Private 14747 Daniel Cullen

The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Welsh Fusiliers - 9th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 05/09/1915

Age at death: 26
Date of death: 25th of July 1916 (Tuesday)
Born: Prescot, Lancs
Resided: Prescot, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 4 A.

Family details:
Son of Thomas and Annie Cullen, of 9, Bretherton Rd., Whiston, Prescot, Lancs. Sister Mary is sole legatee.

Census details:
1891 - The 1891 census suggests that Daniel was born after the census. He is not shown at the family home. 1901 - Daniel Cullen was 11 years old and lived at 9, Stone Street, Prescot with his parents Thomas and Annie, sister Maggie (16) and brother Jack (14), 1911 - 20 year old 'Coal Miner Drawer' Daniel is living at Old Lane, Lane Ends, Prescot with father Thomas (46), stepmother Margaret (46) and four siblings: Mary (27) Margaret (25) John (23) Michael (14) Also at the address is nephew Thomas Millard (4) Father Thomas and Margaret had been married for three years in 1911 and had no children between them.

Private 14747 Daniel Cullen is commemorated on [url=http://www.prescot-rollofhonour.info/casualty-87-Daniel_Cullen.html]Prescot Roll of Hounour [/url] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/14747DanielCullen.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_people/CullenD_RWFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/D_Cullen_RWF.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Daniel Cullen on the Thiepval Memorial (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]