lancashire lassie Posted 18 November , 2010 Share Posted 18 November , 2010 hi, WILLIAM MCCORMACK information i have ,3036T, HMS INVINCIBLE,ROYAL NAVY RESERVE DIED 31ST MAY 1916,he was born in crawshawbooth lancashire 1886,i wonder if there is any thing else was there any newspaper reports about the person,(trying to find out if he ever married)thank you for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyJ Posted 18 November , 2010 Share Posted 18 November , 2010 At 1911 census, still shown as single boarding at 419 Market St Whitworth Rochdale, a cotton spinner TonyJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyJ Posted 18 November , 2010 Share Posted 18 November , 2010 A William McCormick marries in Rochdale 1915 Dec Quarter (Vol. 8e page 49). Wife's name is Amy Miller. Could be him! TonyJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promenade Posted 18 November , 2010 Share Posted 18 November , 2010 Can you confirm that this man is from Crawshawbooth and if so what is your source - do you believe him to be a relative of yours?. We have always believed that he was my grandmother's first husband - indeed I still have his ditty box which he left behind when he sailed - he was born and bred in Liverpool and was married to my grandmother Margaret nee McGinn. Promenade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyJ Posted 19 November , 2010 Share Posted 19 November , 2010 Tried sending a PM will full info...no joy says you cannot receive any more!!! Send me a pm with your email address In short, Margaret & William are 1883/84 births from Liverpool...not likely this William 1885/86 crwboothshaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullochArd Posted 7 March , 2019 Share Posted 7 March , 2019 (edited) Not the Jutland William McCormack (who Promenade explains is a Liverpool man/relative) - there is a Crawshawbooth William McCormack, 9614 Pte William McCormick, Lancashire Fusiliers (age 30) who was also lost at sea. He is recorded on the Rawtenstall Municipal War Memorial (located a couple of miles from Crawshawbooth) as "Lost on the Royal Edwd." On 13th August 1915, SM UB-14, commanded by Oberleutnant Heino von Heimburg, attacked the unescorted Royal Edward, a Canadian ocean liner pressed into troopship duties. Royal Edward was headed from Alexandria to the Dardanelles with (mainly) reinforcements for the British 29th (Infantry) Division. Von Heimburg launched one of his two torpedoes from about a mile away and hit Royal Edward in the stern; the ship sank stern-first in six minutes, with a huge loss of life. 700 men were rescued but over 900 died. Edited 9 May , 2019 by TullochArd Clarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penfold Posted 26 May , 2019 Share Posted 26 May , 2019 HMS Invincible crew list at the Battle of Jutland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 1 June , 2020 Share Posted 1 June , 2020 Hi, I'm new to this site. I would like to add that William mccormack from crawshawbooth was my gr gr grandad Michael's brother. Unfortunately Michael also died fighting in Ypres 1914. I only found out that my gr gr grandad had a brother after doing some military investigation and medal mounting for my uncle. Any other information would be good as would like to know about surviving relatives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullochArd Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 (edited) The "Rawtenstall" William McCormick, Lancashire Fusiliers who was lost on the Royal Edward is remembered at: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2763916 The "Rawtenstall" Michael McCormack, East Lancashire Regiment who was killed in 1914 is remembered at: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2762695 Both are recorded on the Rawtenstall Municipal War Memorial and the above links show the panels and names in detail. Michael is also recorded on the Goodshaw Parish War Memorial. McCormick and McCormack are regular local variations as you will well know. When putting together the IWM Lives "Rawtenstall communities" I collected dozens of local newspaper accounts I'll have a dig around and see if anything specific regarding your relatives. Edit: I see I put links to the newspaper accounts on IWM LIves and you will find more detail and photos of the two of them. Regards Ian Edited 2 June , 2020 by TullochArd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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