Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Joseph OLDHAM
Private 17183 Joseph OLDHAM
20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Died of Wounds, Sunday 2nd July 1916, France, age 24
| Home address: | 13 Lumn Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1892, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Mary Ann Oldham and Rolla Oldham 150 Ashton Road, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Cotton Spinning, Hyde Spinning Company, Newton |
| Enlisted: | Manchester, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Morlancourt British Cemetery No.1, Somme, France, row A, grave 26. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
News of Private Oldham's death, reached his sister Mrs Ethelinda G. Beaumont at the same time she received news of the death of her husband Private 10222 Charles Edward Beaumont on July 3rd 1916.
A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:
United Methodist Church and Sunday School Hyde.
In remembrance and honour:
S. Binyon, F. Charlesworth, H. Chadwick, H. Gregory,
H. C. Hodkinson, W. Horsefield, J. W. Hunt, S. Kinder,
W. Norman, J. Oldham, T. Reeves, and J. Walsh.
In remembrance and honour:
S. Binyon, F. Charlesworth, H. Chadwick, H. Gregory,
H. C. Hodkinson, W. Horsefield, J. W. Hunt, S. Kinder,
W. Norman, J. Oldham, T. Reeves, and J. Walsh.