Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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John Shaw PURSSGLOVE
Lance Serjeant 12150 John Shaw PURSSGLOVE
8th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
formerly Lance Corporal Welch Regiment
Killed in Action, Wednesday 5th April 1916, Mesopotamia, age 24
| Home address: | Welch Regiment, Barracks, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Born: | 1891, Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Ellen Purssglove and George Harry Purssglove 24 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Married to Madeleine Purssglove (née Terry) Clarendon Place, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Occupation: | Lance Corporal Welch Regiment |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Basra Memorial, Iraq, panel 14. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Name spelt John Pursglove on Commonwealth War Grave Website.
Soldier's Effects Record: Name spelt as J. Purseglove, Rank Corporal.
From the North Cheshire Herald, 27th March 1915 , page 8, column 6:
Before the war he was connected with several boys' brigades in Hyde, and was scoutmaster of the first troop of Girl Guides.
A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:
Baptist Church and Sunday School, Chapel Street, Hyde.
In ever-loving memory of Edwin Eyre, M.M., Harold W. Lockyear, Harold Slater,
John S. Pursglove, Jesse D. Schoolden, Andrew Leech, Fred Moores, and William Booth.
In ever-loving memory of Edwin Eyre, M.M., Harold W. Lockyear, Harold Slater,
John S. Pursglove, Jesse D. Schoolden, Andrew Leech, Fred Moores, and William Booth.