WW1 Casualty: Lance Corporal 8806 Joseph Agnew - Lance Corporal 8806 Joseph Agnew
| Unit/Regiment |
1st Bn., South Lancashire Regiment |
| Date of Death |
27/10/1918 |
Age at Death |
29 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Tehran Memorial
Panel 3 Column 1 |
| Census Details |
1901 Census -
Living at 53 Albert Street, St Helens, were William (43) and Mary (35), along with their children Joseph (12), Mary (9), James (6), Elizabeth (5) and Catherine (1) |
| SDGW - Where Born |
St. Helens, Lancs |
| Enlisted |
Warrington, Lancs |
| Resided |
Prescot, Lancs |
| How Died |
Died |
Theatre of War |
India |
| Notes |
Recorded as Serjeant by Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Research Ref. No. |
P002 |
Service DetailsPte Agnew's number was allocated in 1908, so though we don't have his service papers, it is clear that he was a long-serving pre-war regular.
The outbreak of war in 1914 found the 1st Battalion stationed in Quetta, Baluchistan, eighty miles from the borders of Afghanistan. Throughout the war, the battalion was retained in India to assist in keeping watch over the North-West frontier.
The battalion was kept in a constant state of readiness throughout the war years, moving to various locations in the Theatre to counter threats, real or perceived, but by the end of the war in November 1918, they were back in Quetta,
Lance Corporal Agnew is recorded to have 'Died', which usually indicates a soldier who has died of illness or accident. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Tehran Memorial.
He was entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal
The Register of Soldiers Effects lists his father, William, as next of kin
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