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William George Bishop Hill. Died at the Royal Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth, on 13th February 1904, aged 40. Son of Henry Hutchinson Hill and Mary Selina Hill.

G/5293 Private Joseph Morshead, 8th Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action on 26th September 1915, aged 25. Son of William John and Catherine Morshead, of 8, Duke Street, Oswaldtwistle.

14789 Private Louis Caladine, 4th Coldstream Guards. Killed in action in France on 18th December 1915, aged 23. Son of Thomas and Sarah Caladine.

14721 Private J T Quinn, 8th King's Own Scottish Borderers. 26th January 1916, aged 30. Husband of Elizabeth Alice Clare (formerly Quinn), of 135, Blackburn Road, Great Harwood.

17925 Private Harold Frederick Clare, 1st Border Regiment. Died 27th February 1916, aged 17. Son of Charles and Laura Clare, of 47, Lord Street, Rishton.

11914 Private James Maurice Noble, 6th Dorsetshire Regiment. Fell in action in France on 16th April 1916, aged 19. Son of John and Sarah Ann Noble. CWGC database gives his date of death as 22nd April 1916.

17150 Private James Leach, 10th York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action in France on 2nd July 1916, aged 31. Son of Richard and Harriet Leach. CWGC database gives his date of death as being between 1st-3rd July 1916.

R/9283 Rifleman Leonard Edge, 13th King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action in France on 12th July 1916, aged 21. Son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Edge, of 13, Clifton Street, Rishton.

15411 Private George Edmondson Houghton, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action on 14th July 1916, aged 19. Son of Richard and Annie Houghton, of 37, Lord Street, Rishton.

24964 Private John Clough, 7th East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 22nd July 1916, aged 22. Son of Wallace and Ann Clough.

141886 Private Thomas Cadman, 19th Canadian Infantry. Died 23rd July 1916, aged 22. Son of John and Agnes Cadman, of 1015, Cannon Street G, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The Job Cadman named on the headstone was Thomas' brother.

L/5010 Lance Serjeant Richard Hindle Godley, 8th East Surrey Regiment. Killed in France on 30th September 1916, aged 25. Son of Ebenezer and Helena Godley, of 29, Knowles Street, Rishton. CWGC database gives his age as 24.

26837 Private George Parker, 6th East Lancashire Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia on 7th December 1916, aged 31. Son of William and Jane Parker, of 3, Clarke Street, Rishton.

307637(CH) Stoker 1st Class William Kear, Royal Navy. H.M.S. "Laforey" Died 28th December 1916, aged 32. Son of Thomas and Jane Kear; husband of Kate Kear, of 132, St. Hubert's Road, Great Harwood.

189525 Gunner C Allen, 9th Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died 15th January 1917, aged 36. Son of Philip and Hannah Allen; husband of Margaret Jane Allen, of 23, High Street, Rishton.

L/24397 Driver Alec Victor Embery, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds, at Manchester Royal Infirmary, on 4th February 1917, aged 20. Son of Richard and Mary Embery, of Rishton.

116725 Driver Walter Victor Whittle, 25th Battery, 35th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action at Beaumont Hamel on 12th February 1917, aged 27. Son of John and Jane Whittle, of Great Harwood.

91524 Private John Pickup Walmsley, Royal Army Medical Corps United. Died 11th March 1917, aged 40. Husband of Jane Walmsley.

R/2678 Rifleman James Wolstenholme, 10th King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action at Metz, France, on 4th April 1917, aged 19. Son of Matthew and Fanny Louisa Wolstenholme.

25002 Private James Grimshaw, 7th East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in France on 14th June 1917, aged 25. Son of Jane Grimshaw, of 14, Spring Street, Rishton.

28772 Private William Dixon, 7th East Lancashire Regiment. Died in France on 20th June 1917, aged 30. Son of William and Alice Dixon, of Great Harwood; husband of Beatrice Dixon, of 25, Gladstone Street, Great Harwood.

200711 Private Clarence Gillibrand, 1st/4th East Lancashire Regiment. Fell in action on 23rd June 1917, aged 20. Son of John Charles and Clara Gillibrand, of 19, Water Street, Great Harwood.

24962 Private Robert Smithson, 11th East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in France on 30th June 1917, aged 22. Son of James and Mary Ann Smithson, of 154, Queen Street, Great Harwood.

34710 Private Harold Norman Barton, 3rd King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died 2nd July 1917, aged 19. Son of Mrs. Alice Hannah Barton, of 132, Blackburn Road, Great Harwood.

242591 Private Henry Nuttall, 2nd/6th Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action in France on 10th July 1917, aged 36. Son of Henry and Mary Ellen Nuttall.

12663 Private William Braithwaite, 7th/8th King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action at Ypres on 31st July 1917, aged 23. Son of and Louisa Braithwaite.

214066 Driver Herbert Sanderson, 11th Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds at Ypres on 12th August 1917, aged 37. Husband of Ethel Sanderson.

90208 Private John Arthur Berryman, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 28th August 1917, aged 22. Son of James and E. A. Berryman, of 28, Burton Street, Rishton.

R/2676 Rifleman Enoch Cowell, 10th King's Royal Rifle Corps. Fell in action in France on 19th September 1917, aged 21. Son of Ishmael and Selina Cowell, of 40, Cliff Street, Rishton.

205253 Private Fred Procter, Labour Corps. Died 19th September 1917, aged 20. Son of James and Rebecca Procter, of 13, Walmsley Street, Rishton.

23648 Private Percy John Adams, 1st East Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds at Rouen on 19th October 1917, aged 30. Son of Joseph James Adams and Jessamine Adams, of Blackburn; husband of Sarah Elizabeth Adams, of 266, Mount Pleasant Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

36651 Private Alfred Wallace, 8th Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds in Belgium on 28th October 1917, aged 32. Son of Henry and Sarah Hannah Wallace, of Great Harwood; husband of Hannah Wallace, of 24, Commercial Road, Great Harwood.

204023 Private Wilfred Turner, 2nd/5th East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in France on 2nd December 1917, aged 25. Husband of Mrs. M. J. Turner. CWGC database gives his date of death as 3rd December 1917, and his age as 26.

Joseph Dixon - either 50233 Private Joseph Dixon 17th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 4.8.1917
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13863 Private Joseph Dixon 1st Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 26.10.1918

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Great Harwood Cemetery Apr 11, 2017 15:26:05 GMT

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38013 Lance Corporal James Henry Chadwick, 4th York and Lancaster Regiment. Died 18th February 1918, aged 34. Son of Samuel and Mary Ann Chadwick; husband of Margaret Ann Blades (formerly Chadwick), of 100, Dale Street, Accrington. Born at Rishton.

45103 Private Charles McNally, Depot, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died 24th February 1918, aged 21. Son of Nicholas and Sarah McNally, of 8, Silvia Way, Fleetwood.

Flight Sub-Lieutenant Charles Thomas Greenwood, Royal Naval Air Service. Died doing sea-plane service on the East Coast on 15th March 1918, aged 19. Son of John and Grace Ann Greenwood, of Rishton.

201041 Corporal James Thompson, 2nd/5th East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action at Hargicourt, France, on 21st March 1918, aged 20. Son of Joseph and Isabella Thompson, of Rose Cottage, Chaigley, Clitheroe. The headstone's inscription gives his date of death as 14th April 1918.

315678 Private Fred Smalley, 16th, attached 12th Entrenching Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 21st March 1918, aged 21. Son of John William and Esther Ellen Smalley, of 95, St. Hubert's Road, Great Harwood. CWGC database gives his date of death as 24th March 1918, and his age as 20.

5001 Corporal James Frederick 'Fred' Gillibrand, 10th Lancashire Fusiliers. Fell in action on 27th March 1918, aged 25. Son of John Charles and Clara Gillibrand, of 19, Water Street, Great Harwood.

100714 Private Herbert Rushton Howarth, 75th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action in France on 12th April 1918, aged 20. Son of Walter Havelock Howarth, and Margaret Alice Howarth, of 30, Lord Street, Rishton.

172904 Gunner John Ethelbert Margerison, "D" Battery, 50th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action on 16th April 1918, aged 33. Son of Richard and Mary Margerison, of 17, Cliff Street, Rishton.

Lieutenant Bert Eddleston, 43rd Squadron, Royal Air Force. Fell in action in France on 25th April 1918, aged 19. Son of Thomas and Martha Ellen Eddleston, of 170, St. Hubert's Road, Great Harwood.

62698 Private John Roland Heap, 1st Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Killed on 24th August 1918, aged 24. Son of William and Matilda Heap, of 2, Church View, Rishton.

1296 Rifleman H Quinn, Royal Irish Rifles. Died 25th July 1918, aged 28. Son of John and Bridget Quinn, of 11, Lime Street, Great Harwood.

S/7158 Private John Chew, 32nd Middlesex Regiment. Died 3rd September 1918, aged 27. Son of Lawrence and Rosa Chew of 27 Water Street, Great Harwood.

58059 Private James Berry, 2nd/4th York and Lancaster Regiment. Fell in action in France on 12th September 1918, aged 18. Son of James and Hannah Berry, of 15, Accrington Road, Blackburn.

31109 Private George Luke, 2nd/4th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 13th September 1918, aged 21. Son of John B. and Elizabeth Mary Luke, of 31, School Street, Rishton.

Second Lieutenant Frank Clarke Place M.C., M.M., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Killed in action in France on 22nd September 1918, aged 21. Son of Richard Henry and Marie Annie Eliza Place, of 32, Blackburn Road, Rishton.

352752 Private James Augustine Coonan Ellis, 1st/8th Manchester Regiment. Killed in action in France on 28th September 1918, aged 20. Son of John and Mary Ellis, of 405, Whalley New Road, Blackburn.

PO/17994 Private Harold Ernest Kemp, 1st R.M. Battalion R.N. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Missing on 28th September 1918, aged 20. Son of John and Mary Ann Kemp, of 6, Poplar Avenue, Great Harwood.

32512 Private Albert Hallworth, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died on active service in Salonica on 2nd October 1918, aged 27. Son of Elisha and Janet Hallworth.

62120 Sapper Walter Bibby Parker, 21st Signal Corps Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in France on 8th October 1918, aged 32. Son of Mrs. Jane Parker, of 15, York Street, Clitheroe. CWGC database gives his age as 31.

131080 Air Mechanic 3rd Class G Flynn, No. 8 Training Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 11th October 1918.

82433 Private Albert Eccles, 20th Durham Light Infantry. Died 22nd October 1918, aged 19. Son of John and Harriet Eccles, of 49, Park Lane, Great Harwood.

M/397201 Private James Smithson, 14th Company, Army Service Corps. Died in France on 26th October 1918, aged 20.

63036 Private Clarence Kemp, 1st/5h West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Died of wounds on 3rd November 1918, aged 19. Son of John and Mary Ann Kemp, of 6, Poplar Avenue, Great Harwood. CWGC database gives his age as 18.

19272 Serjeant Lawrence Gregson Shorrock, 2nd/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Died 6th November 1918, aged 34. Husband of Annie Shorrock, of 71, St. Hubert's Road, Great Harwood.

18347 Private Jonathan Brown, 1st East Lancashire Regiment. Died 20th November 1918, aged 44.

027303 Private C Parkinson, Army Ordnance Corps 35th (S) Company, Army Ordnance Corps. Died 22nd November 1918, aged 19. Son of Harry and Nellie Parkinson, of Rishton.

17439 Private Ernest Ramsbottom, 7th East Lancashire Regiment, transferred to (275444) 449th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Died 3rd December 1918, aged 38. Husband of Margaret A. Ramsbottom, of 19, Knowles Street, Rishton.

4638/TS Trimmer James William Cranshaw, Royal Naval Reserve. H.M.P.M.S. Balmoral 14th February 1919, aged 23 Son of William and Ellen Cranshaw, of 6, Britannia Street, Great Harwood.

286221(PO) Chief Stoker William John Maplesden, Royal Navy. H.M.S. Fisgard Died 21st March 1919, aged 41. Husband of Rose Maplesden, of "Magdala," Victoria Road, Emsworth, Hampshire.

PO/2313 Private William Godley, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died 1st May 1919, aged 55. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Husband of Annie Godley, of 41, James Street, Great Harwood.

6406 Regimental Serjeant Major G Parkin, 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died 9th May 1919, aged 41. Husband of Esther Parkin, of 15, School Street, Great Harwood.

24412 Private William Henry Bradley, Depot, East Lancashire Regiment. Died at Queen Mary's Military Hospital, Whalley, on 8th September 1919, aged 29. Son of John and Maria Bradley, of 6, Holgate Street, Great Harwood.

1288 Corporal W Fletcher, Coldstream Guards. Died 11th January 1921.

3513408 Private James Harold Oliver Wardell, 21st Manchester Regiment. 21st May 1921, aged 21. Son of Richard Wardell, of 3, Denton Street, Barnoldswick. Born at Great Harwood.

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954225 Gunner George Ridsdale Houghton, 32 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Missing at Dunkirk on 28th May 1940, aged 21. Son of William Edward and Edith Houghton, of Accrington.

638908 Aircraftman 1st Class Thomas Joseph Baron, 12th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Killed on service on 30th August 1940, aged 26. Son of Albert and Alice Baron.

1104240 Leading Aircraftman Joseph Edward Bennett, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 24th February 1941, aged 28. Son of Arthur and Martha Bennett, of Great Harwood.

3455517 Corporal Reginald Cunliffe Parkinson, 1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 17th August 1941, aged 26.

3441995 Corporal Ernest Monk, East Lancashire Regiment. Died 11th May 1943, aged 36. Son of Arthur Frederick and Grace Monk, of Great Harwood; husband of Catherine Monk, of Fulham, London.

3388839 Lance Corporal David Jones, 48th (2/5th The Gloucestershire Regiment) Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps. Died 15th July 1943, aged 23. Son of Joseph and Christina Jones, of Oswaldtwistle.

Lieutenant Kenneth Bland Smith M.M., 11th County of Lancaster (Church) Home Guard. Died 27th July 1943, aged 46. Son of Bertawald Frederick Smith and Mary Alice Louisa Bland Smith; husband of Winifred Pearl Smith, of Great Harwood.

13008089 Corporal William Henry Taylor, Pioneer Corps. Died 18th August 1943, aged 40. Son of Henry and Isobel Taylor; husband of May Taylor, of Blackburn.

1695146 Lance Corporal Arthur Eric Thompson, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died 21st August 1943, aged 27. Son of Alan and Mabel Thompson, of Great Harwood.

D/MX 106400 Cook John Brogden Proctor, Royal Navy. H.M.L.S.T. 13 Died 11th November 1943, aged 30. Son of William and Alice Proctor, of Great Harwood; husband of Mary Gladys Proctor. of Great Harwood.

3776784 Serjeant Herbert Noonan, Small Arms School Corps, attached 7th Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Died 2nd December 1943, aged 23. Son of Stephen Noonan and of Louisa Noonan, of Moss Side, Manchester.

D/KX 156611 Stoker 1st Class James Masterson, Royal Navy. H.M.S. Renown Died 25th December 1943, aged 19. Son of John and Clara Masterson, of Birmingham.

T/10678141 Driver John Holding, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 16th January 1944, aged 37. Son of Christopher and Sarah Holding, of Great Harwood; husband of May Edith Holding, of Great Harwood.

11252956 Gunner Roy Exton, 312 Battery, 90 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed on active service in Italy on 17th February 1944, aged 21. Son of Fred and Margaret Ellen Exton, of Great Harwood.

1499642 Sergeant (Air Bomber) Alan Muttock, 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 15th December 1944, aged 23. Son of Charles and Sarah Jane Muttock; husband of Marjory Muttock, of Great Harwood.

C/JX 276035 Able Seaman Harold Crabtree, Royal Navy. H.M.S. Mauritius Died 25th January 1945, aged 22. Son of Fred and Catherine Crabtree, of Accrington.

14510796 Serjeant William Proctor Greenhalgh, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Died in Malaya on 23rd December 1945, aged 32. Son of Hugh Lambert Greenhalgh and Martha Greenhalgh; husband of Geraldine Honor Greenhalgh, of Highcliffe, Christchurch, Hampshire.

1475700 Leading Aircraftman Jack Duckworth, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 16th April 1946, aged 25. Son of Arthur and Amy Duckworth, of Rishton.

14503043 Signalman R Greenwood, Royal Corps of Signals. Died 6th August 1946, aged 22. Son of James and Alice Greenwood; husband of Elsie May Greenwood, of Great Harwood.

1833167 Aircraftman 1st Class William Mayor, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 6th April 1947, aged 35. Son of Edward and Mary Elizabeth Mayor, of Rishton; husband of Ellen Mayor, of Rishton.

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