Corporal 142277 Samuel Hope

Photo courtesy of relative Mandy.

Regiment/Unit: Machine Gun Corps - 19th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 12684, S Lancs R.

Age at death: 25
Date of death: 5th of May 1918 (Sunday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Etaples Military Cemetery - LXVIII. A. 28.

BMD details:
Marriage: 05/06/1915 Samuel HOPE to Gertrude APPLETON at Eccleston Christ Church CE. Vol 8b - Page 1299.

Family details:
Husband of Gertrude Hope, of 192, Borough Rd., St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1901 - 8 years old Samuel is living at 1 Hughes Street, Sutton St Helens with parents John (43), Mary H (42) and six siblings: John J (17), Frances (15), Walter (13), George (11), Mary W (5), Richard C (1). 1911 - Sees 18 years old 'Coal Miner' Samuel living at 90 Baxters Lane, Sutton, St Helens with widowed father John (53) and seven siblings: Ellen (31), John James (27), Frances (25), Walter (23), George (20), Mary Winifred (15), Richard (12).

[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/S_Hope_MGC.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Corporal Samuel Hope at Etaples Military Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Margaret Dufay.)[/caption]