Altrincham WW1 

Marmaduke Roy Firth Stothard

Rank:PrivateNumber:PS/4226
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:23rd Bn
Name of Rgt or Ship:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Rgt)
Died:27/07/16Age:26
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:France
Cemetery or Memorial:Thiepval Memorial, Somme
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born during the December quarter 1889 in the Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/702,
the elder son of Alfred Marmaduke & Fanny Beatrice Stothard (nee Taylor).

1891 Census - 6 Gordon Place, Withington, Manchester.   Son - aged: 7 -
born: Withington, Manchester.   Head of household - Alfred Stothard -
Married - aged: 38 - occ: Manufacturer of pinafores & Shirts -
born:Manchester.   Also - Fanny Stothard - Wife - aged: 28 - born: Shipley,
Yorkshire.    Plus 2 domestic servants.

1901 Census - No Trace.   His parents and siblings were residing at 8
Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester.

1911 Census - The Grove, Grove Lane, Timperley.   Son - (Listed as Roy
Stothard) - aged: 21 - occ: Commercial Traveller - born: Manchester.   Head
of household - Alfred Stothard - Married - aged: 58 - occ: Manufacturer of
Ladies Blouses - born:Manchester.   Also - Fanny Stothard - Wife - aged: 48
- born: Shipley, Yorkshire.    Plus 3 younger siblings, a cousin and 2
domestic servants.

Kia at Delville Wood, Somme, France.

Commemorated on the private family gravestone in Christ Church Churchyard,
Timperley.

His father, Fred died at Didsbury, Manchester on 09/10/1911 aged 58 years.

CWGC - Son of Alfred M. & Fanny B. Stothard of 29 Rathen Road, Withington,
Manchester.

Commemorated on the Reading University War Memorial which he attended
between 1906 to 1907.

Commemorated on the family grave stone in Timperley Christchurch - Grave
No. C91.

Pension Records - Dependant - Mrs. Fanny Stothard, 29 Rathen Road,
Withington.   Awarded a weekly pension o 5/- w.e.f. the 6th November 1918. 
  A later record gives an alternative address for his mother - 65 Walpole
Road, Boscombe.



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