Private 22222, 11 Platoon, "C" Company, 23rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died of wounds 21 July 1916. Aged 42. Born Liverpool, enlisted Manchester. Son of George and Mary Wall; husband of Ada Wall, of 50, Bottomley Side, Blackley, Manchester. In the 1901 he was aged 26, born Liverpool, a Pavior's Labourer, married to Ada with two sons, living with his sister and brother in law, Thomas and Lucy Jones, resident 48, Bottomley Side, North Manchester, Prestwich, LancashireIn the 1911 census he was aged 36, born Liverpool, a Carter, married to Ada with two sons and one daughter, resident Bottomley Side, Crumpsall, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 23.

Private 8749, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 21 October 1916. Aged 33. Born September 1882 in Blackley, Lancs, enlisted Manchester. Son of John Warburton; husband of Mary Lillian Loggie (formerly Warburton, nee Nagle), of 16, Holtby St., Blackley, Manchester, marriage registered in the October to December Quarter 1914 in Prestwich Registration District, Lancashire. Admitted to Blackley St Peter Church of England School (Infants), Gorton, Manchester 17 August 1890, son of John Warburton, of Lion Street, Blackley. In the 1891 census he was aged 8, born Blackley, a scholar, son of John and Elizabeth Warburton, resident Lion Street, Blackley, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born manchester, a Bricklayer's Labourer, son of John Warburton, resident 25, Domett Street, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D.

Extract from Manchester Evening News - Thursday 30 August 1917, page 2:

Pte. FRED WARBURTON, Lancashire Fusiliers, 16, Holtby-street, Blackley, posted missing since October, 1916, now reported killed, worked tbe C.W.S. Jam works, Middleton Junction.

Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion (Territorial), Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 9 October 1917. Aged 22. Baptised 31 March 1895 in Miles Platting, St Luke, Manchester, son of William and Ellen Warrell. Son of William and Ellen Warrell, of 36, Herbert Street, Blackley, Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Blackley, son of William and Ellen Warrell, resident 5, Glenfield Street, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Manchester, a Junior Clerk, son of Ellen Warrell (a widow), resident 5, Glenfield Street, Blackley, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Listed on the Roll of Honour for Hugh Stevenson and Sons Ltd., Manchester. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54 to 60.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, page 225:

WARRELL, ALFRED, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Territorial), attd. 2nd (20th Foot), Battn. The Lancashire Fusiliers, yst. s. of the late William Warrell, of 36, Herbert Street, and formerly of Glen Avenue, Blackley, Manchester, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of John Hugh Worrill ; b. Hull, co. York, 30 Jan. 1895 ; educ. Moston Lane School. He enlisted in the 6th (Territorial) Battn. The Manchester Regt. 9 Feb. 1915, in which he acted as Machine Gun Instructor ; was given a commission, and gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th Battn. The Lancashire Fusiliers 5 Aug. 1916 ; was attached to the 2nd Battn., and served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1917 ; took part in the fighting at Rouen 3 May following, and in many other engagements, and was killed in action on the Passchendaele front 9 Oct. of the same year, being shot by a sniper as he was leading his men into action. Buried where he fell. His Officer Commanding, Colonel H. W. Glinn, wrote : " Your son was a very keen and cheery officer, and loved by all, and his death is keenly felt by us," and his Commanding Officer : " I soon recognized his sterling qualities, and early came to consider him my most reliable and capable officer. He was very efficient, always cheerful, and willing to undertake any job that had to be done." Capt. Huntable also wrote : " He was brave and reliable in the line beyond average, and when we had a dangerous piece of work to do, he always went through with it where others failed, as at Ypres. In the attack on the chemical works at Rouen on May 3rd he was the only officer left in the front line, and alone he collected what was left of the battalion under his command. He had, too, the great gift of understanding how to treat his men." Unm.

Captain, Royal Field Artillery. Involved in an accident with a horse, died in Military Hospital, Colchester, 26 August 1916. Son of Albert William and Sarah Weyman, of "Dunoon," Rochdale Road, Blackley, Manchester; brother of Percy Weyman (below). In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Manchester, a Student Engineer, son of Albert W and Sarah Weyman, resident Dunoon, Rochdale Road, Blackley Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Imp. fitter, Great Central Railway, Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department, Gorton. Born 1880 in Manchester. Educated Manchester Municipal Secondary School. Manchester University: 1906; Student, Mechanical Engineering; Officer Training Corps, April 1908 to October 1914. Gazetted 1914; Royal Field Artillery, 331st Brigade; Captain. Buried in MANCHESTER (PHILIPS PARK) CEMETERY, Lancashire. Grave F. N.C. 305. See also Manchester University

Extract from Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 29 August 1916, page 4:

WEYMAN,—On the 26th inst., owing to accident, at Military Hospital, Colchester, Capt. H. M. WEYMAN, R.F.A., aged 26, eldest and dearly-loved son of A. W. Weyman and S. Weyman, Dunoon, Blackley. Interment Thur., 2:30 p.m.. Philips Park Cemetery.

[Listed as Second Lieutenant on memorial] Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died of wounds 16 October 1917. Aged 23. Born 1894 in Manchester. Son of Albert William and Sarah Weyman, of "Dunoon," Rochdale Road, Blackley, Manchester; brother of Henry Morton Weyman (above). In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born Manchester, son of Albert W and Sarah Wetman, resident 30, Naylor Street, Manchester, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Manchester, at school, son of Albert W and Sarah Weyman, resident Dunoon, Rochdale Road, Blackley Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Educated at Manchester Municipal Secondary School; Officer Training Corps, 2 October 1914 to 18 August 1915. With W. H. Sutton, Estate Agents, Manchester. Gazetted 18 August 1915; Lancashire Fusiliers; Lieutenant; Egypt, Palestine, France. Buried in COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 6. See also Manchester University

Extract from Manchester Evening News - Monday 22 October 1917, page 2:

Sec.-Lieut PERCY WEYMAN, Lancashire Fusiliers, who died last Tuesday of wounds received the same say, was the only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. A W. Wetman, of' Dunoon, Rochdale Road, Blackley. Fourteen months ago his elder and only brother, Capt. Henry Weyman, R.F.A., was killed at Colchester by a kick from a horse, Lieut. Weyman, who was 23 years of age had seen service in Egypt and France. He received his commission after training with the Manchester University O.T.C. He was employed by Messrs. W. H. Sutton and Sons, estate agents and surveyors, Manchester.