Woolmer, Stanley –

Second son of the late James Newman Woolmer and Annie Woolmer, of Meadow Bank, Green Lane, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School and Farnworth Grammar School.

Personal details

  • Surname: Woolmer
  • Forename: Stanley
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Great Lever, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 27
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: July 1st, 1916
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Unit: 18th (2nd City) (Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry) (Service) Battalion.
  • Service number: 16558
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Liverpool, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

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

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
  • CWGC reference: Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 14/07/1916 21/07/1916 04/08/1916 29/12/1916
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7d 5h 6d* 7o* S4*
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 21/07/1916 05/01/1917 06/07/1917

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