Private 26398 Jesse Dawson SCHOOLDEN

6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantryformerly 4423 Cheshire Regiment

Killed in Action, Friday 22nd March 1918, France, Age 25

Home address:

2 Lumn Street*, Hyde, Cheshire

Born:

1893, Hyde, Cheshire

Parents:

Ann Schoolden and Thomas Schoolden
1 Lumn Street*, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation:

Warehouseman

Enlisted:

Hyde, Cheshire

Remembered:

Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon, Aisne, France, plot II, row H, grave 7.

Link to Hyde:

Born in Hyde

A Letter from one of Private Schoolden’s Officers, Lieutenant E. Bygott:

He had been with us a long time, and had done some excellent work as a company signaller. He was killed on the 22nd March by, I believe, a machine gun bullet. The fighting at that time was very close and as all the other company officers are casualties, I am afraid I can give you no further particulars. The Huns now hold the ground where your son fell, so I am afraid it is impossible to get any kind of photograph or sketch of his grave.
In ever-loving memory of Jesse D. Schoolden,
who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War, 1914-1919.
From father, mother and family.
Ever remembered.

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.

* Lumn Street is now part of Lumn Road.  See our notes on Old Place Names.