Private (Signaller) 22302 Joseph Saxon Wainwright

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 9th of October 1918 (Wednesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery Fleurbaix - I. E. 47.

Family details:
Address at enlistment: 21 Rigby Street, St Helens. Father / Legatee: David.

Census details:
1901 - Not found. Joseph [b]is not[/b] living at 1 back Brook Street with his parents and siblings in 1901. He may be in hospital with brother William. 1911 - Sees 12 years old schoolboy Joseph S living at 26 Brook Street, St Helens with parents David (46), Margaret (49) and three siblings: Sarah (20), Margaret (16), David (6).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=50]Remembered on St Anne's War Memorial, Rainhill[/url] Age taken from headstone.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/WainwrightJS.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]tpics/22302_Wainwright.jpg[/pic][caption]Image courtesy of Jeff Keenan from the Local Press[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/22302WainwrightJS.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private Joseph Saxon Wainwright at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/JS_Wainwright_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Joseph Saxon Wainwright at Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix (Photo courtesy of Margaret Dufay.)[/caption]