Person Sheet


Name Kenneth William Glenny MEAKIN, GG Uncle, 180
Birth 17 4 1881, Barlaston
Birth Memo IoB 2Q81 Stone 6b53
Death 16 5 1915, Shot at Wulverghem-Messines. Died at Bailleul Hospital. Age: 34
Occupation Potter. 1901: earthenware manufacturer.
Father James MEAKIN, 74 (1830-1885)
Mother Emily RIDGWAY, 31 (1841-1924)
Spouses:
Unmarried
Notes for Kenneth William Glenny MEAKIN
Meakin FTree 26/1/97: 6/ 8, "d". Capt Crofton's tree (1945): YofB. FRC080900: census1891. FRC020702: IoB. Onlone250103: census1901. History of 5th North Staffs 1914-1919 by Walter Meakin (brother): D/PofD, Lt in 1st/5th North Staffs, shot in head by sniper on 15/5/1915, buried at Bailleul Cemetery. Story of J&G Meakin (Hollowood): dir 1905-15. Bernard Meakin diary of world trip 17/4/1910 (050699): "KM's" b'day. Registry at Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Part 2 (G to O) read 29 Aug 99 on visit by Guy, Elisabeth nee Jenkins, Nicholas Philip, Richard John and Eleanor Claire: "MEAKIN, Second Lieutenant, Kenneth William Glenny, 5th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16 May 1915. Age 34. Son of Mrs Meakin, of Darlaston Hall, Stone, Staffs, and the late James Meakin. I.C. 142". Ancestry291215: census1901.
Census
Census1891 2143/1/17: aged 9, son at Darlaston Hall, sch, PofB Barlaston. Census1901 1210/54/44: aged 19, single, visitor at Royston Park Pinner Middx w brother Walter (174), occ, PofB Barlaston.
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