Eckersley, Richard Sharples –

Of The Cottage, Dunscar, Turton, Lancashire. A journalist with the Bolton Evening News and Bolton Journal and Guardian. Formerly Sergeant 11925, 7th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Seriously wounded September 1918 and in the 8th General Hospital, Rouen, France.

Personal details

  • Surname: Eckersley
  • Forename: Richard Sharples
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Dunscar, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Unit: 1st (Regular) Battalion.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • Enlistment date: August 26th, 1914 - 1914-08-26
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: M.C.

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 06/11/1914 12/02/1915 23/04/1915 20/08/1915 08/10/1915 05/11/1915 26/11/1915 11/02/1916 18/02/1916 20/04/1916 07/07/1916 21/07/1916 19/01/1917 28/09/1917 13/09/1918 05/12/1919
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5e 5f 6c* 5g 5d 5e 6g 5f 6e* 6f 5c 6e 6f* 6f 6a 10g*

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