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Post by BereniceUK on Apr 5, 2017 19:43:37 GMT
    THIS MONUMENT WAS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BY COUNCILLOR WM. JOHN LUCAS J.P. DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL 1915 - 1917 IN MEMORY OF PRESCOT MEN WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR OF 1914 - 1919 UNVEILED BY LIEUT. COL. SIR HENRY WEBB BART M.P. FOR THE EARL OF DERBY 9TH SEPTEMBER 1916     |
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Post by BereniceUK on Apr 5, 2017 19:44:08 GMT
1914 - 19191722 Rifleman John Ackers 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment 3.5.1915 240726 Lance Corporal James Frederick Airey 2nd/5th South Lancashire Regiment 9.4.1918, aged 22 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Airey, of 2, School Hill, Windhill, Shipley1416 Private Henry Allen 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment 10.5.1915, aged 22 Son of John Allen, of 119, Kemble Street, Prescot 1969 Gunner Arthur Denham Avison 1st Company, Machine Gun Corps (Motors) 15.4.1918, aged 33 Son of William Johnson Avison and Clara Annice Avison; husband of Evelyn Margaret Avison, of 5, Stanley Terrace, Blue Bell Lane, Huyton; native of Barnsley1587 Rifleman Harold Baines 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment 9.5.1915 N. Beardmore - possibly 1329 Lance Corporal Norman Beardmore 447th Field Company, Royal Engineers 20.5.1915 Son of Frederick Thomas and Emily Beardmore; husband of Marion Beardmore, of Prospect House, Sacriston, Durham3940 Rifleman Walter Beesley 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment 10.8.1916, aged 26 Son of Mrs. Margaret Beesley, of 3, Sewell Gardens, Sewell Street, Prescot36967 Private James Beesley 8th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 9.9.1918, aged 31 Son of John and Rachel Beesley, of Rose Cottage, Brook's Bridge, PrescotJ Beadle 4100 Rifleman John Birchall 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment 9.8.1916 1954 Rifleman Thomas Henry Bishop 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment 9.5.1915, aged 18 Son of Oliver and Jane Bishop, of 22, Grosvenor Road, Prescot H L Boyes J Bray J Bridge T Briscoe 12965 Private Francis Brookes The King's (Liverpool Regiment) T Burrows 21956 Private Henry Byron 11th South Lancashire Regiment 24.6.1917 Son of Mrs. M. Green, of 20, Market Place, Prescot22547 Private Henry Byron 11th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 20.6.1916 Second Lieutenant Harry Byron 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment 8.9.1916, aged 22 Son of George and Annie Byron, of 26, Baker Street, Kensington, Liverpool; native of Prescot241194 Lance Serjeant Richard Carney South Lancashire Regiment 14054 Private Charles Caffrey The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1918 J Carroll 15944 Private William Case South Lancashire Regiment 492523 Private Thomas Caslin 363 Res. Employment Company, Labour Corps 21.5.1919, aged 47 Husband of Mrs.E.Caslin of Prescot 1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/85689-private-thomas-caslin/31406 Lance Corporal Harry Chesworth York and Lancaster Regiment 240241 Corporal Fred Chesworth South Lancashire Regiment J E Clements 241960 Private James Ernest Cofield South Lancashire Regiment 1918 240723 Private Joseph Conlin South Lancashire Regiment 1917 2696 Private James Cowell South Lancashire Regiment M Critchley 6408 Private Charles Critchley Gloucestershire Regiment 1916 William Critchley T R Cundill A Cunningham 42977 Private Frank Donnelly Worcestershire Regiment 1918 41481 Private Walter Donohue Worcestershire Regiment 32911 Private William Eccleston King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1898 Corporal William Edwards South Lancashire Regiment R H Ellison A F Evans A/3036 John Ferrisey King's Royal Rifle Corps 241325 Private Albert Holt Finney The King's (Liverpool Regiment) F Finney J E Forshaw 14281 Private William Foster The King's (Liverpool Regiment) H Foster E.V. Fowler - 200928 Private Edward Fowler The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 242141 Private Thomas Fowler South Lancashire Regiment J Fowler R A France J T Gilgannon J Gordon R Green R Greenall J Grogan H Gregory William Hall J Harding 3106 Rifleman Frank Hayes 5th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10.3.1915, aged 21 Son of Thomas and Emily Hayes, of "Clifton," Old Lane, Eccleston ParkS T Hayes 40601 Private Isaac Edward Hayes 8th South Lancashire Regiment 16.7.1917 F H Hitchcock 240865 Private Frank Hollihead South Lancashire Regiment 34604 Corporal Thomas Henry Hopwood 70380 Private William Henry Hornby 166th Company, Machine Gun Corps 14.6.1917 William Hornby 44068 Private William Hulme South Lancashire Regiment W Hyde H C Inman - 19311 Private Horace Inman Coldstream Guards 13162 Private Walter Jaundrill 17th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 30.7.1916 242350 Private John King South Lancashire Regiment A J Kirby 10034 Private Henry Lea 41st Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 25.10.1918, aged 36 Husband of Annie Lea, of 4 Court, Moss Street, Prescot51075 Private Walter Leather 13th Cheshire Regiment 10.8.1917 7263 Private Thomas Larkin 2nd South Lancashire Regiment 24.8.1914, aged 38 Husband of Mary Annie Larkin, of 1, Duke Street, Prescot426354 Sapper Harry Leyland 422nd Field Company, Royal Engineers 9.4.1918, aged 22 Son of Mrs. Martha Leyland, of 16, Cyprus Street, Prescot381 Serjeant Thomas Lloyd 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment 9.5.1915, aged 27 Son of Edward John and Mary Lloyd, of 8, Chapel Street, Prescot29693 Private James Lyon 18th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 21.9.1917, aged 19 Son of Nathaniel and Sarah Jane Lyon, of 10, Rowson Street, PrescotWilliam Lyon J Maloney Joseph McLoney J. Macdonald - 21367 Private James McDonald 11th South Lancashire Regiment 1.7.1916 702200 Lance Corporal Edward John Melia 2nd/23rd London Regiment 13.8.1918, aged 21 Son of James and Ann Melia, of 15, Mill Street, PrescotWilliam Moore 240740 Private Robert Mutch 2nd/5th South Lancashire Regiment 10.4.1917 13130 Private James Nulty 9th Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9.9.1916, aged 36 Son of Patrick and Kate Nulty; husband of Bridget Nulty, of 6, Hill Street, Prescot16984 Serjeant John Stanley Orrett 18th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18.10.1916, aged 25 Son of James and Alice Orrett, of 4, Garden Walk, PrescotG/58632 Private Joseph Parkin 25th Royal Fusiliers 18.10.1917 41801 Private George Parkin 2nd South Wales Borderers 15.10.1918, aged 19 Son of Beatrice Dilworth (formerly Parkin) and Peter Dilworth (stepfather), of 28, Grosvenor Road, Prescot23883 Private Fred Parkin 55th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 13.3.1918 Husband of A. Parkin, of 18, Bond Street, PrescotTR3/83866 Private Redvers Samuel Pemberton 52nd The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 7.7.1918 37825 Private Thomas F. William Pemberton 2nd Manchester Regiment 19.6.1917, aged 34 Husband of Grace Pemberton, of 186, Victoria Street, Chadderton2787 Private James Pickavance 1st/5th South Lancashire Regiment 25.5.1915, aged 35 Husband of Clara Pickavance, of 19, Carlton Street, Prescot81515 Private Frank Platt 13th Durham Light Infantry 25.11.1918 626 Serjeant John Platt 5th South Lancashire Regiment 26.5.1915, aged 24 Son of Edward and Mary Platt, of 37, Manchester Road, Prescot97212 Private James Richard Prescott 13th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 4.9.1918, aged 20 Son of John and Alice Prescott, of 43, Columbia Road, Prescot29882 Private William Henry Prescott 7th South Lancashire Regiment 22.7.1917, aged 27 Son of John Edward and Sarah Ann Prescott, of 36, Stapley Road, Belvedere, Kent; husband of Elizabeth Alice Prescott, of 76, Eccleston Street, Prescot119 Private Thomas Peter Prescott 14th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 23.7.1916, aged 22 Son of Mrs. Mary Burrows (formerly Prescott), of 3, Market Place, Prescot120256 Private Albert John Preston 2nd Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 7.3.1918 T S Preston 21710 Private Michael Qualter 6th South Lancashire Regiment 15.10.1918, aged 31 Son of Michael and Mary Qualter; husband of Mary Josephine Qualter, of 6, Ewart Road, Haresfinch, St. Helens
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