Remembered with Honour | |||
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A soldier of the Border Regiment | |||
Name | Samuel Martindale | ||
Rank | Serjeant | ||
Number | 11123 | ||
Battalion | 6th Border Regiment | ||
Company | |||
Att'd/Trans | |||
Former unit | |||
Enlisted | Wigan, Lancashire | ||
Resident | |||
Where born | Wigan, Lancashire | ||
Ctry of service | United Kingdom | ||
Burial / Commemoration | |||
Where died | Gallipoli | ||
How died | Killed in action | ||
Age | 23 | ||
Date of death | 9th August 1915 | ||
Casualty type | Commonwealth War Dead | ||
Grave ref. | Panel 119 to 125 or 222 and 223 | ||
Resting place | Helles Memorial |
Additional information | |||
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*Husband of Ellen Martindale of 12, Victoria Avenue, Wigan, Lancashire. |
Source | ||
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*Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
Notes | |||
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This is a dedicated remembrance page for Samuel Martindale, 11123 Sjt., a soldier of The Border Regiment during The Great War.
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Samuel was born in 1891. He lived at 12 Victoria Avenue Wigan and was formerly a Sergeant in the Church Lads Brigade of St. Michaels and All Angels Church in Swinley, Wigan. In the church there is a brass plaque to his memory donated by his parents. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Nee Horrocks) who married in 1878 at St George's Church in Wigan. Samuel was married to Ellen Martindale. He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Wigan Cenataph in the Parish churchyard, and also on his parents gravestone in the churchyard of St. Wilfreds Parish Church in Standish.
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d. = died (see point 7 below) | d.o.w. = died of wounds | k.i.a. = killed in action | F & F = France and Flanders (inc. Italy) | |
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