Private 31816 John Fairclough

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 7th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 29
Date of death: 8th of June 1917 (Friday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Eccleston, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.

BMD details:
Marriage: 29/03/1916 John Fairclough to Maggie Turner at Eccleston Christ Church CE.

Family details:
Son of John and Sarah Fairclough, of St. Helens; husband of Maggie Fairclough, of Mill Cottages, Eccleston, St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1891 - 3 years old John is living at 68 York Street, St Helens with parents John (31), Sarah Ann (26) and two siblings: Samuel (4), Thomas (10 mths). 1901 - 13 years old John is living at 49, York Street, St Helens with parents John (40), Sarah Ann (35) and four siblings: Samuel (14), Edith (8), Ethel (6), Thomas (5). 1911 - Sees 23 years old 'Glass Flattener' John living at 12, Dilloway Street, St Helens with parents John (50), Sarah Ann (45) and four siblings: Samuel (24), Edith (18), Ethel (16), Thomas (15).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=5]Remembered On The Christ Church Memorial[/url] [url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Fairclough_Jn_31816.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/FaircloughJohn_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/JohnFairclough.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/JohnFairclough2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication to Private John Fairclough at Eccleston Christchurch (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/Fairclough_Fairhurst_Fairhurst_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private John Fairclough on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]