Serjeant 54667 William Thomas Hurst

BMD details:
Marriage: 01/06/1914 William T HURST to Sarah E DERBYSHIRE at Billinge St Aidan CE.

Family details:
Son of Mrs. Annie Ward, of 18, Newton Rd., Billinge.

Census details:
1891 - 7 years old William T is living at 411 Main Street, Billiange with widowed grandfather George Hurst (70) and relatives Mary E Heinekey (46), Thomas Heinekey (45), William Hurst (43), George Hurst (27), James Hurst (25), Mary Heinekey (20), Lily Heinekey (18), Emma Heinekey (15), Annie Heinekey (13). 1901 - 17 years old 'Shoemaker - Clogger' William T is living at The Old House At Home public house, 42 Main Street, Billinge with aunt Mary E Heinakey (56) and relatives Emma Heinakey (25), Annie Heinakey (23), Lily Wason (27), George Hurst (37), William Hurst (53), James Hurst (35). 1911 - Sees 27 years old 'Colliery Teammer (Below Ground)' William T boarding at 42 Main Street, Billinge with Herbert Derbyshire (32), Annie Derbyshire (33), Molly Heinckey Derbyshire (2).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's C of E Church Memorial[/url]

William was born in St. Helens but was working as a collier and living at 42 Main Street, Billinge when he married Sarah Elizabeth Derbyshire a dressmaker living at 167 Main Street, at St. Aidan's C.E. Church on the 1st of June 1914. They went to live at 3 Garswood Road, Billinge where Sarah Elizabeth (Bessie) died on the 7th of December 1915 aged 34 years. William went to live with his mother Mrs. Annie Ward at 18 Newton Road, Billinge and then enlisted at St. Helens to join the South Lancashire Regiment, but later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. William aged 35 years died of wounds in the Military Hospital at Pendleton on Sunday the 14th of April 1918 and was buried with military honours in St. Aidan's Churchyard, grave 9/182 (New ground C.E. 558). His name is recorded on the St. Aidan's C.E. Church Memorial and on the family grave headstone in St. Aidan's Churchyard, grave 9/182. Sources:- St. Helens Local History Library, Soldiers killed in the Great War; St. Aidan's Church Registers; St. Aidan's Parish Magazine, May 1918. [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]Information Courtesy of The Billinge History Society[/url] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/WilliamThomasHurstMGC.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Serjeant William Thomas Hurst at Billinge (St Aiden) Churchyard (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]