Life story: John Wilfrid Clive 'wilf' Bagshaw | Lives of the First World War

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1899

birth Ardwick, Manchester United Kingdom Source:8607752 Source:8608088 8th January 1899

1911

location 50 Bankfield Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester United Kingdom parents address Source:8608088 1911

1916

enlistment Manchester United Kingdom Source:8607752 15th December 1916

1916

service British Army Private TR/4/33436 Training Reserve 60th Battalion Source:8607752 15th December 1916 - 2nd January 1917

1917

service British Army Private TR/4/33436 Training Reserve 65th Battalion (52nd Graduated Battalion, Welsh Regiment) Source:8607752 3rd January 1917 - 16th October 1917

1917

employment Group 37 - Clerk (Shipping) H B Wood Ltd Manchester United Kingdom Source:8607754 1917

1917

service British Army Lance Corporal TR/4/33436 Training Reserve 65th Battalion (52nd Graduated Battalion, Welsh Regiment) Source:8607752 17th October 1917 - 20th January 1918

1918

service British Army Private 48026 South Wales Borderers 10th Battalion Source:8607752 22nd January 1918 - 5th February 1918

1918

theatres Western Europe :1 Source:8608088 22nd January 1918 - 1919

1918

service British Army Private 48026 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion Source:8607754 6th February 1918 - 2nd February 1919

1918

appointments Rifle-Bomber (orig) (diary = 4 Pl Rifle-gren sect) Source:8607754 11th February 1918

1918

appointments Battalion Runner Source:8608258 16th March 1918 - 8th November 1918

1918

hospitalisation Wounded - Shell gas - 1-2 June 1918 Hospital/Institution Source:8607752 2nd June 1918

1918

hospitalisation Wounded - Shell gas (JWCB's own war diary notes: "Effects of gas") - possibly from 1-2 June 1918) Hospital/Institution Source:8607752 10th June 1918 - 26th June 1918

1918

appointments Orderly Room Clerk Source:8608258 8th November 1918 - 12th April 1919

1919

service British Army Lance-Corporal 48026 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion Source:8607754 2nd February 1919 - 2nd April 1919

1919

service British Army Lance-Corporal 48026 South Wales Borderers 10th Battalion Source:8607754 3rd April 1919 - 11th April 1919

1919

appointments Orderly Room Sergeant Source:8608258 12th April 1919 - 18th October 1919

1919

service British Army Acting-Sergeant (Acting Orderly Room Sergeant) 48026 South Wales Borderers 10th Battalion Source:8607754 12th April 1919 - 16th April 1919

1919

service British Army Sergeant 48026 South Wales Borderers att'd Home Records (Infantry) Source:8607754 17th April 1919 - 18th October 1919

1923

marriage Margaret Kirby Source:8963142 1923

1939

location "Wayside", Highfield Crescent, Wilmslow, Cheshire United Kingdom their own address Source:9485781 8th May 1939

sibling Catherine Elsie Bagshaw Source:8608088

sibling Edward Dudley Bagshaw Source:8608088

sibling Leslie Gordon Bagshaw Source:8608088

sibling Muriel Grace Bagshaw Source:8608088

1983

death Not War Related Stockport United Kingdom Source:9484316 Source:8619120 11th August 1983

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	John Wilfrid Clive 'wilf'
Initials	JWC'
Last Name	Bagshaw
Source	8610237

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
"Wayside", Highfield Crescent, Wilmslow, Cheshire	United Kingdom	their own address	known 8th May 1939
50 Bankfield Avenue, Rusholme, Manchester	United Kingdom	parents address	known 1911

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	48026	South Wales Borderers	1st Battalion	Lance-Corporal
British Army	48026	South Wales Borderers	10th Battalion	Lance-Corporal
British Army	48026	South Wales Borderers	10th Battalion	Acting-Sergeant (Acting Orderly Room Sergeant)
British Army	TR/4/33436	Training Reserve	60th Battalion	Private
British Army	TR/4/33436	Training Reserve	65th Battalion (52nd Graduated Battalion, Welsh Regiment)	Private
British Army	TR/4/33436	Training Reserve	65th Battalion (52nd Graduated Battalion, Welsh Regiment)	Lance Corporal
British Army	48026	South Wales Borderers	10th Battalion	Private
British Army	48026	South Wales Borderers	1st Battalion	Private
British Army	48026	South Wales Borderers	att'd Home Records (Infantry)	Sergeant

Awards

Award	Type	Source
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
John Bagshaw	father
Annie S Bagshaw	mother

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Catherine Elsie Bagshaw	sister
Edward Dudley Bagshaw	brother
Leslie Gordon Bagshaw	brother
Muriel Grace Bagshaw	sister

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Margaret Kirby	wife	1923

Physical

Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Source
Fresh	Blue	Fair

Date	Height	Source
1917-02-08	5'7"

Religion

Date	Religion	Source
	Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

Media

John Wilfrid Clive "Wilf" Bagshaw

In uniform c.1917

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John Wilfrid Clive Bagshaw c.1917/18

In uniform, probably in training / before deployment to France in Jan 1918 with 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers

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BAGSHAW, JWC - Cert. of employment during the war

Certificate of employment during the war - Army Form Z.18

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BAGSHAW, JWC - Medical History

Medical History - Army Form B. 178

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BAGSHAW JWC - Transfer to Reserve on Demob

Army Form Z. 21 which dated 19-10-1919

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BAGSHAW JWC - Protection Cert. & Cert of Identity

Army Form Z. 11 - issued Sep 1919

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BAGSHAW JWC - Soldier's Demobilisation Account

Army Form W. 5065 - dated 27 Sep 1919

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BAGSHAW JWC - Memo re: Demob account payment

Army Form C348 - dated 15.10.1919

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BAGSHAW JWC - Cover of Pay and Allowances book

Cover for payment drafts redeemable at post offices when on leave and/or after demobilization

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BAGSHAW JWC - Statement as to disability

Army Form Z. 22 dated 19.9.19 Front page (1/2 pages)

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BAGSHAW JWC - Statement as to disability (p2/2)

Army Form Z. 22 dated 19.9.19 Rear page (2/2 pages)

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BAGSHAW JWC - Letter rejecting disability claim

Ministry of Pensions Form Z.B. - dated 7.11.1919 - not found to have disability - no award of pension or other allowance compensation

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BAGSHAW JWC

In uniform in front of St Chad's church, Shrewsbury, whilst serving at the Home Records office, Shrewsbury.

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Records Office, Rouen 1919

JWC Bagshaw, 10th Batt, South Wales Borderers (centre 2nd row - between officer with cane & one without)

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BAGSHAW JWC

In uniform JWC Bagshaw, 10th Batt, South Wales Borderers (centre 2nd row - between officer with cane & one without) - Records Office, Rouen

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BAGSHAW JWC

In uniform in Shrewsbury whist serving at the Home Records Office there

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BAGSHAW John Wilfrid Clive ("Wilf") - Birth Cert.

Copy Birth Certificate (1957)

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Group photo - South Wales Borderers

Group in uniform, Rouen. 1918 or 1919 - Incl. JWC Bagshaw

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BAGSHAW JWC, (3rd row, centre - behind officers)

In uniform in Rouen. 1918 or 1919

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British War Medal & Victory Medal

His war medals - a "Mutt & Jeff" pair

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W. BAGSHAW

Private identity bracelet

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South Wales Borderers

Cap badge

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BAGSHAW, JWC - Cert. of employment during the war

Rear of certificate (front also attached)

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KIRBY, Margaret

Wilf's girlfriend/fiancee/future wife posing on his motorcycle c.1919-1923

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Serj. Wilf Bagshaw and Miss Margaret Kirby

Met at Shrewsbury Records Office, April - Oct 1919

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BAGSHAW John Wilfrid Clive (Wilf) & KIRBY Margaret

Marriage

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Wilf BAGSHAW

Grave headstone

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BAGSHAW JWC

1939-45 Civil Defence - Senior ARP Warden

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Civil Defence (ARP) 1939-45 period

Years service chevrons

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BAGSHAW JWC 1939.05.08 Air Raid Warden

BAGSHAW JWC 1939.05.08 Air Raid Warden - Appointment Card (reverse) 16237

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BAGSHAW, JWC 48026

Active Service Will

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BAGSHAW, JWC 33436 and 48026

Army Pay Book 1, front pages

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BAGSHAW, JWC 48026

Army Pay Book 2, front pages

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Communities

BAGSHAW family - Matlock, Manchester and further afield

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription	R58235
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription	R58235
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	R58235
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	R58235
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription	R58235
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	R58235
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	R58235

External Evidence

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Medal Index Card - Image	R58235

Multimedia

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John Wilfrid Clive "Wilf" Bagshaw	R58235
John Wilfrid Clive Bagshaw c.1917/18	R58235
BAGSHAW, JWC - Cert. of employment during the war	R58235
BAGSHAW, JWC - Medical History	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC - Transfer to Reserve on Demob	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC - Protection Cert. & Cert of Identity	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC - Soldier's Demobilisation Account	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC - Memo re: Demob account payment	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC - Cover of Pay and Allowances book	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC - Statement as to disability	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC - Statement as to disability (p2/2)	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC - Letter rejecting disability claim	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC	R58235
Records Office, Rouen 1919	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC	R58235
BAGSHAW John Wilfrid Clive ("Wilf") - Birth Cert.	R58235
Group photo - South Wales Borderers	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC, (3rd row, centre - behind officers)	R58235
British War Medal & Victory Medal	R58235
W. BAGSHAW	R58235
South Wales Borderers	R58235
BAGSHAW, JWC - Cert. of employment during the war	R58235
KIRBY, Margaret	R58235
Serj. Wilf Bagshaw and Miss Margaret Kirby	R58235
BAGSHAW John Wilfrid Clive (Wilf) & KIRBY Margaret	R58235
Wilf BAGSHAW	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC	R58235
Civil Defence (ARP) 1939-45 period	R58235
BAGSHAW JWC 1939.05.08 Air Raid Warden	R58235
BAGSHAW, JWC 48026	R58235
BAGSHAW, JWC 33436 and 48026	R58235
BAGSHAW, JWC 48026	R58235

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