Luke Bolstridge

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Luke Cherry
• Miltary Service: 1914; 2nd Battalion South Staffs Regiment
• Service Number: 1914; Private 6891

Notes:

In Memory of
L BOLSTRIDGE
Private 6891
2nd Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment
who died on
Monday, 16th November 1914.

Commemorative Information
Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: III. A. 46.

Location: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery is one of the Town Cemeteries and stands on high ground on the eastern side of Boulogne, on the road to St. Omer.

Historical Information: Boulogne, was one of the three Base ports most extensively used by the British Armies on the Western Front, throughout the 1914-18 War. It was closed and cleared on the 27th August, 1914, in consequence of the retreat of the Allies; but it was opened again in October, and from that month to the end of the war Boulogne and Wimereux formed one of the chief Hospital areas. The dead from the Hospitals at Boulogne itself were buried, until June (in a few cases July), 1918, in the Cimetiere de L'Est, one of the Town Cemeteries. The British graves form a long, narrow strip along the right hand edge of the cemetery; they are arranged in seven plots, numbered I to IV and VII to IX. (The number V was given to the German Plot and VI to the Portuguese.) In the spring of 1918 it was found that the ground available in the Eastern Cemetery was being filled up, in spite of repeated extensions to the South, and the site of the new cemetery at Terlincthun was chosen. During the 1939-45 War Boulogne was, for a short time in May 1940, again the site of British hospitals and of Rear General Head Quarters. Taken by the Germans at the end of that month, it remained in their hands until re-captured by the Canadians on September 22nd 1944. There are now nearly 6,000, 1914-18 and 200, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The cemetery covers an area of 8,040 square metres.

Luke married Maud Maddox in 1910 in Walsall, : Registration District, England. Maud was born about 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Thomas Bolstridge was born on 25 Jun 1911 in King's Norton, : Registration District, England; died on 9 Nov 1988 in Stafford, : Registration District, England.
2. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• GRO Birth Index: Jun 1859; Aston 6d - 268
• Residence: 1881, 8, Argyle Street, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; A Boarder
• Occupation: 1881; General Servant
• Residence: 1901, 102, Charlotte Road, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England
• Residence: 1911, 29, Warren Road, Stirchley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
• GRO Death Index: Sep 1927; Birmingham South 6d - 293 Age 68

Notes:

1901 Census 102 Charlotte Road Kings Norton RG13/2805 Folio 72 page 29
NB Clara listed Married no sign of Samuel!!!!!

He is Possibly committed to some mental hospital see his 1911 census detail

Clara Bolstridge HD M 42 1859 Warw BirminghamWash Woman
Luke Bolstridg e19 1882 Warcs BirminghamNo Work
James Bolstridge 16 1885 Warcs BirminghamBrick Maker
Thomas Bolstridge 15 1886 Warcs BirminghamBrick Maker
Florence Bolstridge 10 1891 Warcs Birmingham
Maud Bolstridge 9 1892 Worcs Ten Acres
Arthur Bolstridge 7 1894 Worcs Stirchley
Mark Bolstridge 5 1896 Worcs Kings Norton
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1911 Census 29, Warren Road, Stirchley

In the children section she was listed as married 27 years
12 children 2 dead (the 12 must include those from Samuel's previous marriage

BOLSTRIDGE, Clara Head Married F 51 1860 Birmingham
BOLSTRIDGE, Maud Daughter Single F 19 1892 Store Keeper In Chocolate Works Kings Norton Worcestershire
BOLSTRIDGE, Mark Son Single M 15 1896 Brass Foundry Works Kings Norton Worcester
BOLSTRIDGE, Arthur Son Single M 17 1894 Brass Foundry Works Kings Norton Worcester
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Duddleston, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

1871 Census RG10 - 3145 Folio 62
William Cherry Hd age 47 b. Birmingham Railway Worker
Emma Wf age 41 b. Birmingham
Ellen dau age 19 Iron Worker
James H son age 18 Railway Clerk
Clara dau age 11
Mark son age 10
Emily dau age 8
Luke son age 5
Kate dau age 4
Frederick son age 2
Alice dau age 1
Eliza dau age 5m
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William married Emma Collins on 8 Jul 1849 in Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Emma was born in 1830 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Duddleston, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England