Serjeant 19007 Charles SHUFFLEBOTTOM
21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Died of Wounds, Monday 26th March 1917, France, Age 20
Home address:
113 Stockport Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1897, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Mary Jane Shufflebottom and Hart Shufflebottom
113 Stockport Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Cotton Weaver
Enlisted:
Manchester, Lancashire
Remembered:
London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse, Pas de Calais, France, plot I, row C, grave 1.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
Awarded the Military Medal.
When he was buried a note in a bottle was place in his grave. He was later found by another soldier from the Manchesters who came from Gee Cross and knew him well. He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Gee Cross.
Named as Charles Shufflebotham in the 1911 Census.