Private 341691 Joseph Bain

Private Joseph Bain.

Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps - 1st/3rd West Lancs Field Amb.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: Pte. 2126, R.A.M.C.

Age at death: 19
Date of death: 31st of July 1917 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 56.

Family details:
Father James is sole legatee.

Census details:
1901 - 3 years old Joseph is living at 31 Normans Road, Sutton, St Helens with parents James (43), Agnes Jane (38) and five siblings: James (16), Agnes Jane (12), Barbara May (10), [cas=79]David Bain[/cas] (9), Edith (6). 1911 - Sees 13 year old schoolboy Joseph living at 144 Robins Lane, Sutton, St Helens with his parents James (53) Agnes Jane (48) and three siblings Edith (15), William (9), Lilian (6).

Notes:
[note=8]Two Bain brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url] Medal entitlement taken from service records. MIC found under service number 2126, R.A.M.C.

[pic]imgs/coop/1914-1918_War10.jpg[/pic] [caption]From St Helens Co-operative Book of Remembrance[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/BainJ.jpg[/pic] [caption]The panel on the Menin Gate bearing the inscription for Private Joseph Bain (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]