Lance Corporal 21235 John William Burkhill
Regiment/Unit: Manchester Regiment - 22nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 12/11/1915
Date of death: 1st of July 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Manchester
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C.
Census details:
1891 Census has John W 6 living with his parents Joseph 47, Mary 34 and siblings George 15, Mary 13, Lambert 11, Joseph 9, James 4 and Martha 8 months living at 51 Water Street, Windle, St Helens. 1901 Census shows John W 16 employed as a Sheet Glass cutter living with his widowed father Joseph 57 and siblings Lambert 21, Joseph 19, James 14 and Mary Jane 10 living at 101 Boundary Road, St Helens. 1911 Census shows John W 26 single employed as a Glass Cutter living with his brother George 35 and his family at 8 Redvale Street, Cheetham, Manchester.
[pic]imgs/sppics/JW_Burkhill_Mancs.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Lance Corporal John William Burkhill on the Thiepval Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
