Basic Details
Surname
Proctor
Forenames
Lancelot
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
George Baron Theodore Lancelot
Served or died
Died
Service number
12448
Notes
He is listed on the memorial as having been a scholar at the school. The school website (see References) states: ‘Private Lancelot Proctor was the son of Robert and Jessie Proctor of 8, Market Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. His father worked for the Oldham and Ashton Tramway Company at Denton. And, his Mother ran a Drapers Shop. He had a younger Sister and an adoptive Sister. Lancelot was the manager of Messrs Buckley, Bakers of Ashton-under-Lyne. He died during the Battle of the Somme on the 7th July 1916 ages 28, when an aerial dart entered the shelter where in he was sitting and a piece of metal entered his brain. He left a wife Nancy Ann Hawkins who he married in 1911 at Ashton-under-Lyne Stamford Street Methodist Church (APD2/3/42) under his full name George Baron Theodore Lancelot Proctor. And a child, Marry Jessie, their daughter who had been born the following year (AST/175/46)'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Vermelles
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
July
Day of death
7
Age at death
28
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action