RAF Aerial photo of Worsley Manchester taken in 1945. Worsley August 1945 Below is an aerial photograph of Worsley taken by the RAF in August 1945. Courtesy of Historic England Red Dot - St Mark's Church Orange Dot - The Bridgewater Canal Green Dots - Roe Green CC /Worsley CC Cyan Dot - The Ellesmere Memorial, Leigh Road Magenta Dot - Worsley New Hall Blue Dot - Grounds of Worsley New Hall (Now RHS) Purple Dot - Site of the McCrea's House (Destroyed 1940 blitz) - Link Yellow Dot - V1 Crash Site Xmas Eve 1944 - Link Home

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Information on the graves and memorials located at St. Mark's Church, Worsley, Manchester, UK. World War One, World War Two and Civilian, Author Paul Speakman Welcome to our Website This website is designed to provide information on some of the many people buried at St Mark's Church in Worsley, Greater Manchester and also the history of the church itself and the surrounding area. The Foundation Stone for St Mark's was laid on the 15th June 1844 and the graveyard holds a wealth of stories spanning 180 years. All research published on this site is courtesy of local author and historian Paul Speakman. Fundraising St Mark's Church is currently trying to raise funds for much needed structural work. Please click the following link if you can help in anyway. Supporting St Mark's Worsley Recent additions You can now download a War Graves map of the graveyard showing where each serviceman is buried at St Mark's. We have also added OS Maps from 1848 and 1894 , New additions to the Church archive section include the Ellesmere Chapel and the Ellesmere Chalice. WW1 archive files have been added for Private Arthur Ratcliffe . These can be found here Also, an interesting article from the Manchester Evening News in 1971 , when two local ladies scaled the Church spire. You can use the search bar below to search for people on the site.

Fred Slinger , World War One , WW1 Information on the graves located at St. Marks Church Worsley Manchester UK Fred Wilby Slinger FRED WILBY SLINGER Pte. Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch), d. 5 July 1917 aged 30 76748 BURIED AT WORSLEY Gunner F. W. Slinger, who was buried at Worsley on July 9th with full military honours, was well known in the Winton and Worsley Districts. He was 30 years of age, lived for some time in Catherine Street, attended St. Mark's School, and later became telegraph boy at Worsley. From here he was transferred to the Parcels Department at the Manchester Port Office, where he was employed when war broke out. He was a member of the 5th Manchester Territorials, but did not proceed with the Division to Egypt, and shortly after transferred to the Royal Scots. With the infantry he saw active service on the Western Front, taking part in the Somme battle last year, and in the offensive of this summer. Early in the present year he was transferred Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps, and became one of the crew of Tank no.2. On June 7th, after the battle of Messines, Slinger was at work outside his tank in the zone of shell fire, when he was struck by a portion of a German shell. He was brought to Leicester Hospital, where he received every possible attention, but his wounds proved fatal, and he died on July 5th. Slinger was married but had no children, his widow's home being with Mrs. Goring at 7 Cleaveley Street, Worsley Road, Winton. [Local newspaper] This is how the death of Fred Wilby Slinger was reported in a local newspaper. He was married to Elizabeth (née Goring) on 22 May 1915 at St. Mark's. His father was Thomas, a shop assistant. Fred's address was Railway View, K. William Street, and he was 28 years old. His wife, Elizabeth, was 24 and her father was Erasmus Goring, an engineer, of Patricroft. Fred was awarded the Victory Medal in 1919. He was buried by Campbell Blethyn Hulton on 8 July 1917, having died of wounds at the Fifth Northern Military Hospital, Leicester. Researched and written by Paul R Speakman Back

Burials E-H St Marks Church, Worsley, Manchester. Civilian, Private Graves, Author Paul Speakman Private Graves E-H EDEN Thomas EGERTON Granville EGERTON George ELLIS Family. EGERTON Arthur EGERTON Adml. Francis EILBECK Henry EVANS Joseph EGERTON Algernon EGERTON Francis ELLIS Pte.Thomas EVERARD Ernest FILDES Samuel FRUEN Philip GLASS Percy GRADISKY Charles GRUNDY Alice FORRESTER Richard FRITH John Douglas GOODBRAND Walter GREVILLE Harriet Catherine GRUNDY F. W. D. FOULKES Edward GASKELL John GORTON Richard GROVER Family GRUNDY Joshua GUEST Family HADFIELD Peter HAMPSON James GUEST Thomas HALLIWELL Albert HAMPSON Jane GUEST William HALLIWELL Simeon HAMPSON William HARDMAN Walter HARRISON William HEBDEN Elizabeth HARGREAVES Frank HAZLEWOOD Edward HESFORD Isaac HARRIS Andrew HEATON Henry Capt. HIGGIN George HODGSON Mary HOWELL James HULSE Enoch HURST Lot HURST William HOLLAND James HOWARTH Elizabeth HULSE Thomas HURST Samuel HUTCHINSON Ellen HOWELL John HOWORTH Margaret HURST Albert HURST Samuel (Linnyshaw) HUTCHINSON Richard Home

Burials Q-Z St Marks Church, Worsley, Manchester. Civilian, Private Graves, Author Paul Speakman Private Graves Q-Z RASBOTHAM Peter REISS Reginald RIDYARD Family RAWLINSON Grace REW David RILEY Francis REEKS Kent REYNOLDS John ROGERSON Elizabeth ROSCOE James SALT Thomas SCHUSTER Louis ROYLE Emily SCHOLFIELD Annie SCOTT William ROYLE Jonathan SCHUSTER Family SEDDON Peter SHAW Joshua SHARPLES Samuel SHEARMAN Family SIMISTER Charles SHARPLES Ellen SMITH Elizabeth SMITH Jeremiah SPAFFORD Family STONE Thomas SUMMONS Stephen SMITH Thomas Tyrer STANNING Richard Capt. STONES Thomas TAYLOR Thomas SMITH William STEELE Albert STUTTARD James TEALE Family TEMPERLEY George TENNANT Thomas TUNNER James TYLDESLEY John TEMPERLEY George T THOMAS Sarah TYLDESLEY George E TYLDESLEY Joseph TEMPERLEY Robert TOOTAL Edward TYLDESLEY John T UPJOHN William WADDINGTON Ellen WARD John WHITTLE Sarah WILLIS Robert WILSON William WALKER John Adams WHITEHEAD Jane WILD Samuel WILLINK Francis YATES Job WALLWORK Thomas WHITEHEAD Thomas WILLIAMS Richard Hall WILSON Thomas YATES John Home

Pictures of the Inside at St Marks Church, Worsley, Salford, Greater Manchester. UK, Church of England Inside St Mark's Church Worsley More information can be found here Click on image to expand The Chancel Newly cleaned glass in 2026 Reredos c1866 Pugin Glass 1851 East Window St Mark's 1889 St Mark's 1882 Memorial Tomb 1st Earl of Ellesmere Egerton Crest Francis Egerton K.G. 1855 Foundation Plaque Memorial to A. F. Egerton Burne-Jones 1905 The Ellesmere Chapel Choir Stalls Altar Frontal Altar floor Section of the Pulpit Corbel Home

Information on the War Graves at St Mark's Church Worsley Manchester War Grave Map and Information A map showing the location of every serviceman buried at St Mark's can be downloaded here - Grave Map We have also installed QR codes next to each grave, that when scanned, will take you to the information for each serviceman on this site Home

Information on the World War Two graves located at St. Marks Church Worsley Manchester , WW2 , Author Paul Speakman, James HOWELL, John P McDOUGALL, James E ALLEN, Keith B FILES, Norman GORICK, Norman G JENKINS, Leonard HARDMAN, Albert E FROST, Thomas FAULKNER, Kenneth R HICKLING, James KEE, John W R GRIFFITHS, Norman A LINGARD, Reginald WEST, Geoffrey TOPHAM, John Busby PATRICK, William G DALE, John ROWSON World War Two Graves The below are casualties of World War Two buried at St Mark's. James Eric Allen Albert Edward Frost James Howell John Paul McDougall John Busby Patrick William Gordon Dale Thomas Faulkner Keith Barnet Files Norman Gorick N G Jenkins J W R Griffiths James Kee Leonard Hardman Norman Arthur Lingard John Rowson Kenneth Rushton Hickling Geoffrey Topham Reginald West The McCrea Family (Civilian) Brian Ainsbury (Civilian) Home

Information on the World War One graves located at St. Marks Church Worsley Manchester , WW1, Author Paul Speakman, Benjamin GRATRIX, Harry SHELDON, Robert AMBLER, William PARKER, Herbert TOFT, William GOODALL, Fred W SLINGER, Evelyn Geoffrey LORD, Herbert MOORES, Thomas YATES, Ross BARNES, Arthur RATCLIFFE World War One Graves The below are casualties of World War One buried at St Mark's. Robert Ambler Evelyn Geoffrey Lord Fred Wilby Slinger Ross Barnes Herbert Moores Herbert Toft William Goodall William Parker Thomas Yates Benjamin Gratrix Harry Sheldon Arthur Ratcliffe Home

Information on the graves located at St. Marks Church Worsley Manchester. Brian Ainsbury, World War Two Brian Ainsbury There is a second civilian burial recorded at the church, of a young boy who was also tragically killed by enemy action during World War II. A V1 'doodlebug' attack on Christmas Eve 1944, hit and destroyed two houses and damaged several others about a third of the way up the right hand side of Woodstock Drive in Worsley. This was not very far from the site of 'The Cottage', where the McCrea family had been killed four years earlier. Number 20 Woodstock Drive was the home of Brian Walter Ainsbury, who died on 24 December 1944, aged 5 according to official records. He was buried in the churchyard on 28 December 1944, where his age was recorded as 4½ years, a more accurate record. Brian was the son of Joseph Hearnshaw and Hilda (née Shaw) Ainsbury. The Ainsburys had two other children: David A., born in the second quarter of 1942 and Carole B., born in the first quarter of 1948. Joseph and Hilda were married locally in the third quarter of 1937. The below RAF aerial photograph of Worsley taken in August 1945 shows the damage caused on Woodstock Drive by the V1 Rocket attack 8 months earlier. St Mark's Church is in the bottom left of the photo. Photograph courtesy of Historic England More information on the V1 attack on the 24th December 1944 can be found here Researched and written by Paul R Speakman Back

Information on the graves located at St. Marks Church Worsley Manchester. William Dale, World War Two WILLIAM GORDON DALE WILLIAM GORDON DALE Sgt. RAF.VR d. 15 October 1942 aged 20 1124729 WILLIAM GORDON DALE was the only son of Charles Richard Dale (33), an Accounts Clerk, who married Lucy Sykes (28) at St.Paul's, Walkden, on 15 November 1919. William Gordon was born on 4 June 1922 and was baptised at the same church on 9 July 1922. The family was living at that time at 41 Memorial Road, Walkden. William Gordon Dale was the Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on an Avro Anson Mk 1 (serial number L7968) which was returning to Cranage, mistaking a navigation beacon. Instead of flying towards the airfield, the aircraft flew away from it towards high ground around Buxton. Before they were able to correct this error, the aircraft struck the hillside and crashed at Moss House Farm, Moss Ridge, Long Hill, NW of Buxton, Derbyshire. Sadly, if the aircraft had been a little higher it would have cleared the hill. The aircraft was officially written off as damaged beyond repair. There was a crew of four on board. They were: Pilot: Sgt 1312846 Paul Joseph Woodcock, 20 Pilot-UT: Sgt R/121913 James Munro Matheson, 22 RCAF Pilot-UT: Sgt R/113428 Richard James Reay 20, RCAF WOp/AG: Sgt 1124729 William Gordon Dale, 20 The two Canadians on the aircraft were qualified pilots, but were onboard as navigators under-training. RAF Cranage was situated just to the north of Middlewich, Cheshire, and was opened in August 1939. The first flying unit was No. 2 School of Air Navigation RAF, which was formed on 21 October 1940. It operated the Avro Anson for training navigators. The aim of the navigation school (renamed the Central Navigation School in 1942) was to raise the standard of practical air navigation and to train navigation specialists. By the end of the war, accuracy had improved five-fold. The airfield remained operational only for the duration of the war. Researched and written by Paul R Speakman Back