Scanlon, Sylvester –

Recorded as SCANLAN on SDGW – name confirmed as SCANLON by Medal Card and CWGC.

Personal details

  • Surname: Scanlon
  • Forename: Sylvester
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Manchester, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Salford, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 29
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: April 11th, 1915
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Corporal
  • Unit: 2nd (Regular) Battalion.
  • Service number: 8575
  • Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Manchester, Lancashire
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

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

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Salford (Weaste) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK
  • CWGC reference: Sec. K. (R.C.), 379.

Local newspaper entries

  • Salford Advertiser/Salford Reporter entries: 17/04/1915

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