Those who served their country in WW1
Search for all who served in WW1, whose families had some connection with Bollington and Kerridge.
Results of search: surname Biddulph
Sons of William Biddulph and Mary Ann Booth:
Lance Corporal JOHN EDWIN (TED) BIDDULPH Military Foot Police P9467 was born 29 June 1887 at Buglawton and was baptised 23 December 1889 at Buglawton. He lived at Pegley Lane, Buglawton in 1891, at Rainow Mill in 1901 and was a crofter at the bleach works living with his parents at 31 High Street in 1911. He is named on the absent voters list for 28 Queen Street in 1918. He married Frances Baguley at Kerridge Wesleyan chapel in 1918. He and Frances were living at 3 The Drive, Henshall Road in 1939, he was a baglifter in a provender mill and she was a cotton gasser. He died in 1952 and was buried at St John’s.
The Bollington Discovery Centre Photo Archive has a picture of him on his wedding day in his Military Police uniform.
Private ARTHUR BIDDULPH 2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment) 442615 was born 11 September 1889 at Buglawton and was baptised 23 December 1889 at Buglawton. He lived at Pegley Lane, Buglawton in 1891, at Rainow Mill in 1901 and was a crofter at the bleach works living at 31 High Street in 1911 (and according to local press reports, also worked at Hammond’s brickworks). He emigrated from Liverpool 28 March 1913 to Canada on the “Victorian” (with a number of other Bollingtonians) and worked as a farmer. He enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary force on 7 June 1915 (giving his birthplace as Bollington), was killed in action at the Somme 23 September 1916 aged 27 and was buried at the 2nd Canadian Cemetery, Sunken Road, Contalmaison. His parents moved to 28 Queen Street. MORE
He is commemorated on the memorials at Bollington and St Oswald’s.
He is listed among the “fallen at the post of duty” on the 1917 Roll of Honour.
Notes:
Please note that MOST (about 60%) of WW1 army service records did not survive the London blitz of WW2. If (and only if) soldiers served overseas they would have received campaign medals - campaign medal rolls and index cards have generally survived, but only show brief key details. If a soldier served overseas before the end of 1915, the index card shows the date of first arrival in a theatre of war. If there is no date on the card, the soldier first served after the end of 1915. In many cases this is all that is known about a soldier's service.
As a general rule in these short histories, details of campaign medals awarded are NOT included unless there is something of particular interest. See the section on Medals for an explanation of how soldiers qualified for the various campaign medals.
Unless otherwise stated, addresses are in Bollington, near Macclesfield. St John's was the local Anglican church, and St Gregory's was the local Roman Catholic church. (Neither church is still in use, replaced by St Oswald's and the new St Gregory's respectively. However, each of the former churches has its own burial ground.) The Wesleyan Methodist chapel is on Wellington Road opposite St Gregory's, but is no longer in use as a chapel. The Primitive Methodist church (now demolished) was on High Street and the Methodist New Connexion chapel (now demolished) was on Grimshaw Lane. The Congregationalist chapel was at the bottom end of Palmerston Street; part of the building still stands and is now used as offices.
In some cases, details of army organisation, battalion movements, etc have been extracted from The Long, Long Trail website.
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