Joseph REDMAN

26 May 1916

REDMAN – May 18th, at Pressheath Camp, Whitchurch, Salop, Shropshire, Pte. Jos. Redman, King’s Own Light Infantry, formerly of Cowling.

26 May 1916

COWLING – THE LATE PRIVATE REDMAN

The funeral of Pte. Joseph Redman took place at the Cowling Parish Church on Monday afternoon, the service at the house being conducted by the Rev. Thos. Dargue, Wesleyan superintendent minister. At the church the service was conducted by the Vicar and the Rev. C.H. Gee, Wesleyan Chaplain at the Front, the last rites at the graveside being conducted by the Vicar. The funeral was attended by a large number of sympathising friends. Pte. Redman left Cowling about 3 or 4 years ago to take up an agency with the Prudential Insurance Company in Manchester, in which he had been very successful. In February last he enlisted in the King’s Own Light Infantry, stationed at Pressheath Camp, Whitchurch, Salop, Shropshire, where, about a month ago, he became ill and passed away on the 18th inst. He leaves a widow and one son.

10 June 1927

COWLING – SOLDIERS’ LAST RESTING PLACE

Government tombstones have been sent to the Cowling Parish Churchyard to mark the last resting place of four men who made the supreme sacrifice during the Great War. The stones are neatly shaped and of good material, and bear suitable inscriptions, and the relatives of the deceased are highly pleased with the good taste shown by the authorities in their selection. The following are the deceased servicemen thus represented:–

SAPPER WALTER SNOWDEN, who died at Weymouth on October 30th 1917, in his 34th year; as a result of an attack of pneumonia, was attached to the Royal Engineers, and before joining the Army was in business in Cowling as a plumber and glazier. He belonged to a well-known Cowling family who have resided in the locality for several generations. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John William Snowden, now of Sutton-in-Craven, but formerly of Lower Leys Farm, near Cowling. He left a widow, one son and one daughter, who live in Cowling at the present time.

PRIVATE JOSEPH REDMAN, of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry died at Salop on May 18th, 1916, at the age of 29. He was a native of Cowling, the fourth son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elias Redman, who were well-known for their interest and activity in connection with the Ickornshaw Wesleyan Church. Before joining up he was employed as an insurance agent in Manchester, and left a widow and one son in that city. Private Redman was brought up in Cowling, and was at one time eminently connected with the Dramatic Society, whilst he was also associated with the Ickornshaw Wesleyan Church and Sunday School.

PRIVATE ARTHUR EDMONDSON, of the Machine Gun Corps, passed away in hospital on November17th, 1918, in his 28th year. He went through some severe fighting in France and Belgium, during two years of active service, and was badly gassed, which injury caused his death. He was a native of Burnley, being the second son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Henry Edmondson, of Burnley, and left a wife and two children who now reside in Cowling.

PRIVATE J.H. MASLIN, of the East Lancashire Regiment, died in hospital at Edmonton on January 3rd, 1920, at the age of 41. He was three years on active service in France, and saw a good deal of fighting. He was a native of Brierfield, near Nelson, and was the son of Mrs. C. Broughton, now of 5 Bird Street, Brierfield. He formerly lived in Nelson, bur removed to Cowling, where his widow, one son and one daughter, now reside.