Sapper 147677 Joseph Worthington

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 173rd Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 03/05/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 25143, Liverpool Regt. (173rd Tunn. Coy., R.E.).

Age at death: 21
Date of death: 11th of May 1916 (Thursday)
Born: Wigan, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: St Patrick`s Cemetery Loos - III. H. 33.

Family details:
Son of Henry and Martha Worthington, of The Junction Hotel, Rainford, St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Joseph is living at The Fishergate Inn, 52 Orrell Road, Pemberton with parents Henry (publican 25), Martha (26) and two siblings: Annie (4), James (1). Also at the address is Henry's sister-in-law Rachel Ashurst (16). 1911 Census - The family lived at 56, Queen Street, Orrell. Joseph, 15, was the eldest of five sons and worked as a Pony Driver below ground.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=40]Also remembered on Rainford (All Saints) Parish Church Memorial[/url]

[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Worthington.jpg[/pic] [caption]A dedication for Sapper Joseph Worthington at Rainford (All Saints) Churchyard (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/J_Worthington_RE2.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Sapper Joseph Worthington at St Patrick`s Cemetery, Loos (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Dufay.)[/caption]