Private 241370 Walthew Birchall

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 2nd/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 23
Date of death: 24th of March 1917 (Saturday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension - III. L. 4.

Family details:
Son of William and Alice Birchall, of 142, Newton Rd., Parr, St. Helens, Lancs. Mother Alice is sole legatee.

Census details:
(Forename shown as 'Walshew' in the 1901 census) 1901 - Shows 7 years old Walthew living at 75 Newton Road, Parr, St Helens with his parents William (31), Alice (35) and two siblings: Frank Willie (9), Charles Rigby (3). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Coal Hewer' Walthew still living at 75 Newton Road, Parr, St Helens with parents William (41), Alice (45) and five siblings: Frank Willie (19), Charles Rigby (13), Robert Bruce (8), Margaret Alice (5), James Harold (under 1 mth).

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/241370WalthewBirchall.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/Birchall_Walter.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Birchall_Walthew_241370.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/BirchallW.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/BirchallWalter_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/W_Birchall_SLR.jpg[/pic] [caption]The headstone of Private Walthew Birchall at Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension (Photograph courtesy of Richard Houghton)[/caption]