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Lieutenant Maurice Harold Cuffe Firmin

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Maurice Harold Cuffe Firmin was born in 1888 and was the second son of Nicholas Charles Penny Firmin and Amelia Cuffe Firmin of Northwood, King’s Road, Richmond, Surrey. He was educated at St. Paul’s School in West London.

During his time at St. Paul’s School he was part of Wainwrights house soccer team that […]

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21089 SJT. J. W. WATSON. L.N.LAN.R.

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John Whitehead Watson was born at 13 Maudland Bank in Preston and baptised at St. Peter`s Church on the 5th February 1882 by his parents William Henry and Eleanor Watson (nee Whitehead). His parents married on the 3rd December 1873 at St. Peter`s Church, prior to the marriage his father was a bookkeeper living at […]

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16982 PTE. J. LIVESEY. L.N.LAN.R

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John Livesey was born in Preston in 1890 the son of John and Bridget Livesey (nee Geelan). John`s parents were married in St Joseph`s RC Church in Preston on 8 January, 1887 and they had six children including John. Sadly two of their children died in infancy.

George Thomas (1888-1889) John (1890)* Mary Elizabeth (1892-1893) […]

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Captain William Adamson

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William Adamson was born on the 23rd November 1884 at Sunderland. He was the son of William Adamson and Eliza Adamson and had an older brother named Robert (b. c1882).

In 1891 the family were found at 2 Elms North, Christchurch, Sunderland. Like many of the men on the street his father was a ship […]

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17881 ASJT. F. C. BRUNSDON. L.N.LAN.R

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Frederick Charles Brunsdon was born in Little Hulton, Lancashire on 4th January 1889.

On 17th June 1911 Frederick married Minnie Helerns at Bolton. They set up home on Plodder Lane, Farnworth.

Shortly before his twenty-sixth birthday, on 11th November 1914 Frederick enlisted in the Army.  He had no military experience and had been working as […]

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11-18269 PTE. R. LINDSAY. L.N.LAN.R

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Roger Lindsay was born in Little Lever in 1886. His parents were named Thomas and Betsy Lindsay. At the time of the 1901 census the family were living on Peel Street, Farnworth. Roger had two brothers, and seven sisters. His father worked in the mines as a coal hewer, as did both of his brothers. […]

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13394. SGT. W. HOLME. L.N.LAN.R

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William Holme was born in Chorley, Lancashire in late 1894. He was the youngest child in his Wesleyan family. In 1911 his father John, his mother Isabella and siblings Mary, Herbert and John were all living at 9 Hope Street, Chorley. He had three other siblings (Margaret, Tom and Hannah) that had since left home. […]

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16995 SJT. A. DALTON. L.N.LAN.R

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Albert Dalton was born in Preston in 1896; he was the son of John and Jane Dalton (nee Shaw).

By the time of the 1911 census he was living with his widowed mother and his sister, May, at 24 Higford Street, Preston; his occupation was a cotton weaver.

Albert enlisted on 6 October 1914 into […]

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18189 PTE. J. NICHOLSON. L.N.LAN.R

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On 14th November 1914, James Nicholson enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, being posted into the 11th Battalion. 

At the time of him joining the Army, James was 26 years old and had been working as a news vendor. James had married Mary Ann (McGovin) on boxing day 1908, they had three children. The […]

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18199 PTE. W. PARTINGTON. L.N.LAN.R

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William Partington was born in Farnworth, Lancashire in October 1887.

William married Fanny (nee Potter) on 30th March 1912. They had a two year old daughter named Nancy; and a nine month old son named John.

On 17th November 1914, William enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Farnworth. He was 27 years old […]

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10848 CPL. H. WILKES. L.N.LAN.R

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Herbert Wilkes was born in Latchford near Warrington on 10.09.1890. His father, James Wilkes, was a glass cutter originally from Dudley, Staffordshire and his mother was Ann (nee Oakes).

Herbert was the youngest child of the family. He had two older brothers, John (b. 1887) and Harry (b. 1878) and a sister, Elizabeth (b. 1875). […]

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