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Pte. John McPartland
British Army 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:Altrincham
(d.4th Sep 1916)
John McPartland was my great-grandfather. I was unaware, until this week, that he had served and died in World War I. The death record I found at Ancestry.co.uk
lists him as killed in action on the Western Front (France/Flanders). I know no other details, but assume from the dates that he was killed in one of the Battles of The Somme, either Guillemont or Mouquet Farm. His name is listed on the Altrincham War Memorial. There is a photograph online of unidentified members of his regiment/battalion in the trenches, and one soldier very much resembles my father, but I have no way of knowing, of course. I would appreciate anything else I could learn.