Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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David ETCHELLS
Private 40533 David ETCHELLS
20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment,
formerly 1868 Cheshire Yeomanry
Died of Wounds, Tuesday 15th May 1917, France, age 23
| Home address: | 30 Victoria Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1894, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Emma Etchells and David Etchells 30 Victoria Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Cotton Operative, Hyde Spinning Mill |
| Enlisted: | Chester, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory, Pas de Calais, France, plot I, row F, grave 7. |
| Link to Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
He enlisted in the 9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 15th October 1914 but was discharged as Medically Unfit for Further Service 31st October 1914. Re enlisted later in the war.
He died at a dressing station from a gun shot wound.