Are any of these lads your relative?

[madpants]

I have an album that was owned by my 'Great Aunt' from when she was a VAD in the Barrack Hospital, Ashton Under Lyne, most are dated 1915. 

There are ditties,drawings, accounts of their war so far or just a signature, depending on what the soldier wanted to write. 

I am transcribing the name, rank, number and regiment where they have written them and a ? denotes I can't read it too well.  If anyone recognises a name as theirs I will send you a transcription and photograph of the relevant page.

2582   Bds W R Joliffe               1st Manchester Regiment
7777   Pte George Sherwin      1st Royal Berkshire Regiment
4981   Rfn James Kane             1st Kings Royal Rifles
8604   Cpl Samuel Lee              1st Manchester Regiment
7403   L/Cpl W Matthews         1st Dorsetshire Regiment
8607   Pte C Depree                 1st South Staffs Regiment
3090   Pte J Christie                  1st Black Watch R H
9482   Pte E Lynott                   1st Connaught Rangers
1108   Pte J G Hill                      2nd Durham Light Infantry
           L/Cpl F West                   1st PA Somerset Light Infantry
           Pte J Onley                     1st Manchester Regiment
           Pte L Bell                        1st Northumberland Fusiliers
           Pte Sid Tavener              1st East Lancs Reg 4th Division
           L/Cpl J Whattam              RWK Regiment
8175   Pte J H Smith                   2nd Leicester Regiment
3504   L/Cpl H McCarthy             1st LNL Regiment
2780   J Roberts                         1st Manchester Regiment
9138   Pte E Sheridan                2nd Manchester Regiment
3100? Sergt H E Holt                  2nd Manchester Regiment
           Sergt H Chadwick            2nd Manchester Regiment
           Sergt Dewhurst               Manchesters
           Pte Robert Anderson       Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
           A Tickle?                          1st Manchester Regiment
2151   F Tattersall                     4th Manchester Regiment
           L/Cpl F Barnes                1st Worcestershire Regiment
2887   Pte James Bird                1st Manchester Regiment
           Pte F Rutherford              Liverpool Scottish
           A W Jones                       1st Manchester Regiment
           Pte Wilfred E Holt            RAMC
           Pte T Oliver                     3rd Manchester Regiment
           Lt Arthur Thompson        RAMC
           Lt  J Leacroft                   Worcestershire Regiment
           Pte J Pettigrew                1st Cameron Highlanders
           Pte W P Jones                 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment
2597   Pte W Swindells              3rd Manchester Regiment
9377   Pte C Chapman               1st Kings Liverpool Regiment
8797   Pte A L Payne                  3rd Manchester Regiment
          Cpl Issy Smith VC             1st Manchester Regiment (with photos & medal ribbons)         
           Capt William Macbean      Depot Manchester Regiment
13438 Pte William Connor          11th Manchester regiment
           L/Cpl William McDougall   1st Seaforth Highlanders
2161   Pte F Holt                         1st Manchester Regiment
8649   Pte J Hambleton               2nd Manchester Regiment
           Pte Donald H Cox             RAMC
           W Barton                          East Lancashire Regiment (twice)
12916 Drv W Stewart                  Ammunition Column R ? A Late Seaforth Highlanders
           Fred L Parry                      Liverpool Scottish (with photo)
27630 Pte J R Ecksley                  RAMC (with photo)
           Sergt G Edmonds             1st Manchester Regiment
           Cornellissen Jules            1st Regement Le Chasseur et Cheval Belgique
2672   Pte Joseph Briggs            2nd Manchester Regiment
           W W Ruan?                     12th Manchester Regiment
           Pte F Mc Airey                  1st Manchester Regiment
9106   Sergt J Hogan VC            2nd Manchester Regiment
8042   Harry Newman                2nd Manchester Regiment (Canadian)
8772   Rfn W James                   2nd H? RR
L/Cpl   W B Poole                      (Band) 1st Manchester Regiment (with photo)
           Pte C Hughes                 1st Manchester Regiment India Contingent (with photo)
           Pte Herbert Spencer        Manchester Regiment
           Tom Gordon                     3rd Manchester Regiment
           Charles Bossaert             Regiment de Ligne 1 Battiolon 1 Comy
           Pte F Davis                      2nd Queens Royal West Surreys
           Pte J Parydon?                The Cameronians
           Cpl J Strickland                Manchester Regiment (with address. 5 page account)
           Pte F Daw?                      2nd Queens Regiment
           J Wilkinson                       RAMC
           L/Cpl G Wm Mace             2nd Manchester Regiment
           Cpl J Johnson                  1st Manchester Regiment
           
Nursing Staff at Barracks Hospital
           Sister Kitty Chambers
           Sister Edith Ingham
           Sister Beatrice Bates (& death notice of Major H C Bates)

[madpants]

Issy Smiths page complete with medal ribbons!

[liverpool annie]

Oh Wow .... wait till Harribobs sees that !! 

What a treasure Madpants !! ..... that's wonderful !

OK now I'm going to check if any of mine are there !! 

Annie 

EDIT .... NO ! 

[madpants]

What a pity Annie, it must be such a thrill to find one of yours on something like this....unfortunately I never have 

I was asked to post this on http://www../forum/index.php so I have 

[liverpool annie]

That's Harribobs site !! 

I bet he's jumping up and down !! ( well he probably won't admit it !!  )

Thanks for sharing it ........ I love that stuff !

Annie 

[madpants]

I'm just hoping someone who has got a name on the list sees it!

It's great actually reading them.  If I get chance I might transcribe a couple on this thread just for the interest. 

[tony h]

Madpants,
Lost for words, the list is amazing and that tantalising page of the album is just so fantastic. Obviously your great aunt cared deeply for her charges and you are keeping that tradition alive. Unfortunately I do not know the names of the people I am looking for except that the fatalities were recorded at Gorton Monastery but the memorial stolen or vandalised. I have no idea about the casualties who may be included in your Grt aunts album, but they well be there.

Will resume the Mallalieu hunt when location of plot comes through.

Best wishes
Tony

[Rochdalian]

Madpants - great list, pity that my Dad ain't on it.  Have you thought of posting it on the Great War Forum?   http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/

Tony, I thought the name Mallalieu rang a bell when I read it and it does.  Henry (Harry) Mallalieu was a pal of my Dad's in Spotland Rochdale.  They were both in the CLB at St Clements and (I think) joined up together with a few other blokes - their numbers were pretty close. Dad's was C/516 and Harry's C/515. They also were in the same CLB football team of which I have a photo.  I hope after all that that he is one of yours.

Let me know.

Bob

[tony h]

Hi Bob,
He's not one of mine. He's one of Madpants Mallallieus from Mossley Close enough to be of interest though

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,255020.0.html

Best wishes
Tony