Lance Corporal 73398 Samuel Green

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Machine Gun Corps - 56th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1)
Date Entered Therein: 18/07/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 16800, S Lancs R.

Age at death: 22
Date of death: 3rd of May 1917 (Thursday)
Born: Hindley, Wigan, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground - Sp. Mem. E. 12.

Family details:
Address at enlistment: 72 Baxters Lane, Sutton, St Helens.

Census details:
1901 - 6 years old Samuel is living at 32, St Paul Street, St Helens with his parents William (34), Mary Ellen (33) and three siblings: Ellen (11), William (9), [cas=2022]Henry Green[/cas] (4) 1911 - 16 years old 'Coal Miner' Samuel is living at 65 Eccleston Street, St Helens with parents William (44), Mary Ellen (43) and three siblings: Ellen (22), William (19), [cas=2022]Henry Green[/cas] (14). Also at the address is grandson William Leyland Green (1)

Notes:
[note=45]Two Green Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url] Age taken from headstone.

[pic]imgs/WW1_people/Greenbrothers.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/241313_GreenSH.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Lance Corporal Samuel Green at St Nicholas's Churchyard (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/241313_Green_Samuel.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Lance Corporal Samuel Green at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground[/caption]