Wigan Album

Do you know what Regiment he served in? Our War Memorial in St Mary's lists Pte. Glover of 11,Canal Bank. Family photos and newspaper cuttings reveal that he joined up with at least two other local lads, including Pte. Joseph Dowd of 19 Boundary Street, who died on the same day, August 7th 1915 at Gallipoli. The third, Pte J Coyle, of 24 Boundary Street, survived the day, and the war. They were all in the 1st/ 5th Manchesters, and had consecutive numbers (1768, Coyle, 1769, Dowd, and 1770, Glover). No 1772, Pte Edward Louglin (I don't have his address), also died on August 7th.Another local lad, Pte Wm Pilkington (Kings Owns Scots Borderers) of 8 Canal Bank, also died at Gallipoli, on 15th June 1915, as did a few other lads from just up the road in Lower Ince. But those few houses around the canal saw some sadness in the summer of 1915.

My grandfather James Jackson lived in Canal St. Woodhouse lane at the outbreak of the great war and moved to Boundary St. after the war, where he lived nextdoor to a Dowd family who lived at No. 24.
He was probably in the Manchesters because he too was at Gallipoli where he was wouned several times.

Another Boundary Street casualty was William Dowey, whose parents lived at no.2. He received a testimonial from the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a man named Cassidy from a canal bye-wash. Sadly, Cassidy later died. Also, W Platt, of 7 Lymm Street, was killed in Flanders in 1917.

A wonderful photo......just leaves me speechless

And the kids of today think they have a hard life, a wonderful photo.

No nintendo ds or wii in those days.

Yes, very good photo' and the reason for it being taken, but I wonder how many of todays kids will ever see or read these items about this time in our history. E.T.,