Driver 8456 John Almond
Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 2nd/1st West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 27th of September 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Dantzig Alley British Cemetery Mametz - I. C. I.
Family details:
Mother Margaret is legatee.
Census details:
1901 - 4 years old John is living at 27 School Street East, St Helens with parents Joseph (37), Margaret (34) and four siblings: James (11), Maggie (9), Sarah E (8), Martha (6). 1911 - Sees 13 years old 'Bottle Worker' John living at 60 North Gardens, Blackbrook Road, St Helens with parents Joseph (46), Margaret (43) and four siblings: James (21), Maggie (19), Sarah E (18), Joseph (6).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=13]Remembered On Parr St Peters War Memorial[/url] Age taken from headstone.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=13]Remembered On Parr St Peters War Memorial[/url] Age taken from headstone.
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[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/8456AlmondJ2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication to Driver John Almond at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/J_Almond_RE.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Driver John Almond at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz
(Photograph courtesy of Richard Houghton.)[/caption]
