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James Noel Griffiths | |||
Rank: | Private | Number: | 34692 |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 09th Bn | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Cheshire Rgt | ||
Died: | 24/08/1916 | Age: | 23 |
How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
Country of burial: | France | ||
Cemetery or Memorial: | Thiepval Memorial | ||
Town Memorial: | Dunham | ||
Extra Information: | |||
Born during the June quaerter 1893 in the Newtown R.D. - ref: 11b/172, the son of William & Margaret Griffiths (nee Evans). 1901 Census - "Smithy", Leighton, Montgomeryshire. Son - aged: 7 - born: Kerry. Head of household - William Griffiths - Married - aged: 46 - occ: Woodranger - born: Kerry. Plus 6 siblings including Henry who was also killed during WW1. 1911 Census - 16 Cherry Tree Lane, Stockport. Brother - aged: 17 - occ: Labourer at Builders Concrete Works - born: Kerry, Montgomeryshire. Head of household - David William Griffiths - Married - aged: 25 - occ: Tram Guard with Stockport Corporation - born: Kerry, Montgomeryshire. Plus David's wife and their 12 month old son. The 31/10/1916 edition of the local newspaper reported on this family's military record and that Mrs. Griffiths' five sons were all serving. Mrs. Griffiths was then residing at "The Nook", Dunham Town. Pte. James Noel aged 23 in the S.W.B's. - Pte. Henry aged 25 in the RASC MT Section - who had for the previous 18 months been a Dispatch Rider - both had been killed in action. The three surviving brothers were all in the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. Lance Corporal George Arthur had recently been discharged from the Army due to having a heart problem. Pte. David W. (previously employed as a driver, by the Stockport Tramways) is serving abroad and, Pte. John is serving in the UK. James' parents William & Margaret Griffiths received financial support from the "John Sington Fund". The John Sington Fund - John Sington was the son of Adolphus Sington, a Jewish Prussian shipping merchant who came to Britain and in 1845 became a naturalised citizen. Adolphus had his own company, involved originally in the production of linen and cotton, and later the import and export of machinery for the cotton industry. John and at least one of his brothers worked in their father's business in Princess Street, Manchester. In 1885 John married Mildred Campbell Maclure, daughter of Sir John William Maclure, Bt., who became MP for Stretford the following year. John and Mildred had two sons, Alan John Campbell Sington and Edward Claude Sington. In 1914 both sons enlisted in the British Army, and their father is listed in The Gazette in 1915 as Major John Sington, Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve. In 1909 the Sington family moved from Whalley Range to Dunham House, on Charcoal Road, Dunham. When Major John Sington's two sons returned safely from active service during WW1 he established a fund 'as a Thanksgiving Offering for their safe return for the benefit of the wives, children and dependants of any men who, as a result of service with His Majesty's Forces or the Mercantile Marine, have died or been killed or disabled, and for the benefit of any members of His Majesty's Forces or the Mercantile Marine who have been disabled as a result of such service.' The fund's scope was limited to those who had been resident in the Urban District of Bowdon or the village of Dunham Town for at least six months. Six trustees were appointed, namely, John Bleckly, Henry Edwin Gaddum, William Alfred Hampson, Joseph Kenworthy, Joseph Watson Sidebotham and the Major himself. The Clerk to the Trustees was Willis Paterson the Bowdon UDC Solicitor, 11 Stamford Street, Altrincham to whom applications for grants had to be made. Information about the Fund and its beneficiaries was kindly supplied by Cynthia Hollingworth from the records kept in Trafford Local Studies Library. |
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St. Mary's (Bowdon) | |||
St. Mark's (Dunham Town) | |||
Altrincham & District Roll of Honour | |||