Roll of Honour - Lancashire

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LINDAL IN FURNESS STWAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Michael Peck 2022

The memorial is located on the East wall of the South Crossing in St Peter's Church, Church Close, Lindal-in-Furness. The d War 1 memorial takes the form of a brass plaque with most lettering in black but certain lettering in red, listing 18 men from the parish who gave their lives in the war. There is a further memorial on a tabletop to one man who gave his life in World War 2. The names are listed in year of death order but have been sorted here into alphabetical order for ease of reading, the year is in the start of the description.

Lindal Church WW1 © Stuart Nicholson (WMR-67161)

IN HONOUR
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

ANDERSON	John	1915 - Private 17133. 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 30th August 1915. Son of John and Agnes Anderson (nee Heaps). Born 1894 Dalton in Furness and enlisted Ulverston. Commemorated Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery. K.20.
ASHBURNER	Daniel	1916 - Second Lieutenant. 13th Battalion, Kings (Liverpool) Regiment. Died 10th December 1916. Son ofLancelot and Elizabeth Ashburner (nee Rose). Husband of Jane Ann Ashburner (nee Watson). Born1880 Dalton in Furness. Previous service Scots Guards. Commemorated Bertrancourt Military Cemetery. 2.A.11.
CRISPE	Benjamin	1916 - Private2145. 4th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 8th August 1916. Son of William B and Alice Crispe (nee Woodhouse). 1895 Lower Allithwaite and enlisted Lindal in Furness. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 5D and 12B.
HASTINGS	Gilbert	1917 - Petty Officer 202199, Royal Navy. HMS Vanguard (Battleship, sunk by accidental internal explosion). Killed in action 9th July 1917. Son of William and Elizabeth Mary Hastings (nee Slater). Born 6th May 1883 Ulverston and resident 4 The Green, Lindal in Furness (as probate). Commemorated Chatham Naval Memorial. 21.
HOGGARTH	William	1917 - Lance Corporal 16660. 8th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 9th April 1917. Son of Thomas F and Sarah Hoggarth (nee Lewis). Husband of Ethel Ellen Hoggarth (nee Leck). Born 1881 Lindal in Furness and enlisted Ulverston. Commemorated Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery. I.C.16.
LOWTHER	John	1915 - Private 1037. 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 18th October 1915. Son of William and Mary Jane Lowther (nee Nelson). Husband of Mary J Lowther (former name unknown, marriage not proven. Now wife of Charles Gardiner). Born 8th July 1883 Ulverston, enlisted Blaydon and resident High Thornley DUR. Commemorated Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension. II.A.24.
LOWTHER	Thomas	1918 - Thomas Benson Lowther. Sergeant 7549. 4th Regiment, South African Infantry. Died 3rd January 1918. Son of William H and Elizabeth M Lowther (nee Watson). Husband of Mary E Lowther (nee Lowther). Born 1889 Lindal in Furness. Commemorated Fins New British Cemetery. III.F.3.
MARSHALL	Robert	1917 - Private 30033. 8th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Died 16th March 1917. Son of William and Ada Marshall (nee Stables). Born 1890 Pennington and enlisted Dalton in Furness. Commemorated Etaples Military Cemetery. XXII.B.10A.
MILES	John	1916 - Sergeant 2946. 4th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 8th August 1916. Son of John and Agnes Miles (nee Brough). Born 1886 Millom and enlisted Ulverston. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 5D and 12B.
MILES	Jonathan	1916 - Private 2856. 4th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 3rd August 1916. Son of john and Agnes Miles (nee Brough). Born c1895 (as census, birth record not found) Dalton in Furness and enlisted Ulverston. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 5D and 12B.
SCOTT	Frederick	1918 - Fred Scott on 1890 birth and all records. Private 20939. 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds 9 General Hospital 5th June 1918. Son of John Wilson and Margaret Scott (nee Denney). Born and enlisted Dalton in Furness. Commemorated St Sever Cemetery Extension. Q.II.I.4.
SLATER	Joseph	1917 - Private 243065. 5th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 23rd July 1917. Son of Thomas and Hannah Margaret Slater (nee Slater). Born 1896 Dalton in Furness and enlisted Dalton in Furness. Commemorated Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery. VIII.A.4.
SPROUT	Harry	1915 - Henry Sprout as birth record, Harry Sprout on other records. Private 2910. 4th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 16th June 1915. Son of Joseph and Jame Ellen Sprout (nee Wilcock, now wife of John Latton). Born 1891 Marton and enlisted Ulverston. Commemorated Le Touret Memorial. Panel 5.
SPROUT	James	1915 - Private 2947. 4th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds 3rd July 1915. Son of Joseph and Jane Ellen Sprout (nee Wilcock, now wife of John Latton). Born 1889 Marton and enlisted Ulverston. Commemorated Etaples Military Cemetery. II.A.13A.
VICKERS	James	1918 - Private 8224. 13th Hussars. Died Mesopotamia 6th November 1918. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Vickers (nee Foulshaw). Born 1893 Ulverston, enlisted Bury and resident Ulverston. Commemorated Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. IX.C.5.
WATSON	Frank	1918 - Appears Frank Jackson Watson (but note differing date of death). Private 19963. 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 23rd April 1917. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Watson (nee Ashburner). Born Lindal in Furness, enlisted Whitehaven CUL and resident Lindal in Furness. Commemorated Arras Memorial. Bay 6.
WILKINSON	John	1918 - John Charles Wilkinson. Private 32645. 2/5th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment. Died of wounds 2nd October 1918. Son of Robert and Eliza Ann (believed Elizabeth Lawrence but unverified). Born Dalton in Furness and enlisted Ulverston. Commemorated Sunken Road Cemetery. III.F.13.
WILLIAMS	William	1918 - William Ernest Williams (as CWGC). Private 200307. 4th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment, attached 164th Trench Mortar Battery. Killed in action 18th March 1918. Son of William Henry and Emily Williams (As CWGC. Nee Corkhill, widow of Edward Wilson. Marry 1898). Born c1896 (birth record not proven) Lindal in Furness (as CWGC, born Liverpool as census) and enlisted Ulverston. Commemorated Gorre British and Indian Cemetery. VI.E.15.
THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE. Tabletop Individual Memorial
HARRISON	Herbert	IN MEMORY OF HERBERT HARRISON AGE 21 WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE "BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC" 8TH JUNE 1941 - Forth Engineer, Merchant Navy. MV Adda (passenger/refrigerated cargo vessel sunk by German submarine U-107). Killed in action 8th June 1941. Son of William James and Gertrude Harrison (nee Phizacklea). Born 1920. Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial. Panel 2.

Last updated 18 March, 2025

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