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William George Earle, my Grandfather, died of his wounds which he suffered in the trenches on 1st July 2016, from his diary which he kept we know he was then sent back to England to the Brook War Hospital in Woolich, he died on 10th July 2016 leaving his wife Ada and six children, my Dad (Bill)being the youngest at 4 years old.  My family didn't know any of this until my father sadly passed away.  We came across a newspaper article describing his military funeral in Adelphi, Salford, Lancashire and after reading this we all felt very proud and there were two extracts from letters to Ada, one from Nurse F McMahon and one from the Chaplain both from the14th Stationary Hosp, Boulogne Base, which must have been very comforting and reassuring to his family at the time because it appeared even though he was wounded in four places with shrapnel he appeared  to be in good spirit, he asked Nurse McMahon to convey his love to Ada and dear children hoping they were well.
William George moved to Salford as a youngster with his mother (Mary) and father (also George) from Glasgow in 1881, then his little sister Margaret was born soon after. His resting place is Weaste Cemetery and the Last Post was sounded.

I have since visited the Cemetery and he is in a lovely place under the blossom trees.
God bless.

Ann Campbell and Family

Thank you everyone who has given me the information about my Dad's bros and sisters, and I'm hoping that the children of George (who married Marion) , Albert, Ada, Agnes and Nell or their grandchildren may be looking into the family history too and has further details.  I do have bits of information re William George Earle which I can share but it's Dad's bros and sisters I would love to hear about.
Thanks once again...

Hi Chris, yes Maureen has very kindly given me a lot of info and I really must get myself sorted and pass the information to her too, I shall bring my USB stick which has the certificates on and send to you both tomorrow.  I hope Maureeen hasn't been affected by this terrible weather.

Till tomorrow Chris.

Kind rgds
Annie

Hi Christine

Thank you very much for taking the time to look for the Coroner Report for Charles Charlton but perhaps I have found enough just in the fact that he ended his life in such a way it tells me that he must have been desperate.  I can't thank everyone on Rootschat because I have received lots of help and valuable info from when I first started my tree.

Kind regards.
Annie

Hi

I have just received the death certificate of my Grt Grt Grandfather Charles William Henry Shields Charlton and was so sad to see that he had committed suicide on the 19th January 1871 and on the cert is states that there was an inquest held on the 21st January 1971, Northumberland.  I was wondering if anyone could advise whether this would have been in reported in the newspaper and if so where would I start to look.

At the time Charles was a Clerk to the River Tyne Commissioner and it is awful to think he would end his life in such a way and leave a wife and five children.

Thanks in advance for any information to point me in the right direction.

Annie