manchester regiment Posted 3 July , 2006 Share Posted 3 July , 2006 definately on your memorial john. pte john,douglas green 2399 D.coy 7th manchesters eldest son of mr john green beech rd,stockport. worked lancs+yorkshire bank,portland st,m/c played for stockport cricket +lacrosse clubs enlisted aug 1914 and trained with the lacrosse section. sent to khartoum then to atbara,then to gallipoli. commended by major staveacre for his musketry skills he was one of only four of the lacrosse lads who got back after the fighting between 4-6 june 1915 he volunteered to perform a difficult task with one of his mates and was never seen again. his younger brother holds a commission in the 1st territorial cadet batt cheshire reg aged 19 this is just from the papers john,not checked the CWGC. bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 3 July , 2006 Share Posted 3 July , 2006 Indeed he is on the Stockport memorial. KIA on 4 June 1915 - so I dont understand the reference that he was only one of four lacross e lads who got back. He didnt get back. Bernard - I'm very grateful for these "finds" but wouldnt you find it easier to just PM or email them to me, rather than posting here. Apart from you & me , I doubt whether there will be other members much interested. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 4 July , 2006 Share Posted 4 July , 2006 Hi John I like reading them & the post as 33 hits, so keep it up Bernard. Cheers Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchester regiment Posted 4 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 4 July , 2006 hiya john,i to was a bit stumped about the reference,all i can guess,is that he got back and volunteered to go out again,hes a crackshot so he may have been sent out again to snipe with his mate acting as a spotter?????that was all it said in the papers,must agree with you john,its a puzzle,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 4 July , 2006 Share Posted 4 July , 2006 Bernard - I'm very grateful for these "finds" but wouldnt you find it easier to just PM or email them to me, rather than posting here. Apart from you & me , I doubt whether there will be other members much interested. John John Some of us happen to find it interesting to read your personal mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian turner Posted 4 July , 2006 Share Posted 4 July , 2006 I usually find such items interesting, so happy to see on the board. In this case I think 'got back' meant got back to the lines, not home to UK at war's end. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 4 July , 2006 Share Posted 4 July , 2006 OK. OK. OK It was only me thinking you guys might be bored seeing this info about dead Stopfordians. But if you're not, then I'm not much fussed how I get the infor from Bernard (and I'll takem the opportunity tosay a public "thanks" to him for keeping his eyes open for them. Manchesters are my batch of researchees for 2007. Ian's point about him getting back to the lines after the attack sounds possible. Perhaps the "difficult task" was to go back out to bring in the wounded. Apart from his commemoration on the Stockport War Memorial (which is part of my project), he's also on the memorials at St George's Church and the Stockport Cricket Club (where lacrosse was played in winter). John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchester regiment Posted 4 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 4 July , 2006 sorry for the confusion,when i say got back i meant to the lines,john are there any known lists from the various lacrosse clubs around stockport,i have a massive list of blokes from stockport lads club but cant find any for the lacrosse clubs,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 4 July , 2006 Share Posted 4 July , 2006 Bernard I gather there's a lacrosse memorial at the cricket club. I think it may include the names who joined as well as those who died. As you probably know, most of them joined together enlisting into 6/Manc. It just goes to support the thought that 6/Manc was quite a middle class unit (lacrosse then being quite a middle class winter game - the workign class playing football). There's a project lurking about there somewhere in the back of my mind - what with no battalion history ever having been written. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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