Who was Frederick Dennler? (Name on a WW1 memorial)

[Chrysostom]

We have begun researching the names on the War memorial in our church.

This is the Victoria park War Memorial in St Chrysostom's Church, Manchester.

The names on the memorial can be found here: http://www.stchrysostoms.co.uk/ then go to 'and more' tab > war memorial.

No doubt we will have difficulties, and we've come up with one already:

Frederick DENNLER is listed - but we cannot find anything whatsoever about him. He does not appear on the 1911 Census.

He does not appear in the Commonwealth War graves list...

Please can anyone help us to find out who he was.

Thanks

[MickLeeds]

There is a medal index card for a L/Cpl Frederick Demmler (250828), Manchester Regiment.

Killed 27th September 1918, 1/7th Bn Manchester Regiment.

He has a probate record on Ancestry under the name Frederick Otto Hermann Demmler.

Address: 2 January Street, Chorlton upon Medlock.

Widow: Olive Emily Demmler.

There is also a marriage record available for 1915 at St Chrysostom's Church, Manchester.

Mick.

[jay dubaya]

Welcome to the forum Chrysostom,

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/595835/DEMMLER,%20FRED

He is noted as having enlisted in Manchester and was 'killed in action' on that date. I'm sure you'll find the following links useful,

http://www.themanchesters.org/7th%20batt.htm

http://archive.org/details/sevenmanchester00wilsuoft

Jonny

[IPT]

January Street, (along with February St, March St etc), ran off Upper Brook Street, which is the location of St Chrysostom's.

[Chrysostom]

Ah! Mick - that would seem to be him... we must double check with the memorial which may have made the mistake on the spelling of the surname.

THANK YOU so much.

Chrys ostom

[Chrysostom]

I checked in the marriage register and indeed this is the man DEMMLER.

It seems strange that the war memorial got his name wrong and was not changed.

This could mean the family had moved by the time the memorial was complete...

We have put up a notice about researching tour war memorial here: http://stchrysostoms.wordpress.com/

and that includes a photo of Harold Warhurst

[jdoyle]

his Victory Medal

http://www.harlandmi...r-Man-Regt.html

and gravestone on TWGPP

http://twgpp.org/inf....php?id=3164376

marriage info can be seen here :

http://www.lan-opc.o..._1914-1920.html

the parents ran the "College Hotel" (1911 census and following LG entry)

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28455/pages/254/page.pdf

[ralphjd]

If you get half as much enjoyment (if thats the right word) from researching your men as I did on our memorial you will be pleasently satisfied,. Good luck and good hunting. Ralph.