Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR',     'THE WAR TO END WAR',     'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
                                                                                                  
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

1914 - 1918

St. Paul's Methodist Church, Shaw
Memorial Autograph Book

St Paul's Methodist church WW1 Memorial Autograph Book  - William Dawson

Private John W. Dronsfield
9th South Wales Borderers, 19th Cheshire Regiment & 58th Labour Corps
Mobilised 20th March 1916
Discharged 20th February 1918
&
Private E. Sutcliffe
Machine Gun Corps
Mobilised 6th November 1916;
Injured and returned to England 14th January 1919
Demobilised 7th February 1919

It is almost certain that this person is Edwin Sutcliffe as his particulars exactly match those in the Military Service Record of:
Private Edwin Sutcliffe, 84151
Machine Gun Corps., 37 & 112 Battery
He attested 6th June 1916 and was posted for duty 6th November 7th 1916.
His address on enlistment and also when demobbed on 7th February 1919, was 13 Thomas Street, Shaw.

He was the son of John and Sarah Alice Sutcliffe, and was born in March 1898, in Crompton..
On the 1911 census he was the youngest of 12 children, 2 of whom had died.
On the 1901 and 1911 censuses the family were living in Bridge Street, Crompton.
Before enlistment he was employed as a minder at the Duchess Spinning Co.
He suffered an injury to his knee, after falling out of a train, in France, in December 1918 .
A letter, in the records, dated 14th March 1920, states that Edwin had married and was then living at 83, Manchester Road, Shaw.

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Contributed by : Gillian Ashworth for St. Paul's Methodist Church, Shaw

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