Wigan and Leigh Archives Online

Joseph Illingworth

Details

Forename Joseph
Surname Illingworth
Middle Name Henry
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 21
Address 150 Gordon Street
Parents' Address As above
Township Leigh
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Telegraph messenger and postman for Leigh Post Office
Regiment Manchester Regiment 5th Batt
Day of Death 20
Month of Death October
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Exhaustion and effects of gas
Place of Burial Leigh Cemetery
Regiment Number 201919
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Died whilst on leave. Son of Mrs Ellen Bond. Born in Bradford
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 25/10/18
LJ 1/11/18 - funeral