Aspinall James Private 83565

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Aspinall James Private 83565

2000-2024

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Surname: Aspinall;

Forename(s): James;

Initials: J;

Number: 83565;

Rank: Private;

Born in: Burscough, Lancs;

Enlisted in: Seaforth;

Enlistment Date: 14-Nov-1916;

Resided in: Burscough Bridge;

Previous Number: 7687;

Previous Battalion: 5 of;

Previous Regiment: Liverpool Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 21-Mar-1917;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 175 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 175 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 59 Bn;

Date abroad: 31-Aug-1917;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 21-Mar-1918;

Other Data: WO363 (FMP)
See Folder 59 Bn
see war diary 175 Coy - Operational Order No 28 22/2/1918
posted missing, Red X lists, Mar 1918
War Office Casualty List 14/5/1918(on list of those missing)

James Aspinall, Private, 83565, 59th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf), 21st March 1918. Age 23. Son of Mrs. Annie Aspinall, of 2, Mart Lane, Burscough Bridge, Ormskirk, Lancs. Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France, Bay 10

Born Burscough in 1889. Son of William and Annie Aspinall of 2 Mart Lane, Holmkirk, Burscough Bridge. As of May 1919 his siblings were John Aspinall aged 33, Henry Aspinall aged 30, William Aspinall aged 27, Margaret Blackledge aged 37 and Annie Aspinall aged 21. Enlisted Seaforth 13/11/16 in 5 KLR as No 7867. Aged 22 years 3 months at enlistment, address 2 Mark Lane, Burscough Bridge, occupation boatman, height 5' 9", weight 133lbs . Transferred to MGC with No 83565 on 23/1/17. Admitted Military Hospital Grantham 25/4/17 to 22/5/17 with synovitis of the knee. Posted to 5 Battalion MGC 28/4/17. To France (Folkestone - Boulogne) 31/8/17 and joined MGC Base at Camiers the following day. Joined 175 Company MGC 4/9/17. Posted missing with 59 Battalion 21/3/18. (Soldiers Papers - Ancestry)

1911 Census RG14PN22942 RG78PN1342 RD457 SD8 ED11 SN145
James Aspinall
Age: 16
Occupation : farm labourer
Address: 4Address: 2 Mart Lane, Burscough - the dwelling had 5 rooms
Estimated Birth Year: 1895
Where born: Burscough
Mother's name: Susannah Aspinall, 51, married, b. Burscough
John Aspinall 24, labourer in Government Ordnance Stores, b. Burscough
Henry Aspinall 22, potato barrel cooper for farm produce warehouse, b. Burscough
William Aspinall 19, potato barrel cooper for farm produce warehouse, b. Burscough
Annie Aspinall, 13, b. Burscough
Thomas Robinson 40, cousin, pig building assistant, b. Burscough
His parents had been married for 31 years - 6 of their 7 children had survived.

1901 Census Class: RG13; Piece: 3543; Folio: 38; Page: 21.
James Aspinall
Age: 6
Address: 2 Mart Lane, Burscough
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Aspinall, 41, canal boatman, b. Halsall
Mother's name: Susannah Aspinall, 41, b. Halsall
Where born: Burscough
Margaret Aspinall 19, b. Burscough
John Aspinall 17, telegraph boy, b. Burscough
Henry Aspinall 12, b. Burscough
William Aspinall 9, b. Burscough
Hannah Aspinall 3, b. Burscough
Thomas Robinson 34, maternal uncle, canal boatman, b. Burscough
Thomas Robinson 30, cousin, farm labourer, b. Burscough
William Blackledge 22, boarder, b. Burscough

He is commemorated on the following war memorials:
Lathom & Burscough War Memorial, Liverpool Road North, Burscough.
St John The Baptist Church Burscough;

Other Notes: ASPINALL, Private, JAMES, 83565. 59th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 21st March 1918. Age 23. Son of Mrs. Annie Aspinall, of 2, Mart Lane, Burscough Bridge, Ormskirk, Lancs. Bay 10. Arras Memorial - Pas De Calais, France.;

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