Price, Samuel –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Price, of 13, Bury Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted August 1914. Reported missing since 18/08/1916 and subsequently presumed killed. Two brothers also served, one invalided from France, and one thrice wounded and served in Mesopotamia.

Personal details

  • Surname: Price
  • Forename: Samuel
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 20
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: August 18th, 1916
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 1st (Regular) Battalion.
  • Service number: 16493
  • 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: Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
  • CWGC reference: XVIII. I. 3.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 29/06/1917 07/12/1917
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6d* S12*
  • Bolton Chronicle: 06/07/1917

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