The "A" in this William A Day is his mothers maiden name: Anderton Full name William Anderton Day, to keep his mothers family name they added it as his middle name. ADDED He died the next year (Mar 1915). M&SFHF
Good find as we know he does not show on CWGC so could be an IFC case Also I have come across headstones that state person was killed in air raid and sent off for DC only to find died of natural causes so a DC would nail it also had a quick look on Geoffs search engine Died Liverpool area CivilianRUSSELL, RODNEY Died 04/05/1941 Aged 19 Civilian War Dead Home Guard; of 11 Swanside Road, Roby. Son of Edith M. Russell, and of Charles Thomas Russell. Died at 11 Swanside Road.
1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION 11 Swanside Road, Huyton with Roby, Lancashire NAME DOB OCCUPATION Charles T Russell 28 Aug 1889 Insurance Agent & Collector Edith M Russell 15 Sep 1885 Unpaid Domestic Duties Rodney Russell 23 Oct 1921 Engineers Clerk (Cable Works)
He may have been visiting family UK, WWII Civilian Deaths, 1939-1945 Name: John Day Estimated birth year: abt 1900 Death Date: 4 May 1941 Death Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Age at Death: 41 Spouse: Millicent Day TD
I think there's a good possibility William Day was originally injured/wounded during the Manchester Christmas Blitz of 1940, and maybe died of his wounds months later, with this being the reason he got missed from the CWGC as Civilian War Dead. This just might be pure coincidence but if you follow this Manchester Evening News Link for Manchester Interactive bomb map of the 1940 blitz then click on the map further down, locate the area between Ellesmere Park and Salford (to the west of Manchester City Centre), there are a number of casulties (orange dots) in an area to the west of Lancaster Road. All of these casualties happened on the night of the 22/12/1940 or they died at Hope Hospital the following day 23/12/1940. One of the casualties was Harold Perret (CWGC details) is listed at 14 Orient Road, Pendleton. This is right next door to the address (of 16 Orient Road) listed as William Day's abode in the cemetery records in post #13.
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Harold died at Hope hospital from his injuries. No mention of W.A.T. Day or number 16 Orient street? I'll keep digging. M&SFHF
I have ordered the death cert in pdf for W.A.Day and will post it as soon as it is received regards Clive
Thanks Clive, it will be interesting to see what it record I now realise tha I hadn’t looked the the 1946 edition of The Prescotian, reading only the war years editions. Basic research error !!!
Excellent website: Dedicated to remembering Harold Perrett who died in the Greater Manchester blitz. Sadly, no mention of William Day.
Agree it's an excellent site. George Cogswell who runs the site also has a sister site called Trafford War Dead Noticed that quite a few of the Civilian deaths listed on his sites refer to certain 'Civilian War Death' (CWD) reports or case no's. Most of these seem to cover the Trafford district, but wondered if the Salford district had similiar reports and if they are still available to view. Maybe they might include names of the injured if they are detailed enough.
Pretty sure the '91 Eccles Old Road' address on the death certificate was the postal address for Hope Hospital
We see so many names on war memorials that do not show up on CWGC ,sometimes the casualty was missed for whatever reason and sometimes the person is included because they died during the war of unrelated war injuries Name Present name Hope Hospital Previous name(s) Salford Union Infirmary (by 1929 - 1930) Hope Municipal Hospital (1948 reference) Address Stott Lane Salford M6 8HD Previous location Previously the address was simply given as Eccles Old Road (rather a long road). Stott Lane is just more precise - the location is the same. Foundation Year 1882 Closed No The National Archives | Search the archives | Hospital Records| Details
He appears to have died of kidney failure. A pre-existing condition may be why he hadn't been called up. Odd that the school were misinformed though.
