Scholes, Jesse –

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scholes, of 25, Ferneyside, Little Lever, Lancashire. Enlisted March 1915. Reported missing, and subsequently confirmed prisoner of war. Died in Germany.

Personal details

  • Surname: Scholes
  • Forename: Jesse
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Little Lever, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Little Lever, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 24
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: January 10th, 1918
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Unit: 4th Battalion.
  • Service number: 23509
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

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

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Cologne Southern Cemetery, K”ln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany
  • CWGC reference: VIII. G. 20.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 26/03/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 11/01/1918 22/02/1918 22/03/1918 23/08/1918 11/10/1918

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