WW1 photos (postcard format) written in old hand on each is the word
Delaney and we believe these are the Delaney brothers of Middleton,
Manchester, killed in action in WW1:
Pte Thomas Delaney 10th Battalion Lancashire
Fusiliers
Name: DELANEY, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Unit Text: "D" Coy. 10th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 12/05/1917
Service No: 28143
Additional information: Son of Patrick and Mary Jane Delaney, of Alick
House, Stocks Lane, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 5.
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
and his brother
Pte Frederick Delaney 2nd/5th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers
Name: DELANEY, FREDERICK
Initials: F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Unit Text: 2nd/5th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 24/08/1918
Service No: 20813
Additional information: Son of Patrick and Mary Jane Delaney, of Middleton,
Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 15.
Cemetery: HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Private Tom Delaney ,son of Mr and Mrs Delaney,of Stocks-lane,Alkrington,was
killed in action on May the 12th 1918 whilst fighting with the Lancashire
Fusiliers.He worked at Lodge Mills and was connected with St Peters
Church.
Private F.Delaney ,son of Mr and Mrs Delaney,of Stocks-lane,Alkrington,was
killed in action on October the 24th 1918.He had been wounded twice
previously.He worked at the Lodge Mills and was connected with St
Peters Church.
Both the above have been taken from Middletons Brave Sons.
