Platt, Samuel –

Husband of Olive Platt, of 26, Melrose Avenue, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly employed in the grocery department for the Bolton Co-operative Society, Ivy Road branch. Enlisted September 1916. Formerly 6989, Yorkshire Regiment. Died from shell wounds to the head and left arm.

Personal details

  • Surname: Platt
  • Forename: Samuel
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 30
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: March 10th, 1918
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 2nd/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 235169
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
  • CWGC reference: I. C. 25.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 22/03/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 4d/e*

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