ADAM

Arthur De Bels

Temporary Captain, No. 3 Company, 18th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment. Killed in action by a bomb thrown at him on the first day of the Somme offensive 1/7/1916 while leading his men on the attack on the Glatz Redoubt near the village of Montauban, aged 31. One of five brothers, his brother Charles (Uncle Charlie) served alongside him as his Lieutenant in the same company until 29th January 1916 when Charlie was seriously wounded and had to be invalided home. It was in this action that Arthur won his Military Cross (M.C.). Son of Harriet S. Adam, of The Seven Sisters, Ellesmere, Salop, and the late John Isabel Adam. Born 23/11/1884. Admitted to Ruabon County / Grammar School, Ruabon, Denbighshire, September 1895, son of John I Adam, of Belle Vale, Gateacre, Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Gateacre, Lancashire, a Student, son of John Adam, resident Belle Vale Cottage, Wambo Lane, Little Woolton, Prescot, Lancashire. Employed as a Wool Broker. Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C.

BRADBURY

John Cregeen

Lieutenant, 2nd/7th Bn, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 06/10/1918, aged 28. Etaples Military Cemetery Son of William John and Edith Isabella Bradbury, of "Rocklands", Sandown Park, Liverpool. Born at Liverpool.

BROCKLEBANK

Thomas Geoffrey

Captain, 277th Bde., Royal Field Artillery Died 05/08/1916, aged 33. Dive Copse British Cemetery Elder son of Harold Brocklebank, of Grizedale Hall, Hawkshead, Lancs.

BROCKBANK

Charles Norman

Captain, 18th Bn., King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 01/07/1916, aged 32. Dantzig Alley british Cemetery Son of Marion Annie Brockbank, of "Ulverscroft", 19, Adelaide Terrace, Waterloo, Liverpool, and the late R. M. Henry Brockbank.

BRUNNER

Cecil Heywood

Captain, West Lans Bde., Royal Field Artillery Died 25/10/1917, aged 44. Dozinghem Militray Cemetery Son of the late J. P. Brunner and Mrs. Brunner, of Liverpool; husband of Rica M. Brunner, of Pinewood Cottage, Hook Heath, Woking, Surrey.

COPLAND

George Harold

2/Lt., 18th Bn., King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 31/07/1917, aged 27. Menin Gate Son of E. C. Copland, of 13, Holland Rd., Wallasey, and the late George R. Copland.

CREAN

John Fitzgerald

Captain, Lancashire Hussars Died 17/10/1918, aged 41. Much Woolton St Mary’s RC Cemetery Son of James and Kate Crean, of Liverpool; husband of Alice H. MacGrath (formerly Crean), of 25, Hornton St., Kensington, London.

CRIPPEN

George Oliver

Lieutenant, 5th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment Died 14/05/1915, aged 32. Menin Gate Son of Mrs. A. A. Crippen.

COHAN

Henry Molyneux

Gunner 131332, 93rd Coy., Royal Garrison Artillery Died 06/08/1919, aged 35. Colombo Kanatte General Cemetery Son of Edward Asher Cohan and Martha Alice Cohan, of Wynnstay, 10 Aigburth Drive, Liverpool.

GRAYSON

Ambrose Dixon Holdrege

Captain, 1st Bde. Royal Field Artillery Died 13/10/1914. Le Touret Memorial

GRAHAM (Junior)

John

Captain, 10th Bn. (Liverpool Scottish) (Territorial), The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action 16/06/1915. Aged 38. Son of the late John and Mary Gilkison Graham. Known as John Graham junior. Sugar refiner (Macfie). Amateur golfer (RLGC) of some repute. Mentioned in dispatches. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 4 and 6.

GANNON

John Howard

2/Lt., 3rd Bn., attd. 11th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers Died 08/10/1917. Karasouli Military Cemetery

HERSCHELL

Ernest

Captain, 6th Bn., King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 26/09/1916. Heilly Station Cemetery Husband of B. M. Herschell, of 31, Norfolk Rd., Maidenhead. Native of Birkenhead.

HEISLER

Paul

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HUGHES

Geoffrey

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MONTGOMERY

William Sproat

Captain, “D” Coy., 6th Bn., King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 13/03/1915, aged 33. Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate Son of Hugh Montgomery, of The Allports, Bromborough, Cheshire.

MACLEOD

Donald

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MCCONNAN

George

Captain, 10th Bn., King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 09/08/1916, aged 32. Thiepval Memorial Son of Ellis Walter and Annie Maria McConnan, of Elswyke, Sawrey, Ambleside, Westmorland.

OWEN

Ivor

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PROUDLOVE

Walter Meredith

Rifleman 1737, “B” Coy., 1st/6th Bn., King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 18/09/1916, aged 28. Thiepval Memorial Son of the late Thomas and Sarah M. Proudlove.

RAVENSCROFT

Guy

Captain, 18th Bn., King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 18/10/1916, aged 34. Warlencourt British Cemetery Eldest son of Mrs. C. M. Ravenscroft, of 2, St. Katherine's Precincts, Gloucester Gate, Regent's Park, London, and the late Joseph Ravenscroft, of Claughton, Birkenhead. Educated at Clifton College.

RAWLINSON

James Cecil

Private 16268, 18th Bn., King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 01/07/1917, aged 19. Dantzig Alley British cemetery Son of James Rawlinson, of African Chambers, 19, Old Hall St., Liverpool. Vernon Street Cem.

STONE

Arthur Walter

Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. HMs “Manxman” Died 24/10/1917. Chatham Naval Memorial

TOMBS

Joseph Simpson McKenzie

Lieutenant, 48th Bde., Royal Field Artillery Died 11/09/1915, Lijssenthoek Miltary Cemetery

WAINWRIGHT

Henry Currey

Lieutenant, 17th Bn., King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Died 05/02/1916, aged 33. St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens Son of Henry and Eliza Currey Wainwright, of "East Bank", Sefton Park Rd., Liverpool.

WILLIAMS

William

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