Edmund Moore Massey

Rank:PrivateNumber:307353
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:08th Bn [2]
Name of Rgt or Ship:Lancashire Fusiliers
Died:21/03/1918Age:25
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:France
Cemetery or Memorial:Pozieres Memorial, Ovillers-la-Boiselle
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born during the March quarter 1893 in the Barton upon Irwell R.D. - ref:
8a/744, the son of Edmund & Jane E. Massey (nee Moore).

1901 Census - 18 Miles Street, Hyde, Cheshire.    Son - aged: 8 - born: Old
Trafford, Lancashire..  Head of household - Edmund Massey - Married - aged:
51 - occ: Insurance Agent & Plate Glass Fire - born: Salford.   Also - Jane
E. Massey - Wife - aged: 48 - born: Santon, Isle of Man.  Plus 3 boarders.

1911 Census - 12 Miles Street, Hyde, Cheshire.    Son - aged: 18 - occ:
Cloth Looker - born: Old Trafford, Lancashire.   Head of household - Edmund
Massey - Married - aged: 61 - occ: Agent - born: Salford.   Also - Jane
Eliza Massey - Wife - aged: 58 - born: Santon, Isle of Man.  Plus 1 boarder
- Jane's elder sister.

Pension Records - Dependant - Mother - Mrs. Jane Eliza Massey, 12 Miles
Sreet, Ewen Fileds, Hyde.   Awarded a weekly pension of 15/- w.e.f. the 3rd
December 1918.

Killed during the German Spring Offensive of 1918 on the Somme area.    He
was lost sometime between the 21st and the 31st March 1918.

Commemorated on the family gravestone in Sale Cemetery - K.979.
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