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Marriages Sep 1915 (>99%)
Hope Esther H Kershaw Haslingden 8e 281
Kershaw Charles W Hope Haslingden 8e 281
Lord Margaret A Thom Haslingden 8e 281
Thom Walter E Lord Haslingden 8e 281

Casualty Details
Name: KERSHAW, CHARLES W.
Initials: C W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Unit Text: 1st/4th Bn.
Date of Death: 08/06/1917
Service No: 201030
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 12.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Looks like Esther was just a Hope.

Births Sep 1894
Hope Esther Hannah Blackburn 8e 334


There is no Beardsworth-Hope marriage.


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You need to purchase the Charles/Esther marriage certificate to ascertain his age and his father's details

Medals


British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
about Charles W Kershaw
Name: Charles W Kershaw
Regiment or Corps: Royal Lancashire Regiment, Royal Lancashire Regiment
Regimental number: 3540, 201030
Medals: Victory, British

Charles's death


UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
about Charles W. Kershaw
Name: Charles W. Kershaw
Residence: Preston
Death Date: 8 Jun 1917
Rank: Private
Regiment: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Battalion: 1/4th Battalion.
Number: 201030
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theater of War: Aldershot

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Rowland Kershaw
Name: Rowland Kershaw
Mother's Maiden Surname: Hope
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1916
Registration district: Haslingden
Registration county: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8e
Page Number: 213

Okay - marriage


England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about Charles W Kershaw
Name: Charles W Kershaw
Year of Registration: 1915
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Spouse's Surname: Hope (Esther, H)
District: Haslingden
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8e
Page: 281

I have a charles william kershaw who married an esther hannah hope. i think esther was previously a beardsworth, Charles and Esther had a son, my grandfather called Rowland and they where from Accrington. Charles served in the first world war and died when Rowland was a baby, he was subsequently raised by an aunt minnie, i do not have any information about what happened to esther or any link to any other kershaws related to Charles

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Hello. I have spent a long time creating my family tree and i have over 622 family members, i originally started this to trace my maiden name and my fathers line Kershaw, as usually happens my tree went off in all different angles. i am still really wanting to trace the Kershaw line though, but just do not have the time any more. I am interested if someone would like to take this up for me, maybe a professional or semi professional genologist as i kind of hit a brick wall some time ago. I would be happy to pay x