Company Quartermaster Serjeant 12126 Dixon George Bottomley

The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: Home
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 07/09/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 7229, West Riding Regiment

Age at death: 32
Date of death: 28th of April 1917 (Saturday)
Born: Soyland, Yorkshire
Resided: Shipley, Yorks??
Burial / Memorial: Sowerby Bridge Cemetery - F.

BMD details:
Marriage: 26/01/1905 George Bottomley to Ethel Helliwell at Halifax, Yorkshire. Vol 9a - Page 618.

Family details:
Son of Henry Bottomley; husband of Ethel Bottomley, of 37, Sowerby St., Sowerby Bridge. Born at Ripponden. Widow Ethel is legatee.

Census details:
1891 - 5 years old schoolboy Dixon G is living at Lower Hall Green, Rishworth with parents Henry (38), Martha (38) and sisters Lucy (2), Ethel (9 mths). 1901 - 15 years old 'Cotton Mill Piecer' Dixon G is still living at Lower Hall Green, Rishworth with parents Henry (49), Martha (48) and three sisters: Lucy (12), Ethel (10), Lillian (7). 1911 - Sees 25 years old 'Policeman' Dixon G living at 62 Hammond Street, Parr, St Helens with his wife Ethel (31) and two daughters Hilda (5), Winnie (4).

Notes:
M M Died at 3 Scotish Gen Hosp, Glasgow

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