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Post by shred on Sept 1, 2013 19:48:20 GMT
Sorry about the pictures my decent camera was playing up and had to rely on my mobile. Memorial plaque  |
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Post by shred on Sept 1, 2013 19:49:14 GMT
Roll of Honour  |
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Post by shred on Sept 1, 2013 19:50:39 GMT
Roll of Honour and Stained Glass window to WW1 dead.  |
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Post by shred on Sept 2, 2013 21:28:10 GMT
Names inscribed on the memorials:
JAMES BAINES
Rank: Private
Service No: 4349
Date of Death: 28/01/1915
Age: 52
Regiment/Service: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Bn.
Panel Reference Panel 27 and 28.
Memorial LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of the late Aaron and Mary Baines. Served in the South African Campaign.
Birth Place: Bolton
Enlistment Location: Farnworth, Lancs
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Attested 19th Sept 1914 aged 46 (looks like he shaved a few years off his age). Address shown as 57 Harrison St, Walkden. Prior to the war James had worked as a collier.
To France on the 4th January 1915, killed in action on the 28th January 1915.
Brother William Baines, 10 Conway St, Farnworth.
THOMAS MARTIN
Rank: Private
Service No: 18288
Date of Death: 09/11/1915
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th Bn.
Panel Reference Panel 152 to 154.
Memorial HELLES MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of William and Theresa Martin, of 11, Southern St., Worsley Rd., Farnworth, Bolton.
Birth Place: Walkden, Lancs
Death Location: Gallipoli
Enlistment Location: Farnworth, Lancs
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
1911 census - 19 year old colliery labourer (underground) living with his parents at 29 Cecil St, Walkden.
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Post by shred on Sept 3, 2013 20:33:42 GMT
LAWRENCE KENNEDY
Rank: Private
Service No: 18976
Date of Death: 17/03/1916
Regiment/Service: Border Regiment 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference I. C. 46.
Cemetery NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Birth Place: Walkden, Lancs
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Farnworth, Lancs
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Arrived in France on the 14th July 1915. Entitled to 1915 Star, the Victory and British War medals.
Probably the Lawrence Kennedy shown on the 1911 census as born in 1896, living with his parents, Thomas and Eliza, at 74 Worsley Rd, Little Hulton. A 15 year old labourer (coal mine).
JOHN JAMES BARRETT
Rank: Private
Service No: 16923
Date of Death: 05/07/1916
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Bn.
Panel Reference Pier and Face 11 A.
Memorial THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of William George and Mary Ellen Barrett, of 20, Dagmar St., Walkden, Manchester.
Birth Place: Walkden, Lancs
Residence: Walkden
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Farnworth, Lancs
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
1911 census - A 19 year old coal drawer (under ground) living with his parents at 20 Dagmar St, Walkden.
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Post by shred on Sept 5, 2013 19:58:02 GMT
FRED GRUNDY
Rank: Private
Service No: 27305
Date of Death: 25/08/1916
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Bn.
Grave Reference Q. 37.
Cemetery CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Additional Information: Husband of Margaret Grundy, of 38, Chatsworth St., Walkden, Manchester.
Birth Place: Kearsley, Lancs
Residence: Walkden, Lancs
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Salford, Lancs
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
1911 census - A 21 year old coal drawer living with his parents, William and Hannah, at 4 Bent St, Kearsley.
JAMES CAVENEY must be:
JAMES KEAVENEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 16868
Date of Death: 26/02/1917
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers 18th Bn.
Grave Reference 12.
Cemetery ROSIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Michael and Nancy Keaveney, of 22, Engine Fold, Little Hulton, Bolton.
Birth Place: Little Hulton, Lancs
Residence: Little Hulton
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Farnworth, Lancs
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
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Post by shred on Sept 5, 2013 20:20:43 GMT
HENRY McLINDEN Rank: Private Service No: 8738 Date of Death: 23/04/1917 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 17th Bn. Panel Reference Bay 7. Memorial ARRAS MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Patrick and Agnes McLinden, of 20, Moncrieffe St., Bolton, Lancs. Birth Place: Walton, Liverpool Residence: Great Lever, Bolton, Lancs Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Manchester Type of Casualty: Killed in action My grandfather's cousin, Henry/Harry Mclinden, was born in Walton, Liverpool in 1892, one of about 13 children. His parents, Patrick, a railway worker, and Agnes, moved their family to Bolton in the early 1900s. Henry joined the 17th Battalion Manchester Regiment, Reg. no. 8738. He took part in the Battle of the Somme and was killed in action near Arras on 23rd April 1917. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial. According to an article in the Bolton Evening News, first published 9th Nov 2002, he was killed by a bullet through the heart, which skimmed the pages of a book by Pre-Raphaelite poet Christina Rossetti. The book was in his breast pocket and was later returned to his family in Bolton. Henry's name appears on the War memorial at Manchester's Victoria Railway Station. Link - www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/wall/record/11633WALTER BOURKE - Possibly 18840, Walter Bourke (born Pendlebury) of the Grenadier Gaurds who died 31st July 1917. |
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Post by shred on Sept 5, 2013 20:50:21 GMT
JOHN CAVENEY must be:
JOHN KAVENY
Rank: Private
Service No: 240159
Date of Death: 21/09/1917
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th Bn.
Panel Reference Panel 102 to 104.
Memorial TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Michael and Nancy Kaveny, of 22, Engine Fold, Little Hulton;; husband of Florence Harriet Smith (formerly Kaveny), of 256, Manchester Rd. East, Little Hulton, Bolton. Six years service.
Birth Place: Little Hulton, Lancs
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Little Hulton
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
JOSEPH GREGORY
Rank: Sapper
Service No: 245204
Date of Death: 04/09/1917
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Railway Operating Department
Grave Reference Plot D. Row 1A. Grave 10.
Cemetery CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Mary Gregory, of Little Hulton, nr. Bolton.
Birth Place: Little Hulton, Lancs
Residence: Little Hulton, Lancs
Death Date: 4 Sep 1917
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Bolton, Lancs
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
1911 census - A 21 year old colliery locomotive stoker living with his aunt, Ann Clegg, at 7 Baron Fold Rd, Little Hulton.
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Post by shred on Sept 5, 2013 21:23:50 GMT
HENRY HOPWOOD
Rank: Rifleman
Service No: A/202244
Date of Death: 27/09/1917
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps attd. 2nd/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Panel Reference Panel 115 to 119 and 162A and 163A.
Memorial TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Husband of Jessie Hopwood, of 167, Walkden Rd., Worsley, Manchester.
Birth Place: Manchester
Residence: Worsley, Lancs
Death Date: 27 Sep 1917
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Woolwich, Kent
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Comments: Formerly T/4/233774, R.A.S.C.
JOSEPH LUSHER
CWGC shows:
JOHN LUSHER
Rank: Private
Service No: 27135
Date of Death: 03/12/1917
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 17th Bn.
Panel Reference Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
Memorial TYNE COT MEMORIAL
SDGW shows:
Name: Joseph Lusher
Birth Place: Walkden, Lancs
Residence: Wigan, Lancs
Death Date: 3 Dec 1917
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Heaton Park, Manchester
Rank: Private
Regiment: Manchester Regiment
Battalion: 17th Battalion
Number: 27135
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Service record confirms name as Joseph Lusher; Attested 8th June 1915 aged 19 years. He gave his address as 72 Hardybutts, Wigan and his occupation as a collier.
Joseph's brother, James, served with the 5th Manchesters.
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Post by shred on Sept 6, 2013 21:24:26 GMT
LAWRENCE KENNEDY Rank: Private Service No: 18976 Date of Death: 17/03/1916 Regiment/Service: Border Regiment 2nd Bn. Grave Reference I. C. 46. Cemetery NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT Birth Place: Walkden, Lancs Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Farnworth, Lancs Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Arrived in France on the 14th July 1915. Entitled to 1915 Star, the Victory and British War medals. Probably the Lawrence Kennedy shown on the 1911 census as born in 1896, living with his parents, Thomas and Eliza, at 74 Worsley Rd, Little Hulton. A 15 year old labourer (coal mine).   |
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Post by shred on Sept 6, 2013 21:59:44 GMT
JOHN JAMES BARRETT Rank: Private Service No: 16923 Date of Death: 05/07/1916 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Bn. Panel Reference Pier and Face 11 A. Memorial THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of William George and Mary Ellen Barrett, of 20, Dagmar St., Walkden, Manchester. Birth Place: Walkden, Lancs Residence: Walkden Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Farnworth, Lancs Type of Casualty: Killed in action 1911 census - A 19 year old coal drawer (under ground) living with his parents at 20 Dagmar St, Walkden.   |
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