Born: 1898, Shipley
Died: 26 April 1918
Buried:
Address: 3 Prospect Street, Windhill
Parents: Holdsworth & Esther, nee Moody
Spouse:
Siblings:
Occupation: Part-time assistant to dairyman father (1911)
Organisations/clubs: Windhill WMCI
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Christchurch, Windhill; Tyne Cot Memorial
Children:
Regiment: South Staffordshire
George Bagshaw
George Bagshaw was the son of
Holdsworth Bagshaw and his wife
Esther nee Moody. Holdsworth was
a coal delivery man living at 11
Thompson Street, Shipley.
George, the elder of two sons, was
born in Shipley in 1898. In 1901
the family were living at 1 Dawson
Street, Shipley, with Holdsworth
working as a carter. Ten years later
they had moved to 3 Prospect
Street in Windhill. Holdsworth was
now working as a dairyman helped
part time by his son, George.
On 28 June 1918 the Shipley Times
& Express reported that cousins
George Bagshaw and Herbert
Wilkinson, had both been reported
missing.
A week later the paper reported:
“Mr and Mrs Holdsworth Bagshaw
of 3 Prospect Street, Windhill, were
officially informed on Monday that
their son, Pte George Bagshaw,
South Staffordshire Regt, who was
a member of the Windhill Young
Men’s Christian Institute, has been
killed in action.
His cousin, Pte Herbert Wilkinson,
Northumberland Fusiliers, of 23
Prospect Street, Windhill, is in the
missing list since 1st June.
Thanks to Colin Coates for his help with the research into George