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Joseph Rowlands

Details

Forename Joseph
Surname Rowlands
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 21
Address South Coal Pit Lane
Parents' Address As above
Township Astley
Rank Corporal
Occupation or place of work Blacksmiths striker
Regiment York & Lancaster Regiment 8th (Service) Batt
Day of Death 11
Month of Death July
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Leigh Cemetery
Regiment Number 16042
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Joseph and Annie. Born in Etruria, Stoke
On Leigh Journal Roll of Honour
CWGC, Ancestry. LJ 21/7/16