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East Lancashire Regiment
Private
F
30711
Waddicor
Southport
Wounded

Cant find

There was a private in the East Lancs with the same number, Fred Turner. Could some mistake have occurred in the casualty report?
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Not finding any in the censuses either.

There is a Fred Turner born in Marsden Yorkshire living at 6 Tulketh Street Southport in both the 1901 and 1911 census who would seem to tie in with the info Daggers found

Next time I am in Southport library I will see if he is mentioned in the Southport newspaper books. When was he wounded?

Nationally in 1910+1 there are only 10 F* Waddicor entries. Of these only 3 are male and all are in Lancashire.

Household: WADDICOR, Fletcher - 1877 34 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire
Institution: WADDICOR, Frank - 1881 30 Chorlton, Lancashire
Household: WADDICOR, Frank - 1875 36 Fylde, Lancashire

Death: WADDICOR, Fletcher [64] - Lancashire, Ashton under Lyne - 1940
Death: WADDICOR, Frank - [68] - Lancashire, Ashton - 1949

Death: WADDICOR, Frank
Unit: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Rank: Private
Number: 16513
Year: 1916
Volume : I.22
Page: 357
Record source: GRO War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 to 1921)

Eliminating the first two Waddicor men by the age at death leaves the one from Fylde.

Ooops. My
mistake I put the soldier who was on the line below next to F. Turner. Well! I did say I'm not perfect and its a big project and I know I have errors and I am grateful for all the help in trying to make this index as accurate as possible. Thanks Daggers and DS and Hilary and MaryA.

And here he is all corrected.

30th-July-1918
East Lancashire Regiment
Private
Fred
30711
Turner
Southport
Wounded

Could his number have been mis-transcribed? The 9 could be read as a zero and the 3 as a 7.

Death: TURNER, Fred J
Unit: E. Lancs
Rank: Private
Number: 39311
Year: 1918
Volume : I.15
Page: 322
Record source: GRO War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 to 1921)

The Frederick John Turner DS lists died in March 1918 and was the son of Samuel and Jane Turner of Bootle.

I don't think he is the same as the Fred Turner of Southport.