St. Walburge's, Preston
The List J-Y
There are two men named “Richard Jackson” commemorated on the Memorial.
Richard Jackson (1)
12 Wellington Terrace
Occupation: Munitions Maker
Husband of Ellen Jackson of Bradkirk Hospital, Bamber Bridge, Preston
Private 205105, 2nd/5th Lancashire Fusiliers
Died Tuesday 25 September 1917 [PRH says 24] aged 29, at the Battle of Menin Road [PRH]
Nine Elms Cemetery Poperinge, West Vlaanderen Grave II/B/4 H PRH
Richard Jackson (2)
75 Ashmoor Street [prh]
Occupation: Weaver [PRH], then Professional Soldier
Lance Corporal 10499, 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Saturday 8 June 1918 Aged 25 at 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station,
Pernes [prh]
Pernes British Cemetery, Pas de Calais Grave II/F/40
Other Details: Went from Aldershot to France and served for over three years and was wounded twice. Possessed the Mons ribbon and four blue stripes. Additional address: 123 Manchester Road. Left a widow whose first husband had also been killed. Walb H PRH
Thomas Keefe [CWGC says “Keeffe”]
Swansea Terrace
Occupation: Crane Driver
Gunner/Driver 696299, Royal Field Artillery, 56th (Lancs) Division Ammunition Column
Died Monday 22 October 1917
Dozingham Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium H PRH
Robert Kellett
Son of Henry and Mary Kellett of 28 Pollard Street
Occupation: Professional Soldier and canal boat labourer (PRH)
Private 10178, 2nd Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died of Wounds, Wednesday 7 August 1918 Aged 27, at Stationary Hospital, Rouen.
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Grave Q/III/M/10
Other Details: Death Notice LDP 10 August 1918 from family. PG article 17 August. Was in India at outbreak of War and fought in Egypt, East Africa and France [for three months]. Mr Kellett contributed to PWMF 1914. H PRH
John Kenworthy
Husband of Mrs M Kenworthy
16 Brieryfield Road [PRH]
Occupation: Telegraph Line Engineer at Dewhursts
Private 20811 “D” Coy 6th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Sunday 9 April 1916 Aged 36 “in Mesopotamia” [PRH]
Basra Memorial Panel 27 (one of 40659 casualties JG)
Other Details: Death Notice 17 November 1917 LDP; Pg article same date. Enlisted in May 1915 and went to the Middle East in November. Killed going to the relief of Kut. Left a widow and three children.
Walb H PRH
Joseph Kirby
Son of Mrs Ellen Kirby of 14 Shelley Road
Occupation: Professional Footballer
Sapper 100882, 15 Field Company, Royal Engineers
Died Monday 27 May 1918 aged 25
Soissons Memorial, Aisne
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Henry Kitchen
20 Leyland Street
Royal Navy
Died in the Military Hospital, South Tidworth aged 39
Preston Cemetery, Grave RC/W/160 buried on Tuesday 17 May 1921
Other Details: LDP acknowledgement 19 May. Mrs Kitchen thanked family friends and the “Naval Military”.
William Lang
Son of Mrs Eleanor Lang of 100 Henderson Street [contributed to PWMF 1924]
Private 11733, 2nd Bn Scots Guards
Killed at Festubert [PRH] Sunday 16 May 1915 aged 23 (day after birthday PRH)
Le Touret Memorial Pas de Calais, Panels 3 & 4
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George Aloysius Lawrenson
Son of James and Mary Josephine Lawrenson of 46 Whittingham Street
Occupation: Iron Turner
Private 90322 1st/7th Bn King’s Liverpool Regiment
Died Tuesday 9 April 1918 aged 18
Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais Grave V/C/2
Other Details: Mrs Lawrenson contributed to PWMF 1924.
Walb H PRH
Joseph Patrick Leggett
5 Weston Street [From here a Mr Leggett contributed to PWMF 1924]
Occupation: Saddler
Saddler 486, 42nd West Lancs Division, Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
Died on Thursday 23 September 1915 of peritonitis at Alexandria [prh]
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Cemetery, Egypt, Grave F/96
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John Henry Leonard
Husband of Sarah Jane Leonard of 167 (190, LDP, PG) Marsh Lane
Occupation: employee of Dick, Kerr and Co
Private 2634, 8th Bn King’s Liverpool Regiment, enlisted in September 1914
Died Wednesday 16 June 1915 Aged 46, missing then presumed dead.
Le Touret Memorial Panel 6 to 8
Other Details: PG article 17 June 1916 - certified dead after being missing for a year. Enlisted September 1914.
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John Livesey
Son of Martha Livesey of 9 Radnor Street
Occupation: Iron Worker
Corporal 11357, 1st Bn King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died Monday 2 September 1918 at Monchy-le-Preux, near Arras
Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux, Pas de Calais Grave II/D/20
Walb H PRH
John Lovick
76 Ashmoor Street
Occupation: Labourer
Private 12419, 7th East Lancashire Regiment
Killed Saturday 14 April 1917, “West of Ypres”
Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery Heuvelland, Belgium
Walb H PRH
Owen Lynch
Private 15722 18th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
Died Tuesday 26 March 1918
Pozieres Memorial, Somme Panels 32 to 34
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Richard (Dick) Marsden
42 St Mark’s Road
Occupation: Crane Driver at Preston Docks for ten years
Private 34664, 1st/4th Bn King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died Tuesday 18 September 1917 “Killed at Ypres” [PRH] Aged 26
New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres Grave II/B/11
Other Details: Eldest son of Mr and Mrs Marsden of 26 Blanche Street.Death Notices in LDP on 22 October 1917 [1] From Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters [2] From his wife at 42 St Mark’s Road and his in-laws at 3 Tulketh Crescent. PG article 27 October 1917. Enlisted on 5 April 1917and went to the Front on 5 July 1917. On 29 November 1914, son, Robert, had died aged three months.
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Robert Marsden
Son of Robert and Margaret Marsden of 26 Blanche Street; husband of Elizabeth Marsden of 39 Beverley Street, brother of Richard (above)
Occupation: Seaman
Corporal 204419, 2nd/7th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
Died Thursday 21 March 1918 aged 24
Pozieres Memorial, Somme Panel 32 to 34
Other Details: LDP report December 1916 on RM recovering from wounds in hospital at Bolton. Mrs Marsden of 26 Blanche Street contributed to PWMF 1924.
Walb H PRH
Ernest Markland (“Martland” on WM and in Walb “Markland “ in H, LDP and PG)
1 Savoy Street (LDP and PG Sept 1916) 3 Vine Street (CWGC 1922)
Occupation: Employed on Preston Docks
Gunner 83306 “D” Bty, 86th Division Royal Field Artillery (WM says Loyal Nth Lancs)
Died Monday 24 July 1916 Aged 30
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 1A and 8A
Other Details: Was about to be married. Was killed instantly by a shell while sheltering with other soldiers during a heavy bombardment.
Walb H PRH
Thomas Mashiter ( H and PRH say “Masheter”)
Private 57465, 1st Bn Lincolnshire Regiment
Died Monday 27 May 1918
Soissons Memorial, Aisne
Walb H PRH
Martin McAiney
Private 21840, 6th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Friday 7 March 1919 Aged 24 of bronchial pneumonia at Fulwood Military Hospital.
Preston Cemetery, Grave U/RC/113
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John William McCann
60 Haydock Street
Occupation: Cotton Spinner
Lance Corporal, B Coy, 2nd Bn The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died Monday 2 September 1918 of Malaria in Cairo
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Grave M/176
Other Details: PG report 26 June 1915 -wounded in hospital in Newcastle. Death Notice LDP September 1918 from family, who contributed to PWMF 1924. H
Thomas McCue
Son of Patrick and Ann McCue of 2 (PG says 9) Peel Street
Occupation: Employed at Margerison’s Soap Works, Leighton.
Private 200402 10th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Saturday 28 April 1917 Aged 19
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais Bay 7
Other Details: Member of the Territorial Army and mobilised in August 1914. Mother appealed for information in PG article 22 September 1917 after TM had been missing since 17 April 1917
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James McDermott
25 Poplar Street
Occupation: Preston Corporation Dock Labourer
Lance Corporal 6203 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Killed on Sunday 8 November 1914 “near Ypres” [PRH]
“Mentioned in Dispatches by Sir John French, dated 14 January 1915 and 30 November 1915 for gallant and distinguished services in the field” [PRH]
Ypres Menin gate Panel 41 & 43
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Thomas McDonald
Private CH/14760 Chatham Bn Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died Tuesday 15 June 1915
Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta A/11/6
Joseph McGovern
33 Clarence Street (home of sister)
Occupation: Employed at Dick, Kerr Ltd
Private 200664, 1st/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Tuesday 8 August 1916
Thiepval Memorial, Somme Pier and face 11A
Other Details: Enlisted in August 1914 and had been in France for fifteen months. Appeal by sister in PG 9 October 1916 for information; missing since 8 August 1916.
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James McHale
Husband of Mary Elizabeth McHale of 31 Priory Street
Gunner 686537, 162nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died Wednesday 22 May 1918 Aged 28
Preston Cemetery I/RC/31
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Henry Mee
60 Brougham Street
Occupation: Weaver
Driver 57152, 66 Bty 4th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Died Monday 15 May 1916 at the Cholera Hospital, Filayish, Mesopotamia [PRH]
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq Grave XVIII/L/3
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Thomas Morris
Second son of Thomas and Jane Morris of 34 Adelphi Street
Occupation: Provision Dealer (family business)
Former student of Preston Catholic College [PCC]
Corporal S/27845, 16th Bn The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)
Died Monday 25 March 1918 Aged 21 (22 LDP), in German Field Hospital at Villers Foucan, after being taken prisoner.
Villers Foucan Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Grave III/C/7
Other Details: Death Notice by Mr and Mrs Morris LDP 27 September 1918. Tom and his brother, Jack, were crack shots in the Territorials and had won prizes at Bisley. He was a Lewis machine gunner in the vicinity of St Quentin when wounded by shellfire and taken prisoner. He died three days later. In 1917 he was the only one of his section to return from a attack and was hit three times. He went on through the terrible winter of 1917 where he saw heavy fighting on Passchendaele Ridge and in Polygon Wood.
H PRH CWGC PRH LDP
John Murphy
25 Clarence Street
Private 18218, 1st Bn East Lancashire Regiment
Died Thursday 8 July 1915
Ypres Menin Gate Panel 34 H PRH
George Nevin
10 Lodge Street
Occupation: Loomer on Twister
Gunner 706803, 66th Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
Died Wednesday 17 October 1917
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Grave I/G/65
Walb H PRH
Edward O’Brien
Private 36964, 9th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Thursday 27 May 1915
Soissons Memorial, Aisne
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Walter O’Brien (CWGC and PRH say “William”, WM and Walb say “Walter”)
32 Brougham Street (contribution from here to PWMF 1924)
Occupation: Engineer’s Labourer
Private 201660, 1st/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Tuesday 8 August 1916
Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Somme Grave L46
Walb H PRH
Joseph O’Donnell
Son of the late Thomas and Ann O’Donnell of Preston
Private 60389, 10th Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers
Died Wednesday 3 October 1917 Aged 37
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge Grave V/G/21
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Thomas O’Neill
Son of Mr and Mrs O’Neill of 1 Brieryfield Road
Occupation: Cotton Spinner
Private 3122, “C” Coy 1st/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Killed on Tuesday 15 June 1915 at Festubert, Aged 18
Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais Panels 27 & 28
Walb H PRH
William Barton Park
Son of William Joseph Park of 14 (8a LDP) Stewart Street
Occupation: Moulder at Dewhurst’s, Aqueduct Street
Killed at Delville Wood on Saturday 9 September 1916 Aged 19 (and 11 months LDP)
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, Grave IV/K/8
Other Details: Member of Territorial Army. Went to France April 1915. LDP “In Memoriam” 8 September 1917.
Walb H PRH
James Parry
127 Victoria Street (a Mrs Parry at this address contributed to the PWMF 1924.)
Occupation: Regular Soldier
Private 10090, 1st Bn North Staffordshire Regiment
Killed at Armentières on Monday 2 November 1914
Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Wareton, Hainault, Belgium Panel 8
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Wilfred Partington
Husband of Mrs S.J. Partington of 78 Fleetwood Street (contributed PWMF 1924)
Occupation: Employed at Dick, Kerr Ltd
Bombardier Sergeant 680665, “A” Bty, 286th West Lancs Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Died Wednesday 17 April 1918 Aged 23
Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque Nord Grave 4/A/5
Other Details: Volunteered April 1915, in France sixteen months. One of seven brothers in Army; four in Royal Field Artillery, one in Royal Garrison Artillery and one in Scots Guards. Death Notices in LDP 25 April 1918 [1] from wife and child [2] from father, Mother, William and Margaret, brothers in France and Frank. “Killed instantly and died at his post.” Commanding Officer’s Letter in PG article 27 April 1918. Walb H
John Quigley
Stoker 2808T, HMS Queen Mary RNR
Died Wednesday 31 May 1916
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 23
HMS Queen Mary, the largest ship in the Royal Navy, was a battle cruiser of the “Lion” class. It was hit five times and blown up at the Battle of Jutland on Wednesday 31 May 1916 with a loss of almost 1300 lives.
Joseph Quigley
Son of John and Bridget Quigley of 53 Shelley Road; native of Drogheda, County Louth.
Occupation: Sailor
Lance Corporal 39666, 15th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
Died Sunday 19 November 1916, “instantly at …a small village behind the lines” [PG]
Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme II/A/18
Other Details: PG 16 December 1916, LDP 6 December 1916.
Walb H PRH
Robert Raby
192 Fylde Road
Son of William H and Alice Raby of 23 Abbey Street
Occupation: Employed at Hawkins’ Mill, Greenbank Street
Sergeant 12483 “C” Coy 9th Bn Border Regiment
Awarded Serbian Cross of Karageorge, First Class with Swords “For Extraordinary Bravery” on 15 February 1917
Died Friday 26 April 1918 Aged 26
Preston Cemetery 1/RC/24
Other Details: Volunteered September 1914, sent to France in 1915, then to the Balkans. Letter to parents published in LDP 6 January 1917 about the above medal. Member of St Walburge’s Men’s Guild and the St Vincent de Paul Society.
Walb H PRH
Edmund Reeder
Son of Robert and Ann Reeder, husband of Elizabeth Gertrude Reeder of 5 Weston Street
Occupation: Electric Car (Tram) Driver
Rifleman B/201737, 2nd/17th Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) (London Regiment)
Died Saturday 28 September 1918 Aged 33
Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Mesen, Belgium Grave I/E/20
Other Details: Death Notices in LDP [1] 9 October 1918 from his wife [2] 11 October 1918 from his mother at 71 Elmsley Street. His wife contributed to the PWMF. H PRH
John Leo Roach
Private 1864, 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Monday 9 November 1914
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais Grave III/C/6
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John (Jack) Robinson
88 Bedford Street
Occupation: Driver
Private 34027, 1st/4th Bn Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Killed at Cambrai Friday 11 October 1918 Aged 19
Vis-en-Artois Memorial Panel 6
Other Details: Death Notices in LDP [1] 2 November 1918 from “his pal Jack Houghton of 144 Bedford Street [2] 4 November 1918 from “pals Alice ( formerly Charnock, sister of John and cousin of “Little Jack”, see above) and Lol (in France) of 23 Mill Hill” [3] 7 November 1918 from “Father, Mother and Sisters at 88 Bedford Street, sweetheart Josephine, Pals Alice and Lol,, Jack Houghton, Jim and Mrs Yates.” His mother contributed to PWMF 1924.
Walb H PRH
William Robinson
Son of John and Catherine Robinson of 24 Maudland Bank
Occupation: Stonemason at T. Croft and Sons Ltd
Lance Corporal 3819 1st/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
“Gained promotion under fire for bravery and general efficiency.” [PRH]
Killed at Delville Wood, Saturday 9 September 1916 Aged 27
Thiepval Memorial, Somme Pier and Face 11A
Other Details: Volunteered in May 1915 and had been in France for eleven months. Death Notice LDP 27 September 1916, “Killed in France”, from father, Mother, sisters and brothers and Molly.” Mentioned in PG article 27 May 1916, and again on 14 October 1916 for confirmation of death after being missing, also on 21 October.
Walb H PRH
George Rossall
Rifleman 57555, 1st/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own)
Prisoner of War
Died Friday 22 November 1918
Berlin South Western Cemetery, Brandenburg Grave XVI/D/8
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Joseph Rossall
Private 201554, 1st 4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Saturday 19 May 1917 Aged 25
Vlamartinghe Military Cemetery, Ypres Grave VI/M/11
Other Details: Death Notices in LDP 27 June 1917 [1] from parents at 29 Harrington Street [2] wife, May at Milton Street
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Charles Ryan
Marsh Lane [LDP 1916] 36 Poplar Street [PRH]
Grocer, then worked at Leyland Rubber Works
Lance Corporal 21099, 6th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Enlisted June 1915
Died 27 April 1916 in Mesopotamia [PRH], left widow and four children
Amara War Cemetery Iraq, GraveXX/A/3
Other Details: PG article 27 May 1916. A John Ryan at 36 Poplar Street contributed to PWMF 1924.
Walb H PRH
William Albert Salisbury
Son of Albert and Mary Jane Salisbury of 99 Wellfield Road; husband of Mary Walburga Salisbury of 2 Dunderdale Street, Maudland Bank
Private 24284, 8th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Saturday 14 October 1916 Aged 22
Grandcourt Road Cemetery
Other Details: “In Memoriam LDP 13 October 1917 from family at 24 Ashton Street. Mrs M W Salisbury gave to PWMF 1924.
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Thomas Scott
Private 1336, 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Friday 23 October 1914
Menin Gate Ypres Panel 41 and 43
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Frederick (Fred) James Sharrock
Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Sharrock of 15 Tuson Street
Occupation: Railway Porter, and at Moss’s Mill, Kirkham Street
Lance Corporal 201999, “D” Coy, 2nd/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Friday 26 October 1917 Aged 24
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium Panel 102 to 104
Other Details: PG article 5 January 1917 - posted as missing. LDP Death notice 26 September 1918 from Father Mother, Sisters, Brothers and Polly
Walb H PRH
George Shea
Private 8492 1st Bn King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died Saturday 5 June 1915
Preston Cemetery S/RC/417
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Charles Silcock
Husband of Alice Silcock of 20 Brougham Street
Occupation: Plumber
Sapper 145449 (PRH says 445449) 126th field Coy., Royal Engineers
Died Saturday 23 March 1918 “missing then presumed killed near Cambrai” [PRH]
Pozières Memorial Panel 10-13
Walb H PRH
John Simpson
306 Plungington Road
Occupation: Weaver at John Hawkins Ltd, Greenbank Street
Private 23624, 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Tuesday 15 August 1916 Aged 21
Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme Grave V/B/6
Other Details: PG article 9 September 1916. Enlisted 1916 - had been at the Front for six weeks. Brother in the Cheshire Regiment. H PRH
Henry Singleton
Only son of Henry and Mary Ellen Singleton of 347 North Road (LDP and PG say 357)
Occupation: Butcher at Adelphi Co-op
Private 202348, Stretcher Bearer [PRH], 2nd/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds on Tuesday 1st October 1918 at Cambrai, Aged 26
Sunken Road Cemetery, Boileux-St. Marc. Pas de Calais, Grave III/F/2
Other Details: Enlisted April 1916. Death Notice LDP 14 October 1918 from Mother, Father and Teresa. PG article 19 October 1918
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William Singleton
Son of James and Jane Singleton of 25 Dunderdale Street
Occupation: Weaver
Died Monday 7 January 1918, in hospital in Rouen after being wounded at Cambrai on Sunday 16 December 1917 [prh].
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Grave P/V/J/3A
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James Smith M.M.
Son of James and Margaret Smith of Blackburn; husband of Charlotte Smith of 1 Fylde Road, late of 30 Brook Street.
Occupation: Blackburn Corporation Tramways
Sergeant 14286 (H says Lance Sergeant), 10th Bn The Cameronians (The Scottish Rifles)
Awarded the Military Medal in 1916
Died Wednesday 3 January 1917 Aged 35
Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme Grave III/K/3
Other Details: Death Notice LDP 23 January 1917 from Wife and child; In Memoriam 3 January 1918. PG article 27 January 1917 - “Awarded the Military Medal after assuming command of his company when the officers had been killed, fighting for many hours and bringing them out of action safely.” Commanding Officer’s letter.
Walb H PRH
William Smith
56 Essex Street - a Mrs Smith at this address contributed to PWMF in 1924.
Occupation: Mill Labourer
Private 2133, 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment, WM says “RASC”
Died Tuesday 22 December 1914
Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, Panel 27 and 28
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John Smithson
Son of Robert Smithson of 32 Bedford Street (20 Pollard Street in 1916)
Occupation: Spinner at Horrockses Mill
Private 2728, “D” Coy, 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Saturday 25 September 1915 Aged 18
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais Panel 89 to 91
Other Details: PG article 30 September 1916 - officially confirmed dead on 25 September 1915 after being missing for twelve months. Saw his brother-in-law, Private R. Elvin of The Welch Regiment on the day he went missing and arranged to meet afterwards. Up to September 1915 he had been gassed and wounded three times.
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Richard Standing
Private 26164, 15th Bn Cheshire Regiment
Died Friday 17 May 1917
Pozières Memorial Panel 35 and 36
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Christopher Joseph Stewart
Wife of Winifred Stewart of The Steamer Hotel, Water Lane
43 Pleasant Street [after 1922]
Occupation: Clerk in County Offices Insurance Department
Private 13115, 10th Bn Loyal Regiment
Died Monday 23 July 1917, shot by sniper, Aged 29
Ypres Memorial Menin Gate Panel 41 and 43
Other Details: Death Notice LDP 9 August 1917, PG article 11 August 1917. Volunteered in September 1914.
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Edward Joseph Taylor
Only son of Edward and Ann Taylor of 10 Victoria Parade, Ashton
Sergeant (CWGC says “Private”) 50681, 15th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) (WM says “Canadian Highlanders”)
Died Sunday 21 September 1919 at sea, Aged 26
Preston Cemetery O/RC/253
Other Details: Mrs Taylor contributed to PWMF in 1924. H
John Taylor
1 Bath Street
Armament (WM says “Armour” H says “Armourer”) Staff Sergeant 1539, Royal Ordnance Corps, attached to the 6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment
Died Sunday 16 June 1918 Aged 29
Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension, Bethune.
Other Details: Death Notices 10 July 1918 [1] From Wife and sorrowing children, mother-in-law and brothers-in-law in France, 16 Shelley Road [2] From sisters and brother-in-law at 6 Brackenbury Street. H PRH
Albert Thorpe
Husband of Edith Thorpe of Beacon Hill, Woodnesborough, Sandwich, Kent, born at Preston.
Private 200614, 1st/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Tuesday 9 April 1918, aged 26
Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, Bethune.
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Ephraim Turner
Husband of Sarah Turner of 27 Gerrard Street [and father of one young son]
Occupation: Regular Soldier
Company Sergeant Major 8536, Loyal North Lancs Regiment (at Depot)
Died Sunday 22 September 1918 at Fulwood Military Hospital of influenza, aged 29, while on home service.
Preston Cemetery H/RC/605
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Francis (Frank) Ignatius Turner
Youngest son of Mr and Mrs J. Turner of 5 Wellington Terrace
Occupation: Bank Clerk, Manchester and County Bank, Preston
Former student of Preston Catholic College
Second Lieutenant, service number not known, 8th Bn, attached to 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own), late of 7th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment, “Preston Pals”.
Died Friday 27 September 1918, killed at Hermies [PRH]
Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery Pas de Calais Grave K/44
Other Details: Death Notice LDP 2 October 1918, PG article 5 October 1918. Further article in LDP 4 October 1918 - joined Army as a Private in the Loyal North Lancs Regiment and rose to rank of Sergeant Major. Started training in May 1917 for a commission then gazetted to the West Yorkshire Regiment. Wounded slightly in April 1918. Extracts from other officers’ letters: “ He was a most gallant officer, a good leader…his place will be difficult to fill …He was killed gallantly leading his men forward and owing to his leadership…his company and another were the subject of a special Order of the Day form the Corps Commander…a distinction very seldom gained by companies.” A. Turner of 5 Wellington Terrace contributed to PWMF 1924.
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John Twisaday
19 Mona Street
Son of Elizabeth Alice Twisaday and the late James Twisaday of 80 De Lacy Street
Occupation: Cotton Spinner
Sergeant 2711, 1st/8th Bn King’s Liverpool Regiment
Died Wednesday 2 August [LDP says 1 August] 1916 in hospital from wounds received at Blaireville. General Officer Commanding praised John Twisaday for his bravery on the night of 17/18 April 1916 in a bombing raid on the German trenches. [LDP]
Preston Cemetery Grave J/CE/323
Other Details: PG article 12 August 1916. Mrs E.A. Twisaday contributed to PWMF 1924. Walb H PRH
Henry Unsworth
Husband of Annie Unsworth of 4 Newsham Street
Occupation: Clerk
Private S4/143701, 237th Horse Transport Coy (Prees Heath, Shropshire) Army Service Corps
Died Monday 25 March 1918, at Fulwood Hospital, aged 47. Invalided home after contracting Bright’s Disease (nephritis) in France. [PRH]
Preston Cemetery 1/RC/22
Walb H PRH
Christopher Walker
Son of James and Rose Anna Walker of 30 Peel Street
Private 2557 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Friday 18 August 1916, originally shot in thigh
Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 11A
Mrs Walker contributed to the Preston War Mem. Fund in 1924. H (out of order
Martin Leo Wall
Son of Peter and Elizabeth Wall of 80 Wellfield Road
Occupation: Employee of Messrs Geo. Hough Ltd at Preston Dock
Private 23994, “C” Coy 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs
Repatriated Prisoner of War
Died Saturday 30 December 1916 Aged 20
Kensal Green (St Mary’s) RC Cemetery, London, named on the Screen Wall (among 452 others whose graves are not marked)
Other Details: called up April 1916. Reported missing in LDP 21 October 1916 and PG 28 October 1916.
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John Walmsley MM
Son of the late Thomas and Bella Walmsley
158 Aqueduct Street
Occupation: Labourer at Dick, Kerr Ltd
Lance Corporal 201521, 1st/4th Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Awarded The Military Medal “on July 31 1917 for gallantry on the field at Wieltje.” [PRH]
Died Thursday 20 September 1917 Aged 34, [PG says 32] [PRH] says “shot through the heart.”
Tyne Cot Memorial Zonnebeke, Belgium Panel 102 to 104
Other Details: Joined the Army in June 1915 and went to France at Christmas 1915. Officer’s letter says “Continued to lead the men after his officer fell…fine fellow…always dependable.”
Walb H PRH
Francis Walpole
Husband of Ellen Walpole of 7 Mona Street
Occupation: General Machinist
Private 3448 1st/ 4th Bn King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died Tuesday 8 August 1916: missing then presumed dead on that date.
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Pier and Face 5D and 12 B
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John Walsh
71 Bedford Street
Occupation: Spinner at Shelley Road Mill
Private 18523, 6th Bn King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died Sunday 9 April 1916: missing then presumed dead on that date.
Killed in Mesopotamia Walb H PRH
Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 7
A Mrs Walsh at the above address contributed to the PWMF
Other Details: Death Notice LDP 30 November 1917 after being missing on 9 April 1917
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Thomas Richard Wareing
Son of Robert Wareing of 40 Mona Street, Ashton; husband of Beatrice Eleanor
Wareing of 26 St Michael’s Road, Bournemouth.
Occupation: Reacher
Private 285165, 5th Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; transferred from The Royal Army Service Corps two months before death [PRH].
Died Saturday 23 March 1918 Aged 32
Pozières Memorial Panel 50 and 51
Elizabeth Wareing of 40 Mona Street contributed to the Preston War Memorial Fund in 1924
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Robert Watson
22 Kingswood Street
Occupation: Employed at Coulthard and Co, Engineers Marsh Lane for 14 years and Treasurer of Machine and General Labourers’ Union, Local Branch.
Private 3752 1st Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died Sunday 9 May 1915
Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais Panel 27 and 28
Other Details: PG short article 8 January 1916 H PRH
William Wells
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wells; husband of Elizabeth Ashton (formerly Wells) of 341 Brook Street
Private 18578, “C” Coy 8th Bn King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Enlisted in Garstang
Died Sunday 17 October 1915 (PRH says 17 May)
Divisional Cemetery Ypres Grave H/8
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Francis Whelan
Private 19893, 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards
Died Tuesday 9 1917
Artillery Wood Cemetery, Ypres Grave VII /F/15
Frederick Whittaker
Son of Mary Daley of 2 Poplar Street, Marsh Lane (CWGC 1922)
Private 10640 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Monday 12 November 1914 Aged 19
Tyne Cot Memorial Zonnebeke, Panel 102 to 104
Other Details: PG appeal by Mrs Whittaker of 4 Poplar Street for news of Private F. Whittaker, missing since November 1914
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Richard Whittle
72 Ashmoor Street
Occupation: Cotton Drawer-in at Steam Mill Fylde Road
Private 76407 45th, attached to 61st Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died Friday 17 August 1917 Aged 33 (PG says 35)
Dozinghem Military Cemetery Poperinge, Belgium IV/B/15
Other Details: Death Notice LDP 29 August 1917 from his sorrowing wife and (4) children. PG article 8 September 1917 - joined up in October 1914 and spent fourteen months at the Front. Killed by a bomb form an aircraft.
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William Whittle
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Whittle of 93 Byron Street
Occupation: Weaver at Astley Field Mill, St Paul’s Road
Lance Corporal 11787 2nd Bn Scots Guards
Died Sunday 17 October 1917 Aged 18, “killed at Loos” [PRH]
Loos Memorial Pas de Calais Panels 8 and 9
Other Details: Volunteered in Autumn 1914 and went to France in May 1915. PG article 30 October 1915 from information given by Mrs E A Whittle who contributed to PWMF in 1924. Killed at Loos by a sniper during a bombing raid. H PRH
Eugene Williams
Husband of Agnes Mawson (formerly Williams) of 44 Parker Street
Corporal 16th Bn The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment
Died Wednesday 19 February 1919 Aged 27
Preston Cemetery T/RC/912
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Francis Wilson
Son of Isabella Wilson of 2 Peel Street and the late John Wilson
Occupation: Worked for Brotherton, Harrop and Co., Marsh Lane (cotton)
Lance Corporal 12473 8th Bn Border Regiment
Enlisted August 1914
Died Wednesday 5 July 1916 (PRH says 3 July, LDP says “between 3 and 5 July”)
PRH says “shot in the head”
Death announced in LDP on 26 July 1916: Pg article 29 July 1916
Thiepval Memorial, Somme Pier and face 6A and 7C
Mrs Wilson contributed to the Preston War Memorial Fund in 1924.
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William Wilson
Driver T4/246065 66th Division Train, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 20 September 1917
Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksyde, Belgium Grave III/T/26
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George Woodcock
3 Radnor Street
Occupation: Cotton Spinner at Kay Street Mill
Private 13896 10th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died Friday 11 August 1916 [CWGC says 1918]
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Pier and Face 11A
Other Details: PG article 2 September 1916 - killed in action 11 August 1916
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James Leo Woods MM
Eldest son of James and Ellen Woods of 38 Brook Street
Occupation: Loomer at Springfield Mill
Gunner 188417 “A” Battery 87th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Awarded Military Medal April 1918
Killed at Richburg near Neuve Chapelle, 23 September 1918
Chocques Military Cemetery, nr Bethune Grave III/B/9
Other Details: Death Notice LDP 3 October 1918. PG article 5 October 1918 - “…a cheerful and courageous soldier…” Officer’s letter. Killed by a shell with two other men while signalling.
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William Woods
33 Lodge Street
Occupation: Dock Labourer
Lance Corporal 1st Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died 29 September 1914
La Ferte-sous-Jarre Memorial, near the River Marne, commemorated with nearly 4000 others of the British Expeditionary Force, killed between August and early October 1914, who have no known grave.
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John Wright
20 Priory Street
Occupation: Office Clerk
Private 13124, 7th Bn “Preston Pals” Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Killed at Albert on Sunday 23 July 1916
Thiepval Memorial Somme Pier and Face 11A
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Francis Joseph Yates
Husband of Eleanor Yates of 4 Fleetwood Street; contributed to PWMF 1924
Occupation: Preston Dock Labourer
Private 3941 1st [PG says 3rd] Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment
Died of wounds Monday 28 December 1914 Aged 42, as prisoner of war at Aachen.
Other Details: Reservist, called up in August 1914. Had served in the Army for eight years in India. Left a widow and nine children aged 14 years to 6 months.
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