BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM & HARRIET ROBERTS. A SHIPPING CLERK. LIVING WITH HIS BROTHER AT 5 WINCHESTER PLACE, SALFORD, LANCASHIRE. HE ENLISTED SALFORD, LANCS. HE ENLISTED WITH HIS BROTHER RICHARD, BOTH JOINED THE 15TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. THEY DIED THE SAME DAY TOGETHER ON THE 1ST JULY 1916, AT THE SOMME.
BOTH ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. THEY LEFT THREE SISTERS, ALICE, RACHEL AND MAGGIE.
First name:
JOSEPH EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
10570
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
23
78 WINCHESTER ROAD, WINCHESTER ROAD, SALFORD, GREATER MANCHESTER, UK
Place Buried
