Sinclair family, Fern Grove, Liverpool (WW1 era)

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Sinclair family, Fern Grove, Liverpool (WW1 era)

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I am trying to find more about William Sinclair, a junior officer in a Liverpool Pals battalion (18th) who died on service in France on 18 Oct 1916 and is named on the large Thiepval Memorial to the missing. His father was evidently F.W. Sinclair, and the address given on the War Graves register was 34 Fern Grove, Sefton Park. I have not managed to find either in the 1911 census or elsewhere, and the military records are thin. The 'Liverpool Pals' book lists him as born in Hull.
Any more clues would be most welcome.
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Re: Sinclair family, Fern Grove, Liverpool (WW1 era)

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Daggers,

The 1911 census for 34 Fern Grove has Ernest Rate Bainbridge as head of the family.

Also, Harold Lumley St Clair Sinclair, 22 years old, born, Hull.

GRO reg,

SINCLAIR, HAROLD LUMLEY ST. CLAIR, mmn COOK
GRO Reference: 1888 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 210
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Re: Sinclair family, Fern Grove, Liverpool (WW1 era)

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?

SINCLAIR, WILLIAM mmn, COOK
GRO Reference: 1881 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 221

Marriage,

William Sinclair/Eleanor Adeline Cook
1879, Hull 9d 279

May have dropped the "F" when marrying.
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Re: Sinclair family, Fern Grove, Liverpool (WW1 era)

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1901
RG13 P3440 F45 P31

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/s ... ource=6598


Eleanor Sinclair 44 Widow
Wilda St Sinclair 20
William Sinclair 19
Nora Sinclair 10
Margaret Sinclair 23
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Re: Sinclair family, Fern Grove, Liverpool (WW1 era)

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Bert
As always, most helpful. Thanks very much.
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Re: Sinclair family, Fern Grove, Liverpool (WW1 era)

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The F W Sinclair may have been his brother, in the event of a mix up,

SINCLAIR, FRANCIS WALGRAVE ST CLAIR, mmn, COOK
GRO Reference: 1883 M Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 214
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Re: Sinclair family, Fern Grove, Liverpool (WW1 era)

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You cracked it as always Bert.
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Re: Sinclair family, Fern Grove, Liverpool (WW1 era)

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Yes, Francis/Frank was a younger brother who was with the Great Western Railway for a short time, but married in Berkshire and leaves no trace of a later occupation. Still, William was the one I was interested in and it is all too easy to gallop off into another pursuit.
Thanks again, Bert.
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