Henry Lingard

Rank:SergeantNumber:25645
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:08th Bn
Name of Rgt or Ship:King's Own (Royal Lancaster Rgt)
Died:12/05/1917Age:39
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:France
Cemetery or Memorial:Arras Memorial, Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born during  the March quarter 1878 in the Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/808, the
son of John Marsland & Annie Maria Lingard (nee Foulkes)

1881 Census - 101 Oxford Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester.  Son -
aged: 3 - born: Manchester.   Head of household - John M. Lingard - Married
- aged: 54 - occ: Retired Cotton Spinner - born: Stockport, Cheshire.  
Also Annie Lingard - Wife - aged: 41 - occ: Confectioner - born:
Manchester.   Plus 2 elder siblings and 2 domestic servants.

1891 Census - 101 Oxford Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester.  Son -
aged: 13 - Scholar - born: Manchester.   Head of household - John M.
Lingard - Married - aged: 64 - occ: Retired Cotton Manufacturer  - born:
Stockport, Cheshire.   Also Annie Lingard - Wife - aged: 51 - occ:
Confectioner - born: Manchester.   Plus 1 elder brother and 2 domestic
servants.

His father - John Marsland Lingard died in 1899, aged: 73. 

1901 Census - 64 Lancaster Road, Rusholme, Manchester.   Son - aged: 23 -
occ: Transfer Clerk - born: Manchester.   Head of household - Annie M.
Lingard - Widow - aged: 63 - occ: Living on own means - born: Manchester.  
Plus 1 elder brother. 

Married Eilzabeth Emily Weatherill on the 8th August 1903 in St. Margaret's
P.C. Burnage, the marriage being registered during the September quarter
1903 in the Chorlton R.D. - ref: 8c/1307.    Henry - aged: 25, Bachelor -
occ: Clerk - from Fallowfield, Father - John Marsland Lingard (decd) occ:
Cotton Spinner.    Elizabeth Emily Weatherill, aged: 25 - from Burnage,
Father - Henry West Weatherill - occ: Solicitor's Clerk.

His mother - Annie Maria Lingard died in 1904, aged: 67.

1911 Census - 18 Regent Road, Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester.   Head of
household - Married - aged: 33 - occ: Transfer Clerk - born: Chorlton on
Medlock, Manchester.   Also - Elizabeth Lingard - Wife - aged: 32 - born:
Rusholme, Manchester.  Plus their son - Rodney Lingard - aged: 5 - born:
Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester.

Member of the St. Anne's Christian Brotherhood

SDGW lists his number as 25045.

Enlisted in the Manchester Rgt in 1914 - had previously served with the
Manchester Territorials and had received his long service award in the
Volunteers.

His wife - Elizabeth Eliza Lingard died on the 5th February 1916, aged:
37.

Death reported in the 15/06/1917 edition of the Altrincham Guardian.   A
widower, he left an 11 year old son.

Listed in the Guardian Year Book - Roll of Honour for 1918.

Pension Records - Guardian - Mrs. Ethel Eliza Weatherill, 123 Northenden
Road, Sale.   Awarded a weekly pension of 7/- w.e.f. the 3rd December 1917.
  A note states that his wife died on the 5th February 1916.   There was
one son - Rodney Lingard born on the 28th September 1905.


Memorials found on:
St. Anne's (Sale Moor)
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