Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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John LONG
Private 22694 John LONG
4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
Killed in Action, Saturday 1st January 1916, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, age 37
| Home address: | 29 North Railway Street, Easington, County Durham |
| Born: | 1879, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Esther Long and Patrick Long 6 Cheapside, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Boiler Coverer |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, Turkey, mem 96, inscription: "believed to be buried in this cemetery". |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Brother of Lance Corporal 12202 Walter Long and Lance Corporal 20404 William Long.
From the Manchester Evening News, 4th February 1916, page 2, column 4:
Mrs Long, of Cheapside, Hyde, has given all her sons to the service of their country, and two of them have been killed, while another is a prisoner of war and a fourth has been seriously wounded. The latest victim is Private John Long, of the Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in the Dardanelles on January 1. In July last [year] Mrs Long received a message from His Majesty congratulating her on having given her six sons to the service of the country.