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.
Scholes, Jesse –
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: Grenadier Guards
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Little Lever War Memorial Plaque (Library) - Little Lever
- CWGC Memorial: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Kln (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