Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
| Ministry of Defence |
Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
|
‘LEST WE FORGET’
IN
GRATEFUL REMEM BRANCE
OF THE MEN
FROM ADLINGTON AND
DISTRICT WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
| AINSCOUGH |
Thomas |
Private
16012, 8th Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment.) who died
on Thursday 2nd March 1916. Aged 19.Bortn Coppull, Lancashire, enlisted
Chorley. Son of James and Mary Ainscough, of Grimshaw Cottages,
Coppull, Chorley, Lancs. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres -
Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium. Panel 12. |
| ALKER |
Leonard |
Sapper
438594, 529th Field Company, Royal Engineers who was killed in action
on Monday 18th June 1917. Born Adlington, enlisted Manchester. No
known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 1 |
| ALKER |
William |
Private
49588,. 21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment who was killed in action
on Saturday 12th May 1917. Aged 27. Born and enlisted Adlington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 7 |
| ATHERTON |
John
William |
Private
33012, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died of wounds
on Tuesday 16th April 1918. Born and resident Adlington, enlisted
Horwich. Formerly GS/21488, Dragoon Guards. Buried in Lapugnoy Military
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row D. Grave 22 |
| BAINES |
John
William |
Private
12690, 8th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
on Wednesday, 22nd December 1915. Aged 24. Buried in Ploegsteert
Wood Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot
I. Row C. Grave 5. |
| BALL |
Eli |
Private
201720. 1st/4th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who
was killed in action on Saturday 9th September 1916. Born and resident
Adlington, enlisted Preston. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11A |
| BALL |
Richard |
Private
7316. 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who died on Friday 7th
July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 3C and 3D |
| BAMBER |
Walter |
Private
203555 10th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who was
killed in action on Tuesday 9th October 1917. Aged 28. Husband of
Winifred Bamber, of 9, Wellington St., Chorley, Lancs. Born Adlington,
enlisted Preston, resident Chorley. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
102 to 104. |
| BANKS |
Harold |
Private
5557 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who died on Wednesday
5th July 1916. Aged 20. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 3C and 3D |
| BANKS |
Herbert |
Private
12922. 7th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
of wounds on Tuesday 28th May 1918. Aged 36. Born Aldington, enlisted
Horwich. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot LXVIII. Row D. Grave 30. |
| BERRY |
Edward |
Private
12718. 8th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
on Monday 10th July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11A. |
| BERRY |
Edward |
Private
21057. 'B' Coy. 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who was killed
in action on Sunday 28th January 1917. Aged 27. Born heath Charnock,
enlisted Aldington. Buried in A.I.F. Buriel Ground, Flers, Somme,
France. Plot V. Row A. Grave 1. |
| BERRY |
Thomas |
Private
15526, 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment who died on Saturday
1st July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 6C |
| BIBBY |
John |
No
further information currently |
| BIRCHALL |
Nathan |
Private
12724 8th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
on Monday 10th July 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11A |
| BIRCHALL |
Thomas |
Acting
Company Serjeant Major 12713, 8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment. Killed in action 21 May 1916. Born and resident Heath
Charnock, Lancashire, enlisted Chorley, Lancashire. Son of William
and Mary Jane (nee Ainscough) Birchall. Buried in Ecoivres Military
Cemetery. Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C.
Grave 28. |
| BIRCHALL |
John
Edward |
Private
203813. 2nd/4th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who
died on Friday 26th October 1917. Aged 19. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
102 to 104. |
| BRETLAND |
James |
Private
22357. 10th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
on Thursday 23rd November 1916. Aged 23. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11A. |
| BROOKS |
Alexander |
Private
21469. 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who died on Wednesday
1st December 1915 at Gallipoli. Born Adlington, enlisted Chorley.
No known grave. Commemorated on Helles Memorial Turkey. Panel 58
to 72 or 218 to 219 |
| CALLAN |
William
Robert |
Serjeant
17007, 8th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) who died
on Wednesday, 5th June 1918. Aged 22. Buried in Berlin South-Western
Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany. Plot I. Row A. Grave G. |
| CATTERALL |
John |
Private
243265. 4th/5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who
died on Friday 26th October 1917. Aged 23. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
102 to 104. |
| CARRINGTON |
George |
Private
202157. 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
of wounds on Sunday 9th June 1918. Aged 29. Born and enlisted Adlington.
No known grave. Commemorated on Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVI. Row B. Grave 19. |
| CHAMBERLAIN |
William |
Private
35822. 6th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
on Sunday 22nd July 1917. Aged 31. No known grave. Commemorated
on Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Irag. Plot XX. Row G. Grave
2. |
| CHARNOCK |
Hugh
Gordon |
Serjeant
67222. Royal Army Medical Corps who died on Friday 8th November
1918. Buried in North-West Part of Whittle-le-Woods (St John) Churchyard,
Lancashire. |
| CROOK |
William |
Private
41272 13th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment who was killed in
action on Saturday 5th October 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted
Adlington. Formerly 53962, Lancashire Fusiliers. Buried in Pont-D'Achelles
Military Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave
5. |
| DERBYSHIRE |
Joseph |
Private
G/24309 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) who was killed in action
on Friday, 12th October 1917. Aged 22. Born, resident and enlisted
Adlington. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 17. |
| DERBYSHIRE |
Samuel |
Private
203655 4th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
in the United Kingdom on Friday 6th April 1917. Aged 28. Born Blackburn,
enlisted Adlington. Buried in Adlington Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 247. |
| DEWHURST |
Henry |
No
further information currently |
| DOMAN |
[George
Herbert] Ryder |
Second
Lieutenant 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers who died
of wounds in German hands on Tuesday 11th June 1918. Aged 21. Son
of the late G. H. Doman, B.A., M.B., B.C. Cantab., and Mrs. G. H.
Doman, of Westhoughton, Lancs. Buried in Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery,
Poland. Plot I. Row C. Grave 1. |
| DOUGLAS |
James |
Private
32179 1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
on Wednesday 2nd October 1918. Aged 32. No known grave. Commemorated
on Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Addenda Panel |
| EDWARDS |
George |
Private
7622 12th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who waskilled in action
in Salonika on Thursday 14th September 1916. Aged 18. Born West
Bradford, Lancashire, resident West Bradford. No known grave. Commemorated
on Doiran Memorial Greece. |
| EDWARDS |
James |
Private
12697 10th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who was
killed in action on Monday 9th April 1917. Aged 26. Born Edinbugh,
enlisted Chorley, resident Adlington. Buried in Beaurains Road Cemetery,
Beaurains, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 21. |
| EVANS |
George |
No
further information currently |
| EVANS |
Robert
Thomas |
Lance
Corporal 20717 14th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers who was killed
in action on Monday 10th July 1916. Aged 36. Born Bagillt, Flint,
enlisted Chorley, resident Adlington. No known grave. Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Pier and Face 4 A |
| EVANS |
William |
No
further information currently |
| FAIRCLOUGH |
John |
No
further information currently |
| FAIRCLOUGH |
Robert
Isaac |
Private
290311, 1/5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed
in action 8th october 1918. Born Adlington, enlisted Chorley, resident
Heath Charnock. No known grave. Commemorated on Vis-En-Artois Memorial,
Pas de Calais, France. Panel 7. |
| FAIRCLOUGH |
Walter |
Private
73553 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers who was killed in action
on Thursday 16th May 1918. Aged 19. Born Heath Charnock, enlisted
Adlington. Buried in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme,
France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 9. |
| FARNWORTH |
William |
Senior
Reserve Attendant M/8995, H.M.S. Bayano, Royal Navy, who was lost
when his ship was sunk on Thursday 11th March 1915. Aged 28. Born
4 December 1887 in Adlington. When he enlisted he was employed as
a Warp Dresser, He enlisted 2 August 1914, height 5 feet 5¾
inches, chest 33 inches, hair dark brown, eyes blue, complexion
sallow. Husband of Amelia Farnworth, of 4, Babylon Lane, Higher
Adlington, Lancs. No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval
Memorial, Hampshire, United Kingdom. 10 |
| FINCH |
John |
Private
17348, 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed
in action 14th August 1917. Born and resident Adlington. Buried
in St Nicolas British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II Row
C. Grave 3. |
| FOSTER |
Roland |
No
further information at this time |
| GENT |
Thomas
[Whitfield] |
 Gunner
137243, 39th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of influenza
due to field operations 21st November 1918. Aged 34. Son of Luke
& Ann Gent who had a store on Railway Road in Adlington for
many years. He attended the Reformed Church on Railway Road. Thomas'
brothers and sisters later had a bakery, both post offices, and
general store on Railway Road. Though he grew up in Adlington, Tom
had moved to Port Sunlight after his marriage when he was working
for Bill Lever, and is, therefore, listed as a resident of Port
Sunlight. Tom was born Jan 22, 1884. He had one daughter. Husband
of Letitia H. Gent of 34, Central Road, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.
He received the Victory, British War Medal, and the 1915 Star. H
is mentioned also as "Tom Gent, Post Office, Lower Adlington".
Buried in Douai British Cemetery, Cuincy, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section
C. Grave 14. Soldiers named on a plaque at Chorley’s Anderton CP School include Thomas Gent. This memorial was erected in memory of the “Old Boys” who both gave their lives and won distinction in the Great War. It is a 4-sided tribute featuring the names of 38 ex-pupils of the Adlington District Council School, as it used to be called, who fought in the bloody conflict. An article on Thomas W. Gent was found in the library at Bebbington on the Wirrel near Port Sunlight. It was in “the Progress”, a magazine associated with Lever Brothers. It appeared in January 1919. It says, "Gunner Thomas Whitfield Gent, 34, Royal Garrison Artillery, of our Rail & Water Dept, recently died of pneumonia. He resided in Central Road." |
| GRAY |
John
William |
Private
53950, 15th Battalion, Lanacashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 2nd
November 1918. Born and enlisted Adlington, resident Chorley. Buried
in Ors British Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section C. Grave
26. |
| GREAVES |
Benjamin |
No
further information at this time |
| HAMER |
Edward |
Private
16461, 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 26th
September 1916. Born Adlington, enlisted Chorley. No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
13 A and 14 C. |
| HARPER |
Arthur |
Acting
Bombardier 92064, 255th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Killed in action 9th August 1917. Aged 29. Born Adlington, enlisted
Lancaster. Buried in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot III. Row A. Grave 10. |
| HARPER |
Benjamin
aka Ben |
Private
241673 2nd/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), The Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment who was killed in action on Thursday 21st June 1917. Aged
21. Born and enlisted Bolton. Buried in Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery,
Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row N. Grave 43. |
| HARPER |
Tom |
Second
Lieutenant, 1st/2nd Battalion attached 7th Battalion, Lancashire
Fusiliers who was killed in action on Monday 4th June 1917. No known
grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 33. |
| HARPER |
William
Heald |
Sapper
153816, 80th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 21st
September 1918. Aged 32. Born, resident and enlisted Adlington.
Son of Thomas and Julia Annie Harper, of 241, Babylon Lane, Heath
Charnock, Chorley. Born at Adlington, Lancs. Buried in Peronne Communal
Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot V. Row L. Grave 6. |
| HARVEY |
John
Ellis |
Company
Quartermaster Serjeant 5572, 'D' Company, 10th Battalion, Lancashire
Fusiliers who was killed in action on Monday 25th February 1918.
Aged 25. Born and resident Adlington, enlisted Horwich. Buried in
Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Plot I. Row
G. Grave 24. |
| HEAPS |
James |
[Listed
as HEAP on CWGC] Serjeant 27547, 19th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
Killed in action 17 October 1916. Born Aspull, Lancashire, enlisted
St Helens, Lancashire. Buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 3. |
| HIGSON |
Walter |
Private
52902 1st/7th Battalion, Lancashire Flusiliers who was killed in
action on Wednesday 23rd October 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted
Adlington. Formerly 86780, King's (Liverpool Regiment). Buried in
Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row
A. Grave 2. |
| HITCHEN |
Herbert |
Private
12705 8th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
on Saturday 26th August 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11A |
| HOLDING |
James |
Corporal
17590 2nd Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment.) who was killed
in action in Mesopotamia on Thursday, 31st May 1917. Aged 32. Son
of William and Elizabeth Holding: husband of Mary Alice Holding,
of Brisbane, Australia. Native of Adlington, Chorley. Enlisted Chorley.
Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece. Plot III. Row C. Grave
25. |
| HOLLAND |
Alfred |
Corporal
9734, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 24th March
1918. Aged 23. Born Adlington, enlisted Oldham, resident Hollinwood.
Son of Mrs. Holland; husband of Emily Jones (formerly Holland),
of 9, Spring Bank Terrace, Werneth, Oldham. Formerly 21041, Royal
Lancashire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial,
Somme, France. Panel 90 to 93. |
| HOLLAND |
Samuel |
Private
11714 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment who died of wounds
on Friday, 22nd March 1918. Born Adlington, enlisted Horwich. No
known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel
48 and 49. |
| HOLLAND, MM |
William |
Corporal
241300 1st/5th Battalion 9Territorial Force), The Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment who was killed in action on Friday 30th November 1917.
Enlisted Bolton. No known grave. Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial,
Louveral, Nord, France. Panel 8 |
| HOLT |
John |
Guardsman
20704, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action between
14 and 17th September 1916. Aged 27. Born Adlington, enlisted Manchester.
Son of John and Hannah Holt. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial, Somme France. Pier and Face 8 D. |
| HOUGH |
John |
Acting
Corporal 17196, 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed
in action 25th September 1915. Born Adlington, enlisted Blackburn.
No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 57 to 59. |
| HOUGHTON |
Edward |
No
further information currently |
| HOUGHTON |
James
Edward |
Deck
Hand 5090/SD, HMS Colleen, Royal Naval Reserve who died on Saturday
8th March 1919. Aged 21. Son of Thomas and Annie Houghton of 63
Railway Road Adlington, Chorley. Buried in St Joseph Anderton Churchyard,
Lancashire. |
| HOUGHTON |
William |
Private
5554 1st/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who died of wounds
on Tuesday 2nd April 1918. Aged 24. Born Chorley, enlisted Horwich,
resident Adlington. Son of James and Sarah Houghton of 9 Meadow
St Adlington Lancs Buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot XII. Row C. Grave 7. |
| HOWARD |
Frank |
Private
16632 2nd Bt., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment.) who died of wounds
on Wednesday 19th May 1915. Aged 19. Born Adlington, enlisted Chorley.
Son of Thomas and Annie Howard of 174 Park Road Adlington. Buried
in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII.
Row D. Grave 29. |
| KELLOCK |
Robert
Henry |
Private
S/12572, 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) who was
killed in action on Friday, 30th June 1916. Aged 25. Born and enlisted
Adlington. Son of J J and M A Kellock of Adlington, Lancs Buried
in Maroeuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row
H. Grave II. |
| KING |
Edward |
Private
87531 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died on Sunday 17th
August 1919. Aged 21. Son of William and Hannah Jane King of Huyton
House Adlington Lancs Buried in Limerick (King's Island) Military
Cemetery, County Limerick, Ireland, Republic of. Grave 89. |
| KING |
John |
Corporal
17578, 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, King's Won (Royal Lancaster Regiment.)
who died in United Kingdom on Sunday 22nd September 1918. Aged 30.
Born Heath Charnock, enlisted Adlington. Son of John and Elizabeth
King of 24 Broad Oak Cottage, Heath Charnock Chorley Buried in Rivington
Churchyard, Lancashire |
| LAVIN |
John |
Private
7530 'A' Coy. 12th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who waskilled
in action in Salonika on Thursday 14th September 1916. Aged 25.
Born Hindley, enlisted Horwich, resident Adlington. Son of Patrick
and Lucy Lavin of 80 Chorley Rd, Adlington, Lancs. No known grave.
Commemorated on Doiran Memorial, Greece |
| LEADBETTER |
Asa |
Private
12720 8th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died
on Monday 10th July 1916. Aged 22. Son of Amy Swift (formerly Leadbetter)
of 24 Lynton St., Salford and the late Joseph Leadbetter. No known
grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme France. Pier and
Face 11A |
| LISTER |
William |
Private
17347 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment.) who died
on Saturday 1st July 1916. Aged 34. Husband of Mrs Jane Ann Lofthouse
of 5 Back Railway View Adlington Chorley Lancs. No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. Somme, France. Pier and Face
5D and 12 B |
| LOFTHOUSE |
Edward |
Private
17347, 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed
in action 1st July 1916. Born and enlisted Adlington. Husband of
Mrs. Jane Arm Lofthouse, of 5, Back Railway View, Adlington, Chorley,
Lancs. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme
France. Pier and Face 5 D and 12 B. |
| LOWE |
Howard |
[Listed
as Harold Lowe on SDGW] Private 24207 1st Battalion, The Loyal North
Lancashire Regiment who was killed in action on Friday 22nd December
1916. Born heath Charnock, enlisted Adlington. Buried in A.I.F.
Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France. Grave lost Special Memorial
6 |
| LYTHGOE |
John |
Sapper
139266 183rd Tunnelling Coy., Royal Engineers who was killed in
action on Thursday 4th January 1917. Aged 46. Born Standish, enlisted
Horwich, resident Adlington. Son of Ralph and Sarah Ann Lythgoe;
husband of Mary J Lythgoe, of 4 Walton St., Adlington. Formerly
5716, Lancashire Fusiliers. Buried in Combles Communal Cemetery
Extension, Somme, France. Plot II. Rowe E. Grave 29. |
| MAYOH |
Fred |
Steward
M/10615 HMS 'Theseus' Royal Naval Reserve who died on Wednesday
23rd October 1918. Aged 23. Buried in Syra New British Cemetery,
Syra, Greece. Plot II. Row F. Grave 8. |
| MIDDLETON |
Arthur
Claud |
Second
Lieutenant 8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who died on Monday
7th June 1915. Aged 27. Son of Arthur Thomas and Madge Middleton
of 'The Beeches', Ashton Bank Preston. Buried in The Lancashire
Landing Cemetery, Turkey. Section A. Grave 14. |
| MOLYNEAUX |
Harry |
Ordinary
Seaman J/84340 HMS 'Terrible', Royal Navy who died on Thursday 11th
April 1918. Aged 18. Son of William and E.A. Molyneaux of 28 Church
St Adlington Lancs Buried in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery Hampshire,
United Kingdom. Plot E. Row 31. Grave 8 |
| MOSS |
William |
Lance
Serjeant 6615 'C' Coy. 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who was
killed in action on Friday 8th November 1918. Aged 21. Born Preston,
enlisted Horwich, resident Adlington. Son of William and Alice Moss
of 6 Back Railway View Adlington Lancs Buried in Pont-Sur-Sambre
Communal Cemetery Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section B. Grave 24. |
| NAYLOR, MM |
John
William |
Private 17993 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment who died of wounds on Tuesday 5th September 1916. Aged 23. Born Adlington, enlisted Manchester, resident Anderton. Son of the late Henry Naylor of Jubilee Villa, Anderton, Nr Chorley Lancs Buried in La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, Somme, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 55 |
| NORMANTON |
Jonas |
Private
16633 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment.) who died
on Saturday 8th May 1915. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium Panel 12 |
| NORRIS |
John
Henry |
Sapper
83286, 201st Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 20th
March 1917. Born and enlisted Adlington, resident Chorley. Buried
in St. Hilaire Cemetery, Frevent, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II.
Row D. Grave 5. |
| OPENSHAW |
Fred |
Second
Lieutenant 1st/2nd attd. 8th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
who died on Tuesday 8th October 1918. Aged 20. Son of Abraham and
Eliza H Openshaw of 18 Church St Adlington Lancs. Buried in Anneux
British Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 9. |
| PARKER |
Fred |
No
further information currently |
| PARRY |
John |
No
further information currently |
| PERRIGO |
John |
Lance
Corporal 11370 6th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
who died in Mesopotamia on Saturday 17th June 1916. Born Wheelton,
enlisted Chorley, resident Adlington. Buried in Amara War Cemetery,
Iraq. Plot XV. Row G. Grave 2 |
| PIERCE |
Eric |
No
further information currently |
| PLATT |
Fred |
No
further information currently |
| POXON |
Samuel |
No
further information currently |
| RAINFORD |
Thomas |
[Listed
as RAMFORD on SDGW] Private G/74757 7th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
who was killed in action on Tuesday 27th August 1918. Aged 19. Born
Bolton, enlisted and resident Adlington. Son of Mrs Margaret Rainford,
of Adlington Lancs. Formerly 69911, 106th Training Reserve Battalion.
Buried in A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France. Plot X. Row
J. Grave 8. |
| RATCLIFFE |
Thomas |
No
further information currently |
| RIGBY |
John |
Private
291246, 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force).
Killed in action 6th July 1917. Aged 21. Born Adlington, enlisted
Preston. Son of William and Sarah Rigby, of Sharrock's Farm, Blackrod,
Chorley. Buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot II. Row L. Grave 10. |
| RITSON |
Eustace
Blackburn |
Second
Lieutenant 204th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf) who died on Monday
8th October 1917. Aged 34. Son of the late Rev. Wlliam and Lucy
Margaret Ritson. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A |
| ROBINSON |
Robert |
Lance
Corporal 5563 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who was killed
in action on Sunday 19th December 1915. Aged 27. Born Adlington,
enlisted Horwich, resident Blackrod. Son of Edward and Mary Ann
Robinson of 113 Railway Road Adlington Lancs. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 33 |
| SCHOFIELD |
James |
Corporal
14474 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who died on Friday 25th
August 1916. Aged 22. Son of John and Betsy Schofield of 27 Back
Lane Heath Charnock Chorley Lancs. No known grave. Commemorated
on Thiepval Memorial, Somme France. Pier and Face 3C and 3D. |
| SEAGER |
Herbert |
Stoker
1st Class K/23363, H.M.S. 'Tiger', Royal Navy who died on Monday
20th December 1915. Aged 26. Husband of Lily Seager, of 152 Park
Road Adlington. Buried in Adlington Cemetery, Lancashire. Plot/Row/Section
C. Grave 588. |
| SHAW |
John |
Corporal
12706 2nd/4th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who
was killed in action on Friday 26th October 1917. Aged 20. Born
Adlington, enlisted Chorley, resident Heath Charnock. Son of David
and Ellen Shaw of 3 Springfield Terrace Heath Charnock Chorley Lancs.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium Panel 102 to 104. |
| SLATER |
Harry |
Private
23092 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards who was killed in action on
Wednesday 5th January 1916. BBorn Adlington, enlisted Bolton. uried
at Rue-du-Bacquerot no 1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 1. |
| SMITH |
Frank |
Lance
Corporal 12678. 'A' Company, 10th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment who died on Friday, 11th August 1916 age 26. Son of Robert
and Mary Anne Smith. No known grave. Commemorated on Theipval Memorial,
Somme France. Pier and Face 11A |
| SMITH |
James |
Private
17190, 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed
in action 8th May 1915. Aged 27. Born Coppull, enlisted Adlington.
Son of James and Mary Ellen Smith, of 13, Woodville Rd., Heath Charnock,
Chorley, Lancs. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 12. |
| SMITH |
Thomas |
No
further information currently |
| SOUTHWORTH |
Wilfred |
Private
243671st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who died on Friday 12th
April 1918. Aged 19. Brother of Mr J R Southworth of Chorley Lancs.
No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 4. |
| STURGESS |
Henry |
No
further information currently |
| SUMNER |
Harry |
Private
58836 Royal Army Medical Corps who died on Friday 30th June 1916.
Aged 26. Son of Mrs Margaret Cowell of Adllington Chorley. No known
grave. Commemorated on Basra Memorial Iraq. Panel 42. |
| SUTCLIFFE |
Joseph |
Lance
Corporal 17236 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
who was killed in action on Saturday 1st July 1916. Born Bolton,
enlisted Adlington. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France Pier and Face 5D and 12B |
| TAYLOR |
Thomas |
Private
201710 1st/4th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who
died on Tuesday 25th September 1917. Buried in St Sever Cemetery
Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Section P. Plot III. Row
I. Grave 9B. |
| THORPE |
John |
Private
17645 19th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who died on Saturday
1st July 1916. Aged 26 Son of John and Elizabeth Thorpe. No known
grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Pier and
Face 3C and 3D. |
| THORPE |
Thomas |
[Spelt
THORP on SDGW & CWGC] Private 6621, 10th Battalion, Lancashire
Fusiliers. Killed in action 9th April 1916. Born and resident Adlington,
enlisted Horwich. Buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres,
Nord, France. Plot IX. Row G. Grave 68. |
| TOOTELL |
Joseph |
Private
8714 18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who was killed in action
on Tuesday 26 March 1918. Aged 27. Born Adlington, enlisted Horwich,
resident Blackrod. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Tootell of Adlington.
Husband of Esther Ellen Tootell of Blackrod Lancs. No known grave.
Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 32 to 34. |
| URMSTON |
Nathan |
Private
28969 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment who was killed in action
on Friday 13th September 1918. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Adlington.
Son of John and Elizabeth Urmston of Adlington. Formerly 36914,
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Buried in Aix-Noulette Communal
Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row H. Grave
2. |
| WASS, MM |
Matthew
Ellis |
Lance
Corporal 24088, 9th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Died of wounds 9th June 1918. Born and enlisted Adlington. Awarded
the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery,
Wimille, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVI. Row B. Grave 18. |
| WATERWORTH |
Sydney |
Private
201721 1st/4th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who
was killed in action on Tuesday 8th August 1916. Aged 19. Born and
resident Adlington, enlisted Preston. Son of Dorning and Jane Ann
Waterworth of Adlington. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial Somme, France. Pier and Face 11A |
| WEBSTER |
Benjamin |
No
further information currently |
| WEBSTER |
George |
No
further information currently |
| WILDMAN |
James |
Private
6631 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who was killed in action
on Monday 25th October 1915. Aged 21. Born and resident Adlington,
enlisted Horwich. Son of Henry and Mary Ann Wildman of Adlington.
Buried in Gunners Farm Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut,
Belgium. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 4. |
| WILKINSON |
Percy |
Private
242090 2nd/5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment who died of wounds
on Monday, 15th October 1917. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Adlington.
Son Of Jonathan and Alice Wilkinson of Adlington. Buried in Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. XXI. F. 14A. |
| WILSON |
Frederick
Bernard |
Private
28702 11th Battalion, Border Regiment who was killed in action on
Tuesday 10th July 1917. Aged 19. Born, resident and enlisted Adlington.
Son of William and Mary Wilson of Adlington. Buried in Coxyde Military
Cemetery, Koksijde, Belgium. Plot I. Row K. Grave 59. |
| WOOSEY |
Fred |
Private
24201 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment who was killed in action
on Thursday 21st September 1916. Born and resident Adlington, enlisted
Chorley. No known grave. Commemorated on Theipval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 13A and 14C |
| WORSLEY |
Thomas |
No
further information currently |
| WRIGHT |
Egerton
Lowndes |
No
further information currently |
| YATES |
John
Robert |
Private
36841 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment who died of wounds
on Saturday 29th June 1918. Aged 36. Born Farnworth, enlisted Adlington.
Son of John and Sarah Yates of Anderton Lancs. Formerly 33198, Lancashire
Fusiliers. Buried in Aire Communal Cemetery Pas de Calais, France.
Plotm III. Row F. Grave 21. |
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| AINSCOUGH |
Ronald |
No
further information currently |
| ALMOND |
William |
No
further information currently |
| ARROWSMITH |
William |
No
further information currently |
| ATHERTON |
Ellis |
Gunner
1606867, 24 A.A/Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 7th January
1944. Aged 31. Son of Robert and Jane Atherton, of Adlington, Lancashire.
Buried in Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh. Plot 2. Row F. Grave
3. |
| BALL |
Thomas |
No
further information currently |
| BARLOW |
Henry
aka harry |
Leading
Aircraftman 1495534, Royl Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 22nd
January 1945. Aged 33. Son of Henry and Priscilla Barlow; husband
of Ethel Barlow, of Adlington. Buried in Anderton (St. Joseph) Roman
Catholic Churchyard, Lancashire. Plot C. Row 5. Grave 11. |
| BARNES |
Harry |
Private
S/128136, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 14th April 1945. Son of
William and Annie Jane Barnes, of Adlington, Lancashire. Buried
in berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany. Plot 11. Row
K. Grave 3. |
| CHIPPENDALE |
Wilfred |
No
further information currently |
| COWELL |
Wilfred |
Private
3713953, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Died
21st November 1941. Aged 31. Son of Harry and Rebecca Cowell, of
Adlington, Lancashire. Buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma,
Libya. Plot 12. Row D. Grave 18. |
| COWLEY |
Herbert
aka Bert |
Private
4919720, 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Died 20th
November 19140. Aged 24. Son of Thomas and Ellen Cowley, of Adlington.
Buried in Adlington Cemetery, Lancashire. Section A. Church of England
Grave 136. |
| CROOK |
Cyril
W |
No
further information currently |
| CROOK |
George |
 Gunner
948091, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 24th February
1942. Aged 23. Son of George and Annie Crook; husband of Olive Crook,
of Adlington, Lancashire. Buried in Kuala Lumpur (Cheras Road) Civil
Cemetery, Malaysia. Grave 745. |
| CROSS |
Eric |
Signalman
D/JX 232959, H.M.S. Drake IV, Royal Navy. Died 19th August 1942.
Aged 29. Son of Frank and Mary Ann Cross; husband of Martha Cross,
of Adlington, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on Plymouth
Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 67, Column 3. |
| DICKINSON |
John |
No
further information currently |
| DONNELLY |
James |
Fusilier
3454260, 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliersd. Died 20th November
1944. Aged 28. Son of Henry and Catherine Hesketh, of Bamber Bridge,
Lancashire; husband of Edna Donnelly, of Adlington, Lancashire.
Buried in Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands. Plot VIII.
Row A. Grave 1. |
| ENTWISTLE |
Harold |
No
further information currently |
| FAIRCLOUGH |
Leonard
Thomas |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1450687, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 20th February 1944. Aged 20. Son of Paul and Alice
Evelyn Fairclough, of Adlington, Lancashire. Buried in berlin 1939-1945
War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany. Plot 8. Row E. Grave 5. |
| GAUNT |
Albert
Charles |
No
further information currently |
| HARDING |
Ronald |
No
further information currently |
| HARPER |
Eric |
No
further information currently |
| HART |
William |
Private
3852712, 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Died
21st May 1940. Aged 30. Son of Richard and Frances Hart, of Adlington,
Lancashire; husband of Mary Hart. Buried in Ramegnies-Chin Churchyard,
Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. Row A. Grave 10. |
| HARWOOD |
Robert |
Aircraftman
1st Class 2265590, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 8th September
1947. Aged 22. Son of Rudolph Tomlinson Harwood and Victoria Maud
Harwood, of Adlington, Lancashire. Buried in Kirkee War Cemetery,
India. Plot 3. Row K. Grave 16. |
| HAYDOCK |
Walter |
No
further information currently |
| HOLDING |
Jack |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1685217, 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Died 3rd February 1945 while on a raid to Bottrop, Germany when
Lancaster Bomber he was flying in crashed in Westerbeek village,
Netherlands. Aged 22. Son of Robert and Cicely Holding, of Adlington,
Lancashire; husband of Elsie Holding, of Adlington. Buried in OPLOO
(WESTERBEEK) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Row 1. Grave 4. |
| HOPE |
John
aka Jack |
Driver
2139455, 515 Corps Field Aurvey Company, Royal Engineers. Died 22nd
janaury 1942. Aged 21. Son of James and Nellie Hope, of Adlington.
Buried in Adlington cemetery, lancashire. Section A. E. Church of
England Grave 265. |
| HOTCHKISS |
Thomas |
Private
14349515, 9th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 5th June 1944. Aged
28. Son of John William and Elizabeth Hotchkiss; husband of Ivy
Hotchkiss, of Adlington, Lancashire. Buried in Imphal War Cemetery,
india. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 8. |
| HOUGH |
Charles |
Private
3718863, 1st Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool). Died 11th
June 1944. Aged 22. Son of Elizabeth Hough, of Adlington, Lancashire.
Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Mynmar (Burma). Plot 13. Row K.
Grave 8. |
| HOUGHTON |
Frank |
Ordinary
Seaman P/JX 389454, HMS Tweed, Royal Navy. Lost with his ship 7th
January 1944. Born 27th July 1924. Aged 19. Son of Wm Harold &
Clara Ellen Houghton whose parents, Wm & Mary Ann "Polly"
Gent Houghton had a general store near the Railway Road Railway
Station in Market Sq in Adlington. No known grave. Commemorated
on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 84, Column 1. For
details of HMS Tweed see www.naval-history.net |
| JOLLY |
John
aka Jack |
Sergeant
(W.Op./Air Gnr.) 1129588, 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 4th July 1943. Aged 23. Son of William and Margaret
Jolly, of Adlington, Lancashire. Buried in Heverlee War Cemetery,
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Plot 6. Row D. Collective Grave
1-20. |
| LEACH |
John |
No
further information currently |
| LOWE |
Jack |
Ordinary
Seaman P/JX 340752, H.M.S. Hurworth, Royal Navy. Died 22nd October
1943. Aged 19. Son of Elsie Lowe, of Adlington, Lancashire. No known
grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel
76, Column 2. |
| MacLACHLAN |
Robert |
Trooper
7899119, 3rd King's Own Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps. Died as a
p[risoner of war of the japanese 27th November 1942. Aged 24. Son
of John and Margaret Maclachlan; foster-son of Arthur Moss, of Adlington,
Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on Singapore Memorial,
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 2.
|
| MARTIN |
James |
Corporal
3713983, 13th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool). Died 30th
April 1943. Aged 25. Husband of Jane Martin, of Adlington, Lancashire.
No known grave. Commemorated on rangoon Memorial, Myanmar (Burma).
Face 5. |
| MOLYNEAUX |
Joseph |
No
further information currently |
| MOSS |
Colin |
Fusilier
14803965, 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 10th July 1945.
Aged 19. Son of John and Elizabeth Moss, of Adlington, Lancashire.
Buried in Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Plot 6. Row D. Grave 5. |
| OLLERTON |
Henry |
No
further information currently |
| PEMBERTON |
Robert |
Trooper
7877479, 8th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 20th
December 1943. Aged 41. Son of William and Harriet Pemberton; husband
of Lily Pemberton, of Adlington, Lancashire. Buried in Alexandria
(Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Plot 6. Row H. Grave 4. |
| POLLARD |
Tom |
No
further information currently |
| RAINFORD |
Arnold |
No
further information currently |
| RATCLIFFE |
George |
No
further information currently |
| RATCLIFFE |
Gordon |
No
further information currently |
| ROBERTS |
Harold |
No
further information currently |
| ROSBOTTOM |
Robert |
No
further information currently |
| SETTLE |
Arthur |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1033314, 487 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 31st January 1944. Aged 22. Son of Joseph
and Nellie Settle, of Adlington. Buried in Horwich (Holy Trinity)
Churchyard, Lancashire. Section B. Grave 118. |
| SMITH |
Alexander |
No
further information currently |
| SOUTHWORTH |
James |
No
further information currently |
| SPINKS |
William |
No
further information currently |
| SQUIRES |
William |
No
further information currently |
| STRATTON |
Herbert |
No
further information currently |
| TAYLOR |
Richard |
Private
3603538, 1st (Airborne) Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 10th July
1943. Aged 28. Son of Mrs. M. A. Taylor, of Adlington, Lancashire.
No known grave. Commemorated on Cassino Memorial, Italy. Panel 7.
|
| TITTERINGTON |
Robert |
No
further information currently |
| WESTHEAD |
William
Alker |
Gunner
1738384, 152 Battery, 51 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died
12th April 1943. Aged 25. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Westhead, of
Adlington, Lancashire. Buried in Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia.
Plot V. Row F. Grave 15. |
| YATES |
Joseph
Thomas |
No
further information currently |
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