WW1 Casualty: Private 240723 Joseph Conlin - Private 240723 Joseph Conlin
| Unit/Regiment |
1st/5th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment |
| Date of Death |
13/03/1917 |
Age at Death |
32 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery
VI B 8 |
| Census Details |
1891 Census -
Joseph Conlin was aged 6 and lived at 35 High Street, Prescot, with his parents James (29, a coal miner) and Ann, also 29. Also there was Joseph's sister Mary, aged 2.
1911 Census -
Joseph (26) and his father James (47) lived as Boarders at Maypole Cottages in Bold, the home of Patrick McGarry. Both Joseph and James worked as Coal Miners |
| Birth/Marriage/Death Registrations |
Birth Registered Q2/1885, Prescot, 8b, 701
Marriage to Jane Cunningham recorded in Q1/1915 at Prescot, 8b, 1091 |
| SDGW - Where Born |
Prescot, Lancs |
| Enlisted |
Prescot |
| How Died |
Died of Wounds |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
| Notes |
Previously served as Private 2644, 1st/5th South Lancs |
| Research Ref. No. |
P055 |
Service DetailsJoseph Conlin arrived in France in May 1915 as part of a draft of reinforcements for the battalion. They did not see much action for the remainder of the year, although they were subject to the constant shellfire and normal attrition associated with this phase of the war. Through into 1916, the battalion were mainly engaged in the Somme campaign, specifically around Guillemont in September of that year, but the winter of 1916 found them based in the Ypres sector.
The regimental history reports that the battalion remained in the Ypres salient carrying out normal trench duties, allied to a fortnight's rest and training in January at Merkehegam. And there are no specific action reports for the first four months of the year.
Despite this, Private Conlin is reported to have died of wounds on 13th March, one of only two men of the battalion to die that month. He is buried at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.
The Parish Magazine of 27th November 1917 reported 'The following have fallen in the present fighting on various battlefields' and included 'Pte. Joseph Conlin, 29, 5th S. Lancs. Of 28, Rowson Street, March 1917'.
Joseph Conlin's Medal Index Card. He was entitled to the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Joseph Conlin's grave at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery
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