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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
George Spencer was born on 15 July 1890 in Bamber Bridge and was baptised at St Saviour’s on 10 August. His mother was Elizabeth Spencer (b. 1868 in Preston). No father is named in St Saviour’s baptismal records. Elizabeth married Samuel Charleston (b. 1860 in Cuerden, a labourer in a cotton mill) on Christmas Day, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Robert Eckton was born in Longridge on the 24th August 1892 the son of stonemason Alfred and Ellen Jane Eckton (nee Haslam). He was baptised in the Church of St. Lawrence in Longridge, the church where his parents had married on the 31st October 1876. Robert was one of eleven children, six of whom survived, […]
Henry Gibson was born in Bolton in the first quarter of 1891 and baptised at St Peter’s, Bolton-Le-Moors on 29 March that year. His father was John Richard Gibson (b. 1863 in Bolton), a machine grinder in an iron foundry. His mother was Maria Ann Riley (b. 1862 in Bolton). John and Maria were married […]
Charles Edward Parkinson was born in Preston on the 22nd December 1894 the son of James and Jane Parkinson (nee Cragg). His parents married at Emmanuel Church in Preston on the 4th December, 1889 and Charles Edward was one of eight siblings, the others being Emily (1891), Dorothy (1892), Enoch Southworth (1893), Walter (1899), James […]
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 […]
Joseph Hogarth was born in Preston in the December quarter of 1890 to Margaret Ann Hogarth, a single lady from Preston. In 1891 he was living with his mother at 31 Mount Pleasant in Preston, the home of his widowed Grandmother Hannah Hogarth. Margaret Ann Hogarth then married Thomas Smith in Preston in 1898 and […]
Thomas and William Longworth were brothers, born in Prestolee near Bolton. Thomas was born in the final quarter of 1894 and William was born on 5 August 1897. Their parents were Wright Longworth (b. 1861 in Prestolee), a coal hewer, and Harriet Brierley (b. 1875 in Ringley). Harriet was Wright’s second wife; he was previously […]
Thomas Livesey was born in Preston and was the youngest of at least four surviving sons born to James and Hannah Livesey (nee Slater). James and Hannah married in Preston in 1867 and their first child was James Henry (1867) followed by William (1869), John (1871) and then Thomas (1879)*. Sadly, Thomas` mother Hannah passed […]
James Albert Wood was born on the 29th October 1898 in Shap, Westmorland to Charles William and Euphemia Farquhar Wood. He was the eldest of three sons born to his parents, the other two being; George Gardner (1900) and Alexander Boyd (1909). James` father was from Birstall near Leeds in Yorkshire and his mother had […]
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 […]
Thomas Barlow was born in Bolton during the last quarter of 1896 to James and Jane Barlow (nee Gillibrand). James and Jane had married in Bolton during the second quarter of 1893 and Thomas was their second child. He was baptised at All Souls church on 2nd December 1896. His siblings were;
Walter Barlow (b. c1896) Thomas Barlow […]
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 […]
Robert Critchley was born in Little Hulton in 1892 and was the eldest child of John and Alice Ann Critchley. He had three younger brothers; James (b. c1895), John (b. c1898) and Fred (b. c1900) and at the time of the 1901 census the family was living at 19 Smithfield Lane in Little Hulton.
Ten years later, […]
John Astley Broughton was born on 13th May 1898 and was the son of Alfred and Susannah Broughton of Bolton. He had six siblings, Alfred (1882 – 1916), Martha Ann (1884 – 1952), William (1888 – 1889), Amelia (1891 – 1969), Thomas Edward (1892 -1978) and Ada (b. 1896).
Pre-war John worked as a side piecer in a […]
James Fazackerley was born in Preston on the 27th April 1897 to Nicholas and Alice Ann Fazackerley (nee Warren). When he was christened at St. Andrew`s Church in Ashton on Ribble his baptismal name was Victor James Warren Fazackerley although he appears on the Census records as Victor James or Victor J. all of his […]
John Stanley Owens was born in Bolton on 4th January 1897. His mother Elizabeth was a domestic servant, a cook, and was living at 5 German Street. Elizabeth was unmarried and no father’s name appears on John’s birth certificate. It appears she also managed to evade official record keeping as no census records have been found for either John […]
William Holland was born in 1888 and was baptised on 12th September 1888 at Holy Trinity Church in Bolton. He was the youngest son of Thomas Henry Holland (b. 1849 Bolton) and Elizabeth Holland (nee Batty). The family lived at 23 Kestor Street, Mill Hill, Bolton at this time and his father was employed as a joiner and worked in […]
Henry Heyworth was born on 1st February 1894 and was the youngest son of Samuel and Ann Heyworth of 16 Derby Street, Chorley. He was baptised at St. James’ Church in Chorley on 25th February 1894 and had six older siblings;
James Heyworth (b. 1880) John Heyworth (b. 1883) Bertha Heyworth (b. 1885) Samuel Heyworth (b. 1887) […]
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 […]
William Bamber was born in 1894 in the little village of Elswick near Preston to Jane Bamber a single lady from St. Michael`s on Wyre. By the time William was born his mother had already given birth to another child, a daughter Margaret Alice was born in 1886.
Prior to William`s birth Jane Bamber had […]
Charles was born in Preston in 1885 to Charles and Sarah Whittle (nee Lucas). His parents married in the parish church of St. John in Preston in 1861. Charles was the youngest of ten children but sadly only six of his siblings survived infancy; Robert (1864), Sarah Ann (1866), James (1868), Grace Ann (1872), John […]
Private Leo Catterall
Civilian Occupation: Insurance Clerk
Leo Catterall was 38 when he died in Belgium on 31st July 1917.
His sacrifice is recalled at BUFFS ROAD CEMETERY and he is recorded in the Chorley Memorial Album in Astley Hall on page CMB/II/40b. He is also recorded on the Civic Memorial. He attended St Joseph’s […]
James Idle was born in Bolton in the forth quarter of 1884. His parents were Timothy and Helen Idle (nee Applegate). Jame’s siblings were Bertha Appleyard Idle (1882 – 1915), Ada Elizabeth Idle (1883 – 1960), Sarah Ann Idle (b.1887), Timothy Idle (1890 – 1913), Herbert Idle (1892 – 1951), Ernest Idle (1901 – 1976), […]
William Henry Hunter was christened at St. Thomas`s Church in Preston on the 25th May, 1898 the son of Thomas Alfred and Sarah Joan Hunter (nee Cartmell). William was Thomas and Sarah`s second child, their first born child named Thomas after his father was born in 1897 but he died the same year.
The couple […]
Joseph Wiseman was born on 28 July 1895 in Tardy Gate. His father Robert (b. 1867 in Preston) was a railway engine driver; his mother Alice Agnes (née Hunt, b. 1861 in Preston) was previously a cotton weaver. Joseph was the youngest of three children: older brother William (b. 1892) was a railway engine cleaner, […]
John Cheetham Laidlaw was born in the first quarter of 1892. He was the son of James and Jane Laidlaw and arrived with his father in Liverpool from Hawick, Scotland in 1898 when he was six years old. His father, James was born in Scotland and was working in Bolton as a confectioner, described on one census as […]
This article was written and researched by Susannah Barton-Rossall.
Richard Walter Johnson was born at 1 St Walburgh Street,Preston on 8th April 1897, to (William) Robert Johnson and Ellen Atkinson ( nee Hibbert). Robert and Ellen had both been widowed previously, and they were married by Registrar’s Licence at St Mark’s Church,Preston on 22nd August […]
The following research was completed and submitted for inclusion by Steve Wilson. Thank you.
Ewart Gladstone Ronson was born in 1899 at Singleton near Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire and was the seventh of twelve children born to John and Betsy Jane Ronson. John Ronson worked as a railway platelayer and the family resided at Church […]
George Pemberton was born in 1897 in the parish of St John in Preston to Thomas & Elizabeth Hannah Pemberton (nee Gaskell). The family lived at 1 Clifton street Preston (off Broadgate). Thomas & Elizabeth were married in 1897 at Preston Register Office.
Family information from Chris Preston: George’s brother (my Grandfather) James was born a year […]
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 […]
Harry Hindle was born in Higher Walton in 1897 to Thomas and Mary Ellen Hindle (nee Gore). Thomas and Mary Ellen married in St. Saviour`s Church in Bamber Bridge on 16 February, 1889. Harry had one older brother William who was born in 1893 and a sister Dorothy born in 1901.
In the 1901 Census […]
Leonard Thackwell Till’s parents were Alfred and Ada Thackwell Till (nee Taylor) and they were married in St. Mary`s Church in Paddington Green in London on the 9th June, 1889. Ada already had a daughter named Laura who was about 4 years old when she married Alfred.
In 1891 Alfred, Ada and Laura were living in […]
Frank Hilton was born the 17th of November, 1893 at 5 Johnston Street, Tyldesley, to Samuel Theodore Hilton and Margaret Alice Pemberton. Samuel was a hawker, who travelled around with his horse and cart selling pots, pans, and assorted household items.
Frank enjoyed considerable success as a student at school, but was unable to pursue […]
Robert Eccles was born in Padiham in November 1896. He was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Eccles and had six sisters and two older brothers.
At the time of the 1901 census the family were living at 67 Hamilton Street, Blackburn. His father and three of his older siblings were working in the cotton industry.
[…]
Thomas Taylor was born in Bolton in around 1889. He was the son of Edwin and Betsey Taylor, of Tong Moor Road, Bolton,; and husband of Gertrude Taylor, of 22, Southern Street, Bolton. Thomas was the second youngest of five brothers; Edwin (b. c1880), Robert (b. c1882), John (b. c1884), Thomas and Ashworth (b. c1892).
At […]
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 […]
Thomas was born in Kirkham on 1st June 1884 the son of Thomas Butler and Elizabeth Woods (nee Muncaster). Thomas`s parents were married in St. Michael`s Church, Kirkham on 30th April 1870 and as well as Thomas they had another ten children. The others being, John William (1870), Rachel Jane (1872), Sarah Alice (1875), Mary […]
As printed in the Burnley Express on 14th April 1917;
WARD – Died March 27th of wounds received the previous day, Pte. Albert Ward (243809), Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (late 3/5 E.L.R), aged 21 years.
Somewhere abroad, in a soldiers grave,
Lies our dear brother amongst the brave.
Oh God! How mysterious and […]
John Hall was the son of James and Sarah Hall of the Post Office, Whitestakes, Preston.
James and Sarah Hall had nine children, Arthur (b. c1888), Elsie (b. c1890), Annie Isabel (b. c1891), Ernest (b. c1893), Madge (b. c1894), John (b. c1896), Dorothy (b. c1898), Harold (b. c1901) and Sarah (b. c1902).
His father, […]
John Richard Hayes was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1881.
John married Elizabeth Ellen Lee on 28th July 1906 at St James Church, Preston. John, Elizabeth and their son Ernest (b. 1909) lived together at 46, Wilbraham Street, Preston. In 1911 he had been working as a brickmaker.
John Hayes enlisted in Army in early October […]
Harold Fletcher was born in Leyland in 1889, he was the son of Thomas and Mary Ellen Fletcher (nee Livesey).
Thomas Fletcher was a stonemason and originally from Liverpool and his wife Mary Ellen was from Chorley. Thomas and Mary Ellen were married in 1876 in Chorley and had ten children altogether including Harold. The […]
Leonard Mason was born on 27th March 1893 at Flitcroft Street, Bolton, son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Mason. He had five siblings, Florence b. 1889, John b. 1891, Samuel b.1895, Julia b. 1897 and Robert b. 1905.
Leonard married Annie Shuttleworth on 29th June 1918 at SS Simon & Judes Church, Bolton.
On 9th […]
Thomas Jemson was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1898 the son of Richard and Margaret Ann Jemson (nee Turner). Richard and Margaret Ann Turner were married in Preston in 1896.
Thomas was one of 7 children, the others being Winifred (1896), John (1900), Margaret Ann (1901), Mary Agnes (1905), Elizabeth (1908) and Teresa (1911).
At […]
Henry Marshall and his son Thomas Collier Marshall served with the 5th (Territorial) Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment during the First World War.
1601 Private Henry Marshall, 5th Bn. 1636 Private Thomas Collier Marshall, 5th Bn.
Henry Marshall was born in Elton, Bury in November 1878.
Henry married Phoebe Collier Berry at St Paul’s church, Peel, […]
William Hopkinson was the son of Mary Ann Hopkinson, of 4 Spring Street, Farnworth, Bolton.
Prior to enlisting in the Territorial Force, William was working as a turner at Proctors machine works.
It would appear that William initially joined the 1/4th Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, sailing with the main body of the […]
Henry Ferguson was born in 1880 in Farnworth Lancashire and worked as a collier at the Outwood Pits near Radcliffe.
Henry was aged 34 years when he enlisted in the Territorial Force in Farnworth. He was initially posted into the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Henry […]
William Gaskell was the husband of Mary Emma Farrimond (formerly Gaskell) of 12, Ellesmere Street, Hindley, Wigan.
On 12th February 1915, Private William Gaskell and the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion set sail for France.
In November 1915, William appeared in a list of casualties who had been wounded in action. This list was published in the Manchester Courier […]
Thomas Gaskell of Hindley, Wigan was 29yrs 6mths old when he enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in Bolton on 6th August 1914.
Thomas had been working as a collier for the ‘Wigan Coal and Iron Company’. He was married to Alice, and living at 47 Ellesmere Street, Hindley. They had one child.
Thomas […]
Hugh Ellis was living at 68 Victoria Street, Bolton when he enlisted into the Territorial Force on 23rd February 1915. He was 19yrs 2mths old and had been working as a piecer in a cotton mill.
Hugh listed his mother, Annie Ellis of the same address, as being his legal next of kin.
He was […]
On 10th December 1915, William Ainsworth of 4 Chapel Street, Belmont, Bolton attested into the 5th (Territorial) Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Preston. He was given the service number 7914.
At the time of him joining the Army, he was single and had been working as a cotton dyer. He had no […]
Joseph Maden was born in Bolton during the first quarter of 1880. He was the son of William and Ellen Maden.
In 1911 the family were living at 249 Darwen Rd, Bromley Cross. His father worked as a stoker in a cotton mill; and Joseph was a Piecer at the cotton depot. The majority of his siblings […]
The Burnley News. Wednesday, January 24, 1917
BRIERCLIFFE SOLDIER WOUNDED OFFICER’S TRIBUTE TO HIS COUREAGEOUS CONDUCT.
Mrs. Greaves, of Kimberley-street, Briercliffe, has just received information that her son, Pte. Jas. Greaves, of the 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, was wounded on January 10th. His officer, 2nd Lieut. J.S. Crow, in a letter […]
Frank Gill was the son of John and Martha Gill, of 28, Cuerdale Street, Burnley. He was the husband of Mary Jane Gill, of 3, Unwin Street, Burnley.
Rank: Private
Service No: 243749
Date of Death: 10/01/1917
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 1st/5th Bn.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN […]
Robert Willie Barlow was born in 1894 in Bolton, Lancashire.
At the time of the 1911 census he was living at 29 Marsh Road, Little Lever, Bolton with his widowed mother Emma, his sister Clara and brother Herbert. He was working as a labourer at the Calico print works.
Upon joining the Territorial Army, he gave […]
Almost nothing is known about Reginald. The family history website, FreeBMD, notes that he was born in Stockport in 1898 and Regimental records, published after the War, indicate he was living in the town, when he enlisted into the army at Chester.
His army number indicates that Reginald originally joined one of the Regiment’s “service […]
Andrew Collins was born 1886 in Bolton to the late James and Catherine Ellen. Andrew had three brothers and two sisters. On the 1911 census he was living with his sister and brother-in-law. Andrew’s occupation is listed as a barman. He was initially given the service number 8002, later 243415.
Andrew enlisted in the 4/5th […]
Ernest Augustus Hollinrake was born on 1st March 1896, to his father Robert, a clerk in a bobbin works 1901 and his Canadian mother Margret.
Ernest initially enlisted in the East Surrey Regiment (service number 1345) and had progressed to the rank of Corporal before going for his commission. He arrived in France with the […]
As a boy, Gerald was a choir boy at St Thomas’ church and also played lacrosse and cricket at Stockport Cricket Club. He was educated at Stockport Commercial School and, later, at Manchester Grammar School. When he left school, he went to work in his father’s business.
His father, George Slack was a very successful […]
James Smith was the son of William and Nancy Smith, of 28, Old Rd, Astley Bridge, Bolton.
Soon after the outbreak of war, James enlisted in the Territorial Army. He sailed to France with the 1/5th Battalion on 12 February 1915.
During the Cambrai Operations, On 30 November 1917, James was noted as being ‘presumed […]
James was born in Co. Mayo, Ireland in 1878. He married Agnes Rhodes in Alston, Preston on 27th April 1909. In the 1911 census they are living in Alston Row and he is a farm labourer. They had two children Joseph (1911) and Helen(1913).
James enlisted in Preston on 9th December 1915 into the army […]
Military records (and those of the War Graves Commission) record the spelling of Thomas’ name as Monroe, although his commemoration on the Stockport War Memorial and local family history records indicate it as Munroe. In the early part of the 20th Century, such differences in spelling, even between different branches of the same family, were […]
In 1901, a one year old Arthur Lomax was living at 41 Grove Street, Didsbury with his father Alfred, and mother Ellen.
As a boy, Arthur attended Heaton Mersey Church School. In later years, he proved to be a talented musician and would occasionally act as organist for services at Didsbury Parish Church.
Arthur will […]
During the Great War, William Haydock served with the 1/5th, and 2/5th Battalions of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
On 12th October 1914, William was living at 37 Hough Lane, Eagley, Bolton. He signed up for a period of 4 years with the Territorial Force. He had no previous military experience.
William sailed from Southampton […]
Thomas Jackson was from Bolton, and served during the Great War with the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Thomas was married to Emma Alice Fletcher of 56 Viking Street, Bolton/ Little Lever. They had one son, Ronald who was born in September 1916.
Initially serving as Private, 2316, he was later […]
Ashton Cobham was born in Mawdsley in Lancashire on 16 November 1894. His father Richard was a basket weaver and his mother was named Elizabeth. Ashton had three brothers (two older, one younger) and two sisters (one older, one younger). In 1911 Ashton was working as a cotton packer in a weaving mill.
On 12 […]
Fred Harling enlisted as a Private in the 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 26 May 1915 in Preston. He declared that he was 18 years old, and had been working as a weaver. At 5ft 4in, he weighed 100lbs and had a 32in chest, his physical development was assessed as being ‘fair, well […]
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Men of the 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment! I wish to bring home to you the fact that we have a hard task before us. We are out to fight a great nation and men who are out for blood. This Regiment have always been top-dogs even with the boys” (meaning time-serving men: they had that year won nine football cups out of a possible eleven, besides other sporting competitions). “What are we going to do now that we have the men?” (meaning the Reservists). “None of you men will come back–nor the next lot–nor the next after that–nor the next after that again; but some of the next might. But we’ll give those Germans something to go on with, and we’ll give a good account of ourselves! Remember, men, the eyes of the whole world will be upon us, and I know that you will perform whatever task is allotted to you, like men.
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Men of the 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment! I wish to bring home to you the fact that we have a hard task before us. We are out to fight a great nation and men who are out for blood. This Regiment have always been top-dogs even with the boys” (meaning time-serving men: they had that year won nine football cups out of a possible eleven, besides other sporting competitions). “What are we going to do now that we have the men?” (meaning the Reservists). “None of you men will come back–nor the next lot–nor the next after that–nor the next after that again; but some of the next might. But we’ll give those Germans something to go on with, and we’ll give a good account of ourselves! Remember, men, the eyes of the whole world will be upon us, and I know that you will perform whatever task is allotted to you, like men.
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