This officer is a Second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers
in 1915. I do not know who it is, but it is likely that he was a family friend
or cousin/nephew etc. of my ancestors.
The photo was in my grandmother’s collection, and my grandmother and her
parents came from Manchester, where they were connected with family names
Wright, Gould, Atherton and of course others for whom I do not have family
names.
I have this good quality photo, but no other knowledge of
him was ever passed to me from my grandmother or mother. It suggests, but not
conclusively, that he may have died in 1914-18.
Research I have carried out show that the following Lancashire Fusilier Lieutenants had the given name ‘Bernard’, and there is a
reasonable possibility that this Bernard is one of them. 3 of them have strong
Manchester connections from their birth registration districts.
Lieutenant Bernard Horner (Died March 5 1917)
Second Lieutenant John Bernard Rowland Ellison
Second Lieutenant Cecil Bernard Richmond
Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Bernard Vores (Died June 4 1915)
Lieutenant Bernard Richard Hawksey (Died September 28 1918)
Second Lieutenant Maurice Bernard Gill
I have posted this on line in the outside hope that one day you
may chance across this post when researching one of these men. If you do please
contact me. My email is aspdin@gmail.com
or you will easily track me down with a search of ‘aspdin’ and ‘derby’
Many thanks.
Nigel
**Update 1 May 30 2014
After information received today, I have to add the following to the list:
Second Lieutenant (later Captain) Bernard Harold Hartley (Died November 4, 1916)
I have discovered that we share the same ancestry which goes back to Robert Harlow of Ashbourne, (c.1779-1828), my great-great-great-grandfather, probably the great-great-grandfather of Bernard Harold Hartley. His mother was born Eleanor Kinch Harlow, circa 1866.
In view of this link, and other links that now fall into place, in particular photographs in my grandmother's album of a house named 'Ashleigh' at 134 Stockport Road, Marple, where census returns show Bernard to have been resident at the 1901 census, it seems it is almost certain that this is the Bernard in the photograph, and explains why the photograph of Bernard was in my grandmother's papers, as they were distant cousins. I also have other miscellaneous material relating to the Harlow family retained by my grandmother.
**Update 1 May 30 2014
After information received today, I have to add the following to the list:
Second Lieutenant (later Captain) Bernard Harold Hartley (Died November 4, 1916)
I have discovered that we share the same ancestry which goes back to Robert Harlow of Ashbourne, (c.1779-1828), my great-great-great-grandfather, probably the great-great-grandfather of Bernard Harold Hartley. His mother was born Eleanor Kinch Harlow, circa 1866.
In view of this link, and other links that now fall into place, in particular photographs in my grandmother's album of a house named 'Ashleigh' at 134 Stockport Road, Marple, where census returns show Bernard to have been resident at the 1901 census, it seems it is almost certain that this is the Bernard in the photograph, and explains why the photograph of Bernard was in my grandmother's papers, as they were distant cousins. I also have other miscellaneous material relating to the Harlow family retained by my grandmother.
