Compiled by David A. Fearnley
Soldiers not on any local Memorial but are named on family headstones in the churchyard :-
James Edmondson(d. 1938)
Robert Ogden
Robert Wilding
Soldiers not on any local Memorial but buried in soldiers graves in the churchyard :-
Edwin Bailey(d. 1946)
John Harrison
A soldier on the Congregational Church, Gerard Street, Memorial, buried in a soldiers grave in the churchyard :-
Frederick Uriah Cook Jones.
EDWIN BAILEY
Son of Reuben and Elizabeth Bailey(Littler) m. 15/4/1899 St. Thomas, Ashton, Reuben, collier, Ashton Heath. Elizabeth, Wigan Road. Edwin was born at 16 Druid Street, Ashton.
Edwin Bailey : - Private. 3456910 Cheshire Regiment. Died 5/10/1946, age 33.
Ashton in Makerfield(St. Thomas Heath Lane) Churchyard. Line 13. Grave 19.
( Not on any local Memorial )
JAMES EDMONDSON
Son of Albert and Lavina Hartington(Hesketh) (nee Beck, widow of Joseph Hesketh) m. 5/12/1903 St. Thomas, Ashton, Albert, collier, Stubshaw Cross. Lavina, widow, Stubshaw Cross). 1914 Wigan Register Office, Lavina Hartington married Thomas Dodd. James Edmondson may be a foster son of Albert and Lavina, he is named as their son on the headstone. There is also a William Edmondson (1904-1906) who is also named as their son.
Lavina Beck was the elder sister of George and William Beck of 65 Golborne Road. Both George and William were killed in action in World War One. George was killed 28/8/1916 aged 29. William was killed 7/6/1917 aged 23. (see St. Luke and St. Thomas Memorial Rolls).
James Edmondson ;- "Died on military service. Buried in Hampshire 28/6/1938. Age 26" inscription on family headstone.
(Named on family headstone Ashton in Makerfield (St. Thomas Heath Lane) Churchyard).
( Not on any local Memorial ).
JOHN HARRISON
Son of John and Rebecca Harrison(Appleton nee Littler), Ashton in Makerfield, (m. 6/6/1908 Wigan Register Office, John, drawer in coalmine, 4 Orchard Street. Rebecca, widow, 56 Stocks Fold, Ashton).
Husband of Mary Ethel Harrison(Goulding), North Ashton ( m 9/6/1941 Ince Register Office, John, Lance Corporal, No. 3447211, Lancashire Fusiliers (coalminer), 126 Bolton Road. Mary Ethel, 22 Brocstedes Avenue, North Ashton ).
Soldier John Harrison was the nephew of World War One soldier Joseph Whittaker who was killed in action 18/1/1917 aged 27. (see St. Lukes World War One Memorial Roll).
John Harrison :- Fusilier 3447211 2nd/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Died in a military hospital 20/6/1943, aged 31.
Ashton in Makerfield (St. Thomas Heath Lane) Churchyard. Line 11. Grave 4.
( Not on any local Memorial ).
FREDERICK URIAH COOK JONES
Son of William and Sarah Jane Jones(Cook), 41, Bolton Road, Ashton in Makerfield, (m. 22/11/1902 St. Lukes, Lowton, William, collier, Lowton. Sarah Jane, Lowton).
Frederick died in a road accident in Southern England.. He was 21. Before the war he was an Ambulance Officer for a government factory in Northern England. He was a member of the St. Johns Ambulance Brigade at Ashton and was attached to the medical section of the RAF. The funeral service was held at the Congregational Church, Gerard Street, Ashton, of which Frederick was a member as well as the Sunday School.
Frederick Uriah Cook Jones :- AC2(Aircraftman 2nd Class). 1029526 RAF (Volunteer Reserve) 118 Squadron. Died 2/2/1942, age 21.
Ashton in Makerfield (St. Thomas, Heath Lane) Churchyard. Line 3 Grave 27.
( On Congregational Church, Gerard Street, Memorial )
ROBERT OGDEN
Son of Paul and Margaret Ogden(Bryce), Ashton in Makerfield/Haydock, (m. 1895 St. Marks, Bredbury, Stockport). Margaret(Bryce) was born in Newton le Willows but her parents were from Scotland.
The family lived in Ashton in Makerfield c1896 where the following children were born :-
Alexander William Bryce Ogden 4/6/1897, Bolton Road, father coachman
Thomas Cecil Fairhurst Ogden 27/7/1898, Bolton Road, father coachman
Madge Ogden 24/4/1900, Bolton Road, father coachman.
Robert Ogden born 2/1/1911 at Stocks Farm, Haydock.
1901 Census
"Off" Bolton Road
Margaret Ogden, married, 29, born Newton le Willows
Madge Ogden, daughter, 11 months, born Ashton
Jane Bryce, mother, 62, born Scotland
1901 Census
(Hospital) Bryn Road, Ashton in Makerfield
Bryce Ogden, patient, 3, born Ashton in Makerfield
Tommy Ogden, patient, 2, born Ashton
There is no trace of Paul Ogden in 1901 and the family do not appear on the 1911 Census
1901 - 1905 the family moved to Haydock. At the burial of Madge Ogden 31/12/1905, aged 6, her residence is given as Old Boston.
Robert Ogden born 2/1/1911 at Stocks Farm, Haydock
At the burial of Paul Ogden, 17/1/1917, aged 41, his residence was Stocks Farm, Penny Lane, Haydock.
1921 at Wigan Registry Office
Marriage of -
Thomas Cecil Fairhurst Ogden
and
Evelyn Morton, 6 Orchard Street, Ashton in Makerfield.
The family grave is in Heath Road Graveyard and the headstone has the following inscription "Robert Ogden, son of Paul and Margaret Ogden, killed in action "HMS Hood", 24/5/1941, aged 30".
Robert Ogden :- Rank Able Seaman RN. P/JX 127622. Entered RN 4/8/1926. Completed training 2/1/1929 and then spent 12 years and 4 months in the RN.
"HMS Hood" sank in the Battle of the Denmark Strait 24/5/1941. Of the 1,418 crew only 3 survived. The British "HMS Hood" and "HMS Prince of Wales" fought against the German battleships "Bismarck" and "Prinz Eugen". A shell from Bismarck set the Hoods aft magazines alight and the Hood sank almost immediately.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Panel 49. Column 1.
(Named on family headstone Heath Road Graveyard)
( Not on any local Memorial )
ROBERT WILDING
Son of Robert Thomas and Mary Isabella Wilding(Turner), Blackburn, Lancashire ( m. 1913 Chorlton, Manchester, Robert Thomas, Inspector Weights and Measures, 22 Prestage Street, Old Trafford(b. Stockport)). Mary Isabella, printers pager, 78 York Street, Hulme, Chorlton(b, Salford) ).
Robert Wilding :- Sub Lieutenant (A) "HMS Landrail" Fleet Air Arm RN Volunteer Reserve. Date of death 16/3/1943, age 29.
Lee on Solent Memorial, near Portsmouth, Hampshire. Bay 4. Panel 7.
(Named on family headstone Ashton in Makerfield (St. Thomas Heath Lane) Churchyard - inscription "Robert Wilding son of Robert Thomas and Mary Isabella Wilding. Sub Lieutenant Fleet Air Arm RNVR. Born 12/5/1914 missing presumed killed 16/3/1943"
( Not on any local Memorial )
Reference
Second World War Roll of Honour : Wigan - Eric McPherson.
