Trying to find information .....South Lancashire Regiment

Firstly would the number we can't quite read be his service number?

 

Looking for information on our Grandfather who was in the South Lancashire Regiment 1939-1945. His name was Joseph Pountley. And we have no further information apart from a headstone photo. We are in New Zealand. Not sure where to look next?

 

thanks

 

Thanks. At least we know the correct number now.

 

There was a few South Lancs battalions during WW2. You would need to know which one(s) he was in to find out more detail about his war. It will be recorded in his service records.

Good luck.

 

Born 15 Oct 1916 in Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Son of Cornelius Pountley by his first wife Emma (nee Tomlinson).

Here's Cornelius with his second wife, Elizabeth (nee Bray):

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
Pountley Household (5 People)
51 Waterside Stubbs Terrace , Macclesfield M.B., Cheshire, England
FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
Cornelius Pountley 19 Nov 1894 General Labourer
Elizabeth Pountley 04 Sep 1900 Unpaid Domestic Duties
Jack Pountley 12 Jan 1934 At School
Philip Pountley 30 Mar 1936 Under School Age

 

A little more detail on Joseph
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005
Name: Joseph Pountley
Mother's Maiden Surname: Tomlinson
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1916
Registration district: Macclesfield
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 201

If you want a copy then contact the Registrars Office for Macclesfield and with the info above they will find it and send you a copy (for a small fee)

I note he also had a brother - from an Ancestry family tree (does not show Joseph):
James Pountley
Birth: Mar 1919 - Cheshire
Death: Abt 2000
Marriage: Mar 1950 - Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Father: Pountley
Mother: Tomlinson

TD