Oswald Birch

1860 - 1917  (57 years)

• Name	Oswald Birch
  Birth	1860	Chorlton, Manchester, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	From 1904 to 1915	Eccles, Lancashire, England   [2]
  	Address: 33 Gleaves Road
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Address: ss Nicoya, Bridgwater Canal
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [3]
  	Seaman
  Death	20 Apr 1917	At sea   [4]
  Commemorated	1928	Tower Hill, London, England   [4, 5]
  	BIRCH, OSWALD (Boatswain) Date of death: Friday, April 20, 1917 Age 56 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Regiment: Mercantile Marine S.S. "Portloe" (Cardiff) Drowned, as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine, 20th April, 1917. Son of the late Richard Charles and Hannah Birch; husband of Charlotte Birch, of 33, Gleaves Rd., Eccles, Manchester. Born at Manchester. (Memorial unveiled 1928)
  Notes	1911 census confusing. Indicates 2 places - Port Limon, Costa Rica; Hulme, Manchester
  Person ID	I929	Gilbert
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	Charlotte Ormesher,   b. 1852, Eccles, Lancashire, England d. 20 May 1935, Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, England (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1884	Eccles, Lancashire, England   [6, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Emily Birch,   b. 19 May 1887, Eccles, Lancashire, England d. 11 Sep 1984, Redbridge, Essex, England (Age 97 years) + 2. Ethel Birch,   b. 22 Mar 1889, Eccles, Lancashire, England d. 8 Jul 1981, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1860 - Chorlton, Manchester, England Marriage - 1884 - Eccles, Lancashire, England Residence - Address: 33 Gleaves Road - From 1904 to 1915 - Eccles, Lancashire, England Residence - Address: ss Nicoya, Bridgwater Canal - 2 Apr 1911 - Manchester, Lancashire, England Commemorated - 1928 - Tower Hill, London, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Birch, Oswald; Mother's Maiden Surname: Hewick; GRO Reference: 1860 S Quarter in CHORLTON Volume 08C Page 587 (accessed 8 Nov 2018). [S439] Greater Manchester Electoral Registers 1820-1940 (FindMyPast), Birch, Oswald; 1904; Location: Eccles; Address: Gleaves Road (accessed 4 Nov 2023). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Birch, Oswald; Birth year: 1861; Birth place: Manchester Moss Side; Reg dist: Chorlton; Parish: South Manchester; County: Lancashire; Ref: RG14PN23931 RD464 SD4 ED67 SN8 (accessed 13 Apr 2018). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Birch, Oswald; Country: United Kingdom; Cemetery or memorial: Tower Hill Memorial; Regiment: Mercantile Marine; First World War (accessed 19 Dec 2018). [S163] Wikipedia, Wikipedia contributors, "Tower Hill Memorial" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Hill_Memorial) (accessed 16 Dec 2020). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Birch, Oswald - Ormesher, Charlotte; 1884; Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire; M Quarter; Volume: 8C; Page: 691 (accessed 13 Feb 2019). [S142] UK BMD (LancashireBMD) Marriages, Birch, Oswald - Ormesher, Charlotte; 1884; Region: Salford; Marriage venue: Eccles Parish St Mary's (accessed 13 Feb 2019).