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Albert (Bert) Mottershead | |||
Rank: | Lance Corporal | Number: | 25258 |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 23rd Bn | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Manchester Rgt | ||
Died: | 22/10/1917 | Age: | 34 |
How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
Country of burial: | Belgium | ||
Cemetery or Memorial: | Tyne Cot Cemetery Memorial, Zonnebeke | ||
Town Memorial: | Sale | ||
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Born during the December quarter 1883 in the Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/648, the son of Albert & Alice Mottershead (nee Gleave). Employed as a Salesman with Messrs. Brundrett (Florists), Withington & Smithfield Market. He married - Alice Eastwood during the December quarter 1909 in the Manchester R.D. - ref: 8d/313. 1891 Census Return - 35 Wellington Street, Upton-cum-Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire. Son - aged: 7 - born: Didsbury, Manchester. Head of household - Albert Mottershead - Widower - aged: 34 - Gardener Domestic Servant - born: Didsbury, Manchester. Plus 1 sibling and 1 cousin. 1901 Census Return - Old Hall Road, Sale. Son - Unmarried - aged: 17 - occ: Market Gardener - born: Didsbury, Manchester. Head of household - Albert Mottershead - Married - aged: 44 - Nursery Foreman - born: Didsbury, Manchester. Also - Lucy Mottershead - Wife - aged: 41 - born: Doncaster, Yorkshire. Plus 6 siblings. 1911 Census Return - 13 Thomson Grove, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester. Head - Married - aged: 27 - occ: Market Salesman in Market Gardens - born: Didsbury, Manchester. Also - Alice Mottershead - Wife - aged: 26 - occ: Shirtmakers Machinist - born: Manchester. He was a Lewis Gunner with the Manchester Rgt. Killed during the Anglo-French advance astride the Ypres to Staden Railway on a 2½ mile front. 200 German POWs were captured from the south end of Houlthulst Forest. Pension Records - Widow - Alice Mottershead, 20 Needham Street, Longsight, Manchester. Awarded a £5 grant on the 24th November 1917 and a weekly pension of 13/9d w.e.f. the 20th May 1018 which was increased to 20/- w.e.f. the 3rd September 1919. His half brother - Stanley Saul Motttershead also died on active service. Another half brother - Charles Saul Mottershead was serving with the School of Technical Training Royal Flying Corps. The CWGC records state that his father was living at Stock Lane, Hough, Crewe - presumably after 1920. The RoH in the 16/11/1917 edition of the local newspaper reports that he lived at 13 James St, Sale Moor and that he was 29 years of age. The report of his death in the same edition states that he was 34 years of age and that his father was employed as a Gardener. His eldest half brother - George Saul Mottershead married Elizabeth Atkinson, a girl from Westmorland. George was well known physical culture teacher, served in France with the South Lancashire Rgt. He was badly wounded on 15/10/1916 during the Battle of the Somme and spent some considerable time in the Highfield Military Hospital, Knotty Ash. He was told by doctors that he would be paralised for life, but to the astonishment of the doctors, he managed to walk again within three years. He was eventually released from military service as being unfit for duty. His father - Albert Mottershead was a well known horticulturalist and orchid grower. Albert often took his three sons - Albert, Stanley & Charlie, plus his dauhgter - Norah, to the Belle Vue Zoo, Manchester. Although George always enjoyed the visits, he didn't like the way many of the animals were exhibited behind bars and vowed that when he grew up he would create a zoo "without bars". In 1919 on the advice of his doctor, George, his wife and baby daughter, Muriel moved to Shavington, near Crewe. Here they started a market garden and bought a shop which as well as having produce from the market garden, sold pet birds. This allowed him to indulge in collecting rare birds and the beginning of the Oakfield Zoo at Shevington. He soon added a chimp and some rare monkeys that attracted large numbers visitors each paying to see the animals. George went on to found the Chester Zoo which opened its doors on the 10th June 1931. |
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St. Anne's (Sale Moor) | |||
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