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2339 PTE. F. WHALLEY. L.N.LAN.R.

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Frederick Harold Whalley, known simply as Fred Whalley, was born in Bolton on 9th October 1898 and post-war played top flight football as a goalkeeper for Preston North End and Leeds United.

Fred had enlisted into the 3rd Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment as a reservist in November 1913 when he was 15 […]

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200578 PTE. W. SWIFT. L.N.LAN.R

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William Swift was born in Longridge near Preston on the 29th March 1889 to James and Elizabeth Swift (nee Bolton). His parents married in the church of Longridge St. Lawrence on the 20th November 1880 and they had four sons and three daughters; John (1881), Ada Elizabeth (1883), James Henry (1885), Mary Jane (1887), William* […]

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1295 PTE. J. CODE. L.N.LAN.R

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John Code was born in Horwich, Bolton on 26th June 1894 and was the second son of George and Margeurite A Code. At the time of the 1901 census the family were living at 112 Chorley New Road, Horwich, but had moved to number 123 by 1911. They had a long term boarder, William Turton […]

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2577 PTE. A. PYE. L.N.LAN.R

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Alfred Pye was christened at St. John`s Parish Church in Preston on the 14 July, 1895 the son of Alfred and Alice Pye (nee Harrison). Alfred`s parents married in the same parish church on Christmas Day 1875. He had three brothers and five sisters; George (1874), John (1876), Jane (1879), Margaret (1886), Henry (1889), Elizabeth […]

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200112 CQMS. E. LESTER. L.N.LAN.R

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Edmund Lester was from Kirkham, Lancashire in around 1868/9.

The following information is from Wikipedia;

Edmund Lester was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He played for Fleetwood Rovers before moving to Football League First Division side Burnley in March 1898. He played his only senior match for Burnley on 1 April 1899 in the 0–1 defeat away at Sheffield […]

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241633 PTE. J. GERMAN. L.N.LAN.R

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John German was born in Leigh in around 1896.

Aged 15 in 1911, he was living at 10 New York, Deane, Bolton. He was living with his parents Richard and Ellen and attended the local Deane schools. His father was a domestic gardener. At this time, John was working a piecer in a cotton mill. […]

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2nd Lieutenant Reginald Frederick Squibb

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Reginald Frederick Squibb was born in Godshill, Isle of Wight on 3rd March 1891. In 1901, his father, James Henry Squibb was a labourer on Towlesdown farm where he lived with his wife Clara Fanny (nee Mackett), and their three sons and two daughters, George H (b. 1879), Reginald F, James W (b. 1895); Fanny […]

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