I have a Thomas Dowd 1st Manchester Regiment No 902 killed 14th March 1915 and he was born Liverpool. So I am trying to find him to see how old he was so I can estimate the age of Michael.
There aren't that many Liverpool-born Thomas Dowds in an 'all counties' search for men of nominal Army service age in the last census. All the hits are in the West Derby reg District:
DOWD, Thomas 1871 - 40
DOWD, Thomas 1899 - 12
DOWD, Thomas 1867 - 44
DOWD, Thomas 1875 - 36
DOWD, Thomas William 1876 - 35
DOWD, Thomas William 1876 - 35
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RIP 20 April 2015
Emery, McAnaspie/McAnaspri etc, Fry, McGibbon/McKibbion etc, Burbage, Butler, Brady, Foulkes, Sarsfield, Moon [Bristol & Cornwall]. Census information is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Tha Manchester Roll of Honour lists men whop served in some capacity during the First World War it is not a list of men who died. This is from Find My Past
Search more than 63,000 names in a listing of Manchester companies and the men working for those companies who served in some capacity during WWI.
The book 'Manchester City Battalions Book of Honour' was published in 1916 to mark the formation of the 90th and 91st Brigades of the Manchester Regiment which comprised the 16th to 23rd Battalions. The first part of the book consisted of platoon lists and photographs and the second part of Rolls of Honour compiled by companies and institutions.
The Rolls of Honour list men who have enlisted in the Army and Royal Navy and mostly relate to companies in and around Manchester. There is a significant number from Yorkshire, however, as well as a few from Cheshire and Derbyshire.
Some 724 companies and institutions are included, of which the most substantial rolls are:
Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd.: 6,815 names
Manchester Corporation: 5,529 names
Calico Printers' Association Ltd.: 2,965 names
Manchester Ship Canal Co.: 3,539 names
Manchester Grammar School: 1,304 names
As Michael appears to have already been in the Army when war broke out I doubt je is either of the men listed in the Roll of Honour
I am waiting for the Manchester Society to get back in touch with me with regard to M. Flanagan. I did talk to them last year at Nantwich about their project.
