James ATHERTON

1878 - 1914  (~ 35 years)

• Name	James ATHERTON
  Born	Dec 1878	Aspull, Lancashire, England
  	From Lancs OPC: Baptism: 20 Nov 1887 Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Aspull, Lancs. Jacobus Atherton - filius Jacobi Atherton & Marthae (formerly Wood) Born: Dec 1878 [comment: or 77?] Notes: Sub Conditione. Baptised by: Joseph Crilly Misso. Aposto. Source: Original register at LRO
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Coal Miner Hewer/Soldier
  Occupation	1899	Warrington, Lancashire, England
  	Collier
  	Address: Patchcroft nr Wigan
  	Source: LOPC Baptisms
  Died	31 Oct 1914	Belgium
  	British Army WW1 Military Service Record: James Atherton Birth Date 1879 Birth Place St James near the town of Warrington, Lancashire, England Occupation Collier Enlistment Age 20 Status Single Document Year 1899 Regimental Number 6180 Regiment Name Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Extract from ‘Military Operations, France and Belgium 1914‘.Gheluvelt and the salient of the Queen’s taken, the 31 Oct.enemy turned his attention to the two companies of the 1 /Loyal North Lancashire, about two hundred and fifty strong, and the detachment of the 2 /Royal Scots Fusiliers, numbering a hundred and twenty, who were to the south. These troops were holding a little over half a mile of front in a line of small rifle pits — each holding a couple of men — some fifteen yards apart, hastily dug the previous night with entrenching implements. Their orders were not to retire, but to report if reinforcements were required.Until noon they suffered much from fire, particularly from Zandvoorde, but no attempt was made to close with them, for they had a good field of fire and shot down any Germans who showed themselves. The disaster to the Queen’s on their left was observed, and also that a company of the Bedfordshire in a wood on their right had disappeared ; but the parties still held on and kept the enemy at bay. Reports of the situation were sent back, but none of the messengers reached brigade headquarters. Towards 1.30 p.m. the Germans were all round the small force ; it was under machine-gun fire from the rear at a hundred yards’ range, and infantry were creeping in from both flanks. Eighty of the North Lancashire, including one officer, remained alive to be captured, and half of this number were wounded. Next morning the survivors of the battalion mustered only one officer and thirty-five men. Men of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment killed in action 31st October 1914: 6180 Private JAMES ATHERTON
  Person ID	I4256	Atherton One Name Study
  Last Modified	6 May 2018

  
  

  Father	James ATHERTON,   b. Between Oct 1853 and Dec 1853, Blackrod, Lancashire, England ,   d. Between Apr 1915 and Jun 1915, Morpeth, Northumberland, England  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Martha WOOD,   b. Est 1858, Latchford, Cheshire, England ,   d. Between Jan 1934 and Mar 1934, Lanchester, Durham, England  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Between Jan 1876 and Mar 1876	Warrington, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F1557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice SHAW,   b. Est 1878, Warrington, Lancashire, England
  Married	6 May 1899	Haigh, Lancashire, England
  	From Lancs OPC: Marriage: 6 May 1899 St David, Haigh, Lancashire, England James Atherton - 21 Collier Bachelor of 2 Patchcroft Cottage Haigh Alice Shaw - 21 Spinster of 1 Patchcroft Cottage Haigh Groom`s Father: James Atherton, Collier Bride`s Father: James Shaw, Butcher Witness: John Henry Twist; Annie Twist Married by Banns by: H S Radcliffe Asst Curate Register: Marriages 1892 - 1909, Page 94, Entry 188 Source: Original register at Wigan Archives
  Children	1. Margaret May ATHERTON,   b. 4 May 1899, Aspull, Lancashire, England   2. Sydney ATHERTON,   b. 1 Dec 1904, Aspull, Lancashire, England   3. Thomas ATHERTON,   b. 11 Apr 1907, Aspull, Lancashire, England   4. James ATHERTON,   b. 14 Aug 1910, Warrington, Lancashire, England   5. Harry Nathan ATHERTON,   b. 1 Sep 1912, Morpeth, Northumberland, England ,   d. Between Jan 1992 and Mar 1992, Northumberland Central, England  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F5288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the 1881 Census living at 33 Bostock Street Warrington Lancs was James Atherton Head M 28 Labourer b. Blackrod Lancs, Martha Atherton Wife M 24 b. Latchford Cheshire, Sarah Atherton Dau 5 Scholar b. Atherton Lancs, James Atherton Son 3 b. Aspull Lancs, Ann Atherton Dau 8m b. Latchford, John Atherton Brother Unm 24 Collier b. Blackrod. In the 1891 Census living at 50 Ratcliffe Road Aspull Lancs was James Atherton Head M 38 Coal Miner b. Aspull, Martha Atherton Wife M 34 b. Aspull, Sarah Atherton Dau 15 Labourer Pit bank b. Aspull, James Atherton Son 13 Colliery Pony Driver b. Aspull, Annie Atherton Dau 10 Scholar b. Aspull, Martha Atherton Dau 7 Scholar b. Aspull, Lilean (sic) Atherton Dau 4 b. Aspull, Dina (sic) Atherton Dau 1 b. Aspull. 1901? In the 1911 Census living at Carrs Square, Choppington, Northumberland was James Atherton Head M 34 Coal Miner Hewer b. Aspull Lancs, Alice Atherton Wife M (15 years) 33 (4 ch b. alive, 4 still living) b. Warrington Lancs, May Atherton [Shaw?] Dau 14 b. Aspull, Sydney Atherton Son 7 b. Aspull, Thomas Atherton Son 4 b. Aspull, James Atherton Son 8m b. Newton Lancs.