Roll of Honour - Lancashire - Shevington, St Anne's Church - Taylor Pit and John Pit War Memorial

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SHEVINGTON, ST ANNES, TAYLOR PIT AND JOHN PIT WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2012

The Taylor Pit and John Pit war memorial is to be found in the gorunds of St Anne's Church in Shevington and takes the form of two plaques mounted on a stone plinth. There are 25 names listed, 22 of those who were killed and 3 names of those who attained honours (two of which are also in the listed of those killed). To aid research and reading the names each section has been sorted alphabetically.

Photographs copyright © Margaret Carter 2012

IN MEMORIAM
THE NAMES HERE RECORDED ARE OF
THOSE MEN WHO WORKED HERE
AND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
AUGUST 1914 TO NOVEMBER 1918
AS WELL AS THE NAMES OF THOSE
WHO OBTAINED MILITARY DISTINCTIONS
IN THE WAR

TAYLOR PIT & WASHER
KILLED

BENNETT	A	No further information currently available
CHESHIRE	H	No further information currently available
DAVIES	Robert Henry	Private 11410, 6th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 26 November 1916. Born asnd enlisted Wigan. Brother of Mrs. Sarah J. Pemberton, of 70, Crooke, Wigan, Lancs. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C. See also Shevington Memorial
GASKELL	S	No further information currently available
GIBSON	T A	No further information currently available
HILL	John James	Stoker 1st Class SS/116484, H.M.S. "Hampshire," Royal Navy. Died when his ship was sunk 5 June 1916 off the mainland of Orkney between Brough of Birsay and Marwick Head at 19:40 when an explosion occurred and she heeled to starboard; she had struck one of several mines laid by the German minelaying submarine U-75 on 28/29 May 1916, just before the Battle of Jutland. Aged 20. Born 7 March 1896 in Wigan, Lancashire. Son of Richard and Mary Ellen Hill, of 31, Moorfield Houses, Crooke, Wigan. Prior to enlisting he was a Labourer in Colliery. Enlisted 23 December 1914 for 12 years, height 5 feet 3 inches, chest 35 inches, brown hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 18. See also Shevington Memorial
HITCHIN	Henry	No further information currently available
JONES	Sidney	No further information currently available
KNOWLES	John	No further information currently available
WHITE, MM & Crois de Guerre	Wilfred	Serjeant 16201, 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 28 June 1918. Born and resident Pemberton, enlisted Wigan. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) & Croix de Guerre (France). Buried in AVAL WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQUIN, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 1.
WILSON	Oswald	Private 109279, 4th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died of wounds 29 November 1918, received 5th November 1918. Aged 20. Son of Christopher and Teresa Wilson, of Brook Side, Shevington Moor, Wigan. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section S. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 13. See also Shevington Memorial
WOOD	W R	No further information currently available
WOODWARD	S	No further information currently available
HONOURS
WHITE	Wilfred	Military Medal (M.M.) & Croix de Guerre - see above
JOHN PIT KILLED
APPLETON	T	No further information currently available
ASHCROFT, MM	George	Private 13711, 1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force), Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 30 November 1917. Born and enlisted Wigan. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 8.
ASPEY	Henry	No further information currently available
GRUNDY	John	No further information currently available - See also Shevington Memorial
HALLIWELL	J	No further information currently available
PERKINS	J B	No further information currently available
PORTER	W	No further information currently available
STOKES	Edwin	No further information currently available
TELFORD	R	No further information currently available
HONOURS
ASHCROFT	George	Military Medal (M.M.) - see above
DARWIN	Thomas	Military Medal (M.M.)

THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES
THOSE WHO DIED IN THE
GREAT WAR FROM
STANDISH LOWER GROUND
MINING COMMUNITY WHICH
FUNDED THE BUILDING OF THIS
CHURCH BY SUBSCRIPTION

Last updated 1 December, 2018

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