Private
Joseph Errington
Military Details
Service Number: 19159
Vessel Served
na
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st Border Regiment
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
11, Scalegill Road, Moor Row, Cumberland.
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
1st
Service Number at Enlistment
19159
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1893
Place of Birth
Frizington, Cumberland.
Religion
C of E, St Paul's, Frizington, Cumberland.
Residence (Census)
145 Bowthorn Road , Cleator Moor
Parents
Henry Errington & Hannah (possibly nee Milburn). Hannah deceased 1896. Henry re-married in 1896 to Julia Ann Doyle.
Siblings
Mary J Errington, George Milburn and five step-siblings: Joseph, Annie, Ruth, Thomas, George H.
Married
na
Children
na
Remarriage of Widow
na
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Fireman , Iron Ore pit
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
20th October 1916
Age at Death
23
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France and Flanders
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
Thiepval Memorial
France
Private Memorial: Moor Row War memorial , Frizington War Memorial
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