Altrincham WW1 

Harry Douglas Sheldrick

Rank:PrivateNumber:S/11524
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:11th Bn
Name of Rgt or Ship:Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died:28/11/1915Age:32
How Died:Died
Country of burial:U.K.Grave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Altrincham (Hale) Cemetery
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born during the December quarter 1882 in the Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/786,
the son of 

1891 Census - 178-180 Stretford road, Hulme, Manchester.   Son - aged: 8 -
born: Manchester.    Head of household - John Sheldrick - Married - aged:
50 - occ: Tailor, Postmaster & Stationer (Employer) - born: Huddersfield,
Yorkshire.   Also - Marianne Sheldrick - Wife - aged: 44 - born: Isle of
Man.   Plus 3 elder siblings, 1 visitor and 1 domestic servant.

1901 Census - 178 Stretford road, Hulme, Manchester.   Son - aged: 18 -
occ: Insurance Clerk - born: Manchester.    Head of household - John
Sheldrick - Married - aged: 60 - occ: Postmaster & Stationer (Employer) -
born: Huddersfield, Yorkshire.   Also - Marianne Sheldrick - Wife - aged:
54 - born: Isle of Man.   Plus 2 elder siblings and 1 domestic servant.

Married - Violet Annie Alcock during the September quarter 1910 in the
Bucklow R.D. - ref: 8a/454.

1911 Census - "Thornfield", Heyes Lane, Timperley.   Head of household -
Married - aged: 29 - occ: Collector of Poor Rate - born: Manchester.   Also
- Violet Annie Sheldrick, Wife - aged:28 - born: Alderley Edge, Cheshire.  
Plus his widowed mother in law - Sarah Annie Alcock - aged: 67 - born:
Keswick, Cumberland and 1 visitor.

Died at Timperley.    Buried 01/12/1915 - Burial No. 3,350.   Death
registered in the December quarter 1915 in the Bucklow R.D. - ref: 8a/252.

MEN dated: 29th November 1915.    Reports that he caught a cold whilst in
training and died, aged: 34 at his residence at "Glencoyne", Heyes Lane,
Timperley..  He was employed in the Rates Dept at Manchester Town Hall.

Commemorated on the private family gravestone in Hale Cem.

M.I. - "Duty called him home".

Listed simply as Harry Sheldrick on the Altrincham Roll of Honour.

CWGC - "Son of John & Marian Shedrick of 64 Newport Road,
Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.  Born at Manchester".


Memorials found on:
Christ Church (Timperley)
Altrincham & District Roll of Honour
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