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.
Platt, Samuel –
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: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Co-Operative Society War Memorial (Town Hall) - Bolton
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- 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*