At the moment I am corresponding with Hamish Lonsdale, courtesy of the Australian section of the website, who sent a photo of Reginald John Wrathall [click here to view the photo, signed by Sybil Holden, Berkhamstead]. I recently joined the Liverpool & S. W. Lancashire Family History Society, as that area features in many branches of both my own and my wife's family. When my areas of interest were published, I had a letter from another member who is trying to write a mini-biography of those men from the Huyton area (Hamish's birthplace) who fell in WW1. One of these was Reginald John WRATHALL, whose name I had seen on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site. The member, Robert O'Brien, had quite a bit of information and I was intrigued to see that R. J. W.'s father was Henry Lonsdale WRATHALL. That rang a bell, and I looked up the information from H. L. W.'s grandson, Hamish. I haven't got all the information into my computer yet but will pass it on in the next few days. A bonus is that we will be passing Hamish's home on our trip to Australia in November and hopefully will meet up with him... He is trying to find a photograph of R. J. WRATHALL to go with Rob O'Brien's biography. At the moment we are using a process of elimination going by regimental badges and badges of rank.

• Details from death certificate for Reginald John Wrathall:-
  

  When & where died - Thirtieth October 1918, Hillcrest, Graemes Dyke Rd., Berkhamstead UD
  Name & surname - Reginald John WRATHALL
  Sex - Male Age - 29 years
  Occupation - Private I.O.C.O.T.C. (Cashier)
  Cause of death - 1. Influenza 2. Pneumonia 9 days Certified by Chas. R. Porter M.R.C.S.
  Signature, description, and residence of informant - C.M. Lonsdale Coull, sister, present at death,
  Hillcrest, Graemes Dyke Rd., Berkhamstead.
  When registered - Thirty first October 1918.
  

  Details from the burial entry in the Parish Register:-
  

  Burials in the Parish of Roby in the County of Lancaster in the year 1918. (page 28, No. 222)
  Name - Reginald John Wrathall, Abode - Berkhamstead, When Buried - November 4
  

• Details from the Administration of his effects:-
  

  DEATH ON OR AFTER 1st JANUARY, 1898
  BE IT KNOWN that Reginald John Wrathall of Hill Crest, Doctors Commons Road, Berkhamstead
  in the County of Hertford, Private I.O.T.C. died on the 28th day of October 1918 intestate, without
  child.
  AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written Letters of Administration of all
  the Estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said intestate
  were granted by His Majesty's High Court of Justice at the Principal Probate Registry thereof to
  Amy Christina Wrathall of 6, Harcourt House, Cavendish Square, in the County of Middlesex, the
  lawful widow and relict, and Henry Lonsdale Wrathall of Frenchwood, Huyton, near Liverpool in the
  County of Lancaster, merchant, the natural and lawful father and next of kin of the said intestate.
  Dated the 10th day of September 1920.
  Gross value of Estate £2643 - 17 - 7
  Net value of Personal Estate £2540 - 19 - 0
  

  Note: I.O.T.C. is a wrong abbreviation & the date of death is wrong but is as stated in the document.

• Details from the marriage certificate of Henry Lonsdale Wrathall:-
  

  Marriage solemnised in the Parish Church in the Parish of Thornton-in-Lonsdale in the County of
  York.
  When married - September 29th 1885
  

  Name and Surname	Henry Lonsdale Wrathall	Mary Alice Metcalfe
  Age	full age	full age
  Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
  Rank or profession	Salesman	(blank)
  Residence	Edge Hill, Liverpool	Westhouse
  Father's name and Surname	Deceased	Richard Metcalfe
  Rank & profession of father	(blank)	Farmer

• Details from the burial entry for Henry Lonsdale Wrathall in the Parish Register:-
  

  Burials in the Parish of Roby in the County of Lancaster in the Year 1927 (page 56 No.447)
  Name - Henry Lonsdale Wrathall, Abode - "Frenchwood", Huyton, When buried - November 23rd.
  

• Details from the PROBATE INDEX ENTRY 1928:-
  

  WRATHALL, Henry Lonsdale, of Frenchwood, Church Road Huyton, Lancashire and of The Albany,
  Oldhall St., Liverpool, died 19th November 1927 at the Waldorf Hotel, Middlesex. Probate Liverpool
  5th April 1928 to Leon Earl Wrathall, Arthur Worthington and Leslie Gordon Wrathall, general
  produce marchants. Effects £77,491-4s-10d.
  

• Details from the burial entry for Mary Alice Wrathall in the Parish Register:-
  

  Name - Mary Alice Wrathall, Abode - Frenchwood, Church Rd., Huyton, When buried - 2nd Sept.
  

• The MI from the headstone at the Wrathall family plot in St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, Roby, is as follows:-
  

  IN LOVING MEMORY OF REGINALD JOHN WRATHALL DIED 30TH OCTOBER 1918 AGED 27 ALSO OF HENRY LONSDALE WRATHALL FATHER OF THE ABOVE BORN 15TH MARCH 1883 DIED 19TH NOV. 1927 ALSO OF MARY ALICE WRATHALL BELOVED MOTHER AND WIFE OF THE ABOVE BORN 20TH JUNE 1860 DIED 30TH Aug. 1948