Lance Corporal John Edward Shields

1892 - 1918  (25 years)

• Name	John Edward Shields
  Prefix	Lance Corporal
  Birth	28 Oct 1892	Collyhurst, Manchester, , Lancashire, England   [1]
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24601956/john_edward-shields First name(s)John Edward Last nameShields Birth registration year1892 Registration quarter4 Mother's maiden namePedlar DistrictManchester CountyLancashire CountryEngland Volume8D Page293 Record setEngland & Wales Births 1837-2006 CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) SubcategoryCivil Births Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England © brightsolid online publishing ltd
  Gender	Male
  _UID	DED3414D8C5F4D5AB2E8B6EFE856258F02D7
  Death	30 Aug 1918	Riencourt-lès-Bapaume, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24601956/john_edward-shields First name(s)John Last nameShields RankL/cpl Service number300073 Battalion1/8 Battalion. RegimentManchester Regiment Birth placeCollyhurst, Manchester Residence- Enlistment placeManchester Death day30 Death month8 Death year1918 Death placeFrance & Flanders Theatre of warWestern European Theatre Cause of deathKilled in action Record setSoldiers Died In The Great War 1914-1919 CategoryMilitary Service & Conflict SubcategoryFirst World War Collections fromUnited Kingdom, Overseas / Unknown Soldiers Died in the Great War database © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2010
  Burial	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24601956/john_edward-shields
  Person ID	I12743	The Maw Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	John Douglas Shields,   b. 24 Mar 1855, 14 Black Ashley Street, Manchester, , Lancashire, England d. 12 Nov 1917, Prestwich, , Lancashire, England (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Grace Pedlar,   b. 14 Jul 1861, Tremar Coombe, Liskeard, , Cornwall, England d. 27 May 1942, 123 Crescent Road, Manchester, , Lancashire, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1881	District Salford   [2]
  	First name(s)John Douglas Last nameShields Marriage quarter1 Marriage year1881 Registration month- MarriageFinder™John Douglas Shields married one of these people Mary Grace Pedlar, Jane Emily Tough DistrictSalford District number- CountyLancashire CountryEngland Volume8D Volume as transcribed8D Page number22 Record setEngland & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England © brightsolid online publishing ltd
  Family ID	F23116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Willan,   b. 6 Mar 1895, 22 Somerset Place, Gorton, , Lancashire, England d. 18 May 1952, District Manchester (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1914	St James Collyhurst, Manchester, , Lancashire, England   [3]
  	First name(s)Agnes Last nameWillan Marriage quarter2 Marriage year1914 Registration month- MarriageFinder™Agnes Willan married John E Shields Spouse's last nameShields DistrictManchester District number- CountyLancashire CountryEngland Volume8D Volume as transcribed8D Page number358 Record setEngland & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England © brightsolid online publishing ltd First name(s)Agnes Last nameWillan SexFemale Age20 Birth year1894 Marital statusSingle Year1914 Date11 Apr 1914 Place- Spouse's first name(s)John Edward Spouse's last nameShields Spouse's sexMale Spouse's age21 Spouse's birth year1893 Spouse's marital statusSingle Father's first name(s)Robert Seed Father's last nameWillan Spouse's father's first name(s)John Spouse's father's last nameShields TownManchester CountyLancashire CountryEngland Register typeMarriage Record setEngland, Greater Manchester Marriages 1570-1936 CategoryBirth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records SubcategoryParish Marriages Collections fromEngland, Great Britain Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl
  Children	1. Bertha Amelia Shields,   b. 24 Apr 1915, 30 Francisco Street, Manchester, , Lancashire, England d. 13 Oct 1973, 1103 Hyde Road, Gorton, , Lancashire, England (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F3883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Manchester - Volum 8d Page 293 (Reliability: 3). [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Salford - Volume 8d Page 22 (Reliability: 3). [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Manchester - Volume 8d Page 358 (Reliability: 3).