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426279 ACPL. W. H. THOMAS. R.E.

By On November 23, 2018 · Leave a Comment

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 […]

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202099 CPL. P. WYRE. L.N.LAN.R.

By On April 13, 2018 · Leave a Comment

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 […]

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16915 PTE. J. R. HAYES. L.N.LAN.R

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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 […]

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