John Shaw PURSSGLOVE

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1

Lance Serjeant 12150 John Shaw PURSSGLOVE of 8th Bn., Cheshire Regiment (Formerly Lance Corporal Welch Regiment)

Killed in Action Wednesday 5th April 1916, Mesopotamia, age 24

Of: Welch Regiment, Barracks, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Born: 1891, Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire

Parents: Ellen Purssglove and George Harry Purssglove of 24 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital status: Married to Madeleine Purssglove (née Terry) of Clarendon Place, Hyde, Cheshire

Occupation: Lance Corporal Welch Regiment

He enlisted in: Hyde, Cheshire

Remembered on: Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 14 and 62

Link with Hyde: Born in Hyde

Notes:

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.

A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling June 25th 1921

Of:	Welch Regiment, Barracks, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Born:	1891, Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire
Parents:	Ellen Purssglove and George Harry Purssglove of 24 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital status:	Married to Madeleine Purssglove (née Terry) of Clarendon Place, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:	Lance Corporal Welch Regiment
He enlisted in:	Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered on:	Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 14 and 62
Link with Hyde:	Born in Hyde