Private 10530 Joseph Culshaw
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: 2(b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 01/07/1915
Age at death: 27
Date of death: 30th of November 1917
Born: Wigan, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Cambrai Memorial Louverval - Panel 7.
Family details:
Next-of-kin from service records: Mrs Alice Marsh (sister), 13 Durham Street, Skelmersdale. Mrs Mary E. Culshaw (mother), Colliery Cottages, Clock face, St Helens.
Census details:
1901 - 6 years old Joseph is living at Rainford Road, Bickerstaffe with parents Edward (56), Mary (47) and four siblings: Robert (13), William (11), [cas=3314]John Culshaw[/cas] (10), Alice (8), Henry (1). Also at the address is relative Edward Culshaw (48). 1911 - Sees 13(?) years old Joseph living at 16 Field Street, Skelmersdale with widowed mother Mary Ellen (53) and five siblings: Robert (23), William (21), [cas=3314]John Culshaw[/cas] (18), Alice (16), Henry (8). Also at the address is relative Edward Culshaw (45).
Notes:
[note=141]Two Culshaw Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=36]Remembered on the Clock Face Colliery War Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.
[note=141]Two Culshaw Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=36]Remembered on the Clock Face Colliery War Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.
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[caption]The panel on the Cambrai Memorial bearing the inscription for
Private Joseph Culshaw
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
