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CSM. Harry Rossington
British Army 1st Btn. D Company Cheshire Regiment
from:Gorton, Manchester
(d.11th Oct 1914)
Company Sergeant Major Harry Rossington 7923 D Company 1st Cheshire Regiment was wounded at Audregnies on the 24th August 1914, he died of Wounds 11th October 1914, aged 28.Harry was born in St Marks Parish, West Gorton, Manchester. He was born June 1886 and was the second son of Harry and Alice Rossington (nee Woolam). He married Sarah Jane Andrews in 1912 from Co Armagh and had one daughter Edith born 1913. His father, mother, brothers and sisters all moved to Ohio in 1912. Three of his brothers joined the War after his death and all made it. He is survived by a small number of the McCann & O'Neill family in Portadown, Co Armagh, many distant relatives in the USA and the UK. I am his great grandson and have visited his grave with my wife and two boys, he will not be forgotten and the family from Co Armagh are planning to visit again for the Centenary 2014.
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