Private 20551 William Bracken

The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M

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

Age at death: 28
Date of death: 20th of September 1918 (Friday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Loos Memorial - Panel 76.

BMD details:
Marriage: 2nd Qtr 1918 William Bracken to Amy Harding at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1149

Family details:
Widow Amy is legatee.

Census details:
1901 - Shows 11 years old William living at 39 Stanhope Street, St Helens with his grand parents William (70), Mary Jane (60) and uncles: William (28), Richard (26), Hugh (22). 1911 - Not found. Not with family at 83 Victoria Street, St Helens. AVL 1918 - listed at 3 addresses! 61 Doulton Street 17 Thompson Street 83 Victoria Street

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url] Age taken from census.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/20551WilliamBracken.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/20551_William_Bracken.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Loos Memorial bearing the inscription for Private William Bracken (Photo courtesy of Ste M)[/caption]