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Joseph Longson

Details

Forename Joseph
Surname Longson
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 19
Address 103 Warrington Road
Parents' Address As above
Township Leigh
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Engineer on the chimney at Lilford weaving shed - now a POW camp
Regiment Manchester Regiment 5th Batt
Day of Death 4
Month of Death June
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Killed in action at the Dardanelles
Place of Burial Helles Memorial
Regiment Number 1888
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Born in Marsden Green, Astley
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 23/7/15