WILFRED BATES WW1 1918

[trevalyn]

Hope I'm not leading you down a blind alley. John Stringfellow is relevant only inasmuch as he appeared on Wilfred's Pension Card. My end objective is to find proof of where Wilfred Bates is buried.
I don't know the Bolton area but Horwich and Westhoughton appear to neighbouring districts to the west side of the town,

[Radcliff]

oh no your not leading me away, in the absence of a quick reply and correct burial for Wilfred just looking around for clues, I have looked in a couple of cemeteries and various church resources and found no details,
I noticed his other next of kin was his mother Mary, who was living in Bolton Workhouse, did you find any details on her they could be buried in the same plot

[jonwarrn]

Another blind alley!
James Stringfellow buried Hindley Cemetery, 19 March 1910, is in grave C 6-280, with a load of Edwards
https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/hindleycemeterydetail.php?page=1&surname=stringfellow&sort=0&forename=&sf=0&id=8608

[Radcliff]

are there two records for  Wilfred Bates

Wilfred Bates 200796, Welsh fusiliers, wife Emily of West Houghton,discharged June 1918,

Wilfred Bates 15934 also wife Emily West Houghton, discharged not fit in 1914 , a collier born All Saints Hindley,

[trevalyn]

Strange coincidence  - two men called Wilfred Bates, two wives called Emily, both in West Houghton.
I was only aware of Wilfred Bates 200796. The mention of Hindley does raise the question as to whether we should be looking around Wigan rather than/as well as Bolton.

[JenB]

Wilfred most likely buried in or around Westhoughton. 

I assume you've already checked Westhoughton cemetery itself - there's no record of him there.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJX-MLG5?cat=737396&i=12&lang=en

[Radcliff]

Have you any family details for him, he states his mother resides in Bolton workhouse in 1914, and she was called Mary, I looked at a burial in Heaton Mary Ann Bates a widow died at the infirmary , she is widowed aged 47 years, non conformist, resided at 45 Cloisters St, body brought from Little Bolton, place of burial, 3 ,,W,97, NUMBER OF GRANT 10932

[trevalyn]

Thanks, Radcliff, I will follow up on that one tomorrow.