[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by dotti34

Retlaw you are a gem! Many thanks for this information. I will keep a copy of the newspaper clipping in my file, much appreciated. Pretty sure now that this is the one and the same Samuel who was my husband's great-uncle as the Alfred who is my husband's ancestor passed away in 1900 which fits in with the report of Sam being the son of the late Mr. A. Mallalieu.

Not sure why Samuel had been living in Blackpool - but that's something else for me to try to find out.

Off to show him indoors the clipping now. Once again, many thanks.

It tells you in the news clipping why he is shown as Blackpool, I have dozens of Greater Accrington Soldiers whose parents or wife moved to Blackpool, Lythan, Southport, etc, it appeared to be their main aspiration to get away from Accrington. I've also quite a few who never returned home to this area after the war, most settled down south, some even emigrated & qualified for assisted passage. One was demobbed in India and spent the next 19 years there before coming home.