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Richard Josiah Smyly was born in 1879 being descendant of a well known Ulster family and eldest son of Matthew John Smyly M.A. and Kathleen Georgina Smyly of Boden Park, County Dublin.
He first commissioned into the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers in 1899 and was augmented into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in February 1900.
Richard […]
Hugh Able was born in Blackrod in November 1886 enlisted into the Territorial Force at Preston on 12th December 1915. He had married Mary Morray at the Parish Church in Blackrod in July 1910 and they had one child pre-war. Mary was six years older than Hugh and in 1911 she was working as a […]
Stephen Howard was born in Pelsall near Walsall in Staffordshire on 9th May 1847. His parents were Charles, an engineer, and Elizabeth Howard. At the time of the 1851 census the family were living at Hatherton Works, Walsall – Stephen was the third of four brothers and also had two older sisters.
Stephen Howard first […]
Joseph Battersby was the eldest son of Joseph and Sarah Jane (nee Ingham).
In 1911 they lived at 10 Lark Hill Higher Walton. Joseph was 17, single and working as a cotton spinner.
Joseph enlisted and was posted into the newly raised 6th Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 25th August 1914 just […]
John Henry Owen was born in Runcorn in 1882 and was the son of Jessie and David Owen.
John was 28 years 8 months old when he first try to sign up after War broke out. He had previously served with the 4th (Territorial) Battalion of the Regiment becoming time expired. John first enlisted on […]
Thomas Anderton was born in Preston in 1897 and prior to the War worked as a dock labourer.
On 8th August 1914 he enlisted in the Territorial Force and volunteered for service overseas. He was posted into the 1/4th Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and moved to Swindon with them for training and railway guarding duties […]
Alfred Walter Piggot was born in Bromley by Bow, London in late 1864.
On 20th September 1883, eighteen year old Albert enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment and was posted into their 1st Battalion as a Private. Upon enlistment, he stated his former occupation as having been a mariner/sailor in the Royal Navy Reserve.
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