Gunner 4586 John Meadows
Regiment/Unit: Royal Field Artillery - 61st Bty. Howitzer Bde. - Guards Div.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 22/08/1915
Age at death: 32
Date of death: 9th of November 1915
Born: Eccleston, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Lillers Communal Cemetery - IV. D. 39.
Family details:
Son of James and Ellen Meadows. Native of St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1891 - 5 years old schoolboy Jonathan is living at 38 Cyril Street, St Helens with parents James (34), Ellen (29) and four siblings: Mary A (11), May (9), Isaac (3), Ellen (1). 1901 - 16 years old 'Taker in at Bottle Works' Jonathan is living at 59 Doulton Street, St Helens with parents James (45), Ellen (41) and five siblings: May (20), Isaac (13), Ellen (11), James (7), Martha (4). Boarding at the address is James Glover (21). 1911 - Sees 25 years old 'Engine Winder Coal Pit' Jonathan boarding at 59 Silkstone Street, St Helens with brother in law Joseph Simms (36), sister Mary Ann Simms (31) and their children Jane Simms (12), Joseph Simms (10), John James Simms (8), Ellen Simms (5), Abner Simms (3), Thomas Simms (1).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] [b]Note[/b] Census suggests John's true forename is Jonathan. See Soldiers Effects form for siblings.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] [b]Note[/b] Census suggests John's true forename is Jonathan. See Soldiers Effects form for siblings.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/4586JohnMeadows.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/4586_J_Meadows.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Gunner John Meadows at Lillers Communal Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
