Christopher Thomas Bottrill (c.1891-1916)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- BOTTRILL, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS. Sergeant. No 6837. 16th Battalion (1st Manchester Pals) Manchester Regiment. Born Shelley. Lived Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1.7.1916, aged 25 years. Has no known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
- ROH:- Emmanuel Church, Shelley; commemorated on his parents' headstone in churchyard.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Serjeant CHRISTOPHER THOMAS BOTTRILL
- regiment: Manchester Regiment
- died: Saturday, July 1, 1916
- age: 25 years
- record ID: 766821
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #766821)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #425906)