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| IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF OUR LOVED ONE HENRY CHARLES ECCLESTON WHO PASSED INTO HIS ETERNAL REST ON THE 24TH NOVEMBER 1943AGED 49 YEARS ** FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING ** RB thanks for adding that information! I have been facing problems registering my replies to comments on my blogs so I decided to put it. Much of the info that comes in the comments section is invaluable!! |
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Henry Charles Eccleston died 1943
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This is my Great Uncle's grave. He was the son of George Eccleston - Junior Sergeant at La Martiniere School where he and his siblings (6 or 7 of them) went during the early 1900s. His mother was called Eliza (Pearce). The family were really close to Bishop Barnes who had a great influence in the children's lives and was a father figure to them when their own father, George, died. My granny had a picture of the Bishop which she kept all her life and which my uncle (her son)now has. Somewhere I have noted that Henry Charles was at some point deputy postmaster general of Lahore but I have not confirmed that and would welcome any further information about him. He was married to a one Emma Sarah Singleton Harvey, according to records I have seen. He was born and christened in Lucknow. One of his siblings died in the siege of Kut Al Almara; another - Frederick was ordained and moved to Australia after Partition; my granny was Ethel Beatrice and she and her husband Horace Twigger returned to the UK eventually after a spell in Malaya.
ReplyDeleteThis is my grandfathers grave. He died before I was born in 1949. He had two children, Joan and my father Richard Albert George Eccleston. He also had a step daughter Phyllis Esme who died during childbirth. My grandmother Emma returned to the UK in 1947.
ReplyDeleteHi Rodney this is so interesting. I am very interested in tracing Eliza (ne Pearce) Eccleston's mother Eliza whose surname I cannot find. Her father was Thomas Pierce born in Spittalfields in 1841 I believe.. would love to hear from you.
Deletehi , George eccleston senior was my great uncle ,born in st. helens in 1852 . he married eliza pearce . i am searching for all siblings going forwards , i've found a distant cousin in aus , let me know anyway thanks
ReplyDeletePte Albert Edward Eccleston (Serv. No: 9466)
ReplyDeleteBorn: Apr 21,1892 Rangoon
Died: May 4, 1916 - Killed in action during the Mesopotamia Campain (Iraq) Nov. 6, 1914 – Nov 14, 1918 - including First Battle of Kut.
Buried: Panel 26 and 63.- Basra Memorial, Al Basrah, Basra, Iraq, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 26 and 63.
Pte Albert Edward Eccleston (Serv. No: 9466)
ReplyDeleteBorn: Apr 21,1892 Rangoon
Died: May 4, 1916 - Killed in action during the Mesopotamia Campain (Iraq) Nov. 6, 1914 – Nov 14, 1918 - including First Battle of Kut.
Buried: Panel 26 and 63.- Basra Memorial, Al Basrah, Basra, Iraq, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 26 and 63.
My Nana was Ellen Agnes Boswell (née Eccleston), she the 7th child of 12 born to Ret'd Sgt George Eccleston & Eliza Pearce.
ReplyDeleteEllen Agnes Boswell (Née Eccleston): Also known as “Nell” or “Nellie”
Born: Nov 10, 1902 @ Lucknow
Died: Aug 27, 1971 @ Harboard, NSW, Australia
Buried: Cremated at Northern suburbs Crematorium Sydney. Her ashes were scatted into the ocean from Flat rock, Sth Curl Curl by her youngest daughter Rosemary Elizabeth “Peter/Peta” Murdoch (née Boswell); my mother.