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1606 Private James Grayson, 3rd Royal Fusiliers. Died, from a wound received in action, on 16th April 1915.
ST. HELENS MAN DIES OF WOUNDS.
HIS LAST LETTER.
Mrs. J. Grayson, of 63, Recreation-street, has received an official intimation from the War Office that her husband, Private J. Grayson, of the Royal Fusiliers, has died from wounds sustained in action. Mrs. Grayson received a letter from her brother, Private James Rigby, and he saw her husband carried off the battlefield and he believed him to be dead. This did not prove to be the case as Mr. Grayson sent the following letter to his wife :-
Red Cross Hospital,
Advanced Base.
My dear wife and children, - I have been in the trenches again and have got wounded, but I am now in hospital. I have had the bullet taken out and am feeling more comfortable now. I hope I shall get well soon and be able to come home to see you. I am tired and so I won't write any more, but don't be anxious. - With best love to my wife and children.
JAMES GRAYSON.
Grayson enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers at the outbreak of the war, and on April 12th his wife received a post card from him, stating that he had arrived at the front. He leaves a widow and five children, the oldest of whom is fourteen, and the youngest eight months, having been born since the outbreak of the war.
(St Helens Newspaper, 23 April 1915)
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21448 Private John Lea, 10th Canadian Infantry. Killed in action on 22nd April 1915, aged 24. Son of Alfred and Ellen Lea, of 57, Argyle Street, St. Helens.
PTE. JOHN LEA, a St. Helens-Canadian, son of Mrs. Helen Lea, of 57, Argyll-street, St. Helens, who has received a letter of sympathy, from Major-General Sam Hughes, in announcing her son's death in action.
(St Helens Reporter, 14 January 1916)
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BELGIAN REFUGEES FOR ST. HELENS WORKS.
The difficulty that arose a short time ago in Blackpool through the refusal of a large number of able-bodied Belgian refugees to accept work at St. Helens at a minimum wage of 25s. a week is likely to be settled. A meeting was held yesterday, at which a large number of employes were present, with the object of putting before the refugees their duty on the question of employment. The Mayor of Blackpool presided, and there were also present M. Royer, member of the Belgian Parliament, M. Adriaensen, member of the Belgian Committee in London, and M. Galle, Belgian Consul at Manchester.
In the course of a stirring address, M. Royer said that Belgium had always tried to be on good terms with Germany and France. When the Kaiser visited Brussels in 1910 he told King Albert that he might always depend upon the friendship of Germany, and a few days before the war the German Ambassador told a Belgian newspaper reporter that their country would not be invaded. While the Ambassador was saying that an ultimatum was rady to be sent to Belgium. But Germany would be beaten, declared the speaker amid deafening cheers.
Referring to the difficulty in regard to employment, the speaker urged that it was the duty of the Belgians to work. A scheme for forming a Belgian refugee club in Blackpool was discussed, and the idea met with enthusiastic support.
(St Helens Newspaper, 23 April 1915)
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MORE BELGIAN RFUGEES
We understand that last week-end twenty-six male Belgian refugees arrived in St. Helens from Blackpool, where they have been staying for some time. They are billeted in various houses in the town, the arrangements being made by the Belgian Refugees Committee, and inquiries show that the whole of the men are very comfortably housed and have expressed their satisfaction with their quarters. They have been brought to St. Helens to supply, to some extent, the shortage of labour at the local works of the United Alkali Company. They are at present employed at Baxter's, the Globe, Gerards Bridge, and the Hardshaw Brook Works. They have been engaged on labouring work, until it is seen what is their special aptitude, when probably other arrangements will be made.
(St Helens Newspaper, 27 April 1915)
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MILITARY FUNERAL.
On Saturday afternoon the remains of Private James Haselden, of No. 3 Supernumary Company of the 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, was interred at St. Helens Cemetery with military honours. The deceased, whose family reside at 72, Parr-street, died after an attack of erysipelas at Dentby, where No. 3 Company are station. He was 41 years of age, and leaves a widow and one child. He was formerly in the 3rd Royal Engineers (Territorials), and had only had about ten days' service in the Supernumerary Company of the S.L.R. The funeral party was composed of No. 6 Supernumerary Company, under the command of Capt. C. A. Ferguson. The other officers present were Lieut. P. Jeffery, of the deceased's company, Lieut. Fernley and Lieut. Hall, of No. 6 Company. The firing party consisted of a sergeant and twelve men, and after the burial service had been read three volleys were fired over the open grave and the last post was sounded. There was a large attendance of deceased's relatives and friends at the cemetery.
(St Helens Newspaper, 27 April 1915)
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11492 Serjeant Thomas Brogden, 1st Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action on 11th March 1915, aged 30. Son of Thomas and Ada Jane Brogden.
KILLED IN ACTION.
On Monday morning the official news was received that Sergeant Thomas Brogden, step-son of Mr. W. Sutherland, hairdresser, Duke-street, had been killed in action on the 11th of March, the place not being stated. Sergt. Brogden, who was well-known in St. Helens, enlisted in the 1st Sherwood Foresters four years ago, and gained rapid promotion. At the outbreak of the war he was a drill instructor at Plymouth. He went out with his regiment early in January.
(St Helens Newspaper, 27 April 1915)
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ST. HELENS MAN DIES OF WOUNDS.
HIS LAST LETTER.
Mrs. J. Grayson, of 63, Recreation-street, has received an official intimation from the War Office that her husband, Private J. Grayson, of the Royal Fusiliers, has died from wounds sustained in action. Mrs. Grayson received a letter from her brother, Private James Rigby, and he saw her husband carried off the battlefield and he believed him to be dead. This did not prove to be the case as Mr. Grayson sent the following letter to his wife :-
Red Cross Hospital,
Advanced Base.
My dear wife and children, - I have been in the trenches again and have got wounded, but I am now in hospital. I have had the bullet taken out and am feeling more comfortable now. I hope I shall get well soon and be able to come home to see you. I am tired and so I won't write any more, but don't be anxious. - With best love to my wife and children.
JAMES GRAYSON.
Grayson enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers at the outbreak of the war, and on April 12th his wife received a post card from him, stating that he had arrived at the front. He leaves a widow and five children, the oldest of whom is fourteen, and the youngest eight months, having been born since the outbreak of the war.
(St Helens Newspaper, 23 April 1915)
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21448 Private John Lea, 10th Canadian Infantry. Killed in action on 22nd April 1915, aged 24. Son of Alfred and Ellen Lea, of 57, Argyle Street, St. Helens.
PTE. JOHN LEA, a St. Helens-Canadian, son of Mrs. Helen Lea, of 57, Argyll-street, St. Helens, who has received a letter of sympathy, from Major-General Sam Hughes, in announcing her son's death in action.
(St Helens Reporter, 14 January 1916)
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BELGIAN REFUGEES FOR ST. HELENS WORKS.
The difficulty that arose a short time ago in Blackpool through the refusal of a large number of able-bodied Belgian refugees to accept work at St. Helens at a minimum wage of 25s. a week is likely to be settled. A meeting was held yesterday, at which a large number of employes were present, with the object of putting before the refugees their duty on the question of employment. The Mayor of Blackpool presided, and there were also present M. Royer, member of the Belgian Parliament, M. Adriaensen, member of the Belgian Committee in London, and M. Galle, Belgian Consul at Manchester.
In the course of a stirring address, M. Royer said that Belgium had always tried to be on good terms with Germany and France. When the Kaiser visited Brussels in 1910 he told King Albert that he might always depend upon the friendship of Germany, and a few days before the war the German Ambassador told a Belgian newspaper reporter that their country would not be invaded. While the Ambassador was saying that an ultimatum was rady to be sent to Belgium. But Germany would be beaten, declared the speaker amid deafening cheers.
Referring to the difficulty in regard to employment, the speaker urged that it was the duty of the Belgians to work. A scheme for forming a Belgian refugee club in Blackpool was discussed, and the idea met with enthusiastic support.
(St Helens Newspaper, 23 April 1915)
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MORE BELGIAN RFUGEES
We understand that last week-end twenty-six male Belgian refugees arrived in St. Helens from Blackpool, where they have been staying for some time. They are billeted in various houses in the town, the arrangements being made by the Belgian Refugees Committee, and inquiries show that the whole of the men are very comfortably housed and have expressed their satisfaction with their quarters. They have been brought to St. Helens to supply, to some extent, the shortage of labour at the local works of the United Alkali Company. They are at present employed at Baxter's, the Globe, Gerards Bridge, and the Hardshaw Brook Works. They have been engaged on labouring work, until it is seen what is their special aptitude, when probably other arrangements will be made.
(St Helens Newspaper, 27 April 1915)
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MILITARY FUNERAL.
On Saturday afternoon the remains of Private James Haselden, of No. 3 Supernumary Company of the 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, was interred at St. Helens Cemetery with military honours. The deceased, whose family reside at 72, Parr-street, died after an attack of erysipelas at Dentby, where No. 3 Company are station. He was 41 years of age, and leaves a widow and one child. He was formerly in the 3rd Royal Engineers (Territorials), and had only had about ten days' service in the Supernumerary Company of the S.L.R. The funeral party was composed of No. 6 Supernumerary Company, under the command of Capt. C. A. Ferguson. The other officers present were Lieut. P. Jeffery, of the deceased's company, Lieut. Fernley and Lieut. Hall, of No. 6 Company. The firing party consisted of a sergeant and twelve men, and after the burial service had been read three volleys were fired over the open grave and the last post was sounded. There was a large attendance of deceased's relatives and friends at the cemetery.
(St Helens Newspaper, 27 April 1915)
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11492 Serjeant Thomas Brogden, 1st Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action on 11th March 1915, aged 30. Son of Thomas and Ada Jane Brogden.
KILLED IN ACTION.
On Monday morning the official news was received that Sergeant Thomas Brogden, step-son of Mr. W. Sutherland, hairdresser, Duke-street, had been killed in action on the 11th of March, the place not being stated. Sergt. Brogden, who was well-known in St. Helens, enlisted in the 1st Sherwood Foresters four years ago, and gained rapid promotion. At the outbreak of the war he was a drill instructor at Plymouth. He went out with his regiment early in January.
(St Helens Newspaper, 27 April 1915)
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