Roll of Honour - Lancashire - Blackpool - World War 1

The Royal British Legion

Private 90, "A" Company, 11th Battaloion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 2 July 1915. Aged 23. Born Ramsey, Isle fo Man. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Emma Quarrie, of Alexandra Rd., Bispham, Blackpool. Born 31 October 1892. A Teamster by trade. Attested 2at Helena Vale, Western Australia, 6 August 1914, aged 22 years 10 months, height 5 feet 7 inches, weight 145lbs, chest 34 inches, fair complexion, green to grey eyes, bornw hair, religious denomination Church of England. Embarked aboard HMAT Medic A7 from Fremantle on 31 October 1914 and anchored for two days before sailing on 2 November 1914. Suffered with dysentery and admitted to Cairo Military Hospital 7 May 1915, discharged 20 May 1915. Buried in LONE PINE CEMETERY, ANZAC, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot I. Row G. Grave 2. Australian Roll of Honour

Gunner 124286, 244th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 14 September 1917. Born Birmingham. resident Southport, enlisted Blackpool. In the 1901 census he was aged 20, brother-in-law of Ashton Latham, brother of Minnjie Latham, unmarried, born Birmignham. resident 149, Portland Street, Southport, Ormskirk, Lancashire. Buried in NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 9.

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