Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Hi Kathy
I have been passed your name by Roger Hull of the Liverpool Records Office. He informs me that you are compiling a list of the Liverpool Echo and may be able to help.

The Research entails a World War one soldier, a Seargent Christopher Madden of the 9th Btn, Kings Liverpool Regiment.

I am writing on behalf of his Grandson who would like know the
circumstances of how his Grandfather was awarded the Military Medal.
Unfortunately, due to the economic circumstances of the thirties, his
Grandfather was forced to sell the medal to buy food.

He was with the 9th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment at the time of the award, and was in probability due to one of 3 major battles he was involved in from 31/07 to 30/11 1917. The award appears in the London Gazette of 14/01/1918.
However, it was common at that time that the award would appear some 3-5 months after the action. Written citations only appeared for Officers at
that time.

He died on 04/02/1941. I am hoping as he was gassed several times on the front line, as well as being in the Territorial Army from 1910, a write up may have appeared in the newspaper either at his death, or somewhere around late 1917, or shortly after the London Gazette announcement in January 1918

Any help you can give would be appreciated

With thanks

Peter

I would suggest you contact my friend Ken Lees:-

http://www.9thkings.co.uk

Ken is "Mr 9th King's" and knows what there is to know about the battalion!

Thanks Mark, for bringing this post to my attention. Peter has e-mailed me via my 9th King's website and I am 'on task'. For the benefit of others I will put a fuller response on the forum in due course.

Ken

The is no record in my Liverpool Echo data base for a Sergeant Christopher Madden. I have a couple of entries for a Sergeant Bernard Madden who was awarded the MM published in the Catholic Herald Nov 1917

Hi Kathy,

Bernard Madden was no relation of Christopher, but they both served in the 9th King's.

I would be interested in any details of the entries for Bernard.

Thanks,

Ken

Hi Mark and Katie

Thanks for the help Mark, Ken has just sent me loads of info on Chris which is brilliant.

Katie thanks for looking at the Echo for me, I guess he was one brave man in a group of many brave men, but thank you again for taking the time to look.


PeterP.

Catholic Herald 24/11/1917

Sergeant Bernard Madden of the King's Liverpool Regiment has been awarded the Military Medal for gallant conduct in the field on September 20th 1917. He had alredy been mentioned three times for distinguished conduct. He is 23 years of age and was formerly a pupil of St. Francis Xafier's School. He is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Madden, 2, Castlewood Road, Anfield, and first cousin to the well known novelist, Louis Tracy, now Captain Tracy, North Riding Rifle Volunteers, Yorkshire.

Great stuff - thanks Katie