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Please can anyone help - I have found a death announcement card in my grandmother's belongings that states that :-
" Mr Wm. Withington, 3 wood St Westhoughton has received news that his son, Pte wm. Withington, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, has been killed in action. He was 20 years of age.(d.19/07/1916 )A younger brother James Ernest Withington was lost in the Pretoria disaster after having only beeen working in the mine a week"
I have managed to find accounts of the Pretoria mine diaster in Westhoughton through google ,where James is listed in the victims as aged 13.(dob 1897).
I would like to find out more about this family and try to find the connection ,if any, to my family. My grandmother's married name was Addy, maiden name -Booth( also Steen)
Any help would be much appreciated
Thankyou
Janice
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I can find them on the 1901 census
1901 England Census
about William Withington
Name: William Withington
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Westhoughton
Ecclesiastical parish: West Houghton St Bartholomew
Town: Westhoughton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Education:
Employment status: View Image
Registration district: Bolton
Sub-registration district: Horwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 27
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 54
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Withington 38
James Erne Withington 3
John Thos Withington 10
Mary Withington 12
William Withington 39
William Withington 5
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Looks like the family from 1901
1901 England Census
about William Withington
Name: William Withington
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Westhoughton
Ecclesiastical parish: West Houghton St Bartholomew
Town: Westhoughton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Education:
Employment status: View Image
Registration district: Bolton
Sub-registration district: Horwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 27
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 54
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Withington 38
James Erne Withington 3
John Thos Withington 10
Mary Withington 12
William Withington 39
William Withington 5
Andy
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Looks like the mother could have been Ann Tickle
James Gibson 1888 Jan-Feb-Mar Bolton Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Mary Snape 1888 Jan-Feb-Mar Bolton Greater Manchester, Lancashire
>>>Ann Tickle 1888 Jan-Feb-Mar Bolton Greater Manchester, Lancashire
>>>William Withington 1888 Jan-Feb-Mar Bolton Greater Manchester, Lancashire
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From CWGC site
Name: WITHINGTON, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Date of Death: 19/07/1916
Service No: 15418
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 5 D and 12 B.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Country: France
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: The Panel numbers (or Pier and Face) quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panel (or Pier and Face). Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers (or Pier and Face) if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels (or Pier and Face).
Location Information: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
Historical Information: On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter. In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 31 July 1932. The dead of other Commonwealth countries who died on the Somme and have no known graves are commemorated on national memorials elsewhere.
No. of Identified Casualties: 72089
This figure includes Foreign and Non-World War graves in CWGC care
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Thankyou all so much for all the information - as yet can't find anything in common- i am beginning to think that maybe there is no connection between our families
thanks again
Best wishes
Janice
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