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Post by BereniceUK on Apr 6, 2017 6:59:03 GMT
Unusual in that the South African War memorial has become the centre of the memorial as a whole. It's in front of Newton-le-Willows Town Hall.       Lieutenant Hugh Stewart McCorquodale, Thorneycroft's Horse. Sergeant S Swann, Lancashire Hussars, Imperial Yeomanry. Sergeant S Oubridge, Lancashire Hussars, Imperial Yeomanry. Private R Collinge, Lancashire Hussars, Imperial Yeomanry. Private W A Frost.   1st Volunteer Battalion South Lancashire Regiment Lance Corporal A. Dean Lance Corporal T. Green Lance Corporal S.F. Moss Private E. Bevan Private C. Booth Private A. Houghton Private T. Moore Private E.T. Pimblott Private T. Shallcross Private G. Singleton The King's Liverpool Regiment Private C. Horrocks, 3rd Volunteer Battalion Private W. Owen, 6th Volunteer Battalion Volunteers serving in other regiments Lance Corporal A. De Courcy Carson - Ceylon Mounted Infantry. Private T. Bartley - 2nd V.B. Welsh Fusiliers. Private Sydney Smith - 1st V.B. Suffolk Regiment. Private C.J. Thorp - Kimberley Vounteer Corps. Private H. Oubridge - 77th Company Imperial Yeomanry (Manchester). Private John Walton - Royal Army Medical Corps. Private W.J. Atkinson Kimberley Town Guard.  Lancashire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry 1st Detachment 1900. Corporal W. Warren Private R. Ball Private R. Boardman Private A.E. Jones 2nd Detachment 1901. Private H. Burgess Private P. Cameron Private H. Hutchings Private J. Kynaston. Private R.W. McTigue Private S. Pickup Private W. Pilling 3rd Detachment - 1902. Private F. Ball Private J. Baxter Private G. Charnley Private D. Davies Private J.E. Davies Private P. Hart Private C. Jackson Privat E. Jones Private W.A. Jones Private A.P. Kenny Private F.T. Kenny Prvate T. Kirkham Private P. Lloyd Private J. McDermott Private W.H. Mills Private F. Morley Private J. Richardson    |
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Post by BereniceUK on Apr 6, 2017 7:01:52 GMT
33786 Private Reginald Abey 1st Devonshire Regiment 4.10.1917, aged 21 Son of William and Rosamond Abey, of 35, Patterson Street, Earlestown2116 Private Arthur Alldred 1st/4th South Lancashire Regiment 16.6.1915, aged 24 Son of George Henry and Rose Ellen Alldred, of "The Hollies," Park Road, Newton-le-Willows A. Allderidge - 9558 Company Serjeant Major Alexander Alldridge D.C.M. 2nd South Lancashire Regiment 13.7.1916, aged 23 Son of George Joseph and Edith Alldridge of 9, Wood Street, Earlestown106316 Gunner James Anders 212th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 13.5.1917, aged 30 Husband of M. A. Anders, of 24, Water Street, Newton-le-WillowsC Andrews 26629 Private Samuel Spencer Appleton 2nd South Lancashire Regiment 10.4.1918, aged 39 Son of William and Jennie Appleton; husband of Isabella Appleton, of 34, Earle Street, Earlestown Lieutenant John Arbuthnott 2nd Grenadier Guards 16.9.1916, aged 22 Son of Hugh Corsar Arbuthnott and Marianne Arbuthnott, of Brookside, Newton-le-WillowsS. Arden - possibly 200916 Serjeant Sylvanus Arden 2nd/5th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1.9.1917 202559 Private Walter Armstrong 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8.10.1918, aged 38 Son of John and Ann Armstrong, of 172, Haydock Street, Earlestown; husband of Elizabeth Armstrong, of 68, Dudley Street, Warrington WR/269572 Sapper W Ashbrook 296th Railway Company, Royal Engineers 19.2.1919, aged 27 Husband of Mrs. A. Heathcote (formerly Ashbrook), of 6, Sankey Terrace, Earlestown1913 Private Samuel George Atkinson 2nd South Lancashire Regiment 25.9.1915, aged 21 Son of James and Elizabeth Atkinson, of 36, Cherry Street, EarlestownW Atkinson 2106 Lance Corporal Harold Baddley 4th South Lancashire Regiment 5.5.1915, aged 24 Son of Mrs. E. A. Baddley, of 98, Culson Grove, Collins Green, Earlestown Second Lieutenant Willie Rhodes Bailey Royal Flying Corps 19.1.1918, aged 24 Son of James and Alice Bailey, of 84, Athol Street, EarlestownE T Ball W. Ball - 2499 Lance Corporal Walter John Ball 4th South Lancashire Regiment 1.4.1915, aged 18 Son of Walter and Martha Ball, of 14, Alfred Street, Mill Lane, Newton-le-Willows3513616 (88732) Private William Ball 2nd Manchester Regiment 12.8.1920, aged 21 Son of Harriet Parry, (formerly Ball), of 22, Crown Street, Earlestown, and the late Joseph Ball25162 Corporal Arnold Rosslyn Banton 48th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 16.9.1914, aged 27 Son of William Banton; husband of Alice Maud May Banton; born at EarlestownJ. Barcroft - possibly 7676 Private John Wilfred Barcroft 2nd/5th Lancashire Fusiliers 9.9.1916 69321 Private Joseph Barke 14th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 23.6.1917 Father of J. and J. Barke, of 1, Short Street, Common Road, Earlestown Private Harry Barrow South Lancashire Regiment 1918 G W Barry 201095 Private Sydney Bartlett 1st/4th South Lancashire Regiment 11.4.1918, aged 27 Son of Lindsay and Elizabeth A. Bartlett, of 97, High Street, Newton-le-Willows F Bartley 203228 Private Henry Bates 1st/4th South Lancashire Regiment 3.6.1918, aged 20 Son of Richard and Mary Frances Bates, of Earlestown 40580 Private John William Baxter 2nd South Lancashire Regiment 11.4.1918, aged 20 Son of John and Mary Baxter, of School House, Burton Wood, Newton-le-Willows TR/3/14774 Private Robert Baxter 48th Training Reserve 31.3.1917 Son of Robert Baxter, of 30, Brookfield Street, Earlestown20370 Private William Beatty 1st/4th South Lancashire Regiment 19.1.1916, aged 52 Son of James and Mary Beatty, of Wargrave Road, Earlestown; husband of Catherine Beatty, of 45, Legh Street, Earlestown257871 Private Arthur Nelson Bell 362nd Reserve Employment Company, Labour Corps 8.12.1920, aged 34 Husband of Frances Bell, of 8, Brick Street, Earlestown; born at Doncaster46609 Private Frederick Bennett 1st/5th York and Lancaster Regiment 13.10.1918, aged 18 Son of Richard and Alice Bennett, of 53, Cross Lane, Newton-le-Willows 229796 Private John Bennett 2nd/1st Monmouthshire Regiment 9.7.1917, aged 19 Son of Richard and Alice Bennett, of 53, Cross Lane, Newton-le-WillowsC H Bethell F. Bethell - T2/11729 Driver Frederick Charles Bethell 1st Cavalry Division Auxiliary Horse Transport, Army Service Corps 25.10.1918, aged 23 Son of Arthur James and Emma Bethell, of 43, Earle Street, Earlestown Serjeant Joseph Betts South Lancashire Regiment 1915 50591 Private William Henry Birchall 19th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 20.9.1917, aged 32 Husband of Martha Birchall, of 348, Crow Lane West, Earlestown Private Lancelot Bishop Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1917 25980 Private Harold Boardman 16th Lancashire Fusiliers 24.7.1917, aged 19 Son of Alfred and Emma Boardman, of 7, Macmillan Street, Rochdale; native of Newton-le-Willows R Boardman 47364 Corporal John H. Bodmer 26th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers 28.8.1915 3760 Private Frank Bonney 1st Lancashire Fusiliers 4.6.1915 20218 Serjeant William Norman Boore 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers 24.4.1918 R.C. Bowden - possibly Second Lieutenant Reginald Charles Bowden 8th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 3.3.1916, aged 19 Son of Charles Frederick and Caroline Sarah Bowden, of 4082, Calle Navarro, Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, Argentina2155 Private James Brigham Bowes 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment 3.5.1915, aged 24 Son of Arthur and Jennie B. Bowes, of Wargrave, Newton-le-Willows 23262 Private Thomas Boyers 3rd Worcestershire Regiment 7.6.1917, aged 26 Son of James and Margaret Boyers, of 238, Common Road, Earlestown 25143 Private John Boylan 9th Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9.9.1916 R Bradley 22382 Private James Branan 2nd/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 28.5.1918, aged 21 Son of James and Jane Branan, of 20, Grafton Street, Earlestown 9544 Private William Brierley 10th Lancashire Fusiliers 5.9.1915 7226 Private Walter Brimelow 3rd East Lancashire Regiment 12.11.1914, aged 46 Husband of Sarah Tully (formerly Brimelow), of 80, Crown Street, Earlestown277313 Private John Britch 2nd/7th Manchester Regiment 23.4.1917, aged 34 Son of Mrs. E. Britch; born at Newton-le-Willows90897 Gunner Hugh Broughton "A" Battery, 54th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 14.5.1917 W.A.E. Brown - possibly M/55315 Private William Albert Edward Brown 1115th Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps 23.6.1920, aged 18 Son of William and Elizabeth Brown, of 58, Niton Street, Fulham, London14220 Private John Bull 1st The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 22.9.1916, aged 34 Son of Amos Bull, of 66, Houghton Street, Earlestown; husband of Mrs. M. Donohue (formerly Bull), of 94, Regent Street, Earlestown 3259 Air Mechanic 1st Class Arthur Burns Royal Flying Corps 24.3.1916, aged 21 28834 Sapper Peter Burns 20th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers 8.7.1917, aged 29 Son of James and Mary Burns, of 352, Wargrave Road, Earlestown85979 Private J C Byrne 3rd The King's (Liverpool Regiment), transferred to (519093) 18th Company, Labour Corps 24.1.1919, aged 30 T Caine 12455 Private James Callaghan 6th South Lancashire Regiment 10.8.1915, aged 40 Brother of Michael Callaghan, of 76, Houghton Street, Earlestown 23594 Private James Bernard Carney 1st Manchester Regiment 8.3.1916, aged 31 Son of Mrs. Annie Carney, of 29, School Row, Vitriol Square, Earlestown 16378 Private Arthur Caunce 2nd South Lancashire Regiment 25.9.1915, aged 30 Son of Aaron and Elizabeth Caunce, of 259, Crow Lane West, Earlestown; husband of Mary Ann Caunce, of 12, Fern Avenue, Park Road, Earlestown Major Hugh Crawford Cavendish "B" Battery, 87th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 1.8.1916, aged 35 Son of Alexander C. Cavendish and Joanna M. C. Cavendish; husband of Marjory Philippa Cavendish Private Frederick William Chambers Manchester Regiment 1918 N Champion J Charlesworth 4242 Private William Charnley 1st/10th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 16.6.1915, aged 28 Son of William and Catherine A. Charnley, of 295, Wargrave Road, Newton-le-Willows 28604 Serjeant Thomas Moston Chorley 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers 22.4.1918 Husband of E. Chorley Private Alfred Clarke South Lancashire Regiment 1916 Private George William Clarke South Lancashire Regiment 1918 24721 Driver Oliver Clarke 5th Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 6.2.1918, aged 32 Son of Mrs. Amelia Clarke, of 4, Vitrol Square, Earlstown201091 Private Owen Clarkin 1st/4th South Lancashire Regiment 15.4.1918 T/330320 Driver James Coffey 532nd Horse Transport Company, Army Service Corps 5.2.1918, aged 18 Son of Mr. B. Coffey, of 19, London Row, Vitrol Square, Earlestown H Coleman Captain Carlton Collingwood 4th South Lancashire Regiment 8.8.1916, aged 26 Son of Sir William Collingwood; husband of May C. C. Collingwood; native of Newton-le-WillowsS/3517 Private Ernest Cooper 2nd Gordon Highlanders 25.9.1915, aged 28 Son of John and Emily Cooper, of 11, Mount Tabor, Lowton Private Patrick Corcoran Connaught Rangers 1918 T Corcoran 201096 Private William Corcoran 2nd/4th South Lancashire Regiment 29.8.1918, aged 20 Son of Patrick and Alice Corcoran, of 43, Cherry Street, Earlestown TR3/12088 Sidney Gilbert Corlett 51st Training Reserve, formerly Lance Corporal (27771) 10th South Lancashire Regiment 25.2.1917, aged 34 Son of Thomas Edward and Ellen Elizabeth Corlett; husband of Helen S. Foster Corlett, of 27, Lime Street, Whiteinch, Glasgow; born at Gloucester - also named on the British Library memorialJ Coyle E Craven S/3516 Private Walter Critchley 2nd Gordon Highlanders 25.3.1915, aged 30 Son of James and Lucy Critchley, of Heath Lane, Lowton Heath, Newton-Le-WillowsLieutenant Alfred Cronin 54th Canadian Infantry 27.9.1918, aged 35 Son of Edward and Ann Jane Cronin, of Earlestown33207 Lance Corporal Harold Cunliffe 61st Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 21.3.1918, aged 20 Son of James and Leah Cunliffe, of 16, Booth Street, Earlestown 200176 Private Harry Daniels 2nd/4th South Lancashire Regiment 28.8.1918 Husband of Mrs. A. E. Daniels, of 26, Hotel Street, Earlestown T Hewitt 
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Post by BereniceUK on Apr 6, 2017 7:02:32 GMT
LANCASHIRE YEOMANRY IN ACTION.
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
At Chester news was received respecting the engagement in which the 32nd Company of Imperial Yeomanry (Lancashire Hussars) took part so gallantly on the 17th December, Hamelfontein. when, it will be remembered, Lieutenant Fletcher made such a determined stand, and held the Boers at bay for a long time. During the fight Privates W. M. Johnson and S. Swann were killed; and there were the following other casualties: - Staff-Sergeant W. Knowles, slightly wounded; Sergeant J. Bounds, severely wounded; Private F. Arden, prisoner of war; Private W. Boardman, prisoner of war; Private H. Bough, dangerously wounded; Private W. Marsden, severely wounded; Private J. Stevenson, prisoner of war, and Private M. Walsh, slightly wounded.
(St Helens Reporter, 8 January 1901)
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MEMORIAL SERVICE AT NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
A memorial service was held on Sunday morning [28 December 1900] at St. Peter's Church, Newton-le-Willows, for the late Trooper S. Swann, Imperial Yeomanry, who was killed in the recent attack by the Boers on Hamelfontein. The service was attended by detachments of the Lancashire Hussars, of which Trooper Swann was a sergeant (B Troop), and local Volunteers. The Rev. J. Ryder, vicar, conducted the service, and delivered a sermon, dwelling upon the sad calamity.
"Sam Swann," as he was familiarly known, was a most popular man. He was of splendid stature, and was aged forty-one. His loss is deeply mourned by his comrades.
(St Helens Reporter, 1 January 1901)
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THE YEOMANRY LOSSES.
The War Office on Wednesday night issued the following casualties on the Zeckoe River on the 6th and 7th inst., when the detachment under Captain Bretherton was attacked by 400 Boers, and after heroic resistance was compelled to yield to superior numbers of the enemy. Casualties on the 6th inst.: -
32nd Company Imperial Yeomanry. - 8953 Sergeant A. Stowbridge, killed; 8948 Private R. Collinge, died of wounds; 8968 Corporal J. Hill, severely wounded; 8946 Private A. Eden, slightly wounded; 8941 Private C. Featherston, slightly wounded; 9966 Private T. L. Bryham, slightly wounded.
Casualties on the 7th inst.: The following were captured:
32nd Company Imperial Yeomanry. - Captain Stapleton Bretherton, Lieutenant Stourton, 9003 Sergeant-Major J. J. Lewis, 8897 Sergeant W. Addis, 8950 Sergeant R. Miller, 8947 Sergeant W. Eddleston, 8965 Corporal E. Makinson, 8901 Private E. Bridge, 8995 Private M. Blackledge, 9052 Private J. C. Cooke, 8954 Private P. Duxbury, 9044 Private E. Edge, 9050 Private R. L. Ince, 8964 Private A. Martland, 8979 Private J. White, 8939 Private J. Dancer, 8960 Private P. Wilcock, 8942 Private S. Pickavance, 2456 (?) Private H. J. Cooke, 8969 Private L. Ramsay, 8884 Private J. Higginson, 8999 Private R. Peck.
The commandant at Aberdeen is unable to furnish the names of eight men of Nesbitt's Horse, three men 32nd Company Imperial Yeomanry, and three men 5th Lancers, who are also prisoners and not yet identified; inquiries proceeding.
Amongst them Sergeant Stowbridge, returned as killed, is Sergeant Oubridge, of the C Troop, Newton-le-Willows, a married man, residing at Earletown. Private R. Collinge, who died of wounds, is also an Earlestown man. Corporal Hill is from Golborne; Privates Eden and Featherstone are St. Helens men; and Private T. L. Bryham is a well-known Wigan man. Sergeant Miller is from Brynn; Sergeant Eddleston is from Billnge; Corporal Makinson, Wigan; Private Bridge, Bamfurlong; Private Blackburn, Wigan; Private Duxbury, Ashton; Private Maitland, Wigan; Private White, Pemberton; Private Dancer, St. Helens; Private Wilcocks, Ashton; Private Pickavance, Peasley Cross; Private H. Cook, Wigan; Private Higginson, Southport; Private Ramsay, Golborne; and Private R. Peck, Southport.
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We understand that a private telegram has been received stating that the Yeomanry who were captured have been released.
(St Helens Reporter, 12 April 1901)
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THE LATE SERGEANT OUBRIDGE
A special memorial service in connection with the late Sergeant Arthur Oubridge, Wargrave-road, Earlestown, was held at Wargrave Church, on Sunday morning, conducted by the Rev. J. Carson, rector. Sergeant Oubridge was a member of the C troop of the Lancashire Hussars, and at the commencement of the war went out to South Africa with the 32nd Company Imperioal Yeomanry. On april 6th he was killed in the disaster at Zeckoe River. On Sunday a procession, consisting of detachments of the 1st South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) and the 6th Liverpool Regiment (Newton section), and members of the Colonel Wareing Lodge of Orangemen, and Mr. T. Molyneux's Bible Class, was formed at the schools in Legh-street and marched down to Wargrave Church, headed by the Earlestown Prize Band. The rector gave an appropriate address to a crowded congregation.
(St Helens Reporter, 7 May 1901)
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