Roll of Honour - Lancashire - Blackpool - World War 1

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BLACKPOOL WAR MEMORIAL

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DAGGER	Thomas	Private 202408, 8th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action 16 June 1917. Aged 27. Born Lytham, enlisted Blackpool. Son of William and Elizabeth Dagger, of 43, Montrose Avenue; husband of Margaret Ann Hall (formerly Dagger), of 27, Montrose Avenue, Central Drive, Blackpool. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2.
DAGNALL	O	King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
DAKIN	John	Sergeant 13385, 9th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action in Salonika 28 April 1917. Aged 27. Born and resident Blackpool. Son of Edward Samuel and Anne Dakin, of 25, Church St., South Shore, Blackpool. Buried in KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot F. Grave 1388.
DALEY	E	King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
DANN	Philip Whitley	Sub-Lieutenant, Hood Battalion, R.N. Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action 24 May 1918. Aged 20. Born 17 July 1897. Son of Charles and Annie D. Dann, of 16, Burlington Rd., Blackpool. Religious denomination Church of England. 22 August 1917 serving with 3rd Reserve Battalion, Blandford, 31 March 1918 2nd Reserve Battalion, Aldershot, 20 April 1918, Hood Battalion, B.E.F. Buried in AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART, Somme, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 40.
DAVIDSON	Cyril	Lance Corporal 357079, 10th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died of wounds 3 March 1917. Aged 22. Born Darwen, Lancashire, resident and enlisted Blackpool. Son of John and Fanny Davidson, of Blackpool. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 12.
DAVIES	Alan Cunliffe	Private 28002, 8th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds 3 August 1917. Aged 26. Born Broughton, Lancashire, enlisted Blackpool. Son of Mrs. Annie Davies, of Manchester; husband of Kitty (aka Kate) Davies, of 41, Horncliffe Rd., South Shore, Blackpool, married 20 February 1917 at Holy Trinity, Blackpool. Formerly 33988, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Chemist by trade. Attested 8 December 1915 at Blackpool, aged 25 years 4 months, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 117lbs, chest 34½ inches, resident 5 Moore Street, South Shore, Blackpool. Buried in BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Enclosure No. 4 Plot IX. Row D. Grave 19.
DAWSON	William	Private 57805, 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 22 September 1918. Born Blackpool, Lancashire, enlisted Preston, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 5.
DEANE	Joseph Henry Freeman	Private 40271, 2nd/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 9 October 1917. Born Sales, Cheshire, enlisted Blackpool, Lancashire. Formerly 33577, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXIX, Row E. Grave 12.
DENNEY	J	Australian & New Zealand Imperial Forces
DENNEY	J R	Australian & New Zealand Imperial Forces
DENNISON	Ernest William	[Tranjscribed as C W DENNISON] Private M2/098039, 619th M.T. Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died in Egypt 22 May 1916. Aged 33. Born Preston, resident Blackpool, enlisted Coventry. Son of William and Susannah Dennison, of St. Annes-on-the-Sea, Lancs; husband of Gertrude Valentina Dennison, of 96, Brookside Rd. Golders Green, London. Buried in CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot F. Grave 70.
DEWHIRST	John [Purcell Bristowe Helouan]	Private 441618, 28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Killed in action 15 September 1916. Born 22 October 1884 in Blackpool, Lancashire. Clerk by trade, Unmarried. Resident Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada. Attested 20 July 1915 at Prince Albert, Canada, aged 31, height 5 feet 7 inches, chest 35 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair, religious denomination Church of England. No known grave. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2495 - 51
DEWHURST	Ernest	Private 16352, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 15 September 1916. Born Bispham, Lancashire, enlisted Blackpool. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 D and 8 D.
DEWHURST	Joseph	Sergeant 306073, 2nd/8th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action 26 July 1917. Born Stockport, Cheshire, enlisted and resident Blackpool. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A.
DEWHURST	J	Australian & New Zealand Imperial Forces
DEWHURST	James Joseph	Private 203436, 10th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died on service, missing, 11 April 1917. Born and enlisted Blackpool, Lancashire, resident Layton, Lancashire. Attested 28 Novembr 1914 at Blackpool, aged 32, Reservist, resident 21 Upper Braithwaite Street, Blackpool. Next of kin Marjorie Madeline Dewhurst, of Rose Mount, Layton Lane, Layton, Blackpool. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
DEWHURST	Preston Fletcher	[Transcribed as R F DEWHURST] Private 53253, 9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 31 May 1918. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Blackpool. Son of James Robert and Emma Dewhurst, of Foggs Farm, Langho, Blackburn. Attested 17 July 1917 at Blackpool, aged 18 years 2 months, resident Queens Villa, New Road, Blackpool, a Coal Heaver by trade, originally assigned as 48620, 59th Training Reserve Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, height 5 feet 7¼ inches, chest 37 inches, weight 137lbs, embarked and posted 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 27 March 1918, transferred to Private 53253, 9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 31 March 1918. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.
DICKIE	Herbert	Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment). Died 21 October 1916. Aged 20. Son of James J. Dickie, of 18, King Edward Avenue, Blackpool. Native of Oldham, Lancs. Buried in STUMP ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. Row A. Grave 12.
DIXON	John Alfred	Private 265646, 1st/7th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died 20 September 1917. Aged 26. Son of John Dixon, of 54, Seymour Rd., Blackpool. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A.
DIXON	S	Army Cyclists Corps
DOCHARD	Alfred Archibald	Lance Corporal DM2/154223, 880th M.T. Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service in the Balkans 23 October 1918. Aged 26. Enlisted and resident Blackpool, born Whitfield, Lancashire. Son of Caroline Louisa Greenhow Dochard, of "Beechwood," I, Elms Avenue, Lytham, Lancs, and the late Archibald Telford Dochard, M.B., C.M. Buried in SKOPJE BRITISH CEMETERY, Republic of Macedonia. Row F. Grave 8.
DODD	Stanley	Corporal 439960, Royal Engineers. Died 7 December 1919. Aged 27. Born at Blackpool. Son of Maud Sarah Dodd, of "The Willows," Leyland Rd., Preston, and the late Austin Dodd. Formerly 2996, Duke of Lancasters Own Yeomanry. Buried in LONGTON (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Lancashire. Grave 61.
DOLMAN, MiD	Harold Edward	Lieutenant, 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. While in the forward area on 10 November 1917, he was wounded in the face by shrapnel and walked to the dressing station. He was carried from there to 17 Casualty Clearing Station where he died four days later, 14 November 1917. Born 27 January 1896 in Derby, Derbyshire. Son of Louisa Dolman (widowed, remarried, now Wilde), of 25, Granville Rd., Fallowfield, Manchester, formerly 7, Tyldesley Terrace, Blackpool and West Lynn Promenade, Cleveleys, Blackpool. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) as Dolman, No. 157122 Serjt. H. E. [London Gazette Issue 29890 4 January 1917]. Farm Labourer at enlistment. Attested 13 September 1915 in Toronto, Canada, aged 19 years 8 months, unmarried, height 5 feet 4¾ inches, chest 37 inches, weight 136lbs, dark complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. Sailed from Halifax, 28 April 1916 aboard S.S. Olympic. Promoted Sergeant 27 September 1916. Proceeded to Canadian Military School, Crowborough, Kent, with a view to being granted a commission, posted to 1st Central Ontario Regimental Depot, Shorncliffe, 20 March 1917, promoted Temporary Lieutenant 28 April 1917., 3rd Reserve Battalion, posted 19th Battalion 13 October 1917. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XXII. Row FF. Grave 2. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2574 - 22
DONALD	Josiah Alfred	Lance Corporal Deal/38(S), Royal Marine Division Engineers, R.N. Division, Royal Marines. Died from heart disease in Blackpool 14 February 1915. Aged 24. Born 7 October 1890 in North Adams, Mass., U.S.A. Son of George and Jane Louisa Donald, of 32, Ashburton Rd., Blackpool. Enlisted 18 September 1914. Buried in BLACKPOOL (LAYTON) CEMETERY, Lancashire. Section U. Grave 189.
DONOGHUE	James	[Spelt DONOHUE on CWGC and SDGW] Corporal 240244, "D" Comapny, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action 7 July 1918. Aged 21. Born and enlisted Blackpool. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Donohue, of 7, Clinton Avenue, Blackpool. Buried in HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 1.
DORAN	William Henry	Private 1945 [SDGW] or 1915 [CWGC], 1/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action 11 [SDGW} or 9 [CWGC] August 1916. Born Christchurch, Blackpool, enlisted Blackpool. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D and 12 B.
DOUGLAS	Frederick	Private 6659, 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds in Mesopotamia 20 April 1916. Born Huddersfield, Yorkshire, enlisted Preston, Lancashire, resident Blackpool. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXII. Row C. Grave 14.
DOUGLAS	Harry	Private 8791, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds 16 March 1915. Born St. John's, Huddersfield, Yorkshuire, enlisted Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 5 and 6.
DOUGLAS	William [Fairlamb]	Private 104356, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 12 April 1921. Son of George William Douglas (an Engineer), of Brighton Hyds, South Shore, Blackpool. Attested and joined at Whalley 16 November 1915, aged 26. Resident 5 Gordon Street, South Shore, Blackpool. Tram Conductor by trade. Husband of Harriet Douglas, of 4, Bath Street, Blackpool, married Harriet Hollins 3 December 1913 at South Shore Parish Church, Blackpool. Height 5 feet 7¾ inches, chest 35½ inches. Contracted Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Discharged as no longer medically fit for War Service 12 October 1916. Treated in Ward 7, Borough Sanatorium, New Road, Blackpool. In the 1911 census he was aged 21, a Hotel Porter Domestic, born Gateshead on Lyne, Durham, visiting 92 Preston Road, Marton, Blackpool.
DOYLE	Stanley V	Private 13373, 9th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died on service in Salonika 9 September 1917. Aged 20. Born Harpurhey, Lancs, enlisted Blackpool. Son of William and Jane Doyle, of 2, Eden St., Blackpool. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 105.
DREW	Albert E E	[Transcribed as DREWS from memorial] Private S4/197505, "K" Supply Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died at sea 15 April 1917. Born Staveley, Lancashire, enlisted Oswestry, resident Blackpool. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATBY MEMORIAL, Egypt.
DRURY	Alfred Aloysius	Second Lieutenant, 161st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 16 November 1916. Aged 21. Son of Alfred and Maud Drury, of 4, Lonsdale Rd., Lytham Rd., Blackpool. Buried in ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Row A. Grave 2.
DUCKWORTH	Harry	Private 52381, 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 32. Born Blackburn, enlisted Blackpool. Husband of Ethel Duckworth, of 26, Cross St., North Shore, Blackpool. Buried in OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row C. Grave 9.
DUCKWORTH	Joseph	Corporal 13563, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action 9 April 1918. Aged 21. Born All Saints, Accrington, enlisted Blackpool. Son of David and Emily Duckworth, of 31, St. Albans Rd., St. Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancs. Buried in VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 15.
DUGDALE, DCM, MM	James	Sergeant 28787, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Killed in action 23 June 1918. Aged 33. Born Elswick, lancashire, resident Marton, Lancashire, enlisted Blackpool, Lancashire. Son of William and Ellen Dugdale, of Marton, Blackpool; husband of Annie Dugdale, of Rough Heyes, Hawes Side Lane, Marton, Blackpool. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.). and the Military Medal (M.M.). Formerly 21629, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Buried in AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 10.
DUNN	Daniel	Private 12951, 8th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action 2 March 1916. Aged 25. Born Gloucester, enlisted Blackpool. Husband of Ada Rachel Dunn, of 4, Robert St., Lancaster. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 12.

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