Burton upon Stather Heritage Group
The 13th of October History Calendar
On this day 109 years ago in 1915 Private William Wynne of the 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, died in The battle of The Hohenzollern Redoubt aged 21. Son of James and Mary Ann Wynne.
144 years ago in 1880 the schooner Emma
, built at Burton Stather, left Barrow for Rotterdam with a corgo of pig iron.
The ship and crew of six were never seen again.