John William Bird
John was a colliery loader, below ground.
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John William Bird, born on 7th November 1889 at Fulwood, Sutton, .he was he son of the late Joseph (a collier) and Sarah Eliza Bird née Goodall
Joseph was born in 1857 at Worthington, Leicestershire, he died in 1895 at Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire he was 38 yrs old, his mother Sarah Eliza Goodall was born in 1862 at Fulwood, Sutton in Ashfield, they were married on 27th December 1887 at St Mary's Church, Sutton in Asfield, they had further children George James b1891 and Joseph Wilfred b1894.
His mother went on to marry Alfred Woods born 1856 at Troston, Suffolk, they were married in 1897 they had two children, Martha Ann Wood b1897 and Jesse Eliza born 1904.
In 1911 John was living with his mother and stepfather at Heathcotes Farm Fulwood, Alfred Woods 54 yrs is a coal miner he is living with his wife Sarah Eliza 48 yrs and children, Annie Woods 21 yrs, Martha Ann Woods 13 yrs, Alice Woods 8 yrs Jesse Eliza Woods6 yrs, John William Bird 21 yrs a coal miner, 6 yrs of age, George James Bird 19 yrs a horseman on a farm, and Joseph Wilfred Bird 16 yrs a cowman on a farm.
Thanks to Andy McKinnon for this identification and research
47073 Private, South Staffordshire Regiment (battalion unknown), enlisted at Sutton in Ashfield before transferring to 31362 Private, 7th Battalion Prince of Wales's Own Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment).
He served as 47073 Private, South Staffordshire Regiment (battalion unknown), before moving to 31362 Private, 7th Battalion Prince of Wales's Own Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment). He was killed in action in Belgium on 13th June 1917, has no known grave, and is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Panel 37.
additional reseach and information Peter Gillings
Photo of John William Bird
Ypres Menin Gate memorial, Belgium, courtesy of the cwgc