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Surname: EMMOTT
Forename(s): John
Place of Birth: Low Bentham, Yorkshire
Service No: 235052
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2/5th Battalion
Division: 66th (2/East Lancashire) Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1918-05-26
Awards: M.M.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XI. D. 3.
CWGC Cemetery: BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: LOWGILL, LANCASHIRE
Additional Information:
John Emmott was the son of Charles and Susannah Emmott, née Beckett. Charles was born at Bentham and Susannah at Burton-in-Lonsdale, Yorkshire.
1901 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Scarffs Farm - John Emmott, aged 4 years, born Bentham, son of Charles and Susannah Emmott.
1911 Salford, Lancashire Census: 5, Providence Street, Broughton - John Emmott, aged 14 years, born Lowthington, son of Susannah Frear (married). [Susannah had married James William Frear in 1908.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John Emmott, 235052, E. Lan. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John Emmott M.M., 235052, 8th East Lancs; 2/5th East Lancs.
The 8th (Service) Bn East Lancashire Regiment was disbanded on the 21 February 1918.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John Emmott, 235052, 2/5th Btn. E. Lancs. Date and Place of Death: Officially accepted as on 26.5.18. P.O.W. Guben. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother Sole Legatee - Susannah Frear. £14 0s. 3d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for John. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Susannah Frear. Relationship: Mother. Address 1. 17, Rupert Street, Reddish, Stockport. Address 2. 4, Haddon Grove, Reddish, Stockport.
In April 1918 the 2/5th Bn East Lancashire Regiment was reduced to a training cadre and disbanded in France on 31 July 1918.
A short biography of John is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
EMMOTT, John, King’s Own, Scarpa Farm, Hewith, Bentham, died in Germany 1918.
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Private John EMMOTT
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 66th (2/East Lancashire) Division
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The High & Low Bentham men who gave their lives
Top row (l-r): Rfn Ernest Knight Newhouse, Pte John Thornber, Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy, Pte Richard Wilson, Pte Maurice Richard Bolton, Lieut John Barclay Clibborn, Pte William Throup, Pte Richard Wilcock Carr, A/Cpl William Robinson, Pte James Auton, Pte William Savage. Third row (l-r): L/Cpl David Percival Dixon, Pte John Emmott, Pte Francis Richard Townson, Pte John Adamthwaite, Pte Robert Carter, L/Cpl John Hutchinson, Pte Alfred Edward Gunn, Pte Ezra Stephenson, Pte Edwin Rawlinson Smith, Pte Richard Wearing, Lieut Basil William Ramsbotton. Third row (l-r): Spr Robert Clark, Act L/Cpl Thomas Wilcock, Cpl William Carr, Pte Lawrence Lancelot Dowbiggin, Pte Edward Magoolagan, Pte Isaac Rucastle, Pte Henry Taylor, Cpl Edward Ramskill, L/Cpl Edward Walton Briscoe, Pte Joseph Jackson, Gnr Ernest Wilcock. Fourth row (l-r): Capt Donald Morrison, Sgt Arthur Dean Blackburn, Pte James William Bell, Pte Leonard Nelson, L/Cpl John Edward Leeming, L/Cpl Albert Lister, Pte Percy Preston Whitfield, Cpl Tom Harry Smith, Cpl Thomas Walker Sanderson, Sgt William Patrick Tobin, Pte (Signaller) W. Wilkinson.
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16 August 1918
Private John Emmott, Bentham
Private John Emmott, the eldest son of the late Mr. Charles Emmott, of Scarfs Farm, Mewith, Bentham, is reported as having died in Germany a prisoner of war. The deceased joined, the King’s Own some two years ago, and received the Military Medal for carrying a, message through a barrage and returning unhurt with the reply.
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16 August 1918
Bentham Soldiers’ Deaths
Pte. John Emmott, eldest son of the late Charles Emmott, of Scarfs Farm, Mewith, is reported as having died in Germany a prisoner of war. Deceased joined the King’s Own some two years ago and received the Military Medal for carrying a message through a barrage and returning unhurt with the reply.
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