Compiled by David A. Fearnley
JAMES HENRY ASHURST
Birthplace Hindley
Enlisted Ashton in Makerfield
Rank Private
Regiment East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion 6th
Age 28
Date of Death 15/6/1917
Service No. 19987
Additional Information Son of Jane Ashurst(Howarth), 16 Dawber Street, Golborne Road, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan, and the late Edward Ashurst. Collier at Golborne Colliery. Served 2 years on the Mesopotamian Front.
Type of Death Died of Wounds (hospital in Bombay)
Grave/Memorial Ref. Face C
Memorial Kirkee 1914 - 1918 Memorial, India
FREDERICK BATE
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Residence Ashton
Enlisted Earlestown
Rank Private
Regiment South Lancashire Regiment
Battalion 7th
Age 20
Date of Death 15/6/1916
Service No. 26638
Additional Information Son of John and Mary Ann Bate(Corless), 55 North Street, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Occupation - miner.
Type of Death Died of Wounds (accident from rifle grenade)
Grave/Memorial Ref. IV. A. 13
Cemetery Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France (Somme)
JAMES (HENRY) BATE
Birthplace Earlestown
Residence Stubshaw Cross
Enlisted Ashton in Makerfield
Rank Private
Regiment The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Battalion 8th
Age 20
Date of Death 25/9/1915
Service No. G/5562
Additional Information Son of Joseph and Mary Bate(Houghton), 24 Edge Green Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. James was a collier.
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 13 to 15
Memorial Loos Memorial, France (Pas de Calais)
GEORGE BECK
Birthplace - Standish
Enlisted - Ashton in Makerfield
Rank - Private
Regiment - Kings (Shropshire Light Infantry)
Battalion - 5th Battalion
Service No. 20007
Age 29
Date of Death - 29/8/1916
Additional Information Son of William and Ann Beck(Smith), 65 Golborne Road, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. George was born 1887 at Engine Row, Standish. Husband of Maggie(Margaret Elizabeth) Beck(Thompson), 30 Edge Green Street, Stubshaw Cross. Employed as a drawer at Boston Colliery. Enlisted November 1914. Leaves a wife and 2 children. George's brother William was killed in action 7/6/1917 aged 23 (see below)
Type of Casualty - Killed in Action(shell)
Grave/Memorial Ref. - Pier and Face 12 A and 12D
Memorial - Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme).
Comments - formerly 45209 RAMC
WILLIAM BECK
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Residence Ashton
Enlisted Warrington
Rank Private
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion 11th
Age 23
Date of Death 7/6/1917
Service No. 9743
Additional Information Son of William and Ann Beck(Smith), 65 Golborne Road, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Employed as a drawer at Boston Colliery. Enlisted 11/11/1914. William's brother George was killed in action 29/8/1916 aged 29 (see above)
Type of Death Killed in Action(shell)
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 33
Memorial Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
ROBERT BROWN
Birthplace Bryn Gates, Lancashire
Residence Hindley
Enlisted Ashton in Makerfield
Rank Private
Regiment East Lancashire Regiment
Unit "A" Company. 3rd Battalion posted to 2nd Battalion
Age 25
Date of Death 23/9/1918
Service No. 40486
Additional Information Son of Alfred and Hannah Brown(Bird), 574 Beech Tree Houses, Bamfurlong, Wigan. Husband of Mary Brown(Rowlance), 100 Argyll Street, Hindley. Occupation - collier.
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. V. E. 12
Cemetery Roclincourt Military Cemetery, France (Pas de Calais)
PATRICK CARNEY
Birthplace Wigan
Residence Bamfurlong
Enlisted Hindley
Rank Lance Corporal
Regiment The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Battalion 1st
Age 24
Date of Death 15/11/1917
Service No. 2751
Additional Information Son of Sarah Elizabeth Carney, 13 Second Street, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan, and the late Christopher Carney. Drawer at Mains Colliery. Brother William Carney. Enlisted 1914. Brother in law to the deceased soldier Ephraim Hawkins who died of wounds 14/7/1917 aged 24 (see below).
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 102 to 104
Memorial Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium (Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen)
SAMUEL CATTERALL
Born - Wigan(Pemberton)
Residence - Wigan
Rank - Sergeant
Regiment - Border Regiment
Battalion - 8th Battalion
Date of Death - 8/8/1917
No. 18269
Age 34
Additional Information Son of Joseph and Margaret Catterall, Platt Bridge, Wigan. Husband of Betsy Catterall(Atherton). After marriage, 1907, living at 371 Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield. After Samuels death Betsy Catterall was living at 358 Bolton Road, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Occupation - collier at Mains Colliery..
Type of Death - Died of wounds
Comments - MM (Military Medal). (He led the gun line for a few hundred yards over No Man's Land under heavy fire, and kept them supplied with ammunition).
Grave/Memorial Ref. XVI. K. 22A
Cemetery - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium (Poperinge, West Vlaanderen)
NICHOLAS CONCANNON
Birthplace St. Catherines parish, Wigan
Residence Wigan
Enlisted Hindley
Date of Death 3/6/1915
Rank Private
Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Battalion 1st
Age 24
Service No. 2790
Additional Information Son of Nicholas and Bridget Concannon, 17 Beech Tree Houses, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan. Sisters Mary Ann and Kate Concannon. Occupation - collier. Resided with his widowed mother at 17 Beech Tree Houses, Bamfurlong. A report states that Nicholas was buried by the house in the NE corner of Square "A", near Cuinchy(grid reference on the map of Bethune). Later it states that he was reburied at Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy.
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. I. B. 7
Cemetery Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy, France (Pas de Calais)
WALTER CORLESS
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Rank Private
Regiment South Lancashire Regiment
Battalion 2nd
Age 35
Date of Death 3/9/1915
Service No. 16267
Additional Information Son of the late James and Jemima Corless(Nixon), 326 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Husband of Annie Corless(Wood), 7 "D" Court, Ashton in Makerfield(1911). Occupation - collier.
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 37
Memorial Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
CHARLES COUNSELL
Birthplace Wigan
Enlisted Wigan
Rank Private
Regiment Grenadier Guards
Battalion 3rd
Age 23
Date of Death 27/11/1917
Service No. 27775
Additional Information Son of Charles and Charlotte Counsell(Holbrook), 19 First Street, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan. Charles jnr. was a collier.
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 2
Memorial Cambrai Memorial Louverval, France (Nord)
HAROLD CROSBIE
Birthplace - Ashton in Makerfield(sic) (Askam in Furness, near Ulverston is birthplace)
Residence - Wigan
Date of Death -17/5/1916
Rank - Gunner
Regiment - Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery
Unit - "A" Battery, 149th Brigade
No. L/16610
Age 28
Additional Information Son of William and Margaret Crosbie, of Askam in Furness, Ulverston, and later of Preston. 1911 Harold was lodging at 253 Old Road, Ashton in Makerfield. Husband of Jessie Crosbie(Griffiths) of 630 Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, marriage 9/10/1915 Holy Trinity, N. Ashton. Employed as a drawer at Smethursts/Bryn Hall collieries. Enlisted 5/4/1915 and had been married for only 2 days before leaving for the Front.
Type of Death - Died of wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. A 32
Cemetery - La Neuville Communal Cemetery Corbie, France (Somme)
WILLIAM THOMAS CUNLIFFE
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted Ashton
Rank Private
Regiment South Wales Borderers
Battalion 8th
Age 18
Date of Death 25/8/1917/Mesopotamia
Service No. 23509
Additional Information Of 24 Edge Green Street, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Collier at Edge Green Colliery. Son of William and Elizabeth Cunliffe(Winstanley). William and Elizabeth, both from Downall Green, were married 19/2/1887 at Holy Trinity. In 1901 they were living at 43 Factory Cottages, Downall Green. William Thomas was baptised 10/9/1898 at St. John The Divine, Pemberton, his parents abode was Ashton in Makerfield and his father was a collier.1906 marriage of William Milburne and Elizabeth Cunliffe and the family was living at 38 North Street, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. In 1911 the family was living at 121 Tram Street, Platt Bridge - William and Elizabeth Milburne and children Jane Ann; William Thomas; Alice; Elizabeth Ann(all Cunliffe) and Clara Milburne
Type of Death Died/British Expeditionary Force (heatstroke)
Grave/Memorial Ref. L. 24
Cemetery Kut War Cemetery, Iraq
PETER DARBYSHIRE
Birthplace Ince
Residence Stubshaw Cross
Rank Pioneer
Regiment Royal Engineers
Unit H.Q. Special Company
Age 28
Date of Death 6/11/1916
Service No. 130063
Additional Information Son of John and Sarah Darbyshire(Pownall), 122 North Street, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire. In 1911 Peter was living in North Street, Stubshaw Cross, with his mother Sarah, brothers Walter Pownall, Peter, Thomas, John and Reuben and sister Bertha. Peter was employed as a collier at Garswood Hall Collieries.
Type of Death Died of Wounds(exploding shell)
Grave/Memorial Ref. II. E. 43
Cemetery Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France (Somme)
Formerly 18094 South Lancashire Regiment (H.Q. Special Company RE)
ARTHUR DELUCE
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Residence Ashton
Enlisted Wigan
Rank Rifleman
Regiment Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Battalion 16th
Age 21
Date of Death 15/7/1916
Service No. C/48
Additional Information Son of John and Martha Deluce(Pilling), 165 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Brothers Fred, John and sister Lois. Occupation - collier
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B
Memorial Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme)
WILLIAM ALBERT DELUCE
Birthplace - Ashton in Makerfield
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 20/10/1918
Rank - Private
Regiment - Machine Gun Corps.
Battalion - Cavalry 17th Squadron
No. 100339
Age 20
Additional Information Son of Samuel and Mary Deluce(Bate), 41 North Street, Stubshaw Cross(1911).
Type of Death - Died/Egypt(buried at sea)
Memorial - Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt.
Formerly 17761 4th Reserve Regiment Dragoons
HENRY DIXON
*Possibly Son of Henry and Mary Jane Dixon(Fairbrother), married St. Thomas' 1881, both of Nicol Road, Ashton in Makerfield. Born 1887 Henry/Harry Dixon. 1891 living at 8 Toothill Street, Nicol Road; 1901 at 64 Wigan Road; and 1911 at 74 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield
RICHARD EVANS
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted Bolton
Rank Private
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion 10th
Age 20
Date of Death 16/10/1918
Service No. 54045
Additional Information Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Evans(Sixsmith), 182 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. In 1911 Richard was an assistant gardener.
Type of Death Died of Wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. XIV. D. 7
Cemetery Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France (Somme).
ALBERT FAIRHURST
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Age 25
Date of Death 6/3/1916
Additional Information Son of James and Alice Fairhurst(Greenall), 369 Potters Row (next to Potters Farm, Long Lane/Bryn Road), Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan(1901). In 1910 the family was living at 103 Bryn Road South, Ashton in Makerfield. Brothers Thomas and Arthur. Sisters Mary Emily and Alice. Husband of Lilian/Lily Fairhurst(Clark), marrriage 17/9/1910 St. Thomas'. In 1911 Albert, Lily and son Thomas were living at 379 Potters Row, Ashton in Makerfield. Albert was a coalminer.
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. No CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) details
Grave/Memorial --
(The above information is obtained from the headstone of James and Alice Fairhursts grave in Heath Road Graveyard).
WILLIAM HENRY FALLON
Rank Gunner
Regiment Royal Marine Artillery
Unit "H.M.S. Indefatigable"
Age 22
Date of Death 31/5/1916(died when his battlecruiser sank in the Battle of Jutland)
Service No. RMA/14165
Additional Information Son of Martin and Elizabeth Fallon, 171 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. William Henry was born at Newhall, Derbyshire. In 1911 he lived with his parents and brothers James Martin and John and sisters Elizabeth and Mary in Bolton Road. William Henry was employed as an underground labourer.
Grave/Memorial Ref. 21
Memorial Portsmouth Naval Memorial
ALBERT FINCH
Birthplace - Wigan
Residence - Warrington
Date of Death - 12/11/1917
Rank - Private
Regiment - Loyal N. Lancashire Regiment
Battalion - 1st Battalion
No. 15946
Age 21
Additional Information Son of William and Sarah Finch(Baldwin), 14 Rosehill Street, Bryn (1911). Occupation - collier. 1917 Presented with a gold watch, at a military and civilian sporting occasion in Garswood Park, in recognition of gaining the Military Medal. Also presented with a purse of Treasury notes, at the same occasion, was Mrs. Bate, the widow of Pte. James Bate who was awarded the Military Medal but later lost his life. (see Holy Trinity). Albert's brother Daniel was killed in action 1/8/1917 aged 26 (see below)
Type of Casualty - Killed in action
Comment - MM ( Military Medal ) for special services at Vimy Ridge, Arras, 21/5/1915.
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 102 to 104
Memorial - Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium (Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen)
DANIEL FINCH
Birthplace - Wigan
Residence - Wigan
Enlisted - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 1/8/1917
Rank - Corporal
Regiment - Prince of Wales Volunteers ( S. Lancashire Regiment )
Battalion - 2nd Battalion
No. 12833
Age 26
Additional Information Son of William and Sarah Finch(Baldwin), 14 Rosehill Street, Wigan Road, Bryn, Wigan. Husband of Edith Finch(Wadsworth), 90 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Occupation - collier. Daniels award of the Military Medal for bravery in the field was reported in the "London Gazette". Daniel's brother Albert was killed in action 12/11/1917 aged 21 (see above)
Type of Casualty - Killed in action
Comments - M.M. (Military Medal )
Grave/Memorial Ref. II.E.14
Cemetery - Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium (Ypres).
RICHARD FLASBY
Birthplace - Ashton in Makerfield
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted - Golborne
Date of Death - 29/8/1918
Rank - Lance Corporal
Regiment - Prince of Wales Volunteers ( S. Lancashire Regiment )
Battalion - 1st/5th Battalion
Age 34
No. 26041
Additional Information - Son of John and Mary Flasby(Worthington), 109 Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan(1911). Brother of John Flasby, 427 Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield. Occupation - collier.
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. III. G. 13
Cemetery - Houchin British Cemetery, France (Pas de Calais)
JAMES FRENCH
Birthplace - Ashton in Makerfield
Residence - Bamfurlong
Enlisted - Earlestown
Date of Death - 18/9/1918
Rank - Private
Regiment - Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion - 10th Battalion
No. 64802
Age 23
Additional Information Son of John William and Mary French(Wood), 1 Beech Tree Houses, Bamfurlong, Wigan. Occupation - collier. James' brother William French died whilst on service in Mesopotamia, 14/12/1916 aged 24; and brother in law Edward Jolley died of wounds at Gallipoli 22/8/1915 aged 33. (see below)
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 5 and 6
Memorial - Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France (Pas de Calais).
Formerly 276671 RASC.( Royal Army Service Corps.)
WILLIAM FRENCH
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Residence Bryn Gates, Wigan
Enlisted Hindley
Rank Private
Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Battalion 6th
Age 24
Date of Death 14/12/1916
Service No. 19570
Additional Information Son of John William and Mary French(Wood), 1 Back, Beech Tree Houses, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan.Occupation - collier. Williams brother James French was killed in action 18/9/1918 aged 23 (see above); and brother in law Edward Jolley died of wounds at Gallipoli 22/8/1915 aged 33 (see below).
Type of Death Died/Mesopotamia
Grave/Memorial Ref. IV. O. 13
Cemetery Basra War Cemetery, Iraq
JOHN GARVIN
Birthplace - Ashton in Makerfiefd
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 7/12/1916
Rank - Private
Regiment - Prince of Wales Volunteers ( S. Lancashire Regiment )
Battalion - 7th Battalion
Age - 32
No. 16703
Additional Information - son of Mrs. Mary Garvin of Ashton in Makerfield. John had 3 brothers Thomas, Arthur and James. In 1891 the family lived at 17 Reservoir Street and in 1901 in Barbours Square, off Heath Road. On his marriage, 1912, John gave his address as 5 Reservoir Street, Ashton. Husband of Norah Garvin(Langhen), of 2 C Court, Warrington Road, Ashton in Makerfield. Occupation - coal drawer.
Type of Death - Died of wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. III. 11
Cemetery - Ashton in Makerfield (Saint Oswald) RC Churchyard
Burial 12/12/1916 St. Oswalds, Ashton in Makerfield, John Garvin. Aged 32.
JAMES GREEN
Birthplace - Bryn Gates
Residence - Hindley
Enlisted - Bamfurlong
Date of Death - 22/3/1918
Rank - Private
Regiment - Loyal N. Lancashire Regiment
Battalion - 9th Battalion
Age 23
No. 19454
Additional Information Son of James and Phoebe Green(Rogers), 605 Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan. In 1911 James was an underground haulage hand and he lived with his parents and sisters Edith; Alice; Gladys and Olive and brother Thomas at Bryn Gates.
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial/Ref. I. B.
Cemetery - Beaumetz les Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, France (Pas de Calais)
MATTHEW GREEN
Birthplace - Stubshaw Cross
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 23/10/1918
Rank - Private
Age 30
Additional Information - Son of Eli and Alice Green(Hart), 296 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield(1911). Husband of Priscilla Green(Ince), 14 Stockport Road, Bredbury, Woodley, Stockport. Marriage 1911 Congregational Church, Gerard Street, Ashton in Makerfield. Matthew was a collier. Remembered on parents headstone Heath Road cemetery.
Regiment - Kings Own ( Royal Lancaster Regiment )
Battalion - 8th Battalion
No. 29370
Type of Casualty - Died of wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. I. E. 15
Cemetery Awoingt British Cemetery, France (Nord).
GRIFFITH GRIFFITHS
THOMAS GRIFFITHS
Birthplace - Wrexham, Denbigh
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 27/9/1918
Rank - Private
Regiment - Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Battalion - 14th Battalion
No. 36543
Type of Death - Died
Formerly 46467 S. Lancashire Regiment.
Grave/Memorial Ref. - IV. D. 4
Cemetery - Fifteen Ravine British Military Cemetery, Villiers - Plouich, France (Nord)
WILLIAM GRIFFITHS
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted - St. Helens
Died - 1/6/1917
Rank - Corporal
Regiment - Prince of Wales Volunteers ( S. Lancashire Regiment )
Battalion - 1st/5th Battalion
Age - 21
No. 241670
Additional Information - son of John and Mary Griffiths, 54 Golborne Road, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire
Type of Death - Died of wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. - XII. C. 9
Cemetery - Lijssenthoel Military Cemetery, Belgium (Poperinge, West Vlaanderen)
ARTHUR GRUNDY
Birthplace - Wigan
Residence - Bamfurlong
Enlisted - Manchester
Date of Death - 1/7/1916
Rank - Private
Regiment - Royal Scots Fusiliers( Lothian Regiment )
Battalion - 15th Battalion
No. 20108
Age 22
Additional Information Son of John and Elizabeth Grundy(Fairhurst), Bryn Hall Cottages, Bamfurlong, Wigan. Employed as office clerk at the Worsley Mesnes Ironworks. Secretary of Bamfurlong Primitive Methodist Sunday School. Service of Remembrance Primitive Methodist Church, Bamfurlong.
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Pier and Face 6D and 7D
Memorial - Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme)
JOHN HARRINGTON
Birthplace Kilkelly, Co. Mayo
Enlisted Wigan
Rank Private
Regiment The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Battalion 7th
Age 22
Date of Death 23/7/1916
Service No. 17867
Additional Information Son of John and Harriet Harrington(Leonard). Husband of Annie Harrington(Pugh), 11 Second Street, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong. Husband of Annie Calter, formerly Harrington(Pugh), 8 Second Street, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan. Occupation - drawer at Cross and Tetley Mains Colliery. Enlisted November 1914. Leaves a wife and 1 child.
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Pier and Face 11 A
Memorial Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme)
PATRICK HASSETT
Birthplace Wigan
Residence Bamfurlong
Enlisted - Bamfurlong
Rank - Private
No. 18262
Regiment - 10th Company South Lancashire (Prince of Wales Volunteers).
Battalion - 6th
Date of Death 9/4/1916
Age 24
Additional Information Son of Thomas and Bridget Hassett(Donohue), Princess Street, Wigan. 1911 Patrick was living with his uncle and aunt Thomas and Margaret Donohue, 3 Croft Cottages, Bryn, Bamfurlong. Croft Cottages were a row of cottages in the yard of Crippins/Bryn Hall Colliery and occupied by miners families. In 1912 Patrick married Rose Hannah Wilcox, at Holy Family Church, Platt Bridge, and they lived at 2 Second Street, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan. Occupation - collier.
Patrick was killed in action 9/4/1916 probably during the First Battle of Kut which lasted from 5/4/1916 to 29/4/1916. 10,000 British forces were beseiged in the city of Kut by the Turks. A relief expedition, many soldiers arriving from Egypt(Patrick arrived via Port Said, Egypt), was sent up the River Tigris to relieve Kut. 5/4/1916 the British attacked the deep trenches of the Turks at Fallahiyeh and Sunniyat and suffered many casualties ( 2,000 on 5/4/1916) in the capture of Fallahiyeh. The British attacked Sunniyat 6/4/1916 (British casualties 1,200 on 6/4/1916). The British attacked again 7/4/1916 and 9/4/1916 again suffering many casualties.The Battle Honours for Patricks regiment, the South Lancashires, include the Battle of the Tigris 1916.
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 23
Memorial Basra Memorial, Iraq
EPHRAIM HAWKINS
Birthplace - Wigan
Residence - Wigan
Date of Death - 14/7/1917
Rank - Private
Regiment - Loyal South Lancashire Regiment
Battalion - 7th Battalion
No. 17862
Age 24
Additional Information Son of David and Maria Hawkins(Davis), 589 Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong(1911). Husband of Ellen Hawkins(Carney), 13 Second Street, Bryn Gates. Occupation - collier at Mains Colliery, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong. Enlisted November 1914. Brother in law of Patrick Carney who was killed in action 15/11/1917 aged 24 (see above).
Type Of Casualty - Died of Wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. 111. D. 14
Cemetery - Hazebrouck, France (Nord)
THOMAS HICKSON
Birthplace - Ashton in Makerfield
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 14/11/1916
Rank - Private
Regiment - Prince of Wales Volunteers ( S. Lancashire Regiment )
Battalion - 7th Battalion
No. 22542
Age 39
Additional Information Son of James and Elizabeth Hickson(Kilshaw), 13 East Street, Stubshaw Cross(1891). Husband of Annie Hickson(Turton), 2 Woods Lane, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield. Children - Joseph Albert; Frederick; Elizabeth and Thomas. Occupation - coal dealer.
Type of Casualty - Killed in action.
Grave/Memorial Ref. - Pier and Face 7A and 7B.
Memorial - Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme).
THOMAS E. HUGHES
*Possibly Son of Thomas and Mary Hughes, 435 Gillacre Road, Ashton in Makerfield(off Bryn Road South)(1901). Thomas Edward Hughes born Golborne 1898.
THOMAS EDWARD HUGHES
Birthplace - Prescot, Lancashire
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 4/8/1918
Rank - Private
Regiment - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Battalion - 1st Battalion, "C" Company
No. 49604
Age - 27
Additional Information - Son of Robert John and Annie Hughes(Hughes), 76 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire. Thomas Edwards parents were both from Flintshire. Occupation(1911) shop assistant.
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. I. A. 12
Cemetery - Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St. Jans - Cappel, France, (Nord).
Formerly 4778 S. Lancashire Regiment
HENRY JAMES JOHNSON
*Possibly Henry Johnson, son of Henry and Mary Johnson, 21 North Street, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan.
GEORGE FRANCIS JOHNSON
EDWARD JOLLEY
Birthplace - Blackrod
Enlisted - Warrington
Date of Death - 22/8/1915/Gallipoli
Rank - Private
Regiment - Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion - 1st Battalion
No. 17212
Age 33
Additional Information Son of John and Ellen Jolly(Booth), of Blackrod. Ellen Jolly married Edward Black, St. Thomas' 1885, and the family then lived at 35 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield. Edward was lodging at 386 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield(1911). Husband of Nancy Jolley(French). Occupation - collier/drawer. Brother in law of William French who died in action 14/12/1916 aged 24 and James French who was killed in action 18/9/1918 aged 23 (see above).
Type of Death - Died of wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219.
Memorial - Helles Memorial, Turkey, (Gallipoli).
DAVID JONES
Birthplace - Ashton in Makerfield
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted - Warrington
Date of Death - 24/3/1918
Rank - Rifleman
Regiment - Royal Irish Rifles
Battalion - 14th Battalion
Age 23
No. 42880
Additional Information Of 510 Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong. Occupation - coal drawer at Bamfurlong and Mains Collieries.1917 Newspaper Report - "David Jones, 510 Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, of the Royal Irish Rifles, was reported missing in action 6/12/1917. He was 23 years of age and was a drawer at the Bamfurlong and Mains Collieries".
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 10
Memorial Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France (Nord)
Formerly T/041679 RASC
**Possibly David (Rees) Jones, son of David and Margaret Jones, 386 Wigan Road, Ashton(1901) and of 21 Lily Street, Stubshaw Cross(1911) when David was aged 16.
The "Wigan Observer" report of his death in 1918 gives his age as 23.
HENRY H. JONES
JOHN JONES
Birthplace Prescot
Enlisted Warrington
Rank Private
Regiment Cheshire Regiment
Battalion 16th Battalion
Age 25
Date of Death 8/9/1916
Service No. 21732
Additional Information Son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Jones, 228 Warrington Road, Platt Bridge, Wigan. Living on Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield at the time of his death as recorded in a newspaper report of his death. Occupation - collier at Long Lane Colliery. Enlisted 1914.
Type of Death Died of Wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. I. E. 22
Cemetery Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France (Pas de Calais)
LEWIS ELLIS JONES
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Residence Ashton
Enlisted Earlestown
Rank Private
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion 19th
Age 24
Date of Death 14/12/1916
Service No. 36971
Additional Information Son of Evan and Anne Jones, 173 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. In 1911 Lewis Ellis was a shop assistant.
Grave/Memorial Ref. III. H. 6
Cemetery Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France (Pas de Calais)
LLOYD JONES
Enlisted St. Helens
Rank - Private
Regiment - Cheshire Regiment
Battalion - 15th Battalion
Age 19
Date of Death - 2/10/1918
No. 260194
Age 20
Additional Information - son of Thomas and Hannah Jones, 2 Bryn Road South, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire
Type of Death Died of Wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. XXIII. A. 24A
Cemetery - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium (Poperinge, West Vlaanderen)
Formerly 4308 South Lancashire Regiment
ROBERT WILLIAM JONES
Birthplace Wrexham, Denbigh
Residence Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan
Enlisted Warrington
Rank Private
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion 17th
Age 35
Date of Death 25/8/1916
Service No. 15633
Additional Information In 1916 Roberts residence was 17 Lily Street, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield. Husband of Martha Ellen Jones(Speakman), 95 Wigan Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Occupation - collier at Garswood Hall. Enlisted 1914. Leaves a wife and 2 children.
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Pier and Face 3C and 3D
Memorial Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme)
WILLIAM HENRY JONES
Rank Private
Regiment The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Battalion 2nd
Age 35
Date of Death 31/8/1921
Service No. 42511
Additional Information Son of Ellis Hugh and Margaret Jones, 12 Flora Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan
Grave/Memorial Ref. Old Yard 9
Cemetery Ashton in Makerfield (St. Thomas) Churchyard.
Burial 31/8/1921 St. Thomas', Ashton, William Jones, Bolton Road, Ashton. Aged 35.
FRANK KENEALY (FRANCIS ALOYSIUS KENEALY)
Birthplace - Wigan(Abram)
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted - Warrington
Date of Death - 7/11/1914
Rank - Private
Regiment - Prince of Wales Volunteers ( S. Lancashire Regiment )
Battalion - 2nd Battalion
No. 1448
Age 23
Additional Information Son of John and Margaret Kenealy, 361 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Husband of Jane Ann Kenealy(Harrison), 10 Flora Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Frank was a brother of William Kenealy V.C. (see below). Occupation - collier. Leaves a widow and 1 child.
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 37
Memorial - Ypres ( Menin Gate ) Memorial, Belgium
WILLIAM STEPHEN KENEALY
Birthplace Wigan (born Wexford, Ireland)
Residence Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted Bury
Rank Lance Sergeant
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion 1st
Age 29
Date of Death 29/6/1915/Gallipoli(Battle of Gully Ravine)
Service No. 1809
Awards VC
Additional Information Son of John and Margaret Kenealy, 361 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield. Attended Stubshaw Cross Primary School. William was a collier at Low Hall Colliery, Platt Bridge. William was presented with a gold watch at a ceremony on Ashton Market Square in recognition of his gaining the VC. William's brother Frank was killed in action 7/11/1914 aged 23 (see above)
Type of Death Died of Wounds(Malta Hospital)
Grave/Memorial Ref. C. 104
Cemetery Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey (Gallipoli)
Citation
Extract from "London Gazette" 24/8/1915 " On 25th April, 1915, three companies, and the Headquarters of the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, in effecting a landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula to the West of Cape Helles, were met by a very deadly fire from hidden machine guns which caused a great number of casualties. The survivors, however, rushed up to and cut the wire entanglements, notwithstanding the terrific fire from the enemy, and after overcoming supreme difficulties, the cliffs were gained and the position maintained. Amongst the many very gallant officers and men engaged in this most hazardous undertaking, Capt. Willis, Sergeant Richards and Pte. Kenealy have been selected by their comrades as having performed the most single acts of bravery and devotion to duty".
The 1,028 men of the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers that landed at Gallipoli were quickly reduced to 320 by the machine gun fire from the Turks.
JOHN LIGHT
Birthplace - Rainford, Lancashire
Residence - Warrington
Date of Death - 25/6/1917
Rank - Acting Bombardier
Regiment - Royal Garrison Artillery
Unit - 83rd Company
No. 51797
Age 23
Additional Information Son of Enoch and Harriet Light(Roden) of Rainford. 1901 John, aged 7, was living with his widowed father and siblings at 457 Gillacre Road(off Bryn Road South). 1911 John was living with his father and stepmother Mary Light(Dean) and siblings at 615 Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan. Enlisted October 1914. John's brother Joseph, a collier at Long Lane Colliery, also served in the Army and was wounded in 1915. Occupation - coal drawer at Long Lane colliery. Served in China for 2 and a half years.
Type of Death - Died/enteric fever.
Grave/Memorial Ref. - 3. 8223
Cemetery - Hong Kong Cemetery, China (including Hong Kong)
ERNEST LORD
*Possibly Ernest Lord at 123 Moss Lane, Platt Bridge. Aged 19 and a shop assistant(1911)
JOHN WILLIAM LYON
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Residence Ashton
Enlisted Warrington
Rank Private
Regiment Cheshire Regiment
Battalion 1st/4th
Age 20
Date of Death 7/10/1918
Service No. 67812
Additional Information Son of Mr and Mrs James William and Mary Ann Lyon(Jenkin), 309 Bolton Road, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Occupation - haulage hand at Bryn Hall Colliery
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. II. N. 12
Cemetery Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium (Ypres)
ERNEST MOLYNEUX
Birthplace Bamfurlong
Enlisted Warrington
Rank Private
Regiment Coldstream Guards
Battalion 3rd
Age 24
Date of Death 13/4/1918
Service No. 19359
Additional Information Son of William and Sarah Molyneux, 556 Holly Bank, Bamfurlong, Wigan
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 1
Memorial Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium (Comines-Warneton, Hainaut)
JOHN THOMAS OWEN
Birthplace Menai Bridge, Anglesey
Residence Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted Newton le Willows
Rank Private
Regiment South Lancashire Regiment
Battalion 1st/4th
Age 24
Date of Death 13/4/1918
Service No. 201771
Additional Information Brother of Mr. J. E. Owen, 451 Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 76
Memorial Loos Memorial, France (Pas de Calais)
THOMAS OXBRY
Birthplace - Ashton in Makerfield
Residence - Ashton
Enlisted Warrington
Date of Death - 11/8/1917
Rank - Private
Regiment - Cheshire Regiment
Battalion - 13th Battalion
No. 21734
Age 21
Additional Information Son of Harry and Nancy Oxbry(Cunliffe), 61 North Street, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield(1911). Haulage hand at Mains Colliery, Bamfurlong.
Enlisted 1915. Thomas was the main support of his widowed mother and her 4 children.
Type of Casualty - Died of wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. V. F. 6
Cemetery - Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium (Ypres).
JONATHAN PERCIVAL
Birthplace Haydock
Residence Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted Warrington
Date of Death 22/7/1916
Rank Private
Regiment Prince of Wales (S. Lancashire Regiment)
Battalion 7th Battalion
Age 28
Service No. 15034
Additional Information Son of James and Margaret Percival(Johnson), the family living at 28 Lyme Street, Haydock in 1891. Husband of Martha Percival(Bentham), residence (1911) 2 East Street, Stubshaw Cross. Residence at time of death 350 Bolton Road, Stubshaw Cross. Occupation - metalman in colliery, underground. Leaves a wife and 2 children.
Type of Death Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Pier and Face 7A and 7B
Memorial Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme)
PETER RATCLIFFE
Birthplace - St. Helens
Residence - Hindley
Enlisted - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 12/7/1916
Rank - Private
Regiment - E. Lancashire Regiment
Battalion - 8th Battalion
No. 16548
Age 23
Additional Information Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ratcliffe, 15 Vista Road, Haydock. Peter enlisted in 1914 and was formerly employed at Garswood Hall Colliery. Husband of Glenella Ratcliffe(Wadsworth), 92 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield. Leaves a wife and child. His brother Private Thomas Ratcliffe who lived at 82 Station Road, Haydock and worked at the Old Boston Colliery was killed in action, by a sniper, 5/7/1916 aged 26. Peters cousin John Marsh, 24 Long Lane, Bryn, a haulage hand at Garswood Hall Colliery was killed in action 10/3/1916 aged 18 (see Holy Trinity, N. Ashton).
Type of Death - Killed in action/bursting shell
Grave/Memorial Ref. Pier and Face 6C
Memorial - Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme)
SAMUEL ROBERTS
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted - Conway, Caernarvonshire
Date of Death - 4/7/1917
Rank - Sapper
Regiment - 517th Field Corp. of Royal Engineers
Age - 32
No. 551206
Aditional Information - son of the late Evan and Hannah Roberts, of Llanrwst, Denbighshire. 1911 Samuel was lodging with his aunt Catherine Rawson, 262 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Occupation - collier.
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. - II. F. 24
Cemetery - La Clytte Military Cemetery, Belgium (Heuvelland, West Vlaanderen)
JOHN PARR SADLER
Residence - Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted - Warrington, Lancs.
Date of Death - 15/10/1918 / Mesopotamia
Rank - SPR ( = Sapper equates to Private in Royal Engineers )
Regiment - Corps. of Royal Engineers
Battalion - Inland Water Transport
No. WR /553649
Age 30
Additional Information Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Sadler(Parr), originally from Ince, but resident at 66 Wigan Road(1901) and then 36 Morden Avenue, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan(1911). John was husband of Eve Sadler(Jackson) and they also lived at 36 Morden Avenue, Ashton. Occupation - collier.
Type of Casualty - Died
Theatre of War - British Expeditionary Force
Grave and Memorial Ref. I. Q. 7
Memorial - Basra Memorial, Iraq
Comments - formerly 20507 N. Lancashire Regiment.
JOHN SHARPLES
Birthplace - Leigh
Residence - Atherton
Enlisted - Wigan
Date of Death - 10/8/1915
Rank - Private
Regiment - Prince of Wales Volunteers( S. Lancashire Regiment )
Battalion - 6th Battalion
Age - 24
No. 15972
Additional Information - son of James and Hannah Sharples, 328, Bolton Road, Stubshaw Cross, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire. Newspaper report of death "Lived with his sister at 18 Poets Nook, Leigh. Employed at Bedford Brewery, Leigh".
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 139 and 140
Memorial - Helles Memorial, Turkey, (Gallipoli)
WILLIAM SHAW
Birthplace - Wigan
Residence - Wigan
Enlisted - Bamfurlong
Date of Death - 22/3/1918
Rank - Private
Regiment - Royal Munster Fusiliers
Battalion - 1st Battalion
No. 15206
Age 19
Additional Information - son of Thomas and Margaret Shaw(Wright), of 3 Brynn Street, Brynn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan, Lancashire
Type of Casualty - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. I. H. 2
Cemetery - Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers - Faucon, France (Somme).
Formerly 6730 Connaught Rangers
ALFRED SKIPWORTH
Birthplace - Louth, Lincs.
Residence - Wigan
Enlisted - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 16/11/1916
Rank - Corporal
Regiment - E. Lancashire Regiment
Battalion - 8th Battalion
No. 16209
Age 24
Additional Information Son of Charles and Elizabeth Skipworth(Bower) of Louth, Lincolnshire. Alfred was resident at Louth in 1911 and was a farm labourer. He probably came to Lancashire to work in the collieries.
Type of Casualty - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Pier and Face 6 C
Memorial - Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme)
Formerly - 16209 Manchester Regiment.
RICHARD SOMERS
Birthplace - Boyne, Durham
Residence - Warrington
Enlisted - Makerfield, Lancashire
Date of Death - 9/7/1916
Rank - Lance Corporal
Regiment - Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Battalion - 7th/8th Battalion
Age 20
No. 17099
Additional Information Son of John Andrew and Rebecca Somers(Wigham) who were married in Durham in 1894. John Andrew Somers, the son of John and Mary Ann Somers(Wilson), was born at Willington, Durham in 1871. c1877 the family moved from Durham to 8 Spencers Fold, Pemberton, Lancashire(1881). John Andrew was one of 12 children - William, Harriet, Sarah Ada, Joseph, George, Charles, Lily, Herbert, Robert, Richard Archibald and Florence Emily. c1888 the family moved from Pemberton and in 1891 were living in Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield (near the junction with Nicol Road). John Andrew was employed as a coal drawer. In 1901 John and Mary Ann Somers(Wilson) and family were living at 331 Wigan Road, Ashton in Makerfield but their son John Andrew had moved away from Ashton c1892.
c1892 John Andrew Somers moved away from Ashton, probably to Durham, and in 1894 he married Rebecca Wigham in Durham ("Summers" written on marriage certificate).
Richard "Summers" (name on birth certificate), the first child of John Andrew and Rebecca Somers, was born 1896 at Boyne, Durham. This was the coalmining settlement at Boyne Colliery, Langley Moor, 2 miles SW of Durham. In 1897 a second child John Joseph was born in Durham. c1898 the family moved to Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, where Mary Ann was born. The family then moved again and in 1901 John Andrew and Rebecca Somers and their 3 children were living at 10 Devon Square, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. A 4th child Catherine was born in Alloa 1901. The family then returned to Durham where Sarah Ada was born 1903. 1904 the family had returned to Pemberton, Lancashire, where James William(1904) and George Robert(born 13/6/1907 at 6 Bolds Yard, Billinge Road, Pemberton) were born.
In 1911 John Andrew and Rebecca Somers and family were now living East of Manchester at 92 Simpson Street, Bradford(Prestwich), Manchester. ( Bradford is a suburb of Manchester bordered by Miles Platting and Beswick ). John Andrew was employed as a colliery timberman and son Richard as a colliery pony driver at the nearby Bradford Colliery.
Sometime after 1911 John Andrew and Rebecca Somers and family returned to Ashton in Makerfield, possibly before the start of the war in 1914, since Richard Somers enlisted in Makerfield, Lancashire. The family lived at 122 Bolton Road where son Arthur was born 2/12/1914(baptised 1/2/1916 St. Thomas', Arthur Somers son of John Andrew and Rebecca Somers, 122 Bolton Road, private soldier) and son Richard 1917 (baptised 26/8/1917 St. Thomas', Ashton, Richard "Summers"). Later the family lived at 14 Toothill Street, Ashton in Makerfield. In 1925 (9/5/1925) Sarah Ada Somers, sister of the deceased soldier Richard Somers, was married at St. Thomas', Ashton in Makerfield and she gave her address as 14 Toothill Street.(William Wood, 34, 40 Golborne Road, miner, father James Wood, miner, and Sarah Ada Somers, 22, 14 Toothill Street, father John Andrew Somers, miner).
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. IV. G. 34
Cemetery - Vermelles British Cemetery, France (Pas de Calais)
WILFRID SOUTHWORTH
Residence - Warrington
Enlisted - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 10/9/1918
Rank - Private
Regiment - Prince Alberts ( Somerset Light Infantry )
Battalion - 12th ( West Somerset Yeomanry ) Battalion
No. 31194
Age 19
Additional Information Son of Peter and Jane Ann Southworth(Fairhurst), 107 Bryn Road South, Ashton in Makerfield(1911). Baptised 1899 St. Oswalds, Ashton in Makerfield.
Type of Death - Killed in action
Formerly - 46392 S. Lancashire Regiment
Grave/Memorial Ref. I. B. 12
Cemetery - Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers - Faucon, France (Somme).
THOMAS STONE(S)
Rank Private
Regiment Manchester Regiment
Battalion 8th
Age 32
Date of Death 10/12/1918
Service No. 79630
Additional Information Son of George and Margaret Stones(Lowe), 6 Chapel Street, Ashton in Makerfield. Husband of Esther Stones(Tickle), Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield. Thomas was a coalminer.
Grave/Memorial Ref. 38
Cemetery Ashton in Makerfield (St. Thomas) Churchyard, Heath Lane Extension
Burial 14/12/1918 St. Thomas', Ashton, Thomas Stones, Bryn Road, Ashton. Aged 32.
GRANVILLE A. SUTTON
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Residence Ashton
Enlisted Newton le Willows
Rank Private
Regiment South Lancashire Regiment
Battalion 1st/4th
Age 24
Date of Death 12/7/1917
Service No. 201198
Additional Information Son of Peter and Margaret Sutton(Hart), 184 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Granville was a collier.
Type of Death Died of Wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. I. F. 24
Cemetery Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium (Poperinge, West Vlaanderen)
THOMAS FRANCIS TATTUM
Birthplace - Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 1/7/1916
Rank - Rifleman
Regiment - Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own )
Battalion - 1st
No. S/11191
Age 28
Additional Information Son of William and Hannah Ellen Tattum(Davies), of Bagillt, Flintshire. 1911 Thomas was living with parents and siblings William, Benjamin, Peter, James Herbert, Phoebe, May Florence and Margaret Joynson Tattum at 137 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Occupation - haulage hand at Garswood Hall Collieries. Enlisted November 1914.
Type of Casualty - Killed in Action
Grave/Memorial Ref. - Pier and Face 16B and 16C
Memorial - Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme)
Comments - formerly 40880 RAME
JOSEPH WHITTAKER
Residence - Warrington
Enlisted - Ashton in Makerfield
Rank - Acting Bombadier (Royal Artillery rank of Corporal)
Regiment - Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery
Unit - "Y" Trench Mortar Battery
Date of Death - 18/1/1917
Age 27
No. 66808
Additional Information Son of John and Elizabeth Whittaker(Harrison), 4 Orchard Street, Ashton in Makerfield(1911). Husband of Annie Whittaker(Lowe), 618 Bolton Road, Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong. Joseph was a drawer at Abram Colliery. Leaves a wife and 3 children.
Joseph was the uncle of soldier John Harrison who died 20/6/1943 aged 31 (see Additional section of WW2 St. Thomas Memorial).
Type of Casualty - Killed in action
Grave./Memorial Ref. I. K. 15
Cemetery - Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium (Comines-Warneton, Hainaut)
JOHN THOMAS WILKINSON
Birthplace - Hindley
Residence - Wigan
Date of Death - 15/10/1915
Rank - GDSM (Guardsman = Private)
Regiment - Grenadier Guards
Battalion - 4th Battalion
Age 26
No. 22135
Additional Information - son of Henry and Ellen Wilkinson(Jones), of Hindley, Wigan. They were living at 469 Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield in 1911. 1908 John Thomas Wilkinson married Bertha Blinston, and they were living at 173 Princess Road, Ashton in Makerfield with father in law Joseph Blinston. Occupation - collier. Leaves a wife and 2 children.
Type of Death - Died of wounds.
Grave/Memorial Ref. I.K. 33
Cemetery - Vermelles British Cemetery, France (Pas de Calais)
EDWARD WILLIAMS
Residence Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted Ashton
Rank Gunner
Regiment Royal Field Artillery
Unit "B" Battery. 276th Brigade
Age 27
Date of Death 8/11/1918
Service No. 164802
Additional Information Son of Edward and Elizabeth Williams, 20 Dawber Street, Ashton in Makerfield. Husband of Mary Williams(Coombes), 30 Edge Green Street, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan. Edward was a collier. Leaves a wife and 3 children.
Type of Death Died of Wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. III. P. 2
Cemetery Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, France (Pas de Calais).
JOHN TENBY WILLIAMS
Rank Petty Officer Stoker
Regiment/Service Royal Navy
Unit H.M.S. "Marmion"
Age 32
Date of Death 21/10/1917
Service No. 307565
Additional Information Son of Isaac Williams of Wigan and husband of Jenny Williams(Ross), 630 Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan. Leaves a wife and 3 children. Enlisted in the navy in 1904 and prior to that he was a coal drawer at Garswood Hall Colliery.
Type of Death Lost at sea
Grave/Memorial 22
Memorial Plymouth Naval Memorial
ROBERT WILLIAMS
Birthplace - Wigan
Residence - Wigan
Date of Death - 15/4/1917
Rank - Private
Regiment - Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion - 18th Battalion
Age - 26
No. 16350
Additional Information - son of Zachariah and Martha Ellen Williams(Kenyon), of 585 Bolton Road, Bamfurlong, Wigan. In 1911 Robert was living with his parents, brothers William and David and sisters Ellen and May in Bamfurlong. Occupation - coal drawer in colliery.
Type of Death - Killed in action
Grave/Memorial Ref. Pier and Face 3C and 3D
Memorial - Thiepval Memorial, France (Somme)
THOMAS VICTOR WILLIAMS
Birthplace - Ebenezer, Caernarvon
Residence - Earlestown
Enlisted - Ashton in Makerfield
Date of Death - 25/3/1917
Rank - Private
Regiment - Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion - 22nd Battalion
Age 18
No. 21797
Additional Information Son of David and Miriam Williams, 570 Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan
Type of Death - Died.
Cemetery Tilstock ( Christ Church ) Cemetery, Shropshire
JAMES WILSON
*Possibly Son of James and Ellen Wilson, Bryn Hall Cottages, Bamfurlong, Wigan. (1911 James was 18 and a colliery fitter).
HARRY WINSTANLEY
Birthplace Bamfurlong
Residence Wigan
Rank Private
Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps
Unit 97th Field Ambulance
Age 23
Date of Death 25/8/1917
Service No. 67431
Additional Information Son of William and Sarah Jane Winstanley(Lysons) of 621 Bryn Gates, Bamfurlong, Wigan. William was a greengrocer(1911). Harry (Catterall) was the adopted son of William and Sarah Jane Winstanley. Harry was a collier.
Type of Death Died of Wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. N. G. 125
Cemetery Abram St. John Churchyard
Burial 25/8/1917 St. Johns, Abram, Harry Worthington, Royal Herbert Hospital, Kidbrooke (Woolwich, London). Aged 23.
HARRY WORTHINGTON
Birthplace Ashton in Makerfield
Enlisted Ashton
Rank Gunner
Regiment Royal Field Artillery
Unit "C" Battery. 165th Brigade
Age 22
Date of Death 25/4/1917
Service No. 13626
Additional Information Son of Dennis and Leah Worthington(Bolton), 554 Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan.
Type of Death Died of Wounds
Grave/Memorial Ref. XIX. K. 3A
Cemetery Etaples Military Cemetery, France (Pas de Calais)
