youngest to die

[manmack]

annies posted the dates for the gallipoli rememberance services,which is a good time to enquire if anyone can find out exactly how old richard stott is.
pte richard stott
1/9th manchester regt
born and lived ashton under lyne
lived at 35 wrigley st ashton
died of wounds on board a hospital ship and buried at sea,13-6-1915.
his mum remarried and became mrs doran and lived at 104 turner lane,ashton
richard was only 15,but i dont think he was quite 15 when he died which would make him the youngest to die on gallipoli,is there a way of finding his birth date,mack

[Arranroots]

This chap is a candidate:

RG13/3785/137/39

John STOTT H M 55 - iron furnace man - Lancs Ashton u Lyne
Margaret W M 50 - Cheshire
Mary Ann BROWN day wid 28 - cotton cardroom hand? - Lancs A u L
Beatrice PICKERING dau 13 - Lancs Gorton
Richard STOTT g son 1 - Lancs A u L
Elizabeth JAYNE? boarder U 18 - cotton cardroom hand? - ditto

Address: 29 Burlington St, Ashton u Lyne, Lancashire

Ironically of course, if he were younger, he would not be on the census!

Looking at BMDs now

A 

[Wendi]

Hi mack 

Ancestry show a good candidate the birth of a Richard Stott recorded in the Quarter to June 1900, Aston Under Lyne Volume 8d Page 490, if it's him the law of averages says that he had probably had his birthday by 13th June

Wendi

[Arranroots]

No other registrations of STOTTs with Richard as a first or middle name in 1900 or 1901 born Ashton u Lyne.

There are quite a few STOTT families, including some of child-bearing age in 1901, so hard to be sure who the parents are without buying the cert.

kind regards, Arranroots 

p.s. I checked and none of them were living at Wrigley St or Turner Lane.

[manmack]

wendi/arranroots,thanks for checking,i think you have the right man,mack