Pte Henry Wild, 6127 Manchester Regt

1890 Born 23 Gorton St, Ardwick, Manchester

1891 census living at 23 Gorton Street, Ardwick, Manchester

1901 census at 36, Marsland Street, South Manchester

1911 census at 7 Beasley St Gorton Manchester

1914 Sep 14. Enlisted in 13th Manchester Regt. 130 Buckley Rd, Gorton, Manchester. Was a Crane Driver with Vickers and Maxim in Barrow

1915 Apr 21. Fitted with artificial dentures.

1915 May 8. Married in Eastbourne Registry Office to Nellie Florence Abbott

1915 Sep 7. Landed in France. His record says he served 18 months in France and 2 years 11months in Salonika. This as to be wrong, the figures do nottie up. I suspect he spent under a year in France and got tthe malaria in Salonika.

1916 Apr 9. Child Henry George Wild born at Wood Green

1916 Oct 28. Suffering from Malaria in Spinola Hospital

1917 Apr 25. Wounded in 25 Can General Hospital Salonika

1918 Mar 29 Sent back to UK from Salonika because of his malaria

1918 Jun 14. Posted to France

1918 Aug 17 In hospital with Malaria at Etaples

1919 Jan 27 Child Louis Wild born Wood Green

1919 Mar 22. In hospital for 4 days with Influenza.

1919 May 26 Demobilized

1919 May 26. Re-enlisted

1919 Aug 12. Posted to 2nd Battalion

1919 Nov 28 Posted to 1st Battalion

1920 Jul 11. died at Cork of Acute Gastritis. Acute gastritis is a term covering a broad spectrum of entities that induce inflammatory changes in the gastric mucosa

Husband of Nellie Florence Wild, of R.E. Married Quarters, Western Heights, Dover

Death Cert not online

 

British Soldiers died in Ireland