Private 3/4094 Patrick Bracken

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 01/12/14

Age at death: 25
Date of death: 25th of January 1915 (Monday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Le Touret Memorial - Panels 24 to 26.

BMD details:
Marriage: 09/10/1909 Patricium Bracken to Annam N Kelly at Holy Cross RC, St Helens.

Family details:
Son of Patrick and Mary Ellen Bracken; husband of Ann Nora Bracken, of 98, Pocket Nook St., St. Helens, Lancs. Widow Annie N is legatee.

Census details:
1891 - 10 months old Patrick is living at 1 East Street, Parr, St Helens with parents Patrick (36), Mary E (23) and sister Mary A (4). Boarding at the address is Bridget O'Rorke (28). 1901 - Shows 10 years old Patrick living at 14 Vernon Street, Pocket Nook, St Helens with his parents Patrick (40), Mary E (33) and three siblings: Mary A (13), John (4), Michael (6 mths). 1911 - Sees 20 years old 'Colliery Dattler' Patrick living at 98 Pocket Nook Street, St Helens with his wife Ann Nora (22) and their son Hugh (1).

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/4094PatrickBracken.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/BrackenP_BlackWatch.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Patrick Bracken on the Le Touret Memorial (Photographs Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]