205693 Pte. Patrick Sullivan British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers from:5, Bolton House Yard, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham (d.28th Sep 1916) My grandad lived in Stockton-on-Tees, North East England. He was an apprentice riveter working for Ropners & Sons Ship Builders on the Tees. In 1912 he joined the K.O.S.B. and was in the 3rd Battalion Special Reserve. When the Great War broke out he was sent to France for reasons we don't know. He ended back at the Depot in Berwick in hospital, not mentioned if wounded or illness brought him back. He was then sent with the 1st Battalion to Gallipoli then to France for the Somme Offensive. On the 1st day of the Battle of the Somme grandad fell badly wounded with bullet and shrapnel wound to left leg. He spent months in hospital operations and much probing by doctors until grandad said enough!!! On June 6th at St. Mary's Church, Stockton-on-Tees he married Gran. She was Beatrice Warhurst Kirk. In 1918 grandad was honourably disharged from the Army. He was much troubled by the wounds he recieved and just before he died in 1938 he joined the "Old Contemptibles Association". He died in 1939, the same year his 1st grandchild was born. We, his grandchildren, never got to see our grandad. I have searched for old photos of him but as yet nothing turned up. I did find that his best mate joined about same time as grandad. He was Patrick Sullivan. Just before the war broke out grandad and patrick had photos taken in their uniforms. This photo hung just 16 doors away from me when I was a young lad and never knew about it. Hoping for some small miracle this photo still exists. Also know a few lads from Stockton-on-Tees in the k.o.s.b during the great war.
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