Pte
John Steadman
Military Details
Service Number: 7511
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Battalion Border Regiment
Enlisted
6 August 1914
Awards and Medals
The 1914 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
6 August 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1888
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Residence (Census)
62 Dalzell Street Moor Row
Parents
William & Ann Jane ( nee Hayes)
Siblings
George , Matther ,Elizabeth
Education and Occupation
School
St Patricks
Occupation
Army Reservist ( on 1911 census )
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
26th October 1914
Age at Death
26
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Krusiek Hill
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
First Battle of Ypres
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd Battalion
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Belgium
Grave Position: Panel 35.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church WW1 memorial ,Moor Row War Memorial
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