Ref ID: 2789

Name

Newspaper Memorial Notice 1919.


Description

Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Memorial Notice relating to Rifleman Stanley Wadsworth.


Life Story

Stanley Wadsworth, son of George and Annie Wadsworth, lived at 37 Joseph Street, Shankill Road, Belfast.

The 1901 Ireland Census has Stanley living at 9 Hugh Street with his mother (a housekeeper) and brother Albert (3). By the 1911 Ireland Census, Stanley is living at 40 Richmond Street, Shankill Road, with his mother (now a handkerchief folder), his four sisters Maud (11), Edith (5), Lena (3) and Ellen (3) and brother Albert.

Stanley was a Rifleman in the 7th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. He was killed in action on the 16th of August 1917. His Soldiers Effects were left to his mother.

He is remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

To remember is to honour.

Name: Stanley Wadsworth.

Service Number: 5349.

Rank: Rifleman

Battalion: 7th Battalion.

Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles.

Address: 37 Joseph Street, Belfast.

Died: 16th August 1917.

Theme


Date

1919


Classification

Newspaper, Roll of Honour or Memorial, Photograph - Belfast Telegraph

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