Matthew SUMMERSCALES

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Surname: SUMMERSCALES

Forename(s): Matthew

Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire

Service No: 39830

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers

Battalion / Unit: 15th (Service) Battalion. (1st Salford)

Division: 32nd Division

Age: 31

Date of Death: 1917-02-05

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. H. 37.

CWGC Cemetery: VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Matthew Summerscales (born 24 October 1885) was the son of William and Sarah Ann Summerscales, née Hanson. William was born at Addingham and Sarah Ann at Silsden, Yorkshire.

1891 Brierfield, Lancashire Census: 30, Ross Street - Matthew Summerscales, aged 5 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire, son of William Summerscales, widower.

1901 Nelson Lancashire Census: 29, Dover Street - Matthew Summerscales, aged 15 years, born Nelson, son of William and [stepson of] Leah Summerscales. [William married Leah Cundall, née Dewhurst in 1893.]

1911 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 29, Dover Street - Matthew Summerscales, aged 25 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire, son of William and [stepson of] Leah Summerscales.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Matthew Summerscales, 39830, Lancashire Fusiliers.

The informal title of the 15th (Service) Bn Lancashire Fusiliers (1st Salford) was the 1st Salford Pals.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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