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Arthur Willacy was born in 1894 the son of William and Eliza Emma Willacy (nee Bates).
William and Eliza were married in St. Johns church, Westhoughton in 1883 and had 8 more children, Isabella (1883), Sarah Ada (1886), William (1888), John Thomas (1890), Edwin Bates (1892), Elizabeth Alice (1897), Emma (1899), and Alice Emma (1903).
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James Briggs was the son of Isaac and Harriet Briggs; husband of Rebecca Sagar (formerly Briggs), of 5 Marchand Street, Preston.
James enlisted for four years service in the Territorial Force on 4th September 1914. He was embodied the same day, given the service number 2225 and posted into the 4th Battalion of the Loyal […]
Thomas Albert Smith was born in Little Hulton, Lancashire on 2nd January 1895.
On 11th October 1915, Thomas enlisted in the 5th Territorial Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, initially being given the service number 29552.
At some point between January and October 1916, Thomas sailed for France to join the 8th (Service) Battalion. […]
Archibald Terry was born in Bolton in around 1881. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Terry (nee Johnson) and they had six children. The family lived at 14, Lord Street, Hulme, Manchester. Archibald and Elizabeth had married on 21st June 1902 at St Michaels church in Hulme.
On 2nd September 1914, Archibald joined the Loyal […]
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 […]
Christopher Dunn was born in 1891 in Farnworth, Lancashire. He was the son of John and Alice Dunn.
His father, John Dunn had previously served in Royal Scots Greys, and three of his brothers also served during the Great War. James Dunn (10th/ Loyal North Lancs), William (Suffolks) and Sam (unknown).
Christopher enlisted […]
John Francis English was born in Preston circa 1890. He was the son of Francis and Mary Ann English.
In 1911 the family were living at 53 Swansea Street, Preston. His father was working dismantling ships, but died the following year. John had four sisters, and one brother.
John enlisted in the 4th Territorial Battalion, […]
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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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@loyalregiment- RT @DawnMCole: An entry by two soldiers from the @loyalregiment in Clarice’s autograph book. #VAD #Nurse #HistNurse #WW1 https://t.co/0CdF7…
about 4 months ago - @PommeryOfficial A 1896 map I found of the 'Caves de L'Establissment Vve Pommery, fils & Cie' https://t.co/V357fs7P2l
about 7 months ago - @MeganEKelleher @IntBCC @CWGC I'm assuming that's a private purchase headstone, with his wife remembered too, is it?
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- RT @DawnMCole: An entry by two soldiers from the @loyalregiment in Clarice’s autograph book. #VAD #Nurse #HistNurse #WW1 https://t.co/0CdF7…