Database: Ernest Shuttleworth

Service number:  11528

Unit:  16th Battalion

The Salford Reporter Saturday 8th March 1919 reported on his funeral.
A Military Funeral.
The funeral of the late Private Ernest Shuttleworth 16th Lancashire Fusiliers took place at Salford Cemetery with military honours on Monday.
His death took place on 23rd February 1919 at Port Street, after a short illness from the effects of gas poisoning contracted whilst on active service in France.
The coffin was covered with the Union Jack, on which was placed the late soldiers headdress, belt and sword and a number of beautiful wreaths from relatives and friends.
A special service was held at St Cyprians Church Salford.
A large crowd assembled in the neighbourhood to pay their respects.
The deceased was the youngest son of Hon Sergeant W Shuttleworth of the old 3rd V.B. Lancashire Fusiliers and he was 24 years old.
He had been employed at the Manchester Ship Canal Salford and leaves a young widow to mourn his death.
 

Ernest Shuttleworth was born in 1885 to William and Mary Shuttleworth.
In 1901 he lived in a 4 roomed house at 36 Gleshill Street in the Regent Road area of Salford.
He was the youngest of 6 children.
William Shuttleworth, his father, was a Warehouse Porter working in Manchester, his sisters were cotton weavers and his brother was a shipping clerk.
By 1911 Ernest was the only child living at home with his parents in Port Street and his occupation was an 'Office Boy' at the Shipping Office.
On the 9th November 1914 Ernest enlisted in the Salford Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers it was one month before his 20th birthday.
He was posted abroad on 7th August 1915 and again on 6th January 1916.
On 20th April 1917 he was medically discharged as 'no longer fit for war service'
Before entering the army he was a fit young man, according to his war records he was 5ft 9 inches tall and weighed 122 lbs and had a chest measurement of 34 ½ inches, his physical development was recorded as 'good'
However he was admitted to hospital with Chronic Bronchitis, his medical records go on to say that he was suffering from Dyspnoea and Cyanosis, this was worse on exertion.
Dyspnoea is the medical term for a lung disorder resulting in shortness of breath and wheezing, Cyanosis results in a bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen in the blood.
He was sent to convalesce on 12th March 1917.