident on Kynder St and Philip Leonard Davies was employed as a miner at the Bredbury Colliery Co.
He died of wounds on the 26 Apr 1916, aged 26 years, and he is buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Samuel Davies was born at Denton in 1889/90 to Charles Davies and Betsy Ratcliffe who were married at Christ Church, Denton, in 1889. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Howard Ln, Denton, employed as a coal miner.
His father, Charles Davies, had a medical examination for the army on the 9 Oct 1915 and he enlisted in the 3/8th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, at Ardwick, Manchester, on the 11 Oct 1915 as 4799 Private Charles Davies. He declared his age to be 39 years when he was actually 51 years of age, having been born in about 1864. Consequently, he was discharged on the 3 Dec 1915, after 55 days service, due to his age, gastritis and the failure to withstand training. He was employed in the hatting industry.
He died of illness at Denton on the 28 Feb 1921, aged 34 years, and he is buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Haughton Green.
John William Downs was born at Denton in 1886 to John William Downs and Agnes Tully who were married at St Mary’s Church, Stockport in 1883. He married Martha Hardy at St Mark’s Church, Bredbury, on the 19 Apr 1914. John William Downs Sr died in 1891, aged 33 years, and his widow married Thomas Cooper at St Paul’s Church, Portwood, Stockport, in 1896. In 1911 John William Downs Jr was resident with his mother, stepfather and their family on Haughton Green Rd, Haughton Green, employed as a commercial traveller in confectionery.
He was killed in action on the 31 Jul 1917, aged 19 years, and he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Frank Elliot was born at Denton in 1898 to Charles Joseph Elliot and Edith Nixon who were married at Ashton-under-Lyne in 1896. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Heaton St, Denton, employed as a clerk in the hatting industry. Later, he was employed as a moulder at the Planet Foundry, Audenshaw. He attended the United Methodist Sunday School on Holland St, Denton, and he was a member of 2nd Denton Boys’ Life Brigade.
He died of wounds at Ipswich Hospital on the 29 Apr 1916, aged 29 years, and he is buried in St Martin’s Churchyard, Marple.
William Lucian Hancock was born at Ludworth, Ludworth and Chisworth, Derbyshire, in 1886 to William James Hancock and Elizabeth Roker who were married at Guildford, Surrey, in 1881. Prior to the outbreak of war, William Lucian Hancock was resident on Seymour St, Denton, where he had been employed as a postman for three years.
He was a former regular soldier who re-enlisted and was killed in action on the 11 Oct 1918, aged 29 years. He is buried in Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresis, France.
Walter Hopwood was born at Millbrook, Stalybridge, on the 6 Jan 1889 to Walter Hopwood and Emma Allott who were married at St Peter’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, on the 4 Jan 1884. In 1911 he was resident with his mother and siblings on Cheshire St, Mossley, employed as a woollen mule piecer. At one time he was also employed at the Buckton Vale Printworks, Stalybridge. He married Annie Derwent at Ashton-under-Lyne, in 1913 and the couple had a son, Joseph, who was born at Mossley in 1914.
He entered the Theatre of War in the Dardanelles (Gallipoli) on the 9 Aug 1915 and after the troops were evacuated he died in the Adelaide Military Hospital, Blackpool, on the 11 Jul 1916, aged 30 years. He is buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Haughton Green.
Thomas George Hughes was born at Mold, Flintshire, in 1885 to William Hughes and Margaret. He married Maggie O’Neill in Mold in 1904. In 1911 he was resident with his wife and three children on River Bank, Mold, employed as a coal miner. His family was resident on Haughton Green Rd, Haughton Green.
He enlisted in the army at Ashton-under-Lyne on the 14 Feb 1914 and he entered the Theatre of War at Gallipoli (Dardanelles) on the 9 May 1915. As a result of his service at Gallipoli he spent some time in the British Military Hospital at Alexandria, Egypt. His brother, 3169 Private James Hulme of the 2/9th (Ashton Territorials/Ashton Pals) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, was simultaneously being treated for wounds in the same hospital. Subsequently, Harry Hulme was transferred to the Royal Army Corps and he was demobilised on the 5 May 1919.
George Harry (aka Harry) Hulme was born at Denton on the 28 Aug 1895 to John Hulme and Margaret Ann Bent who were married at the Ashton-under-Lyne District in 1874. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Ashton Rd, Denton, employed as a labourer. Prior to his enlistment he was employed at Joseph Wilson & Sons Ltd, hat manufacturers of Wilton St, Denton. He married Annie Stafford (b.1 Apr 1895, Hyde) at the Ashton-under-Lyne District in 1918. In 1939 they were resident on Stockport Rd, Romiley, where Harry was employed as a felt hat departmental foreman.
He enlisted on the 29 Aug 1914 and he was discharged on the 13 Jul 1916 due to gunshot wounds to the head and right arm received in France. He was awarded Silver War Badge No. 3909.
George Henry Jolly was born at Harborne, near Birmingham, in 1896. Prior to the war he was learning the silk hat business with a view to becoming a commercial traveller for Walker, Ashworth & Linney Ltd, hat manufacturers of Denton.
He was killed in action on the 20 June 1917, aged 29 years, and he is buried in Nieuwpoort Communal Cemetery, Belgium.
Daniel Kavanagh (Cavanagh) was born at Carlisle in 1889 to Cuthbert Cavanagh and Barbara McMullen who were married at Carlisle in 1884. Prior to enlisting he was employed in the hatting industry at Messrs James Bevan & Co of Stockport Rd, Denton. His parents were resident on Grosvenor St.
Two of his brothers also served in the army:
351514 Private Thomas Kavanagh of the 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment was killed in action on the 27 Sep 1918, aged 21 years, and he is buried in Chapel Corner Cemetery, France.
T/439934 Private Cuthbert Kavanagh of the Royal Army Service Corps, formerly 47046 of the Labour Corps and 71551 of The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), survived the war.
T/439934 Private Cuthbert Kavanagh of the Royal Army Service Corps, formerly 47046 of the Labour Corps and 71551 of The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), survived the war.
He was killed in action on the 1 Jul 1916, aged 25 years, and he is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, France.
Fred Knowles was born at Denton in 1892 to Robert Knowles and Lizzie Mayers (aka Lizzie Hannah) who were married at St Paul’s Church, Portwood, Stockport, in 1887. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on George St West, Hyde, employed in the cotton industry.
He died of illness on board the military hospital ship H.M.S. Ellora, on the 9 Oct 1919, aged 33 years, while en route from Bombay to the UK. He is commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton.
Frederick Knowles was born at Denton in 1886 to George Edward Knowles and Mary Smith who were married at St Mark’s Church, Bredbury, in 1878. He married Alice Downs at St Thomas’s Church, Hyde, in 1908. In 1911 he was resident with his wife on Meadow Ln, Haughton Green, Denton, employed as a planker in the hatting industry.
Nothing is known about his service in the Royal Air Force but he was demobilised in 1919.
Walter Leeson was born at West Gorton, Manchester, in 1895 to John Leeson and Eliza Tate who were married at Hunslet, Yorkshire West Riding, in 1873. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and brother, John (23), employed as an apprentice fitter for a printing engineer. After leaving the Royal Air Force he was resident on Manchester Rd, Denton.
He died of wounds on the 15 Sep 1917, aged 30 years, and he is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Samuel Yates Myatt was born at Stoke-on-Trent in 1887 to David Myatt and Elizabeth Yates who were married at St Luke’s Church, Wellington, Stoke-on-Trent in 1886. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Beatrice St, Denton, employed in the hatting industry. He married Florence Heginbottom at Denton Methodist Church, Manchester Rd in 1913.
He enlisted in the army at Manchester on the 1 Feb 1915 and he died of pneumonia at the 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, on the 24 Apr 1915, aged 24 years.
Thomas Power O’Connor was born at Hyde in 1890 to James O’Connor and Catherine Power who were married at Ashton-under-Lyne in 1873. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Ridling Ln, Hyde, employed as an iron dresser at an iron foundry. At the time of his enlistment in the army he was resident on Peel St, Denton.
He enlisted in the army at Ashton-under-Lyne on the 11 Jan 1915 and he entered the Theatre of War at Gallipoli (Dardanelles) on the 9 May 1915. He was discharged on account of ill-health or disablement on the 8 Apr 1918 and he was awarded Silver War Badge No. 400826.
Frank Moon was born at Openshaw, Manchester, in 1886 to William Moon and Emma Spencer Roe who were married at St Michael’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, in 1876. His widowed mother married Thomas Harker at St Michael’s Church in 1888. In 1911 he was resident with his mother, stepfather and brother, John William (27), on Wellington St, off Hyde Rd, Gorton, Manchester, employed as a riveter for the Great Central Railway Co. Later the family moved to Manchester Rd, Denton.
He was a regular in the army and at enlistment in 1899 he was 6939 Private Arthur Palmer of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Between 1899 and 1902 he served in South Africa in the Second Boer War where he was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with two clasps for active service in the Cape Colony and Orange Free State. His battalion was involved in the battle of Spion Kop.
At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 he re-enlisted the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (Private 16357) and was involved in heavy fighting during the First Battle of Ypres. He was seriously injured but returned to active service with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Private 38884) and Royal Engineers (Sapper 367820). He was demobilised in Nov 1915.
Arthur Palmer was born at Dukinfield on the 2 Apr 1880 to David Palmer and Emma Jane Crompton who were married at St Michael’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, in 1877. He married Bertha Hulme in Ashton-under-Lyne in 1905. In 1911 he was resident with his wife and family on Ashton Rd, Denton, employed in the gas supply industry.
He enlisted in the army at Hyde on the 27 Oct 1915 and he was killed in action on the 29 Mar 1918, aged 27 years. He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.
Samuel Parkes was born at Blackburn in 1890/91 to Albert Parkes and Mary Ellen Hinchcliffe/Ellison who were married at St Peter’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, in 1885. His father died at Denton in 1909, aged 47 years. In 1911 he was resident with his widowed mother and family on Belgrave St, off Taylor Ln, Denton, employed in the hatting industry. He married Emily Dowse (aka Douse) at Stockport Register Office on the 23 June 1917 and she was resident on Bank St, Hyde. His widow married William Harding at Holy Trinity Church, Gee Cross, Hyde, in 1919 and they were resident on Pitt St, Hyde.
He was killed in action on the 23 Nov 1917, aged 20 years, and he is buried in Orival Wood Cemetery, France.
William Pinnington was born at Denton in 1897 to William Pinnington and Martha Catlow who were married at Ashton-under-Lyne in 1877. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Hyde Rd, Denton, employed as a warehouseman in the hatting industry.
He enlisted on the 28 Jan 1915 and he was discharged from the regimental depot on the 17 June 1916 due to gunshot wounds to both legs received in Gallipoli. He was awarded Silver War Badge No. 40619.
He was resident on Stockport Rd, Denton, and prior to the war he was employed at Joseph Wilson & Sons Ltd, hat manufacturers of Denton.
He enlisted as a regular soldier on the 4 Apr 1899 and he was discharged on the 28 Jan 1916 due to sickness. He was awarded Silver War Badge No. 25941. During the war he received a gunshot wound to the shoulder near Armentieres, France, and later he was gassed at Ypres, Belgium.
Thomas Henry Schofield was born at Bradford, Manchester, in 1877 to Richard Schofield and Mary Ann Oliver who were married at St Michael’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, in 1877. He married Sarah Cooke at St Lawrence’s Church, Denton, on the 13 June 1908 and in civilian life he was resident on Mount Pleasant Rd, Denton, employed as a coal miner. A later residence was on Melbourne St.
Three of his brothers also served in the army, all of whom survived:
James Schofield was a regular soldier who served in various units and finally in the Royal Marines, (b.1880, Bradford, Manchester).
101989 Private Richard Schofield of the 29th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, formerly 33286 of the 8th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, (b.1885, Bradford, Manchester).
33507 Sapper Albert Schofield of the Royal Engineers, (b.1893, Droylsden).
101989 Private Richard Schofield of the 29th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, formerly 33286 of the 8th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, (b.1885, Bradford, Manchester).
33507 Sapper Albert Schofield of the Royal Engineers, (b.1893, Droylsden).
He enlisted in the army in 1915 and served 12 months in France where he was wounded in the eye. On his return from France he studied for a commission at St John’s College, Oxford, and he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on the 25 Sep 1917. He served in the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force until he was demobilised in Mar 1919. It is understood that he served as a pilot.
Charles Waine was born at Gorton, Manchester, in 1894 to Joe Waine and Sarah Eckersley who were married at St Mark’s Church, West Gorton, on the 1 Apr 1893. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Meadow Ln, Haughton Green, Denton, employed as an apprentice turner. He married Nora Chorlton at St Mary’s Church, Haughton Green, in 1924.
*Bantom battalions were undersize battalions raised for recruits below the minimum height of 5ft 3in and below the minimum chest measurement of 34in.
He was killed in action during the Battle of Passchendaele on the 9 Oct 1917, aged 32 years, and he is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
He was resident at Broomstair Farm, Haughton, and he left his wife and two children. He managed the farm with his two brothers while his father, Thomas, was the manager of a farm near Dukinfield Hall.
He was killed in action on the 8 Jul 1916, aged 28 years, and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
George Williamson was born at Hyde in 1888 to John Williamson and Elizabeth Ann Ward who were married at Christ Church, Heaton Norris, Stockport, in 1884. His father died in Hyde in 1891, aged 31 years, and his mother married George Taylor at St Thomas’s Church, Godley, Hyde, in 1892.
He married Mary Jane McDougall at St Lawrence’s Church, Denton, in 1906 and in 1911 he was resident with his wife and son, Joseph (b.1910, Denton), on Vaudrey Ln, Denton, employed as a fur blower in the hatting industry.