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2149 Private Gilbert Harding, Mentioned in Despatches, 1st/4th South Lancashire Regiment. 16th June 1915, aged 18. Son of Joseph and Ann Jane Harding, of 14, Manchester Row, Vulcan, Earlestown.
MENTIONED AND MISSING. - Pte. G. Harding, of the 4th South Lancs., and whose home address is Manchester-row, Vulcan, was one of those patriots who joined the Army on the outbreak of war. He is now posted as wounded and missing, and he has been mention in Sir J. French's dispatch of November 30th, for distinguished service in the field.
(St Helens Reporter, 18 January 1916)
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WOUNDED. - Sergt. T. Dwyer, of the 4th South Lancs., whose father resides at 7, Athol-street, Earlestown, has been slightly wounded in the head by shrapnel. Sergt. Dwyer, who is 26 years of age, was previously employed by an insurance company, and he joined the Army when war broke out. He has three brothers in the Army, two of them being on active service.
(St Helens Reporter, 18 January 1916)
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NO ALIENS WANTED. - A petition has been presented to the Urban District Council protesting against the granting of stalls to persons of German, Austrian, and Turkish origin. It is pointed out that a number of British stallholders have attested under Lord Derby's scheme, and that if they are called up to join the forces their business will be ruined. Further, the stallholders of enemy origin will have the opportunity of acquiring the business of the loyal citizens. The petitioners, therefore, request that stalls should only be granted to those subjects who are British, or who are of proved friendliness towards us.
(St Helens Reporter, 21 January 1916)
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20370 Private William Beatty, 1st/4th South Lancashire Regiment. Died 19th January 1916, aged 52. Son of James and Mary Beatty, of Wargrave Road, Earlestown; husband of Catherine Beatty, of 45, Legh Street, Earlestown.
EARLESTOWN SOLDIER KILLED. - At the Cheshire Cheese Hotel, Wallasey, on Saturday afternoon, an inquest was held by the West Cheshire Coroner, Mr. J. C. Bate, on the body of Pte. William Beaty (52), Legh-street, Earlestown, 2/4th South Lancashire Regiment, who was killed the previous Wednesday. He was on guard duty at the Poulton Docks, and while closing one of the large doors of a shed during the storm a gust of wind caught it. Beaty was thrown down, and sustained a fracture to the base of the skull, from which he died later in the evening at the Cottage Hospital. - A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.
(St Helens Reporter, 28 January 1916)
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A SOLDIER'S THEFTS. - Before Mr. Justice Shearman, at the Crown Court, Liverpool, on Tuesday, a soldier named James Stanley Thorpe (20), pleaded guilty to having stolen £3 10s. in Treasury notes and other property, at Earlestown, and to having at Southworth-with-Croft stolen a horse with saddle and bridle. - His Lordship remarked that prisoner appeared to have asked for a horse in order that he might pose on it and get photographed before he went to the Front. Having obtained the best horse in the neighbourhood he made off with it. (Laughter). - It was stated that prisoner had deserted from one regiment and joined another. - "I look upon these cases as serious," said his lordship. "There are so many of them - cases of men deserting their regiment in uniform and trading upon the healthy feelings of people anxious to be kind to soldiers. You must go to prison for twelve months with hard labour."
(St Helens Reporter, 28 January 1916)
Southworth-with-Croft is a township, north of Warrington, and lies east of the M6.
MENTIONED AND MISSING. - Pte. G. Harding, of the 4th South Lancs., and whose home address is Manchester-row, Vulcan, was one of those patriots who joined the Army on the outbreak of war. He is now posted as wounded and missing, and he has been mention in Sir J. French's dispatch of November 30th, for distinguished service in the field.
(St Helens Reporter, 18 January 1916)
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WOUNDED. - Sergt. T. Dwyer, of the 4th South Lancs., whose father resides at 7, Athol-street, Earlestown, has been slightly wounded in the head by shrapnel. Sergt. Dwyer, who is 26 years of age, was previously employed by an insurance company, and he joined the Army when war broke out. He has three brothers in the Army, two of them being on active service.
(St Helens Reporter, 18 January 1916)
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NO ALIENS WANTED. - A petition has been presented to the Urban District Council protesting against the granting of stalls to persons of German, Austrian, and Turkish origin. It is pointed out that a number of British stallholders have attested under Lord Derby's scheme, and that if they are called up to join the forces their business will be ruined. Further, the stallholders of enemy origin will have the opportunity of acquiring the business of the loyal citizens. The petitioners, therefore, request that stalls should only be granted to those subjects who are British, or who are of proved friendliness towards us.
(St Helens Reporter, 21 January 1916)
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20370 Private William Beatty, 1st/4th South Lancashire Regiment. Died 19th January 1916, aged 52. Son of James and Mary Beatty, of Wargrave Road, Earlestown; husband of Catherine Beatty, of 45, Legh Street, Earlestown.
EARLESTOWN SOLDIER KILLED. - At the Cheshire Cheese Hotel, Wallasey, on Saturday afternoon, an inquest was held by the West Cheshire Coroner, Mr. J. C. Bate, on the body of Pte. William Beaty (52), Legh-street, Earlestown, 2/4th South Lancashire Regiment, who was killed the previous Wednesday. He was on guard duty at the Poulton Docks, and while closing one of the large doors of a shed during the storm a gust of wind caught it. Beaty was thrown down, and sustained a fracture to the base of the skull, from which he died later in the evening at the Cottage Hospital. - A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.
(St Helens Reporter, 28 January 1916)
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A SOLDIER'S THEFTS. - Before Mr. Justice Shearman, at the Crown Court, Liverpool, on Tuesday, a soldier named James Stanley Thorpe (20), pleaded guilty to having stolen £3 10s. in Treasury notes and other property, at Earlestown, and to having at Southworth-with-Croft stolen a horse with saddle and bridle. - His Lordship remarked that prisoner appeared to have asked for a horse in order that he might pose on it and get photographed before he went to the Front. Having obtained the best horse in the neighbourhood he made off with it. (Laughter). - It was stated that prisoner had deserted from one regiment and joined another. - "I look upon these cases as serious," said his lordship. "There are so many of them - cases of men deserting their regiment in uniform and trading upon the healthy feelings of people anxious to be kind to soldiers. You must go to prison for twelve months with hard labour."
(St Helens Reporter, 28 January 1916)
Southworth-with-Croft is a township, north of Warrington, and lies east of the M6.