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Posts by: Garry Farmer
James Albert Tinsley was born in Bolton Lancashire on 9th April 1894 to parents Henry and Sarah Elizabeth Tinsley (nee Hamer) who had married in 1892, he was baptised at St Marks Church, Fletcher Street on 23rd May 1894. His father was employed as a mule spinner in one of the many cotton mills around […]
Rurick Rupert Whitfield Monks was born in Bolton in 1897 and lived with his parents, employees in the local cotton mill William Whitfield Monks and Nancy (nee Blundell) at 26 Shipton Street, Bolton. Their home was a gable end red brick terraced house so typical of the closely lined streets of houses for the cotton […]
Sgt 3324 / 241305 Stanley Royse MM.
1/5th bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Stanley Royse was born in Bolton on 30th September1892 and baptised at St Mark’s Church Fletcher Street on 19th October 1892, he was born and lived at 11 Grecian Street, Great Lever most of his life. His parents were Joseph and […]
Acting 2nd Cpl 6645 – 426279 Walter Herbert Thomas R.E. (attd 1/5th L.N.L.Regt).
Sapper Walter Herbert Thomas was attached to the L.N.L. from the Royal Engineers, he was one of four soldiers awarded the Military Medal for his actions whilst involved in the trench raid on enemy lines at Wieltje, Flanders on […]
Arthur Farnworth was born in Bolton in 1890 the son of Robert, a clay moulder and Mary Ann (nee Greenwood). He had three sisters Mary Alice, Ada and the younger Clarice. In 1901 the family were living at 53 Oxford Road, Lostock near Horwich.
All the children worked in the cotton industry of Horwich. Arthur […]
Private James Thomas Brooks took part in and was wounded in action in the Wieltje trench raid north east of Ypres of 10th January 1917. He died of his wounds on 11th January 1917 and is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West Flanders (grave XD 16).
James Thomas Brooks was born on […]
Private Percy Smith of the 1/5th L.N.L. was seriously wounded in action on the 10th January 1917, a link that connects him to being involved in the Wieltje trench Raid and one of the 49 men wounded that day.
The Bolton Evening News of Tuesday 30th January 1917 and the Bolton Journal […]
2nd Lt J.C. Frankland of ‘C’ company L.N.L. was in command of the Right column at Prowse Farm in the trench raid at Wieltje north east of Ypres on 10th January 1917 where he was killed in action. His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial to the missing […]
L/Sgt George Henry Howarth was awarded the Military Medal for his bravery in the trench raid of 10th January 1917 at Wieltje north east of Ypres he was also one of the 49 soldiers wounded in the action.
His MM card carries the Schedule No: 68645 a unique number for medal issue, and included on […]
Trench Raid at Wieltje 10th January 1917.
1/5th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Wieltje is a small village approximately 2 miles to the north east of the town of Ypres in Belgium. During WWI it formed part of the allied held salient around Ypres and was on the frontline of trench warfare that had […]
Pte John Lane was awarded the Military Medal for his part in the trench raid of 10th January 1917 at Wieltje north east of Ypres.
His MM card carries the Schedule No: 68646 a unique number for this medal issue, which is included on the Army Medal Recommendation Form W 3121 (if finally approved) it […]
Sjt David Robinson was awarded the Military Medal for his part in the trench raid of 10th January 1917 at Wieltje north east of Ypres.
His MM card carries the Schedule No: 68644 a unique number for medal issue, and included on the Army Medal Recommendation Form W 3121 if finally approved, his MM appeared […]
Pte Thomas Warburton was one of the L.N.L. soldiers killed in action on the 10th January 1917 in a trench raid at Wieltje north east of Ypres, his body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial to the missing on panels 41-43.
He was born on 24th December 1889 to […]
Pte John Crompton was one of the four L.N.L. soldiers who were brought back to the British lines after he was killed in action in the trench raid at Wieltje north east of Ypres on 10th January 1917. He now lies buried within the Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery Ypres in grave V.D. 12.
John Crompton was […]
L/Cpl William Paul Meadows was one of the soldiers of the L.N.L. who were brought back to the British lines after he was killed in action in the trench raid on 10th January 1917 at Wieltje north east of Ypres. He now lies buried in the Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery grave marker V.D.11.
William Paul Meadows […]
Pte James Ireland was one of the L.N.L. soldiers killed in action on 10th January 1917 in the trench raid at Wieltje north east of Ypres, his body was never found and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial to the missing on panels 41- 43.
His parents were Alfred and Margaret Elizabeth Ireland […]
Pte James Doohan was one of the L.N.L. soldiers who were killed in action in the trench raid of 10th January 1917 at Wieltje north east of Ypres. His body was never found and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial to the missing on panel 41- 43.
James Doohan was born in 1893 […]
Pte Ernest Nuttall was killed in action in the trench raid of 10th January 1917 at Wieltje to the north east of Ypres, he was one of the four soldiers killed who were brought back to the British lines, he now lies in grave V.E.1 of Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ypres.
In the 1891 census the […]
In the 1901 census the Wardle family live at 5 Devonshire Street Bolton. The parents, Thomas aged 51yrs was a machine maker in an iron foundry, his wife of 13 years was Alice, (nee Newton) a housewife aged 47 yrs and at this time the children were: Bertha 13, Elizabeth Ann 10, William 8, James […]
Alfred Nuttall was born in Bolton on 30th July 1898 and in 1901 the family lived at 537 Bury Road in Bolton. By 1911 the family had moved to 111 Bury New Road, and consisted of parents Peter aged 48, an iron moulder and bell ringer at the Parish church with his wife Catherine, 43 […]
Tom Greenhalgh was born on 4th March 1897 in Bolton to parents John a labourer in an iron foundry and Alice his wife, both aged 45 years on the 1901 census, they lived at 3 Hag End Brow, Haulgh, Bolton. They had two sons, James who was 8 and the younger Tom. By the time […]
The Bolton Museum recently displayed a set of four WWI medals donated to the museum in 1984 by the surviving family of Sjt Arthur Kemp. The fourth medal of the group was the Russian Medal of St George (4th class) an award of four classes, First class being the highest. A medal prolific on an […]
Thomas Jackson b. 1884 was the son of Mathew Henry Jackson a gas fitter and wife Hannah they lived at 39 Todd Street, Bolton. He had an older sister Clara b. 1892 and a younger sister Lydia b.1890 who unfortunately died aged 1yr old.
By 1901 his mother Hannah was a widow aged only 41yrs, […]
No service papers exist for this Patrick Wire, but two significant documents relating to him show that his parents were both illiterate. His birth was recorded in Bolton on 29th June 1897 to James Wire a Journeyman Bricklayer and Mary Ann Wire formerly Hagan of 2 Bolling St, Bolton. The surname on his birth certificate […]
2564 / 240784 Sjt Frederick Norburn – ‘B’ Coy 1/5th Bn.
Frederick Norburn was born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1891 to father Robert a 21 yrs old paper mill worker and Emily Catherine nee Martin also 21 yrs a British subject born in Poona, India, who both lived with her mother Mrs Margaret Martin a widow at […]
Like a lot of WWI soldiers Fred Parkinson’s military service records have not survived. His Medal Index Card confirms his service number and that he claimed both the British War Medal and Victory medals after the war.
The 1901 census shows 13 yrs old Fred beginning his early career in the local cotton mills employed […]
Ernest Reeves was born in Bolton in 1896. In the 1901 census the family is shown living at No.49 Ainsworth Lane, Tonge, Bolton. The family home is a next to gable end red brick 2 up 2 down terraced house, still standing today. His father, Charles Albert Reeves is 38 yrs of age married to […]
Fred Taylor was born in Bolton in 1896 the son of cotton mill worker William and Rebecca Taylor and in 1901 they lived at 375 Bury Road, Tong Fold Bolton. Fred would have 6 brothers and 3 sisters, one of his elder sisters’ Clara was the sweetheart of L/Cpl Alfred Guffogg, also […]
L/Cpl Alfred Guffogg was my maternal great uncle, the surname was particular to Bolton. He was born in 1889 in Tonge Fold, Bolton and was one of nine children, five boys and four girls of Francis & Mary Ellen Guffogg nee Hall. His collier father died from a mine roof collapse aged only 42 years […]
Bill Nelems was my step father’s brother. He was the eldest son of William and Mary Ellen Nelems and was baptised 19th March 1894 at Featherstone in Yorkshire.
His Yorkshire siblings were: Annie Maria b 1895, Mary b 1898, Gertrude Pretoria b 27.8.1900. The family then moved over the border into Lancashire and in particular […]
Charles Grognet was born in Bolton 15th August 1889 the son of Charles Grognet snr a former R.A. soldier (1861-82) from Macclesfield and Harriet nee Gilbert from Rye, Sussex they lived at 71 Parrot Street, Bolton with older sisters Sarah Helen and Lily. The father died aged 49 years in 1891. His paternal grandfather Severin […]
Harry Woodcock was born in Bolton in 1896. Appearing in the 1911 census at 43 Coe Street, Great Lever with him are, his father James Woodcock 44 yrs a coal miner, mother Elizabeth Woodcock nee Borsay 39 yrs, his half sister Alice Borsay 26yrs,and siblings James 20yrs to become a soldier also, Sarah 19yrs , […]
Charles Kay was born in Bolton and was the older brother of 242292 Private Robert Kay M.M. of the same battalion.
In the 1881 census returns his family are shown as living at 15 Gregson Field, Great Lever, Bolton. His father, William, was an Iron Foundry worker, aged 30 yrs and mother […]
Thomas Dowbekin was born in Bolton, Lancs on 23rd November 1893. He was the eldest son of Thomas Dowbekin Snr a cotton mill machine maker and his wife Emma Lavinia nee Jones. They had eight children in total. His first home was at No. 25 Princess St, Bolton long since demolished.
In 1911 the family […]
Walter Smith lived at 10 Ashworth Lane, Astley Bridge, Bolton and worked on the local tram line on the Dunscar route as a conductor, he enlisted into the 2/5th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in May 1915 and was given the number 4719 (this changed to 242218 when the Territorial Force was renumbered in 1917).
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James Taylor lived at 3 Joseph Lee Street, Bolton and had joined the Territorial Army in 1913. By trade he worked in the cotton industry as a side piecer at Messrs Crosses & Winkworth at Rose Hill Mill Bolton.
At the outbreak of WWI in August 1914 he was mobilised into the 1/5th bn Loyal […]
Angus Virtue Makant was born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1889, the second son of John William Makant JP a prominent Lancashire Industrialist who became the High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1913 and was also Chairman of Bolton Wanderers FC.
A.V. Makant was educated at Harrow and Clare College, Cambridge BA(Cantab). He excelled at sports during […]
Robert Keith Makant was born on 28th June 1895 and was the third son of Mr John William Makant JP of Gilnow Lodge, Bolton. He was the brother of Captain Angus Virtue Makant also of the 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who was killed at Armentieres, France in March 1915.
Educated at Harrow […]
Robert Kay was born in Bolton, Lancashire in June 1880.
In the 1881 census returns his family are shown as living at 15 Gregson Field, Great Lever, Bolton. His father, William, was an Iron Foundry worker, aged 30 yrs and mother Margaret also 30 yrs.
In 1891 the family are shown as: William 40yrs, an […]
Robert Tyrer was born in 1885 at Bolton. He lived at 67 Broad o’th’ Lane, Astley Bridge, Bolton with his sisters.
Pre-war Robert worked at the local Dobson & Barlow’s Mill in the milling dept as a labourer. He was a member of Park Bowling Club and attended the Astley Bridge Baptist Church and appears […]
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