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 Long
Private JOHN LONG Canadian Expeditionary Force 500420 was born 15 February 1885 at Chinley near Chapel-en-le-Frith, the son of Parmenas Long and Ellen Elizabeth. He lived at Ingersley Road in 1891 and at Shrigley Road in 1901. He trained as a machine fitter or machinist. He is not found on the 1911 Census, but his parents are recorded at 5 Shrigley Road. He married Maud Ann Wrigley 14 June 1911 at Bollington. (She was the sister of FRED WRIGLEY.) They emigrated to Canada and lived at Garfield Street Winnipeg. He enlisted 15 September 1915 at Winnipeg and served in Canadian Engineering Reinforcement Depot in England. He was discharged 18 February 1919. He died 13 May 1958.
He is listed 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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