William Brellisford

Premont British Cemetery, Aisne, France.

William (John) Brellisford

Private No. 48750 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (previously 32767 Cheshire Regiment)

Died of wounds in France 16 November 1918. Age 36.

Buried in Premont British Cemetery, Aisne, France. III. A. 14.

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Born William John Cartwright in Birkenhead, Cheshire in 1882.

Eldest son of the Job Cartwright and Arabella Cartwright (nee Brellisford) of Bickley Road, Malpas. 

William changed his name to Brellisford (his mother’s maiden name) sometime between 1901(when he is recorded as Cartwright in the Census) and 1909 (when he married Sarah Ann Morgan).

Married Sarah Ann Morgan of 83 Ward Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent in 1909.

The 1911 census shows William as a blast furnaceman.

Recorded as J W Brellisford Cartwright in the January 1919 Malpas Deanery magazine when his death was announced.

Previously listed previously by that name as one of the serving Malpas men.

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He was wounded on 8 November 1918, developed pneumonia and died in France.