Anybody from Ashton ???? ......

[liverpool annie]

Hi wiganer and welcome to RootsChat ! 

Which Ashton do you want ?? you can have either on that website .... which is all about the Ashton Pals !!

Take a look and see what you can see and if you can't find what you're looking for ... give us a shout !!

Annie 

[wiganer]

hi Annie,
How are you today.
Thanks for the reply re Ashton I checked the site and it is as I thought Ashton under Lyne.The other Ashton s in Makerfield Wigan.
The  site is excellent and I found it interesting.My husband and myself are very interested in WW1 and frequently visit the battlefields of France and Belgium.
My hubbys grandfather was killed in France in 1917. He is buried at Henninel near Arras and was serving with the 18th Bat Manchester Regt.
He also served on the Somme and his unit were one of the few to achieve their objectiive on 1st July 1916.The Manchesters and the Kings own Liverpools liberated Montaubon village on the 1st.
I noticed that quite a lot of the men on the Ashton pals site are listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the missing and the pozieres memorial ,we have visited these places many times and they are ,as are all the cemeteres and memorials,beautifully kept andprovide a beautifulsetting to our heroes.
I have sent photos Montaubon meorial to MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL PALS and Cuckoo Passage Cemetery Heninnel PAS de CALAIS.
vERA

[liverpool annie]

Hi Vera !

Thank you for the pictures ....... as a matter of fact Tisgrannie sent me one of Cuckoo Passage Cemetery  a couple of weeks ago for one of my soldiers !! she was shocked at all the mud around there .... makes you think of the conditions the men had to deal with !!   I don't know if you know this site already ... but it's a fabulous site for the Manchesters !! 

http://www../

Annie 

[wiganer]

hi again Annie,
I'm excited now -who's your soldier ?
My hubbies grandad is buried n there and we've been many times .I must have seen your soldiers grave.
Yes it is a muddy place but there is a good grass path leading from the sunken lane to the cemetery.
It's a place that in summer we've spent many hurs just sitting in there and feeling the atmosphereand also chatting with the gardeners (in a mix of French and English) if they happen along.
I sent you the wrong photot of Montabaun yesterday. The one I sent was pre 1914 i meant to send one of the MAN/L'POOL monument.
vera

[liverpool annie]

The soldier I was looking for was for my Honour Roll ..... so not a relative .... but I notice you have a Howarth !! 

None of mine were from Wigan though ..... at least I should qualify that and say " I don't think so " !!

I've only done direct line with the Howarths so far !!

If you get on to the Manchesters site ... they'll love forever for Manchesters photos !! 

Annie

[wiganer]

hi,whats your roll of honour.
Howarth is our family name.
John Howarth in the pictue is my hubbies grandad.
He was burn in Wigan and enlisted into the Wigan TA's in 1915 which was then the 5th Manchesters .
He was killed in action on23/04/1917 aged 36 yrs and left a wife and a young family.One of which was y hubbies dad ,who in turn ,served in WW2 in Italy.
Vera

[liverpool annie]

I started this Honour Roll because I was looking for ONE priest for another look up - and like Topsey - " it just growed " !! 

http://www.freewebs.com/liverpoolannie/

( Seems to work better on Firefox ! )

Loads to do of course .... and still trying to figure out the site .... I'm not computer savvy !! 

I have another Honour Roll for my other Granddads regiment - the South Lancs - Granddad Howarth was The Kings (Liverpool)

Left is Granddad Howarth ..... right is Granddad Cooper !

[wiganer]

hi annie,
I have been on the manchesters site,isn't it great.
someone also has given me some info on my grandd James Whelan who was with a Lancs Regt in WW1 and I've had difficulty finding out anything about hi m.One kind person posted back very quickly that he was in the Sth lancs Regt in 1901 .I've asked for more info and i'm really excited now.
vera

[liverpool annie]

Hi Vera !

There's 3 James Whelan South Lancs in the medal cards ..... if you order one you'll more than likely get the other two also .... they come in sheets of 6 !! all this research is exciting isn't it ??  be careful though .... you won't be getting anything else done in a bit !! 

Medal card of Whelan, James
South Lancashire Regiment
201584
Serjeant
Date
1914-1920

http://www.rootschat.com/links/02kc/

Annie