Thomas Wall and James William Lomax were grandsons of James Boswell of Ewloe Place Buckley, We learn about them from two newspaper articles.
County Herald, November 15, 1918
The sad news has reached Buckley that Private James W. Lomax, grandson of Mr. James Boswell, Ewloe Place, has died in hospital in France. He was in his 19th year. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Lomax, who reside at Bury, received first intimation from Preston Record Office that their son was in hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the leg and was gassed. They both went to France and just got there in time to see him alive, but he died that day, 30th August. Before joining the Forces he was employed at Messrs. White’s Spinning Mills, Bury. Boswell lost another grandson, Private Herbert Wall, in the Dardanelles. Both were young men of fine physique.
YOUNG SOLDIERS DEATH
The sad news has reached Buckley that Private James W. Lomax, grandson of Mr. James Boswell of Ewloe Place has died in France. He was in his 19th year. His parents Mr. & Mrs. Lomax who reside in Bury received first intimation in time from Preston Record office that their son was in hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the leg and was gassed. They both went out to France & got there just in time to see him alive but he died that day, 30th August. [1918]
Emily Boswell married Edwin Lomax in 1899 at Bury, Lancashire. In the 1911 census for Bury we find Edwin Lomax born 1868, Spotland, with wife Emily Lomax b 1876, Buckley, and son James Lomax b 1900 in Lancashire. In 1891, Elily/Emily Boswell, age 17 born Buckley Mountain, was a nurse with the Atkins family in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire. This seems to correspond to Emma age 7 in the 1881 census for Buckley Mountain. James William Lomax was born in Bury in 1899.
James Boswell’s other grandson was Thomas Wall, a Private in the Lancashire Fusiliers died 7th May 1915 remembered on the Helles Memorial. He was the son of Thomas H. and Annie Wall of 148, Walmersley Rd, Bury. Annie was James Boswell’s daughter Hannah as listed in the 1881 census. She married Thomas Herbert Wall in Oldham in 1895. Their son, Robert Thomas was born in Chester in 1896.
In 1901, the Boswell family in Ewloe Place were next door neighbours of Thomas Antrobus.