Rifleman 4926 William Shield MaCauley

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 35
Date of death: 9th of September 1916 (Saturday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 7 A and 7 B.

Census details:
1891 - 10 years old schoolboy William is living at 102, Lingholme Road, St Helens with parents William (51), Mary A (50) and five siblings: Isabel (25), James H (23), Thomas S (21), Leonard S (14), Elizabeth S (12). Also at the address is boarder James Shield (52). 1901 - 20 year old 'Sheet Glass Cutter' William is living at 1, Lingholme Road, St Helens with widowed mother Mary A (60) and three siblings: James H (33), Thomas S (31), Leman S (23). Also at the address are Leman's wife Lydia Macaulay (21) daughter Edith S Macaulay (1 Month) and uncle Joseph Shield (78). 1911 - Sees 30 years old 'Sheet Glass Cutter' William still living at 1, Lingholme Road, St Helens . The household consists of: head James Henry Macaulay (43), mother Mary Ann Macaulay (70), brother Leonard Shad Macaulay (34), niece Isabell Macaulay (8), nephew Leonard Macaulay (5), niece Annie Macaulay (3), niece Elizabeth Shield Macaulay (1), Brother-in-law Arthur William Holland (28), sister Elizabeth Shield Holland (32), niece Evaline May Holland (5), Also at the address is servant Alice Cooney (17).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=12]Remembered On the Ormskirk Street Memorial, St Helens.[/url] Age taken from census.

[center][pic2]imgs/WW1_people/Macauuley_W_4926.png[/pic2][/center][pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Macauley_W_4926.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Thiepval_SLR_Privates_5.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Thiepval Memorial bearing the inscription for Rifleman William Shield-McCauley (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]