Rifleman 1944 Samuel Hurst

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915

Age at death: 19
Date of death: 8th of May 1915 (Saturday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Longuenesse St Omer Souvenir Cemetery - I. A. 102.

Census details:
1901 - Samuel 5 is living with his parents James 28, Kate 26 and siblings William 9, Ethel 7, Elizabeth 3 and James 1 at 48 Clyde Street, St Helens 1911 - Samuel 15 is a sheet glass labourer. He is living with his parents James 38, Kate 36 and siblings William 19, Ethel 19, Elizabeth 13, James 11, Daniel 8, Arthur 3 and May 1 at 117 Albion Street, St Helens

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=23]Remembered on the Tolver Street Presbyterian War Memorial[/url] Samuel positively identified by his great niece Carol Lee. Age taken from Census

[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/HurstS_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Rifleman Samuel Hurst at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]